October 27th 2007 Posted to hype, mac

How Apple is killing the iPhone

I really don’t get why Apple is trying so hard not to sell iPhones. Now they decided that you can’t buy more than two units at a time and you have to pay with a
credit card. Stupid.

I know that the iPhone is far from being the best cell phone ever made, and it lacks a lot of basic features (recording videos, mms, free customs ring-tones) but it is an Apple product after all, and it causes a frisson by itself.

Apple could be making more cash if they stop with all this anti-sell techniques :

• AT&T 2 years contract in U.S. ;
• Orange 2 years contract in France ;
• T-Mobile 2 years contract in Germany ;
• O2 2 years contract in UK ;
• € 945 for an unblocked, contract free in France ;
• Two units per person, per purchase ;
• Credit cards only;
• What’s next?

With all this restrictions Apple sold 1.4 million units. In my opinion Apple could have hit the 10 million mark by now if they cut all this crap and sell the thing for U$ 399, unblocked for any SIM card and available worldwide like any IPod.

If the new Nokia N95 8GB black costs less, it could became the real Iphone killer, eh?

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October 27th 2007 Posted to hype, mac

MacBook and MacBook Pro new models! Not exactly.

OK, Mac OS X Leopard was released worldwide today(except Brazil, like always ), but where are the long time rumored Macbook and Macbook pro new models? I really wanna buy one, but I don’t wanna an outdated piece of hardware!

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October 14th 2007 Posted to mac

Leopard is just around the corner

The new version of Mac OS 10.5, aka Leopard , is expected to be released on the next Oct 26^th and I was hoping to make my debut on the Mac world by buying a new Mac Mini. Unfortunately, I have just learned from AppleInsider that the life cycle of the mini is coming to an end. Well, now I believe I will have to spend some extra money and go for a MacBook.

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