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Apple Pencil faces supply crunch, going for $500 on eBay

Friday, November 20, 2015 6:44 pmFriday, November 20, 201522 Comments

Tumblr co-founder Marco Arment called the shortage an embarrassing damper on the Pro launch…

Blame early software for iPad Pro’s weak work ethic, display size for its awkwardness at play

Thursday, November 19, 2015 12:15 pm14 Comments

After a week of daily use, I’m convinced that the iPad Pro won’t replace anything, and am still trying to decide whether to keep or return it…

​Apple’s dirty little secret: Sucky software – why Apple’s entire UX/UI team needs to be fired

Thursday, November 19, 2015 11:29 am83 Comments

Oh Apple, what happened to the days when you were the interface of choice because you were easier to understand than any other tech product?

What Steve Jobs gave Apple that Tim Cook cannot

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:00 pmWednesday, November 18, 201565 Comments

By now, it should be obvious that Steve Jobs gave something Tim Cook cannot…

Analyst: Apple’s new iPad Pro to sell as many as 2.6 million units this quarter, despite production issues

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:28 amWednesday, November 18, 20155 Comments

Apple Pencil was in strictly limited supply at launch, with current ship-by times pegged at 4-5 weeks…

Jony Ive: Apple Pencil is for making marks, the finger is the interface for iOS

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:57 amWednesday, November 18, 201515 Comments

It was fundamentally important originally not to develop a user interface that required another instrument…

New Apple Pencil stock begins arriving at some U.S. Apple Retail Stores

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:01 pmTuesday, November 17, 201512 Comments

New Apple Pencil shipments are going out to some Apple retail stores today…

Apple’s new iPad Pro debuts with forced reboots, missing Apple Pencils

Monday, November 16, 2015 4:25 pmMonday, November 16, 201540 Comments

It’s been a bumpy start out of the gate for the iPad Pro, Apple’s latest member in its tablet family…

Apple’s perplexingly incomplete launch of the iPad Pro

Monday, November 16, 2015 12:30 pm28 Comments

I don’t think I’ve ever been less excited to walk out of a store with a brand new $800 gadget…

Apple’s joyless iPad Pro launch: WTF are the Apple Pencils and Smart Keyboards? (4-5 weeks away)

Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:39 amThursday, November 12, 201563 Comments

Utterly inexplicable…

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