Archive | April 14th, 2010

Adobe evangelist tells Apple to go screw itself

14. April 2010

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Adobe evangelist Lee Brimelow is none too pleased with Apple’s recent decision to disallow iPhone apps originally written in Flash. This has nothing to do whatsoever with bringing the Flash player to Apple’s devices. That is a separate discussion entirely. What they are saying is that they won’t allow applications onto their marketplace solely because of […]

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Benchmarking the 15-inch MacBook Pro i7, it’s a speed demon

14. April 2010

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The new MacBook Pro’s are fast. So much so that Gizmodo was blown away by the results of their benchmarking tests when comparing the new 2.66 Ghz i7 15-inch MacBook Pro against the previous generation’s 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo. GeekBench results? Blazing! Xbench? As Homer might say, “It’s still good, it’s still good.” And now […]

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Steve Jobs says next release of Final Cut Pro “will be awesome”

14. April 2010

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Steve Jobs is on an e-mail tear lately. In what may be his longest email response to date, Jobs addressed the future of Final Cut Pro. None too pleased with the most recent Final Cut Pro update, a Mac Soda reader emailed Jobs to get some clarification regarding Apple’s continued interest in the software. Steve, […]

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Should Adobe shoulder any blame in the iPhone/Flash controversy?

14. April 2010

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With all the anger directed at Apple over their reluctance to let apps onto iTunes that were simultaneously developed for a number of platforms, many haven’t stopped to take the time to look at Adobe’s role in all of this. Adobe’s flash to iPhone compiler was one of the big features in their new CS […]

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Moron claims Adobe to sue Apple over changes in iPhone developer agreement

14. April 2010

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Well this certainly is rich. Some security pundit for IT World believes that Adobe is so incensed at Apple’s shot against their flash to iPhone compiler that legal action may be on the horizon. So, unless things change drastically between Apple and Adobe in the next few weeks, from what I’m hearing you can expect […]

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The iPad is already a cash cow for some developers

14. April 2010

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Brent Simmons discusses the profitability of his NetNewsWire app on the iPad: We’re not giving out the actual numbers, but I will tell you this, and I think this is very cool. The iPad app, within five days, made us more money than the iPhone app has in its existence over the last six months […]

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Apple delays international iPad release by a month

14. April 2010

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Apple announced today that the international launch of the iPad would be pushed back 1 month in light of much stronger than expected demand here in the US. Pre-orders for interested iPad owners abroad will now begin on May 10. “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher […]

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Back when Jonathan Ive had hair… and a mustache

14. April 2010

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You might know Apple design guru Jonny Ive as the suave, aston martin driving mind behind iconic Apple products like the iPod and the iMac, but it wasn’t too long ago that he was a shaggy haired and mustachioed Brit talking about how a computer can be a sexy piece of machinery. Here he is […]

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Rumor: iPhone to sport 8-megapixel camera in 2011

14. April 2010

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Take this with a grain of salt, but Scott Moritz of The Street (yeah, told ya’) is reporting that Apple has tapped Sony to supply an 8-megapixel camera sensor for an iPhone model expected to hit the streets in 2011. Hello Sony, goodbye OmniVision. Apple has picked Sony’s 8-megapixel camera chip for the 2011 iPhone, according […]

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