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?
Is Apple preparing to push its industry-leading jukebox/device management/digital download store software in a new direction? The latest rumor making the rounds is that Steve Jobs, Eddy Cue and their merry band are preparing the way for a monthly subscription service, but you’re run of the mill pay-forever-music deal that everyone else is offering.
In addition to rolling significant upgrades in its consumer iMac, MacBook and Mac mini product lines, the mothership delivered more subtle, under-the-hood updates for its pricey and popular, plug-n-play wireless hub and wireless storage solutions.
And they went ahead and did it anyway. At least three hours after new product hit the streets on Tuesday morning, the company has — better late than never — released updated iMacs, MacBooks, Mac minis (including a server edition, baby!) and a multi-touch mouse.
The world beyond the 1 Infinite Loop woke this morning with visions of ultra-thin iMacs dancing in their heads, but Apple has left us guessing once again. Thereupon, with Microsoft to set begin its Vista SP4 Windows 7 assault, Steve Jobs and his merry band of deviants have already disrupted Redmond’s best laid plans by doing nothing.
It’s earnings season and evident joy is emanating from 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California. Moreover, the stars and planets are aligning to both humiliate Microsoft on the eve of the Windows 7 launch and deliver another stunning holiday quarter for the Mac, iPod and iPhone maker.
Two large PC industry analyst firms report that the sales of Mac computers is growing quickly towards a double digit share of the personal computer marketplace for the first time in recent memory.
About 18 months ago, an unknown maker of input devices for the medical industry sued Apple and CBS over the “Mighty Mouse” trademark. On Tuesday, October 6, the the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled against our favorite fruit company, leaving in doubt what name Apple’s new input device will come to market with.
In some ways, blogging about Apple and its many wondrous products is like being a paparazzi standing outside a Hollywood nightclub hoping Britney Spears or some other noteworthy moistened bint gives you the chance to photograph a nipple slip. Well, we’ve been afforded just such an opportunity as Dutch-language ad copy “confirms” that new iMacs, MacBooks and Mac minis are near, very near.
This fall’s Mac refresh is turning into a fairly substantive affair. What pundits thought would be a simple speed bumping of the iMac and MacBook has turned into a wider ranging makeover of the company’s computer and input device product lines.
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