Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. PT.
Category: Apple
Was iOS Made for Geeks?⇢
Rene Ritchie:
We should understand that iOS doesn’t power geek devices made easy enough for mainstream users to employ. It powers mainstream devices made compelling enough that geeks want them as well.
Not all geeks want to tinker, though. I know plenty of super nerdy folks very happy with their iOS devices.
Business Insider, on MobileMe’s Closing⇢
Calling MobileMe a “failed cloud storage service” seems a bit heavy-handed.
Apple Tweaking Genius Bar Design⇢
Sounds like an improvement to me, and since most Genius Bar interactions just require an iPad these days, I bet it works out pretty well.
Moving On From MobileMe⇢
Macworld has lots of suggestions if you’re still looking for replacement services.
The iPhone Ecosystem⇢
The iPhone has created an economy that’s spurring the creation of jobs and new positions all over the globe. It reignited the mobile phone industry, and, in one fell swoop, turned competitors upside down as they struggled to keep their eyes open to the new wind blowing in their direction. The App Store didn’t launch until 2008, but its numbers are the very example of the software revolution spearheaded by the iPhone.
On Apple’s Mailing Lists
Lots of good options on this page, if public mailing lists are your thing.
MobileMe Offline
The Original Ars iPhone Review
Impressively Polished
The iPhone certainly has room to grow, and there’s no doubt that future versions will build on the impressive list of features in this initial product. But let there be no doubt: this first iPhone is an impressively polished product, with none of the haphazardness that we’ve come to associate with anything 1.0.
In Our Pockets
But though it’s come a long way, the iPhone of five years ago is still indisputably the iPhone. It’s the product that changed how we thought about that little device we keep in our pockets all the time. I remember clearly how I much I hated bringing my Palm Treo along with me when I went somewhere. Sitting in that tent five years ago was the first time that I actually looked forward to bringing my phone with me wherever I went—at least, once I got out of the mountains and got to somewhere with actual phone reception. Five years later, I won’t go anywhere without that device close at hand.
Bob Mansfield Retiring From Apple
Apple today announced that Bob Mansfield, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will retire and the role will be transitioned to Dan Riccio, Apple’s vice president of iPad Hardware Engineering, over several months. The entire hardware engineering team will continue to report to Mansfield until his departure.
“Bob has been an instrumental part of our executive team, leading the hardware engineering organization and overseeing the team that has delivered dozens of breakthrough products over the years,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We are very sad to have him leave and hope he enjoys every day of his retirement.”