Category: iPod Touch
January 23, 2012
Back in 1999, the original iBook was the first production, mass market computer to ship with 802.11b networking built in. Since then the company was the first major vendor to market with faster and faster versions of wi-fi. And, by that I mean Apple chose to ship months and sometimes year before the standards had been set and settled.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, Macintosh, Rumors, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
January 19, 2012
One of the last unfinished thoughts Steve Jobs left us with was textbooks. Walter Isaacson’s seminal biography of the Apple co-founder teased that the next textbook publishing was the next industry the iconic technology visionary was seeking to revolutionize. That was the promise and today Apple has delivered the vision, as well as the tools — iBooks, iTunes U, iBook Author — to make it happen.
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Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
January 17, 2012
Who doesn’t like a juicy palace intrigue? To date there’s no visible hint of that at 1 Infinite Loop, but the potential — a nice enough place to start — for one exists. Although there’s no question Steve Jobs wanted Tim Cook to run the company, a new book also makes it clear that Scott Forstall probably wants the job more than anyone else.
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Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, opinion, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
January 15, 2012
Rumors that Apple will switch the iPhone from a USB to Thunderbolt interface have been making the rounds. And, honestly, it sounds like a reasonable move for our favorite fruit company as they’ve taken a lead role in not only promoting this tech but also delivering real, actual shipping Thunderbolt products.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, opinion | 5 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
December 23, 2011
Although I still don’t get the attraction, Apple’s latest effort to drive subscriptions on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is succeeding. Newsstand is, after all, just a glorified folder, but it’s nonetheless getting users to pay for digital magazines and newspapers — the proof is in the numbers.
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Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
December 9, 2011
Christmas really isn’t a day — it’s a season. For Twitter and Wolfram Alpha, iOS 5 ties are already beginning to pay dividends, but their good cheer is only just getting started. That is, Apple looks almost certain to deliver stellar iOS sales this quarter, which will drive partner results even higher.
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Posted in iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 15, 2011
For years, quite literally, notifications on the iPhone were poorly implemented, disruptive and something of an embarrassment. That changed with the release of iOS 5 and now a clever lad has figured out how to bring some of that goodness back to the Mac.
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Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, Mac App Store, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 8, 2011
Shop, buy, track and pick up. The niftier features in this release are US only and require a newer iPhone — 4 or 4S only. However, Apple being Apple, time will see the cool new functionality rolled out to more countries and devices. Nevertheless, I’m wondering why this app hasn’t been optimized for iPad.
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Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 10, 2011
Outside of retail, about 20,000 people work for the mothership. Thereupon, 5 percent of those are engineers designing the chips used in the company’s world beating smartphones and tablets. That goes a long way to explaining why the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad outperform and outlast the competition while costing less to produce.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Rumors, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 9, 2011
Smash your Apple devices and sell any AAPL shares you may be holding — without Steve Jobs the whole house of cards is gonna come crashing down. Well, not, and we know this because the master alchemist left loaves baking in the oven, enough for four years.
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Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, Mac, Macintosh, Rumors, Steve Jobs | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson