Apple Store in Paris robbed of more than £1 million worth of i-gadgets
So, Apple products are still pretty popular, I guess? The spokesman said that one man had been ‘lightly injured’ in the raid. He was helping police with their enquiries. Christophe Crepin, an Unsa police union official, told Le Parisien newspaper that ‘the four hooded and heavily armed criminals made their move very quickly. Most of [...]
iPhone 5 review: Marveling at the existence of the greatest phone ever made
When the Apple iPhone 5 was released last month, Farhad Manjoo didn’t think it was the best phone ever, or even Apple’s best phone. After owning one for a couple of weeks, he’s changed his mind. Is it the greatest phone ever? Maybe. I’ve had one since the first day it was available, and it’s [...]
Smuggled iPhone 5 Sells for as Much as $3,700 in Moscow
With enough cash, you can have just about anything. In the days of the Soviet Union a tourist in Moscow could pay for his or her entire trip by selling a suitcase full of smuggled Levi’s jeans. Now, one could make substantially more sneaking a handbag full of the latest Apple products into Russia. In [...]
iPhone 5: If You Didn’t Pre-order, are You Going to Stand in a Line Tomorrow?
My son and I didn’t pre-order the iPhone 5, because there was some indication that we might risk losing our grandfathered unlimited data plans. So, tomorrow morning, we’re planning to arrive at the local Apple Store (or at least the mall that houses it) at 6:00 AM to grab a spot in line. Josh asked [...]
Orbitz offers different hotel rooms to Mac, PC users
Interesting. A Wall Street Journal report shows that the online travel site Orbitz presents different hotel booking options to Mac and PC users. Orbitz research showed that Mac users spend up to 30 percent more on travel bookings than PC users, so the online travel agency began presenting different, typically costlier, options to Mac users. [...]
Police Blotter: 11 Year-Old Pees On, Destroys $36K Worth of MacBooks
Not sure what possessed him to do such a thing, but it’s interesting that a dousing of urine rendered the machines completely un-salvageable. Apparently, Apple considers the peed-upon machines a biohazard. April 27, 2012 UAT20120400742 Arrested: Male Juvenile, 11 Charges: Institutional Vandalism Criminal Mischief On April 25, 2012 the Upper Allen Police were notified of [...]
Hmmm. Is Apple Considering a Smaller iPad?
Saw this at PCMag.com. Would they be considering this if Steve Jobs was still around? Would you consider buying a smaller iPad? The first rumors surfaced months ago, and now a new report adds fuel to the speculation that Apple is planning to release a new tablet with a significantly smaller screen. With just weeks [...]
Thanks, Steve Jobs
I don’t think I can contribute much beyond what has already been written about the life and career of Steve Jobs. I was always a little dismissive of Apple and their obsessive fan-boy culture. That was until, based on my son’s experience with his first MacBook, I bought my own Mac. Then, I bought the [...]
Kindle Fire: I Love My iPad, But I’m Intrigued By this Thing
I’ve been reading a little about Amazon’s new tablet, the Kindle Fire. It looks like an interesting competitor to the iPad; folks have called a “content consumption” platform, as opposed to content creation, like with the iPad. I have to admit, I probably spend much more time “consuming” than “creating” on my iPad. Here’s some [...]
SquareTrade’s iPad 2 Drop Test
This is older, but I just stumbled across it at All Things D, the Wall Street Journal’s technology site. Check out how the iPad 2 does with, and without the Smart Cover. It’s interesting that they did the drops with the iPad parallel to the ground. I wonder how it would fare if an edge [...]
Instagram – I Love This App
Instagram is a great iPhone app. It makes it easy to actually take a picture in all those situations where you say “I wish I had a camera to shoot that.” Since the general rule is “if I’m awake, I have my iPhone,” I can always get that shot. The effects give you lots of [...]
This Guy Paid $900 To Be First In Line For An iPad 2
Hazem Sayed, an app developer, paid a 20 year-old college student $900 to hold the first spot in line at Apple’s 5th Ave. Manhattan store for 41 hours, Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports. Sayed paid up because he is hoping to get some press coverage for his iPhone app AskLocal and his company Zami. via This [...]
Stuff I Like: thodio iBox
This this is arguably cooler than the iPhone or iPod you hook to it. You can have it built from MDF, or oak, or mahogany, or teak, or almost any kind of wood that can be had. It has a rechargeable battery with 15 hours of life, and you can have two 25, 60, or [...]
Stuff I Want: OWLE Bubo
What? Yeah, it’s a strange name for a gadget, but it looks like an awesome iPhone video accessory. Your iPhone fits inside of it using a special rubber cover to keep it from slipping. It comes with an attachable external microphone that you can point in the direction of what you’re filming, and includes a [...]
Stuff I Like: BookBook Leather Case for iPad
By Twelve South, who makes accessories for only Macs – the BookBook is a classy and functional hardbound leather case for iPad. As soon as I get an iPad, I’ll definitely consider getting one of these.
First iPad Newspaper Coming Soon
Interesting how tablet computers are making an impact on news and publishing. The formal announcement of the digital publication owned by News Corp. will be made at an event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Jan. 19, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people said the event will be [...]
Evidence of iPhone 5?
Fast Company has this leaked photo of new Apple iPhone parts. Is it the iPhone 5, or the Verizon iPhone, or something else? Read about it.
No Surprise to Me: Apple Smokes Competition in Product Reliability
Having owned a MacBook for several years, and all the versions of the iPhone, this is no surprise to me. Apple makes high-quality products, and it stands to reason that reliability would be a by-product. From PC World: Apple once again smoked the competition in the desktop, notebook, and smartphone categories, winning high praise from [...]
Find My iPhone Included with Latest iOS Release
(via Mashable) This is pretty cool. The “find my iPhone” app that previously required a subscription to MobileMe is now available for free, if you’re running iOS 4.2. For me, however, having this feature doesn’t override the awesome MyWI 4.0 that I use on my jailbroken phone. I’ll wait until someone has a jailbreak for [...]
Windows Phone 7 – What Might Have Been
Computer World did a “Mobile Deathmatch,” comparing iPhone 4 to Windows Phone 7. This statement on the last page of the review sums it up: Had Windows Phone 7 shipped four years ago, there might not be an iPhone today, as Windows Phone 7 is very similar in strengths and weaknesses to the original iPhone. [...]
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