Year: 2010

The iPhone has been knocked off the top spot of Britain’s Cool Brands index by Aston Martin, reports “Telegraph UK” (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8028268/iPhone-knocked-off-Cool-Brands-index-by-Aston-Martin.html). The iPhone is is second place, followed by the iPod, the Blackberry and Bang & Olufsen, an upmarket audio-visual manufacturer.

“Advertising Week” has published the results of a Nielsen survey (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/the-connected-devices-age-ipads-kindles-smartphones-and-the-connected-consumer/) of 5,000 consumers who own a tablet computer, eReader, netbook, media player or smartphone — including 400 iPad owners. The survey found, among other things, that iPad owners skew younger and more male.

Per the survey:

° 65% of iPad owners are male and 63% are under 35.

Microsoft officials say that a leak earlier this month was correct and that Office for Mac 2011 will be available for purchase starting Oct. 26, reports ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-office-for-mac-2011-coming-october-26/7496?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ZDNetBlogs+%28ZDNet+All+Blogs%29).

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group have told clients — as reported by the San Jose Business Journal (http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/09/27/daily19.html?ana=yfcpc) that Apple may roll out a thinner iPad with a built-in camera and mini-USB drive by June, later than some others have projected.

File this one under the dubious category, but rumors are flying that Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook is leaving Apple for HP.