Apple is hanging banners for the WWDC at the Moscone Center. We’ve gathered some photos from Twitter and Flickr, check them out after the break.
Also, stay tuned for our live coverage post on MacStories later today.
Apple Gets Ready for the WWDC [Photos]
New Mac Mini Headed our Way?
One product I seriously considered before I purchased my Black Macbook had to be the Mac Mini. And I still think the Mac Mini is a rather overlooked machine that’s quite powerful on its own; I love its small form factor and green output. But recently they’re becoming slim pickings according to AppleInsider. With Apple slowly cutting off the air supply to the current model, can we expect to see a Mac Mini refresh?
Why Apple Succeeds & Others Fail
Mike Rundle nails it over at Flyosity:
“If someone is trying to understand why Apple products do well and they’re putting them in a feature comparison matrix against competitors, they’re already doing it wrong. When the iPod first launched it famously had “less space than a Nomad” but it ended up dominating the industry. The specs for Nokia’s high-end smartphones blow the iPhone’s away but their U.S. market sales are abysmal and almost non-existent. The iPad doesn’t compare well against a netbook in a feature-to-feature lineup but it has over 2,000,000 sales in less than 2 months.
Apple’s products sell because they focus on the overall user experience and how people actually use the device, from when they buy it in an Apple Store to the first time they open the lid on a MacBook Pro all the way through its lifetime. Apple treats each product as something special by itself; a treat for the person who bought it. Even the cheapest iPod nano has beautifully-executed packaging while other companies throw their most expensive products in a cheap, brown, cardboard box.”
I wonder if this concept can be applied to any other company competing with Apple. Is there a game you can’t Microsoft at? Is there a game you can’t beat Dell at? Samsung, Nokia and other follow.
The very last competitor Apple has to tear down is prejudice.
You still can’t get iPhone to iPad Tethering
So AT&T has some new plans out. What you need to know is what exactly you can and can’t do with tethering. First (and maybe last) in this rundown is the fact that you cannot have your iPhone tether to your iPad for wireless wifi or bluetooth.
The iPad Comic
iPad 3G 64GB Removed from the Canadian Store?
UPDATE: And…it’s back up. That was fast.
What’s going on with the iPad 3G + Wifi 64GB model in Canada? We’ve just noticed that the mode has been removed from the Store. The picture of the unit is simply not there anymore, as you can see in the screenshot after the break.
Cheap iPad Stands In the News (Again); We Recommend Something Better
I thought this had already been settled? Our friends over at TUAW have already talked stands to death. Again. And Again. And this floated around when the iPad came out. But John Gruber (whom I dearly admire) is just getting on the band wagon, and now everyone is gawking about cheap iPad stands galore. Of course we don’t want to feel left out, but we’re not for cheap or practical things. After all, a plastic stand doesn’t deserve to seat the magical aluminum and glass iPad. No ladies and gents, it needs a seat made promptly for a king.
OnLive Demoed at D8, Runs Great on the iPad
OnLive is a game streaming service that will allow you to play videogames over the internet, without the need of installing them on your local machine. You’ll have to pay a monthly subscription fee, have a decent internet connection and you’ll be ready to play any game available on the platform. You can run OnLive both on a computer using a browser plugin or on your TV by purchasing a micro set-top box. It’s a revolutionary service, and it’s launching on June 17th during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We can’t wait.
Sydney Restaurant Replaces Printed Menus with iPads
Now that the iPad has gone international, expect to see more posts like this one. I mean, I can’t wait to see what Italian people can come up with. In the meantime though, the owners of a restaurant in Sydney (the Global Mundo Tapas in the North Sydney Rydges Hotel) have decided to stop using printed menus and adopt iPads instead.