When did Apple become boring? From blogs.cnet.com/830013506_117.html Historically, no company in the tech industry has performed nearly as well as Apple at creating an immense amount of anticipation for its products. And while every other company in the world gets a free pass when they quietly refresh a product line, Apple doesn't. Instead of amazing us with fantastic new designs (aside from the MacBook Air) and extremely important updates, the company has followed a plan where it would quietly announce a new update each Tuesday. Just over the past month,...

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Apple refreshes laptop line - but where's the iPhone SDK From blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/ No matter - someone put it in an Apple user discussion, and he says We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers' hands in February. It will take until February to release an SDK because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once-provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc.

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Apple: The angst vs. the reality From ZDNet The angst: Apple is cutting the price of the iPod shuffle to goose units because growth is slowing. With relatively slow unit growth in the holiday quarter and Apple's price drop, signs point to iPod saturation and some macro sensitivity. Data point: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster notes that Apple maintained the $79 price on the shuffle for 500 days, more than twice as long as other iPod price levels. Munster is projecting that Apple will ship 11.3 million iPod units in the March...

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iPhone contracts may be illegal in Australia - Apple may be forced ... From IntoMobile Apple wants iPhone customers to not only buy their handset locked to an exclusive wireless operator's network, but Apple has been forced to re-evaluate their business model when it released the iPhone in France. Telecom regulations in France required that Apple and Orange sell unlocked versions of the iPhone if the pair wanted to launch the iPhone in the country.

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Apple Recycles iPods, Computers, All Brands of Cell Phones From www.treehugger.com/ To recycle your iPod or cell phone, go to this page on Apple's site and follow the 3 steps. You can also bring your old cell phone or iPod to any Apple retail store for free recycling. You can also recycle your old computer and monitor, but it is only free when you purchase an Apple computer. Batteries from any Apple products can also be recycled for free at any Apple store.

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