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Sneaking into the Macintosh launch
The Apple Macintosh was launched 25 years ago, which seems like ancient history because of course it is, but it’s fun to reflect a little on it because it brings back lots of personal memories for me – especially memories of what I think was the true Read More...
Posted 25 January 09 11:07 by sprague | 2 Comments   
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Getting to Version 3
We all know extremely good and cool technology products that never seem to catch on, while there are other products you look at and just say “how on earth did that ever become popular”? So what’s the difference? Lots of people are commenting on what I Read More...
Posted 23 October 08 07:44 by sprague | 8 Comments   
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What I got wrong about the iPhone
Looks like this morning my inbox is flooded with people reminding me of my post made long ago , before the iPhone was announced, where I predicted that it wouldn't sell as many as Apple was claiming. Most of the reaction is just simple gloating: "ha Read More...
Posted 22 October 08 09:04 by sprague | 113 Comments   
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Pippin Flops
I'm proud to say I once worked on this project, now honored by Wired as one of Apple's most notorious flops : The big lesson I learned is not to stick with a product that you don't use yourself. Pippin (named after a type of apple) was supposed to be Read More...
Posted 29 January 08 06:14 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Is iPhone the worst phone?
I got in trouble the last time I claimed the iPhone will fail , but now I see Garrett Smith is listing all the reasons the iPhone is the worst phone . I don't completely agree with Garrett -- his complaints about battery life, for example, apply to any Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 05:34 by sprague | 5 Comments   
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Speech on Macintosh
Rob Chambers, the new GPM for my old group , is blogging about Macintosh speech recognition , asking users to tell him what they think of OS X. While visiting Palo Alto yesterday, my friend Bill Katz showed me the new Leopard: some nicely done "eye candy" Read More...
Posted 31 October 07 01:42 by sprague | 0 Comments   
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Bet's still on
I stand by the bet I made in January that Apple's iPhone won't sell anywhere near the 10M units they're targeting for their first year. You don't cut the price of something that's selling well. One of my friends at T-Mobile, who knows the business extremely Read More...
Posted 06 September 07 08:48 by sprague | 16 Comments   
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Verizon says no to iPhone
According to USA Today : Among other things, Apple wanted a percentage of the monthly cellphone fees, say over how and where iPhones could be sold and control of the relationship with iPhone customers, said Jim Gerace, a Verizon Wireless vice president. Read More...
Posted 29 January 07 07:01 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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