Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing:
iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal.
I’d say so.
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The Power Mac G3 introduction video⇢
Sometimes, you just need an old Apple video to make the afternoon a little better.
Macworld.com launches redesign⇢
Bravo and congrats to the Macworld team. The site looks great.
On the Luna program⇢
The Soviet moon program is nuts, and undeserving of being stuck in Apollo’s shadow.
On Paywalls and Better Content⇢
Mathew Ingram:
Some proponents of newspaper paywalls — including a columnist in the Columbia Journalism Review — argue that charging readers for content results in better journalism than the free and advertising-supported model used by many digital publishers. But the evidence for this assertion is dubious at best.
The Timid Nano⇢
Nilay Patel at The Verge:
The MP3 player market is dead, and Apple doesn’t seem to know how to move on.
There was a glimmer of hope a year ago, when Apple updated the previous watch-sized iPod nano with new clock displays and even began selling nano watch bands in its retail stores. The nano wasn’t a very good watch, but the potential was blindingly obvious — it was Bluetooth and a connectivity protocol away from being the ultimate iPhone accessory. It felt like a brewing revolution in wearable computing that guaranteed an extra $149 in revenue from every iPhone owner.
Initial Batch of New iPhones For Pre-Order Sold Out⇢
What a dud.
iPhone 5 Ship Date Slipping⇢
Eric Slivka at MacRumors:
Just an hour after pre-orders for the iPhone 5 went live, Apple Store shipping estimates for new pre-orders have already slipped to two weeks in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, and Australia. Once transit times are accounted for, users pre-ordering now may not receive their iPhones until nearly two weeks after the official launch date of September 21.
In related news, I am super tired after getting up at 2 AM to order a 32 GB in black.
Central: The Best BBQ in Memphis⇢
Larry Olmsted at USA Today:
With a big bustling outdoor deck along namesake Central Avenue, smoke everywhere, and a constant flow of people in and out of the main part of the restaurant, Central BBQ looks more like a Florida beach bar at spring break than your typical Southern barbecue joint. On busy days this is exacerbated by outdoor coolers filled with ice and beer, and maybe a whole hog in the portable smoker alongside the restaurant (the main industrial smoker, half in, half out of the building, is going around the clock). The staff, dressed in tie-dyed T-shirts, are more evocative of Ben & Jerry’s than other venerable Memphis smoke palaces. Central has a youthful vibe about it, and because it is a place to linger over beers and enjoy the good weather, it is popular with college students.
Mountain Lion, Sans Skeuomorphism⇢
Squarespace Opens Developer Access to Version Six⇢
Looking forward to digging through some of this.
Verizon iPhone 5 Preorders Start at Friday, 3 AM⇢
I’m going to be tired Friday.