The Mac ObserverThe Mac Observer: You'll Get Your Mac News Here From Now On...CNET: Mac's Cool Factor Makes Switching Worth the Risk- August 11, 2008 Linux just doesn't have the cool factor to make switching worth the risk, but the Mac does, according to CNET on Monday. That's why Linux works in the enterprise where cheap and boring is okay, but not with consumershttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/11.6.shtml iPodObserver - iPhone Credited for SoftBank Success in Japan- August 11, 2008 SoftBank in Japan is crediting the iPhone for their net growth, and a competitor, KDDI, admitted that their own handsets just weren't attractive enough, according to Tech-On!http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36849 iPO Review - Clear Armor for iPhone- August 11, 2008 Case-mate Clear Armor for iPhone is yet another product in the increasingly crowded clear-film-covering-for-your-iPhone category. I've reviewed two similar products in the past year -- InvisibleSHIELD and BodyGuardz -- and know of several others that appear to be pretty much the same. So which one is "better"http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36847 iPodObserver - Analyst: iPhone 3G Hits 3M Mark- August 11, 2008 The iPhone 3G has been available for only a month and may well have already sold 3 million units, according to Cote Collaborative analyst Michael Cotehttp://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36848 Hot Forum Topic - The iPhone's App Kill Switch- August 11, 2008 Today TMO readers are discussing Apple's ability to remotely kill applications installed in an iPhone or iPod touch and whether or not it's as big a deal as some are making it out to behttp://www.macobserver.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=69501 iPodObserver - Jobs Confirms iPhone App Kill Switch- August 11, 2008 Following rumors that Apple has the ability to remotely disable iPhone and iPod touch applications, CEO Steve Jobs confirmed the company actually can kill applications, but so far doesn't have any plans to do sohttp://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36845 ResizeMe 1.2 Adds Bookmarks- August 11, 2008 Dare to be Creative announced the immediate availability of ResizeMe 1.2 on Monday. The update for the image batch resizing and editing application added the ability to store and organize edit settings as bookmarkshttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/11.2.shtml iPodObserver - App Store Sales Hit $30M- August 11, 2008 The App Store, Apple's iTunes-based software distribution system for iPhone and iPod touch applications, appears to be a hit with consumers and has already sold about US$30 million in applications. Over 60 million applications have been downloaded since the App Store's debut a month...http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36843 iPO iPO Quick Tip - Mobile Safari: Quick Domain Suffixes- August 11, 2008 Enter the URL for a Web site you want to visit in Mobile Safari on the iPhone or iPod touch, and your handheld dutifully sends you to the appropriate page even if you didn't enter a domain suffix like .com. If you need to enter a complete URL, the domain suffix key automatically adds...http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36842 StrangeCharm - Particle Debris and Bogus Vista Sales (Week of Aug 4)- August 8, 2008 This week, I'm going to go backwards in time (without the aid of a Time Machine) to look at some of the secondary stories that caught my attention. My favorite, however, was from July 28, a story at APC about how every time Hewlett Packard sells a PC with Windows XP, Microsoft has figured out how to log it as a Vista salehttp://blogs.macobserver.com/strangecharm/2008/08/08/particle-debris-and-bogus-vista-sales... |