When people ask me how I had the foresight to dive into Facebook before it started appearing on the covers of magazines, I’m always
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Just when is that magical iPhone 1.1 update coming?
I suspect we won’t see the fix-all iPhone 1.1 update until a little after MacOS X Leopard has been released. The logic being that
Read MoreApple, it’s time to bring this iPhone user back into the iPod camp
Yesterday it finally happened. For the first time since the iPhone was released, I actually listened to an iPod. Glancing at the calendar I
Read MoreHeaded to San Francisco for Apple Event – should I fly or drive?
Moving from Florida to Los Angeles may have put me three thousand miles closer to where Apple holds most of its press-oriented events in
Read MoreTen things I’m thinking right now
1. I’m leaving for San Francisco in thirty-six hours and, as usual, my temptation is to overpack. Not clothes. Equipment. Do I pack the
Read MoreI just can’t force myself to feel ripped off by the iPhone price cut
Maybe I’m drinking the kool-aid because I was at the event yesterday, but as an early iPhone adopter I just can’t force myself to
Read MoreNew iPod nano unboxing and setup (with pictures and screenshots)
The new third generation iPod nano is sold in the same clear plastic coffin-like structure as its predecessor, with dimensions adjusted accordingly. The third
Read Morevideo: Steve Jobs compares new iPod nano to original 2001 iPod
In this brief video captured during the 9.05.07 Apple Event, CEO Steve Jobs compares the newly introduced video-capable iPod nano to the original $400
Read MoreCome on kids, get over yourself and just use AT&T
I don’t understand people who buy an iPhone and then jump through fifteen risky hoops just for the privilege of avoiding AT&T and using
Read MoreThe iPod is dangerous again
As the owner of an iPod-oriented publication, this is something I probably shouldn’t be saying too loudly, but I’ll say it anyway: the iPod
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Read MoreiPod touch unboxing (with pictures)
Please note: in the interests of expediency, these photos were taken with an iPhone camera. As a result they’re not quite perfect pictures, but
Read MoreiPhone features you’ll miss out on by buying an iPod touch
I’m smack in the middle of my hands-on testing of the new iPod touch and the full review will be posted by Monday, but
Read MoreThe same RHCP song is, and is not, eligible for iTunes ringtones
I’m not a ringtones guy, but since Apple has gone and made ringtones so darned easy and fun to create, I thought I’d go
Read MoreMy interview with Rudolf Schenker from the Scorpions
“Hi Bill, would you like to interview Rudolf from the Scorpions?” “Sure. What time?” Sometimes you spend months setting up a musician interview, wading
Read MoreHow I met Wil Wheaton in real life because of Twitter
This is going to threaten to be a “Look ma, I moved to Hollywood and met a celebrity” post, but I think there’s something
Read MoreAbout that apartment building that exploded last night…
In amongst all these celebrity sightings and expo booths and rock star interviews, I was reminded of reality by news of a particular apartment
Read MoreJust tried AmazonMP3. Uh, next please.
Just tried amazonMP3 and it feels like the same clunky browser-based crap as when I tried Walmart’s download service back in 2004, and every
Read MoreiPhone 1.1.1 update released (with photos of mobile iTunes)
This morning Apple released the iPhone 1.1.1 update which includes major new features (many of them already present on the iPod touch) including the
Read MoreGet well Isaac Hanson
I’m sure some of you remember when I went off the deep end last month with my “guess the celeb” contests, the first of
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