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WSJ to start charging for iPhone content

by Megan Lavey (RSS feed) on Sep 15th, 2009

Say farewell to the free Wall Street Journal on the iPhone.

According to Paid Content, News Corp's Rupert Murdoch announced that readers of the WSJ on the Blackberry and iPhone will be charged $2 per week for the privilege of reading news through the respective apps. Online and print subscribers of the WSJ will only pay $1 a week. No time limit has been set yet, but Murdoch says it will be within the next few months.

There's bad news for Hulu lovers as well. Murdoch also said News Corp is considering either a pay-per-view or subscription model for Hulu. "No final decision has been made," Murdoch said via Webcast at an investor conference today. The WSJ itself reports that subscription offerings will roll out for media content before the end of the year, though it was made in a different context from the Hulu statement.

Tags: hulu, iphone, news corp, NewsCorp, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple

WSJ: Jobs had liver transplant, on schedule to return to work in June

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Jun 20th, 2009

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee, but is still expected to return to work by the end of the month.

Jobs, who went on a medical leave from Apple in January, has had continuing medical issues related to a bout with pancreatic cancer. The type of pancreatic cancer that Jobs has will often metastasize in other organs, particularly the liver. According to the WSJ article, it is expected that Jobs will work part-time upon his return to the company in order to speed his recovery.

The 54 year-old Jobs missed the Apple shareholder meeting in February, and hasn't been flying in his corporate jet (one of the perks he receives along with his US$1 annual compensation) as much as he had in the past.

The TUAW staff, along with many of our readers, is looking forward to the return of the Steve Jobs to the company he helped to create.

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, health, liver, steve jobs, SteveJobs, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple, iPhone, App Store

Steve Jobs discusses App Store with Wall Street Journal

by Christina Warren (RSS feed) on Aug 11th, 2008

This morning's Wall Street Journal has a really interesting article (use Google News to view the complete text) about the App Store, complete with quotes from Steve Jobs himself! While the full article is definitely worth a read, here are some of the highlights:

After the first month, App Store sales are about $30 million US, meaning at least $360 million in revenue for Apple if sales continue at that pace (we discussed the success of the App Store on a micro-level, here)
Steve on the App Store: "I've never seen anything like this in my career for software."
Steve on the future of mobile technology: "Phone differentiation used to be about radios and antennas and things like that. We think, going forward, the phone of the future will be differentiated by software."
Steve on the ability to disable a program remotely: "Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull."

As Steve Sande pointed out in last night's Talkcast, amid all the criticism aimed at the App Store, we often forget that the store is only one month old. That isn't to say that those criticisms are invalid or unnecessary, it just brings some perspective to the "bigger picture," if you will. Now that we are a month in, it is clear that the store, the distribution format, and the platform are real game changers for the mobile industry and for Apple itself.

Thanks John!

Tags: app store, AppStore, steve jobs, SteveJobs, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal

Filed under: Reviews, iPhone, App Store

Mossberg, Pogue, Baig review the iPhone 3G

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Jul 9th, 2008

While most people are waiting in line for their soon-to-be new friend, pal and everyday communications device, the world's top tech reviewers have already been playing with the long awaited device. Below is a summary of their findings along with links to their full reviews of the iPhone 3G.

Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal)

Pros: Faster cell network data speeds, GPS
Cons: Weaker battery life due to 3G/GPS
Bottom Line: If you don't already have an iPhone and can live with the weaker battery life, then you should go ahead and buy; otherwise wait out for the 2.0 firmware update (hmm... I think I've heard this advice somewhere else)

David Pogue (New York Times)

Pros: You can talk and access 3G data network simultaneously, cheaper, improved audio quality
Cons: 3G isn't wide-spread, AT&T pricing,
Bottom Line: "iPhone 3G is a nice upgrade," 2.0 firmware update will make your original iPhone in most ways similar to the iPhone 3G

Edward Baig (USA Today)

Pros: Faster data network, cheaper, GPS, Visual Voicemail
Cons: Slow EDGE speeds when not in 3G area, no video, no memory expansion
Bottom Line: "The Sequel, is worth the wait," he also shows a side-by-side comparison between EDGE and 3G speeds

As an interesting note: David Pogue says that the iPhone's GPS antenna is too small to provide you with turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps -- this is something that Apple has failed to note until now.

Tags: 3G, att, Cons, David Pogue, DavidPogue, Edward Baig, EdwardBaig, GPS, iPhone 3G, Iphone3g, New York Times, NewYorkTimes, Pros, reviews, USA Today, UsaToday, Wall Street Journal, WallStreetJournal, Walt Mossberg, WaltMossberg

Filed under: Internet, iPhone

Wall Street Journal: "iPhones take over the Internet"

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Dec 5th, 2007

Over at the Wall Street Journal, Ben Worthen posts that iPhones were responsible for 0.09% of all Web page views in November. In comparison, all the other mobile Windows-based browsers accounted for only 0.06% of page views. From this, we can deduce the following:

Viewing the Web on most mobile devices stinks.
Viewing the Web on the iPhone doesn't stink.
Most people still use computers to view the web.

Thanks, Eddie.

Tags: Market Saturation, MarketSaturation, Wall Street Journal, WallStreetJournal

Filed under: Macworld, iPod Family, Video, Apple, iPhone

iPhone video and Greg Joswiak interview from WSJ

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Jan 10th, 2007

Rex Crumb from MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal snagged an interview with Apple's Vice President of iPod marketing, Greg Joswiak. Greg talked about the iPhone and its awesomeness, of course, and Rex gets some rare hands-on video, too!

Although some of the footage is stock from the Keynote, there's also some real-live, hot hand-on-iPhone action. It's hard not to notice that while they are talking, Greg never lets the iPhone out of his own hands, whereas you'd normally expect to see the interviewer at least get to hold the thing. Clearly there are some pretty strict rules in place about who gets to touch one of the few demo units. Even Uncle Walt only got to handle it for a few minutes - but there's no video proof of that, so we'll have to take his word for it.

Thanks, Steve!

Tags: greg joswiak, GregJoswiak, iphone, macworld07, marketwatch, rex crumb, RexCrumb, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal, wsj

Filed under: Macworld, Analysis / Opinion, Cult of Mac, Surveys and Polls, iPhone

WSJ asks: Will the iPhone be a hit or a flop?

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Jan 10th, 2007

I thought online polls where strictly blog territory, but it seems that august publications like the Wall Street Journal are getting in on the poll fun. The WSJ has a poll up right now that asks, 'Will the iPhone be a hit like the iPod or a flop like the Newton?' At the right you see how it stands at 5am EST. 83% of people think Apple has a hit on its hands (my one vote is in that category) whilst 17% said, 'Didn't Steve kill the Newton when he returned to Apple? What's up with Newton 2.0?'

What do you think? Will Apple score big with the iPhone or is it destined to become a footnote in Apple, Inc's history?

Tags: iphone, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Retail, Steve Jobs, Apple

Apple Stores buck the trend

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 18th, 2006

I assure you that this post is not just an excuse to use the Wall Street Journal's cool picture of Steve Jobs. No, Nick Wingfield's article about the success of the Apple's retail strategy is well worth the read. Back when Apple first started opening stores I had my doubts. This was the time when Gateway was closing stores left and right, what the heck was Apple doing?

Turns out they were doing the right thing, though not everyone is happy. Third party Apple resellers are miffed because they feel Apple ships new products to its stores first (which it probably does) and they are seeing a decline in business as people flock to the Mothership's outpost in their town.

This article is free at the moment, but it might go behind the Wall Street Journal's paywall at any moment.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal

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