[読んだ] Apple shoots at Jax on the Tracks in Truckee | SierraSun.com

Apple computers worked on an advertisement at Jax on the Tracks Tuesday afternoon, but because the product they were advertising hadn't been released, members of the group didn't release any information, or allow any photographs.

Jax on the Tracks owner Bud Haley said a location scout found his restaurant for the project.

“Apple found us, they're trying to show us as a hip and cool spot for the 20-something crowd,” Haley said.

まだ発表されてない製品の広告?
9月に発表されると思われるiPodシリーズの新作でしょうか?
それとも10月発売説のながれるApple tablet?

[読んだ] Keyboard for Apple tablet already here? | Fully Equipped - CNET Reviews

The only way for an Apple slate-style Netbook to succeed at the price point we're looking at is for it to be a flexible device that can appeal to a wide range of users and usage scenarios. In short, it will be what you want to it to be. (One reader suggests that Apple call it the Omni, which isn't bad).

At home, it will be a media pad you can take to bed with you. On the road, it'll be a Netbook during the day (I'd like to see kickstand on the back) and an e-book reader and video phone at night. At school, students will use it was a digital notepad. In the car, it's a game machine for the kiddies.

Can't you see the Apple ads already?

And one more thing: I'd venture to say that the keyboard (virtual or physical) and stylus won't be the only way to navigate the device or input information. If you've been following what Apple's been doing with voice commands on the Shuffle and iPhone/iPod Touch, it's obviously been experimenting with voice operation as an interface. At some point, you'll not only be able to playback tracks in iTunes (like you can now) with your voice, but you'll be able to open and close applications, browse webpages, dictate email, and do even more.

タブラ・ラサとしてのApple tablet。
さまざまなシーンでさまざまな顔を持つデバイス、という感じでしょうか。

[読んだ] 新作ゾロゾロ出る中、コナミの半額セールは破壊力ある。 iPhone / iPod touch な夕刊

コナミの半額セールは大きいなぁ。各国ごとに値段をここまで変えるのはコナミが初めてなので、いろいろ試してみて欲しい。

国ごとに値段を変えられるんですか?初耳。
あんまり不公平が出ない程度にアレコレ試して欲しいですね。

[読んだ] MacタブレットはPCではないのだよ:むささびの視線:ITmedia オルタナティブ・ブログ

iPhoneは電話ではないし、ましてやスマートフォンなんていうバズワードで表現できるモノでもない。あえて言うなら、楽器でありゲーム機であり、そういったことがすべて可能となるエンターテイメント端末だろうというのが私の見解。当然ながら、Macタブレットもその延長線上にある。もちろん、PCのような使い方もできるかもしれないけれど、それが主たる使い方ではない。

 きっと、人によって変化する端末になると思う。さらにすごい楽器になるかもしれないし、TV替わりの情報閲覧端末かもしれない。書籍や新聞かもしれないし、ノートやメモ用紙の代わりに使われるかもしれない。

 ということで、Netbookの市場なんて言う、あるんだかないんだか分からないような市場を、もちろんAppleは狙っているわけではなく、まったく新しい市場を、まったく新しいワークスタイルを、提案するモノだと考えている。これって、期待しすぎなのかなぁ。

単にデカいiPod touchで終わらないものになるのは間違いないでしょうね。

[読んだ] MacNN | Gmail push app approved; shift in Apple policy?

Apple has finally approved GPush, an iPhone app which allows push notifications when new Gmail messages have been received. The app is developed by Tiverias, and should be available for $1 for the first week of its release and $2 subsequently. The approval has unusual timing given Apple's recent rejection of Google Voice-based apps, which sparked an FCC inquiry.

 

GPush has been awaiting approval from Apple for over a month, and its acceptance could signal a shift in the company's policy towards similar software.

今後の動向に注目ですね。

[読んだ] Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Week: iTunes 9 To Let Us Arrange / Organize Apps | Just Another iPhone Blog

 

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It’s been a few weeks since we had any lovely iPhone rumors to comment on – with the launch of the 3.0 OS and the iPhone 3GS giving us a chance to think about reality rather than conjecture.  But just like the NFL, the iPhone rumors off-season is quite short and there’s a very lovely one this weekend, courtesy of the Boy Genius Report, from a ‘pretty reliable source’.

Something else that will most likely make a bunch of people happy is that we’ve been told iTunes 9 will finally include the ability to visually organize and arrange your iPhone and iPod touch applications.

 

There’s really no more detail than that right now, but BGR are often accurate with that rumors – and I would certainly vote a huge YES to this one if we could just make them true via ballot.

ついでに「株価」とか要らないデフォルトアプリをiPod touchから削除できたらうれしいんですけど。