Can't Stop Geeking

Well, the cat is officially out of the bag. Apple announced it’s latest gadget, the iPhone on steroids, the iPad. The only thing this thing doesn’t do is telephone stuff. You can surf the web, stream movies, etc., bascially everything thi iPhone does. You know what I want? I want a way to talk to someone in the next town, state or country and be able to see their faces while I do it. That to me would be breakthrough technology.

According to MSNBC.com, Apple is set to unveil its latest creation this month on the 27th, and speculation is running rampant.  What will it be?  A new version of the iPhone? a tablet computer?  Something we’ve never seen before?  What do you think.

So, in the first week of the iPhone 3G S it sold just over 1 million units. That’s the biggest launch ever for AT&T and Apple. With that many units sold it’s easy to say that the iPHone is the industry standard in mobile technology but for how long? With the iTouch and the Palm Pre about to reach full swing it won’t be long until you see the iPhone’s market share slipping away. By the end of summer it’s likely a whole new device will be leading the way!

Maine acquired 73,000 Mac book computers for their students to use at school and at home. This is a huge win for students who struggle to afford quality equipment to aide in their education. Not only that, it’s a win for Apple. So many people think a Mac is too hard to learn when in fact the learning curve is about 10 minutes, if that! Hopefully other states get on the wagon and get their kids equipped with a Mac or a PC so they can catch up to countries like China!

Found a really interesting article on Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X from the apple insider.  Interesting insight whether bias or not.

Apple unleashes the iGlove into the world! Huh? Now, seriously this may be the coolest thing on the market even if it looks like a Nintendo controller from the 80’s. I wonder if this is the generation one product that might take market share from the Wii.

I’m left to wonder though, if this glove is aimed at making the use of heat/impulse touch screens easier to use (example being the iPhone) then why don’t they just build the phone and interface into the glove! Gives new meaning to talk to the hand doesn’t it! Personally, I don’t see this product surviving in the market place but it does look cool.

Apple recently announced that they will be going DRM free on all music which is fantastic news for us all.  The other announcement is that there will be variable pricing, most likely $0.69, $0.99, and $1.29.  Without knowing for sure, this seems like a deal Apple struck with the record industries that have wanted variable pricing for quite sometime, but I will take it if it’s DRM free!

Well it looks like the rumors that had been floating around about Apple CEO Steve Jobs are in fact true, sort of.  It was disclosed today that Steve ails from an “hormonal imbalance” which took stocks higher but left many wondering what in fact a “hormonal imbalance” is.  Regardless, it appears Jobs is a-okay for the time being, more info can be found on the CNN article on Jobs health announcement.

Netflix just announced that it will be supporting online viewing of its online movie selection to Macs using… go ahead, guess… Silverlight!  Yes, silverlight will be utilized which of course is a Microsoft technology, funny in my opinion.  Read more about it on Cnet.