Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner is citing “checks” into Apple’s supply chain that indicate production of the purported tablet will begin to ramp up in February with a March or April launch. He goes on to say that Apple will churn out 1 million tablets per month. Despite previous rumors that the tablet would have an OLED screen, …
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Ratings Scam Triggers Apple To Scrub ~1% of App Store
Following a brief investigation triggered by the iPhone photography blog iPhoneography, Apple has banished Chinese developer Molinker and its estimated 1000 iPhone apps. The majority of Molinker’s applications were pitiful copycats of existing popular apps, but that’s not what triggered the amateur sleuthing from an Internet friend …
Apple’s One-Day Shopping Spree
I wouldn’t say there are incredible deals on anything in particular, but you don’t have to leave the comfort of your footed PJs to score a few deals. This whole Black Friday thing is a bit ridiculous and barbaric, no?
Judge Rules in Favor of Apple in Psystar Case
The ongoing legal battle between Apple and Psystar has swung in Apple’s favor after U.S. District Judge William Alsup’s determined that “Psystar’s use of Mac OS X has been in excess and has violated Apple’s copyrights.” Apple and Psystar will once again enter court on December 14 to remedy the following: (1) breach of …
Apple Store Is Down, Rumors Abound
I hate to pull the trigger early, but the Apple Store is down and we all know how much Apple loves Tuesdays. Normally, I wouldn’t be concerned or think anything of it, but it all started last night when Dan Lyons took a jab at John Gruber.
Can’t tell you what, obviously. But there’s something brewing. Gruber doesn’t know about it, but
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X-Rated iPhone Apps?
One interesting thing Apple showed off at the Developers’ Conference today was parental controls. With the 3.0 version of iPhone’s OS, which will be disseminated next week, you’ll be able to set your iPhone so that your kid can’t download age-inappropriate content to it.
While I have always found the concept of parental controls …
Alice. Remember Alice? This is an iPhone app about Alice…
I found Alice today in the iPhone app store. Remember Alice? It has a special place in computer-games history: It was the only game to ship on the first Apple MacIntosh computer.
The chess-related entertainment was written by Steve Capps, a legendary hacker who lives out here in the SF Bay Area. Among other things, Capps worked on …
The iPhone: How It Will Play Out
This is not an actual post, but merely a shadow post, linking to a post by somebody else which is much funnier than anything I could have written.