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Recap of Yesterday?s Keynote Address plus Reactions
2008-01-16 18:13:00 Twenty-four hours after yesterday’s keynote, I’m trying to objectively decide on the significance of the announcements made. As usual, the devil’s in the details: Time Capsule - this is a wireless backup appliance that automatically backs up one or multiple Macs in conjunction with Time Machine. It’s essentially an Airport Extreme tied to a HDD ... More About: Keynote , Pod , Apple , Recap , Yesterday
Meet the World?s Thinnest Notebook: MacBook Air
2008-01-15 20:44:00 Today Steve Jobs revealed what could easily be called a marvel of engineering, the new MacBook Air. Apple teamed with Intel, about a year ago it seems, to have the CPU firm deliver a Core 2 Duo chip in a 60% smaller package specially for the ultra thin Apple notebook. MBA is beautifully designed inside ... More About: World , Laptop , Notebook , Meet
Live Coverage of MacWorld Expo 2008 Keynote Address
2008-01-15 17:17:00 Watch this space from 12:00 PM EST for live coverage of Macworld 2008 keynote address by Steve Jobs. Apple Store has been down for the past three hours, so expect new hardware! 9:16 Steve Jobs takes the stage and talks about the positive year 2007 was for the OS, Macs, iPod s, and iPhones. 4 main things to ... More About: Keynote , Tunes , Expo , Live
A Slim MacBook Named Air, Thin, Nano or Mini?
2008-01-14 16:57:00 Seems like the introduction of an ultra-portable notebook at tomorrow’s Macworld keynote address is a foregone conclusion, now that everyone’s predicting it will be the centerpiece of Steve Job’s speech. So now it’s on to picking a name for it and Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune-CNN blogs thinks it may be called Air, Thin, Nano , ... More About: Phone , Apple , Mini , Macbook
Macworld ?08 Banners Read: ?There?s something in the air?, But What?
2008-01-12 17:43:00 Several ambiguous Apple banners have been erected around San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the venue for MacWorld 2008 which will start on Jan. 14th. The banners which read ‘There’s something in the air’ could be a reference to inclusion of WiMax Mobile standard in future Apple notebooks, says Valleywag. Apple may be about to announce ... More About: Phone , Read , Banners , Macworld
Macworld 2008 Highlights Leaked?
2008-01-11 10:44:00 Technovia has published “supposed” leaked itemized highlights of Macworld 2008 keynote speech from Wikipedia. Unfortunately the list itself is pretty disappointing since there’re no mentions of iTunes rentals, ultra-thin notebooks, or 3G iPhone. In fact, the most exciting items are new iPod games ( for the touch-screen platform? ) and a 16GB iPhone ( ... More About: Apple , Highlights , Leaked
Attack of the iClones at CES ?08: iRiver W10 GSM Phone
2008-01-10 06:17:00 Looks like iRiver’s been liking Apple designs: first it was the P10 iPod Touch clone and now the W10 iPhone clone. This one’s a GSM phone featuring a 3-inch 480 x 272 touch-screen and an iPhone look-alike software based on Linux. It comes with 4GB of flash storage and a 2 megapixel camera. The ... More About: Iriver , Attack , Atta
Apple Updates the Mac Pro and the Xserve Rack
2008-01-08 17:42:00 On the second day of CES ‘08 and after Intel introduced its new chip lineup, Apple has updated 2 of its pro machines. The new Mac Pro features Intel’s new 45nm quad-core Penryn Xeon 5400 CPU and starts at $2,800. Apple called the new Mac Pro the “fastest Mac we’ve ever made” featuring 2GB ... More About: Updates , Rack
Attack of the iClones at CES ?08: iRiver P10
2008-01-07 16:18:00 The P10 is a new PMP from iRiver and has a 4″ touch-screen ( 800 x 480 ), built in speaker, and TV out. As opposed to the flash based iPod Touch, P10 uses a 1.3″ HDD with the odd capacity of 33GB. Needless to say, it’s considerably thicker than than the iPod Touch. D.S. ... More About: Apple , Iriver , Attack , Atta
Attack of the iClones at CES ?08: Motorola Introduces ROKR E8
2008-01-07 08:22:00 Motorola has shown its latest music-phone/iPhone competitor named ROKR E8 with a pre-CES announcement. The phone has a smooth surface and features all back-lit touch keys which use vibration to inform the user of key presses. ROKR E8 also has 2GB of flash storage and a microSD slot. The half navigation wheel in the ... More About: Apple , Attack , Rokr
Chicago Sun-Times Reporter Predicts a New Apple Portable Device Will Debut
2008-01-06 16:42:00 Well, this is certainly very interesting. Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times technology and computer columnist predicts that Apple will introduce a new portable iDevice in 2008. The description of this new device matches very closely to what I’ve already revealed from my source to be an Apple UMPC ( Ultra Mobile PC ). Ihnatko writes: ... More About: Portable
BusinessWeek Details ?MacBook Mini?
2008-01-04 17:00:00 It seems like everyone’s jumping on the ultra-thin Mac notebook bandwagon these days. BusinessWeek’s Arik Hesseldahl reports that when guessing about upcoming Apple products, “it’s particularly helpful to look at the roadmap of Intel”. Hesseldahl goes on to say, Intel “may help lead Apple into uncharted, possibly lucrative, territory starting in late 2008″. He calls ... More About: Mini , Macbook , Details
Apple Files for Dynamic Keyboard and Integrated Docking Station Patents
2008-01-03 18:59:00 2 Apple patent applications have just been published and both are quite interesting. One patent describes a dynamic OLED-based keyboard which changes its OLED key faces, similar to the Optimus Maximus LED keyboard. The key faces can change based on selected language locale or specific application needs. It’s unclear at this time whether a ... More About: Station , Keyboard , Files , Patents
Cramer: Apple Will Hit $300, Net Applications: Apple?s OS Exceeded 8%
2008-01-02 18:19:00 Jim Cram er ’s 10 Predictions for 2008 include Apple shares reaching $300 and Google hitting $1000, SeekingAlpha reports. Considering that some analysts have predicted $450 or even $600 for Apple in the next 12 to 18 months, Cramer’s prediction seems modest. Net Applications reports that Apple’s market share for the Mac rose to 7.31% in ...
Apple Quarterly Results Expected on January 22
2007-12-31 17:24:00 On Tuesday January 22, 2008 at 5pm EST after markets close, Apple will webcast its financial quarter (Q1 08) results. Apple has guided analysts revenues of about $9.2 billion with earnings per share ( EPS ) of about $1.42 while analyst estimates for revenue currently range between $9.25-$9.40 billion with earnings of $1.48-$1.57 per ... More About: Pod , Results
Variety Magazine Reveals Apple?s 24-hour Movie Rental Plans
2007-12-30 13:58:00 According to the Hollywood magazine Variety, Apple plans to introduce movie rentals as short as 24 hours that become “unplayable” afterwards using a flexible pricing system that will cost $5 each for new releases and $2 each for older titles. Variety also reports that FOX and Disney are already supporting this plan while Lionsgate, ... More About: Movie , Pod , Magazine , Rental
Coleman: Apple $600 in 18 months
2007-12-28 16:18:00 Stephen Coleman , chief investment officer at St. Louis-based Daedalus Capital LLC, has again reiterated his prediction that Apple shares will hit $600 in 18 months, only this time the story has been picked up by the NY Post and Bloomberg. He based his prediction on upcoming Apple quarterly financial report which he claims will show ... More About: Pod , Months , Mont
Financial Times on ITMS Movie Rentals, DigiTimes on 3G iPhone and Touch Pan
2007-12-27 13:58:00 According to Financial Times, Fox Studio movie rentals on iTunes is a done deal and will be announced at Macworld 2008. The deal “will allow consumers to rent the latest Fox DVD releases” rather than to buy them. DigiTimes, which tracks daily economic news across southeast Asia, reports that Taiwanese part supplier Innolux is ... More About: Movie , Pod , Apple , Iphone
Apple Tops Amazon Bestsellers, But Trouble Brewing Ahead?
2007-12-26 17:23:00 Apple has managed to place 5 iPod s in the Amazon .com overall electronics bestsellers list, take 5 spots in the desktop bestsellers list, and slot 2 Mac books in the notebook bestsellers list. Perhaps most surprising is the positive consumer response to iPod Touch, which was criticized for its low flash memory capacity and still managed ... More About: Tops
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
2007-12-25 12:12:00 I’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. And just a quick reminder that I’ll be posting relevant news from the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 ( January 7-10 ) and of course Macworld 2008 keynote address ( January 15 ). D.S. More About: Christmas , Holidays , Happy Holidays , Happy , Merry Christmas
Revealed: Details of Apple?s Mysterious New Portable Device
2007-12-24 15:41:00 I have been working on gathering more information about a new Apple portable device from several different sources during the past 6 months. I have pieced together the puzzle which portrays a picture of what can be perhaps best described as Apple’s rival product to the Intel Ultra Mobile PC ( UMPC ) initiative ... More About: Portable , Mysterious , Device , Details
Conflicting Reports Surface on the Future of Apple TV
2007-12-21 18:04:00 Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says ITMS movie rentals direct to Apple TV will be announced at Macworld keynote address on January 15, 2008. He expects a software update to Apple TV to enable this service and adds that pricing and DRM-related issues between the movie studios and Apple have been the main obstacles ... More About: Future , The Future , Surface
2008 Year of Big Game Releases for iPod?
2007-12-19 11:20:00 Yesterday PopCap Game s released its version of Peggle for iPod . This is significant because PopCap is known for making some of the smallest yet addictive online games with rich user interfaces. Sega of America also announced the original Sonic the Hedgehog for iPod. Both games can be downloaded for $4.99 from the iTunes online ... More About: Apple , Ipod
Source: 3G iPhone ?On Schedule? for June Introduction
2007-12-13 15:55:00 My trusty iPhone source has once again come through to provide clarity on the Apple iPhone roadmap. In the past week, several analysts have claimed that Apple has pushed 3G iPhone introduction a few months back. Concerns regarding hiccups in the 3G iPhone development voiced by various analysts and echoed by Apple fan sites ... More About: Iphone , June , Schedule
CNBC reports on Apple Ultra Portable Laptop
2007-12-07 07:50:00 Jim Goldman reports for CNBC from his source “with good connections to Apple ’s Asian manufacturing partners” that Apple will make the much hyped ultra portable laptop announcement at Macworld San Francisco 2008. According to Goldman, the laptop has a 12-inch screen with a profile 50% thinner than current generation MacBook Pro and priced under ... More About: Laptop , Portable , Ultra
More Evidence Surfaces for Gaming on iPhone/iPod Touch Platform
2007-12-06 17:32:00 Games have been mysteriously missing from the Apple portable touch- screen platform since its introduction. Perhaps Apple has been concerned with the issue of multi-tasking on iPhone/iPod Touch. In other words, how do you effectively control media playback with game play at the same time? In a patent originally filed about a year ago, ... More About: Gaming , Iphone , Evidence
8 MacWorld 2008 Predictions
2007-12-05 17:33:00 On Dec. 3rd 2007, Macworld Expo and Conference officially announced the itinerary for MacWorld ‘08 featuring Steve Jobs as the keynote speaker, as previously expected. Keeping in mind that MacWorld is usually the place Apple introduces new lower priced hardware to encourage continued post holiday consumer purchasing, here’s a rundown of products that may be ... More About: Pod , Classic , Predictions , Shuffle
REAL Software considering REALBasic for iPhone
2007-11-29 17:35:00 One of the reasons why I believe iPhone has been a game-changing product for Apple and the handset makers in general is the amount of excitement it has generated from users and potential developers. I’ve been asked many times by friends and readers of this blog on the easiest way to get an application ... More About: Software , Iphone , Real
iClones Will Debut at CES ?08
2007-11-26 18:14:00 The Apple iPhone has revolutionized the portable handheld market. Ever since the introduction of iPhone and then iPod Touch model, manufacturers have been ramping up the production of touch-screens and device makers are looking to somehow integrate them in their designs. It’s been a tough 11 months of analyzing, copying, and readying prototypes after the revealing ... More About: Debut
Apple News Roundup (week of 11/18)
More articles from this author:2007-11-25 18:34:00 Apple has filed for 3 different patents describing an input device mechanism ( keyboard/mouse ) with full-hand recognition multi-touch surface. The drawing submitted by Apple shows a device with curved surface able to recognize complicated hand gestures and responding to motion produced by different parts of the hand. Patents 1, 2, and 3 Should Apple ... More About: News , Phone , Roundup , Week 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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