Sometimes with Apple, I’ll disagree with a change but understand it. That’s not the case this time. I really can’t wrap my head around why the company did this.
Category: Apple
Darth Vader’s iPhone⇢
Jason Snell, in his excellent iPhone 5 review:
If the white-and-silver iPhone 5 is Gandalf’s iPhone, the black-and-slate model is Darth Vader’s.
Just like any other app, really...⇢
Phil Dzikiy at iLounge:
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told reporters that his company needs Apple’s approval before it could bring its Google Maps app back to the iPhone.
Dressed in white⇢
I bought the black iPhone, but after looking at these photos, manhandling a white one last night and living in constant fear of nicking the fragile black aluminum, I think I might be regretting it.
Apple & China⇢
Apple’s invested heavily in China. iOS and OS X have many Chinese-targeted features, and the company has opened several stunning retail stores there. After Google’s spats with the Chinese government, I think they just stopped caring.
The curious case of LTE
My favorite feature of iPhone 5 is the LTE.
Seeing how fast Verizon’s LTE is around town is the best iPhone game I’ve played in years. New top score: 36 down with 9 up.
While I was partially joking, I partially wasn’t.
LTE seems impossible to me. I’m consistently seeing speeds around town better 20 and 40 Mbps down, with 10–15 up. That’s a good bit faster than my U-Verse at home.
Will it dunk?⇢
This wouldn’t happen if Steve Jobs was alive, right?
Five MIllion⇢
The Apple PR Machine:
Apple today announced it has sold over five million of its new iPhone 5, just three days after its launch on September 21, and more than 100 million iOS devices have been updated with iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. iPhone 5 is available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on September 28 and more than 100 countries by the end of the year. Demand for iPhone 5 exceeded the initial supply and while the majority of pre-orders have been shipped to customers, many are scheduled to be shipped in October.
iFixIt tearing down iPhone 5⇢
Looks like an iPhone 4S inside, including a very similarly-sized battery. The fact that’s Apple’s getting better battery life with LTE and a bigger screen just got a lot more impressive.
MLB adding Passbook support⇢
See, things take time.
Passbook deemed disappointing by tech blogger⇢
Megan Lavey-Heaton at TUAW:
Passbook is what I’ve been most eager to try iOS 6. My husband teases me about poking through a wallet full of cards for different locations, and one of my favorite apps is the Starbucks app, which allows me to use my iPhone to pay for my drinks. Passbook was billed as the iPhone’s digital wallet, which can be used to store boarding passes, movie tickets, coupons, store loyalty cards, etc. – all into a single place.
Apple accused of ripping off Swiss Federal Railway clock⇢
Well, that certainly looks like the same clock to me. Whoops?