In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about competitors and heaps praise on Apple and Steve Jobs. Read more
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Eric Schmidt Reminds People That He Actually Likes Apple
Apple, Mobile Phone Profit Analysis
Asymco has posted an interesting story/graph on the analysis of mobile phone profits. Horace Dediu writes, “if the available profit (i.e. excluding losses) were summed and each vendor’s profit were measured as a percent of this total, this chart would tell the story of the last three years.” Read more
11.6-Inch MacBook Air Coming Later This Year?
Here’s another interesting report this morning: according to DigiTimes, Apple is getting ready to release a new 11.6-inch “MacBook” before the end of the year. Specifically, it appears that Quanta (Apple manufacturing partner) is scheduled to ship 400.000 / 500.000 units of the aforementioned 11.6-inch computer. Read more
I Want An Apple Tool Cabinet Pro for Christmas
It’s time to re-purpose Mac packaging. Meet the “Apple Tool Cabinet Pro”, the ultimate solution to store your Apple devices inside an Apple box.
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NBC Not Interested In Joining Apple 99-cent Rentals
Weet Posts What’s To Come for Version 1.0.1
Today, Federico posted a review of Weet, his new default twitter client for iPhone. @WeetApp posted a tweet a few minutes ago and they revealed their change log. Seems like a biggie for only a 1.0.1 release. This update was sent to Apple on September 16th, so we can hope Apple will approves it any day. Here is the list of fixes/changes/additions: Read more
Ping: Apple and Facebook Negotiated for 18 Months Over It
Remember Ping? Yeah, that social network thing that launched together with iTunes 10 icon. No wait, it actually launched together with iTunes 10 - I think so.
Anyway, Silicon Alley Insider reports that Apple and Facebook negotiated for at least 18 months over a “music-focused social networking service”, but couldn’t find a deal before Apple decided to let Ping fly with its own wings. Read more
Apple’s Impressive Share Of Mobile Industry Profits [Pie Chart]
Compared to LG, Nokia and other cellphone makers Apple doesn’t sell that many devices. Compared to the same cellphone makers, though, Apple makes way more money. Apple’s got the right strategy: they sell premium products and they release a new iteration once a year. Apple has its own OS and it won’t let the carrier mess with it. Period. Read more
Steve Jobs Interviewed By Police Over iPhone 4 Prototype
We haven’t heard of the “stolen” iPhone 4 prototype story for a while, nor do we have had any updates on the police investigation that is still ongoing. Apple hasn’t commented publicly on the matter since last April, and it’s not that we’re missing the whole headline war to get the latest scoop on Jason Chen and Brian Hogan love affair - we’re just curious to know how this will end.
Macnn is reporting (via CNET) that a number of Apple employees have been interviewed by the police together with Apple CEO himself, Steve Jobs, about the allegedly stolen iPhone prototype. Read more