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It’s An Apple Thing
November 8, 2009 – 8:39 am | Comments
It’s An Apple Thing

A few days ago I reported that beta builds of the new Mac OS X 10.6.2  could no longer be installed on netbooks running Atom processors, effectively spiking the popular Hackintosh builds. Well, reports …

A Whole Crop of Apple Updates
October 20, 2009 – 1:13 pm | Comments
A Whole Crop of Apple Updates

The Apple  site is back up, with a whole bunch of solid if not overly exciting updates to existing products. Apple is taking the opportunity to do a few long rumored refreshes on products …

“The seductive angel of death for computing…”
October 18, 2009 – 9:19 am | Comments
“The seductive angel of death for computing…”

David Weinberger, at his always interesting JoHo the Blog wrote about the Motorola Droid today, noting it probably will not be as pretty or have as many apps as the iPhone, but he would …

Mac OS X is not much better than W7
October 8, 2009 – 4:16 pm | Comments

I’m not the one saying it, he is Walt Mossberg, the man behind the Personal Technology Column of The Wall Street Journal.  And here is exactly what he said:

85% of Mac users own a PC
October 6, 2009 – 11:14 am | Comments
85% of Mac users own a PC

The statistics come from the research firm NPD Group and they were published recently at The Inquirer page.
This means that 85 per cent of Mac users have a pragmatic approach to their machines and use …

“There’s a Map for That…”
October 6, 2009 – 2:04 am | Comments

Verizon has fired back at Apple’s “There’s an App for that” ads, and aimed right at poor old Barney Fife…yep, AT&T and their limited coverage get it in the ole’ deputy. Cute ad, though this …

Palm and Apple Still At It
October 3, 2009 – 5:58 pm | Comments
Palm and Apple Still At It

To quote the often lamented Lucas Buck, “Why can’t we all just get along?”
Remember when I said the the USB-IF’s ruling in support of Apple meant that Palm would need to drop it’s battle …

AT&T is Apple’s Barney Fife
September 30, 2009 – 6:00 pm | Comments
AT&T is Apple’s Barney Fife

Any of you ever watch The Andy Griffith Show Mayberry RFD when you were a kid? I bet you can whistle the theme, at least. Well I have been giving a lot of thought …

Palm Faults in USB-IF Showdown
September 23, 2009 – 4:25 am | Comments
Palm Faults in USB-IF Showdown

Palm recently brought their ongoing dispute with Apple over iTunes syncing to a higher authority, namely into the court of the USB-IF, the standards board that regulates USB usage and certification…however, they didn’t get …

iPod Touch 3G Hardware Gives Hints of the Future
September 12, 2009 – 2:34 pm | Comments
iPod Touch 3G Hardware Gives Hints of the Future

AppleInsider is reporting on the inevitable teardowns of the new iPod Touch and is discovering some very interesting hints as to what we may see in version 4 of the devices.
First and foremost they …

No Cams in iPod Touch, Zune Still Cheaper
September 9, 2009 – 12:28 pm | Comments
No Cams in iPod Touch, Zune Still Cheaper

Wow….a lot of Apple fans must be cheezed off about now.
The 8GB Touch is now $199 but uses the old processors. The 16GB is gone. The 32GB and new 64GB run a cool new …

iPod Camera Not Ready for it’s Close-up?
September 7, 2009 – 3:34 pm | Comments
iPod Camera Not Ready for it’s Close-up?

AppleInsider is reporting the following rumor about the widely anticipated new camera-equipped iPods, expected to be announced in two days…
A person with a strong track record in predicting Apple’s upcoming product launches said that …

Apple Roundup
August 31, 2009 – 1:48 pm | Comments
Apple Roundup

Lots and lots of Apple News coming down the information super highway today.
Let’s start with the no-brainer, shall we? Apple has finally sent out the invitations to the long rumored event on Sept 9th …

China To Be Site of Smartphone War by Proxy
August 28, 2009 – 6:43 am | Comments
China To Be Site of Smartphone War by Proxy

The web is abuzz with news of the 3 year deal between Apple and China Unicom to supply iPhones to China. This comes just two weeks after China Mobile revealed a deal with Dell …

The Killing of an iPhone
August 15, 2009 – 11:01 am | Comments
The Killing of an iPhone

Here is a video found by GottabeMobile  that I would like to share with you guys. It’s not a secret that I consider the Apple Store a "Dictatorship" – I know from first hand what …

Microsoft Offers Dev Guide For Porting iPhone apps to Windows Mobile
August 6, 2009 – 10:01 pm | Comments
Microsoft Offers Dev Guide For Porting iPhone apps to Windows Mobile

That’s right folks, soon all those apps that the Apple heads are rubbing in our faces will be on our Windows Mobile phones!  Microsoft has just put out a guide …

Arrington Switches
August 2, 2009 – 12:59 am | Comments
Arrington Switches

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is one of those people in the world of blogging who elicits strong opinions, many people either love him or hate him and he is always at the heart of …

WebOS v1.1 Released…Palm 2, Apple 1
July 24, 2009 – 12:09 am | Comments
WebOS v1.1 Released…Palm 2, Apple 1

Engadget has a partial list of the confirmed updates in the new version of Palm Pre software released yesterday. Nothing game changing but a lot of nice fixes that cover some major complaints users …

Foxconn Selects a Scapegoat
July 23, 2009 – 5:44 am | Comments
Foxconn Selects a Scapegoat

In a move that surprises no one, Bloomberg is reporting (via China Daily) that Hon Hai Group, Foxconn’s parent company, suspended a security official they would only identify as “Gu” after an employee, Sun …

Motorola to release….iPhone Pro?
July 22, 2009 – 6:22 am | Comments
Motorola to release….iPhone Pro?

No real specs are available yet, but new photos of the upcoming flagship of Moto’s Android lineup, the Morrison, have been leaked and posted by Phandroid…

Look familiar?
Consider the mocked up image that raced around …