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Cisco Lawyer is blogging about the Apple Lawsuit

Posted by: Michael on Jan 11, 2007 | 3 Comments

Mark Chandler, Cisco’s SVP and General Counsel has decided to blog about the iPhone lawsuit, trying to clarify what the situation is all about, and making sure that we all know that Cisco was just trying to work with Apple…and Apple didn’t want to work back the way Cisco wanted them too…so they’re suing them.
To [...]

Looks like it may not be “iPhone” after all…

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

Well, looks like Cisco has had a change of heart. They announced today that they have filed a lawsuit against Apple to prevent Apple from infringing upon and deliberately copying and using Cisco’s registered iPhone trademark.
From the press release:

“Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use [...]

AppleTV vs. Cable - Why I’m dumping Cable in February

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | 12 Comments

Cable is expensive…and it’s getting more expensive all the time. With Apple TV coming in February, I’m going to be dropping my cable provider, and switching my television over to Apple’s new set top box.
Will it be cheaper to buy my content through iTunes than to subscribe to my local company’s digital cable package [...]

David Pogue: Hands on with the iPhone

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | No Comments

New York Times columnist David Pogue, got a chance yesterday to sit down with Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller. In that meeting he also got the opportunity try out the iPhone. He sent emails, made a phone call, and discovered that some features aren’t yet ready.
In his article he expresses concern over the [...]

XtremeMac debuts AppleTV Product Line

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | No Comments

Press Release: XtremeMac introduced a line of home audio and video cables today, developed to complement Apple Computer’s new Apple TV. The XtremeHD product line delivers high-end audio and video cables, and a four-port HDMI switcher at prices far below industry average.
The XtremeHD product line offers the cables necessary for consumers to integrate Apple TV [...]

Time has the iPhone backstory

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | No Comments

This article from Time magazine gives some interesting insight on the genisis of the iPhone. It also has some insight as to what it’s like to work for Steve Jobs.
From the article:
Jobs’s zealousness about product development— and enforcing his personal vision—remains as relentless as ever. He keeps Apple’s management structure unusually flat for a [...]

Steve Jobs on CNBC

Posted by: Michael on Jan 10, 2007 | No Comments

Steve says the iPhone is not a new cell phone…it is a new iPod…and Apple TV is a new Mac. Cool stuff.

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No User Installed Apps on iPhone?

Posted by: Michael on Jan 9, 2007 | 4 Comments

Dan Lurie is reporting over at TUAW that a booth attendant told him that users will not be able to install any applications on the iPhone.
WHAT?!?
I find this EXTREMELY hard to believe, and I will wait for confirmation from Apple about this before getting too bent out of shape about it, but if Apple wants [...]

Upclose and Personal with iPhone

Posted by: Michael on Jan 9, 2007 | 2 Comments

TUAW has a great gallery on their site that lets us get a much better look at the iPhone than the highly rendered looking images on the official site.
The iPhone looks sleek, but I’m concerned about fingerprint smudges. I don’t know that I want to be constantly wiping my finger prints off the surface [...]

Software Spotlight: Apple Gazette RSS Widget

Posted by: Michael on Jan 9, 2007 | No Comments

Apple Gazette fan Paul Malenke has taken the time to put together an Apple Gazette RSS Widget after reading the Download Squad’s Dashboard Widget tutorial.
I cannot tell you how awesome that is to me.
He says that it’s a work in progress, and he’s hoping to work on the graphics and text areas soon, [...]

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