Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Apple television sets, apps and retina displays

Posted by | Sep 9, 2011 | , |

According to a new industry study, by 2015, 47% of flat panel TVs shipped will have Internet connected features, but the user will still need to connect them at home — sometime that daunts many users. And this is where Apple will step in.

So far only 40% of connected TVs are connected, and these may well be the early adopters. There’s a big opportunity here, and I believe that Apple will take advantage of it next year and unveil its own line of HDTVs. Yep, I’ve changed my opinion on this and now believe that Apple has the goal, and potential, of shaking up the television business.

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Greg’s Bite: 5G taking shape at Rice University

Greg’s Bite: 5G taking shape at Rice University

Posted by | Sep 8, 2011 | , |

Posted by Greg Mills

Apple, according to the rumor mill, is getting ready to launch the iPhone 5, which is likely to run on the newer 4G LTE networks that are just getting ramped up. This will give us real world mobile internet speeds that will seem to sizzle compared to 3G.

Remember when the first iPhone ran on the Edge? Sort of like dial-up modems of 15 or 20 years ago. The “World Wide Wait” was the experience of the time. The Edge was the predecessor of the 3G networks we see today and was so slow you could take a nap while your page downloaded.

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Is Scott Forstall the ‘next Steve Jobs’?

Is Scott Forstall the ‘next Steve Jobs’?

Posted by | Sep 8, 2011 | , |

Neil Squillante, writing for “The TechnoLawyer” (http://macte.ch/1l48j) says the “next Steve Jobs” exists and is already working at Apple. Who is it? Tim Cook? Jonathan Ive? Nope. Squillante says it’s Scott Forstall, Apple’s senior vice president of iOS Software. In fact, he thinks Forstall will follow Cook as CEO some five to 10 years down the road.

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