Apple has incrementally updated the AppleTV. The new boxes have been torn apart and people have been analyzing the internal changes. MacRumors has posted a story about changes to the A5 chip. It has been shrunked down significantly. It'll be interesting to see if this chip is used only in the AppleTV or if it is used in some future smaller, lower power device.
The Next Web has a great story about the iPhone's biggest flaw, it's battery. The story is well written and I agree completely. So much so that I wrote essentially the same story last September.
MG Siegler reviews the Nexus 4, and likes it. A lot. It does sound as though Google is making headway in producing a quality software experience on a quality device. As an Apple fan, I say, bring it on. My lock-in level is very high with Apple, so I'm not even considering a switch anytime soon. But, hopefully Apple is feeling the heat. Because really, is there anything better than an Apple that feels some pressure?
Apple needs to get it's chip production away from Samsung. Intel desperately needs relevance in the mobile space. Both of these serious itches could be scratched if this Reuters report is true.
No, it's not me. There are some features of Android that seem attractive and some things I would love to do with an iPhone jailbreak, but I'm not considering either option.
The switcher is Andy Ihnatko, and he's laid out the reasons for the switch in great detail in a Macworld article. There are many reasons, but the two overriding reasons appear to be the availability of large screen devices and the customizability of the OS. Both are valid reasons for switching and inherently don't say much, good or bad, about the quality of the iOS experience on the current iPhone.
I continue to believe Apple's priority in new iPhone development should be squarely aimed at the unsubsidized phone market, where Apple iPhones simply aren't affordable to a large swath of the world. After that market is addressed, I can certainly see a day when Apple makes a larger screen iPhone.
Andy's second complaint, the customizability of the OS, is a tougher nut. It seems to me very unlikely Apple will ever allow the kind of customizability Andy wants. It therefore seems likely that Andy has owned his last iPhone. How long before his iPad and Macs are replaced in favor of other devices that can be similarly customized. I think not very long.
I'm moving in the entirely opposite direction. I don't want to manage my devices beyond the level at which I'm currently doing so. My life is getting busier by the day, and I want my technology devices to satisfy the 90% needs I have, with a minimum amount of work.
iMore has possessed very good inside information over the last eighteen months or so. Rene Ritchie feels confident enough about some new information on upcoming iPad and iPhone models to put the site's name on the line.
This is what Warren Buffet had to say about the situation Apple finds itself because it has so much cash. I post this with a grain of salt because while Warren Buffet has made a ton of money, he's never taken the initiative to learn about Apple's business enough to make a purchase of Apple stock. Never. Ever.
The Macalope, writing for Macworld, describes the fundamental disconnect between Apple and investors. Good stuff.
Philip Elmer DeWitt asks the question, "Has Apple ever ben cheaper?". The answer may be surprising.
This is how John Gruber, became John Gruber.