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Happy 7th birthday, iPod!
The iPod was officially launched on this date in 2001. Over 160 million sold, the iPod is the undisputed king of personal digital music players. Happy Birthday!
Oh, and big brother iPhone outsold the RIM/Blackberry last quarter. Apple, who has surpassed it’s goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008, is now the third largest [...]
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Apple sells 1 million iPhone 3Gs in first weekend
Compared to about 270,000 original iPhones in it’s first two days of sales last June.
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new iPhone…
Oh, and in case you haven’t heard, there’s a new iPhone! It’s called the iPhone 3G and will be available July 11th. The nearly universal opinion seems to be that it’s pretty awesome (I’d give links, but there’s too many… hello, Google?). Oh, and it’s only $199… Did I mention that?
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Steve Jobs’ Keynote is over; Wow!
Wow, Jobs is always great. Well, time for some preliminary prediction results. I made four (4) predictions and two (2) can be assessed at this time.
I predict:
* That I’ll be totally ecstatic and awed during the Keynote Address,
Yep. Nailed that one. I was riveted–in fact, I was giggly happy–during the whole [...]
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WWDC is here; Keynote is today
Well, it’s that time of year again. Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference is this week in beautiful San Francisco, California. And, Steve Jobs’ Keynote Address is today at 10am PDT (that’s 12pm for those of us in the Central time zone) (and 12pm is noon, for those of you who are time-challenged).
So, it’s time [...]
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Popular Mechanics performs ‘Ultimate’ Mac vs. PC tests
Popular Mechanics has put together a rather comprehensive set of tests for laptop and desktop computers: “Mac vs. PC: The Ultimate Lab Test for New Desktops & Laptops“. The tests were conducted using both user-testers judging the computers on subjective points, as well as a slew of objective benchmarking tests.
The results? Well here [...]
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Apple Inc. turns 32 years old
On this date in 1976, Apple Computer was established in Cupertino, California. Happy Birthday!
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Chris Pirillo switches to Mac
Chris Pirillo, the TechTV veteran and vidcaster extraordinaire, has switched to the Mac. Chris, a Windows expert and long-time advocate, has produced a list of “50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X.” While he “can’t live without Exchange and its server-side rules” he’s quick to point out that [...]
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Wow! What a Keynote!
Well, here’s the skinny:
Time Capsule: Time Capsule is basically an Airport Extreme with network storage, to support wireless Time Machine backups; Two versions 500GB for $299 and 1TB for $499 (subtracting the Airport Extreme’s $179 pricetag, we get 500GB for$120 and 1TB for $320–that’s quite competitive).
iPhone and iPod Touch: SDK coming next month, but [...]
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The Apple Store is down! Won’t be long now…
The Apple Store is down. The famous sticky-note that says “We’ll be back soon” is being displayed…
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Steve’s Macworld Keynote is Today!
Steve Jobs’ Keynote address at the Macworld Conference and Expo in beautiful San Francisco, California is today at 11:00am Central Time. Set your clocks and get ready to refresh the liveblog(s) of your choosing.
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Sure are a lot of reports of iPhone problems…
So much for the “Apple is just a media darling” claim that I keep hearing about from the haters and the Microsoft apologists. There sure are a lot of reports of horrible, devastating problems surrounding the release of the iPhone 3G. Well, that’s what the headlines say, anyway.
Me? No problems to speak of. But then, I’m not one [...]