While some of you are anticipating the pleasure of playing TV shows and videos on the tiny screen of the new full-sized iPod at VHS quality, the star of this week’s product announcements may indeed be found elsewhere. Consider, for example, what the ultimate personal computer might be, keeping in mind Apple’s vision for the […]

So what can I say. One day, Steve Jobs poo-poohs a product, and a few months later, he brings out a version of the very same thing. But the question remains the same: Are you ready to watch Lost and Desperate Housewives on a 2.5-inch screen? Are you ready to pay $1.99 for each episode […]

In the previous chapter of this little tale, I pointed out how Apple’s skeptical protests about whether a possible new product makes sense should be taken with a grain of salt. On the top of the list were such “unthinkables” as a cheap Mac and an iPod with Flash memory, products that were later released […]

Turn back the clock to the fall of 2004. Now consider the events that most of you would have regarded as impossible then or ever. I have to say that the things I took for granted about this tiny corner of the universe were also turned topsy-turvy, which is why I never claim to have […]