Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-26-07
Extensive Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard screenshots gallery
With Leopard already in the hands of some customers, the launch less than a day ahead, and Apple’s legal hounds safely at home in their kennels, AppleInsider has produced a comprehensive screenshot gallery from the shipping version of the new Mac OS.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/25/extensive_mac_os_x_10_5_leopard_screenshot_gallery.html
RIP, Classic Mac OS: 1984 – 2007
It’s not a huge surprise, but Apple’s gone ahead and posted a note confirming that Leopard will not support Classic, even on PowerPC machines. Of course, Intel Macs have never been able to run Classic anyway, so only like Hypercard user groups and the three printshops still running QuarkXPress 4 and will be affected by this…
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/25/rip-classic-mac-os-1984-2007/
Leopard backpedals again: No more iPhone note syncing
Um, yeah… those iPhone notes that Apple previously confirmed you could sync with Leopard’s Mail? That’s been stricken from the record. Now, be a good user and erase any memory of such things.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/25/leopard-backpedals-again-no-more-iphone-note-syncing
Road to Mac OS X Leopard: QuickTime, iTunes, and Media Features
In addition to the new searching, browsing and back up features for office documents and new support for collaborative information sharing, Mac OS X Leopard also advances support for audio and video media in QuickTime, iTunes, Photo Booth, Front Row, and other applications. Here’s what’s new in Leopard and where the ideas behind rich media on…
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/25/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_quicktime_itunes_and_media_features.html
Gizmodo’s Leopard Review Matrix
Don’t have time to read over the full reviews from NYT’s David Pogue, USA Today’s Ed Baig and WSJ’s Uncle Walt Mossberg? Read our handy review matrix instead, where we break out everything that wasn’t merely feature description in an easy-to-compare chart. You can thank us later!
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/giz-notes/our-leopard-review-matrix-314940.php
Awesome Leopard “Cover Flow” Easter Egg [PIC]
Apple shows that it still has a sense of humor in the icon choice for windows machines on the network…
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~perekdr/leopard_windows_easter_egg.jpg
AT&T paying Apple $18 per iPhone, per month
Over the life of a two-year contract, AT&T is paying Apple more per iPhone than it now costs to actually buy one, according to a financial analyst.
http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9803657-37.html
Apple OS X Leopard: First Hour Impressions
Stepping through OS X Leopard’s final build for the first time, and giving impressions. What do you guys want to know?
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/liveblog/leopard-liveblog-the-first-two-hours-315093.php