ThinkSecret is reporting that the Apple special event scheduled for October 12th will not bring video iPods, contrary to what has been widely reported. The site suggests that Apple will instead release an updated line of iPods, slightly smaller, with capacities up to 80GB. Other possible enhancements to the light might include updated software similar [...]
Since the release of the black iPod nano, there has been much talk among mac zealots about the fact that Apple chose not to include black headphones with the device. People have taken such drastic steps as to spray paint regular iPod headphones black.
To me, all of this talk seems a bit crazy. I’m sure [...]
FIRST EXPOSURE
It doesn’t quite rank with presidential assassinations or exploding space shuttles, but I still remember when I first saw Microsoft Word demonstrated, at a store called ComputerLand back in in the mid 80s. It’s hard to believe there was actually a time when Word wasn’t as ubiquitous as air, but I’m here to say [...]
On disappointing service experiences with Apple of late.
As you may have heard, it would appear the Treo 700 is going to be announced tomorrow Monday September 26th, 2005.
TreoCentral.com will be covering the event live.
Rumors are claiming they’re going with Windows. R.I.P., PalmOS?
That isn’t stopping me from having more fun with the Treo 650.
A while back, I’d briefly praised Flickr.com.
In your Flickr [...]
I was checking my feeds and saw something in the “Enjoying” list on WhatDoIKnow.org that got me thinking a little bit. The gear-turner went like this:
“Well how about that. Microsoft has released a web developer toolbar for IE.”
Isn’t that kind of sad? I mean, Firefox came out, and passionate users hit the code [...]
Regular backups of important data are crucial to ensure that if the worst happens, one can get back up and running quickly; but you already knew that. The big question is, how do you do it? Backup strategies are as varied as the personalities of the people who created them, ranging from strict daily backups [...]
How much innovation is there in Microsoft’s Windows Vista, due in Q4 2006, and how much of it is borrowed from that company from Cupertino?
I came across a very interesting article on Wired that explains the general dismay people have with the seeming lack of randomness that results from random playlists. Dan Goodin (the writer) explains some of the lengths he’s gone to in order to achieve random bliss - going so far as to touch on Real [...]
The guys at Ars Technica went the extra mile in stress-testing the new iPod Nano. In a quest to see what would destroy the Nano, they dropped it from bikes, from various heights, ran it over with a car, and tossed it as high as they could in the air to let it smash down [...]
Ars Technica is covering the quiet release of Apple’s support for Video Podcasting.
The field of People’s Media is about to get more interesting. A similar effort was actually pioneered by ParticipatoryCulture.org and their DTV platform.
Nick had also written a piece on finding audio and video content by subscribing to a custom RSS feed in iTunes. [...]
Examining the “FireWire is dying” hysteria that is gripping some of the Apple faithful of late…
SiliconValley.com is presenting a week-long round-table discussion on the future of Apple. Some of the greatest minds in the Apple world are present (albeit virtually) to discuss what the switch to Intel means for our favorite company. Guest include Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter Research, Andy Hertzfeld; one of the original Apple developers, Leander Kahney; the [...]
One of the things that drove me crazy about iTunes 4.x, once I’d hooked up speakers to my Airport Express and started streaming music from my computer using AirTunes, was that I could not get the streaming radio stations listed in iTunes’ Radio section to play out over the remote speakers. I eventually came up [...]
So after getting over my initial reaction that the black iPod Nano is the official iPod of Pirates, Ninjas, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I realized a few things about Apple’s big releases:
iPod stuff
I’m going to hold out until the black look is applied to the larger iPods.
The armbands are not in black. They are [...]
For those of you not within reach of an Apple Store, or haven’t found someone who’s gotten a nano yet, here are all the pictures on Flickr tagged with ipodnano. There are a few that do a great job of showing just how small it really is. So if you’re jonesin for a [...]
A while back I wrote about the remote possibility that with Tiger, Apple was taking a new direction in design, and moving toward black products. Of course it was just a random thought, but quite a few readers got in on the comments.
Well today, I’ll ruminate a skosh more…
I give you yesterday’s announcement of [...]
Unless you’ve been on some other planet, you’ll be aware that Apple are tranistioning to Intel-based chips. The majority of the applications supplied are Universal; everything from Safari to Mail to Address Book is Universal.
Two oddities however standout - iTunes 4.9 (as was supplied) and DVD Player are both PowerPC only. These run absolutely fine through Rosetta, I’ve not experienced any problems at all with these apps. In fact, iTunes under Rosetta is noticeably faster (up to twice as fast) when ripping (partly due, I realize, to the fact that QuickTime is a Universal component) than my 1GHz 17″ PowerBook.
Today has turned out to be a very exciting day for Apple fans, with an updates triple whammy to keep the punters happy - the Motorola ROKR iTunes phone, iTunes 5 and the iPod nano, the flash-based iPod mini replacement that had been rumoured for weeks.
The Apple Online Stores are currently closed. What does this mean? Is this just about the iTunes mobile phone? That seems unlikely, given that phones are almost always sold bundled with contracts, and Apple would probably not want to get itself embroiled in the complexities of that.
Perhaps the iPod updates are coming.
More when we have [...]
