Hard to argue with these numbers
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Monday, December 3, 2007
O2 iPhone numbers - not too fantastic
That is how many O2 reported on the first day of iPhone sales. To put that into perspective, Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in the first weekend in the US. At that point it was an untested product. All of the reviews, mostly positive, have come in and have been taken in by British consumers.
Of course, there are a lot fewer people in the UK than in the US - probably about 1/5th. The weather was also rainy on the day of the opening - which wasn't a help either (not that the UK is known for its great climate).
There are obviously a lot of hacked iPhones that have trickled into Europe over the last 3 months. That may account for some of the "opening day types" who went abroad and brought them back or bought them from ebay or other unauthorized resellers. The US models, which are reportedly the exact same hardware, cost much less before activation than their European counterparts.
Also there are many in the UK who have bought an iPod Touch over the past few months - which could be cannibalizing sales to a degree.
Then there is the 3G issue.
Back to the press. Numerous reports in the British media were saying that the lines at the Apple Stores and Carphone Warehouse's were below anticipation. The Register said that it was a flop.
Incidentally, Tmobile reported 10,000 activations on their first day of sales in Germany. Combined, the 18,000 activations so far tallied in Europe probably aren't cause for celebration or concern yet for Apple.
We are looking forward to see how France does selling the unlocked iPhone later this month.
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10.5.1 Outtie
The Leopard 10.5.1 update for client and server is out y'all. We're installing it now - how did it go for you? We're noticing that Time Machine is now fixed for NTFS partitions. Head to the comments for more.
From Apple:
The 10.5.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306907.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
The following improvements for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs are included in this update
AirPort
- Allows password-protected accounts on AirPort Disks to show up on in the Finder's Shared Sidebar.
- Resolves an issue with saved passwords for wireless networks.
Back to My Mac
- Improves the reliability of Back to My Mac-enabled Macs appearing in the Finder's Shared Sidebar.
- Improves compatibility with D-Link NAT gateways.
Disk utilities
- Restores the functionality of the progress bar during permission repairs in Disk Utility.
- Addresses an issue that could produce an alert when creating disk images using Disk Utility or Terminal.
- Improves disk partitioning when multiple RAID sets are created on the same disk.
iCal
- iCal alarms are now more reliably delivered via email.
- Resolves an issue when inviting attendees via a CalDAV account.
- Improves stability when resizing columns in the message viewer or switching between Stationery templates in email messages.
- Addresses an issue in which attachments enclosed inside an HTML link may not be clickable in email messages.
- Fixes an issue with email accounts added using the "Simple Setup" feature in which messages cannot be sent due to an SMTP connection failure.
- Improves Smart Mailboxes compatibility with .Mac Sync, and addresses an issue with To Do's disappearing when using Smart Mailboxes.
- Resolves an issue with syncing Mail accounts with .Mac in which multiple On My Mac folders appear in the Mailbox pane.
Networking
- Addresses an issue in which Microsoft Windows shared folders may be read-only when connected via SMB.
Printing
- Resolves an issue in which user-selected values on Paper Feed PDE are reset to default while saving a custom preset.
Security, Firewall
- Addresses a code signing issue; third-party applications can now run when included in the Application Firewall or when whitelisted in Parental Controls.
- In Security preferences' Firewall tab, the "Block All" option is now called "Allow Only essential services"
- Includes recent Apple security updates.
System and Finder
- Addresses a potential data loss issue when moving files across partitions in the Finder.
- Resolves an issue with login after turning off FileVault for a specific user account.
- Improves compatibility with Adobe Flash-based uploaders used by .Mac Web Gallery and certain other websites and applications.
- Resolves a potential text drawing issue with certain Adobe Flash-based websites and applications.
Time Machine
- Addresses formatting issues with certain drives used with Time Machine (specifically, single-partition MBR drives greater than 512 GB in size as well as NTFS drives of any size and partition scheme).
- Resolves an issue in which files restored in Time Machine may be restored to the backup hierarchy rather than the folders to which they belong.
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Q: What's Cool about Safari?
A: Everything, lately.
With yesterday's 10.4.11 update, Safari for Windows update and, of course, lots of people upgrading to Leopard, most Safari users will be on the Webkit 3 platform. To celebrate, Ars points us to the Surfin' Safari Weblog's top 10 new things in WebKit 3 (the open source basis for Safari). They basically boil down to speed improvements and added features.
To paraphrase:
1. Enhanced Rich Text Editing
2. Faster JavaScript and DOM
3. Faster Page Loading
4. SVG
5. XPath
6. New and Improved XML Technologies
7. Styleable Form Controls
8. Advanced CSS Styling
9. Reduced Memory Use
10. Web Developer Tools
With three of the most exciting emerging platforms, Google's Android, Adobe Air and Symbian also adopting Webkit, the Safari platform's future looks bright.
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