Archive for May, 2010
May 12, 2010
Recently, research group NPD issued a report saying that Android phones (in their several incarnations) passed the iPhone in U.S. sales last quarter. Apple, in a rare move, says those figures are wrong.
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, news, Rumors | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 11, 2010
Apple’s recent pro portable upgrade is being credited with keeping the company’s unit volume above 20 percent for the third consecutive quarter, powering what will likely be yet another record quarter.
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Posted in Apple, Macbook Pro, Macintosh, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 11, 2010
The Apple-AT&T situation is getting muddier by the minute. First, we hear that AT&T gets six more months for their iPad data price, now we hear rumors that Apple promised AT&T a five-year exclusive from the get-go.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Rumors | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 10, 2010
It’s a plug-in free, standards-based future for online multimedia that’s built around Cocoa, JavaScript and WebObjects, the combination used to build the Apple Store Genius reservation system, among other things. Of course the haters will see this as just another example of the Apple’s grasping, monopolistic (never the mind company’s actual market share) tendencies.
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Posted in Adobe, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Rumors | 3 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 10, 2010
In a move that has puzzled many, Apple has charted a different course in Japan than in the United States by announcing that they will SIM-lock the iPad to Softbank Mobile, Apple’s wireless partner in Japan.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 9, 2010
For better and worse, everything that happens at Apple really just comes down to Steve Jobs. That’s an absurd notion, of course, but that’s the public perception and a perspective that likely won’t be changed by facts.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, Mac, Macintosh, opinion, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 7, 2010
There will be no Mac awards and no IT track, but damn it this is the event for Mac software professionals, corporate admins, Mac hardware developers iPhone OS developers! Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is sold out and the world will never be the same.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 7, 2010
It looks like Apple has dodged a bullet in the ever-expanding case of the bar-room-floor iPhone, with the judge in the case refusing to release the search warrant used to raid the apartment of the Gizmodo editor involved.
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 6, 2010
Once you go Mac, you’ll never go back! So, why on earth would you ever, under any circumstances let yourself date a PeeCee user (just the thought of which makes me want to shower)? Seriously, if their digital lives are virus infested and plagued by crashing, their personal lives can’t be much better.
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Posted in Amusing, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac, Macintosh, news | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 6, 2010
While most industry observers are licking their chops over the upcoming Verizon iPhone, one prominent analyst says that it won’t happen because Apple and AT&T have already cut another exclusive deal.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones