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Tue 09

Some Thoughts On The iPhone 5S, 6, Or Whatever You Want To Call It

Posted by Joshua Schnell on Tuesday 9 April 2013. No responses

It's that time of year again. Digitimes rumors are in full swing, everyone's playing we got the rumor first, and the rest of us are left wishing Apple would just release the iPhone 5S and get it over with at this point. Wait, is the next iPhone even going to be called the iPhone 5S? Or is it going to be the iPhone 6? There are plenty of great points on both sides of the equation, but what exactly is Apple going to call this thing anyway? First, calling the next iPhone the iPhone 5S would fit into the normal naming ... more
Thu 28

I Want My iCloud

Posted by Harry C. Marks on Thursday 28 March 2013. No responses

If you needed further proof Apple is a hardware company first and a software company second, look no further than its Internet-based syncing platform, iCloud. Several articles have emerged from sites like the Verge and Ars Technica, which focus on developers' plights in implementing iCloud and Core Data Syncing into their apps. Says Bare Bones Software's Rich Siegel in an interview with Ars:
In concept, the service is pretty simple. A central iCloud server holds the truth: the canonical version of the user's data for an app. As the user manipulates an app's data, iCloud tracks and reconciles the changes ... more

Mon 18

Apple's Polarizing New iPhone Page Gets A Bit Lippy, Tells A New Story

Posted by Joshua Schnell on Monday 18 March 2013. No responses

Apple rolled out a new iPhone 5 page on its website this weekend, and the results have polarized a few people. On the one hand, some people seem to think that the company's marketing department is pretty fired up. On the other hand, some find the move a clumsy sign that the company may be starting to feel the heat on its heels. I'd argue it's both of those things. John Gruber, over on Daring Fireball:
New iPhone page on Apple.com. Marketing team is fired up.
David Chartier, on his blog:
Whether you think Apple’s going on the offensive or defensive, the ... more

Thu 14

Daft Punks

Posted by Harry C. Marks on Thursday 14 March 2013. No responses

Pundits are no strangers to criticizing companies, and those who want to maximize their SEO Klout verticals know the biggest target of them all is Apple. Apple: Once, a company that could do nothing right and was doomed to failure is now a company that can do nothing right and is still doomed to failure. And that is to be expected. "New media" publications (read: tech blogs) rely less on facts and more on the desultory ramblings of analysts who tend to confuse cogent analysis with the aftermath of their Chipotle burritos. But there's a new game the kids are playing these days ... more

Thu 07

And The Record For Most Apple Cliches Goes To...

Posted by Ian Betteridge on Thursday 7 March 2013. No responses

Taking pundits apart over woeful coverage of Apple is such a well-trodden path in the world of Mac writers that I’m loathe to take part. John Gruber does it well enough for all of us, and what Gruber doesn’t dispatch with a well-placed piece of sarcasm the semi-mythical Macalope takes care of. But occasionally, something comes along that is such a horror that it deserves to be skewered from a hundred directions. Such a piece of work is “Why Apple is ailing”, written (possibly originally in crayon) by “economist and professor at the Smith School of Business, University ... more

Sat 23

Missing The Evil Empire: Bring Back Microsoft

Posted by Michael McConnell on Saturday 23 February 2013. No responses

This might be strange to say on a Mac site, but does anybody miss the old Microsoft? Do you remember when the sheer mention of the Redmond, WA, giant would send Mac geeks into apoplectic rants, and Linux geeks refused to spell the company’s name without that $ in place of the s? Juvenile as it all was, Microsoft was an evil empire that you could properly fear. Maybe it was the DOJ, maybe it was Gates’ retirement, but something is missing at Microsoft. There was an evil genius quality that the company used to exude that this guy just ... more

Thu 21

Apple To Games Consoles: Your Time Is Over

Posted by Ian Betteridge on Thursday 21 February 2013. No responses

Dear Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. You know that I loved you guys. I really did. There’s always been a space underneath my TV for your stuff. From the Sega MegaDrive through to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, I’ve bought pretty much all of them. Heck, I even bought a Sega Saturn, although sadly I think that I was probably one of the handful of people who did. But I think I’ve bought my last games console. The farcical press conference “unveiling” the next PlayStation — although it’s fair to ask if it’s an unveiling when there’s nothing physical unveiled — ... more

Thu 14

Candidly Speaking, An iWatch Is A Dumb Idea

Posted by Harry C. Marks on Thursday 14 February 2013. No responses

Why, I remember it like it was yesterday. Every tech journalist, blogger, and pundit had his (or her, lest I get angry emails) finger on the pulse of a hot new television set coming out of Apple R&D. Actually, it was only yesterday. Following that gem came rumors of a larger iPhone because four inches just isn't enough anymore. Now, the Apple rumor factory (which, I'm assuming, is responsible for that rancid odor we all smell when a breeze wafts by) is rife with word of Jony Ive's latest aluminium-clad objet d'art: a smartwatch. The New York Times' consistently wrong <a ... more

Fri 01

The iPhone Plus Is A Potential Minus

Posted by Harry C. Marks on Friday 1 February 2013. No responses

Tell me if you've heard the one about the 5-inch "iPhone Plus". Turns out, when it goes swimming, it becomes the iPhone 4S [rim-shot]. A new rumor has been making the rounds and it predicts the arrival of a larger iPhone from Apple. This rumor was originally started by Chinese and Taiwanese news outlets, claiming Apple plans on releasing three new iPhones this year, all at different sizes and price points:
"Apple will announce three new iPhone models in 2013, and two of them, the 4-inch iPhone 5S and 4.8-inch iPhone Math (both featuring 8-mega-pixel cameras), will hit markets before the ... more

Fri 25

Is Secrecy Apple's Real Achilles Heel When It Comes To Wall Street?

Posted by Michael McConnell on Friday 25 January 2013. No responses

The Apple rumor mill is all fun and games until it starts to affect the stock prices. Not just Apple’s stock price, but the stock prices of their suppliers, partners, and everyone else they seem connected to these days. Even Seeking Alpha can't help itself from pointing out that some of Apple's partners didn't fare so well on the Japanese exchange because of "flat earnings" reported yesterday. Heck, according to the BBC, Sharp and ACC, makers of displays and speakers for the iPhone 5 respectively, are both facing a decline in their stock price after rumors surfaced in a Japanese newspaper that ... more

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