Totally anecdotal report on AT&T’s miserable iPhone service in New York. MacNN: Nearly a third of all iPhone calls made in the New York City area are dropped, according to a Genius Bar technician at Apple’s SoHo retail store. I believe it.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
As Mac, iPhone, iPod sales climb, so do Apple’s profits
Great set of charts which highlight Apple’s revenue and profit picture since Steve Jobs returned in 1997. Chris Jade in The Apple Blog: Fiscal year or calendar year, it just doesn’t matter, either way 2009 will be the first year the company sells 10 million Macs. While Mac sales continue to grow, and iPhone sales … Read More »
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The presidential approval tracker
Excellent interactive Flash graphic of presidential approval ratings by Gallup dating back to Harry Truman. How does President Obama fare? At 55% overall, Obama’s approval rating is a tick below that of George W. Bush at six months. It is well above Clinton and Gerald Ford, who was hammered for his pardon of Richard Nixon. … Read More »
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The $2.99 spit from Tweetie
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, right? Even really bad opinions count for something, right? If anything, a horribly misguided opinion or malformed perspective can tell us much about the person giving us their opinion. I use Tweetie on my Mac and my iPhone (arguably the best of the many Mac Twitter clients). The Mac … Read More »
Friday, September 25, 2009
Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble
New game for Mac users goes retro to the 1920s. Flirt, taunt, play poker, and shave your legs to plow through superstition, intolerance, repression, and last century fashions. Uncover the town’s depraved secret before it entraps your girls. Two words: Cheesy. Fun.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Apple won’t dominate the smartphone market
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the non-niche smartphone market (via Michael Arrington and TechCrunch): I’ll call anything that’s under about 50 million a year niche. And I’ll call anything that’s north of 300 million a year non-niche. PC’s are not niche devices. Part of the reason I think they’re non-niche devices is, multiple people can … Read More »
Thursday, September 24, 2009
How to use magic to get your Mac to think different
Some say Mac OS X Snow Leopard is ready to run on a handheld multi-touch screen device. If so, applications like Conjure might be a precursor to the future Mac interface. Once you see a Conjure video and then imagine an oversized iPod touch in your hand, the fabled Mac 10-inch multitouch screen iTablet cum … Read More »