The genius of all things Apple.
By aSavant on Oct 14, 2008 in MacThoughts, applenews | View Comments
If you follow Apple like we do, you may have heard that Apple announced an event a few weeks ago, which is to unfold tomorrow. We thought we’d take a moment to round up some of the rumors and basically ruin any surprises you were expecting. Perhaps we should preface that this could be a [...]
By aSavant on Aug 10, 2008 in applenews | View Comments
We read this article in Monday’s Investor Business Daily (IBD) and thought there’s a big picture here that’s undeniable. The cool kids think Apple’s the cooler brand now—4-5 years from now could mean world domination!
Enjoy!
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&issue=20080808
By aSavant on Jul 11, 2008 in iPhone | View Comments
Many users have been reporting issues with their iPhone becoming inoperable after installing the firmware upgrade version 2.0. Our snoops in the field believe that it’s due to AT&T’s servers having issues keeping up with all the activation activity. Funny how AT&T wanted a regular activation process this time around and it’s even more screwed [...]
By aSavant on Jul 10, 2008 in iPhone | View Comments
Again, from the unless you live under a rock department, Apple has introduced the highly anticipated version 2.0 firmware upgrade for the iPhone. This is the one that gives you all sorts of fun features, like “Exchange-like” push email, parental controls, and what was that other thing? OH, yes, native applications! Now you can run [...]
By aSavant on Jul 10, 2008 in applenews | View Comments
Apple has introduced MobileMe, one day ahead of the iPhone 3G launch. To upgrade, simply go to your Software Update control panel.
MobileMe supersedes .Mac, which was Apple’s previous suite of online tools. Touted as “Exchange for the rest of us,” which may mean nothing to most of the public, MobileMe will feature enterprise-level push [...]
By aSavant on Mar 30, 2008 in video | View Comments
Leave it to Apple to come up with a banner ad like no other. Here the Get a Mac guys discuss recent reviews of Windows Vista. Funny and really innovative.
Direct Link: http://blip.tv/file/784569
By aSavant on Mar 19, 2008 in applenews, iPod | View Comments
The Financial Times reports today that Apple is “in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library…” This is sort of exciting and an about-face from Mr. Jobs’ feelings that people “want to own their music.” We believe that people do want [...]
By aSavant on Mar 7, 2008 in applenews, iPhone | View Comments
Apple, Inc. today formerly announced their Software Developers Kit (SDK) for their celebrated iPhone. We’re not going to get into all the details, as other Apple-related news outlets have covered it in-depth. Plus, we weren’t there at the press thing (not sure why we weren’t invited–maybe next time), so we’d be reporting secondhand, which is a [...]
By aSavant on Mar 4, 2008 in applenews | View Comments
Today, March 4th is Apple’s big Annual Shareholder’s Board Meeting. Excitement begins at 11AM PST for Peter Oppenheimer’s discussion with the Morgan Stanley Technology conference. Check out http://www.apple.com/investor/ for more information. Yipee, skippy!
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By aSavant on Feb 20, 2008 in MacThoughts | View Comments
Recently, Chris Pirillo posted 50 Reason to Switch from Windows to Mac. Many in the computing blogosphere and tech journalists were shocked, because Chris is a long-time Windows geek. After he posted this to his blog, chris.pirillo.com, the uproar continued on line. John Obeto from Absolute Vista, wrote this retort.We find the whole thing amusing [...]
