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.
The biggest rumor ever from the prolific Apple rumor mill is undoubtedly the tablet computer. Are we likely to see such a beast before the end of the year, in time for the holidays?
Whether you’re looking for some simple clue to his success or just gotta scratch that (tech) celebrity itch, Steve Jobs is an elusive source. Moreover, in the infrequent glimpses we do get, it’s hard to get a feel for who he really is. Here’re a few candids, some never seen before, providing insight into Apple’s enigmatic CEO.
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?
A new study says that Apple needs to lower its price expectations for its tablet computer, if indeed it exists, and had better think about getting it to market sooner than later.
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.
Even at the time, people realized how important the iMac was for Apple. However, when Apple hit the market with the iPod, many pundits dismissed it out of hand as too expensive and too limited — FireWire and Apple only. Now, as media player that could closes in its first decade, it still claims an over 70 percent market and turned out to be just the first of a whole family of products that changed music, computing and mobile phones.
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.
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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