macworld 2009… no keynote from steve… but he’s fine
nerio says...
on Jan 5th, 2009 @ 10:03 am
Today is the first day of Macworld 2009 and the last one Apple will be attending… It is a bit heartbreaking that on this last appearance Steve won’t be giving the keynote… Which in turn has created a lot of rumors about his health, but he’s doing fine as you can read on Macenstein… So it is kind of a bittersweet day, with expectation of new Apple announcements, but knowing that this is the end of an era…
zune fail!!!
nerio says...
on Dec 31st, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
According to a post on Gizmodo, many users of the 30GB Zune are experiencing some sort of a glitch… Apparently at around 2:00 AM the devices began freezing… Interesting… Seems like the Y2K bug finally caught on… 9 years later…
Uh oh, more good apple news!
dizzy says...
on Dec 28th, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
There seems to have been a spike in app sales over the Christmas / Hanukkah break due to in increased sales of iPod touches mainly and probably some iPhones. This is good news for hardware sales as well as more sales via the app store which Apple collects 30% on. So this should send the Apple stock down a few points tomorrow! Well I joke, but the way the stock market is I wouldn’t be surprised 
[via Macrumors]
Midwest at&t outage
dizzy says...
on Dec 28th, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Reading some user comments on The iPhone Blog Forums it seems like there is 3g. So far Chicago, Michigan, and Minnesota have reported issues. BadAsh has confirmed there is no service in the Chicago area at all.
What’s weird is it doesn’t seem to be affecting everyone in the same way. Some user have no server, some can make outbound calls, but not inbound…and some in the same affected areas are working without issue!
Anyone else having issues in these or any other areas?
amazon has best year ever
dizzy says...
on Dec 27th, 2008 @ 12:30 am
CNN Money is reporting that Amazon has had its best year ever. Apple does very well on Amazon and currently has 5 of the top 25 best sellers in electronics
From the CNN report:
Amazon said Samsung Electronics Inc.’s (005930.SE) 52-inch LCD High-Definition television and Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) 8-gigabyte iPod Touch led the gains in its electronics category.
Nice to see them pointing out Apple’s role in Amazon’s sales, but I think they meant to say 16GB iPod Touch which is currently at the #11 spot on the top 25 list. Also, I’m sure the classic black (#8 at time of this post) and 4th gen nano black (#10 as time of post) have helped as well 
Another funny tidbit from the report:
Online retailers, like Amazon, may have benefited from poor weather in the two weeks before Christmas, which likely shifted sales volume to the Web-based shops, MasterCard said.
Although there may be some truth to that, I think it has more to do with it being 2008. More and more people are online and those same people are choosing to shop online. So more good news for Apple even with all these dumb reporters and analyst predicting doom and gloom.
