http://www.tonybove.com/blog My view of the future of iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and personal tech Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:32:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Macworld Expo in San Francisco approaching, the rumor mill is working overtime along with developers feverishly constructing demos and beta versions of new applications. One wonders when the expo folks will change its name to Apple Expo -- I think by next year. The show covers far more than ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=35 You want wheat toast, but you have to order a chicken-salad sandwich to get it. So it is with iTunes and the iPod: there many things you can't do, as they break some rules. But here are five easy pieces for the Mac, five easy pieces for Windows, and a ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=32 A report from Greenpeace hit the press recently (Apple Faces Legal Threat Over Toxic iPhone is just one of many articles) claiming the iPhone contains many toxic materials. Buried in the detailed reports are tests that indicate there may be some toxic materials in Apple's earbud cables, but certainly not ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=34 The blog blather was rich and foamy last week as Apple introduced a new generation of iPod models on Sept. 5, 2007, with attractive enclosures and easier-to-use controls, and then hacked the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399. Those of us who paid $599 for the first ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=33 After two months of Apple iPhone bliss, no glitches. Sales are currently exceeding Apple's expectations, according to reports. And more innovations are coming, such as the Audi car interface for iPhones. The Web browsing and online services work faster where WiFi is available, so I regularly stop outside a Starbucks ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=30 Have you looked up from your iPhone long enough to notice how the world has changed? Activation at last... iPhone sales are well ahead of expectations. More rumors are swirling about a wide-screen, multi-touch iPod in August (using Wintek touchscreen panels), with more memory and integrated Wi-Fi, and even with the capability ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=28 I don't want to add to all the hype about the Apple iPhone (if that's possible; it seems like an infinite hype loop). However I am obviously going out to buy one on Friday, June 29, so I'm adding my bit to iPhone Humor. In preparation for my sojourn to ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=27 The news from the Apple Developer Conference is mostly good (Leopard), and only a little bad (developers for the iPhone are not happy yet), but certainly not as ugly as it is on the dark side (critical Vista and Internet Explorer 7 patches). While the debate rages on about its lack ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=26 The new iTunes Plus portion of the online iTunes Store is now available, offering higher-priced, higher-quality, DRM-free songs and albums you can play on any device and copy endlessly. These tunes are from EMI, as reported here previously. The news media had a momentary lapse of reason about personal information in ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=25 Sir Paul McCartney and Wings will soon grace the iTunes Store pages with music that is digitized at a higher bit rate and not copy protected -- thanks to the Apple deal with EMI and the settlement of the Apple-Apple Records dispute. Sir Paul's new album, Memory Almost Full is ... http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=24