Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Tag: apple

  • ‘And one more thing…’ Manipulating the press, from beyond the grave

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Can nobody rid of us the barefoot CEO? He may be gone, but Steve Jobs continues to manipulate the press from the beyond – this time through his biographer, Walter Isaacson. The Steve Jobs biography launches the hype for Apple’s next great product, a TV.… Read More

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  • Steve Jobs and Dianamania revisited

    Steve Jobs and Dianamania revisited

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Steve Jobs was a remarkable and fascinating businessman, and by some distance the most interesting and accomplished personality operating in an important corner of the economy. He had a respect for the intelligence of human beings and their ambition, and potential – showing an optimism which is rare in a cynical industry. And Jobs left us far too early.

    But we knew what was coming, didn’t we? In the media, a race to the top of Mount Hyperbole, that was … Read More

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  • A week with the new MacBook Air 11″

    A week with the new MacBook Air 11″

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Very impressive. Shame about OS X Lion, though.

    Read the full review here. … Read More

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  • The Cube: Apple’s daftest, strangest romance

    The Cube: Apple’s daftest, strangest romance

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Ten years ago on Sunday, Apple called it quits on one of its oddest products ever, the G4 Cube. The Cube was a strange and wonderful machine that continues to fascinate today – but it was widely perceived to have failed. Some people thoroughly enjoyed the failure, thinking it served Apple right.

    Dull people will always cheer a bold experiment that goes wrong. After July 2001, Apple’s design team never again attempted anything as daring or distinctive. It has produced … Read More

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  • Why Android won’t worry RIM and Apple

    Why Android won’t worry RIM and Apple

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    My US colleagues are regulars on John C Dvorak’s excellent Cranky Geeks and a highlight of the show. I was recently intrigued to hear the opinion from Vulture West Coast (in Episode 232) that RIM was toast, and Android would triumph. Now, bearing in mind that I’ve been wrong about mobile more than I’ve been wrong about anything else – quite epically and unheroically wrong – I beg to differ.

    Apple will continue to rule the roost, dictating terms and … Read More

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  • Mobile phones: where does the money go?

    Mobile phones: where does the money go?

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Dediu’s analysis is a good one: winning the commodity smartphone battle really isn’t a battle worth winning. It’s another example of the delusion that turnover is as important as profit.

    One of the oldest mottos at Vulture Central is Show Us The Money. There’s one even better, I think, which is Show Us The Profits. Are there any? If there are, where are they going? At a stroke, this cuts through huge amounts of hype and puts entire industries (and, … Read More

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