Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Daniel Ahdout
Rumors have been spreading out around numerous websites that the iPhone 3G will get a (RED) makeover just in time for the holidays. Could it also be joined by a 32GB upgrade for the iPhone 3G and a 64GB upgrade for the iPod Touch?
Photo Courtesy of http://www.macblogz.com
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Daniel Ahdout
While configuring the HP Blackbird 002 on HP’s website, I noticed that the unreleased, unannounced NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT was an option in configuring the Blackbird 002. The card supposedly has 512MB GDDR3 of SDRAM, but no other information about the card is listed. Maybe it could just be a stupid mistake and the card is [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple has had some big days this past week with MobileMe’s launch (no matter how inconsistent it was), iPhone 2.0 and the App Store going live early, and of course iPhone 3G’s launch (even with those pesky activation problems). Apple’s announcement today proves how big this weekend really was: they sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple has dropped the price of their bluetooth headset to $99, from its original $129. The catch, however, is that they took out the dock for both the phone and the headset which retails for $49. So they dropped the price by $30, but they took out $50 worth. You’re now paying more if you [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
After releasing iTunes 7.7 earlier this morning, the iTunes App Store is now live. You can download, purchase, and browse the catalogues. Now all we need is a device to load the apps onto. iPhone 2.0, you are all we need.
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Just in time for the (supposed) launch of MobileMe, Apple has released iTunes 7.7. This latest version of iTunes is required for not only MobileMe, but iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 firmware, and the App Store as well. Apple’s description of this update is:
Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Forbes has heard from three people briefed on the matter that Apple will launch the App Store tomorrow at 9 am PT, coinciding with the launch of iPhone 3G in New Zealand. If they release iTunes 7.7 before or around that time, that technically means that we could start downloading apps before we get iPhone [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Well, it may be an hour after Apple’s quoted time for .Mac’s final moments, but the image above is what users see when they try to go to www.mac.com. The death of .Mac, now let’s wait for the birth of MobileMe, which is supposed to be coming out “as soon as possible during the maintenance [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple has updated the .Mac service status to show that they have delayed .Mac’s death from 6 pm to 8 pm. Going hand-in-hand, Apple has also delayed the launch of MobileMe from 6 pm - 12 am to 8 pm - 2 am.
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
With Friday’s iPhone 3G launch coming around soon, more news about the phone roams the web.
The reviews are in - David Pogue (NY Times), Walt Mossberg (WSJ), and Ed Baig (USA Today) all published their iPhone 3G reviews today, with most talking about the drastic speed improvements, but that it’s not a need-to-buy due to [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple’s service status for .Mac was updated tonight to include details about MobileMe’s launch. The service, the replacement to .Mac, will offer most current features of .Mac as well as ‘push’ calendar, mail, and contacts support; Apple’s tag line for the product is “Exchange for the rest of us.” .Mac will be shut down at [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple just updated their Retail site to show an 8 am launch time for iPhone 3G, coinciding with AT&T’s launch time. People have already started lining up for iPhone 3G at the New York cube store and it is expected others will line up early at other stores as well.
via MacRumors
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Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
With iPhone 3G launch date getting closer, AT&T decided to give us even more information to chew on. Not only have they given us the plan information (detailed after the break, but we now know that AT&T’s doors will swing open at 8:00 am on July 11th for iPhone 3G customers. Besides that nice tidbit [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
GameStop and Amazon added Rock Band track Pack Vol 1 to their product lists recently, giving a release date of July 15. The disc contains 20 of the most “popular tracks in Rock Band history.” You would think that it just is extra tracks for the game, but the expanded information reads: “A fully functional [...]
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Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Jonathan Friedman
Apple has flipped the switch and activated Me.com email addresses for some .Mac customers. In other words, if a current .Mac customer has username@mac.com, email sent to username@me.com would be forwarded to their .Mac account. @me.com emails are part of MobileMe, Apple’s upcoming replacement to .Mac. For more information on MobileMe - check out me.com [...]
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