wwdc

Buried at the bottom of today's Apple App Store press release is the fact that since the iPhone went on sale two years ago, Apple has sold 40 million iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

Let's put that into perspective. Over the same period, Apple sold half as many Macintosh computers...

The big surprise coming out of Apple's 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference appears to be the new batteries in the MacBook Pros. Early testers are seeing that the new MBP's have a huge amount better power consumption than their predecessors.

Battery technology simply doesn't advance this fast.

Apple's new MacBook Pro models include an SD card slot, and that slot offers a lot more power than just moving photos. In fact, SD cards can even be used to boot the new MacBooks.

In today's podcast: iPhone 3GS; spam volumes drop; and Dell to ship open source software to SMBs.

The video is up, check it out.

Apple's WWDC is tomorrow. We know there will be some serious iPhone information. What else will we see?

The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Steve Jobs was well on his way to recovery and should return to work in late June, as scheduled.  Interestingly, Apple's directors have been in direct contact with his doctors to get first-hand accounts of his condition.  The Wall Street Journal spoke to someone who has seen Jobs in the past few weeks.

It's IT Blogwatch, and iPhone and iPod rumors abound. We're less than two weeks from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, where the substitute-Steves are expected to unveil new kit to the assembled slathering fanbois.

Richi Jennings watches bloggers masticate on the rumors. Not to mention the dangers of unsharp mask overuse...

In today's podcast: Ballmer says innovation key to recovery; Jobs not expected to appear at Apple's WWDC; Intel says EU testing antitrust law limits.

Analysts are predicting that WWDC will be a Snow Leopard-only affair. Wrong! Here's why.

I heard from an Apple source last month that Apple laptops were going to get a slight update this summer. There was speculation that update might be a 3G wireless radio added to MacBooks.

Today, I have some evidence to share.

AT&T is doubling the download capacity of its HSPA 3G network just before a new iPhone device is expected to launch. The new speeds take AT&T's capacity from 3.6 Mbps to 7.2 Mbps for 3G devices.

Apple today announced that the World Wide Developer Conference would be held on the previously predicted dates of June 8th-12th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.  Since Apple has dropped out of Macworld (and had a paltry showing this year), WWDC is THE event for us Apple watchers.

Brimming with confidence from my solid showing at Macworld 2008, I waltzed into WWDC full of high expectations. My showing was much worse however as Apple stuck to the very basics. They didn't release anything unexpected...Breaking down my predictions one by one...

I am again going to throw some comments on the 'ol blog as they come up...feel free to join in the comments....