Third-party app developer FutureTap posted this crash report a few days ago on Twitter, saying that it had received its first such report from an iPhone running iOS 5. The report would indicate that Apple is testing iOS 5 with third-party apps, and hopefully means that the next version of iOS is on track for an unveiling at WWDC in June.
The exception was caused by MKUserLocationBreadCrumb. While MKUserLocation is a longstanding part of the iOS MapKit Framework, used to look up a device’s current location, the element “BreadCrumb” is new.
If you were waiting for independent confirmation about iCloud.com, you’ve now got it. All Things Digital’s John Paczkowski has confirmed on their website that Apple has actually purchased iCloud.com from Swedish based Xcerion.
The race to the bottom is killing Epic games, and they’re not shy about letting the public know just how badly the $0.99 price point is affecting their bottom line.
Mike Capps, the president of Epic Games told IndustryGamers,
If there’s anything that’s killing us [in the traditional games business] it’s dollar apps
We understand where Capps is coming from. Developing a-list titles for any platform requires a lot of man hours, and at the cost of one-dollar per download, it’s pretty difficult to turn a profit. The one-dollar app price-point has been on my mind a lot over the last couple of months. I still can’t figure out how a startup can sustain growth at that price, without some luck, marketing, and serious help from Apple. While it’s working for independent firms, major development agencies surely struggle with it.
It’s been years in the making — Apple has passed Microsoft not only in market cap, as we saw a while ago, but also in revenue.
Tech Crunch is reporting that Microsoft’s Q3 2011 results have put the net income of the company at $5.23 billion dollars. Apple’s net income information during their financial call revealed that the company was sitting at $5.99 billion.
Would you look at that. It looks like there were a lot of people holding out for the white iPhone 4 — in Japan. We haven’t seen much lineup information from Europe or North America, but it seems like Apple’s cashing-in in Japan.
Leading up to the iPad 2 release there were a ton of leaks from China. Some were obviously illegitimate, but others clearly came directly from Foxconn. According to a report in DigiTimes police have charged three Foxconn employees with leaking iPad 2 designs to accessory companies in China.
The video isn’t about Apple at all. Instead it focuses on the philosophy of Dieter Rams. But, it becomes pretty evident early on in the interview that Apple’s taken the same approach to their product lineup.
I thought it would be appropriate to pass this on, considering that Dieter Rams’ products and what Jonathan Ive is working on in Cupertino these days seem to be intertwined.
If you’re curious about why Apple does what it does with their products, you’ll want to check out this video.
According to DigiTimes, Apple has cut its order of CDMA-powered iPhones by half.
The move is reported to be an adjustment as initial sales have dropped off. DigiTimes claims that the iPhone 4 assembler Pegatron originally expected to ship 10 million CDMA iPhone 4s to Apple in 2011, but now this number is down to 5 million.
I find this drop a little hard to believe. While I’m sure the initial sales were much higher than normal, this is common with most products. However, with iPhone 5 rumors circulating more and more, maybe some consumers are simply waiting to see what happens.
Third-party app developer FutureTap posted this crash report a few days ago on Twitter, saying that it had received its first such report from an iPhone running iOS 5. The report would indicate that Apple is testing iOS 5 with third-party apps, and hopefully means that the next version of iOS is on track for an unveiling at WWDC in June.
April 29, 2011
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