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Amateur Hour, Web Style

The brand may be yours, but the message is me, me, me.READ»

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Wish List

’Tis the season to enumerate our objects of desire. Please take careful notes.READ»

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All Eyes On Apple

Will the gray light of January cool the world's hottest company?READ»

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Trolling Apple’s Patents

Apple is a notoriously secretive company. But it can't hide public filings such as patent applications. Adam L. Penenberg takes a look below at recent examples that may shed light on Steve Jobs's next move. After all, an Apple patent published in March 2005, "Handheld electronic device with multiple touch sensing devices" (#20060197750), telegraphed today's iPhone.READ»

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Why Apple's iPhone is Not the Next iPod

Apple's latest creation is unlikely to dominate the cell phone market the way the iPod has impacted the digital music market.READ»

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iPhone Backlash

The much extolled iPhone has finally been released amongst a veritable storm of praise and acclamation into the hands of its adoring fans. But with all the praise must inevitably come some backlash. Just what are critics saying could be wrong with Apple's latest invention?READ»

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Hacking the iPhone

Just how vulnerable is your iPhone if someone wants to intercept your email or record your conversations? Pretty vulnerable.READ»

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iPhone: Tufte goes ga ga

Over the last year there has been many designers posting their love for Apple and the iPhone. The critiques took a long time to appear and I got bored quickly of the hype. Too much hype makes me tune out. Kottke posted a link to ...READ»

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My Case for the iPhone

The iPhone will go on sale June 29th. That leaves you approximately three weeks to convince your VP of Technology (or similar) to invest in one for you to use at work. I put a very quick memo together last week to my VP of ...READ»

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Leadership: Steve Jobs’s Non-Apology

In the wake of the unprecedented response to last week’s post about Michael Vick’s apology, I thought I’d continue that line of thought with a look at another recent apology by someone on a bit of a different plane – Steve ...READ»

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iPhone -- The Apple Innovation Everyone Expected

At MacWorld today Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, the long awaited iPod cellphone that has been spoken about in whispers for over a year. Though the phone was expected, some of the specs are surprising. The entire face is a ...READ»

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Going Mobile

Having only recently signed an 18-month contract on a Sony Ericsson P990i smartphone, I spent much of last week kicking myself. I wanted a slim black Apple iPhone, not the silver brick weighing down my jacket pocket. But this week, ...READ»

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The iPhone and the Internet

Sunday night the new iPhone ads appeared on television. They soon appeared at Apple.com in high definition. The news quickly spread. The iPhone is being released June 29. But Apple fans are a tenacious lot and went over the three ...READ»

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Steve Jobs Keynote: Leopard and Safari Updates -- Few iPhone Details

Steve Jobs just finished his keynote at Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference. The big announcements? Mac's new OS Leopard will be $129 when it is released in October. Jobs discussed several features, including upgraded ...READ»

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iPhone's AT&T Plans Revealed

Today, AT&T and Apple announced the cell phone plans that will be available when the iPhone launches the night of 6/29. The three plans have differing costs depending on the amount of minutes, from $59 to 99. All plans include ...READ»

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Technology: Steve Jobs Shows New iPod Touch and iPod Nano -- iPhone Price Drops $200

At a press event today Steve Jobs revealed Apple's latest iterations of its iPod music players. The biggest reveal was the iPod Touch -- basically an iPhone without the phone. It comes in two varieties: 8 GB for $299 and 16 GB for ...READ»

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Technology: iPhone Exuberance: How Do You Actually Like Yours?

I have been longing for an iPhone since they came out, and this weekend, without the kids in tow, I found myself in an Apple Store with a free half-hour to really try one. Like many first-time users, I was amazed at the graphic ...READ»

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Technology: iPhone Customer Update — Get $100 Back! (Sort of)

Apple's Steve Jobs heard the angry cries of his iPhone customers — the ones who paid $599 for a product that is suddenly available for $399 — and he's decided to rebate $100 to anyone who already bought an iPhone . With a ...READ»

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Tech Monday: How Apple Sold A Million iPhones

It's not rocket science. We learned a valuable lesson from Steve Jobs in recent weeks. If a product isn't selling so well, and its cost seems to be its main prohibitor -- then, slash it's price significantly. That's exactly what ...READ»

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Ethics: A Bad Day For American Altruism

This week, the One Laptop Per Child project, whose mission is to provide basic PCs for students in developing countries, announced a sad incentive for donations: if you donate $400 to the project, they'll send one laptop overseas to ...READ»

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Sustainability: Toxic iPhones Face Lawsuit

The new iPhone may have won over the tech world, but for environmentalists and consumer advocates it leaves much to be desired. A report by Greenpeace released yesterday found Apple's latest gadget houses multiple kinds of toxic ...READ»

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Technology: Sprint's Answer to the iPhone

In my hands I hold the HTC Touch, a compact take on the touchscreen smartphone. Is it cool? Yes. Does it one-up a certain Apple phone? No. But you can think of this Windows Mobile-based device as more fun than a Blackberry, and more ...READ»

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Technology: Hacking the iPhone for Espionage

No, it's not enough that you can hack your iPhone to operate on the T-Mobile network, or launch third-party applications, or play games. No, someone had to go and demonstrate how you can -- quite easily, with some know-how -- turn an ...READ»

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iPhone is a Consumer Product, not a Business Tool

October 2007 Ok it’s 4am and I’m sitting wide awake at the hotel in San Fran so I figured I’d keep my mind occupied by posting a review of my brand new Apple iPhone. Before we begin, props to the Ken at Xujiahui for ...READ»

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Work/Life: It's The Hot New Computer Game - Grand Theft Quality Time IV

  Not surprisingly, the latest edition of Grand Theft Auto, the reprehensible yet popular (what, something in America is popular even thought it’s tasteless?) video game has arrived with its share of controversy.  Well, such ...READ»