Linked List: October 12, 2012

Friday, 12 October 2012

‘Ant-Covered Candy Bar’ 

This week’s episode of America’s favorite podcast, The Talk Show, with special guest John Moltz. Topics include Windows 8 and Microsoft’s imminent but still largely mysterious Surface tablets, Apple’s new iPods (and their ads), Apple’s obsession with making devices ever thinner and lighter, and, of course, Yankees star Alex Rodriguez Ichiro Suzuki.

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Chitika: iPhone 5 Web Usage Surpasses Galaxy S III 

Chitika:

The Galaxy S III has been available in the U.S. for nearly four months, and posted impressive sales figures – even beating out domestic sales of the iPhone 4S in August 2012. However, only 18 days since the public release of the iPhone 5, the newest Apple device has overtaken the Galaxy S III in terms of Web traffic volume. Record-breaking sales numbers, along with new 4G browsing speeds which encourage data usage, are the most likely explanation for this tremendous growth.

Telling statistics.

LTE might help explain why iPhone 5 owners are browsing the web more than those using older iPhones, but it doesn’t explain how it so quickly surpassed the Galaxy S III, which also supports LTE. There are profound differences in how iPhone and Android owners use their devices.

Consumer Interest in iPhone 5 

Jim Dalrymple, reporting on a ChangeWave survey of over 4,000 North Americans:

The survey of 4,270 primarily North American consumers shows an “unprecedented degree of consumer interest” in the iPhone 5. Results show that one-in-three people are “Likely” to purchase the new iPhone, while 19% are “Very Likely” and 13% said they were “Somewhat Likely” to buy the iPhone 5.

To put these numbers in perspective, Changewave did the same survey when the iPhone 4S was released and 10% said they were “Very Likely” and 11.5% said they were “Somewhat Likely” to buy.

The Maps thing doesn’t seem to be a big deal.

Apple Agrees on Licensing Terms for Use of Iconic Swiss Clock Design 

Finally.

October 23 

Looks like that’s when Apple is going to unveil the smaller iPad. Would be cool if they had a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, too. (I’ve got no dirt on that — just something I’m hoping to see sooner rather than later.)