Hardware

Alan Yacavone, part of The New York Times’s I.T. team, provides his analysis of Apple’s new iPhone 4S hardware, as well as the company’s minor updates to its iPod line. He also joins a round-table discussion concerning the gap between … Continue reading →

Guided by the steady hand of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has created some of the most influential and boldly designed consumer technology products of the modern era–everything from computer hardware and software to category-defining music players …

Dozens of companies, including Apple, had tried the tablet before, but nothing caught on. But the iPad was a hit, and now has created a whole new category of computer, with most major hardware manufacturers offering competing products.

Scott Forstall leads development of Apple’s mobile software. Bob Mansfield runs hardware engineering, and Peter Oppenheimer is chief financial officer. The executive team, which often meets on Monday mornings to receive sales updates and discuss …

But Labor wanted to do more. He wanted to pay tribute somehow and to show how important Apple has been to him. Labor, a former Intel network engineer who is now a consultant, went into his closet and pulled out … Continue reading →

Second – a large part of the whole iPhone experience is in the software (apps) – not really the hardware. Apple already has 5,00,000 apps in the app store (1,40,000 of them specifically for the iPad). Another startling statistic is … Continue reading →

For the right, Jobs and Apple serve as the handiest metaphor for the genius of the private sector (and the failure of government.) Mitt Romney likes to wave around his iPhone, a metaphor for capitalism, and accuse President Obama of … Continue reading →

But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. “His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.”

Still others, in the business world, will look back at Jobs’ holistic approach to business combining consumer product design, hardware, and software, and an ecosystem of services and content delivered to Apple’s devices. His business strategy prompted a …

Apple announced the death of Steve Jobs last night after a … at his disposal a deep and talented executive team in the areas of supply chain management, hardware/software design and product marketing,” Canaccord analyst Mchael Walkley said in a … Continue reading →