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Chalk it up the the amplification powers of the blogosphere. Earlier this morning, Think Secret broke the news of a sub-$500 iMac:
With iPod-savvy Windows users clearly in its sights, Apple is expected to announce a bare bones, G4-based iMac without a display at Macworld Expo on January 11 that will retail for $499, highly reliable [...]
Rumor has it that we may be hearing about a $500 “headless” iMac at the MacWorld Expo in just a couple short weeks. It’s purpose would be to target all the windows users who are a part of the Halo Effect that’s all the buzz lately. That is, the folks who’ve bought an [...]
Not that Halo.
The iPod’s success has drawn so many Windows PC users to the Apple brand. The Halo effect is the resulting purchase of other Apple products - namely computer systems - because people have come to love the iPod so much. It’s brilliant, and Apple is looking to have a major year [...]
Wired posted quite the interesting article about 2 men who, for six months snuck into the Apple Headquarters to write a script. 12 hours per day, 7 days a week, for 6 months, Ron Avitzur snuck into his former employer’s offices to write a Graphing Calculator program that had been previously abonded (which landed him [...]
I realize that kicking around John C. Dvorak is not exactly a challenge anymore. His half-baked theories regarding a PC world that moved beyond his understanding 15 years ago rarely make very much sense. However, occasionally, he uses his predictive powers on the Mac world, where they are even less cogent. Observe his most recent:
The [...]
Arik Hesseldahl’s (of Forbes) 2005 wishlist includes a video iPod. Those who’ve followed Steve closely (what Mac Fanatic has not?) know that he’s already said he doesn’t see the iPod video product as feasible. I suppose that could be debated, but I agree with the thinking that I’m not about to watch a [...]
Waxy.org has a really cool post about a new Apple Patent. The Patent is for an Application referred to (by Waxy) as iTunes Producer.
It’s an App to be used by recording artists/Studios/Managers (Garageband musicians?) to upload music and enter relevant metadata for each track/album. Looks pretty cool. Also mentioned (based on a [...]
Reading MobileWhack’s discussion of the “iPhone,” you almost get the impression that it’s conventional wisdom that the iPod will soon be obsolete. In fact, Simon says as much:
With micro hard drives like the one in the iPod mini making their way into phones, Apple’s fantastic product — which has single-handedly turned the company into [...]
I think (hope) everyone knows how fantastic iPhoto and Graphic Converter work. This isn’t about those applications. I wanted to write about a few small image utilities/apps/whatever that you may not have heard of yet. I use these almost daily and haven’t found anything I like better (as always, Your mileage may [...]
There’s an awesome story at PacificT (the current owners of Graphing Calculator) about the history of the app. It’s written by Ron Avitzur, the guy that made it happen - skunkworks style - after the project had been canned by Apple.
Very entertaining read if you have a few extra minutes. The idea [...]
CNet interviewed Karl Freund, vice president of IBM eServer pSeries to find out what’s upcoming from IBM in 2005. While the focus is on IBM’s work, there’s the obvious relationship with Apple, and therefore the benefits that may be in store for Apple Computer users.
Most notable is the “partitioning” technology used in higher-end Power4 [...]
Is the iTunes music store in trouble? Chris Gorog, CEO of Napster, sure thinks so. Napster runs on a subscription based format that allows you access to 700,000+ songs for your listening pleasure, all for only $9.95 per month. The catch is that if you want to put the songs on a portable device, it’ll [...]
So…we still want more writers. Think you got the skills to pay the bills? Then chunk us an e-mail and we’ll chat.
iPodBaskets.com offers baskets of iPod acessories for the hard-to-buy-for iPod owner. There are many different baskets to choose from, all offering a different selection of add-ons.
Now that we have confirmation that Apple and Motorola are partnering on a phone, I think this is a good a time as any to start dreaming. My current phone is a Treo 210. It does the phone thing, and the PDA thing, but it does both quite badly. The phone isnt intuitive and hard [...]
Apple has confirmed that it is working with motorola on what it says will be not just a phone with some version of iTunes, but a proper “accessory” to your iPod. The phone will have built in Bluetooth, and retail for around $250-$300.
200 Million songs dowloaded through iTunes Music Store. That’s a lot of Tunes.
It’s reported that Ryan Alekman of Belchertown, MA is the 200 millionth download(er) with a song from “The Complete U2″ set.
Steve Jobs is happy today I’m sure, as He’s definitely got the most popular online music store [...]
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.3.7 via Software Update. This update is recomended for all users of 10.3 and provides “enhanced functionality and improved reliability”. Key enhancements include improved AFP support for saving documents with long file names, improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers, improved FireWire device compatibility, an [...]
