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iPad Still the Runaway Leader in Latest Tablet Web Usage Report

iPad Still the Runaway Leader in Latest Tablet Web Usage Report | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
The iPad remains at the top of the charts and way ahead of rivals in the latest report on tablet and mobile web usage from Chitika, an online advertising and analytics firm.
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iPad still the leader but Android catching up quickly.

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Should You Make Your iPad Your Only Computer?

Should You Make Your iPad Your Only Computer? | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
You'd probably be happier with something simpler, friendlier, and more in tune with the way you work now.
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I'm regularly tempted to consider the move but this article actually convinced me otherwise. While focusing on the gear you need to make your iPad your main computer (spoiler: it essentially and unsurprisingly comes down to a keyboard...), the change it describes seems tedious. I'll stay with my MacBook Air for now.
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Here’s when your iPhone will become obsolete

Here’s when your iPhone will become obsolete | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
In the endless battle between iOS and Android, Apple's biggest advantage is how long it can keep its devices up to date.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Apple's running out of ways to make us upgrade. I just pre-ordered an iPhone 7 but without any of the enthusiasm I had in the early days. My motivation now is very much like the one that makes me update my laptop every 2 years or so: more power to keep pace with ever-increasing software needs.

 

But no revolution expected. 

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Tablets dying, smartwatches not ready... The gloomy predictions of a Silicon Valley founder

Tablets dying, smartwatches not ready... The gloomy predictions of a Silicon Valley founder | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Being against the all you can eat trends, and trying to have a realistic opinion about what works and what will fail is a very risky bet, let'
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

My friend Gilles Raymond, News Republic's founder, makes 5 unpolitical correct predictions on the future of tech - particularly tech devices. As the leader of one of the largest news app for mobile, tablets and smartwatches and someone who's been in the mobile device industry for ages, his views are always sharp and I like that he challenges the status quo. 

 

 

 

As as far as tablets are concerned, I believe there's a usage niche that will keep them a small but alive market. Not as a computer replacement but as a gaming / entertainment device for the home (as Gilles observed: nobody seems to carry them around to the office anymore). 

Roman Temkin's curator insight, March 16, 2016 1:07 PM

My friend Gilles Raymond, News Republic's founder, makes 5 unpolitical correct predictions on the future of tech - particularly tech devices. As the leader of one of the largest news app for mobile, tablets and smartwatches and someone who's been in the mobile device industry for ages, his views are always sharp and I like that he challenges the status quo. 

 

 

 

As as far as tablets are concerned, I believe there's a usage niche that will keep them a small but alive market. Not as a computer replacement but as a gaming / entertainment device for the home (as Gilles observed: nobody seems to carry them around to the office anymore). 

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Tablet market down 8% in 2015 while detachable segment nearly doubles according to IDC

Tablet market down 8% in 2015 while detachable segment nearly doubles according to IDC | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Worldwide tablet shipments will reach 211.3 million units in 2015, down -8.1% from 2014, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast.
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Of course Apple will be quick to point out in a next keynote that these are volume data and not value. Still... Is Apple coming too late to the detachable tablet party?

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Google's Ingenious Plan to Make Apps Obsolete and Bring Us Back to the Web

Google's Ingenious Plan to Make Apps Obsolete and Bring Us Back to the Web | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it

The web didn’t die after all; it just looks more and more like what we thought would replace it.

Which is what makes apps so contrary to Google’s future, and Google Now so vital. Apps put information in little cages you can visit when you feel like it. Google Now lets that information roam free, to find whomever might need it most.

Guillaume Decugis's insight:

While Google's intentions are far from being philanthropic, its strategy to bring us back to an open Web and away from Apps is worth admiring.


Apps didn't level the playing field: they made the Internet become a lot more short tail than it should be. The App Store (and Google Play) drive traffic and visibility to a handful of services while the open web, through search and hyperlink, let you discover small but good websites. 


If we want niche services to continue to exist on mobile, we need an open web where they can exist.


I don't know if a Google Now can achieve that but between Apple who wants to kill it with Apps and Facebook who wants to destroy it with direct publishing, it's good to see one of the giants push to defend the open Web. 

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Apple Just Patented An Idea That Steve Jobs Would Have Hated

Apple Just Patented An Idea That Steve Jobs Would Have Hated | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
"Who wants a stylus?"
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Poor Steve...

The only few times where I've used a stylus on the iPad was to draw with the Paper App. And Paper has an amazing stylus for that which extends the features of the App and tablet. 

But beyond that (and maybe a few other niche applications), we should never have to use styluses. 

This is part of a worrying trend for Apple fans: first, the new iPhone double tap feature to adjust for screens which are too big, then this... Where is the legendary "it just works" integration of hardware and software?

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Are Big Phones Killing Small Tablets?

Are Big Phones Killing Small Tablets? | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Yesterday, Google disappeared its Nexus 7 tablet in favor of a gargantuan 6-inch phone. Today, Apple (barely) announced an iPad mini 3 that's essentially just a iPad mini 2 in goldpagne clothing. Small tablets are dying.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
I still love my iPad mini because I can read books or browse the web holding it with just one hand. But I have to admit that having an iPhone 6 (the 6*'s too big for me) made me use it less.
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The mobile application funnel is not just deadly: it's broken

The mobile application funnel is not just deadly: it's broken | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Excellent analysis by Gilles Raymond, the founder of mobile and tablet news app News Republic.


In other words, the App Store model is fundamentally a short-tail model which is mimicked after the iTunes store, itself derived from the way music companies launched records: hits or miss...


What the world badly needs is a long tail social/SEO discovery model like we have on the Web and which makes it possible for niche content publishers or e-commerce shops to be discovered. Small is beautiful and I love the variety of the Web: as a former mobile guy, I miss it badly on my smartphone.


But beyond my own opinion, it's the whole ecosystem that needs a healthy mix of organic and paid discovery in order to develop its full potential.

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No. The iPad is not a PC replacement. And that's ok.

No. The iPad is not a PC replacement. And that's ok. | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
iPad sales are falling – but the sky is not. We’re merely dealing with a healthy case of expectations adjustment.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Former Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassee's makes a good point on the new trends in the iPad market: while the media has loved to see the rising iPad sales as a sign of the post-PC era, the iPad was never positioned as a PC replacement.
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Visual Notetaking with iPads

These are presentation slides shared by Wesley Fryer at iPadPalooza in Austin, Texas, on June 19, 2014. The session description was: Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically.

Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Can visual note taking improve the way we learn by making knowledge sticky? Not sure how much this practice can be democratized but if it can the iPad has for sure a role to play there.

Filomena Gomes's curator insight, July 17, 2014 11:43 PM

Excellent! J'adore les astuces et les conseils et les exemples concrets. 

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Apple's two-hour WWDC keynote in 10 minutes

Apple's two-hour WWDC keynote in 10 minutes | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Apple spent two hours today talking about new software it plans to release this fall. That includes iOS 8 and a newly-revamped version of OS X called Yosemite. The whole keynote took a little under...
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Really useful and nicely made curation because for once Apple didn't announce anything big but a gazillion minor things.

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Will Facebook finally put an end to the mobile App silo problem?

Will Facebook finally put an end to the mobile App silo problem? | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Facebook will make it easier for all your apps to talk to each other.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Newly introduced AppLinks could finally end the fact that you can't link from one app to the next just like you can on web sites.


If this works (and if you've tried Facebook messenger, you've seen it does), this is huge news for the mobile industry as it could completely revamp the distribution model for mobile services which - right now - are the monopoly of App Stores. 


With App linking, we could potentially finally see long-tail Apps get some traction without being an AppStore hit - a model built from iTunes around the old-fashioned idea of music hits. Google in particular could use this to directly link search results to screens within Apps. Which means SEO would - finally work - for mobile Apps discovery.


And of course Facebook - the giant of display ads and mobile download ads - will leverage this too.

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This Is the End of Facebook as We Know It

This Is the End of Facebook as We Know It | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Facebook is ripping chat out of its flagship mobile app. That's going to be a big pain for users, but it's a signal that Facebook is ready for its app-centric future.
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The App model is reshaping web sites. But how many apps can we have on our phones and tablets?
Ken Morrison's curator insight, April 13, 2014 7:52 AM

Facebook is currently my biggest non-Apple app.  If they are going to take away a major function, I sure hope that they dramatically decreases the apps file size.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why Apple is the new Microsoft

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why Apple is the new Microsoft | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Rarely does it regain its former glory. Here’s why. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later…
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

There are lots of similarities between Microsoft at the beginning of the century and Apple 15 years later as Steve Blank demonstrates in this post. 


 


What at innovations from Apple blew your mind away in the past 5 years?

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Apple's iPad business is shrinking like crazy and the iPad Pro couldn't save it

Apple's iPad business is shrinking like crazy and the iPad Pro couldn't save it | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Apple's iPad business is down 25% over the last year.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Will the new iPad Pro reverse the trend? 

 

Not sure.

 

This whole thing started with Steve Jobs making the point that there needed to be a new category between the PC and the smartphone. So how come Apple's new pitch for the iPad Pro is "Super. Computer."? 

 

Doesn't make sense to me from a product positioning standpoint.

 

Shouldn't Apple double down on what makes the iPad unique, ie gaming and video screen?

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Amidst declining tablet sales, Apple is prepping the 'iPad Air 3'.

Amidst declining tablet sales, Apple is prepping the 'iPad Air 3'. | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
The iPad Air 3, as the device is likely to be named, may include support for Apple Pencil, the stylus introduced alongside the larger iPad Pro last year.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Can the tablet category survive? Will it become a niche product? Or can it grow back again? The above chart shows how fast the iPad moved from rising star to potentially obsolete.
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Does Apple Want To Turn The iPad Into A Real Computer With QuickType?

Does Apple Want To Turn The iPad Into A Real Computer With QuickType? | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it

With the new version of iOS 9 for iPad, announced at WWDC, the touch-sensitive QuickType keyboard now has the ability to transform into a trackpad whenever you set down two fingers on the keyboard portion of the screen. Simply move those fingers to the left and the cursor moves with them.

Guillaume Decugis's insight:

I haven't seen these new developments in action and I wonder what this means for the iPad as a device format. Is this a simple and welcome enhancement of the input method or is it Apple's admission that hybrid devices such as Microsoft's surface are better?


Apple presents this as a way to shift Apple from a content consumption to a content creation device, a trend already solid for visual content.

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Nobody Knows What an iPad Is Good for Anymore

Nobody Knows What an iPad Is Good for Anymore | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
How the iPad could become the least practical way for people to traverse their digital lives.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
So true. Apple lost its way in this - at least Steve Jobs' way. The iPad was defined by Jobs as clearly better at certain things than an iPhone and clearly better at other things than a Mac. Today it's worse off except in niche applications and maybe gaming.
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Is Apple turning into a carrier? New Apple SIM could be first step.

Is Apple turning into a carrier? New Apple SIM could be first step. | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
The iPad Air 2 contains Apple’s long-awaited SIM card which will work on multiple carriers’ networks. They days of picking your carrier before you buy your 4G-tablet may soon be over, and this might even allow Apple to be your carrier some day.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Carriers must hate this. The SIM card which had always been the most precious piece of equipment for them, connecting subscribers and all their data, billing info to their systems, is no longer their monopoly. With that move, Apple can now establish a position where it can broker relationships with carriers as opposed to the other way around. And eventually could end up acting as its own carrier.

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'iPad Air 2' and 'iPad mini 3' with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes

'iPad Air 2' and 'iPad mini 3' with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Apple’s iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up (and with perfect uncanny timing): screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. Of course, Apple will be formally debuting these devices tomorrow.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
No Revolution here but evolutions that might be welcome. My iPad Mini often feels slow.
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Why Android desperately needs a billion dollar success story

Why Android desperately needs a billion dollar success story | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it

Why startups are all going iPhone-first There's been a number of articles over the last year that reiterate a simple fact: The best new apps are all going iPhone-first. 

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A good analysis of why it takes more than shipments being bigger on Android than iOS for Google to win. 


Would you start an App on Android only? 

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App Rot: the App Store model is broken

App Rot: the App Store model is broken | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

This rant by Marco Amrent, Tumblr's former CTO, is spot on and echoes what I've been saying for some time now: http://sco.lt/8dhn3R 


The App Store model is fundamentally flawed because it's optimized for the short tail leaving 99% of app developpers little chance to succeed and - in the long run - demotivated. 


Apple les needs to change that by killing featured apps. Let search rule!

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Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over

Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it

Back in 2011, I was having an all-consuming love affair with tablets. Now — three years and 225 million tablets later — I’m starting to see how misplaced that passion was.

Guillaume Decugis's insight:

It's interesting to see some signs of disappointment for tablets after so much hype for the category. But the metaphor is valid: after the passionate love affair, we might be settling for a marriage of reason as the category matures. 


I see yet a number of reasons for tablets to still exist in spite of increasing pressure from phablets and bigger and bigger phones. Among others:


- games: the iPad is now a significant gaming platform.


- curated computing: the idea that less is more and that we sometimes need a simpler computer.


- after work, chill-out computing: a device that doesn't tell us "go back to work" by offering us a different context.


Interestingly, portability has nothing to do with any of the above.

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Fred Wilson Thinks That By 2020, Apple Won't Be A Top Tech Company Anymore

Fred Wilson Thinks That By 2020, Apple Won't Be A Top Tech Company Anymore | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it

In 2020, Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson thinks the top three tech companies in terms of market cap will be Google, Facebook, and some other company we haven't yet heard of.

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Why? Because Apple doesn't understand data and the cloud as it should. 


I have to say I yet have to be impressed by a cloud-based service by Apple. After the MobileMe fiasco, iCloud is far from being on par with Google Docs, Dropbox or Evernote. 

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APPLE: THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO

APPLE: THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO | Is the iPad a revolution? | Scoop.it
Apple just had its biggest-ever quarter, with $58 billion in revenues, up 7%. Yet people are openly worrying that Apple has lost its way.
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Is Apple losing its way? Whether we like to believe or not, here's an interesting analysis on what could happen if things went wrong. And why they could. 

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