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Leaked: Third-gen iPhone bezel

China Ontrade, a Hong Kong parts seller, posted an image late Wednesday of what it claims to be the first replacement bezel for the third-generation iPhone. Claiming that the design comes "directly from [the] factory," the bezel could be identical to the bezel that Apple plans...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronista, Telecom & Utilities, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Is 'racetrack memory' at heart of IBM-Apple-Papermaster dispute?

Could IBM's objections to Mark Papermaster's plans to join Apple be linked to so-called racetrack memory, a technology that would store a lot more content on an iPod? That leap was touted by Electronista, which makes its case based on an April story in the Times Online....

Tags: Memory, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Electronista, Flash Memory, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)

Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today.  Although RIM hasn't said...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Electronista, 3G, Cellular Phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-16

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Are you suffering from BlackBerry Tour trackball problems?

According to Electronista, the BlackBerry Tour has one major problem that has resulted in almost 50 percent of all Sprint's Tours being returned. The issue at hand is the Tour's trackball, which is reportedly clogging so quickly that users have to frequently clean it in order...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Will China save Apple?

Save Apple from what?All their industry leading profits when there is supposed to be a recession?yea, and I don't even like Applebut how can you justify a heading like this? Oh, I forgot, they have to be 'provocative', right? More and more these blogs have become running jokes and...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Apple drops to fifth in unit shipments, barely

Preliminary estimates from research firm IDC indicate that Apple will drop from fourth place in unit shipments in Q2'09 at fifth place in Q2'08 -- dropping 12.4 percent to 1.21 million Macs. Apple's market share will reportedly stay steady at 7.6 percent. Leapfrogging Apple into fourth position...

Tags: Apple Inc., Unit Shipment, Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-16

WWDC 2009 coverage and where to find it

Sadly, I'm not sitting the auditorium at Moscone West today. But fear not, there are plenty of people covering the event via 3G from the audience. The following are liveblogging Phil Schiller's keynote address today at WWDC 2009. If...

Tags: Hardware, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Microsoft may rename 'netbooks' to longer, less catchy term

Just when you were getting used to the term "netbook," Microsoft comes in and changes it all up. And, if you liked the one-word term, and thought it was as cute as the little laptop it describes, then you'll love the new term that Microsoft has...

Tags: Notebook, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Intel Larrabee to have 32 cores, ship in 2010

Intel has hinted to its plans for its multiple-core Larrabee graphics processor, showing a design that uses 32 processor cores and mates each to its "own vector math unit, allowing each core to process very specialized tasks very efficiently," according to Electronista. The news was revealed at...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee, Chipsets, Leadership, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-15

WSJ: Microsoft makes less than $15 per XP netbook

In a piece about Windows 7 in today's Wall Street Journal is a starting bit of information: that Microsoft "takes in less than $15 per netbook for Windows XP once marketing rebates are taken into account -- far less than the estimated $50 to $60 it receives for PCs running...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Christopher Dawson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Could Zeebo be the next OLPC?

Zeebo, a low-powered game console that uses 3G wireless networks to download content and access updates, has been getting quite a bit of attention. Billed as the "fourth console" (after the Wii, Xbox, and PS3) and aimed at emerging markets, Zeebo is simply supposed to be a gaming machine....

Tags: Game, Console, One Laptop Per Child Project, Zeebo, 3G, Internet, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-24

TiVo control comes to iPhone

I used to be a huge fan of TiVo until the cable companies made me a deal that I couldn't refuse. While I still like the TiVo interface much better than the abysmal Comcast DVR, it comes down to simple economics. The cable companies are willing to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, TiVo Mobile Site, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Analyst: Apple could crush competitors with a $99 iPhone

Apple could slash the price of an iPhone to $99, continue to supply a nice margin of more than 40 percent and potentially dominate the smartphone market. At least that's the opinion of a research analyst who issued a report today, according to a post on Electronista. The analyst said...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Smart Phones, GAAP, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Could a $99 iPhone rule the world?

Just when you thought things couldn't get interesting enough, someone goes and says something crazy. Apple has the room to cut the price of the iPhone to where it could take command of the smartphone market, analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham Research wrote today in a research...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Charlie Wolf, 3G, Smart Phones, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Verizon launches Visual Voice Mail

Verizon launches Visual Voice MailVisual voice mail for other ATT phones?Is there any news if ATT is going to provide the feature on other ATT phones?RE: Verizon launches Visual Voice MailHate to be nit-picky - but commoditized usually refers to a once valuable item being devalued because it is abundantly...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Visual Voice mail, phone, Visual Voicemail, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Verizon launches Visual Voice Mail

One of the iPhone's most compelling features has been commoditized by Verizon Wireless. The Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Verizon Wireless announced that they are now offering the once Apple-only Visual Voice Mail feature on their LG Voyager handset (which I reviewed on 12 December 2007) for an additional US$2.99 per...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Voice, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, VZW, VZW Press Release, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for

I love the thin clients we rolled out: easy centralized manageability, low power consumption, and a near-desktop experience for most students has made them very cost-effective. One problem with the budget thin clients we purchased, however, is their need to launch a terminal session just for simple web browsing...

Tags: ASUS, built-In, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Can a 256GB SSD save the MacBook Air?

Can a 256GB SSD save the MacBook Air?What's the point of that?The Macbook Air has no way of really taking advantage of all that storage space. It has no FireWire or Gigabit ethernet. Personally, if I'm gonna spend that much money, I wanna be able to serve out...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, MacBook Air, MBA, SSD, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop

Last week the web was a-buzzing with rumors that the next incarnation of Photoshop (Photoshop CS4 as many are calling it ... but I'll call it CS.next even though Adobe has publicly called the next version CS4) would leverage graphics processing units in order to make the app faster. However,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Video Card, Graphics, Fish Story, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...

Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-04-29