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iPhone 5c Sales Begin Closing Gap On iPhone 5s Lead
Delta Airlines to Distribute Surface 2 to Pilots; End BYOD iPad USe In Cockpit
Inside Apple's A7 System on Chip
Inside The iPhone 5s
Benchmarking The iPhone 5s Versus Other Apple iDevices
11 Tips to Keep iOS 7 From Destroying Your Battery Life
New Version Of Free LensTutorial for iOS Released


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iPhone 5c Sales Begin Closing Gap On iPhone 5s Lead

Market analysis firm Localytics' Bernd Leger says that after extensively reporting early iPhone 5s and 5c adoption data both in the U.S. and globally after the initial 48 and 72 hours of sales, they are now analyzing preferences for the two phones across 12 major U.S. cities and by carrier.

They've found that New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco held the largest market share in the U.S. for iPhone 5s and 5c activations, but the real surprise was that San Francisco came in third. Looking at distribution of the iPhone 5s and 5c for each of the cities respectively. San Francisco again stood out, showing the strongest preference for the 5s over the 5c (85% vs. 15%) among the top 12 major U.S. cities, while Philadelphia showed the lowest preference for the more expensive model with 72%.

Leger also notes that on September 22, active iPhone 5s and 5c's represented 1.4% of all active iPhones in the U.S. across the top 4 carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile, but by September 26, that metric had risen to 2.0%.

The gap between 5s and 5c sales volumes is also closing somewhat. Leger reports that on September 22, the iPhone 5s was outpacing the 5c by a factor of 3.4x, but as of September 26, the 5c was gaining ground, with that ratio decreasing to 2.9x, with the iPhone 5s representing 1.5% and the 5c 0.5% of all iPhones activated in the U.S.

For the full report visit here:
http://goo.gl/El5ooX






Delta Airlines to Distribute Surface 2 to Pilots; End BYOD iPad USe In Cockpit

WindowsITPro's Paul Thurrott reports that Delta Airlines will distribute Microsoft Surface 2 tablets to its pilots, rather than Nokia's "Sirius" tablet as originally planned. Thurrott notes that Delta currently allows pilots to bring their own iPads with them on flights. But with the move to company-standard Surface 2 devices, that could be changing, Delta saying it wants "current iPad Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) users to transition to a company-issued device."

For the full report visit here:
http://windowsitpro.com/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/delta-distribute-surface-2-pilots






Inside Apple's A7 System on Chip

Chipworks' Dick James reports that after a thorough teardown of Apple's iPhone 5s last week, they now have the transistor-level pic of the A7 and can start to unravel what's in it. He provides their tentative analysis of the A7.

You can check it out at:
http://goo.gl/WZYJjH






Inside The iPhone 5s

Chipworks' Jason Tanner, Jim Morrison, Dick James, Ray Fontaine and Phil Gamache report that aftr midst long midnight lineups and rumors of supply shortages, Chipworks have managed to get our hands on the iPhone 5s and did what any self-respecting technology company would do: destroy it (carefully). Follow along they dive into what's new and exciting this time around, including the A7 64-bit ARM CPU and the mysterious M7 motion co-processor.

You can check it out at:
http://goo.gl/4bjfFj






Benchmarking The iPhone 5s Versus Other Apple iDevices

BareFeats' rob-ART morgan ran a customary suite of four mobile benchmarks (and added two new ones) to see how the iPhone 5s compares to the iPhone 5 and 4s, and also included the iPad 4, the fastest currently shipping Apple tablet.

Morgan says the iPhone 5s is an impressive update in both CPU and GPU performance.

You can check it out at:
http://barefeats.com/iph5svs.html Benchmarking The iPhone 5s Versus Other Apple iDevices

BareFeats' rob-ART morgan ran a customary suite of four mobile benchmarks (and added two new ones) to see how the iPhone 5s compares to the iPhone 5 and 4s, and also included the iPad 4, the fastest currently shipping Apple tablet.

Morgan says the iPhone 5s is an impressive update in both CPU and GPU performance.

You can check it out at:
http://barefeats.com/iph5svs.html






11 Tips to Keep iOS 7 From Destroying Your Battery Life

Gizmodo notes that while your iPhone's new operating system comes with plenty of advantages, iOS 7's not without its drawbacks, with battery life for example not being quite what you'd want it to be. However, they offer some handy tips to help you squeeze the most out of an iOS 7 charge, observing that while many of iOS 7's fancy new features are useful if you need/want them. If you don't, they're just eating away at that precious battery life behind the scenes, and give you exactly zero help for your trouble. So shut 'em down.

You can check it out at:
http://goo.gl/LMbLTs






New Version Of Free LensTutorial for iOS Released

Sydney based SmartLearnApps has announced the new version of LensTutorial for iPhone and iPad. LensTutorial is a free app that allows to manipulate a photographic lens in a virtual environment. You can interactively slide focal length (zoom the lens), lens aperture and focusing distance. The app will show you how depth of field, angle of view and size of the model being photographed is changing according to your selection.

Lens Tutorial is providing ways to play with new zoom values to investigate photographic opportunities and see how lenses in different focal ranges behave in reality. Visual and interactive style simplifies learning for beginner photographers. Experienced photographers will find use for hard numbers that LensTutorial provides in a classic dof calculator fashion. Large font/hi-contrast mode will work well in studio or outdoor environments.

Lens Tutorial can calculate and visualize the following parameters:
(*) DOF (depth of field)
(*) Near and far DOF range
(*) Horizontal angle of view
(*) Photo model size in units of your choice (metric/imperial)
(*) 35mm equivalent focal length (compensates for selected digital camera sensor size)

Highlights:
(*) Standard range of 18-135 mm f/2.8-f/16 for any camera/lens setup
(*) 3400 cameras in database storing Crop Factor and lens mount information
(*) 2400 built-in lens specifications for point'n shoot, DSLR-like and other models with no interchangeable lenses
(*) Upgrade of Aperture from f/0.75 superfast lens to f/64 present in telephoto and macro lenses
(*) Upgrade of Zoom from ultrawide 14mm to super telephoto 1000 mm range
(*) Upgrade of Distance from macro-like 2 ft (50 cm) to extreme distant 115 ft (35m)
(*) Large font scheme with hi-contrast for outdoor use
(*) Ability to share photographic setups on Twitter, Facebook, email and more

Why is LensTutorial different from all those DOF calcs out there?

There are several important distinctions that make LensTutorial stand out in the crowd:
(*) Interactive style of handling lens parameters: you slide lens controls and they respond in realtime
(*) Visual representation: Depth of field / angle of view are both drawn on the screen at the same time and compliment hard numbers
(*) Look and feel: LensTutorial uses real lens engravings, textures and operation style

Device Requirements:
(*) iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
(*) Requires iOS 5.0 or later
(*) This app is optimized for iPhone 5
(*) 7.3 MB

LensTutorial 1.4 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

LensTutorial 1.4:
http://www.lenstutorial.com

Download from iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lenstutorial/id500543869

Facebook Profile:
https://www.facebook.com/LensTutorial

Twitter Profile:
http://twitter.com/LensTutorial

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