Category Archives: apple

Apple related sentence of the day

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Thomas Purves

In response to Apple become the world’s largest consumer of semiconductors (computer chips). Apple, which already has a tendency to leapfrog competitors like a showboating amphibian, will overtake Samsung as a consumer of chips, Isuppli explained, as the fruit themed … Continue reading →

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How today’s weak iPod update speaks to Apple’s manufacturing problems

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Thomas Purves

Attention, it has come to my awareness that I am mostly wrong about this post. The 32 and 64GB version of the iTouch are not so weak, they are only lacking the camera. Instead of dwelling on these facts, which … Continue reading →

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DRM is the lock, this is the lock-in. Early frustrations with AppleTV markII

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Thomas Purves

What you can (and can’t do) with iTunes and Apple TV rentals commented: “I bought Robocop last night and was excited to watch it when all of the sudden iTunes crashed and poof, no ‘Robocop’ when I reopened iTunes. I … Continue reading →

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