Apple, tonight, emailed MobileMe subscribers to offer more relief for the “rocky” start of MobileMe. Recently, Steve Jobs spoke about MobileMe and how it was below Apple’s standards. This 60-day extension for all MobileMe users as of August 19, adds to a 30-day extension Apple gave in July after MobileMe’s weak and shaky launch.

After releasing iPhone firmware 2.0.1 just two weeks ago, Apple has released another firmware update: 2.0.2. Keeping the simple description of “bug fixes” from Apple, hopefully at least some bugs will be fixed on the phone. The update weighs in at a hefty 248.7 MB, so get to downloading at let us know how it goes and if it helps.

Adding to evidence of a new product, the latest firmware beta for the iPhone and iPod touch used a new code to represent iPod touch: 2,1 instead of the current 1,1 - this suggests that a new iPod touch could be released soon.

It is not officially official, but the earthquake this morning in the Los Angeles area at around 11:38 am took out AT&T’s wireless network. It could be that the system just shut off as a precaution, or something went terribly wrong due to the earthquake. More likely, the increased amount of calls killed the network, causing the “we’re sorry, your call could not be completed at this time.” It might even be a coincidence that AT&T was planning to take their servers down for testing.  Nobody knows what happened for sure yet, but stay tuned for more information.

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?

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Developers that were accepted into the iPhone Developer Program before July 11 were seeded the iPhone firmware and SDK beta 2.1. This beta according to multiple sources contains new GPS features that measure speed and direction of travel, or in other words turn-by-turn navigation. But what will make all Apple fanboys around the world excited (over probably nothing) are the mentions of “copy,” “paste,” “cut,” and more small fragments of words that could represent the most sought out feature that is not in the iPhone - copy and paste.

A week or so back, Apple head of iPod and iPhone marketing Greg Joswiak said that when making the iPhone 2.0 firmware, they tried to get in all of the most important features, and copy and paste didn’t make it high enough on the list.

via Engadget

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 really the 9800 GTX? Is anyone brave enough to drop $2299 for one of these badboys to get more info on the card? 

Check it out for yourself here.

Update: It seems Dell has joined the party: Link

MacBook touch: no this picture isn’t real, but it’s a great mockup of what a product could look like. (courtesy of Gizmodo)

Apple had its quarterly earnings call on Monday and it revealed that a “product transition” would lower gross margin next quarter because “Apple makes state of the art new products that the competition just can’t match” and that means higher costs. In other words, Apple’s going to release a new product that is really cheap and that costs a lot, this way everyone will buy it, but Apple will make less money from it in the beginning.

Throughout the call, Apple’s CFO Peter Oppenheimer brought up this “new product that [Apple] [couldn't] discuss” or “new additions to the product line.” He also said this new product would have a direct effect on the September/fourth quarter. If this new product has an effect on the September quarter, that would most likely mean it has to come out sometime in the beginning of September/late August. And, if it’s going to have a large impact on gross margins, then it’s probably going to be a big deal.

So what could this new product be? Well, the product that sells really well during the September quarter is computers (notebooks specifically). The reason: this is the time when students are going back to school and need to computers. And if Apple wants to get to the students, they’re going to release this new notebook relatively soon. Not meaning tomorrow, but a mid-August launch is perfect if they are targeting those students getting new computers before school. If Apple wants to make an even bigger splash in the market and one that their competitors can’t match, they’re either going to revamp their notebook line (which is due for a redo in the MacBook and MacBook Pro areas) or release a new inexpensive laptop that will sell like crazy.

Most likely, an Apple event will be announced very soon and will take place in the beginning of August, there Steve will do his normal Keynote and will announce revamped MacBooks and MacBook Pros as well as a cheaper MacBook Air with better specs. Then, the “one more thing…” Everyone is speculating that it will be a MacBook touch, and it very well could be. Something else they could do: a small mini-notebook similar to the Eee PC or the HP Mini Note. If they really want to innovate, then they could use a multi-screen where the keyboard would be that would have haptic feedback for a more tactile keyboard approach. Now, neither a MacBook touch or this mini-MacBook are very realistic, but if Apple is really going to “wow” everyone, they will do it in a big way.

Around three years ago, Art Lebedev studios started talking about making a fully customizable keyboard, complete with displays under each key. Not until the beginning of this year did they actually release that full keyboard, the Optimus Maximus, and for a hefty price of almost $2000 ($1877.43 to be exact). The keyboard has 113 keys with OLED screens inside of them, each fully customizable to display anything the user wants. You can trigger a certain key to open an application, display a certain image when a certain application is open, you can make it do anything–it is completely customizable through a computer software. Before Art Lebedev released the Maxiums, they teased us with the Optimus mini three: basically the same thing, except instead of 113 keys, it only has (you guessed it) three. The mini three is only $183.48, however, which is a much easier buy than the Maximus. Now Art Lebedev has added another product to the line - the Optimus Pultius. Little information is known currently, and all we do know is that it has 15 of the same customizable keys and works alongside any keyboard. Pricing is unknown and the only dates given are end of 2008/early 2009. Hopefully, they’ll let this bad boy have a relatively small price tag–my best guess is around $400–because a set of customizable keys like this is exactly what a lot of users are looking for.

Possibly being one of the most hyped movies ever to hit the big screen, this past Friday marked the release of The Dark Knight. After snatching up some tickets and seeing the movie, even though almost every showing was, and still is, sold out, it is easy to say that this is one of the best movies out there. Aside from the fact that the movie was amazing, Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker was phenomenal and showed his incredible talent. And to add the Ledger’s magnificent performance, the gadgets in the movie weren’t too shabby. The Tumbler from the first movie makes its return with some added bonuses, as well as other gadgets that are amazing. The big story, however, is that like most suspected: The Dark Knight surpassed Spider Man 3’s $151 million and now holds the the opening weekend record at $155.3 million.