Apple Japan Execs showed a picture of a digital camera with with a cable connecting it to an iPod photo. This is a perfect fit and use for the iPod Photo. This is especially true for photographers who will undoubtedly be putting iPod photos on their hips left and right while doing shoots. The storage […]

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MacWorld reports on a recent forum with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer. Of note, Oppenheimer commented on the “Hale Effect” of the iPod as well as the impact and future of the Mac Mini and Apple retail stores.
The Halo Effect refers to PC iPod owners who end up buying a Mac after buying an iPod. It […]

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Cnet reports on the taking apart of an iPod shuffle. Revealed is that shuffle has two chips running inside. The chips offer functionality beyond just playing music - like voice recording, FM tuner and even being able to send pictures to a screen. Of course, Apple kept things simple to keep profits healthy and to […]

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I’m a day late on this one. TiVo’ stock shot up over 17% yesterday on speculation that Apple might purchase the company. Both Apple and TiVo declined comment which would seem to say it is highly possible. It does make sense - with Microsoft being so aggressive with its media PC initiative - and Apple […]

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Steve Jobs, what is he good at? I’ll tell you - selling. I have said for a while now that Stevie J is the worlds greatest salesman. I respect him immensley for it, he is a visionary that is so true, he is a smart busienssman and he ain’t no chump but the the thing […]

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Cool beans!!! Old school big time! Syngress has released “Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage”, a book that shows you how to build one of the first Apple products the Apple I (Apple One). I learned some basic programming in 7th grade on Apple IIe’s and Apple IIc’s and it was a blast. […]

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A very curious rumor reported by AppleInsider reports that Apple has supposedly requested(?) certain retailers return their inventory of iPod Photos.
This is really weird, the post mentions that somewhere overseas a Motorola “person” let slip that Apple would be introducing a bluetooth enabled iPod soon, but that would have nothing to do with pulling existing […]

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Cnet reports on more lawsuits filed against Apple. The article points out many of the same issues we reported on in our “The Dark Side of Apple” post. Accusations of undercutting prices, unauthorized use of reseller client lists and inventory squeezes to name a few. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. […]

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I would like to think that Apple stands for all that is right, or all that should be when it comes to computing. But the truth is, there is a dark side to Apple. A side that really isn’t all that pretty. Steve Jobs preached about good karma when introducing the iTunes music store, that […]

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In an interview with ABC news Bill Gates gives several hints about Microsoft’s future in the online music arena. When asked if he thinks the iPod (iTunes) has beaten Microsoft, Gates responds with compliments to the successful product but stops short of saying it will stay on top. Bill states that Microsoft wants to give […]

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