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Tormentor Team-up

Twelve years ago, Apple Computer traded non-voting shares and dropped a UI lawsuit, for cash and guarantee of Mac platform support. Although fanboys cringed and wept, it provided interim-CEO Steve Jobs cash and alignment with Apple’s biggest tormentor.

iPhone’s Legacy

 

Although sleek design and multi-touch are the most visible attributes of the Apple iPhone, I believe it’s enduring legacy will be the App Store and it’s integration. Apple topped over 25,000 applications this week, and competitors are clamoring to mirror the same on other smartphone platforms – Blackberry has App World and Google has the [...]

Kindle for iPhone

I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the Amazon Kindle 2, because of the results I’ve experienced with Amazon.com’s book delivery. I’m going to save myself the expense, because although I’ve used the Stanza iPhone app for quite a while, I have been pleasantly surprised by my last week with Amazon Kindle for iPhone – even [...]

Safari 4’s New Tabs

I’ve always considered Apple as an expert in user interface design, especially since they helped codify it. However, the choice to dissect the fundamental definition of a “window” – the title bar that contains its name and control mechanisms – seems like a major flaw to me.

Best and Worst of new MacBook

My favorite feature of the new MacBook industrial design is even the entry-level model has the backlit keyboard! The most disappointing change is the loss of Firewire, and therefore the Target Disk Mode.