There's a surprising level of awe and wonder in the tech press about the batteries in the MacBook Pro computers that Apple (AAPL) unveiled last week -- especially since they've been around for more than a year.
"Battery life to die for," was the headline of a widely quoted review in AnandTech.
"Battery technology simply doesn't advance this fast," wrote Computerworld's Seth Weintraub.
"This kind of battery life is reserved for iPods and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 15, 2009 9:43 AM ET
"We look forward to Steve returning to Apple at the end of June."
How often have you heard that? A Google search for the exact phrase turns up roughly 400 instances, most of them attributed to Apple (AAPL) spokesman Steve Dowling, who is nothing if not disciplined.
The sentence is a variation on the last line of Steve Jobs' Jan. 14 memo to his staff, the one in which he announced that MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 13, 2009 1:17 PM ET
Owners of Apple (AAPL) iPhones who hold down jobs -- as opposed, presumably, to those who go to school, are between jobs or live off the proceeds of their trust funds -- are more than twice as likely to access the Internet from their phone as working Americans who own Research in Motion (RIMM) BlackBerries, Palm (PALM), or Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Mobile devices, according to a report issued Friday by MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 12, 2009 12:55 PM ET
This is not a story about Steve Jobs or Apple (AAPL).
It's not even a story about a Steve Jobs rumor.
It's a story about a nasty piece of work called Palluxo Media, based in Vancouver, B.C., that just stooped to a new low.
As an online news outlet, Palluxo.com is all over the lot. Its current crop of stories includes pieces about Jewish and Bosnian genocides, Cuban spies, an Acapulco drug shootout MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 12, 2009 10:57 AM ET
How do the new smartphones stack up in terms of features, sticker price and total cost?
BillShrink, a website that offers free personalized analysis of cellphone, credit card and gas costs, has lined the phones up in an easy-to-read chart (click image to enlarge). It compares ...
Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 3G S, which goes on sale next Friday
Palm (PALM) Pre, which went on sale last Saturday
HTC's G1, the first cellphone running MORE
Jon Rubinstein, the computer engineer credited with building both the iPod and the Palm Pre, has been named chief executive officer of Palm (PALM).
He replaces Ed Colligan, who led the company for 16 years.
Rubinstein, 52, once one of Steve Jobs' closest advisors, left Apple (AAPL) in 2006 with stock holdings reportedly worth $26 million. He is said to have clashed with Jobs over the wisdom of building the iPhone.
He was MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 10, 2009 6:20 PM ET
Apple's iPhone will face slimmer margins in the near future.
Now that the dust has settled from Apple's iPhone 3GS announcement -- video camera! compass! better battery life! -- it's time to face facts. Though Apple (AAPL) still leads rivals in style and technology, it's not the breakaway frontrunner it once was. The new phone is cool and all, but now Apple is looking over its shoulder -- and it will MORE
Jon Fortt - Jun 10, 2009 5:54 PM ET
I was surprised Monday when Apple (AAPL) vice president Phil Schiller announced that there were 50,000 applications available on the iPhone App Store.
He was giving the keynote at the World Wide Developers Conference -- a role usually played by Steve Jobs -- and he used the statistic to show how far ahead of its competitors the iPhone had drawn.
In the bar graph displayed on the Moscone Center's oversize screens, the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 10, 2009 10:50 AM ET
When does it make sense to upgrade to the new iPhone 3GS that Apple (AAPL) unveiled Monday?
That depends when you bought your first one. (This assumes you already own an iPhone; if you're happy with your current phone, you can stop reading here.)
If you are one of the 270,000 customers who bought one of the original iPhones in June 2007, your two year contract with AT&T (T) is about to MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 9, 2009 11:10 AM ET
For those who couldn't make it to San Francisco Monday -- or who couldn't get into the event (it sold out in record time) -- Apple (AAPL) has posted a 2-hour streaming video of the entire keynote. Click here to watch it.
If you want to learn more about the iPhone 3G S without watching the video, the same link offers a 13-minute guided tour that can be played on a MORE
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