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- Review: Apple's new keyboards (Verdict: Atrocious)
- Apple released an entirely new keyboard design with nary a peep. It flew under the radar arriving with the newest iMac launched on 07 August 2007. The new design wasn't a complete surprise though, it was leaked a couple of weeks before it was launched. The...
- Tags: Keyboard, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- $100 iPhone rebate only for AT&T customers
- Sorry hackers. If you purchased an iPhone and have not activated it with AT&T you won't be eligible for Steve Jobs' Mea Culpa US$100 rebate for early adopters. If you read the fine print on Apple's freshly posted store credit page you'll see that...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Customer, AT&T Corp., Credit, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Are Mac users smug and arrogant?
- One recurring meme that frequently gets trotted out on Digg.com and other forums is that Mac users are smug and arrogant. Many Windows users claim also that Apple users love anything that comes out of Cupertino and would spend their last breath defending it. Is it true?...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, User, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Apple store back... Logic Studio added (updated)
- The Apple online store is back online after a brief, scheduled outage to add Logic Studio. Apple today unveiled Logic Studio, a comprehensive suite of professional tools that gives musicians everything they need to create, produce and perform in the studio and on the stage for just $499. Logic...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Online Store, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- iPhone's recessed rationale
- In a previous post I vented about iPhone's recessed headphone jack in the iPhone and mentioned that "I haven't heard a single rational explanation as to why Apple would do this." A source with contacts at Apple sent me this explanation: Apple found, prior to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Headphone, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- Apple releases iTunes 7.4.1
- Shortly after releasing iTunes 7.4 a short two days ago, Apple released iTunes 7.4.1 (2) today. The release notes for 7.4.1 look exactly like those for version 7.4: With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano third generation, iPod classic, and iPod touch,...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, iLounge, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- Apple updates iPod lineup; touch, nano and shuffle (Updated 10x)
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs used today's "The beat goes on" media event in San Francisco to announce the iPod touch. It's basically an iPhone without the phone and email. It's a full screen iPod that's 8mm thick with almost all of the features of the iPhone–except the annual...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, iTunes WiFi Music Store, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Steve's Mea Culpa: $100 credit to iPhone pioneers
- In a startling reverse of position Apple CEO Steve Jobs stated that Apple would offer a US$100 store credit at the Apple store to everyone who purchased an iPhone either from Apple or AT&T "who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration." The move comes...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Steve, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- That damned recessed iPhone headphone jack
- I don't know what Apple was thinking when they released the iPhone with a recessed headphone jack that prevents customers from using almost any set of earphones or earbuds that they already own. Surely someone mentioned this little fact in the beta testing? Focus groups? Oh yeah,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Headphone, Microphone, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Apple releases iTunes 7.4
- Keeping true to their word barely Apple released iTunes 4.7 late last night. The 38.5MB download is available in Software Update and on the iTunes download page. New features include Ringtones, iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and access to tracks being played in selected Starbucks locations, but I'm...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Handicapping Apple's September 5 Event
- It's official. Apple has sent out invitations to a media event to be held on September 5, 2007. The invitation's slogan "The beat goes on" and iPod graphic don't leave much to the imagination as to what the company will announce. The real question is...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Invitation, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Apple releases iPhone 1.0.2 Firmware (updated)
- Apple released iPhone firmware version 1.0.2 last night via iTunes. The update screen says only that the 3.7MB update includes "bug fixes."Isn't it high time that Apple comes clean about what these updates really do? Remember the Web gallery update?My favorite comment from Digg.com about the update: "The party doesn't...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Firmware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Will Apple dump Blu-ray?
- Paramount and Dreamworks have thrown their support behind HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format wars leaving Blu-Ray behind. So where does that leave Apple?Apple put their support behind the Blu-ray format in March 2005 when they joined the Blu-ray Disc Association's BDA Board of Directors. In October Apple was rumored...
- Tags: Blu-ray Disc, HD-DVD, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia edits
- If you haven't already, you should check out Virgil Griffiths Wikiscanner.The WikiScanner database was made by extracting all anonymous edits from the publicly available Wikipedia database dump which is released about once a month. According to Virgil: In the WikiScanner database, there are 34,417,493 anonymous edits dating from February 7th,...
- Tags: Database, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, Wikiscanner, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Apple's aluminum keyboard recycled from iMac?
- Noted Mac disassembler Mitsunobu Tanaka, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Kodawarisan)–who most recently dissected the 2007 iMac–has a theory about the origins of the aluminum for the new Apple keyboard.After taking apart said iMac, he concludes that Apple is using the extra aluminum from the knockout area where the display is to fabricate...
- Tags: Keyboard, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Apple's shrinking packaging
- Have you seen Apple's packaging lately? It keeps getting smaller and smaller.Take a look, for example, at the retail boxes for iLife (pictured at right.)iLife '04 shipped in a traditional software "big box." Measuring 9.5 x 8 x 1.75-inches the '04 box weighed in at 133 cubic inches.The iLife '05...
- Tags: Apple iLife, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-17
- iWeb: Apple's stillborn application
- I was preparing a blog post about how Apple is neglecting their software suites when they released iLife '08 and iWork '08 last week. Although updated, there are still huge functionality gaps in some of the applications and it's a shame.My biggest problem is with iWeb which is part of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iWeb, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Whither Aperture?
- One of the most exciting parts of Apple's announcements last week was the overhaul of the picture uploading capabilities to the company's subscription Mac.com service. Web gallery offers a bevy of new features to Mac.com subscribers including uploads directly from iPhone, better themes, slideshows, downloads, sharing and others. A sample...
- Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Apple iPhoto, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- Apple's multi-touch trackpad patent
- We all know and love the multi-touch interface on iPhone but what about using it on other devices? Multi-touch was rumored to be included in the new iMacs, but that didn't materialize. It has also been suggested that multi-touch could show up in an upcoming refresh of Apple's monitors.A recent...
- Tags: Patent, Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- Apple downplaying the Mac mini
- In all the hoopla over yesterday's announcements, one piece of hardware got short shrift–the Mac mini. Sure, it got a little speed bump, but that was only to keep up with the Jones'.There was no press release. No keynote slide. In fact, someone in the audience had to pull it...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
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