Smart. Very smart.

What better way to begin the next cycle than by hammering down the last one, and jettisoning the remnants of technologies past? Something Microsoft, due to their market share and compatibility requirements, must surely envy.

Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard, may be pure Cocoa

People familiar with the situation has confirmed to us that TUAWs details are true—Snow Leopard is currently on track to come out during next Januarys Macworld, and it will not contain major OS changes. Instead, the release is heavily focused on performance and nailing down speed and stability. With Apples current and future focus on smaller, thinner, and more mobile devices, this move makes perfect sense. Things like the MacBook Air, iPhone, iPod touch, and other mysterious devices that have yet to be announced need better performance for better battery life, and thats definitely something Apple wants to excel at in the years to come. Our sources did not note whether Apple planned to discuss Snow Leopard at this years WWDC.

The iPhone Blog » Blog Archive » Switching to iPhone: How To Get Your Content Into iTunes - Wait-a-Thon

More and more people are switching to the iPhone. They’re switching from Palm and Windows Mobile and even Blackberry (looking at you, Barack Obama!) smartphones to the iPhone. They’re switching carriers to get the iPhone. They’re switching off the carrier-locks just to be able to switch to the iPhone in their own, currently unsupported countries. And now that the next-gen iPhone 3G is all but upon us, and more and more regions are announcing deals to offer it, the switching is only going to get faster and more furious.

To celebrate the switchers, those who dare to phone different, the iPhone Blog wants to help you get your content off your old, perhaps restrictive and outdates systems, and onto iTunes, ready to sync to your new iPhone.

The iPhone Blog » Blog Archive » This Week in Smartphone Schadenfreude, May 11th Edition

Big week down Crackberry.com way as none other than Kevin himself plastered the interwebs — from Daring Fireball to Engadget to Gizmodo — with his exclusive videos, reviews, and… video reviews of one of the most hotly anticipated handsets of the year.
Or so we thought.

Nice try, Crackberry. While the elegant chrome bezel and glossy black facade almost had us fooled, the huge, honking tic-tactile keyboard kicked our aesthetic back to reality.

So what device did Crackberry.com break the interwebs (and likely Kevn’s paypal account) for? Confession: they lost us at keyboard, so — shrug — Treo 400?

Case in point:

Zune: Microsoft Developing Copyright Filter for Zune, Will Block Pirated Content

“In the long term, the consumer wants there to be quality premium-produced content, and in order for that to continue to be a viable business, there needs to be significant protection around it.” This is the same NBC that was working with AT&T to build a network-wide dragnet for pirated content, so color us totally not surprised. Just don’t know why Microsoft would agree to this and give people a reason to avoid Zunes (whether it’s a legitimate one or not), when they’re already way behind the iPod (which told NBC to take a flying hoo-ha).

Awesome article. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Why Apple is more expensive than Amazon

Buy what you like, where you like. But remember why things are the way they are. Apple is more expensive than Amazon because the labels want you listening to music on a Zune.