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Apple Invades the Living Room?
Steve Jobs did mention that Apple will be taking a more streamlined direction to consumer products, bringing the Apple brand into more than just cars, pockets and workstations. The living room and the wireless industry are two obvious starting points as rumors of the “iPhone” draw near and the “iTV” concept was announced late last year…. More »
The Nokia E61 and Your Macintosh
For the longest time, Apple fans have talked about the Zen behind electronic computing. This “Holy Trinity” consists of a Macintosh running OS X, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone and a Palm OS handheld. There have been several iterations of this, which include the MacBook + Treo or the MacBook + Sony Ericsson P990 series, but one thing is for sure – the brands of Apple, Palm and Sony Ericsson jive very well like butter and jam.
And then comes the… More »
iHat Wireless Music Player
From the words of former After Mac columnist Adel Gabot,
Several years back, I remember wanting to buy this baseball cap with a built-in FM radio on the back strap. It cost about as much as a new shuffle would today, and I found it a bit expensive back then.
This is way cooler.
It’s nice, unobtrusive and simple. I think I’ll use this combo for a while, rather than the clunky Fostex of the previous post. And it’s a moving fashion… More »
iTalk Concept YouTube Video
Wow, Peter Green really did a good job with this concept video. His concept of the iTalk consists of a window-pane design concept where the left and right hinges open to unveil the camera and clickwheel.
WHat could Steve Jobs be thinking as he watches this video?… More »
The $20.00 iPod
A friend of mine proudly waltzed up to me to brag about her new iPod. Yeah, obviously an imitation from China but if you think about the package for a minute, it may actually be a good buy. For $20.00 you get the following:
The “iPod unit which is slightly bigger than the new iPod shuffle
128MB of memory
USB connectivity
Voice recording function (since there’s no expandable memory I assume this records directly to MP3 format)
So 128MB of memory can’t really hack it…. More »
The Bootleg iTunes Music Store
So today I went to my favorite flea market just a few minutes away from our home. Surprise of all surprises, the new bootleg DVD area has expanded their business and are now selling song singles that can be compiled into one music CD for about PHP 80.00 which is about USD $1.50 per CD. So that’s like at least ten songs for a dollar.
Now here’s the clincher. If you happen to own an iPod and bring it with you,… More »
Microsoft Zune Hotness Worldwide?
I can very well understand the repercussions of wireless sharing of music in the United States. They’ve got a great backend system there, since that’s where they’re from – I’d say with the advent of the iTunes Music (and Video) Store, prepaid cards and iTMS accounts are hot. Here in the Philippines though, you can’t even register for an iTunes Store account without a foreign home address.
So the concept of music sharing here in the Philippines is .. well… More »
Windows Vista limits emulation on Mac OSX
Windows Vista ships next year, and a lot of Mac users are looking forward to install an emulated copy onto Mac OS X using VMWare or Parallels. However, the published Microsoft EULA on Windows Vista indicates that it will be severely limiting running an emulated version of Vista.
“USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system on the licensed device. If you do so, you may… More »
Buy iPod, get Windows virus free!
But wait, you’re running a Mac right? You’ll be fine.
Oh, you’re on Windows …
But the million dollar question is how the heck did a Windows virus get shipped with about 1% of the video-capable iPods after September 12 2006? Another terrorist attack? Methinks not. It’sb asically oversight from Apple, contractor, and that guy in the conveyor belt making sure that there are no viruses in the Apple campus … he went on day off.
According to The Register, the Apple forums… More »
Apple Bloopers
When you put all the keynote bloopers and bugs together, plus the involvement of third party people like Mr. Sony himself, you’re in for 4 minutes and 40 seconds of laughter.
This is basically a demystifying video of what people call “the best sales presentation on earth.”… More »
Will the Apple Cube spark a holy war?
The entire Apple community raised its eyebrows (all at the same time) when some random website incited a comment that the Apple Cube store looks like the House of Abraham.
TUAW says it all with this opinion:
I’m speechless. But, as you know, that rarely stops me from speaking anyway. I’m hesitant to get into this territory for obvious reasons and I truly mean no disrespect to anyone, but… you and I both know that the design of the 5th Ave store… More »
A friggin’ iBook upgrade irony
I’ve been pondring on the thought to grab a new MacBook. I guess it was about time to do so because (a) the year is in its 4th quarter, (b) my iBook has is about to close its 3rd year with me and (c) my dad recently got back to work and is in need of a computer – nothing fancy. Just something portable and easy to use.
So rather than buying a new computer, maybe I’d just give sell him… More »
My iBook is now a desktop replacement
Yesterday I sent off my iBook’s battery to be replaced courtesy of the Great Battery Recall. In the Philippines, a battery replacement can take one week to get this, 24 weeks. The tech guy said that the latter doesn’t happen though. It’s just a precaution.
In any case, my iBook G4 (three years together and still going strong) is wrapped in bond paper and electric tape to protect the unwanted stuff coming into my battery connector pins…. More »
My iPod shuffle is bigger than yours
I held my breath as Steve announced the new iPod shuffle. I didn’t really care much for the nano and big iPod replacements. See, a year ago, I bought a 1GB iPod shuffle. I was king of the hill, and I knew that when the first nano came out, I was still at an advantage.
So thank the high heavens that the new iPod shuffle does not come with a USB flash drive option. You’d have to dock it to an… More »
Greenpeace protests, iPods on the blender
And in other news, the guys from Will It Blend try it out on an old iPod. Out with the old, in with the new they say.
And hey, seeing what’s inside that iPod (did you see the smoke?), maybe the guys from Greenpeace have it all right from the start. All that cadmium and nickel and mercury …… More »