Applemorphic

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The Apple iPhone that is what Apple is calling it, according to CNBC which said they expected a trademark license with Cisco to be completed by today. But its also the “true” video iPod, as its a full-screen device with no keyboard; instead it uses a proprietary touchscreen input called multi-touch. And it runs on Mac OS X.

The bottom line: the Apple iPhone will be available in June from Cingular only in two versions: a 4GB version for $499 and an 8GB version for $599. These are premium prices, especially given that they require two-year contracts. By comparison, a new Treo will cost $200-300, and the current cost of new iPod Nanos in the same capacities are $199 and $249 for the 4GB and 8GB models, respectively. So if the iPhone replaces your phone and nano, its not much of a premium to pay for the features packed into the device.

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So I’m one of the offenders Jason was referring to. At least I didn’t have to manually replace all my instances of “MacWorld” with “Macworld.” Instead, I downloaded this simple but effective plugin for WordPress (that’s a capital “P”, Jason) that allowed me to search and replace every instance in every post. It took a total of about 1.5 minutes to search for the plugin on Google, download it, uncompress it, upload it to my WordPress installation, activate it, and execute the command. Cool.

So it turns out that there are a few of you out there who may actually be reading Applemorphic (make a comment, wouldya?). I realized this when after completely rebuilding the site, I updated my FeedBurner account and found that a few of you have actually subscribed to my feed. Bully for you!

By now, you’ve no doubt noticed that Applemorphic has a completely new design, necessitated in part by the switch from TypePad to WordPress and in part by my lack of HTML and design abilities. The switch to WordPress was brought on by my change of host for several websites to the excellent TextDrive (a very Mac-friendly company, BTW). I suppose I could have installed MovableType, but like the open-source and free nature of WordPress. A big benefit of the change of hosts is all pages live on the Applemorphic domain without having to use domain masking, which I could never get to work on TypePad and NameSecure anyway.

I still have a few things to work out with this new design and the configuration of Applemorphic on WordPress, but I’m making progress. I hope to have things singing by January 2, just in time for Macworld 2007. Like the changes? Don’t like them? Let me know by posting a comment or sending me an email. And thanks for reading!

When I launched Applemorphic in September of this year, I intended to build up a base of content and readers leading up to Macworld 2007. The annual conference draws so much attention and interest that it seemed a good time to launch an Apple related blog. But two things have happened in the meantime: Read the rest of this entry »