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Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. Jason has contributed to MacWEEK, Macworld, MacAddict, MacPower Japan, and written chapters for The Macintosh Bible, Eighth Edition and The Macintosh Bible, Panther Edition Peachpit Press. He also co-founded the...- more about Jason D. O'Grady »
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- Motorola sells 100k Droids on opening weekend
- Motorola's apparent sale of 100,000 new Droid smartphones in its opening weekend indicates that the handset maker is far from dead and probably more viable than industry pundits give it credit for. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Motorola Inc., Cellular Phones, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone - battle of the screens
- A gallery that compares the screen of the new Droid from Motorola and VZW to that of the iPhone. I'll warn fans of the iPhone that it's not flattering. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone
- A brief gallery of the Droid from Motorola and Verizon Wireless. First by itself, then next to my beat-up iPhone 3GS. The Droid is definitely boxier and bulkier, but hey, you've got to put all those features like its physical keyboard somewhere. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Droid, Smart Phones, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived
- Verizon Wireless' highly-anticipated Droid provides the first real honest-to-goodness competition to the iPhone. But should you buy one? Well, that depends. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Competition, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- I Am T-Pain enjoys 10,000 downloads per day
- Apple continued its dominance in the app market by announcing that its catalog now tops 100,000 titles. I Am T Pain downloaded 10,000 times per day. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Dominance, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Best iPhone & iPod touch apps
- It's that time of the year again! It's hard to believe, but this time last year, we only had 5,000 apps to choose from in the App Store â€" this year there's more than 85,000 apps to choose from. What a difference a year makes. Whether you're looking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Twitter Inc., Video, Road Trip, Apple iPod Touch, App, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Apple pitching media companies on tablet?
- If you read between the lines in yesterday's post, one could conclude that Apple is talking to the New York Times about it's upcoming tablet product in an effort to get buy in from the media giant on what's presumed to be a completely new form-factor...
- Tags: Media Company, Apple Inc., Fairfax Media, Tablets, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Times exec hints at Apple tablet
- Gawker reports that Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, may have outed the mythical Apple tablet. At a supposedly off-the-record meeting which someone graciously preserved on Vimeo with the entirety of Times' Web staff Keller gave us this tantalizing nugget: I'm hoping we can get the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Bill Keller, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
- The crack engineers at iFixIt are at it again. Yesterday I posted their teardown of the new "unibody" (a.k.a. poly) MacBook which revealed a relocated Bluetooth antenna and a larger 60 watt-hour battery. Today's installment includes teardowns of the new Fall 2009 iMac and the mysterious Magic...
- Tags: Mouse, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody
- Almost immediately after being announced, iFixIt.com did a teardown YouTube video the new "unibody" polycarbonate MacBook. As has been previously noted Apple has added a LED display, upgraded processor, added curves, increased battery life. Apple has also quietly removed the FireWire port, IR...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Bluetooth Antenna, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed
- Apple yesterday released a cornucopia of new consumer hardware and the reviews are starting to roll in. No firm benchmarks have been conducted but several outlets have posted preliminary reviews of Apple's Fall 2009 hardware. Macworld likes the LED-backlit displays in the new...
- Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Hardware, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Apple shuffles consumer lineup; iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, mouse updated
- Hot on the heels of its most profitable quarter ever, Apple today announced a completely revamped consumer hardware lineup, including: An all new iMac line featuring LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless aluminum enclosure. Press release The...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Mouse, Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009
- Apple announced record Mac and iPhone sales and its most profitable quarter ever in its Q4 2009 earnings conference call today. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Quarterly Profit, Apple Inc., Conference Call, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- Verizon Wireless has released a television commercial for its new Droid handset â€" which runs Google's Android OS natch â€" and it's a shot directly across the bow of the S.S. iPhone. The ad (and corresponding Web site DroidDoes.com) are part of a new advertising campaign which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Attack, iDon't, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Apple allows in-app purchases in free apps
- Apple sent emails to iPhone developers yesterday notifying them that in-app purchases are now permitted in free apps. Until now, the ability to offer in-app purchasing capabilities was limited to paid apps. This new functionality now allows developers to release free apps that include a free level for example with...
- Tags: Developer, Apple Inc., App, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Five essential apps for jailbroken iPhones
- I've been having a blast with my iPhone since installing the recently released jailbreak for OS 3.1.2 was released. Sure, the iPhone 3GS now has video recording, but it can't broadcast video. And while you're waiting for AT&T to make up its mind on tethering, you can have it today...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Winterboard, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS
- If you've been tempted to jailbreak your iPhone but haven't yet taken the plunge, I've got a couple of tips that will help make the process a little smoother. 1. Connect to iTunes and make a backup of your iPhone. 2. Download and install...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- AT&T bursts the iPhone tethering bubble; not until 2010
- Just when I started getting warm and fuzzy about AT&T finally releasing MMS support for the iPhone they dump a bucket of icy water on my head. While it's not exactly an official rebuke, it looks like iPhone tethering is going to be on ice until sometime...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Smart Phones, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS
- Barely three days have passed since Geohot released the fabled Blackra1n jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS (which is now available for the Mac, pictured) and Apple has already issued a smackdown to the iPhone Dev Team. Apple is attempting to stop the jailbreak in its...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Rumor: Apple to awaken dormant FM tuner in iPhone
- According to 9 to 5 Mac Apple may soon enable the dormant FM tuner hardware currently sitting idle in the iPhone and iPod touch. 9 to 5 reports that Apple is developing an app that offers the same functionality as the FM radio found in the new...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Hardware, FM Tuner, Digital Music, Digital Media, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
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