Category Archives: Apple

NEW iPod Touch …

September 2, 2010 – 7:17 pm

Seems to me that this is Apple’s most used product these days. I use my (last generation) Touch non-stop. Love it. Until Sept. 7th Apple has the usual back-to-school deal: MacBook with iPod CHEAP … I was tempted to upgrade on both my laptop and Touch … But the Touch is the old model, not [...]

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screen video capture for Mac?

July 15, 2010 – 7:09 am

UPDATE: I eventually paid $69 for SnapZ Pro X, excellent, though pricey. … Later somebody sent me a link for a $30 competitor, Voila. … Looks great. _____ Original post: I need to quickly capture video from my computer. There are still no ideal solutions, as far as I’m concerned. • Jing FREE … 5min [...]

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new iPhone 4

June 15, 2010 – 5:02 am

… Steve Jobs unveiled the forthcoming iPhone 4 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Among the most praised features of the new smartphone is its new “retina display,” but how good does the iPhone 4’s screen really look? At 326 pixels per inch, the pixel density of the iPhone 4 is four times that of [...]

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best Apple laptop – white MacBook

May 26, 2010 – 5:12 am

Disappointed in the latest update of the aluminum laptops, I’m still recommending the white bottom-of-the-line as the “best buy”. It’s now been updated, too. 10hr battery life is sweet. Apple MacBook – $999 For casual users the iPad might be the better buy. It’s outselling the Apple laptops in the USA. The iPad has problems, [...]

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north to Canadia

May 15, 2010 – 7:45 am

May 15th. … Should be safe to start back up to the Great White North. I’m going to miss the dry, sunny “snowbird” days of the American southwest. On this long driving trip I’ve used only my iTouch as car stereo. Works great. I should be in Kamloops by May 24th for the Canadian Gymnastics [...]

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iPad ships to Canada May 28th

May 10, 2010 – 8:35 am

… Customers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK can pre-order the iPad from their respective Apple stores … Mashable

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why I won’t buy a new Apple laptop

April 25, 2010 – 9:16 am

I was disappointed in the upgrade of laptops recently announced. Not much new. No big reduction in price. Apple has been concentrating on iPhone and iPad, me thinks. Next laptop I’ll be buying used. … On the other hand, Om Malik is very impressed with a near doubling of battery life on the 15″ MacBook [...]

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Bill Gates: Steve Jobs can’t win

April 10, 2010 – 6:59 am

Bill Gates is neither stupid nor evil. But my God he got a lot of things wrong in his tenure as world’s richest man. This quote, recently released, from an interview 12yrs ago on Cringely: … “What I can’t figure out is why he (Steve Jobs) is even trying (to be the CEO of Apple)? [...]

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iPad – my review

April 8, 2010 – 6:55 pm

I stopped by Steve Job’s place in Palo Alto … to check out the iPad, in person. • much more impressive hands-on than in the videos • screen is very responsive • sound surprisingly good • many apps don’t rotate the screen from the inferior page view to the superior horizontal view • it’s heavy (1.5lbs) [...]

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Google v Apple

February 19, 2010 – 5:14 am

The big fight in coming years will be Google challenging Apple. It’s war, I’d say. Many iPhone users will be tempted to switch to a Google phone. I’m expecting Google will win, long term, because that company is far more “open”. Actually, consumers will win. Competition is what drives innovation. This graphic was produced by [...]

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