Somewhat validated rumors about Apple products:

- current sales of the ipod touch
- expected timeline of the iphone 3g
- expected release of the new sub-notebook with flash memory

Quoted: A very good source of mine with good connections to Apple's Asian manufacturing partners called me this morning with some news: Seems like Apple will be making headlines in the next few weeks and months with some of its hottest products: the iPod Touch, the iPhone and a new ultra-portable laptop.

Google has launched an iPhone skinned version of their apps. Looks quite nice.

Quoted: We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the ...

Yahoo had a big executive revival event the other day ith a keynote by Steve Jobs.

Quoted: What do you do when you want to inject a little inspiration into a company that needs a lot of it? Do you hold an all-day meeting of top execs where you actually outline specific goals and exhibit better leadership? Do you admit your corporate culture is a little weak and promise to focus on strengthening it? Do you trot out all the senior execs and let them talk about their concrete plans (and, better still, actually prepare them to deliver their spiel with some level of quality)? Do you do some post-lunch touchy-feely group exercises to get people talking? Best of all, if you really want to send things over the top, do you bring out an icon so beloved as to give goosebumps to explain to the troops how he managed to turn his once-beleaguered and now-soaring company around?

Estimated cost to make an iPhone? $220 for the 8GB model. Pretty healthy margins with a lot of room to move down over time as the *ahem* "Apple loses its luster..."

Quoted: An analysis from teardown firm Portelligent estimates that the new smartphone costs Apple a mere $220 to make.

Apple TV and Slingbox sitting in a tree...

hawt.