New iPod Touch Song Was in Zune Commercial

The song in the new iPod Touch commercial, "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" by CSS, was used in a Zune commercial.

Contrasting NBC's Approach to Apple With AT&T's

NBC’s Jeff Zucker via Variety:

“Apple sold millions of dollars worth of hardware off the back of our content and made a lot of money. They did not want to share in what they were making off the hardware or allow us to adjust pricing.”

Now, contrast that point of view with AT&T paying Apple an estimated $18 per iPhone. Then check out AT&T’s last financial quarter. My idea is that NBC pay Apple $19 per iPod, and Apple will offer their shows for free on iTunes with advertising.

Gruber: Apple Never Said There Would Be Synching

John Gruber at DaringFireball.net points out that Apple never said there would be synching between Leopard's notes and the iPhone. Before it was removed, the text on Apple's website said that iPhone users would be able to "...access [notes] from your iPhone." As Gruber points out, you can view notes as email via IMAP.

"I think Apple changed the text of this web page because people like Chartier were confused about what they were referring to, not because they’ve removed a feature they previously promised."

I disagree with Gruber there, as I think Apple removed it because synching wasn't ready, and they will eventually add note synching to the iPhone. There is solid evidence the synching feature is coming. A warning pops up Leopard's notes when you try to change fonts. It warns the note will be changed into rich text format and that "rich text notes may not be editable on iPhone and other devices."

Extended Fake Steve Jobs Interview video

Wallstrip's extremely cute Lindsay Campbell interviews Fake Steve Jobs.

iPhone II Threatened? Fake Steve Jobs Poisoned

Fake Steve Jobs is claiming he was poisoned while giving a speech at the Microsoft Campus. Hopefully, plans for the next iPhone have been smuggled out of his brain into a MacBook in case he doesn't make it.

1997 Time Magazine Interview of Steve Jobs

Lengthy article on Steve Jobs from Time Magazine, 1997.

9 to 5 Mac Blasts Analysts

A relative newcomer to the Apple blogosphere, 9 to 5 Mac is quickly becoming one of the definitive Apple intel sites. Today, 9 to 5 Mac displayed a bit of hubris by rightfully ripping into Apple analysts, then offering themselves as a more accurate source of information. The thing is, 9 to 5 is completely right. I have to admit, I had come to trust analyst Shaw Wu. But 9 to 5 shows us some startling facts: Wu's information is correct only about 15% of the time. I'm not sure what made me trust him in the first place. Maybe it was because his information tended to be positive, and I wanted to hear positive info. People tend to believe what they want to hear.