November 5, 2009
As Apple rolls into what looks to be yet another record setting holiday shopping quarter, on the heels of the company’s most profitable quarter ever, giving an accolade to the man who’s listed by name among the patent and trademark docs for the iMac, iPod and iPhone seems a safe bet. Shallow praise for the father of the Jesus phone?
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Posted in Amusing, Announcements, Apple, Steve Jobs, iPhone, iPod, imac, news, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 19, 2009
As expected our favorite fruit company has delivered its best ever quarter for Macs and iPhones, resulting in revenues of nearly $10 billion and a $1.67 billion profit. So, even as the recession bites deeply and unemployment rises, the company’s growing legion of customers continue to single out Mac, iPod and iPhone as being the value leaders in every category where Apple competes.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, MacBook, Macintosh, OS X, Steve Jobs, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, news, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 19, 2009
When Apple Inc. announces earnings today, many financial analysts expect them to beat market expectations on the back of strong iPhone, iPod, and Mac computer sales.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPod | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
September 10, 2009
I remember happy times in my Mac life, like how sweetly 96MB RAM and a 512MB hard disc felt inside one particular Quadra I owned. Or, what a revelation video editing was on the PowerMac 7600. How about the dual gig nirvana — 1GHz processor and 1GB RAM — of a Graphite G4? That baby really cooked after I added an ATI Radeon 9000 with 128MB — I swear you could actually feel the splatter after hitting an opponent with the rocket launcher in Unreal Tournament 2004.
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Posted in Announcements, Leopard, Mac, MacBook, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, iPod Touch, news, opinion | 3 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 9, 2009
Today Steve Jobs made a number of announcements at the Apple music event in San Francisco, many of them about the iPod product line, from new prices to new devices.
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Posted in Announcements, Steve Jobs, iPod, iPod Touch | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
September 8, 2009
Every time people look at Apple subjects on the Web today, there is another new rumor about the Beatles coming to iTunes as a part of tomorrow’s announcements, although there does not seem to be a positive consensus.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Rumors, iTunes | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
September 7, 2009
Time is closing in on the Apple event this Wednesday, ripe for new product announcements of all kinds, leaving us making a list and checking it twice in advance of the big Fall event.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Rumors, Steve Jobs, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
September 2, 2009
How much does it really matter whether or not Steve Jobs appears at the Apple music and iPod event scheduled for next week, given that there will probably be few surprises at the event itself?
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Rumors, Steve Jobs, iPod, iTunes | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
August 31, 2009
The day after Apple’s buy a Mac and get a free iPod touch back to school promotion ends, the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker will hold a media event. Many news outlets, including Mac Blorge, correctly predicted the date of Apple’s annual music and media player refresh, but how many of our hopes and dreams will the company fulfill?
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Mac software, Rumors, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
August 3, 2009
With the two companies competing in a growing number of areas, months of speculation and sniping have finally yielded to the inevitable. However, as the FCC begins an investigation of certain questionable aspects of the companies’ relationship, a big question mark continues to hang over their future dealings.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, news, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson