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A $2000 Cell Phone, Motorola? Good Luck With That

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Swiss precision. More than 200 tiny parts. A sapphire crystal. A price tag that’s close to twice what I paid for my first car. It sounds like something from Rolex or Omega. But it’s the Aura, a new cell phone from Motorola. The Aura has the following features: –the phone industry’s first round display, with 16 million [...]

Is the New MacBook Expensive?

Sunday, October 19, 2008

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When I first tried to compare the cost of Macs versus Windows PCs, I said that “Are Macs more expensive?” is one of computing’s eternal questions. It’s not, however, one with anything like an eternal answer. And the pricing analysis I did in that first article was rendered obsolete last Tuesday when Apple unveiled its [...]

An Intensely Selfish Apple Wishlist for Tomorrow’s Event

Monday, September 8, 2008

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I’m telling you, I’ve given up trying to predict what Apple will announce at its press events, such as the one that’ll happen tomorrow in San Francisco. Safe predictions (“The event is called ‘Let’s Rock,’ so it’s likely that it will involve new iPods”) are boring, boring, boring. Out-there ones (“Apple will release a touch-screen [...]