> Now that the iPad is out, though, I don’t expect to see new hardware revisions pre-announced — at least not by more than a handful of weeks. Overall, I think the iPad fits most naturally into the same schedule as the iPods: where new hardware is announced and ships in September. The iPad was [a massive hit](http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/01/18results.html) during this past holiday season. > > I don’t think April is a particularly good month for an annual iPad release. I don’t…

> That suggests most the growth in “Android” numbers is coming from no-name vendors selling devices in countries such as China, using devices that don’t support Google’s development of the OS (via ads or search services) nor even expand the platform in any meaningful way that could benefit Android users. > > Samsung, the most noteworthy Android smartphone developer and the only licensee to ship a well-known Android tablet, just [reported](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/28/samsung-idINTOE70O03F20110128) its weakest profits in six quarters, and was hit by reports…

> Apple’s second statement indicates that this is indeed the case—*sort of*. If an app lets users access content that they purchased via Amazon’s website, for example, then that same app must also let users buy the same book via Apple’s own in-app purchase system. If the app developer doesn’t want to use Apple’s in-app purchases to sell content, then the app can’t access content purchased elsewhere either. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/apple-responds-to-app-store-furor-says-it-wants-a-cut-of-e-book-sales.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_…

> So: is this actually a new stance on Apple’s part, as this article would have us believe, or did Sony violate guidelines they should have been aware of and play the Evil Draconian Apple card when they got bounced? via [chipotle.tumblr.com](http://chipotle.tumblr.com/post/3049438030/apple-clamping-down-on-third-party-content-purchases)Okay, so the latest controversy is that Apple blocked a Sony eBook reader app because Sony included a way within that app to purchase new eBooks. Unlike the Kindle app, which sends you out to a web browser to…

> At a lunch in Sydney today, Patrick Lo said Apple’s success was centred on closed and proprietary products that would soon be overtaken by open platforms like Google’s Android. > > Apple has had unparallelled success by being able to control the entire ecosystem around its products, from the hardware to the software to the acquisition of content and apps through iTunes. > > It has used this to effectively dominate the market and shut out competitors. Consumers have also benefited because they get a consistent experience and products that are easier…