Tagged: Apple

EarPod Pudding?

We’ve already discussed the originality of Apple’s earpod headphones, but even their packaging seems to be breaking environmental barriers. The packaging on the iphone’s earpods is just standard hard plastic (Trust me. I’ve tried) but the packaging for the earpods included with ipods are made of a special new Tapioca based polymer that dissolves into what I like to think of as tapioca pudding when it...

Ask the Nerd- iPhone 5: Black or White?

Let me make this perfectly clear because this question comes in a lot. I’ll make this very simple. You ready? Don’t ask me again. If you don’t like this, don’t follow it, but this is the standard. Black is For Men. White is for Women. It’s that Simple!

Tim Cook Says Sorry about Maps Sucking

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook did something truly original. He apologized. It’s not just Apple that doesn’t usually apologize. CEOs in general these days fail to take responsibility.  I think it’s a real class act for Tim Cook to set a new example and apologize for the “frustration [maps] has caused our customers”. Tim went as far as recommending temporarily using third party apps including...

Maps Gives Me a 14,000 mile Detour

Whoops! Why does Apple think I’m in England? Apple’s Maps has been trying to give me directions, except for the fact that the results happen to require driving through England. I’m in the New York Metro Area by the way. So that would be a…let’s see…14,000 mile detour. Not quite perfect. That would be the nice way to describe Apple’s maps. The Satellite images...

Apple Earpods Review: The Sound Of Apple

Recently Apple “revolutionized the headphone” with the Earpod, or so they said. With Apple, they tend to hype up everything, good, or sometimes bad. So I tested out the new Earpods versus what should have been a comparable pair; my Skullcandy 50/50s which cost around $40-50 (Earpods cost $30 without a new iphone). My rigorous testing included music from Billy Joel, Green Day, Hanz Zimmer, and...