San Francisco — After a visit to the combined Other World Computing/Axiotronic booth at Macworld Expo San Francisco, we’re able to round out some additional facts about the firms’ joint efforts towards bringing the ModBook (the first-ever after-market conversion of an Apple MacBook to include an LCD tablet screen and interface). The ModBook, which will […]
Day: January 11, 2007
According to an article on AppleInsider, Intel representatives denied a claim yesterday that the firm would be the supplier of processors for Apple’s upcoming iPhone. The company confirmed that it would be supplying the processor for the upcoming Apple TV. “We are not providing the silicon inside the iPhone,” commented Intel spokesman Bill Kirkus. “We […]
TNL.net has posted an interested chart comparing the specifications of Apple’s iPhone to the Motorola Q, Nokia E-62, Palm Treo 750, RIM Blackberry Pearl and the Samsung Blackjack… Click through for their chart.
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iPhone: Anticipation is Making Me Wait
Some of you may remember a certain Heinz TV commercial from the 1970s. You know, the one that showed people eyeballing the neck of a glass ketchup bottle, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a delicious dollop of tomato topping while Carly Simon’s hit song “Anticipation” played in the background. With the clever exploitation of an excruciatingly slow-pouring, glass ketchup bottle, Heinz turned a major irritation – a design flaw really – into a clever marketing hook. Something so good that it’s worth waiting for.
Fast forward three decades. Apple Computer has spent the better part of 7 years grilling a fat, juicy, electronic cheeseburger and boy do we have an appetite.