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Mar 3 2010

Guest Editorial: Forget about innovation

After letting the initial dust Apple kicked towards HTC settle, my iPhone-toting compatriot Rene (I think you guys know him or something) and I had a discussion about the patent lawsuit and Apple in general. [...]


Feb 22 2010

Should Apple TV Switch to the iPhone OS?

Should Apple TV switch to the iPhone OS? The Apple TV was introduced in late 2006 but debuted alongside the iPhone at the Macworld 2007 keynote. Since then, the iPhone has become a huge, mainstream [...]


Feb 15 2010

Windows Phone Series 7 — Is it Competition for the iPhone?

Microsoft today announced their long anticipated — possibly long delayed or oft re-started — Windows Phone Series 7 and showed off a brand new user “experience” including deep social network integration and full on Zune [...]


Feb 13 2010

Closed vs. Open, Control vs. Chaos — What’s Best for Apple, the iPhone and iPad?

Yesterday at Macworld two events helped clarify something I’ve been discussing with Dieter for a while now — Apple, the iPhone and iPad, and closed vs. open systems, control vs. chaos. These two events were [...]


Feb 3 2010

iChat, iMags, iNews, iFeeds, and iBlog — TiPb’s Top 5 iPad and iPhone iWants!

With the launch of Apple’s iPad tablet and iBooks eBook purchasing and reading software, Apple has significantly rounded-out their device and content offerings, but TiPb can’t help but think a few iApp holes remain, namely [...]


Jan 28 2010

iPad Impressions from People Who’ve Actually Used It

Like many things Apple, the iPad launch has galvanized those who believe it’s the “next big thing” from those who believe it’s the “latest stink” — but what about those who, you know, have actually [...]


Jan 28 2010

iPad 4:3 Screen – Bad for Movies, Good for Books and Web?

When Steve Jobs whipped out the iPad, the first thing I did was do a double-take on the screen’s 4:3 aspect ratio. At 1024×763 it’s what I used to have on my 2005 Windows XP [...]


Jan 28 2010

What iPhone 3.2 for iPad has, and TiPb wants for iPhone Actual ASAP!

The brand new Apple iPad is running iPhone 3.2 and has several features we’ve wanted on, you know, the actual iPhone device for a while now. Never mind that the iPhone 3.2 SDK is iPad-only, [...]


Jan 28 2010

Did the iPad Look Unfinished Because Apple is Hiding iPhone 4.0 Features?

TiPb mentioned this a couple times in passing — that the iPad perhaps didn’t show things like multitasking and better notifications because it’s running iPhone 3.2 and those will be iPhone 4.0 features, likely only [...]


Jan 27 2010

Apple iPad Tablet — the Complete Specs and TiPb’s Take on Them

For the spec fiends among us, Apple has posted up almost every little number you’d ever want to know about their new iPad tablet (except, of course, what silicon is powering it on the inside [...]


Jan 27 2010

No iPhone at Apple iPad Event. Start Rumors for iPhone 4.0, Verizon in March?

Though we heard persistent rumors that the iPhone would tag along for the iPad ride, neither iPhone 3.2, iPhone 4.0, or anything concerning an iPhone on Verizon were mention during the “Come see our latest [...]


Jan 26 2010

Could Apple’s iPhone/iPod touch Platform be Nearing 70 Million? TiPb Calculates!

Could Apple’s iPhone have moved over 40 million units, and the iPod touch almost 30 million yet, for a combined platform total hurtling towards 70 million?

We don’t know, but we’re opening the iPhone calculator app [...]


Jan 25 2010

Politics and Practicality the Reason for no Flash Player on iPhone… and iTablet?

Daring Fireball has an interesting post up regarding the continued lack of a Flash Player for the iPhone, and the reasons why Flash support for the iTablet/iSlate/iPad is unlikely:

I’ll leave the last word [...]


Jan 22 2010

What TiPb Really Wants from the iTablet — No More Tech Support Calls from Mom

TiPb’s iTablet hopes and dreams are fairly simple — Apple, please make us a device we can give to our moms and never get another tech support call back from them in our lives.

Okay, maybe [...]


Jan 22 2010

iPhone Keyboard vs. Pen, Laptop, Newton, Palm Graffiti, Treo

Phil Gyford decided to take an old fashioned pen and paper, a MacBook laptop computer, an Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 with handwriting recognition, a Palm Vx with Graffiti input, a Palm 650 with a physical [...]


Jan 12 2010

iPhone vs. Nexus One: Which One Should You Buy?

Scarcely 2 months after Motorola and Verizon launched the Android-powered DROID, Google is back with another high-end smartphone, the Nexus One, this time sold unlocked by Google directly, but also in partnership with T-Mobile, and [...]


Jan 4 2010

iPhone 4.0 Want List: MobileFinder App

When we made our “Dear Santa Jobs: All We Want for iPhone 4.0 is…” holiday post, one of the items we didn’t include but which came up frequently in the comments is a Mobile Finder [...]


Dec 25 2009

Dear Santa Jobs: All We Want for iPhone 4.0 is…

Dear Santa Jobs, all we want for Christmas iPhone 4.0 is… Well, grab your cocoa (touch) and take a long sip, because just like our buddy Derek, we’ve a bit of a list this year.

Don’t [...]


Dec 25 2009

Get a New iPhone or iPod touch for Christmas? Here’s What You Need to Know!

So you were nice enough for Santa to leave a shiny new iPhone 3GS or iPod touch G3 in your stocking, and it’s unwrapped and charged and… you need to know what to do next?! [...]


Dec 22 2009

2007 iPhone 2G is on iPhone 3.1, 2009 Android Dream/Magic Stuck on 1.5

So the oldest 2007 iPhone 2G can easily download and run (most of) iPhone OS 3.1 while the current 2009 crop of HTC Dream and Magic devices on Rogers will officially be stuck on Android [...]