Apple iPod and iPhone News for January-15-08
Mac sales up over 40 percent year-over-year
Apple later this month is expected to announce fiscal first quarter revenues of nearly $10 billion for the three-month period ending December, fueled largely by the ongoing resurgence of the company’s personal computer business, according one Wall Street analyst.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/14/mac_sales_up_over_40_percent_year_over_year.html
BREAKING MacWorld News: Jobs to Wear Black Shirt/Blue Jeans!
It’s been a wild week of anticipation for Apple fans, but the first round of confirmed news about the highly anticipated MacWorld keynote has finally leaked!
http://leftofzen.com/breaking-macworld-news-jobs-to-wear-black-shirtjeans/2008/01/15/
New Gmail for the iPhone
From the Official Gmail blog: “We’ve just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.”
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-gmail-for-iphone.html
Rumor: MacBook Air will have AT&T wireless built in
John Gruber wrote, “After using my iPhone for a few months, it started feeling weird that my PowerBook doesn’t have ubiquitous wireless networking. I’d pay for it.” Me, too. Unlike Wi-Fi, an AT&T wireless MacBook could go online almost anywhere. That’s something that could make consumers dump Windows.
http://valleywag.com/344830/its-a-macbook-with-att-wireless-built-in
Customize Your Mac with Leopard Power Tweaks
Now that Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard’s been out almost three months, several apps, tweaks, and plug-ins have emerged that can customize (and sometimes re-Tigerize) your Mac.
http://lifehacker.com/344376/customize-your-mac-with-leopard-power-tweaks
Apple’s Air REVEALED
Wired breaks it’s cover with details and mockups of what Steve will announce tomorrow.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/breaking-macboo.html
Apple Store “MacBook Air” screenshot debunked
There’s not even a product yet, but already the rumored “MacBook Air” has a blog. Its authors claim to have taken a screenshot of a page from the Apple Store website with customization options for a new “MacBook Air.” We think it’s bogus, because the tech specs make no sense. Here’s why.
http://valleywag.com/344612/macbook-air-screenshot-debunked/
“iPod Tax” smacked down in Canada
An attempt to push through significant levies on digital music players (up to CAN$75 per device) has been quashed by Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal. Innovators and consumers rejoice.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080113-ipod-tax-smacked-down-in-canada.html
What the pundits don’t get about Apple
Why Macworld ’08 won’t shock the world, and why it doesn’t matter
http://itola.com/technology/mac-world-hype-overblown/
Apple designs look like reworkings of 1960s Braun designs
Nice story showing how parallel evolution (or design borrowing!) ends up with current and perhaps future Apple products, with ideas inspired by old Braun gear.
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future