| Flash Coming for Smartphones (Except the iPhone) |
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Adobe has announced that mobile Flash will be coming in October for Android, Symbian, Palm Web OS, and Windows Mobile. Flash on the iPhone? Don’t hold your breath. My “clunky” T-Mobile G1 is lookin’ mighty good right now. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)June 22, 2009
| Steve Goes to the Head of the Line [UPDATED] |
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On Saturday the WSJ reported (sub required) that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant back in April in Tennessee to treat the medical condition that left him emaciated. Why not California? “Having the procedure done in Tennessee makes sense because its list of patients waiting for transplants is shorter than in many other states. According to data provided by [the United Network for Organ Sharing], in 2006, the median number of days from joining the liver waiting list to transplant was 306 nationally. In Tennessee, it was 48 days.” Curiously, given that this was a front page story, the Journal didn’t provide a source for their reporting. John Gruber of the Daring Fireball blog considers 3 possible avenues and concludes that it must have been a member of Apple’s board: “The scenario I am imagining here is that Jobs does not wish to reveal anything regarding his medical situation, but that a member (or contingent) of Apple’s board believes it is in the company’s interest to release the basic gist of the story, regardless of Jobs’s wishes. This scenario would explain the timing, the certainty, and perhaps even the lack of sourcing. (Although if this scenario is the case, certainly Jobs himself must suspect the source of the leak is from the board.)” Speaking of timing (actually TechCrunch is): “We’d be remiss if we didn’t note that the timing of this story appears favorable for Apple. This news breaks late on a Friday, after Apple has just held a successful launch of a very high profile new product, the iPhone 3G S, that sent the stock soaring today.” And what a successful launch it was: 750,000 new iPhones sold this past weekend. UPDATE like 10 seconds later - No, wait, it’s more like a million iPhones sold this weeked. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 17, 2009
| iPhone OS 3.0 Upgrade Available Today [UPDATED 2x] |
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For those of you unfortunate non-Android users, today’s the day you get cut-n-paste, landscape soft keyboard, MMS messages, and more. UPDATE (because I’m ADD today) - Should have mentioned that it’ll be available sometine after 12:00 noon today. Update #2, June 18 - Want the lowdown on 3.0? Here it is from Lifehacker, Gizmodo, and The iPhone Blog. David Pogue of the NY TImes reviews the new iPhone 3G S, as does Engadget. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 9, 2009
| Safari 4 Is Out Of Beta |
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I’ve upgraded on both my Mac and office Windows-based laptop. I like it, but it’s going to remain my #3 browser after Firefox and Chrome. Link via Lifehacker. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 8, 2009
| iPhone 3GS Due on June 19. I Won’t Jump On That. |
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Another big thing from Apple’s WWDC 2009 is the next-gen iPhone. It’ll be faster, with better battery life, a zoom camera (plus video), and voice control. Two colors: white or black. Two sizes: 16GB ($199) or 32GB ($299). I’ll pass — I’m still happy with my G1, especially now that it has the “cupcake” software upgrade. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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| Snow Leopard for $29? I’ll Jump On That. |
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) will ship in 3 months. It’ll be faster and smaller (by 6GB). Price: $29. For twenty bucks more, I can get the family pack and upgrade my daughter’s Mac Book. Honey, don’t worry, I swear you won’t even notice that I upgraded the OS. Trust me. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 5, 2009
| Steve Jobs Is On The Mend |
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Steve Jobs was in a bad way when he announced a six-month leave of absence back in January. The Wall Street Journal quotes an anonymous source in an article today: “He was one real sick guy. Fundamentally he was starving to death over a nine-month period. He couldn’t digest protein. [But] he took corrective action.” Jobs is due back at Apple by the end of this month. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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May 5, 2009
| Obama Administration Decides Google’s a Real Tempting Juicy Target. Beats Having to Fix the Economy. |
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Less than a week after the DoJ announced it’s looking into antitrust issues wrt the Google Books-Authors Guild settlement, the Federal Trade Commission is now investigating whether Google and Apple violated the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 because they have 2 common directors: Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt and Genentech’s CEO Arthur D. Levinson (and a favorite search example of mine when I teach a people search class). Ordinarily, the common directors would be no big deal. It becomes a problem when the the companies are considered to be competitors of each other. Now, because of the whole iPhone-Android thing, Apple and Google are now competitors. Or so goes the thinking, apparently, within the FTC. Which is ironic, since the iPhone outsells Android by 20-1. But who am I to argue with the Obama administration? |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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April 27, 2009
| iPhone on Verizon? Really? |
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It’s just a rumor, but USA Today is reporting that “Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say.” Repeat after me, “It’s just a rumor.” Having said that, we know that AT&T has the iPhone locked up until 2010. They’ve been talking to Apple about extending that until 2011. But having the iPhone available on the 2 biggest wireless networks in America must look reeeeeeeeal good to Apple right now. If/when this happens — one more time: “It’s just a rumor.” — you won’t be able to simply switch networks with your existing iPhone. AT&T’s GSM network is different than Verizon’s CDMA, so you’ll have to buy a Verizon-based iPhone. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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April 24, 2009
| One Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded |
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In about 9 months, just in case you’re counting. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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