http://simonwillison.net/2009-01-18T10:16:34+00:00Simon Willison2009-01-18T10:16:34+00:002009-01-18T10:16:34+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/18/apple/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/apple-shows-us-drms-true-colors">Apple shows us DRM&#x27;s true colors</a></strong></p> The EFF reviews the various places that Apple still applies DRM (including locking iPhones to carriers, licensing authentication chips for iPod accessory vendors, preventing OS X from loading on generic PCs) and concludes that “the majority of these DRM efforts do not have even an arguable relation to ’piracy.’” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/drm">drm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eff">eff</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/piracy">piracy</a></p>

2008-01-22T01:32:59+00:002008-01-22T01:32:59+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/22/fishbowl/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2008/01/22/heavier_than_air">Heavier than Air</a></strong></p> Charles Miller points out that every time Apple breaks the mold with a new product (the iPod, the iPod Mini, the iMac and now the MacBook Air) they lose in feature matrix comparisons but win in the marketplace. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/charles-miller">charles-miller</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/imac">imac</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipodmini">ipodmini</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macbookair">macbookair</a></p>

2007-10-11T20:40:40+00:002007-10-11T20:40:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/11/apple/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.apple.com/webapps/">Apple - Web apps</a></strong></p> Interesting (and slightly confusing) to see Apple choose “Web apps” as the term for applications targeted at the iPhone and iPod touch. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipodtouch">ipodtouch</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/webapps">webapps</a></p>

2007-07-14T12:59:09+00:002007-07-14T12:59:09+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jul/14/bunnie/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=190"><p>I heard that Foxconn - the place that makes the iPods and iPhones - consumes 3,000 pigs a day.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=190">Bunnie Huang</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bunnie-huang">bunnie-huang</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/china">china</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pigs">pigs</a></p>

2007-01-08T13:46:04+00:002007-01-08T13:46:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/8/ftrain/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.ftrain.com/RealEmpiresShip.html"><p>If your average iPod weighs five ounces with packaging, then Apple has moved about 21,875,000 pounds of them, equivalent in weight to 1,325 full-grown male African elephants, 35 times as many as Hannibal's force.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.ftrain.com/RealEmpiresShip.html">Paul Ford</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hannibal">hannibal</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/paul-ford">paul-ford</a></p>

2006-12-20T21:15:29+00:002006-12-20T21:15:29+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/20/ipod/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.jpstacey.info/blog/2006/10/08/percussive-maintenance-with-a-twist/">Percussive maintenance, with a twist</a></strong></p> How to fix your broken iPod by dropping it, repeatedly. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipod">ipod</a></p>