Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Will Apple make it's own chips?

There has been some speculation that apple will make there own chips for the new notebook computers. This is very unlikely for a few reasons. First, there are many users who install multiple OS' on their machines. Ditching Intel for their own chip would limit this possibility. Apple is far better off making there own chips for the Apple TV, iPhone, and iPods. This will allow them to lower the price and increase their profits.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

NowLocal iPhone Application

This is a cool idea for an iPhone application. News that is location aware.

NowLocal

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

What is Apple's Product Transition?

Like most people reading this, I have been scanning the web for news of Apple's "product transition" and I have found nothing new. So I have been trying to put it together in my head.
The old news: AppleInsider

First some points.

- Apple will not do DVR.
- Apple will not do a tablet.
- Apple wants to get rid of disc drives and moving parts.
- Apple wants to be in your living room, in your pocket, at your desk, and in your car.
- Apple wants to sell you products through itunes/online store.
- Apple wants you to have touch products.
- Apple wants you to have storage and backup.
- Apple wants you to have a great user experience.
- Apple has major deals with TV and movie studios.
- Apple has lots of people making apps for the iphone.
- Apple wants the computer to vanish.
- Apple wants all products to be the iphone.
- Apple wants you in the cloud.

Here are my predictions.

1st: Notebook updates. The new Macbook.
- They want a quad-core processor in there.
- They want a OLED screen.
- They want internet anytime anywhere.
- They want better touch interface.
- They want instant on.
- They want to get rid of the DVD drive.
- They want a solid state flash HD.
- They want better battery life.

2nd: Home Server with On-line backup and syncing. The new Time Capsule.
- They want to serve you all the media (music, movies, games, software) you buy with itunes.
- They want to sync your computer, your iphone, your online, and your apple TV.
- They want you to back up your data.
- They want you to seamlessly add more storage. New ZFS HD formating is coming in Snow Leapord.

3rd: Apple TV.
- They want you to use the iphone, or ipod touch as a remote control. This means all ipods will be ipod touches.
- They want to buy media from your couch.
- They want to browse the internet, watch movies, listen to music, play games, send emails, write papers, share photos and videos, look at your calendar from your couch.
- They same issues with browsing the net on your iphone are the same issues with browsing the net on your TV.
- The iphone is an ipod. The apple TV is an ipod.
- Everything you can do on the iphone you can do with apple TV.
- Add a real keyboard and you have the ultimate livingvroom setup.
- Apple TV is not a DVR. But will offer all the tv, movie, and video game content your heart desires.
- Apple wants to build this into a giant TV screen.

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