Apple Releases the Mighty Mouse

This day will go down in history alongside the most impressive technical achievements of the last century. Yes, Apple has released the Mighty Mouse -- a multi-button, 360-degree scrollable mouse. You can assign different buttons to different functions, such as showing the dashboard or using expose. It's such a brilliant idea, I can't imagine how nobody's thought of something like this before. Oh -- what's that? Never mind.

Sarcasm aside, this is delivered in typical Apple style, with a scroll ball and various clickable and squeezable areas, as opposed to buttons. It looks pretty slick, though my 800-button Logitech is working just fine at the moment.

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by frank on Aug 2, 05 08:53 AM | TrackBack (0)

Credible Reports of the iTunes Phone

Finally, some credible evidence that the super-hyped iTunes phone is more than just vapor. TheStreet.com reports an announcement from Motorola CEO Ed Zander during an analyst presentation:

"We're not going to launch the iTunes phone today. Steve Jobs is not going to jump out of a cake. And we're not going to launch it tomorrow," Zander said.

"But on one of the 66 days left in the quarter, we're not saying which one yet ... Apple, Motorola and our biggest operator partners around the world will announce -- and ship -- the first iTunes phone," Zander said.

There still appears to be some question, though, over exactly where and when this announcement will happen, with claims from one analyst that the iTunes phone will be unveiled at the Virgin Mobile U.K.-sponsored "V Festival" concert next month, but directly conflicting information from an unnamed Virgin Mobile representative stating that it will not be announced at the V Festival. I suppose it would ruin all the fun for Apple if there wasn't some misinformation.

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by frank on Jul 28, 05 07:50 AM | TrackBack (0)

Apple Releases New iBook and Mac Mini

Apple announced new updates today to the iBook and the Mac Mini.

Updates to the iBook include efficient scrolling and panning with the trackpad, Bluetooth now standard in addition to the already standard 802.11g Airport Extreme, and 512 MB RAM. There's also a new "sudden motion sensor" that will help protect your hard drive if you drop the iBook. Apparently rumors to the effect of a new widescreen iBook were nothing more than vapor.

The new Mac Mini also comes with 512 MB RAM standard, and new options for built-in wireless (Airport Extreme and Bluetooth) and the DVD-burning SuperDrive on the medium- ($599) and high-end ($699) models, respectively.

Read more in the press releases for the new iBook and Mac Mini.

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by frank on Jul 26, 05 06:58 AM | TrackBack (0)

Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

I'm slightly behind the times on this one, but Apple yesterday reported their third quarter results with record revenue and earnings, and they were some pretty good numbers.

Apple shipped 1,182,000 Macintosh® units and 6,155,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 35 percent growth in Macs and 616 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

"We are delighted to report Apple’s best quarter ever in both revenue and earnings," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. "The launch of Mac OS X Tiger has been a tremendous success, and we have more amazing new products in the pipeline."

You can listen to the financial results conference call yourself with Quicktime, if you're so inclined.

by frank on Jul 14, 05 06:32 PM | TrackBack (0)

Mozilla Firefox 1.05 Released

Today must be the day for software updates! Firefox has just released version 1.0.5.

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.5:

Doesn't look like there's much in the way of updates for OS X specifically, so I'll keep using Deer Park on my primary box for now. But I'll give the upgrade a shot on the iBook later tonight and let you know how it goes.

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by frank on Jul 12, 05 04:00 PM | TrackBack (0)