AT&T lost its iPhone monopoly, and may soon lose a million or two customers, to Verizon. But I think Verizon’s freshly announced support for the iPhone is on balance a very good thing for AT&T. Estimates for how many current AT&T customers will switch to...Why the Verizon iPhone is Great News for AT&T
AT&T lost its iPhone monopoly, and may soon lose a million or two customers, to Verizon. But I think Verizon’s freshly announced support for the iPhone is on balance a very good thing for AT&T. Estimates for how many current AT&T customers will switch to...WSJ Says Verizon iPhone Announcement is Tuesday
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Verizon iPhone will be announced Tuesday, January 11. The announcement will happen at an event at New York’s Lincoln Center and will be headlined by Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam, according to the story. Journalists were...iPad Gets a Suction-Cup Joystick
A company called Ten One Design has announced a $25 joystick for iPad called Fling that attaches to the screen with suction cups. The Fling goes on top of the on-screen controls, and replaces your direct finger or thumb. The joystick is mostly clear plastic,...Apple iPad: the Most Important Product of the Decade
Incredible technology products have emerged in the last 10 years, from Web 2.0 sites to Twitter, GPS-enabled smart phones to cheap pocket video recorders. On New Year’s Day, 2001, blogs were still largely unknown to the public. RIM had yet to launch the BlackBerry, and...Why Apple Will Never Ship a Touchscreen MacBook
A patent recently granted to Apple has got online observers predicting a future touch-screen MacBook laptop. It’ll never happen. Before I tell you why, let’s take a look at the evidence. The patent, the latest in a series of patents that appear to reference touchscreen...Why Privacy Lawsuits Against Apple Matter More to Google
Apple is being dragged into court over two separate class-action lawsuits filed last week. Both accuse Apple of violating the privacy of iPhone users. If Apple loses the suits, it faces damages, plus possible changes in its privacy policy and enforcement. But if Apple is...Burglar Caught in the Act… by an iPhone!
A burglar was caught red-handed in Denver this week, thanks to an iPhone app that shows the camera feed from a home computer. A woman named Claire, who gave only her first name to the press, uses the app to keep tabs on her dog...Why iPad Magazines Are Failing
When WIRED rolled out its first iPad edition, the publisher sold more than 100,000 copies. Everyone proclaimed the arrival of the electronic magazine at last. Vanity Fair, GQ and Glamour also enjoyed healthy rollouts, though nothing near the WIRED debut. But after initial success, iPad...Sweet! Japanese iPhone Cookies Selling Like Hotcakes!
Japan’s Green Gables bakery has been selling life-size iPhone cookies for two years. But recently, photos have appeared on Twitter and elsewhere, sparking huge demand. Originally, the small, local bakery made the cookie as a special birthday present for a customer’s husband. But thanks to...Are You an Apple Fanboy Yet?
You got another Apple gadget for Christmas, didn’t you? And you love it, don’t you? So at what point do you officially declare yourself to be one of those Cupertino Kool-Aid-guzzling, Steve Jobs-worshiping, pathetically devoted Apple fans you used to loath? Ten years ago, there...Why Apple Will Dominate Next Year’s Weird Tablet Market
It’s no secret that Apple enjoys an unprecedented lead in the touch tablet market. The last major accounting put Apple at an incredible 95% market share. Until the iPad’s first real competitor, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which shipped late in the year, Apple pretty much...Costco to Stop Selling Apple Products
In its quarterly earnings call today, Costco announced that it has begun the process of “phasing out” Apple products by “mutual agreement.” The falling out appears to have been caused by a variety of events that highlight fundamental incompatibilities between the two companies: * Apple...
