Apple’s iPad has sold over 2 million units in less than 2 months, selling 1 iPad every 3 seconds.
Proving that Steve Jobs really knows how to pick his catch-phrases (in a classic Jobs moment) he opens the Keynote with a customers email to Jobs claiming that he has experienced the truly “magical” powers of the iPad …
Of course, the big news of the day was the new iPhone 4. True to (Apple’s) form, the latest iPhone is a gorgeous piece of equipment. While slightly heavier than its previous siblings, it’s nearly 25% thinner and packs some serious hardware. Sporting Apple’s new silicon, A4 chip that equip iPads, HD Video Recording (720p), 5-megapixel camera, front-facing camera, 802.11n networking, and the remarkable Retina Display. (Check out the cool interactive comparison of the Retina Display vs iPhone 3GS Display. You can also find the full specs here.)
Some more interesting things to note:
FaceTime, Apple’s new platform for mobile video calling, is a tremendous leap forward in mobile computing. It may take a little while for it to catch on and become wide-spread but… there’s is no doubt in my mind that this will revolutionize the way we communicate. Considering the fact that Apple is making it open source will provide some tremendous opportunities for future growth of the platform and will contribute to the ability of breaking barriers between operating systems.
The App Store:
Just last week, Apple surpassed 5 billion downloads from the App Store.
For me, the most inspiring news of the day was what Jobs also claimed to be his favorite stat of the show: Apple has paid over $1 Billion to developers (their 70% of the app store price).
One point that Jobs wanted make clear with respect to App submissions: upon 15,000 apps submitted a week, from 30 countries, 95% of them are approved within 7 days. Of those rejected, the top reasons are:
- The app doesn’t function as advertised
- Use of private APIs - as Jobs states, “We’re very clear on this, we do not accept private APIs” - and goes on to explain why
- Crashes (the App simply crashes at start-up or too often)
There were a couple of other points Jobs wanted to make perfectly clear. iOS fully supports two platforms:
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Highlighting some apps:
“We launched eBay application on the iPhone last year - 10 million downloads. It did $600 million of volume in its first year. It’s going to do $1.5 billion to 2 billion this year.” - eBay CEO John Donahoe
While there was a lot more to cover… there just isn’t enough time. But luckily, you can find all the iPhone 4 goodness your heart desires, before the big day arrives on June 24th, right here on the Apple site.
