Category: Apple

  • Down goes Palm, yet another notch on Gates’ belt

    (Updated 9/28) The depressing news that a once innovative and leading software company has been vanquished by Microsoft is hardly surprising. Palm, now called PalmSource, revolutionized the “personal digital assistant” by shedding features and focusing on simplicity and a good user experience. Now it lives to see the day that its own hardware unit, called…

  • Gruber’s in rare form on iTunes 5

    John Gruber’s on a hilarious, Entourage-inspired rant about the wacky new user interface Apple put on the latest version of iTunes. Make sure your mouth isn’t full when you read it.

  • Working with the e815 and photos – oy vey

    (Updated 1/25/07 on MicroSD) After a couple of weeks with my Verizon/Motorola e815, I have a few quirks and quibbles to report. Getting photos off the phone has been a mildly trying exercise since Verizon crippled the Bluetooth profile that would allow one to effortlessly and wirelessly move snapshots into iPhoto. You can upload photos…

  • Comparing Windows Vista and Mac OS X

    The ever-thoughtful Paul Thurrott has a typically thoughtful and nuanced comparison of Windows Vista Beta 1 and Mac OS X Tiger. I don’t agree with everything he says, but it’s a useful and informative essay.

  • Motorola e815 – best of a sorry lot for Macs

    Verizon — just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Years ago in New York City, I subscribed with Verizon Wireless but when I moved back to Massachusetts, they had little to offer in terms of cool phones that played nice with Macs and their prices were substantially higher than everyone…

  • Simple advice — do not install Tiger today

    In the history of personal computers, there is one iron-clad rule: never, ever, no matter what, do not, www.noway.com, no-how, nada, NEVER install an operating system upgrade the day it comes out. Brand new operating system upgrades are for loons, people who use computers mostly to watch the cute screen savers and reviewers who get…

  • Verizon Wireless Broadband plays with Macs pretty well

    (Updated 4/19) I’m posting this entry from my laptop on a moving train using Verizon’s wireless broadband service. It’s pricey ($80 a month for “unlimited” service) but thanks to some serious OS X gearheads, can work pretty well with Macs. I did have to activate the required PC card (a Novatel v620) on a Windows…

  • Great news on phones and isync in Tiger

    Apple unveiled a lot of details about its next OS release, Tiger, due April 29. I’m intrigued by promised abilities to synchronize all manner of stuff between and betwixt various Macs. Also — great news — the list of phones that will work with iSync is not only much longer, it finally lists Bluetooth compatibility…

  • Don’t hold your breath for Motorola iTunes phone

    Here it is — no. There it is — no again. Don’t look now but Motorola’s announced phone that will be able to play songs bought from Apple’s iTunes music store was pulled from a planned unveiling yesterday. Apparently wireless operators aren’t real excited about offering a phone that doesn’t give them a big cut…

  • Mac mini mondo good

    There’s something ridiculous — as in ridiculously good — about the new Mac mini that arrived last week. Open box, unwrap computer the size of a Michael Chabon novel, place on desk, connect mouse, keyboard and monitor. Turn on. Ten minutes after arriving, everything just works. And everything works just fine, speedy for Web browsing,…