Apple's Q4 2008 earnings call takeaways: iPhone outsells BlackBerry, possible Apple netbook
Obsessable News Feed — ... there's quite a bit of discussion about Steve Jobs' presence on the call, as he popped on to discuss the state of the economy. This is notable because it was his first time on such a call since 2000. One of the big takeaways from Jobs was that due to over 6.9 million iPhone 3Gs sold, Apple passed RIM, makers of BlackBerry cellphones, in sales. Another comment by Jobs, downplaying the importance of netbooks in the marketplace, has John Markoff of the New York Times saying Read My Lips: Apple Is a Netbook Maker. ...

Why a Recession Could be Great for Apple
Tech Observer — ... Jobs said Apple has $25 billion in cash, no debt, and is ready to innovate and steal market share from competitors struggling through tough economic times. ...

Rumor: Apple May be Building a ‘Netbook’
Cult of Mac — ... Buried in an update to his post about Steve Jobs’ participation on yesterday’s Apple 4Q earnings call, New York Times technology writer John Markoff says a source to whom he promised anonymity confirmed the search engine company has spotted visits from an Apple product with a display that is neither iPhone nor MacBook. ...

Apple prepares to ship not-piece-of-junk [Rumormonger]
Gawker: valleywag — ... “We don’t know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk.” So said Steve Jobs, during his surprise appearance on yesterday's earnings call. Remember January 2003? Analysts forecast nothing but price cuts because of the economy. CNET leaked a rumor about a slim, portable multimedia device. Jobs unveils instead: A ...

Apple Tablet caught searching the web?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Read my lips.  John Markoff brings back the worst kept secret in the Valley.  Apple is working on something between an iPhone and a MacBook.  If it is let out on the interwebs, that certainly means it is moving beyond prototype.  ...

Apple device sized between iPhone, MacBook detected online
AppleInsider — ... to netbooks, which are described as part of a young field, New York Times technology writer John Markoff remarked on Wednesday that a search engine firm has noticed an " unannounced product " from Apple in its web visit logs. The company has asked not to have its name revealed but is willing to say the alleged hardware has a display resolution somewhere between iPhone 3G's 480x320 and the 1280x800 of the 13-inch MacBook. The device name itself is also kept secret. Such a scope is unusually broad but still leaves any potential device in limbo regarding Apple's conventional ...

It's Steve's World, We Just Live in It
Know It All — Steve Jobs says iPhone competes in the netbook marketplace. Dave Winer parses Jobs: "As with all Jobsisms, it's beautifully elegant, true -- and misleading. You have to read it very carefully." In any case, iPhone is huge: "Imagine Apple treated the iPhone like it did the Mac: it would have recorded an additional $3.8 billion in revenue and an additional $1.3 billion in net income during the company's fourth fiscal quarter...Apple has completed its transformation from a computer company into a consumer electronics company, the only computer company of its ...

Apple Netbook-clone spotted on Web?
Crave: The gadget blog — ... Apple CEO Steve Jobs danced around the idea of Apple releasing a so-called Netbook on Tuesday, but such a device might already be in the wild. The New York Times' John Markoff reported Tuesday that anonymous ... Originally posted at News - Apple

Rumor: Apple to be preparing something between an iPod and a Macbook?
Ubergizmo — ... Yes, Apple has dismissed the idea of creating a netbook, arguing that they don't know how to make a $500 laptop that is not "a piece of junk", but according to the NY Times, a search engine company has seen data about an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a Macbook. It seems unlikely that Apple would have anything online so early, but who knows? snafus do happen. ...

MacBook Nano or iPhone Slate Caught Online, Says NYT [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... So out of pure instinct, I think we can rule out a MacBook nano and instead think about an iPhone HD with updated 800 x 480 pixel display. Specially since other cellphones, like the HTC Touch HD, are going that route, it's only logical for Apple to keep the progress of the iPhone with a higher dot per inch count in the next model. Of course, I will always keep dreaming about the MacBook touch or iPhone slate, even while I'm sure it won't be very popular. [NYT] ...

Apple Working On Kindle-Killer?
Podcasting News — ... John Markoff at the New York Times writes that there’s evidence that Apple is working on a Kindle-killer.  ...

Dados de acesso a sites podem ter revelado produto não anunciado da Apple
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — ... Repórter do NYTimes.com, John Markoff afirma que a Apple já está testando um novo produto que, supostamente, teria o tamanho de um ...

RUMOR: Apple’s unreleased ‘MacBook touch’ spotted in online logs
MacDailyNews — ... by orders of magnitude.)" "Mr. Jobs also said the company “had some pretty interesting” ideas if the category continues to evolve," Markoff reports. "UPDATED: That would seem to confirm findings that a search engine company shared with me on condition that I not reveal its name: The company spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook," Markoff reports. "Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?" Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "RadDoc" for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Take: Or is it the ...

iPhoneWorld.ca News: Next iPhone version (iPhone 3.0) coming soon? Some signs say YES. (From iPhoneWorld.ca - not for republishing)
iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone News Headlines — ... Posted by james on October 22nd, 2008 at 11:54pm Today we’ve got one of the juiciest rumours to have surfaced online as of lately: Apple might be introducing a new device, either the next generation of the iPhone, or a new MacBook subnotebook. Who says? John Markoff, from New York Times. In his recent article on the topic, Mr Markoff quotes Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs who two days ago said during Apple’s quarterly earnings conference call that “We don’t know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk,” while responding to the question whether the company plans to ...

Rumored Apple Netbook May Just be a Hackintosh
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... there are a few more denizens of the internet than might offer up the same information to a server. For instance, the Gadget Lab Hackintosh, a Medion Akoya Mini running OS X Leopard. Here's how it would describe itself: OS: Mac OS X 10.5.5. Browser: Safari. Screen resolution: 1024 x 600. We love a good Apple rumor as much as anyone, and it's entirely possible that Apple is already testing netbook-sized Macs. But in this case, we think it may just be a false alarm. Read My Lips: Apple Is a Netbook Maker [NYT via Apple Insider] ...

New York Times says search engines detecting unannounced Apple device
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... But combined with Jobs' statement that the iPhone is Apple's netbook, it's more likely to be a higher-def iPhone, following the suit of smartphones like HTC's Touch HD. Or, more likely, neither. As Gadget Lab's Charlie "Steal My Bike, Please" Sorrel points out, a Hackintosh netbook such as an MSI Wind would report itself as OS X 10.5.5 with a screen resolution of 1024x600... definitely "somewhere between" an iPhone and a MacBook's display. Read My Lips: Apple is a netbook maker [New York Times via Mac Rumors] * - ...

Apple working on netbook or UMPC, claims search engine
SlashGear — ... An unnamed search engine has reported traffic from a product purporting to be Apple-made but with a screen-size larger than that of the iPhone but smaller than that of MacBooks.  The disclosure was made to John Markoff of the NYT, on the understanding that their identity be protected, and instantly the speculation began that Apple is testing its own netbook or tablet.  ...

Analyst: ‘Apple is selling Cadillacs to people who can no longer afford them’
MacDailyNews — ... might delay purchases, it was unlikely they would leave the computer maker for competitors." Markoff reported, "A recurring question among Apple watchers for decades has been, 'When is Apple going to introduce a low-cost computer?' Mr. Jobs answered that decades-old complaint by stating, 'We don’t know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk.' He argued instead that the company’s mission was to add more value for customers at current price points." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: It certainly seems to be working for Apple, as large numbers of ...

Apple netbook rumors keep on coming
Liliputing — ... The other day the New York Times published an item that mentioned the possibility that Apple is already working on a new mobile device. The evidence? Reps from a search engine company mentioned they were seeing traffic from an “unannounced Apple product with a display somehwere between an iPhone and a MacBook.” ...

Search engine logs may hint at future Apple product
Infinite Loop — ... Apple didn't release any kind of netbook during last week's notebook event, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the company doesn't have one in the works. When asked a netbook question during the event and during this quarter's conference call, Steve Jobs was a bit evasive, although he didn't outright deny that the company was working on something. The real twist came yesterday, though, when a source suggested to the New York Times that some type of new, small Apple device may already be working and surfing the web. During the ...

Tablet iPod Rumored on Weak Evidence
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... John Markoff of the New York Times is reporting that a source from a search engine has shared log information showing hits from "an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook." ...

NYT: Search engine seeing a Mac netbook?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... New York Times columnist John Markoff has reported that an "unnamed search engine company" is seeing visits from an unannounced Apple device with a screen resolution somewhere between that of the iPhone (480 x 320) and the 13" MacBook (1,280 x 800). This is leading Markoff to believe that perhaps the long-awaited Mac netbook or new, larger iPhone ...

Apple netbook rumors won't go away
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... and "we don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk, and our DNA will not let us ship that." He went on to say that the iPhone, with its e-mail and browsing abilities, essentially does "all the other things that a netbook lets you do." Sounds pretty definitive, right? But then Jobs dropped this into the mix: "We'll wait and see how that nascent category evolves ... and we've got some pretty interesting ideas if it does evolve." The New York Times's tech blog took the ball and ran with it , revealing that an unnamed search engine "spotted Web visits" from ...

Apple iPhone HD spotted online?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... be the next logical step for Apple’s iPhone lineup. With the HTC Touch HD already stomping all over Apple’s iPhone-playground, I tend to agree with that line of thought. Apple needs to step up the display resolution to match the VGA and WVGA competition and it wouldn’t surprise us if Apple is already letting its iPhone HD out to play. Is Apple testing their Apple MacBook Mini, the mythical Apple Tablet, or the next-generation iPhone HD? [Via: NYT] Similar Posts: OLO netbook - iPhone powered netbook on ...

An Apple Product with Small Display Spotted: A NetBook from Apple Enroute?
X-bit labs — Even though Apple is particularly unknown for low-cost personal computers, there are some evidences that the company is indeed preparing a system that is larger than iPhone, but is still smaller than MacBook. At least some believe that Apple is working on a netbook. According to a news-story at The New York Times , a search engine company has spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. It is suggested that the device is the rumoured netbook by Apple, or, at least, a device that resembles a netbook. ...

Is the Apple iPhone HD on its way?
Phones Review — ... Some are thinking that this mysterious device could possibly be the next generation iPhone, possibly an iPhone HD, all speculation I know but it is possible. If you think about what Apple may be looking at in say the next 1.5 years, the iPhone HD is the most likely move. HTC already have the HTC Touch HD, and I’m sure Apple won’t be too long behind. So is Apple actually testing a new MacBook, perhaps the Tablet, or quite possible the Apple iPhone HD. Source – nytimes ...

What Will Jobs Announce at MacWorld 2009?
TechCrunch — ... Three other less likely product introductions at MacWorld 2009 are a larger iPhone/Web Pad, a revision to AppleTV which integrates the product into networked flat-screen televisions, and iPhone Nanos. This week saw an interesting story come out of the New York Times. The Times reported seeing traffic from an Apple product which has a screen resolution greater than that of an iPhone but less than that of a MacBook. This seems to correlate very well with reports of Apple building something that is akin to a new Newton, although whether it is a bigger iPhone or a MacBook Tablet is ...

Signs of Apple’s netbook arrival
PalmAddicts — ... It all started to spark again when John Markoff, the New York Times technology writer said that an undisclosed search engine firm has noticed an "unannounced product" from Apple in its web visit logs. ...

Nouveau iPhone ou Apple Netbook pour janvier prochain?
w3sh magazine — ... ou tablette. C’est en tout cas ce que pense John Markoff du New York Times. Selon Markoff, Apple va présenter à sa conférence annuelle en janvier prochain un appareil qui pourrait être soit un netbook ou la prochaine version de l’iPhone. Macbook Nano, Macbook Touch ou iPhone Slate, pour l’instant on reste en plein dans le domaine de la rumeur et le design ci-dessous n’est que le travail d’un passionné. Wait and see! Via NYT

Take a good look at this...
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone — This photo has been floating around the traffic logs of an unknown search company.  What could it possibly be? Is it an iPhone Slate? Is it a NetMac Nano?  Is it just the product of some overactive Apple fanboy's imagination? It looks rather large to be an iPhone. It could very well be the long awaited touch-screen NetMac.  That is, if this photo isn't doctored up. So which is it?  Sound off in the comments section below. [Sources: New York Times, Gizmodo] ...

Is An $800 Macbook Close Enough, Or Does It Need to Be Multi-touch?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... claiming they had sources saying an $800 notebook was coming. Others have been more vague about the matter claiming that Apple is definitely a “netbook maker.” However, usually the netbook sources manage to hedge their bets, and when the product never gets released, can be found moderately backtracking. ...

Larger Apple Touch Device Rumored to Launch Fall ‘09
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... Back in October of this year, John Markoff for The New York Times also shared some information he thought was credible in regards to an Apple tablet rumor. All in all, a device like this is ...

WSJ Says Jobs Still in Control of Apple, But Should We Buy It? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... That’s not the surprising news, though. According to their sources, Jobs is also hard at work developing a new device, one that’s been hinted at many times before. Yes, it’s the elusive Apple tablet that has fanbois basically salivating. The device, if real, will be sized larger than an iPod touch or an iPhone but smaller than a Macbook (something we’ve heard about before), and it does seem to agree with recent reports of Apple ordering a significant number of ...