New Apple products (iPod nano, Touch, shuffle, etc.)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a product unveiling today which was chock full of new iPods and other assorted software and hardware gadgetry. Follow the link below for all of the details, but the things most people will be talking about are: a new iPod Touch with front and rear cameras, just like the iPhone [...]
Apple Fans or Twilight Fans: Which Fans Are Crazier?
Two big events took place on Thursday, June 24: Apple’s iPhone 4 was released and the third movie in the Twilight saga, Eclipse, premiered. Both events are big for their respective fans, but which fans are crazier? The iPhone 4 is being released in five different countries around the world (the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, [...]
iPhone 4 sports video chat, new camera, better screen & battery
In case you missed it, Steve Jobs unveiled the newest iPhone yesterday, dubbed iPhone 4, and it looked just like the one acquired by Gizmodo in April. As expected, it’s a step up in battery life, screen resolution, camera, speed, etc. The “big” thing introduced is video chat (but only between new iPhones via wifi), [...]
Amusing Apple Anecdote
Apple is in the news all week (and seemingly every week) thanks to a record quarterly profit, a “lost and found” conspiracy with an iPhone 4.0 prototype, and the ubiquitous iPad articles. Rather than rehashing the same lines of “hey, you know what is great/stupid about the iPad,” try this little anecdote instead: If every [...]
Apple’s new tablet is called… the iPad
In geeky gadget circles, Apple’s tablet has been hyped for months (years, by some) with speculation about it’s name, the operating system it will use, how it will get us to Mars quicker, etc. As a Dinner Topics reader, though, you just want to know what it does, what it costs, and well… what it [...]
Google Phone
Last week, Google released their own phone called the Nexus One, although many people just call it the “Google Phone.” Why is yet another smart phone a worthy subject? Because Google is selling the phone directly, like Apple does with the iPhone. BUT, Google attempts to take things one step further by offering an “unlocked” [...]
Steve Jobs Underwent Liver Transplant
Just as the title suggests, while Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave the past six months, he underwent a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. According to Bloomberg.com , Jobs “was considering the procedure as a result of complications following his 2004 surgery to remove an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.” 1 [...]
Palm Pre – Newest Smartphone from old Apple Exec
Rounding out Dinner Topics’ tech weekend, today’s post is about the new smartphone from Palm, available only on the Sprint network for the time being, called the Palm Pre. It seems like new phones are released every day, and half of them claim to be an “iPhone killer,” but this one deserves a post on [...]
