Search result for Apple+brick

Search Results for apple+brick

Apple new iPad supply situation eases again

Chris Davies, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Availability of Apple's new iPad continues to improve, with online orders in the US now seeing the shortest ever waiting period for buyers of the third-generation iOS tablet. Released to rave reviews several months ago, strong pre-sales and subsequent high demand led to a lengthy wait for those who opted to buy their new gadget from Apple's web store. However, online orders of the Apple tablet in the US are now expected to ship in 1-3 business days, down from the 3-5 day delay earlier this month. Read The Full Story

Apple Stores take $12.2m each as accessory sales soar

Chris Davies, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's retail stores took on average $12.2m apiece in Q2 2012, the company has confirmed, a 23-percent increase year-on-year as the company celebrates its most successful financial results to-date. The huge income from Apple's brick and mortar (and glass and aluminum) stores helped contribute to Apple's $13.06bn net profit, as well as giving the company a place to push accessories. Read The Full Story

Columns

Apple Retail Will Be the Last Tech Stores Standing (And That’s OK)

Don Reisinger, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [52]

When I think back over the years, I can remember countless technology-focused brick-and-mortar stores I enjoyed shopping at. From CompUSA to Circuit City to the ridiculous number of other stores that came and went, there was a time when a large portion of my life was spent shopping in the brick-and-mortar.

Read The Full Story

Siri on iPod Touch with simple iPhone 4S restore

Chris Burns, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [1]

It's not even a trick, it would seem, nor is it a hack or a break of any kind, but certainly not something Apple would have you doing - a restore of an iPhone 4S built on an iPod Touch is what mister AppleGordon has done, and with it came Siri! Before you get your fingers twisted in a bundle trying this little oddity out, note this: it's only one man's word against all sensical notions that such a thing will, almost certainly, brick your device. In other words, don't try this at home, but DO giggle at the concept. Read The Full Story

Google Android Siri opponent codename Majel, aka Star Trek Computer

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [16]

If you track this story all the way back to the source, you might find the actual factual bits to be less than brick solid, but just like the codename on which this Android-based Siri opponent is based, the reality of the situation might be much less important than what COULD be should the future unfold how this story reads. What we’re to understand here is that Google’s propensity to select much better codenames than the manufacturers who create phones based on their mobile OS Android continues here with “Majel,” a voice controlled assistant made to compete against Apple’s iPhone 4S-based Siri. Majel is short for Majel Barrett, both Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s wife and the voice of the computer on the starship Enterprise*.

Read The Full Story

Microsoft Windows 8 App Store reveal imminent

Chris Davies, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft is expected to reveal its Windows 8 app store plans this week, detailing how it will challenge Apple's thriving third-party download ecosystem with its new breed of notebooks, desktops and tablets. The unveil will come at an event on Tuesday, Fox News reports, and is expected to offer free and paid apps along with trial versions and in-app payment systems, just as on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. Read The Full Story

PlugBug piggybacks iPad power on your MacBook brick

Chris Davies, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [5]

It's a #FirstWorldProblem to be sure: too many gadgets and not enough plug sockets to recharge them all. If you're an Apple user, however, trying to juggle AC between your MacBook, iPad and iPhone, Twelve South's PlugBug could be the solution, a 10W USB charger that snaps onto a MacBook/MacBook Pro power brick and allows you to charge both your laptop and your iOS device simultaneously. Read The Full Story

Apple removes iPod Classic click-wheel games from iTunes

Rue Liu, Sep 30th 2011 Discuss [5]

This is the 10th birthday for Apple's iconic mp3 player, the iPod Classic, and it will likely be its last. Following recent rumors that Apple will be discontinuing both the iPod Classic and the iPod Shuffle, it's been discovered today that Apple has removed the section in iTunes that was devoted to games made for the classic iPod's click-wheel. Read The Full Story

Sonos grabs ex-Xbox chief Robbie Bach for retail push

Chris Davies, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

Ex-Xbox chief Robbie Bach has joined Sonos, where he will advise the company on marketing and retail presence. Bach was tempted onto the Sonos board by CEO John MacFarlane, the WSJ reports, having already been a longtime user of the company's streaming audio products. "Part of what makes the product magical is it’s really easy to use" he suggests. Read The Full Story

OS X Lion Thumb Drive on sale: Big cat without big bandwidth

Chris Davies, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

As expected, Apple has begun sales of its OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, offering a download-free way to install the new platform. Currently on sale through the UK Apple store - though not, at time of writing, on the US store - for £55, it's a more expensive option for those without the bandwidth to grab Lion from the Mac App Store. Read The Full Story

Intel: Apple’s electron-blindness is App Store’s shortcoming

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [8]

Intel's AppUp digital store chief Peter Biddle reckons Apple's App Store doesn't consider electrons enough to be a success, and believes that separating out hats and hammers, moms and hipsters is the way forward for software retail. "We love the idea that there could be thousands of stores" the exec suggested at a press event this week, The Register reports, cutting through the App Store morass by allowing independent store managers to curate their own selection. Read The Full Story