Point Counter Point Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Point/Counterpoint: On the iPhone 5 replacing the iPod touch

by Chris Rawson (Jun 18th, 2011)

A reader wrote in to us surmising that the iPod touch is on its way out, to be replaced by a lower-cost iPhone 5. It sounded ridiculous at first, but the evidence he gave sounds pretty compelling when it's all put together. According to iSuppli, "The components that make up the 16 GB ...

Five reasons why Apple TV is still just a hobby

by Chris Rawson (Oct 8th, 2010)

I'm pretty far from being a Luddite, but I've never understood the point of the Apple TV. Even after its update to the newest version, I still don't get why this product exists. Erica posted the reasons she and other members of the TUAW team feel the Apple TV is every bit as revolutionary as any ...

Five reasons why Apple TV matters

by Erica Sadun (Oct 8th, 2010)

Steve Jobs admitted it. Apple TV is a hobby. He has stated so more than once. But there are compelling reasons to believe that the newly released Apple TV Mark 2 matters even more than its expected sales (currently estimated at about a million devices per quarter) might indicate. Here are some ...

In defense of Dan: Why Lyons has a strong point about the Mac

by Erica Sadun (Jun 10th, 2010)

Chris Rawson and I like to tag-team, and this time I pulled the counterpoint to his "Mac ain't dead" point. I'm going to enter into this conversation delicately because, like Dan Lyons, I don't think the Mac is dead. Yes, you read that correctly, I agree with Lyons when he writes, "To be sure, ...

The Mac is far from dead

by Chris Rawson (Jun 9th, 2010)

Over at Newsweek, Dan Lyons, formerly famous as Fake Steve Jobs, asks the question: Does Apple's iPhone 4 signal the death of the Macintosh? He goes on to answer this question in his article with lots of attention-grabbing phrases like, "RIP, Macintosh," and "You've been dropped. Dumped. It's over." ...

Is my iPhone making me smarter?

by Erica Sadun (May 12th, 2010)

I don't know about you, and I don't know about Chris, but in real life (by which I mean the normal kind of technology non-assisted existence thing that we used to have before the iPhone made its debut), I've let so many opportunities to learn and grow go by. What kind of tree is that over there with ...

Is my iPhone making me dumber?

by Chris Rawson (May 12th, 2010)

I love my iPhone. It goes with me everywhere. Leaving my house without my iPhone would feel just as unnatural as leaving without my pants (although I'd probably get fewer stares). There are so many things my iPhone is able to do that it's become an indispensable part of my daily life... and ...

A Mac tablet? Not just yes, but 'heck yes'

by Erica Sadun (Jul 23rd, 2008)

Apple's Q3 Financial call may or may not have pointed to a new Mac tablet offering but that doesn't really matter. The Mac tablet isn't a rumor any more, Robert. It's right here sitting in my pocket. If the iPhone isn't a Mac tablet, I don't know what is. It runs OS X. It has a full touch interface. ...

A Mac tablet? Not just no, but 'heck no'

by Robert Palmer (Jul 23rd, 2008)

Since Apple's third quarter conference call, the rumor mill has been grinding its latest batch of corn: or what natives call "the MacBook tablet." The endless list of features, the bad Photoshop: It's already here. Every time Apple has whetted our appetites for new products, the same people keep ...