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    Revisiting the Midrange Mac Minitower in a Down Economy

    May 20th, 2009

    All things being equal, you’d expect more and more Mac note-books to sell in the months and years to come, at the expense of desktops. Some day, not even the iMac would have any reason to exist, and might disappear in favor of a few portable models with larger screens — or at least that’s […]


    Newsletter #461 Preview: The Folly of Blaming Apple for All Your Cell Phone Problems

    September 28th, 2008

    On the one hand, all the mobile phone carriers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to tell potential customers about their great products and service. Sometimes the ads are about the latest cool mobile device, but others talk about the superior network, with fewer dropped calls and more reception bars. We have one carrier, […]


    The iPhone Feeding Frenzy Report: Safe to Talk About Macs Again?

    July 2nd, 2007

    After all the heightened anticipation, and this past weekend’s excitement, it’s clear that, despite a few blips along the way from AT&T in handling online provisioning, the vast majority of new iPhone owners absolutely love their new gadget. When was the last time you saw that level of excitement focused on a mobile phone — […]


    The One Paragraph Apple Music Event Report

    September 10th, 2005

    As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unleashed the Motorola ROKR, the first cell phone compatible with iTunes, at a media briefing this morning. Jobs likened the flashy new phone as “really an iPod shuffle on your phone. Both devices can shuffle, both can autofill, neither has a click wheel — but the phone has a […]