Dear Friends,
It is truly autumn here in Vermont with near peak colors in some of the higher elevations and beautiful sugar maples showing bright red leaves. Grace and I were hanging out on the deck the other evening and heard a bunch of geese in the distance. We waited for a few minutes scanning to sky and soon one of the biggest flocks of Canada Geese we have seen flew in a somewhat disorganized formation over our heads.
Apple surprised nearly everyone twice this past week. First, after those “analysts” were jumping to conclusions that because Apple didn’t release sales numbers for the iPhones immediately that it spelled doom for the company. Then, Apple released the first weekend sales numbers and they were nearly double what those same guys were predicting as the high end – with over 9 million iPhones sold in the first weekend. Even more impressive was the adoption numbers for iOS7 with 51% of the traffic from iOS devices in the US and Canada now coming from iOS7 and initial download traffic was in excess of 6.3 million downloads an hour!
The second surprise was a sort of stealthy upgrade to the iMac line with new processors, new graphics, new wireless and new Fusion drive. Zach will go into the details of these new powerful iMacs but we should have them in stock at all of our retail locations by the time you are reading Kibbles & Bytes.
The great reviews of the new iPhones and the phenomenal adoption rate for iOS7 should at least quiet some of the drumbeat that Apple is not moving forward. With over 600 million iOS devices out there, Apple continues to innovate and push the window forward in making tools for our digital lives. I don’t know if you have tried iTunes Radio yet, but I am loving it and use it to provide the tunes here in our open office.
I am very pleased to announce that Hapy Mayer has been promoted to President of Small Dog Electronics, Inc. Neither Hapy or I really care much about titles and we have always just done what needs to be done to move the company forward, building on our strengths and covering each other’s weaknesses and will continue to do that, but, this is a much deserved promotion that recognizes Hapy’s many contributions to the success of Small Dog Electronics!