It’s January 2012 and the folks at Forrester Research are predicting that Apple will sell $19 billion in Macs and iPads to businesses this year, up 58% from 2011. Here’s is an InfoWorld generated list of the reasons why this may be happening.
Yesterday was very difficult because we all learned of Steve’s passing….
His death has definitely affected me and all of my family. Personally, I think of Steve every time I turn on my Mac, pick up my iPhone, control my Mac Mini server in the closet, or view something on our Apple TV. My two girls look at their iPods with a different appreciation, now. Today we were all watching news clips about his death on our Macs.
I just wish I could make such a difference in people’s lives like he did.
I feel sad for all of us left behind, but not for him. He did more in his 56 years than most people will ever do in three lifetimes.
To him I say,
“Congratulations on a life well-lived and thank you for being insanely great and having the courage to think different for all of us.”
Long live Steve!
We’ve seen panorama add-ons for the iPhone before, but Kogeto’s offering is quite a bit more pocketable than other crowd-funded solutions. The Kogeto Dot snaps onto an iPhone 4 in your choice of pastel colors, and catches 360-degree video when placed face down.
It’s got an accompanying iOS app that will un-distort the video for sharing, or even broadcast it on the net in real time. We got to check out a prototype, and though there’s still some residual distortion at this point in time, we’re assured that it’ll all get straightened out if and when the project meets its funding goal.
Interestingly (and annoyingly), this implementation requires your iPhone be held perpendicular rather than upright, making previewing a capture virtually impossible until after you’ve stopped the recording, which seem a bit unnatural. Combine that with a minimum Kickstarter pledge of $98 to secure one of your own, and suddenly the less-portable and lower-degree alternatives start sounding a little more attractive.