[読んだ] The iPhone App Market Size Debate: Is It $2.4B a Year or $250M? AdMob Responds

AdMob, a San Mateo, Calif.-based mobile advertising company, yesterday released a report that indicated Apple’s iPhone App Store generates about $200 million a month, or a run rate of some $2.4 billion a year.

iPhoneユーザーとiPod touchユーザーを比較した数字は面白いですね。

[読んだ] Rumor: Apple planning new iPods with cameras | Apple - CNET News

The fact that Apple would use a September event to launch new iPods wouldn't be a big surprise, but the new iPod Nano and iPod Touch will reportedly have cameras. AppleInsider didn't cite sources for this detail but said it "has it on authority" and that it has been able to "independently confirm" the information.

The addition of cameras would increase the functionality of iPods, making them dual-purpose devices.

この記事にはclassicの名前がありませんね。

[読んだ] iPod Touch Users Download 80% More Apps Than iPhone Owners (AAPL, GOOG)

Apple's (AAPL) iPod touch owners download significantly more apps per month than iPhone owners and Google (GOOG) Android phone owners, according to survey results released this morning by AdMob, a mobile ad network.

This could seem unexpected, as you might think that iPod touch buyers would download fewer apps than iPhone owners -- and would be more likely to use the device as an iPod, and not an app gadget. (One reason: The iPod touch has more limited access to the Internet, which limits when you can download apps and use some of them.)

But perhaps the abundance of free (and cheap) games, popular with iPod touch owners -- especially younger ones -- makes up the difference. That 22% of iPod touch owners say they download "more than 20" free apps a month is particularly telling. (And as commenters mention, many iPhone owners probably use the iPhone as a phone more than they do with the iPod touch, which makes perfect sense.)

面白い調査結果ですね。
iPhoneユーザーは毎月電話代を払わなきゃいけないから、それが心理的にプレッシャーになってるのかも知れません。

[こ、これは……] 買物名人 (Lifestyle)


日々の買物で無駄遣いをなくし計画的な買物を実現します。

【買物名人の買物方法】
◎予算を決めて買物
最初にその日の予算額を設定します。
購入金額を入れ度に予算の残高を計算し表示します。
予算オーバーにならない様に予算管理が出来る買物です。

◎買物の合計
商品代金と数量を入力して購入代金を計算します。
購入する度にその日の購入代金合計を計算し表示します。
買物をした合計金額を見ながら買物が出来ます。

【注意事項】
・買物名人には保存機能はありませんので、購入履歴などは
参照できません。
・予算残高、購入代金合計を計算するアプリで購入したアイテム
の管理は出来ません。
・その場、その日毎の買物を支援するアプリとしてご使用下さい。

これでお金とるんですか……。

[読んだ] Electronista | iPod classic, nano, touch to get 3.2MP cameras?

How the camera system will work is unknown. It's suspected that only the iPod touch will have video recording features due to both its touchscreen and the fast processor, but all should at least have the option of taking photos.

そうそう、ビデオのこと忘れてました。
スペック的にも形状的にもiPod touch以外には載せづらそうですね、たしかに。

[読んだ] OmniVision becomes sole CIS supplier of new Apple iPod

OmniVision secures orders from Apple

OmniVision has secured CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for upcoming Apple iPods, according to market sources.

OmniVision will be the sole supplier of 3.2-megapixel CIS products for new iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod Touch models which will be launched in September, the sources indicated.

The company is one of the 3.2-megapixel CIS suppliers for the iPhone 3GS and is expected to ship 18 million CIS products to Apple per quarter. Omnivision will also continue add orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), the sources claimed.

OmniVisionはiPhoneのカメラを供給してる会社なんですか。
iPhoneで撮った写真ってピントの甘い、眠たい写真のイメージがあるんですが、そこら辺の問題は当然クリアしてきてくれるんですよね?
結構それが心配だったりします。

[読んだ] iPod touch, nano and classic will gain 3.2MP cameras - report | 9 to 5 Mac

Apple’s next-generation iPods - including the iPod touch, nano and classic - will carry 3.2 megapixel cameras supplied by Taiwan’s, OmniVision.

As 9to5Mac reported last week, the new generation iPods are expected to be introduced at an Apple special event on September 9

Reports this morning claim OmniVision has secured CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for the upcoming products.

 

It will supply “3.2-megapixel CIS products for the new iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod touch models which will be launched in September,”  sources claim.

The company is one of the 3.2-megapixel CIS suppliers for the iPhone 3GS and is expected to ship 18 million CIS products to Apple per quarter.

Apple is also expected to introduce a new version of iTunes, equipped with social networking features including the capacity to depatch songs played to Facebook, iLike and Last.fm. The new software is also expected to support direct import of Digital Copy movies from Blu-ray discs. Some speculate on updates to the Apple TV at the event.

むぅ…5メガピクセルくらいを期待してたんですけどねぇ……。
消えると思われたclassicもカメラ付で残るとはちょっと意外。
まぁあくまでウワサですが。

[読んだ] Inkvaders – Games, Reviews – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News

Inkvaders is a relatively standard side-scrolling shooter in the same realm as Zombieville USA. In fact, Inkvaders is Zombieville USA, just better… and so much prettier. Have I mentioned how good this game looks? The basic premise is that you walk forward through the level killing aliens and collecting money for new guns to… you guessed it… kill aliens. Why are you killing aliens? Because you are a man, and that’s what men do!

今なら115円。

[読んだ] iPhone App Automatically Picks the News You’ll Like

Reading RSS feeds in your Google Reader (Google Reader) is fine, but sometimes we feel like RSS could be a lot more dynamic, not to mention less time-consuming. We have habits and tendencies. We like to read stories about certain things and skip others. Some of us love Twitter, others prefer news about iPhone development. Why can’t these RSS readers read our minds and give us what we want? The my6sense iPhone app does essentially that. The app, which has been stuck in the limbo of
Apple’s archaic review process for weeks, has finally made its debut in the iPhone App Store. Along with being a solid mobile RSS reader, my6sense monitors what you read and uses that info to generate a customized feed of articles you’ll want to read.

これは試してみる価値ありそうですね。