This story first appeared on Appolicious.com It’s review day for the iPhone 4, but as David Pogue writes in his piece for Wednesday’s New York Times, “honestly — what’s the point?” He’s right. At this point in the iPhone’s evolution, with its glowing history and a wanting public, Apple doesn’t need help from tech critics. People [...]
This story first appeared on Appolicious.com (Update, June 9: Yahoo linked to this story from Appolicious.com, resulting in some huge numbers. More than 1 million page views for Appolicious and, as of this writing, 334 comments.) Despite the iPhone 4′s key new features, the battle for buyers is intensifying as several top-notch phones powered by [...]
This story first appeared on Appolicious.com (and linked via Yahoo Buzz. Hilarious comments!) When Steve Jobs gives the keynote address Monday at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, we know he will introduce a new iPhone that runs on an updated operating system, dubbed the iPhone OS 4. But we don’t know all the specifics (and surprises) those [...]
Less than a week before he makes an appearance on stage that people really care about, Steve Jobs said Tuesday that “there might be” another wireless carrier in the iPhone’s future, that he won’t let Gizmodo “extort” Apple over a stolen iPhone and that despite Google’s intrusion into Apple’s core businesses, his sex life is [...]
Apparently, Adobe software will work on the iPad after all. Sort of. Wired Magazine’s iPad app arrived at the iTunes store Wednesday, bringing enhanced features developed especially for Apple’s newest touch-screen device. Editions are also being planned for other tablet devices, notes Wired’s long-time editor Chris Anderson. (A video demo of the app is below.) [...]
This story first appeared in Vegas Seven The infamous lost iPhone story, in which tech blog Gizmodo paid $5,000 in exchange for a next-generation iPhone that had been left in a bar, was unusual for many reasons, but the primary one is this: It was the first time in recent memory that a yet-to-be announced [...]
If you were wondering why the iPad remains somewhat hard to find, you can blame it on American education. Many schools, including the Illinois Institute of Technology, are using the iPad to lure students. ITT, for example, will give iPads to all 600 of its incoming freshman when school starts in the fall. One reason [...]
The kerfuffle over Steve Jobs’ essay on why Apple’s iStuff won’t support Adobe Flash provided good fodder for Friday’s appearance on WGN-AM 720 in Chicago. Here’s a link to the discussion with host Greg Jarrett. Meanwhile, in my blog post for Appolicious.com, I write about Wired Magazine’s discovery of the ‘lost iPhone’ finder, and how [...]
This column first appeared in Vegas Seven For the past week, I’ve been using a touch-screen smartphone that is simply the best phone I’ve used in some time—and I’m an iPhone owner. The HTC Incredible (available April 29 from Verizon Wireless, $200 after contract and rebate) carries a name filled with expectations, and I can [...]
Chicago ranks as the nation’s 6th largest market for the biggest use of Apple’s three top products: the iPhone, the iPod and Mac computers. The only surprise, in my view, would be that Chicago didn’t rank higher. The survey comes from Experian Simmons; here’s a link to the report. In my travels around the Windy [...]
The Apple OS 4 iPhone software upgrade announced Thursday is the first of what should be a busy few months of product news from the Cupertino, Calif. company. Here’s what else you can expect: A new iPhone model this summer plus partnership agreements with new wireless carriers. I discussed these pending developments with host Greg [...]
With the Apple iPad hitting stores Saturday, the usual media hype surrounding Steve Jobs’ latest gadget has hit full steam. On Thursday, I participated in the hype, appearing on “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the iPad’s expected market impact. As a bonus, I appeared with my buddy Brad Spirrison, the Sun-Times tech columnist and managing editor [...]
Each time I pick up my iPhone these days, the App Store icon informs me there are apps that need updating. And each update description includes the following phrase: “Optimized for the iPad.” Pandora, Acid Solitaire and IMDb are just a few of the apps I use often that have included that description. The Pandora [...]
The first version of the hotly anticipated Apple iPad arrives in stores on Saturday. This version starts at $499 for a 16gb model that connects to the Web via Wi-Fi. A month later, a 3G plus Wi-Fi version will be available starting at $629. (The Apple iPad pricing chart.) Here’s what the gadget reviewers think [...]
Universal Music Group said Thursday that it will start pricing new CD releases at $10 or less, a price point that should spur physical product sales over digital downloads. Hopefully, other labels will soon follow suit. Many people, including yours truly, prefer to own a physical CD than buying a digital version from Apple’s iTunes [...]
