Doomsday nears, but first, some Apple propaganda

Owning no iPad and not even an iPhone, I don't really have a grasp of what it's like to travel with incredible, fun technology in my pocket. I also don't have a feel for what it's like to see advertising on an iPad, let alone read a book on it. 


The advertising push by Apple is great for shareholders now that iAd is strategizing to dominate the mobile turf. Right now, ads are available through magazine subscriptions on the iPad.


In another story, Apple has yet another doubter. Reuters writes that the iPhone 4G could be a disappointment if and when it is unveiled, possibly on Monday, by Steve Jobs at the WWDC. 

The phone will likely be faster, have more capacity, a better screen and battery life, and a front-facing camera — all nice additions, but none of which move the competitive needle very much.

It's more than interesting that no writer's name is attached to the story. There's a long history of journalists who prophesyzed doom and gloom for Apple's new products, and just about all of them are long gone after embarrassing themselves with cynical, unproven claims. Reuters is just smart enough to protect whoever wrote this piece. 


Meanwhile, from Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Fortune's Apple 2.0: 
• Nielsen: iPhone, Android gain on RIM In advance of Apple's developer's conference next week, a goody bag of charts and graphs

• How the PC market grew 22.7% The fastest year-to-year growth since iSuppli starting tracking computer shipments in 2003
• Foxconn's 11th: Death by exhaustion An advocacy group claims the factory's latest workplace casualty followed a 34-hour shift
• 5 ways of looking at AT&T's rate card An attack on the bandwidth hogs? A price cut for the rest of us? Something else entirely?

• iPad vs. PC: The Bubble of Terranea In a California resort, Steve Jobs' and Steve Ballmer's starkly different visions of the future
• Gizmodo gets a special master The court orders a search of a journalist's hard drives in the case of the lost iPhone
• Foxconn needs a better trade union Jumping off a balcony is not a good way to negotiate a 33% raise


From 2.0's Jay Yarow:
• Tech's 10 greatest blind spots From Apple to Yahoo, Silicon Alley Insider spots the Achilles' heels
• 10 Things We Want Apple To Announce At WWDC Since we all know what's coming, we thought we'd offer up some things we wish Apple was going to announce, most of which it probably won't.


And more:
• Will Jobs still wow with next iPhone? Apple comes to its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco next week in unfamiliar fashion.
• Job Creation Was Actually 787,000 So claims Apple uber-bull Jason Schwarz
• Read All About It — Digitally Can the iPad and online subscriptions save newspapers?

• Appetite for IPhone Continues Undiminished As Apple Inc. gets set to likely unveil a new iPhone on Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference, new survey results show that demand for the device is stronger than ever.