Christmas miracles!
This week’s Macworld column features one of the Macalope’s favorites, the pretend switcher! Also: the Macalope feels good will toward all and defends Microsoft and enjoys a Nexus S review!
Enthusiasms
This week’s Macworld column looks at some pundit biases for Windows Phone 7 and Android and a ho-hum reaction to iOS 4.2.
The curation of all fears
This week’s Macworld column looks at Ray Ozzie, Apple’s quarterly results and the Mac App Store.
Finally, a good Microsoft ad
A couple of years ago someone was impersonating the Macalope on Twitter before giving up shortly after the horny one opened up his own account. The impostor’s last post was this:
Wow. New Microsoft ads are very good. I’m scratching my antlers trying to think of something negative to say.
First of all, you don’t scratch the antlers. Antlers don’t itch. Second, haha, it’s funny because the Macalope is just a Microsoft nay-sayer blah blah blah. Third, those ads — the “take back the ‘I’m a PC guy’!” ads — were truly horrible and the Macalope easily found something negative to say about them.
Fast forward to this year when the brown and furry one has been positive about Microsoft’s efforts with Windows Phone 7 and really likes the first ad.
It may not be perfect as John Gruber notes, but it’s a) a funny jab at how much time people spend on their phones and b) a suggestion that you can do what you want to do on a Windows Phone 7 faster and get back to your loved ones.
Is that true? Maybe. It’s certainly what they tried to do with the phone, we’ll see if they pulled it off. Seems like it’s going to be a little hard without multitasking and cut-and-paste at least.
The iPhone's a good cop!
This week’s Macworld column looks at the mobile wars, Consumer Reports refusal to accept that the iPhone’s not evil and talks to the Winotaur about Microsoft’s boss new slate coming in 3 years!
Smells like teen spirit
This week’s Macworld column takes a trip back to the ’90s because the smartphone OS wars are exactly like the PC wars, dude!
Trying too hard
Who’s trying too hard? This week’s Macworld piece says Microsoft, iPad competitors and Rob Enderle.
I want to believe!
It’s a weird Macalope Weekly as the horny one takes on Rob Enderle, Jason Snell and John Gruber (for different reasons). That’s gotta be a first.
No visible means of support
This week’s Macworld piece looks at loose talk that Apple could face antitrust charges and that Google could make an iPad killer, then talks to the Winotaur about the Kin.
Familiar territory
iPad pre-orders, Windows Phone whatever and Tim Bray takedowns, all in this week’s Macworld piece.