Category: apple

4 February 2012

Living Mobile and the Post-PC Era

I’m just going to come right out and say it: most of my personal computing is done on a mobile device. A mobile device being a tablet or a phone either with WiFi or some kind of mobile Internet connection. …

8 July 2011

The iPad 2–What I’ve Been Missing

Filed under: apple,gadgets,ipad,iphone - 08 Jul 2011

As implied by my review of the Hammerhead case for iPad 2, I am now the proud owner of an iPad. Yes, I successfully resisted the siren call of Steve Jobs long enough. However, a funny thing happened: I spent …

25 March 2011

Cases, Cases

Filed under: apple,computers,gadgets,iphone - 25 Mar 2011

I received a MacBook sleeve and a iPhone 4 keyboard to review. They are both essentially cases. Let me explain.

The MacBook sleeve, in this case, is a 17″ SeeThru Satin case made by Speck that …

4 March 2011

Introducing iPad 2: NSFW Parody

Filed under: apple - 04 Mar 2011

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5 December 2010

Power PC Ubuntu Mini (Formerly Mac Mini)

Filed under: apple,computers,gadgets - 05 Dec 2010

I finally made my old Power PC-based Mac Mini useful. I installed the latest fUbuntu release on it, which even though the makers of Ubuntu don’t officially support, works reasonably well.

Of course, …

29 October 2010

Apple Now a Top 5 Phone Manufacturer!

Filed under: apple,mobile phones - 29 Oct 2010

From Communities Dominate Brands: Apple Q3 Results, major milestones reached by iPhone… and Apple the Computer Maker too:
Apple has now crashed into the Top 5 of global handset makers! It was just a year ago that Apple entered the top …

19 April 2010

Apple Can Kill Your Phone Remotely?

Filed under: apple,gadgets,iphone,security - 19 Apr 2010

There’s been a lot of discussion today about the “new iPhone” that was discovered because some git left it in a Redwood City, California bar. (Un)fortunately, it made it’s way to the folks at Gizmodo and it’s now a topic …

14 April 2010

iPhone 4.0 beta 1 is a One Way Ticket

Filed under: apple,mobile phones,software - 14 Apr 2010

Be warned that if you try and do the iPhone 4.0 beta 1 update I did a couple days ago, you may find your iPhone cannot be downgraded to 3.1.3 again. This is because the new beta includes a …

9 April 2010

Is There Any Benefit To Going iPhone 4.0 Before It’s Released?

Filed under: apple,Bluetooth,gadgets,iphone,mobile phones,software - 09 Apr 2010

After seeing all the cool new goodness in the iPhone OS 4.0 that’s due to be released this summer, I decided I wanted to try it. Short of paying $100 to be in Apple’s developer’s program, there are ways to …

28 January 2010

Will the iPad Change Anything?

Filed under: apple,gadgets,iphone,itunes - 28 Jan 2010

Just before I was giving my presentation at Sales Kick Off yesterday, Apple began unveiling their new iPad. A few people in the audience were looking at the emerging details on their iPhones. I took a quick scan of my …

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