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iPhone hysteria has heated up

November 17, 2006 by Michael Boyle

iPhone hysteria has heated up

with the post this week at Engadget that (possible) manufacturer Hon Hai [has copped] to [having the] iPhone contract. I don’t know where this is really going to go, but the seemingly most reliable reports are that Apple will eschew marketing the device in the traditional manner – through the cellphone carriers – and sell direct to customers who will just put in any SIM card and go.

If this does indeed prove to be the case, it will be a very interesting development. And long overdue.

As far as features are concerned, that might be a tougher sell. I would love a good quality phone that was also a top-quality music machine, but I don’t think that’s enough to really distinguish the device in the marketplace. It seems that a great proportion of the market are current smartphone users – and while I agree with Jobs that phones aren’t necessarily the best input devices, having robust input functionality built in is nevertheless quite important. Synching with a larger device isn’t always possible, so foreclosing on a user’s ability to, say, compose and send a short email or make a quick grocery list would, for me, totally rule out the adoption of an iPhone, even if the “stick it to the cell providers” part does appeal to me.

Tags: Apple, iPhone, Mobile, Wireless

In other “gear” news,

October 12, 2006 by Michael Boyle

In other “gear” news,

last week I picked up a new MacBook, which has so far impressed me as a wonderful machine. One of the best keyboards I’ve ever used on a laptop (only my old Thinkpad I used for work a couple of jobs ago compared) and the bump in screen size from the iBook 12″ is just enough to make it workable for everyday use. I’ll probably get an external monitor to go with it later, but even by itself it’s great.

We’re drastically simplifying our whole “gear” life here in the house – Nadia is going to use the last-gen iBook we have and we’re getting rid of all our other computers – my Mini, her eMac, and my large old-school CRT that was still on my desk about 7 years since its purchase.

Tags: Apple, Gear, Personal

Macworld’s Jason Snell

May 17, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Macworld’s Jason Snell

takes a look at Apple’s new MacBook and likes what he sees. We just bought a new iBook in January, and I’m not disappointed because the investment that we have in power adapters and batteries and such would make the conversion considerably more expensive than simply getting a new machine… but when it is time to update, I can see I won’t be disappointed.

Tags: Apple

From Apple:

April 5, 2006 by Michael Boyle

From Apple:

Boot Camp public beta, which allows current Intel-based Macs to install and run Windows XP. I guess this ends a lot of speculation, right?

Tags: Apple

I don’t often write about

March 9, 2006 by Michael Boyle

I don’t often write about

new software, but Scott Morrison has just released MailTags 1.2, which adds a whole bunch of useful features to both Apple Mail and iCal. Tim Gaden (of Hawk Wings) and Boris have more information.

Intuitively and having played around with it a bit I can see the utility of this, but I’m curious about things that others have found useful to do using MailTags. So – what would/do you use it to do?

Tags: Apple, Email

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