More Apple Opinion

  • 27 April 2010

  • Opinion: iPhone prototype: reaction to Gizmodo police raid

    So, it turns out that Apple isn't thrilled about media companies buying its secret prototypes. The police have got involved in the saga of the 'iPhone 4G' controversially obtained by gadget news site Gizmodo, raiding an editor's home and seizing tech gear.

  • 23 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple Flashes out at Adobe

    Adobe has flung plenty of mud at Apple for refusing to support Flash on the iPhone and iPad, and Apple's response has always been silence. Not anymore.

  • 22 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple iPhone 4G: What have we learned?

    It's been a crazy few days for the gadget blog Gizmodo, ever since the site published information about a prototype phone that may or may not be the next-gen Apple iPhone. The device has now been returned to Apple. But what have we learned from the debacle?

  • 17 April 2010

  • Opinion: Why the iPad is the most addictive gadget yet

    My son was watching TV on my Apple iPad the other day. He was sitting in front of our big-screen HDTV, which was turned off. His big-screen laptop was nearby - also turned off. It occurred to me: is the iPad addictive?

  • 09 April 2010

  • Opinion: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the iPad

    I don't need an iPad. I definitely don't need an Apple iPad. But it's, you know, so pretty...

  • Opinion: Apple iPhone OS 4: no threat to Google Android

    For fans of the Apple iPhone, the unveiling of the new iPhone OS 4.0 is a big deal. It's the first time, after all, iPhone users will be able to do basic things such as multitasking, setting their own wallpapers and placing folders on their home screens.

  • 08 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple iPad not so child's play

    Nearly half a million people have tuned into YouTube to see the cute two-and-a-half-year-old kid instantly understanding how an Apple iPad works (video here). See, it's child's play. Any idiot can use an iPad. Try the same with a netbook, dude!

  • 07 April 2010

  • Opinion: Pictures: Inside the Apple iPad

    For an educational deconstruction of the Apple iPad, the experts at iFixit and Chipworks used a variety of methods (scanning electron microscopes, acid baths, X-raying, grinding and extreme force) to take apart the brains of an iPad and show us what makes it tick.

  • 06 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple iPad sales 'pass half a million'

    Easter weekend proved huge for Apple, as sales of the iPad reportedly blasted past half a million units sold.

  • Opinion: What no iFart? Where are the iPad's joke apps?

    Browsing through the iPad's App Store this morning, I noticed one mainstay of the iPhone and iPod Touch market is conspicuously absent: joke apps.

  • 30 March 2010

  • Opinion: Who wants to buy the Apple iPad?

    If there ever were a divisive computer, Apple's iPad is it. The iPad has stirred up controversy in a way few devices can. Some swear it'll revolutionise computing; others see it as an overhyped and oversized iPod Touch. One way or another, nearly everyone seems to have an opinion.

  • 08 March 2010

  • Opinion: Will the Apple iPad sell?

    Apple's iPad will fly off the shelves when it goes on sale, and will build momentum through the back-to-school and into Christmas selling seasons, analysts have predicted.

  • 17 February 2010

  • Opinion: Steve Jobs: The official biography

    Steve Jobs is a notoriously private man. But that could all be about to change, with reports that Jobs has agreed to work with biographer Walter Isaacson to publish an in-depth examination of the Apple founder's life. Will this official biography be a comprehensive tell-all, or a marketing fluff piece?

  • 27 January 2010

  • Opinion: Apple tablet - giant iPhone: in-hands photos

    The Apple tablet computer - Apple iSlate, Apple MacTablet, Apple iPad, etc - will be announced today, and all speculation suggests it will be just like a giant iPhone; or rather a giant iPod touch with front-facing videocam for video chats.

  • 23 November 2009

  • Opinion: Apple's no-smoking warranty nonsense

    I'm not a smoker. I don't enjoy being in the presence of cigarette smoke. But I still had mixed feelings about the UK workplace smoking ban.

  • 17 November 2009

  • Opinion: Apple 'to force you to watch adverts'

    And now, a word from our sponsor. True story: last year, Apple filed for a patent on technology that would force you to watch advertisements, no matter how hard you tried to avoid it.

  • 12 November 2009

  • Opinion: Apple's 12 biggest failures

    Apple has developed a reputation over the years that's almost on the level of religious faith: if Apple builds it, they say, it will be a success. But that isn't always the case...

  • 15 October 2009

  • Opinion: Windows 7 and Mac bigots: get a life

    Despite what some have claimed, the upcoming release of Windows 7 won't change the world of computing overnight. Windows will still be Windows, Mac will still be Mac, and fans of the two sides will continue to snipe at one another.

  • 07 October 2009

  • Opinion: Study: 85 percent of Mac owners have Windows PC

    It used to be that no self-respecting Mac owner would admit to owning a Windows PC. But a study has found that a Windows PC can be found in the homes of a massive 85 percent of Mac owners.

  • 06 October 2009

  • Opinion: 5 of Apple's bonkers logo disputes

    Apple is taking on the Australian Woolworths supermarket chain over a logo. Apple claims the stylised "W" formed into an apple-like shape is too similar to its own apple symbol. The similarities, as you'll see below, are debatable, but this isn't the most unlikely legal logo wrangle Apple's been involved in.

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