Tag archive: Phil Schiller

Apple is in the midst of wrapping up a landmark year right now, managing to push past $100 billion in revenue for the first time in the company's history. As a “thank you” to the top executives responsible for overseeing this achievement, the Mac-maker is handing out one million shares of stock in all to seven key senior vice presidents, according to The Wall Street Journal (via MacRumors). The seven recipients are: Eddy Cue… Read More

It may be hard to believe, but the the long-awaited white iPhone 4 is now available through Apple's online and retail stores. Apple made the official announcement early this morning in an email and the company's website now lists the pale iPhone 4 as available for both Verizon and AT&T.  The phone is also expected to be available through select retails as well as through AT&T and Verizon stores. Apple stores in the U.S. are… Read More

There's no denying that Apple's App Store has been wildly popular amongst iPhone and iPod touch users—“Shaking Baby” applications aside—and that Microsoft, RIM, Palm, Nokia, and others are all looking to emulate Apple's success with application stores of their own. Just to underscore how far they have to catch up, however, Apple has announced that customers have downloaded over 1 billion programs… Read More

Back at January's Macworld Expo—Apple's last, remember—Apple's senior VP for worldwide marketing Phil Schiller announced that Apple was finally going to introduce variable pricing in the iTunes music store—something music labels had wanted for years but which Apple had resisted, insisting it's $0.99-per-track model was key to consumer adoption. Apparently Apple now feels that a handful of consumers… Read More

Taking the stage at Apple's final Macworld Expo, Apple's senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller stepped into Steve Jobs's shoes and got set to deliver "three new things" to the Macintosh faithful: iLife '09, iWork '09, and a new 17-inch MacBook Pro. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding Apple's decision to abandon Macworld Expo, Schiller showed images of Apple's successful… Read More

Following Apple's announcement that this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco would be its last —and that this year's the keynote address would be given by Phil Schiller rather than Steve Jobs—the industry press has been awash in a flurry of rumors and speculation of about the state of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health. Investors worry that no clear path of succession to the Apple CEO seat has been… Read More

Some Mac fans are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. Their method of protest? Silence. After Apple announced on Tuesday that it would officially be abstaining from an appearing at the Macworld expo after this year, Mac faithful have been expressing their disappointment in the company quite vocally on the Web. And Lesa Snider King, a Mac fan who actually got married at Macworld, has taken it to another level.… Read More

At a special event held at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple CEO Steve Jobs—who opened with a brief note that rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated—announced iTunes 8, new content offerings, and—as expected—updated to its iPod line of portable media players. First, Jobs introduced iTunes 8, a new version of its ubiquitous jukebox software that enables users to browse media (music,… Read More

Apple has revamped its line of iMac all-in-one desktop computers, offering improved CPU speeds and graphics processing power. At the same time, the company has also expanded the high end of the iMac's build-to-order options to including a Core 2 Duo processor running at 3.06 GHz on the 24-inch iMac, along with Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS graphics with 512 MB of discrete video memory. "The iMac's gorgeous aluminum and glass… Read More

Apple has released Safari 3.1, the latest version it's cross-platform Web browser which also ships as the default browser for Mac OS X computers. Apple has always aimed for a sleek interface, broad standards compatibility, and fast performance with Safari, and the company claims version 3.1 improves on that history by being up to three times faster than Internet Explorer and Firefox in HTML rendering and JavaScript execution. Version… Read More

Apple has updated its Airport Express wireless base station to 802.11n, offering up to twice the range and five times the performance of previous 802.11g models while keeping the base station at its attractive $99 price point. The AirPort Express has proven popular with travelers and other mobile users for its diminutive size and portability; home users also appreciate its built-in USB printer sharing feature and AirTunes, the ability to… Read More

Lawyers representing users in a class action lawsuit against Apple Computer claiming the screens on its popular iPod nano portable music player scratch too easily have filed suits in California on behalf of customers in Mexico and the United Kingdom. The complaint alleges that the screens on the iPod nano scratch too quickly during normal use, and that Apple was aware of the flaw but chose to ignore the issue in a rush to get the product to… Read More

Is the nano a no-no? Apple Computer is responding to complaints from customers who purchased its new iPod nano digital music player, complaining of scratched and cracked screens and easily scratched cases. According to MacCentral, a component of Macworld magazine, Apple VP's of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller says the broken and scratched screens are a "vendor quality problem" impacting "less than one-tenth… Read More

The new model, unveiled by Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller at the opening of the Apple Expo in Paris, upgrades the iMac line with the faster G5 processors already used in Apple's top-end Power Macs. From Apple's press release: Apple today unveiled the new iMac G5, featuring the high-performance G5 processor and a stunning new design that integrates the entire computer right into the flat panel display. The iMac G5… Read More

Apple today announced it has begun shipping AirPort Express, the world's first 802.11g mobile base station that features wireless Internet connections and USB printing that can be used at home or onthe road to bring wireless freedom to hotel rooms with broadband connections. AirPort Express also features both analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a home stereo, and togetherwith AirTunes music networking software gives… Read More