To start the new year properly here’s a nice review that compares Windows Vista to OS X: I could keep bringing up examples, but I think you get the idea. At the UI level, the human level, Vista is different far more often than it is better. Even so, I think it must be said [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Apple'
Apple Macbook vs. Dell Latitude (temperature wise)
July 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware
After a long break I’ve decided to start posting again to the blog . To start it off here’s a cool (but boring) article on how the Apple Macbook fares against the latest dell Latitude. The choice given to this seing as I’m planning on getting a Macbook REAL soon : In the end, it [...]
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Build A Bike Recharger For Your iPod HOWTO
December 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
It seems a fellow countryman has written a HOWTO on making a bicycle recharger for your iPod: So then, this is the How-to? Well, if you will… the rest of it is more of a personal journal of how I ended up with my bike-charger, things I ran into etcetera… I’m pretty sure there’s useful [...]
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Apples iPod Video Master Plan
October 14th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Engadget has an interesting analysis on what they think the deal is with Apples new iPod video: You’ve got to love Apple. Crazy like a fox they are. Oh sure – some of their decisions regarding the new iPod might seem a little odd to the gadget-lovers among us. “No DivX???” is the phrase most [...]
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Apple Release New iPod (With Video)
October 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Looks like Steve Jobs has proved once again that he’s a dirty filthy rotten liar . The new iPod (with video) has been released: Witness the evolution of the revolution. First it played songs. Then photos. Then podcasts. Now iPod plays video, changing the way you experience your music and more. Again. In lighter, thinner [...]
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No Video On The iPod Says Jobs
September 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Silicon.com has an article on the recent Speech Steve Jobs gave at Apple’s annual European conference: Apple CEO Steve Jobs today gave strong hints that the company would not be looking to make a pure-play iPod phone or portable video player anytime soon. With the soft launch of video podcasting and the iTunes Music Store [...]
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iPod Generation Going Deaf?
September 14th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Arstechnica & Wired.com both report of a new phenomena that devices such as the iPod could be making us all deaf: Researchers fear the growing popularity of portable music players and other items that attach directly to the ears — including cell phones — is contributing to hearing loss in younger people. “It’s a different [...]
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What’s The Idea Behind ROKR?
September 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Audio, Mobiles & Gadgets, Telephony
CoolTechZone has an interesting analysis on why Apple developed the ROKR the way it is and made it not so great: The answer to that question is strategy. There was nothing wrong with the creative cells of the designers at Apple; ROKR is simply Jobs taking a calculated risk. He doesn’t want a cell phone [...]
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iPod Nano Review
September 12th, 2005 · 3 Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Anandtech has a very thorough review (including stress test) of the new iPod Nano: The iPod nano is clearly intended to be Apple’s new best-selling iPod product, as the iPod mini used to hold that title but no longer exists. And honestly, given all of the improvements that the iPod nano has seen over the [...]
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iBook Sale Causes Stampede
August 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware
Why is it that Apples always brings up strong emotions up in everyone they come into contact with? At a recent iBook sale an actual stampede was caused: No, you aren’t reading The Onion. Yes, there really was a stampede. No one was seriously injured, but this morning’s $50 iBook sale was an insane mob [...]
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