Apple Sizzling Release, Microsoft's Warm and Fuzzy Fest, HP's Big Bang: The Summer Heats Up
I started off the week with dueling events: the Apple WWDC, where they talked about Snow Leopard and the second generation iPhone, HP's massive product announcement, and Microsoft's TechEd, where I learned more about Unlimited Vista. I was taken by the fact that Apple missed with the iPhone with the product coming late, incomplete and blatantly copying Microsoft Mesh.
Apple Sizzling Release, Microsoft's Warm and Fuzzy Fest, HP's Big Bang: The Summer Heats Up
Apple Sizzling Release, Microsoft's Warm and Fuzzy Fest, HP's Big Bang: The Summer Heats Up
ThinkComputers.org posted an article on their 5 favorite iPhone applications
Despite reports to the contrary, TomTom is still working on a GPS app for the iPhone. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs' thin look may be permanent evidence of his cancer cure, Greenpeace is concerned about a toxic iPhone 3G. and a growing number of would-be iP...
TomTom for iPhone lives; Jobs' true health; green iPhone 3G
TomTom for iPhone lives; Jobs' true health; green iPhone 3G
Paranoia on the part of Apple reached a new high this week when the company refused to allow journalists covering its annual developers conference to use the restroom facilities on site without a personal escort.
After some debate, ComputerWorld's...
Apple forces bathroom escorts on WWDC reporters
After some debate, ComputerWorld's...
Apple forces bathroom escorts on WWDC reporters
The next maintenance update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will add support for the company's rebranded suite of internet services but also patch over a dozen other bugs that have withstood earlier updates to the operating system.
People familiar with t...
Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.4 to fix nagging shutdown glitch
People familiar with t...
Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.4 to fix nagging shutdown glitch
Fortune reports on Apple and Intel's strengthening relationship over the past few years. Apple switched from PowerPC to the Intel processors three years ago in a somewhat surprise move. Since then, Apple has successfully transitioned to the use of...
Apple and Intel's Collaboration on MacBook Air and Beyond
Apple and Intel's Collaboration on MacBook Air and Beyond
Apple has seeded a second version of Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers today. While the latest build (9e12) fixes a dozen more issues in Mac OS X Leopard, the biggest new feature to be supported will be Apple's recently announced MobileMe service. Mobi...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.4, Final Release Expected in July
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.4, Final Release Expected in July
The worldwide market for notebook computers shrank 6 percent during the first quarter of 2008, but the effects of the squeeze were nowhere to be found at Mac maker Apple Inc., which saw sales surge over 60 percent to boost its position in the global ...
Apple's worldwide notebook share approaching 5 percent
Apple's worldwide notebook share approaching 5 percent
ONE (Orange Austria) published the iPhone 3G prices and tariffs for Austria. The iPhone 3G is now available for preorder
Apple is mulling a plan that would see the company extend sales of its upcoming iPhone 3G through top universities, and is separately considering a new protection service plan for college students, AppleInsider has learned.
People familiar with th...
Apple considering iPhone sales through universities
People familiar with th...
Apple considering iPhone sales through universities
Hardmac reports that Orange France has updated the prices for the iPhone in their web shop
Apple announced the winners of their annual Apple Design Awards (ADA) tonight.
WWDC 2008 Apple Design Award Winners
WWDC 2008 Apple Design Award Winners
Google chief executive and Apple board member Eric Schmidt has disclosed during a speech on Wednesday that his unique situation atop the leaderships of both high tech firms has periodically required that he step away from portions of the iPhone maker...
Google CEO 'occasionally excused' from Apple board meetings
Google CEO 'occasionally excused' from Apple board meetings
One of Apple's regional websites is listing the final Friday of the month as the opening day for the company's mobile App Store, which promises hundreds of applications at launch.
Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod touch, reads a ...
Apple site claims App Store launch on June 27
Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod touch, reads a ...
Apple site claims App Store launch on June 27
Industry heavyweights Samsung Electronics and Intel Corp. were dealt a considerable blow earlier this week when Apple chief executive Steve Jobs revealed that his company will start developing its own chips to power the next-generation of Multi-Touch devices.
"PA Semi is going to do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods," he said, ending speculation as to the precise motives behind the April buyout. The initial uncertainty stemmed from the fact that PA Semi was best know for chips based on IBM's Power technology, an architecture that Apple abandoned two years ago when it moved its Mac line of personal computers to Intel's architecture.Steve Jobs: it's time we design our own iPhone and iPod chips
Investment bank Piper Jaffray is urging investors who typically focus only on Apple's hardware announcements to also pay attention to the company's iPhone software strategy, particularly its upcoming App Store, which could balloon into a $1 billion m...
Apple's App Store could emerge as $1.2B business by 2009
Apple's App Store could emerge as $1.2B business by 2009
Apple in the past 48 hours has provided its developer community with a wealth of new pre-release software, including the first external builds of both Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Safari 4, as well as a fresh build of iPhone Software v2.0.
Separately, developers attending WWDC 2008 were provided with a physical Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installation disc, pictured below, containing the first build of the next-generation operating system to leave Apple's corporate boundaries.Apple seeds iPhone build 5A331, OS X 10.6 build 10A96, Safari 4
In the previously referenced New York Times article, Steve Jobs revealed that Apple's acquisition of P.A. Semi will be directed at the iPod and iPhone specifically
P.A. Semi Acquisition for iPod and iPhone Chips
P.A. Semi Acquisition for iPod and iPhone Chips
O2 published the pricing scheme of the new iPhone 3G in the UK. The new iPhone is now free on higher priced tariffs.
A 3G iPhone wasn't the only new offering Apple showed off during the keynote presentation at its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday. Its new online service, MobileMe, also made its debut. Described by CEO Steve Jobs as [Microsoft] Exchange for the rest of us, MobileMe syncs the user's push e-mail, contacts, calendar, picture gallery and data over multiple devices.
Apple Promises Smooth Syncing With MobileMe
Apple Promises Smooth Syncing With MobileMe