An Italian blog site notices a mention of a 9 iMac on Apple’s education site. Currently, Apple is offering only iMacs in 20- and 24-inch screen sizes, starting at ,199. But it’s unclear whether the 17-incher is really new or not.
Apple this year will finally introduce video recording capabilities on at least one of its upcoming iPhone models, AppleInsider has been told.
theodp writes “Speaking at a conference in NYC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did his best to refan the flames of the Mac vs. PC rivalry: ‘Now I think the tide has really turned back the other direction [against Apple],’ Ballmer said. ‘The economy is helpful. Paying an extra 0 for a computer in this environment — same piece of hardware — paying 0 more to get a logo on it? I think that’s a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be.'”
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Apple has already filed a civil suit against Michigan iPod repairman Nicholas Woodhams, alleging that he obtained 9,000 free iPods by manipulating Apple repair and warranty programs. Now, prosecutors in Michigan have also filed criminal charges over the matter.
During Apple’s iPhone 3.0 event, the presentation of a mobile-attached blood glucose monitor for diabetic users apparently bored some journalists in the room. However, the demonstration not only revealed Apple’s most important leap yet in mobile devices, but also answered the pleas of a diabetic blogger.
Despite prior negotiations repeatedly breaking down, the world’s largest mobile phone network operator says it’s still negotiating with Apple to bring the iPhone to China.
A software company could potentially lose more than half a million dollars because of an iPhone app that Apple has ignored for six months.
Macworld is reporting that Apple and AT&T are being sued, again, for the lack of delivery on their 3G network. This follows a long line of other lawsuits in San Jose, San Diego, Alabama, Florida, Texas, and New York “The lawsuit charges the companies with Negligence, Breach of Express Warranty, Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability, Unjust Enrichment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and Other Similar State Statutes, and Breach of Contract. Dickerson is seeking to force Apple and AT&T to correct its labeling and advertising, as well as to recover compensatory, statutory and punitive damages.”
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I’ve never been particularly tech–savy, so you might think I’m unqualified to write a column comparing Dell’s computer repair customer service to Apple’s. But this is no tech-head review. Instead, I’m only reporting the events of my last week when a perfect storm of mishaps combined to break both my Dell Laptop and Mac Powerbook.
Dave Allen writes “Despite Nintendo publicly claiming no direct competition with the iPhone or iPod Touch with its new DSi console, reports have been leaked about the Big N actively encouraging developers to begin work on small form gaming and non-gaming applications for the DSi’s download service. This is the first step toward Nintendo putting together a direct App Store rival, and could be the marketing hook it’s been desperately searching for to convince gamers to upgrade their DS.” It seems only fair that since the iPhone is now a gaming platform, the DS is becoming a PDA. And, if the only difference between them is a 3G wireless connection, the rivalry can only get more fierce.
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