The trend of bundling a bunch of Mac apps for a ridiculously low price continues with a new MacBundle. This software bundle features 11 Mac apps and utilities for less than $50. The MacBundle is somewhat anemic when compared to the MacUpdate or MacHeist bundles earlier this year, but includes Caboodle, ShutterBug, IPNetMonitor, Trampoline, and a couple of others only available during the first 14 days.

Andre Torrez switched to an Google G1 Android phone. For a month. After three days:

It is really obvious after installing a few apps and replacing my most used iPhone applications (Tweetie, Foursquare, Mail, Safari, iTunes, Things, this is from memory, I am sure I forgot something) that I miss the iPhone equivalents dearly.

After four days:

I’ve decided that many of the major problems I have with this phone (aside from the virtual keyboard) is the hardware. It’s just too slow, it’s too thick, and the need for a dongle to listen to music is ridiculous.

After seven days:

I give up. I thought it’d be fun to see what life was like on a different platform but I think I’ve seen more than enough on this hardware… I switched the SIM back to the iPhone.

It’s the circle of life.

For being a wonderfully good looking Apple shill, NYT’s David Pogue gets the honors:

Q: You put a camcorder on the iPod Nano. Why not on the iPod Touch?

A: Originally, we weren’t exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was it an iPhone without the phone? Was it a pocket computer? What happened was, what customers told us was, they started to see it as a game machine… We started to market it that way, and it just took off. And now what we really see is it’s the lowest-cost way to the App Store, and that’s the big draw. So what we were focused on is just reducing the price to $199. We don’t need to add new stuff — we need to get the price down where everyone can afford it.

On iPod nano video vs. still camera lens and ice cream:

Q: It’s great to see you back! How are you feeling these days?

A: I feel great. I probably need to gain about 30 pounds, but I feel really good. I’m eating like crazy. A lot of ice cream.

Now, what’s in the pipeline, Steve?

Generations Online in 2009 is a survey from the Pew Research Center of online usage by age groups. Do you know what group you’re in? There’s Generation Y, Generation X, Younger Boomers, Older Boomers, and the Silent Generation, among others.

Generation Y is the most likely to be engaged in all the various activities — communication, entertainment, e-commerce and entertainment-seeking.

I’m a Gen X’er and get more of my news from the internet, don’t text as much, but bank online; all true.

Activities for Baby Boomers depend on whether they are older or younger Boomers. Ages 45 to 54 are more likely to watch videos online (49%) than older boomers ages 55 to 63 (30%) but the reverse is true about seeking health information (81% of older boomers do, compared to 74% of younger boomers.)

The Silent Generation loves email. The Dumbest Generation?

Henry McCracken in Technologizer explores Apple’s invitations to events through the years, from iPod to iTunes Store to Mac to iTablet (warning: shameful use of multiple pages with multiple ads; 14 in all).

The week before the company holds one of its product launches, it issues invitations. With an Apple event that supposedly involves a tablet computer a bit over a week away, it’s instructive to review past invites and how the world reacted to them.

For example, the newest invitation features the Apple logo fronting a bunch of colorful paint splashes—some were outside the lines of the invitation. Does that mean Apple is thinking outside the box?