All right, here’s the deal: When Steve Jobs announced last week that Apple was dropping the price of the iPhone by $200, the company’s stick took a dive. Indeed, even though this was supposed to be a good thing, some Wall Street analysts went out on the limb with ill-informed claims that this was some […]

When Apple decided to drop the price tag of the iPhone by $200, a lot of people wondered what Steve Jobs was “smoking.” After all, if a product is truly successful, you’d expect them to milk the profits from their new gadget for as long as possible before chasing after maximum volume. But Apple is […]

I feel your pain. Understand that I don’t own an iPhone, and I’ve been going back and forth for weeks as to whether I really need one. After all, I only use my wireless phone to make and receive calls, and seldom expand the contact list beyond my immediate family and friends. Indeed, even though […]

Just what is Apple’s iLife good for? That consideration lies at the heart of the objections raised about the major change in the focus of iMovie ’08. The previous edition, iMovie HD, seemed on the verge of becoming a semi-professional movie editing application in some respects. There were even plugins available to enhance its basic […]