There’s a new book by a guy named Lashinsky. It’s called Inside Apple. It should be titled, Steve Jobs was an Asshole, because that’s the basic premise of the book. Nothing I’ve read in the first 30 or 40 pages strays far from that central theme. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve read [...]
Entries from January 28th, 2012
A New Book
January 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Android, App Store, Gadgetry, General Detritus, iPhone, iPhone killer, Malware
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Big News
January 26th, 2012 · 3 Comments · General Detritus
I don’t know if you were paying attention Tuesday afternoon, but the earth shook. 4 miles north of Watsonville, CA, there was a 3.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday night a little after 6 pm. So the earth literally shook – at least in the Watsonville area. … A bunch of other stuff happened on Tuesday. [...]
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More on the iStuff Marketplace
January 22nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Apple Tablet, General Detritus, iPad, iPad killer, iPhone, iPhone killer, Market Share, Predictions, SuperBlow, Tablet, The Enterprise, Ultrabooks
Ultrabooks is the new appellation for overpriced gadgets that look something like an Apple product. Some examples in this article (hat tip to Jas). It’s a fun read, but it doesn’t mean much to Apple. As with iPhone killers, most of these are all about spec sheets. Every ultrabook listed is full of details like [...]
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The iStuff market
January 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Android, Apple Tablet, General Detritus, iPad, iPad killer, iPhone, iPhone killer, Tablet
I bet a bag of roasted, salted pistachios and a bottle of Pale Ale Apple is paying the press to write about Android and iPhones and market share. Only a conspiracy could be so completely friendly to Apple. They keep reassuring Apple’s competitors that Android has the market share, is activated on bazillions of phones [...]
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Happy Birthday iPhone
January 10th, 2012 · 5 Comments · iPhone
It’s the fifth anniversary (yesterday) of Steve Jobs introducing the vaporous iPhone. It didn’t exist. It was a lot of FUD. Oh, sure, Steve had a thing on the stage that he used as a prop while images of some glorious gadget flashed on the screen behind him. But you couldn’t buy one. You could [...]
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How many iPhones did Apple Sell Last Quarter?
January 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment · General Detritus
I got this question from a headline over on MacDailyNews (motto: A flamewar a day of lasting insignificance.) I also have the answer. All of them. Yesterday my trusty old iPhone 4 went into the front loader in the pocket of my jeans. By the time we knew where it was, it was far too [...]
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