[MTBlogBot2000]

Despite the fact that Apple is rapidly increasing their market share in notebooks they've also maintained a pretty awesome desktop line as well. Called the iMac these computers are all in one and teh sex on any desk in the world (except Hitler's). Well there have been a few rumours that they may be updated soon and it appears that they've now getting kind of difficult to order. A sure sign that something, somewhere, is happening.

Oh Apple you can never make up your mind. First you hire him and then you fire him and then you hire him again. No i'm not talking about Steve Jobs rather i'm talking about Michael Tchao who once headed the development team for the Newton. I know what you're thinking "But Raffe...the Newton bombed completely...why would Apple want to hire him back" to which I simply laugh at such a stupid question and say "I have no idea...you'll have to talk to Apple marketing....here's their email"

Here we are with yet another post about the Tablet. I just wish they would release this thing so I can stop talking about all these rumours. I feel like a gossipy old lady...wow I really did turn out like my mother. Anyway....apparently the Tablet will run an iPhone OS and looks just like an iPhone 3G. What would be hilarious is if this whole Tablet thing was just a big ruse...Steve gets up on stage at a mysterious event on April 1...everyone thinks he's going to unveil the Tablet but he just starts laughing at all the people who fell for it....man...Steve Jobs is a dick!!!



So yesterday we mentioned that Tweetie was being upgraded to 2.0. The creator of Tweetie outlined everything in a blog post. It's quite extensive and he talks about the development of Tweetie 2.0 and why he thinks you should pay for it.

Speaking of paying for Tweetie...some people don't want to. Apparently $3 is too expensive to splash out on such an awesome app. It's sparked a bit of a controversy in the tech world. But what does the MacTalk community think...should we pay for the Tweetie 2.0?

Apple TV. Love it or hate it (possibly you're having an affair with it...you've run off to Rio and now you're lying on the beach rubbing sun-tan lotion into each others backs) but it's still an Apple product. Because it's an Apple product people therefore believe that they think it can be improved. Here's one idea on how the Apple TV can become a greater part of your digital life.

Along with that improvement is the new Apple TV remote. For this without an iPod Touch or iPhone here's a sexy design concept of how Apple may update the little white plastic remote.

We all know that Apple can do no wrong. Any attempt to challenge that and you'll be burnt at the stake (WITCH!!!). However...some people think that Apple may have made some not so clever moves when it came to the iPod. Here's 7 of the biggest iPod blunders.

Finally does anyone here remember the Palm Pre? It tried to sync using iTunes much like an iPhone. Well Apple stopped this and then Palm worked around it and it was like a hilarious game of chicken. Well Palm blinked. So maybe they've finally given up on the whole iTunes sync...hopefully they'll be the last company to try to go hand-to-hand with Steve freaking Jobs!!!

[Raffe]

And once again my ignorance at any kind of coding shows. Here is the media contact for Apple: media.help@apple.com

You really shouldn't email them though....they're very busy people :-P

[tcn33]

Tablet stuff is interesting. If it's as iLounge's source claims (and he correctly and exactly described the 5G nano four months ahead of release, so this is probably the most accurate rumour yet) I'd get one.

[Raffe]

Apparently when you write news at 5am you miss some stuff.

Apple - iPhone - Apps for Everything

Apple has just released a new page on their website that helps to point people in the way to the app that will help them with whatever they need helping with (yes that did make sense in my head).

[Exocet]

I can't believe what cheapskates people are, to be honest. I have $3.00 of loose change kicking around in the footwell of my car - and tweetie is an App I use every day. I've hardly missed that $3, I think its only fair it goes to somebody who spent time and effort to create an awesome app.

[bok]

Originally Posted by Raffe

Apparently when you write news at 5am you miss some stuff.

Apple - iPhone - Apps for Everything

Apple has just released a new page on their website that helps to point people in the way to the app that will help them with whatever they need helping with (yes that did make sense in my head).

Disappointed that the Australian "Apps for Everything" page doesn't actually have any Australian-specific apps, its just a clone of the american one. It would be good to see local apps get in there, instead of say the american yellow pages app...

Re: Tweetie, I fail to see how spending 3 months almost full time on rewriting a great app to make it even better is not worth US$3. Good on him for taking that step. If users don't feel the new app is worth that they won't buy it, if they don't have it already they'll just buy the new one at the same cost as the old.

-bok

Edit: This I think sums my feelings up on the Tweetie issue really well: iPhone Development: A Sense of Entitlement: Tweetie 2

Particularly:

You paid for Tweetie 1, and you got Tweetie 1. Nowhere in that transaction did anyone promise to deliver to you new versions on a silver platter in perpetuity.

[grfxninja]

I don't use Tweetie at the moment (though I hear it is THE twitter app for the iphone - I tried it a while back, didn't do anything for me really, though I am not a huge twitter user), but when 2.0 is released, I will be buying it based simply on principal. These idiots out there whining about a couple of bucks just amaze me sometimes.

Like was mentioned on one of the blogs, when Adobe released CS3 > CS4 I had to pay…
Yeah, OK, it was an upgrade price, but I reckon Apple make it too difficult for devs to have tiered pricing structures and honestly, $3 is not worth "discounting" for an upgrade

[decryption]

I haven't seen any complaints about having to pay for Tweetie 2 - where are they?

[Exocet]

Originally Posted by decryption

I haven't seen any complaints about having to pay for Tweetie 2 - where are they?

The article linked in the post for a start. I also saw a couple of whingers on Twitter yesterday too.

You can also look back to the same controversy when Twitteriffic forced users to pay for the ugprade.

[lavo]

All over 3 measley dollars.....ffs!

Don't knock Michael Tchao. He's a clever bloke, and was part of the Newton team that was shafted a fair bit by the likes of Gassee when he was at Apple. He was originally the product line manager for the original Macintosh. Anyway, Tchao is currently the GM at Nikelabs, the team behind the Nike+iPod setup :-) So don't jump to too many conclusions yet that he is on board for the mystery tablet.....

LinkedIn - Michael Tchao

[palais]

Thanks Raffe, an enjoyable read.. what are you doing at 5 a.m. next Wednesday?

[Raffe]

Originally Posted by palais

Thanks Raffe, an enjoyable read.. what are you doing at 5 a.m. next Wednesday?

Sleeping. As I intend to do for the next few years worth of Wednesdays. From next week i'll be back to my normal Tuesday posts :-)