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    Of Maps, and Other iOS 6 Stuff

    September 21st, 2012

    I expect a lot of you are missing Google Maps after upgrading to iOS 6. Sure, it’s nice that Apple has decided to establish their own mapping service, but such things aren’t built out overnight. Even though Apple may have been working on this project for a while, particularly after it became obvious that Google […]


    Those Wacky Responses to the iPhone 5

    September 19th, 2012

    Implicit in some of the criticisms of the iPhone 5 is the realization that it will be a smashing success. Apple’s success certainly is bad news for the competition, but it’s also true that some media pundits feel that Apple is somehow fooling people to buy their products. Once they come to their senses, the […]


    Playing the Great Spec Game

    September 18th, 2012

    Predictably, Samsung has begun to run a series of ads countering the iPhone 5 onslaught. But Samsung appears to be falling into a serious trap, believing that having better specs, or more of them, is sufficient to get a leg up on Apple. Now there’s nothing wrong with healthy competition. It would be foolish to […]


    Newsletter Issue #668: Apple Derangement Syndrome is in Full Force

    September 17th, 2012

    With the iPhone 5, Apple fulfilled most of the hopes and dreams of fans of the company by most any standard. It is at the same time larger, lighter and thinner, and that’s the sort of contradiction that required careful attention to the design details to achieve. It is also predictably faster, and has most […]