Mon - July 16, 2007

Apple headquarters

I am writing this entry at the Apple headquarters. I am attending SVMUG's monthly meeting.
The iPhone has just been released. It's said that someone is gonna talk about the iPhone.
BTW, Apple has a nice auditorium!

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Sun - July 1, 2007

The iPhone got released

On the iPhone day, June 29th, 2007, I stood in the line to see the iPhone at the Palo Alto Apple store. I arrived at the store at 5:30PM. I saw TV crews from a least three TV stations. There was a big crowd in front of the store. The line was stretched out to the residential area.

At around 7PM, I went in the store and played with the new Apple toy.
I browsed my Japanese blog.



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Thu - June 28, 2007

iPhone: the day before at the Apple stores

I went to two Apple stores since I was in the neighborhoods. There were already people lining up for the iPhone at the San Francisco store.



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Tue - February 13, 2007

MacWorld 2007, Report 4

This is the last report from MacWorld 2007.

I got this case right away when I saw it. I wanted the blue, but the blue was a little too dark. It didn't look nice. I got the red. It's on my MacBook now.



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Sun - February 4, 2007

MacWorld 2007 Report 3

This is the third report from MacWorld 2007.
I saw this product last year at MacWorld 2006. I don't know the quality of the speakers and the sound, but if I didn't have a stereo system at home, I might just get this. I think they have a white one to match the white iPod.




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Tue - January 23, 2007

MacWorld 2007, Report 2

This is the second report from the MacWorld 2007.

The other half of Apple's ad was iPot!



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Thu - January 11, 2007

MacWorld 2007, Report 1

I went to MacWorld 2007 at the San Francisco Moscone Center. There seemed to be more people visiting this year than the last year.



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Tue - January 9, 2007

MacWorld Keynote Live?!

MacRumorsLive.com seems to be feeding the live report from Steve Job's keynote. It starts at 9AM PST.
It's so exciting to find out what new products he is going to announce!
Is he going to be retired or taking some time off?

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Sat - November 4, 2006

Shinsaibashi Apple Store

All the Apple Stores that I have been to look all the same. They keep the same design for the exterior and interior of the buildings, they layout of products, and so on. I guess all the Apple Stores all over the world have the same design. That's interesting. Every county has different look one from the other, more or less. Apple Stores need to stand out enough to be easily spotted, and give people good welcome feelings.



The design of this stairway is the same as the one in the San Francisco Apple Store.

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Fri - October 27, 2006

One week has passed, Apple

The power button on my PowerBook was really failing to do what it's supposed to do, turn on the machine. I took it to the Genius Bar to have it fixed last week. I asked the Genius behind the Genius Bar if the turn around time is 1 to 2 weeks, or even more. He told me that the machine would be back in 1 week and I would get a phone call from the store. I was like, Wow! That's a good job, Apple!
1 week has passed. I haven't received a phone call saying it is being delayed. No updates.



Once I got used to the service in Japan, this kind of service is a little annoying. I should get at least a phone call saying it's being delayed and they're shooting a new date. They are still fixing it!

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Thu - October 19, 2006

Can't make an appointment with the Genious Bar?!

I needed to bring my PowerBook to a Genius Bar, which is an in-store tech support. I called the nearby Apple store, and was told that they don't take appointments over the phone. I was told to make an appointment online. Okay, my PowerBook has a power failure, and does not boot up. How could I make an appointment online!? Fortunately, I have more than one personal computers, and made an appointment with a Genius Bar. But I know some people who have only one computer, doesn't have friends with Internet connection to ask a favor, and doesn't know an Internet cafe or such places. What are they supposed to do?!

I was at the Genius Bar in the nearby Apple store and saw a lady rejected by a Genius guy behind the bar counter. She didn't have an appointment. She was told to go to one of the Mac computers in the store to make an appointment. I saw two Genius guys available just waiting for no one. It was a bad service. He could have bent the rule a bit and helped her out.

Sometimes all the slots are taken within the next few hours, and your earliest appointment is a few hours away. If you couldn't make an appointment online because your Mac didn't start up, and you didn't have any access to Apple's web site, you decide to directly come to a Genius Bar and ask for help, and end up with waiting for a few hours on busy days. Apple, you should do something about this!

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Sat - May 20, 2006

Pocket Computer keyboard

Apple released a new notebook computer, the MacBook. It looks really nice. The spec looks good too.



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Mon - May 8, 2006

Tue - May 2, 2006

Thu - April 13, 2006

Is Apple releasing something new after their online store reopens?

I just visited the Apple online store, and saw this message. Are they just re-arranging things, or are they releasing new products?

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Fri - March 31, 2006

Wed - March 29, 2006

Tue - March 28, 2006

Thu - March 2, 2006

Sun - February 26, 2006

Fri - January 20, 2006

Flashing lights for the iPod ( Video clip )

I saw this product at the MacWorld held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. It flashes with the rhythm of the music currently playing. It also flashes on its rhythm as well as becomes a regular flash light.



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Wed - January 11, 2006

2006 MacWorld at San Francisco

I went to MacWorld held currently in San Francisco. I have see many booths selling accessories for the iPod product line. I guess the iPods and Macs are getting popular in Korea and China or Taiwan because I saw some reporters from Korean and China or Taiwan.

The most interesting release is the MacBook Pro with a Intel chip.

The CPU speed seems a lot faster than the PowerPC. This model doesn't support double-layer DVD writing. It doesn't have an internal modem and a Sudden Motion sensor. I am guessing that the double-core CPU chip takes up more space than the PowerPC CPU, so they had to remove these features.

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Tue - January 10, 2006

Wed - December 28, 2005

Sat - December 24, 2005

Wed - November 2, 2005

Mon - October 31, 2005

Fri - October 28, 2005

Mac OS X!

This is one of the old entries. I got a request to repost this. Pretend it is April 29th.
I stopped by at the Apple store in Palo Alto to check out the release of the new Mac OS X 10.4, called Tiger

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Thu - October 13, 2005