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7-inch Tablets: How Low Can They Go? →
Roger Cheng and Steve Musli:
Despite speculation that Amazon was preparing a larger 8.9 or 10-inch version, the company will only unveil a new 7-inch Kindle Fire and a slightly revamped version of the original tablet in an event scheduled for next week, according to a person who has seen the products.
As I reported a year ago, Amazon has been thinking about and testing a 10-inch tablet for a...
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Harj Taggar's "No Email" Hack →
Interesting post by Y Combinator partner Harj Taggar. Rather than fully quitting email, he simply removed it from his phone. This meant he could *only* check it when he was at a computer — you know, like the old days.
I’m pretty much the opposite these days — I enjoy checking and responding to it much more on my mobile devices instead of the desktop web because Gmail on the web is so much...
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The “iPad Mini” internals →
Marco Arment:
I saw two curious entries in Instapaper’s device stats today: one iPad2,5 and one iPad2,6.
That *is* curious give that the “iPad2” prefix is saved for the iPad 2 — also known as, the iPad that came out in 2011. So why is Apple *adding* to that line?
Marco makes the case that this is the so-called iPad mini. And given what is presumed and rumored about that device...
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The Kindle with 'Paperwhite' Backlit Display →
As I was saying…
And while I poke fun at Amazon for their ridiculous PR tactics, I plan to buy this. Yes, even though I just bought a Kindle Touch less than a year ago. And yes, even though I have an iPad (and soon iPad mini?). This backlit e-ink seems like a great reading experience.
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HBO Goes Cable-Free ...In The Nordic Region →
Andrew Wallenstein:
HBO will make the Nordic region the first market where its programming will be available to consumers without requiring that they have a pay-TV subscription.
For less than 10 euros a month, those in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark can get all the HBO content they desire without having to pay a crazy additional amount for a bunch of other content they don’t want...
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Google & Apple Giving Peace A Chance? →
1) So I guess Larry Page can talk again?
2) I find it hard to believe that Tim Cook would go against one of the last wishes of Steve Jobs and settle with Google on Android. BUT, maybe he feels the Samsung victory was big enough and powerful enough to send the message Apple intended to send. It was a huge win, no question.
Still, I imagine any settlement would be more likely to include provisions...
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22 Percent Of The Time, It Works Every Time →
Jim Dalrymple rightfully destroys Amazon’s PR this morning.
Yes, the Kindle Fire is “sold out” — just as the Microsoft Kin, the Palm Pre, and the original iPhone are “sold out”. They’re “sold out” because Amazon has stopped fucking making them ahead of the new one due next week!
As for the 22% market share thing, who the hell knows. That sounds way...
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Google Said to Tap Barclays to Sell Motorola’s... →
Well, they’re selling off the division that lost them $41 million last quarter. Now they just have to sell off the division (mobile) that lost them $192 million and they’ll be all set. Well, plus or minus $12.5 billion. But who’s counting?
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Preparing for the iPhone Next →
A great rundown from AnandTech of what we’re likely to see hardware-wise in the next iPhone. Their special sauce? A combination of leaks, history, and good old common sense.
To that end, they predicted that the next iPhone wouldn’t feature NFC. A good guess, as Jim Dalrymple quickly Yep’d it so.
This is surprising news to some for three reasons. First, many had predicted that...
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“There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages....”
– Marissa Mayer, in late 2005, when she was still Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google.
Liz Gannes was quick to remember this comment today in light of the new crazy, flashy, graphical doodad flying and popping all over the Google site.
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“What zero growth markets mean is that in order for you to win more, someone else...”
– John Lilly on the end of rapid growth for the desktop-based web.
Let’s get ready to rumble. (And/or build for mobile/tablets.)
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Nexus 7 Ad On Google.com →
Roger Cheng:
The Nexus 7 faces lots of competition. The next iteration of the Kindle Fire is expected to be announced next week, and many expect Apple to unveil its own iPad Mini soon.
Best sell em while they’re still hot.
Also, the ad looks like shit on a retina display. Just saying. And if you happen to have a background image set, it’s even worse. As far as I can tell,...
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iTunes Festival 2012 Live Streaming App Appears on... →
I turned on the Apple TV today and there it was, a new icon, push over-the-air in the background and ready to go. That’s potentially very powerful if you’re say, working on some sort of new television solution.
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Apple's New (And Old) SVPs →
Apple:
Apple today announced that Craig Federighi, Apple’s vice president of Mac Software Engineering, and Dan Riccio, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering, have been promoted to senior vice presidents. Federighi and Riccio will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook and serve on Apple’s executive management team.
Federighi obviously makes sense given his role in the success of OS X and his...
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Where did Tweetbot for Mac go? →
Paul Haddad:
As some of you may have already noticed the download link for the Tweetbot for Mac alpha no longer works. Twitter’s latest API Changes means now we have a large but finite limit on the number of user tokens we can get for Tweetbot for Mac. We’ve been working with Twitter over the last few days to try to work around this limit for the duration of the beta but have been unable to come...
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“We initially proposed to negotiate with Apple instead of going to court…”
– Samsung’s internal memo to employees following the Apple lawsuit ruling.
Two things:
1) Wow, what a weak opening. That’s a step away from admitting they didn’t think they’d win.
2) Don’t think Apple didn’t smell that blood in the water.
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Google Weighs In On Apple v. Samsung →
Bryan Bishop of The Verge was sent the following statement from Google:
The court of appeals will review both infringement and the validity of the patent claims. Most of these don’t relate to the core Android operating system, and several are being re-examined by the US Patent Office. The mobile industry is moving fast and all players — including newcomers — are building upon ideas that...
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“With Samsung, if you look at the new iPad, they had fewer issues reaching the...”
– NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim discussing “Retina” displays.
Let’s all take a moment to recall that while Apple may have dropped the hammer on Samsung with their smartphone patent lawsuit, Samsung remains a vital partner. And you can expect that partnership to continue....
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A 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro →
Brooke Crothers:
Production has begun of a 2,560-by-1,600 pixel density display that will land on a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim told CNET.
As always, I’m skeptical of anything analysts say with regard to Apple, but this *sounds* right. I know a lot of people are waiting for a retina MacBook Air, but my guess is that will have to wait until next year. For...
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collindfletcher asked: Despite massive amounts of rumors involving the new iPhone's screen size and construction, we've heard basically none on an updated camera. When 4S came out, we had already known about the 8 mp iSight much like we know the new one's screen size. Do you think they've done all they can do for now with 8, or is the rumor mill just pandering to less obvious stuff?
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The Costs →
Marco Arment, reacting to Andy Ihnatko’s thoughts that the consumers lose as a result of Apple’s win over Samsung:
What’s really going to disrupt the iPhone is going to be something completely different, not something that tries so hard to clone the iPhone that it hits Apple’s patents.
Unoriginal manufacturers will need to pay for their unoriginality. The most reasonable course of...
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“We’re going to touch this with our fingers. And we have invented a new...”
– Steve Jobs, on January 9, 2007 unveiling the iPhone.
The other money quote.
(via @tconrad)
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“We’ve been innovating like crazy the last few years on this, and...”
– Steve Jobs, on January 9, 2007, introducing the iPhone.
I’ll say.
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