TheMacAdvocate

When I started Vaporwatch, I half-believed that Microsoft would actually release one of the breakthrough products it was “developing”. After all, the trick of announcing a product whose sole purpose was to deflate enthusiasm for competitors’ real products was just becoming too obvious and well-worn – even for Microsoft. Well, now that Apple’s iPad has [...]

I’d like to join the rest of the tech community in wishing Jason Chen of Gizmodo a safe trip. Prior to your departure, I’d recommend you familiarize yourself with the language and local customs of your destination. The first 2 seasons of “Oz” would be a good start. I’m glad to see you already displaying [...]

The Courier As buzz was building to a crescendo about the Apple tablet that will eventually become the iPad, other me-too tablet announcements begin to trickle in. Not willing to let a superior product out of the gates before performing the trick they made famous, Microsoft begins “leaking” concept videos of a stylus-driven, dual-screen touchscreen [...]

1. That it allows free app developers to make money, which allows free apps to have richer content. 2. …that’s all I got. No smart person can argue against “paying” for a free app through advertising – even for the worst quality app. I agree with people having to pay for an app with either with [...]

Like a bloated lion, Microsoft waits for other, more innovative companies to launch products before waddling to market, bellowing the entire saunter from their shaded tree about how awesome their product is going to be. The idea being that competition would be discouraged from mobilizing and people who still hadn’t made a purchase decision would [...]

Lets take a look at some of the wisdom injected into Mr. Thurrott’s impressions: “The power plug is the bigger, uglier old-style plug, not the new small, square one you get with iPhone. It’s because the iPad draws more charge. For that 10+ hour battery. Dickhead. The box it comes in is oddly thick, given [...]

I’m usually not in line for 1st gen Apple products. It’s not that I don’t think they’ll be great; it’s that after having the desktop, laptop, smartphone and set top box categories covered, I just don’t feel the need to line up for products that don’t fill an obvious void. I came around on the [...]