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iPhone Apps Store has 2 billionth download

It's hard to overstate how successful the iPhone Apps Store is. Check out the latest figures from Apple: Apple today announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are now more than 85,000 apps available...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-28-2009
Google: Apple DID reject Google Voice. Thus, Apple DID lie to the FCC

Google's response ( here it is in PDF format ) to the FCC firmly states that Apple lied, pure and simple: Apple's representatives informed Google that the Google Voice application was rejecte d because Apple believed the application duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone. The...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-19-2009
AppleInsider jumps the shark, declares Zune HD 'failed'

While I wait for what I just know will be hugely positive reviews of the Zune HD from Walter Mossberg and David Pogue (after all, these guys treat Apple product launches like just-discovered new books of the Bible), I can at least point to some of the crazy silliness coming out of the Apple fan base...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-16-2009
Apple's culture of lies, Part 2: A different way of looking at it

One thing I've often thought with Apple is how much worse off the PC industry would be if they were ever dominant, because they're such a belligerent company. But a more level-headed way to view Apple's recent push-backs from the top of the heap is that they're suffering from exactly...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-26-2009
Microsoft's Zune continues to struggle

I think we all realize the Zune isn't exactly setting the world on fire. But in these days leading up to the release of the Zune HD, things have apparently gotten worse than ever . To be sure, the Zune provides a tiny, and apparently deteriorating portion of Microsoft's business. Revenue for...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-30-2009
WWDC 2009 Reality Check 2.0: iPhone 3G vs. 3G S

But wait, there's more. Apple has published a handy chart comparing the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3G S. As you might expect, it does not clearly portray some key problems. First, existing iPhone 3G customers cannot upgrade to a 3G S for $199 or $299. Those prices are for new customers only. You will...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-09-2009
WWDC 2009: Time for a reality check

Apple is providing its WWDC 2009 keynote address today, providing some interesting info about its Mac and iPhone platforms. But this is Apple we're talking about. So it's time for a reality check. 75 million Mac OS X users. Apple claimed that the OS X user base magically jumped from 25 million...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-08-2009
$30,000 to fill an iPod

So Microsoft's latest Apple Tax ad actually goes after the iPod and promotes the Zune, which is interesting on a number of levels. The argument? That filling a 120 GB iPod with songs from the iTunes Store would cost about $30,000. Or you could just get a Zune and subscribe to a Zune Pass for $15...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-12-2009
Apple's curiously uninteresting iPhone 3.0 announcements

I was looking to today's Apple special event to see if anything new and interesting was coming in the world of the iPhone. You know, not really . And while I know that saying so just lumps me into the you just hate Apple category (which isn't true, but whatever), I feel it has to be said. This...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-17-2009
iTunes Plus upgrades go a la carte

When Apple announced that they were going fully DRM-free earlier this month, I hailed it as a good sign. In fact, with Windows 7 picking up AAC compatibility across the board, iTunes’ use of 256 Mbps non-protected AAC files suddenly makes more sense, and that service is among those offering the highest...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-29-2009

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