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The case for axing the iPod Classic
With everyone focusing on potential upgrades to the iPod Touch and iPod Nano this Wednesday, the iPod Classic, like usual, isn’t really on anybody’s radar. The iPod Classic is a vestige of what got Apple to where it is now, while the iPod Touch is indicative of where Apple is going in the future. Apple […]
Continue reading...Banners already going up for upcoming Apple iPod event
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Apple has already begun putting up banners in anticipation of its September 9th music event at the Yerba Buena Center. Apple is widely expected to announce a revamped lineup of iPods, including the addition of cameras to to the iPod Touch, the iPod Nano, and rumor has it, the iPod Classic as well. An announcement […]
Continue reading...Apple officially holding media event on September 9
Monday, August 31, 2009
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Confirming previous rumors, Apple will now officially be holding its special media event on Wednesday September 9th, where it seems all but guaranteed that Apple will upgrade its entire line of iPods, with the iPod Touch and iPod Nano both expected to receive cameras. A report also surfaced late last week which had the iPod […]
Continue reading...Apple planning special music themed media event in early September
Thursday, August 13, 2009
A number of music industry sources have confirmed that Apple is planning a special music-themed media event this September, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. According to Peter Kafka, Apple will use the week of September 7th to announce a range of new upgrades to the iPod line. Rumor has it that […]
Continue reading...Apple emerges victorious in iTunes/iPod class action lawsuit
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Apple recently emerged victorious in a legal case alleging that Apple illegally configured iTunes to work exclusively with iPods and not with third party MP3 players. The Plaintiff in the case, Stacie Somers, was seeking class-action status, a motion which was denied by U.S. District Judge James Ware on account that Somers failed to prove […]
Continue reading...Apple already filming ads for unreleased Apple product
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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Now you can go ahead and classify this as the flimsiest of rumors, but the Sierra Sun is reporting that Apple yesterday filmed an ad for an unreleased product at Jax on the Tracks, a diner with a 1940’s vibe and motif. … but because the product they were advertising hadn’t been released, members of […]
Continue reading...DVD Jon issued subpeona in Apple iPod anti-trust case
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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DVD Jon, a.k.a Jon Lech Johansen, is essentially a DRM slayer. If he had his own 80’s sitcom, the intro might go something like this – “If you have a file, and it has DRM, and no one else can help you, then maybe you can hire.. DVD Jon.” And now cue The A-Team music. […]
Continue reading...Deconstructing Jason Calacanis’ “Case against Apple” article piece by piece
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Jason Calacanis, of Mahalo, Weblogs, and TWIT fame, recently penned an article titled “The Case against Apple in 5 parts” where he details why his long love affair with Apple is coming to an end. From what I’ve seen and heard of Calacanis, he seems like an alright guy, but much of the reasoning in […]
Continue reading...The iPhone/App store puts iPod/iTunes growth to shame [Graphs]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Chi-Hua Chien of KPCB, the venture capital firm behind the $100 Million iFund initiative, came up with some interesting graphs which illustrate how much more quickly the rate of growth has been for the iPhone and the iTunes App Store compared to the iPod and iTunes Music Store. The differences are staggering. Kleiner Perkins iFund […]
Continue reading...The “Genius” of Rob Enderle, and the myth of Apple marketing
Thursday, July 23, 2009
In his latest article, Enderle writes: Apple is a marketing-driven company — something unique in the technology segment — while Microsoft has largely been engineering-driven. During the 90s, this was actually more of an Apple liability than an asset, because Apple was being run by people who clearly didn’t get Apple’s unique capability. Steve Jobs […]
Continue reading...Journalist leaves the iPod for a Sandisk player, quickly returns
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Christopher Null of Yahoo! recently decided to give another MP3 player a try after his 4th Gen iPod went kaput. He subsequently replaced his trusty ole’ iPod with a Sandisk Fuze, but it wasn’t too long before he began to miss the comfort and usability of the iPod/iTunes combo. He eventually dropped the Fuze and […]
Continue reading...Apple destroys earnings estimates, sells 5.2 million iPhones and 2.6 million Macs
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Apple today reported its earnings from its third fiscal quarter and reported earnings of $1.35 a share on revenue $8.34 billion. Last year during the same quarter, Apple reported earnings of $1.19 a share on revenue of $7.46 billion. Apple’s solid earnings report utterly destroyed analyst estimates, which anticipated earnings of $1.17 a share on […]
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
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