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10.09.08

Jobs on his health and the new iPODs

- Rumors, Steve Jobs, iPods -

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is far from sick, as he launched the new line of iPODs, Agence France-Presse reports.

Excerpt:

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday unveiled new iPod models and iTunes stores upgrades for the coming holiday season as he brushed aside reports about his health.

Jobs kicked off a theatrical press event in downtown San Francisco by poking fun at persistent rumors about his health.

11.06.08

Half a Steve

- Issues, Rumors, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Keynote -

Let’s stop talking about the iPhone3G for a minute. Did you get a good look at Steve Jobs at the WWDC Keynote yesterday?

See the pic above: on the left, Steve at the keynote for iPhone 1.0 over a year ago, and on the right, at yesterday’s presentation. They say black mock turtlenecks really are slimming, but this is a bit much.

Ever since he came onstage yesterday at Moscone West, the web has been as much abuzz about Mr. Jobs and how frighteningly thin he’s become since we last saw him as much as the new iPhone itself. Google his name today and you’ll likely get news items like this at the top of the search list.

Jobs came out in 2003 to disclose his ongoing battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which has since been successfully treated, or so he says. It’s hard to tell because, as we all know, Apple and Steve Jobs seem pretty good at keeping secrets.

If something’s amiss with The Steve, it’ll have tremendous impact on the future and direction of Apple, because face it—the man is Apple. More than any other company in recent history, multi-billion dollar Apple Inc. is the one whose fate is most intimately intertwined with the vision of its leader. Let’s hope that he’s just been spending too much time with his Wii Fit balance board thing.

Seriously though, let’s pray that things are all right for Steve Jobs.

09.06.08

Ha. They couldn’t resist. Box opened!

- Rumors, iPhone, Breaking News, First Look -

Remember the pic of the box from the previous post? Apparently they succumbed and opened it. Less than 24 hours to go before the deadline and the keynote announcement, and they go and open it—and a website has the pics.

Sheesh. Some heads are gonna roll.

We can’t vouch for the pictures’ veracity; for all we know it may be another iPhone 2.0 hoax, but it seems real enough. Does it look thinner and wider to you? I’m intrigued by what seems to be a front-facing camera on the upper right corner. And the color! But we’ll all know if this is real later, won’t we?

Link to the site here.

07.06.08

Where’s that boxcutter when you need it?

- Hardware, Rumors, Packaging, iPhone, Apple Inc., Diversions -

Don’t we all love it when a shipper delivers a box to our doorstep?

Well, some folk down under are beside themselves this weekend.

Australian Mac Community forum site MacTalk reports that they received a sealed box from Apple yesterday that is marked “Subject to terms of NDA. Do not open until Tuesday June 10th 2008.”

They suspect it’s a promotional iPhone 2.0 unit for display until supply actually becomes available. Other resellers across Australia (and presumably around the world) have received similar boxes under the same Non-Disclosure Agreement. This means the phone might not actually be available for purchase immediately after the WWDC announcement as initially hoped, at least outside the United States. Sigh.

(If it were me with the box, I don’t know if I’d have the restraint. Especially because I didn’t sign no stinkin’ NDA.)

Patience, patience. As they say in my country: dalawang tulog na lang.

05.06.08

Mac OS 10.6 gets a name. And a date.

- Announcements, Rumors, Operating System, Apple Inc., Updates & Patches -

The new version of Mac OS X, 10.6, will be known as Snow Leopard. Snow. Leopard.

Or at least that’s what Ars Technica seems convinced of. They also say it’ll be launched at Macworld 2009 in January, and will be Intel-only.

Previous speculation says that 10.6 seeds’ll be released to developers next week at the WWDC, in preparation for its release next year. As for changes, apparently it’ll be basically the same, except that it’ll be faster and more stable, rather than have anything really new or innovative. The report says this is because speed and stability are bigger concerns now that Apple’s firmly entrenched in smaller and more mobile gadgets that need these elements more than anything.

PowerPC users are expectedly crushed by this news. Our sympathies.

[UPDATE: Typo! As a bunch of readers immediately noted, I wrote the version wrong (10.5.6). Dunno what got into me - maybe because i was sneaking in this post as I was in a sales meeting. Heh. Serves me right! Fixed it already. Thanks, eagle-eyed MacADoodlers! You know who you are!]

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