Archive | September 14th, 2009
Report: Apple to set up iPhone activation centers in Apple Stores
MacRumors reports that Apple may begin setting up designated iPhone activation zones within its Apple Stores as early as tomorrow. The move will reportedly “enhance”, and perhaps hasten, the iPhone purchase experience. The activation zones will reportedly be staffed by a new category of retail store employee called “iPhone Experts”, who will be denoted by […]
Continue reading...What Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein learned from Steve Jobs
14. September 2009
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Not too long ago, Palm hired Palm Pre designer Jon Rubenstein to take over CEO duties in the wake of former CEO Ed Colligan’s departure. Of course, before Rubenstein joined Palm, he spent about 20 years working closely with Steve Jobs (first at Next and then at Apple), and was instrumental in the development and […]
Continue reading...Some unfortunate ad-placement in the Wall Street Journal
14. September 2009
The return of Steve Jobs arguably stole the show at last weeks Apple media event. Jobs appeared vibrant and healthier than when we last saw him, but was still somewhat thin and noted that he’s in the process of putting on a good 30 pounds by eating a lot of ice cream. So in the […]
Continue reading...Microsoft hires fashion designers to create wallpapers for Windows Phones
14. September 2009
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This almost seems straight out of The Onion. Liz Sloan, of the WindowsTeamBlog, writes: Fashion Week is in full swing in New York City this week, and today, we’re excited to announce five designer themes created just for Windows phones. The themes, which include custom palettes and wallpapers, were designed by some of today’s hottest […]
Continue reading...If the iPhone is the MJ of smartphones, then what does that make AT&T?
14. September 2009
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This weekend, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse raised some eyebrows when he called the iPhone the “Michael Jordan” of smartphones. Q: Is the Palm Pre making a dent into the iPhone market? A: Aaah… It’s-it’s doing well, but you can almost put the iPhone, to be fair, in a separate category. The Apple brand and that […]
Continue reading...Why the new Motorola Cliq won’t be a hit
14. September 2009
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Last week, Motorola unveiled its latest attempt to remain relevant in a mobile industry that seemingly passed them by in a heartbeat – the Motorola Cliq. The Cliq features a new Motorola technology called “Motoblur”, a feature which “Motoblur streams your emails, conversations and friends right into your phone. Only Motoblur can sync them all, […]
Continue reading...What ever happened to these Snow Leopard features?
14. September 2009
Snow Leopard is admittedly low on new eye candy features, which makes us wonder what ever happened to these window resizing features, originally spotted a few months ago. Were they fake, or did Apple decide to remove them? Our take is that the features above look better in a demo than would translate into actual […]
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14. September 2009
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