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iPod

The Apple Core: The last thing Apple needs is a video iPod

There’s speculation swirling that Apple’s will use their October 12th event to announce a video-enabled iPod. After some thought I can’t think of a worse product for Apple to announce next week. Read more…

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iPod

The Apple Core: Video iPod imminent?

Apple has sent out invitations to media and analysts about a special event they’re throwing on October 12 at 10am PST at the California Theater in San Jose. AppleInsider has posted a copy of the teaser invitation and is speculating that Apple may release an iPod with video capabilities. Read more…

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Hardware

The Apple Core: The Mac mini

It appears that Apple has quietly released an upgrade to the Mac mini – and they’re not fessing up to it. Rather than do it with their usual press release and updated product page Apple’s quietly rolling out the zippier 1.5GHz minis in the 1.42GHz packaging. Read more…

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PowerBook

The Apple Core: PowerBook nano to the rescue

I’m a little afraid that Apple may be putting all their eggs in the iPod basket. It seems that new iPods come out every six to nine months while the venerable PowerBook lineup hasn’t been refreshed since January and its form factor hasn’t changed since 2003. It almost seems like Apple re-org’d all their engineers […]

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iPod

The Apple Core: How Apple could have avoided the nano fiasco

There’s coverage all over the Web of iPod nano owners complaining about how easily the diminutive new iPod scratches – and I don’t mean scratches like a DJ using a turntable – they haven’t added that feature yet. There’s two simple things that Apple could have done that would have potentially avoided the scratching controversy […]