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iFixit tears down the Apple Pencil →

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What is this—a logic board for ants? Not quite, but weighing in at a whopping 1.0 gram it’s definitely the smallest we’ve ever seen.

This thing has a freaking logic board (with 4 chips on it) inside! Mind blown.

The pencil is clearly not meant to be opened or repaired; you can’t get inside without destroying the device.

Duh. What else did they expect?

While the teardown’s informative and stuff, there is one less Apple Pencil in the world for someone who really wants one urgently. Maybe they could have waited until stock levels become normal.

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Nokia/RIM/Windows Phone 7’s enemy isn’t Apple, it is Android

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Apple is likely to “strike back” by acquiring patents from rivals such as Nokia or Research in Motion as a response to Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. He also mentioned InterDigital, which has been widely viewed as a potential target for acquisition by Apple and other major players in the smartphone industry.

Google is, and has always been fighting a losing patent war, even with the Motorola purchase. RIM/Nokia/WP7’s enemy isn’t Apple, it is Google and Android. And they will make all the deals they can with Apple to eat Android alive. A puny Motorola isn’t going to deter things.

Google’s announcement just a day or two after Motorola announced that they are going to start suing other Android licensees (after losing out in market share to HTC and Samsung) makes the Google-Motorola deal sound like a sudden decision. Which won’t be surprising given Larry Page’s history as a CEO.

Appleinsider: Apple predicted to ‘strike back’ at Google with its own patent purchase

RoughlyDrafted articles

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Oh my I have just found some great readings from a site that I never knew about: RoughlyDrafted. Apparently it’s extremely popular and I have no idea why I never read these before.

Anyway skimmed through a few of the articles and decided to share these with everyone reading this blog.

The Time Machine Rip-Off Myth

WWDC Secrets Paul Thurrott Hopes You Miss

Apple’s NeXT Server Offensive on Microsoft

Steve Jobs and 20 Years of Apple Servers

Apple’s Open Calendar Server vs Microsoft Exchange