Hey Apple. Apple results yesterday. A beat by a country mile. Read from the companies website: Apple Reports Third Quarter Results. Record revenue. So notwithstanding all these tough times in the developed world, the consumer will still follow quality and in fact buy more quality products, not less. Amazing, think about that for a minute, this is a pure discretion spend bunch of products, that ooze the cool factor, but the company never seems to struggle to sell, because of that very factor. As Paris would say, that is hot.
Arrogance or truth, who knows, but here is from the last piece of that release: "Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices." The best and leader. And I guess that is all about you need to know about that.
This is awesome. Fast company with this one: Infographic: Our App-Happy World. So many awesome applications, so many useless ones, ultimately it depends how you monetize it, right? Don't spend half a day digesting all this information, but it is truly awesome, the world of applications for smartphones, that need we remind you, is only around two years old.