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Exclusive! CARS editor spotted with Brazilian model

By Nick, February 1, 2008

Coming off the heels of John Moltz’s announcement that Crazy Apple Rumors (CARS--beep beep!) is going on hiatus, Deep Thought has learned from an incredibly reliable source that Moltz has been seen with a Brazilian supermodel somewhere in Manhattan.

Our source tells us that the two were spotted around Midtown Manhattan on what could be best described as a “wild night out on the town--dinner at an Italian restaurant followed by karaoke at a local bar.” We’re told Moltz gave a rousing rendition of Tha Backstreet Boys’ Quit Playing Games With my Heart, while his date belted out Ricky Martin’s She Bangs. Our source also noted that Moltz has a thing for appletinis.

Hey, who am I to judge someone by their choice of karaoke songs? And for that matter, alcoholic beverages? Appletini...Crazy Apple Rumors...makes sense to me.

Deep Thought currently doesn’t have photos of the sexy couple, but we’ve dispatched the paparazzi, and we’ll post photos whenever we get them.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
CARS is awesome,
Moltz, here’s to you.

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Crazy Apple Rumors goes on hiatus. Seriously.

By Nick, January 31, 2008

Mac geeks looking for a bit of humor will have one less option. Crazy Apple Rumors Site, AKA CARS, announced on Monday that it’s going on hiatus.

Why, John Moltz? Why??

CARS is the site that brought our attention to Artie MacStrawman (I hate that guy), leaked keynote outlines (OMGGG!!!), a name change for a popular Mac site, and Phil Schiller’s tendency to wear thongs.

Actually, that last one was my doing ( ), but without a doubt, CARS is a strong influence on my occasional ( and sometimes lame) attempts at humor here at DT.

John, thanks for the laughs. Hopefully you’ll be back soon.

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The iPod Touch January Software Upgrade

By Liam, January 30, 2008

At this latest Macworld Expo, iPhone firmware 1.1.3 was announced, with features such as “customizable home screen,” “Webclips,” and a new interface for Maps. It was then announced that these enhancements, along with five applications previously only on the iPhone, would be coming to the iPod Touch in $20 “January Software Upgrade.”

Fast-forwarding past all the “it’s sooooooo unfair why Apple why?” aspects of the move, we must direct our attention to the applications themselves. In addition to the applications, the new features of iPhone firmware 1.1.3 (Webclips and Icon Layout on Springboard chiefly among them) were also included in the software upgrade. For iPhone users, the following rundown/review will say only what you already know. I’m providing this information for those of us who don’t have $60 to spend on phone service each month, no matter how functional and sexy and fingerprint covered the phone happens to be.

Mail and Maps

Mail is a light and decent email client, especially for a mobile device. With support for both POP3 and IMAP, Mail has preset configurations for several popular mail services, such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail, as well as Apple’s own .Mac mail. Mail works with any other service supporting either of the two protocols mentioned above, of course, but settings will have to be obtained and entered manually.

Mail maintains the same folders you’d expect from an email client, like Inbox, Sent, Drafts, etc. Messages can be moved between folders, but new folders cannot be created directly in the…
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Why the iPod’s low sales growth isn’t worth losing sleep over

By Nick, January 23, 2008

Apple announced their financial results today, and they’re impressive for the most part: a $1.58 billion profit on $9.6 billion in revenue. Think about that. Not long ago Apple couldn’t even pull in $9.6 billion in a year; now they can do it in a quarter. My, that’s quite a change.¹

There is one thing that everyone seems to be talking about: iPod sales were up a wimpy 5% year-over-year.

OMG!!! T3H I-POD IS DOOMED!!1!!1!1!1!!!

Or is it? Is there really something to this relatively small sales increase? Is it a sign that the iPod has lost its luster and will now begin to fall? Or is something else in play here?

Consider this...

Apple sold over 2.3 million iPhones last quarter. Apple also sold over 22 million iPods last quarter.

Are other music players finally gaining ground?

The answer is no.

During the financial results conference call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted that, according to data from NPD, the iPod’s US market share in the October-December quarter was “consistent” with the same period in 2006 (although Apple said it is gaining share in international markets). In other words, there was no real change in Apple’s US market share. It’s possible that there was a slight loss (or slight gain), but such variations don’t mean a whole lot unless a trend starts to develop over consecutive quarters.

To me, this is telling. To me, this says that it isn’t so much that the iPod is failing or losing ground, but that…
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Deep thoughts on thin

By Nick, January 16, 2008

You’ve all heard about the MacBook Air by now, I’m sure. Bad name aside (MacBook Air? Seriously? Is this the best they could come up with?), there are some who wonder who would buy it, or whether it’ll be a flop.

Yes, people will buy it. No it won’t be a flop.

First, let’s quickly look at who might benefit from something like the MacBook Air:

Students

Having been a student not too long ago, I can tell you that hauling books from class to class all day is no fun. After a while, you feel every single pound, every single ounce of what you’re carrying. Sure, two pounds doesn’t seem like much weight, but when you’re loaded down with books, you’ll take whatever weight reduction you can get. There are a couple drawbacks, however. Since it’s a 13.3-inch screen like the MacBook, it won’t take up any less desk space, which is disappointing and makes it a little less pleasant to use on the tiny desks in lecture halls (I’d love it if Apple brought back something the size of the 12” PowerBook G4, but so it goes). Also, the lack of an Ethernet jack is a drawback, since dormitories typically have Ethernet jacks in every room, and some schools may have regulations against the use of WiFi networks in the dorms. Also, the MacBook Air would not make an ideal primary computer, so it should only be considered by students who can afford to own two computers.

Business travelers…
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