After receiving a legal snot-o-gram from Baker & McKenzie asking his company to change the name of one its applications so it would no longer contain the word “iPod,” Little App Factory CEO John Devor decided to take matters into his own hands and write Steve Jobs personally. Surprisingly enough the Apple CEO actually responded, though this story doesn’t have a happy ending.
No one satisfies with vaporware like Apple. This device hasn’t been seen let alone used by anyone, but pundits of every stripe are tripping over each other to declare the Mac tablet, a.k.a. iPod touch on steroids, the next insanely great thing from Steve Jobs and his merry band of elves.
NVidia CEO Jen-Hsun “whoop ass” Huang was recently interviewed in Dubai where he went on about his love for Apple products, which fill his home. However, as he went on about how well his company is getting on with the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker, there was something completely out of place on the desk in front of him, which looks remarkably like a legendary though still unreleased Apple product — the Mac tablet.
Industry insiders are saying that Apple is currently speaking with a wide range of broadcasters about the content that would be required to support their rumored upcoming TV subscription service.
There are apparently problems between Apple’s iTunes and either Windows 7 or a certain processor from Intel (or both), according to reports from users who have experienced iPhone sync failures.
The Apple App Store, and the number of apps that it contains and which are downloaded from it, have been given a great deal of the credit for the success of the iPhone, but when is enough enough?
An offhand remark in a presentation by a New York Times editor has the much-prophesied tablet computer back in the news and connected once again to the news business.
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.
One of the latest Apple rumors is that the company is planning to bring FM radio with live pause and iTunes tagging, such as they recently introduced on the iPod Nano, to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
There have been a few exceptions, but in the vast majority of cases consumers simply cannot get a refund on App Store purchases. With prices rising, should this Apple policy change?
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