dan tynan on Oct 31 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Gadgets, Geekishness, Lists, Music, PC World, Steve Jobs
The best gadgets are simple, elegant, and change your life in ways you don’t expect
Five years ago my Gadget Freak column began with a simple mission. To explore brave new technologies, to seek out new gizmos and gear, and to boldly go where no gadget column had gone before.
Now that mission is over. This [...]
dan tynan on Jul 14 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Quizzes, Uncategorized, iPhone
So the iPhone 2.0 has finally arrived last Friday, and what a friggin’ disaster it was. Apple’s servers were totally overwhelmed with traffic from people trying to activate their new phones, as well as those trying to download software from the iTunes AppStore and upgrade their iPhone 1.0 firmware. A total screaming c******f**k ensued, which [...]
dan tynan on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, Lists, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
In case you’ve been living in a cave, today marks the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference and Steve Jobs’ keynote, which Apple watchers have declared will be the venue where Jobs unveils iPhone 2.0 — a 3G broadband, GPS-enabled model of the [...]
dan tynan on May 23 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Identity Theft, Microsoft, iPhone
(This entry originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Slouching toward Cupertino. It’s not every day the Second Coming gives you advance notice, but the resurrection of the Jesus Phone — in 3G, for the first time ever! — is now (unofficially) slated for June 9. Or so says gadget blog Gizmodo, quoting “someone [...]
dan tynan on May 13 2008 | Filed under: Future Tech, Gadgets, Lists, Web 2.0
In the next decade, we might not whiz around in jet cars or own personal robot servants, but we will whiz around in 3D virtual worlds and have access to the Internet from everywhere.
(A version of this story appeared in the March/April issue of Consumer Digest magazine, which has no real online presence – if [...]
dan tynan on Apr 04 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Full speed behind. It seems the rumors of XP’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft has bowed to overwhelming demand and decided to give XP a reprieve, kinda sorta. Scheduled to get the gas chamber in July, XP will continue to live [...]
dan tynan on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Infoworld, iPhone
Thousands of worshipers flock to view ‘holy site’ in Los Altos garage
by Dan Tynan
They came alone or in groups, giddy with excitement or hushed with awe. They brought flowers and ribbons and broken down Powerbooks. They lined the sidewalks of this quiet suburban neighborhood, patiently waiting to see what everyone had been talking about.
There, on [...]
dan tynan on Mar 29 2008 | Filed under: Apple, PC World, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(A version of this story originally appeared on PCworld.com, where it is slowly roasting over an open flame fueled by Apple fanboys.)
by Dan (Don’t forget my byline) Tynan
Dear Steve:
I know we’ve had our differences over the years. I warned you about shipping iPods with non-replaceable batteries, we bickered over releasing Leopard with so many bugs, [...]
