Apple sells 1.7 million iPhone 4s in first three days

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From Apple

CUPERTINO, California—June 28, 2010—Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24.

Previously, Apple sold just over one million iPhone 3GS units in 2009 (in the same 3 day period) and the same amount in 2008 (again, in the same 3 day period).

What is Fast App Switching?

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Matt Neuburg over at TidBITS wrote a nice piece on the intricacies of Fast App Switching that does a wonderful job of explaining exactly what is expected by the user from iOS 4 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 phones. I highly recommend anyone with an iPhone 3GS or new iPhone 4 to read this article as it will give you a much better understanding of how iOS 4 handles this.

An excerpt:

Those of you who have just used iTunes to install a shiny new iOS 4 on your iPhone or iPod touch, or who are about to obtain a shiny new iPhone 4, may find yourselves wondering about one of the touted features of this new system, fast app switching. What is fast app switching? What does it have to do with multitasking? Does it operate only through the new Home button double-press behavior? And why, for most apps, does nothing very remarkable or new seem to be happening?

Is Google far too much in love with engineering?

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Great article by Chris Matyszczyk at CNET:

Google does many interesting and clever things. But, at this stage of its development, its office does seem to be full of too many people with the emotional maturity of Dwight Schrute.

At a time when the company needs to create more products that become an essential part of real people's lives, it often seems incapable of communicating the worth and, dare one suggest, the magic of such products to those very people.

I think he hits some very good points with this piece. Also, read the article above and with that knowledge, read the piece by Jon Lech Johansen discussing Google's Mismanagement of the Android Market

Sometimes I get frustrated with Apple's iTunes App Store due to difficulties I have in finding new and interest apps. I've never owned an Android phone. I've never even seen the Android Market. After reading these articles I am even more grateful for the efforts Apple expends to curate their own app store.