Daemon's TV Blog reports today that ABC will start streaming some of their primetime TV shows online and [drum roll please] in HD! The summer launch of the HD channel around July will be a test for a better lineup set to be released in September. Some of the shows that will be featured on ABC online during the summer in HD are Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, and Ugly Betty. It is fair to assume, that ABC's entrance into the HD streaming market will finally make way for iTunes HD content to follow. The Apple TV, which enables users to watch iTunes content on their living room TV … [Read more...]
TAP Series: Ask a Switcher! #1
If the Mac could be any country in the world, chances are it would be the United States of America. Most of us moved there from someplace else, and hardly anyone was raised on it. So with all the recent talk o'er switchers to the platform of stability and home of iLife (pun definitely intended), we figured why not go out in the world and ask what these switchers have to say about their new home? In no set interval, we will introduce you to some of these brave souls, that recently dared to make the switch and find out what they've grown to love and hate about the Macintosh. First up: Sandie, … [Read more...]
iPhone for Globetrotters?
I realize, that we are claiming to "have no desire to turn this space into another iPhone blog", while at the same time posting at least one iPhone related post per day. Please excuse this temporary insanity, as the June launch date of the iPhone creeps a little closer every second. (Not that we are counting or anything....) Engadget reports today that potential iPhone users can sleep easy, because the iPhone's still a quad-band worldphone. There's been a lot of buzz these past couple days about the iPhone's FCC filing and what it says -- or rather, what it doesn't say -- about the handset's … [Read more...]
iPhone Gets Approved
The editorial staff here at TLAB have no desire to turn this space into another iPhone blog. But bearing in mind the manic fever-pitch of irrepressible impulses building in the ids of admirers everywhere, we think it will be acceptable to share the occasional newsworthy tidbit regarding the imminent release of Apple Inc.'s excursion into the cellular abyss. Appleinsider shared the FCC approval of the iPhone with the world today. Rest easy, fanatics. Your $599 still has a warm place to go home to. … [Read more...]
iPhone to change AT&T's pricing plans?
Every Apple fan on this planet has probably already dwelled over the price of an iPhone. And as we’re drawing closer to June, chances are that they’ve made up their mind about it as well: Is $499 justified for a phone? Is the additional 4GB of flash memory worth the extra $100? The Apple fanatics among us already know the answer of course; and most likely it's a big fat YES!!! However, the much more interesting question in this game will be about AT&T's pricing plans. Yes, a lot of people might be willing to spend however much Apple wants to charge for their iPhone, but what use would it be, … [Read more...]
Apple murders Compaq in portables
A report from Apple Insider indicates that you really are seeing more Macbooks at your local hipster hangout. With Apple garnering a full 10 percent of domestic notebook sales in the month of March, pundits wonder when a similar jump will be seen in overall desktop use. If the thought of losing your street-cred by computing with a company whose market-share is above 3% frightens you, there's always Amiga. … [Read more...]
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