Sunday, October 9, 2011

Charlie Rose on Steve Jobs Legacy (Video)

On 9to5Mac, I ran across this video discussing Steve Jobs' legacy (they picked it up from Bloomberg).  Charlie Rose talks to Google's Eric Schmidt, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of a venture capital firm, and Wall Street technology columnist, Walter Mossberg.

9to5Mac states that this video is "probably the best discussion of Jobs and his legacy that I've seen yet." After watching it, I'd have to agree.

Regardless of your personal feelings regarding Apple and what you may or may not know about Steve Jobs (the man), his death is undeniably profound in terms of how our lives and the way we communicate have been forever changed due to his direct influence on the evolution of the technology products we use today.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

iPhone 4S Pre-orders - Apple Sold Out!


Only a few short days ago, most reviews from tech insiders were rather critical of Apple's announcement of the new iPhone 4S.  It was widely anticipated that Apple was going to release a new iPhone 4S, but it was also expected that Apple would unveil a new iPhone 5.  That didn't happen.

As for consumers, they clearly have a different take on Apple's announcement!  iPhone 4S pre-orders are already sold out internationally and here in the states.  1-2 week shipping times are now being indicated on Apple's online store website.

iPhone 4S Shipping Delays

AT&T has also announced that they've seen "extraordinary demand" for the new iPhone 4S with preorders topping 200,000 in the first 12 hours!  The press release goes on to state that these numbers make the iPhone 4S the most "successful iPhone launch" that AT&T has ever had.  In comparison, the iPhone 4 had a total of 600,000 preorders (in total, across all wireless carriers).

Things are looking pretty good for Sprint, too.  They've already sold out of the 16GB iPhone 4S model.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Samsung Nexus Prime Release Date (Delayed)!


Not long after we got to spy Google and Samsung's future flagship smartphone on video, this official statement was released:
"Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and venue will be shortly announced."
As one would expect, there's been a ton of media coverage surrounding the new iPhone 4S unveiled this past week and the sudden passing of Steve Jobs has only added to the heightened media coverage.  In view of this, I suspect Google and Samsung feel that the Nexus Prime announcement would get drowned out.