http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/linktronic.php Mac Links that Matter en http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/images/favicon.jpg http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/linktronic.php Copyright 2010 John Ward http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=8f528b364762c8b0ea14c644fe8677cb http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=8f528b364762c8b0ea14c644fe8677cb Steve Jobs is accustomed to bringing the house down-unveiling remarkable devices like the iPad, the iPhone, and the original iPod make that a pretty common occurrence. Now, though, after an extended battle, the Apple CEO can finally bring down the other house he's been trying to raze for so long. Maybe. http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=167291a8423307b5754aeda0985eab1f http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=167291a8423307b5754aeda0985eab1f InfoWorld's Galen Gruman wonders why anyone would spend $500 or more on a product that hasn't even shipped. http://www.macworld.com/article/146981/2010/03/motorola_devour.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/146981/2010/03/motorola_devour.html?lsrc=linktronics There's a lot to like about the Devour smartphone, especially its social networking features, intuitive user interface, and sturdy design, but it also has some shortcomings. http://www.macworld.com/article/147056/2010/03/macalope_sad.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/147056/2010/03/macalope_sad.html?lsrc=linktronics It's a large helping of the Macalope this week, as he takes on non-sensical iPad analysis, Apple doomsaying, and other crimes of punditry. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/NhJHMgiytAY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/NhJHMgiytAY/ When the first Mac was being developed the designers saw no need to address the issue of running multiple programs. The oversight was understandable; the programmers were working hard enough just to develop the system and a single program to run in 64K, which the Mac was originally intended to ship with. http://www.applematters.com/article/how-ipad-will-kill-the-ebook/ http://www.applematters.com/article/how-ipad-will-kill-the-ebook/ If you have some spare time this weekend you might want to build a tiny coffin for the eBooks the iPad is about to kill. http://www.macworld.com/article/147065/2010/03/timcook_bonus.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/147065/2010/03/timcook_bonus.html?lsrc=linktronics The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, received a bonus worth $22 million for his work filling in for Steve Jobs' during the CEO's 2009 medical leave. http://www.macworld.com/article/147062/2010/03/ipad_ereader_redux.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/147062/2010/03/ipad_ereader_redux.html?lsrc=linktronics Can the iPad compete as an e-book reader? Apple's latest details about iBooks make that more probable than ever. http://www.macworld.com/article/147057/2010/03/china_smartphones.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/147057/2010/03/china_smartphones.html?lsrc=linktronics China now has the iPhone and more big-name smartphones are due in the country, but high prices mean few Chinese buyers overall are choosing smartphones. http://www.macworld.com/article/147055/2010/03/barnesandnoble_ipad.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/147055/2010/03/barnesandnoble_ipad.html?lsrc=linktronics Bookseller Barnes and Noble announced it will have an iPad version of its eReader app ready on April 3. http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ipad_pre-order_guesses_range_from_15k_to_25k_per_hour/ http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ipad_pre-order_guesses_range_from_15k_to_25k_per_hour/ Apple's per-hour total for iPad pre-orders could be somewhere in the range of 15,000 to 25,000, according to bloggers who have been tracking order numbers. http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_briefly_becomes_third_most_valuable_co._in_the_us/ http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_briefly_becomes_third_most_valuable_co._in_the_us/ The beginning of iPad pre-orders Friday morning led to a trading surge in Apple's stock that briefly pushed its market capitalization ahead of Wal-Mart's. http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/richard_belzer_apple_store_employee_was_trying_to_shake_me_down/ http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/richard_belzer_apple_store_employee_was_trying_to_shake_me_down/ Actor and comedian Richard Belzer on Thursday discussed an incident at a Manhattan Apple store the previous day that resulted in an employee calling the police. http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/10sr/500-mhz-ibook.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/10sr/500-mhz-ibook.html For writing and basic Internet access, a 500 MHz G3 provides sufficient power and Tiger provides fairly up-to-date software. http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/10db/ipad-gaming.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/10db/ipad-gaming.html Two years of developing games for the less powerful iPhone and iPod touch has prepared developers to unleash the iPad's potential. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/so-is-the-mac-at-deaths-door/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/so-is-the-mac-at-deaths-door/?utm_source=linktronics When I suggested recently that we had returned to the silly season, perhaps a little earlier than I might have expected, I didn't know how right I was. http://lowendmac.com/ed/fox/10ff/microsoft-less-evil.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/fox/10ff/microsoft-less-evil.html With Android threatening the iPhone's dominance, Apple views Microsoft and Windows 7 Mobile as the lesser threat. http://www.applematters.com/article/the-ipad-follows-rule-1-of-technology/ http://www.applematters.com/article/the-ipad-follows-rule-1-of-technology/ If you ask a tech type where the future of computing lies he will start spouting off about the cloud and seamless integration with all the devices you use. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/the-snow-leopard-report-is-it-ready-yet-for-prime-time/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/the-snow-leopard-report-is-it-ready-yet-for-prime-time/?utm_source=linktronics Now we all know that Snow Leopard appeared last August, but for some of you it still has serious problems, so you're sticking with Leopard. Some of you are even Tiger holdouts, because Leopard didn't light your fire. http://www.applematters.com/article/apple-vs-google-who-needs-each-other-more/ http://www.applematters.com/article/apple-vs-google-who-needs-each-other-more/ You'd have to be living in a cave to not know that Apple and Google's recent relationship has been, for lack of a better word, rocky. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/reviewing-products-theyve-never-used/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/reviewing-products-theyve-never-used/?utm_source=linktronics It's nothing new. When the iPod first came out, bloggers and so-called tech pundits were busy complaining about the features it didn't have, such as a built-in radio, or perhaps a working kitchen sink. None of that hurt actual sales of the product, of course. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/chasing-fact-and-fiction-about-apples-future/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/chasing-fact-and-fiction-about-apples-future/?utm_source=linktronics Some people want you to believe that Apple is a dictatorship, with Steve Jobs micromanaging everything and relying on his temperamental personality to make critical corporate decisions. Good or bad, it means that, were Jobs to bow out, the company would be on the skids in an extremely short time. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/the-app-store-report-what-about-an-exit-button/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/the-app-store-report-what-about-an-exit-button/?utm_source=linktronics On the whole, I think Apple's tight integration among its mobile devices and the way software is sold is a good thing. There is a rich selection, somewhere in the range 140,000 and 150,000 as I write this, with billions of downloads. http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/now-its-inevitable-flash-is-dying/?utm_source=linktronics http://www.technightowl.com/2010/03/now-its-inevitable-flash-is-dying/?utm_source=linktronics Apple introduces the iPhone without support for Flash. People complain, but iPhones sell at ever-increasing rates. Today, with some 40 million of them around the world, and the iPad on the immediate horizon, Steve Jobs has made it quite clear that Flash is the floppy drive of the 21st century. It's time for it to go. http://www.applematters.com/article/an-apple-championed-revolution-of-the-publishing-industry-dont-kid-yourself/ http://www.applematters.com/article/an-apple-championed-revolution-of-the-publishing-industry-dont-kid-yourself/ It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don't read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year.