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Not just expensive toys
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/11/2016
» In the days following the announcement of the latest MacBook Pro computers, reports followed the usual pattern. The MacBook Pro misses the boat; Apple is doomed; Tim Cook should be replaced; and there were the usual questions about "what would Steve Jobs have done/said/thought?". An Apple product is like an iceberg: only a small part is visible above the surface; most is hidden.
iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 arrive in Thailand
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 26/10/2016
» Apple has a busy week this week. A few hours ago, the latest quarterly results were released. Late tomorrow, Apple has an event scheduled. The first Mac announced itself with the word "Hello", adding: "It sure is great to get out of that bag." The invitations for this week's event have "Hello again" on them. It is anticipated there will be new Macs.
Watertight Apple improvements
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 14/09/2016
» Last week in San Francisco Apple announced new versions of the Apple Watch along with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The event focused only on these devices leaving Mac owners fretting. A comment from Tim Cook suggests there will be updated Macs coming soon.
iPhone SE arrives in Thailand
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 11/05/2016
» Today sees the arrival of the iPhone SE in Thailand. Ordering was available on May 2 and deliveries should begin today. Apple online ordering was live at the weekend, delivery is 2-4 days. English language pages for Thai shoppers have also been updated.
Raising the drawbridges
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 24/02/2016
» In a court decision in California, Apple was ordered to design a new operating system that would disable the erasing of all contents of an iPhone 5c after 10 failed passcode attempts. Within hours Tim Cook had put out a testy comment on the decision and Apple's commitment to its customers -- not the one specific iPhone that the FBI want pried open, but those of all customers, now and future.
Free iPhone apps aplenty
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 10/02/2016
» Several reports over the weekend had Apple as the bad guys again over the failure of some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s models. They had had the home button replaced by unauthorised dealers and after an update to iOS there may be a report of an Error 53: the phone fails.
Apple makes buying online -- in English -- harder
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 07/10/2015
» Last Wednesday, not only was there the expected update to OS X, with El Capitan, but version 9.0.2 of iOS 9 was also released and my iOS devices were updated quickly. The first download of El Capitan for my MacBook Pro failed and I had to start again. I also downloaded an update for the MacBook. I left the downloads running and when I came back from lunch, they were ready to roll. I installed the new OS X on two machines at the same time and both were good.
Connectivity, finding lost devices
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/09/2015
» In a few hours time, Apple will announce several new products at its event at the Bill Graham Center in San Francisco. Although many commentators have already given us their authoritative ideas on what will be announced, only Apple knows.
Apple of our eye
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 29/07/2015
» I have had guests at my home all week and it has been something of a mini-Apple event. I bought iPads for the two friends who already had an iPad mini each. I gave them the latest iPad mini 3. With these we had over a dozen devices together and I could not resist a photograph that included a MacBook, MacBook Pro 13-inch (2012), MacBook Pro 13-inch (2010), two x iPad mini 2, 2 x iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2, 2 x iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and an Airport Extreme router under the table. There was also an Apple TV behind me.
Lovely New iDevice arrivals in Bangkok and elsewhere
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 22/07/2015
» Apple has been busy as of late and yesterday the latest quarterly figures were announced. I am writing this a few days before, so the results will be online elsewhere. Apple's predictions and those of Wall Street suggest that this was expected to be another good quarter. Already reports have shown that Mac sales have increased by 16% in a shrinking PC market and that Apple takes the lion's share of profits for smartphone sales.