That’s a lot of percent.

Serenity Caldwell writing for Macworld:

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Apple has cut iPhone 5c orders from assemblers and component partners by up to 50 percent, while increasing orders for the 5s. But don’t go shouting “Apple’s plastic iPhone is doomed” off the rooftops just yet—this is fairly normal behavior from our friends in Cupertino.

Also, identifying patterns requires an attention span and who’s got time for that?

The title of this AllThingsD piece by Liz Gannes is “South Koreans Love Phablets”.

In a worldwide sample of nearly 100,000 iOS and Android devices, seven percent were “phablets,” the jumbo-phone/mini-tablet hybrid. But in South Korea, 41 percent of such devices are phablets, according to Flurry Analytics.

But do they love phablets or do they love the home team?

South Koreans have a notable tendency to buy local devices. As of August 2013, 85 percent of devices owned in South Korea were manufactured there, Flurry said. Samsung had 60 percent market share.

The more you slice the “Apple must make a larger iPhone!” argument, the more of a joke it becomes. Maybe Apple will ship a larger phone next year and maybe it’ll be a hit. But to date a large part of the market for these devices has been South Koreans buying local, and Apple’s never going to crack that nut.

The Verge’s Tom Warren reports on Microsoft realizing what everyone else realized about Windows RT before it shipped:

“We think that there was some confusion in the market last year on the difference between Surface RT and Surface Pro,” admits Cowett. “We want to help make it easier for people, and these are two different products designed for two different people.”

Literally two? That explains the write-off.

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I am not a horror fan at all, but Joshua Hoffine’s images are terrifically disturbing.

Like the clown.

Right?

Ha-ha!

The clown.

The horrible, horrible clown.

Oh, god.

This is outrageous. I encourage everyone to tweet their outrage about Twitter stereotypes.

(Via Richard Dunlop-Walters)

Thanks to the current issue of The Loop Magazine, I am now a noted national writer on the issue of health care.

The debate over Health Care in the U.S. has been incendiary and I don’t really want to get into questions of policy. They’re complicated and annoying and thinking about them causes what doctors call “brain fatigue” which is not covered under most plans, even though it can be fatal. The only important thing for you to know is that if you don’t agree with me on this issue, whatever my position is, you are Hitler.

Looking forward to appearing on CNN sometime soon.

I’m repeating myself but I guess I have to since no one else mentions these things. Three points out this Piper Jaffray survey saying “Teens love iOS devices!”

1. I’m sure teens do love them. They also love music, junk food and loudly proclaiming that no one understands them and slamming the door.
2. Gene Munster’s scientific rigor is often on the same level as that of alchemy, astrology and Jenny McCarthy.
3. Apple is a Piper Jaffray client.

So… you know.

Tap Tap Tap, the makers of Camera+ just lost a customer. Well, two, including me.

(Via David Chartier)