Two New Apple Stores Opening This Weekend

It looks like Steve wants more Apple Stores around the world. You know, he’s never satisfied - and can you blame it with those breaking earnings they posted earlier this week?

Anyway, as TUAW and Macsimum News report, two new Apple retail stores are opening this week: a new store in Lexington, KY opening this Saturday at 10am and another store in Columbus, OH.

If you happen to be there, snap a few picture for us. We’ll be glad to post them.

Clayton Morris the Sound of Reason in Kindle vs. iPad Argument

If there’s one reason I love Clayton Morris, it’s that he doesn’t bullshit around about technology. I traditionally hate linking to any news anchor on CNN, Fox, ABC, CBS, or any other outlet that really don’t have a grasp of technology. This is evident in the Fox News showcase between the Amazon and the Kindle, where Morris steps in to set things straight.

If you have no other reason to watch it, help me figure out if he has an early beta of OmniFocus or if he’s simply running the iPhone version on the iPad. Either way, his iPad setup proves that’s he’s pretty tech savvy guy. The comparison after the break.

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Shut Up, I Create Content On My iPad.

I keep reading posts on the internet about people stating that the iPad is the perfect device to consume content. They say it’s perfect for music, videos, pictures. I’m ok with that. It’s true: the tablet form factor surely helps a lot in practicing these activities.

I also read posts and comments from other people, these ones claiming that there’s no way you can produce original content on the iPad. They have a pretty large following, too. They share consensus that if a device is perfect for consuming, then it must be terrible at producing.

Let me tell you why they’re wrong.

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iMacs to Receive Refresh in Coming Weeks?

AppleInsider reports that Apple is advising its direct and indirect sales channels of iMac shortages, specifically the 21.5-inch, 3.06 GHz model, implying that there will be a refresh  in the coming weeks.

Apple has been plotting the upcoming iMac refresh since last year. At the time, the company was brainstorming a lineup that would include more than one quad-core configuration, according to people familiar with the plans.

Potential configurations included a dual-core Core i5 model, as well as quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 configurations. Also of interest, according to those same people, were indications that new iMacs would be the first Macs to employ Intel’s Core i3 processor at the low-end, which would have the new family of desktops utilize all three flavors of Intel’s mobile Core line of processors.

Unconfirmed is the possibility of a faster FireWire interface and USB 3.0 implementation, which is said to be ten times faster than USB 2.0. Also rumored is that Apple is in advanced discussions to adopt microprocessors from AMD, while Apple a 12-core Mac Pro and 27” Apple Cinema Display remain unseen.

[via AppleInsider]