Type of Article: MacTech Blog

IF Apple announces a new product today, look for new MB Airs

Posted by | May 19, 2011 | , |

There’s expectations that Apple will unveil something new today to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its retail store line. If that’s true (and I’m dubious), I suspect it will be new MacBook Airs.

Apple retail’s first stores opened at Tysons Corner, Virginia, at 10 am May 19, 2001, followed by the Glendale Galleria opening three hours later. I was at the Tysons Corner opening, and it was quite the event. Steve Jobs himself was on hand and in fine, if somewhat testy, form.

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Greg’s Bite: HP & Dell lose market share

Greg’s Bite: HP & Dell lose market share

Posted by | May 18, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

My, how things are changing in the PC market. Microsoft’s “rounding error” that amounts to Apple surging spreads to Dell Computer and HP.  

Both of the blockbuster PC makers have seen the market for PCs shrink, even as the economy seems to be recovering. Mike Dell, president of the Dull Computer company, once famously gloated that Apple ought to just sell it assets and return stockholder money and go away quietly. Now, his computer company has a market cap of roughly US$30 billion — or about 10% of Apple’s current value. 

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The Mac continues to make quiet headway

Posted by | May 18, 2011 | , |

As many pundits continue to obsess over iOS devices — including what features the iPhone 5 will have and when it will ship — the Mac quietly continues to make headway.

For example, when it comes to “real growth in operating sales in 2010,” Apple had 15.8% growth to US$520 million, reports “The Register” (http://macte.ch/RxPXC). In fact, the Mac has been growing at such a fast rate for almost four years that it’s considered a bit of a downer that year-over-year sales in April were “only” up a “soft” 9%, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.

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Greg’s bite: Microsoft to merge with Nokia

Greg’s bite: Microsoft to merge with Nokia

Posted by | May 17, 2011 | , |

By Greg’s Mills

Rumors in the technosphere are often so outrageous they sound true. Such is the rumor that some sort of merger or buyout between Microsoft and Nokia is in the works.  

A number of web sites began to blog yesterday that a deal was in the works. We know Microsoft is collaborating on bringing the Windows Mobile OS to Nokia smartphones. Just how deep the deal goes and what form it takes are the questions.  

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Samsung tablet foreshadows the iPad 3

Posted by | May 17, 2011 | , |

At this week’s SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium in Los Angeles, Samsung Electronics will demo the industry’s first 10.1-inch WQXGA format PenTile RGBW tablet display. “So what?” you ask. It sports an ultra-high resolution, liquid crystal display (LCD) with 2560 x 1600 resolution. And that may spur development of the iPad 3 along just a bit.

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