iPod touch – an Origami Mac?

Here’s just a quick thought: Apple’s new iPod touch is Apple’s measured response to Microsoft’s UMPC, a.k.a. Origami PCs. A similar sentiment seems to be ringing over at C|Net — although their post is a speculation before the iPod event of Sep. 5. True, the primary purpose of iPod touch is still music playing. It … Read more

Numbers for the rest of us

Ever since Apple released Keynote rumors were circulating all over the fan sites as to when a full truly Mac office suit would be released. This was addressed bit-by-bit. First, Keynote was joined by Pages. Then both Keynote and Pages have received a small table management face-lift. Finally, this year Numbers has been released. There’s … Read more

iPhone fonts choices — why so limited?

John Gruber writes about a limited set of iPhone fonts, commenting that “…but worse than that the list is so short is that some of the fonts Apple did include are so ugly.” I think that the reason for that is to keep as wide a character coverage as possible, while saving memory. Most (although … Read more