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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-29-08: It’s official: Rogers to bring iPhone to Canada this year

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-29-08

It’s official: Rogers to bring iPhone to Canada this year
Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Wireless said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with Apple to begin offering the iPhone later this year. “We’re thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year,” the carrier said in a statement. “We can’t tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned.”
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/29/its_official_rogers_to_bring_iphone_to_canada_later_this_year.html


7 Confessions Of An Apple Macintosh Specialist
I glanced down and spotted something on the ground. As I knelt down to pick it up I saw it was a tattered white envelope bearing the words, “7 Confessions of an Apple Mac Specialist.” Its contents, inside…
http://consumerist.com/384443/7-confessions-of-an-apple-macintosh-specialist


Illegal iPhones, Apple of Russian Elites’ Eyes
“These powerful officials are not alone in their interest. There are approximately 500,000 iPhone users in Russia — a country where the phone is not officially for sale, according to Eldar Murtazin, head of analysis at Mobile Research Group in Moscow, citing data obtained from Russia’s cellphone operators.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503333.html?hpid=moreheadlines


‘Free Tibet’ flags made in China – The Irony
Workers said they thought they were just making colorful flags and did not realize their meaning. But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper. (Shows how well things are kept under wraps over there)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7370903.stm


Foxconn wins 3G iPhone contract, 3M units shipping in June
Need more unsubstantiated evidence that the 3G iPhone is near. Good, the Chinese language Commercial Times is quoting sources claiming that Foxconn — the maker of the 1st gen iphone — is ramping up 3G iPhone assembly by “the end of May” to ship 3 million units in June.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-28-08: Why doesn’t Microsoft out-innovate Apple?

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-28-08

Why doesn’t Microsoft out-innovate Apple?
Microsoft spent $7.4 billion last year on research and development. Apple spent $844 million. Yet Apple seems to deliver far more innovative products to market.
http://techblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/04/why-doesnt-microsoft-outinnova.html


What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations?
What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? Right…
http://flickr.com/photos/paintitblack/2439080330/


Official: Apple updates iMac
As rumored last week, Apple just updated it’s iMac all-in-one desktop.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/apple-updates-imac-as-expected/


Exclusive Video: Psystar in the Wild
It’s alive. Reader Patrick is lucky enough to be using one of the few Psystar Open Computing machines that have made it into the wild, and he was generous enough to make a video showing the machine (including the connections in the back to the monitor to show that it’s legit). It’s also pretty fast.
http://gizmodo.com/384526/exclusive-video-psystar-in-the-wild


iTunes Store May Capture 1/4 of Worldwide Music by 2012
Apple’s iTunes store turns five years old Monday. If trends continue, it will be selling more than one-quarter of all music globally within the next five years.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/04/itunes_birthday


Mac & PC UK
A compilation of TV ads. from UK for Apple’s Mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKUXwpfp1k


Apple working on iTunes controller for iPhone?
Code found in the iPhone’s firmware points to an iTunes controller as an official Apple iPhone app.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/27/rumors-icontrol-to-be-new-iphone-application/


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-26-08: 3G IPhone Due on June 9, Analysts Say

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-26-08

3G IPhone Due on June 9, Analysts Say
The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, analysts said in research notes on Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080424/tc_pcworld/145082


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-25-08: Huge iPod Turned into Porta-Party Kissing Booth

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-25-08

Huge iPod Turned into Porta-Party Kissing Booth
Whoa, this is so cool. You walk into this iPod “Porta-Party,” plug in your iPod, play some tunes and get scandalous… hopefully with someone else.
http://laist.com/2008/04/24/an_ipod_disco_m.php


MAC… PC.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3012/macpcom5.jpg


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-24-08: Apple posts profit of $1.05B, ships nearly 2.3 million Macs

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-24-08

Apple posts profit of $1.05B, ships nearly 2.3 million Macs
Apple said Wednesday that second-quarter profits rose over 36 percent to $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, on sales of $7.51 billion for the three-month period ended March 29, 2008. The company shipped 2,289,000 Macs, 10,644,000 iPods, and 1,703,000 iPhones.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/23/apple_posts_profit_of_1_05b_ships_nearly_2_3_million_macs.html


Cramer: “Apple’s competitors are no longer relevant”
Jim Cramer believes that Apple is so influential on the youth that it renders its competition irrelevant.
http://www.thestreet.com/video/index.html?bcpid=1078966384&bclid=1137812485&bctid=1517472316


Apple earnings cheat sheet: It’s all about the Mac units
pple reports its fiscal second quarter results Wednesday and the most important item driving the quarter will be Mac sales. All eyes will be on Mac units. Apple’s Mac–despite a lot of focus on the iPhone–will make or break the quarter. Chances are pretty good that the Mac will make the quarter. Memory prices were weak during the March quarter and
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8583


iPhone Unpacking Like You’ve Never Seen Before
This. is. brillant!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntr23/tags/unpacking/show/


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-23-08: Apple Buys Chip Designer

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-23-08

Apple Buys Chip Designer
Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips, could spell a new future for Apple’s flagship iPhone, and possibly iPod products as well.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/23/apple-buys-pasemi-tech-ebiz-cz_eb_0422apple.html


Why ‘no Macs’ is no longer a defensible IT strategy
Why more users are demanding Macs in the Enterprise.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/21/17FE-macs-in-business_1.html


Gold-plated MacBook Air
World’s 1st 24kt Gold & Sapphires Macbook Air.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/gold-plated-macbook-air-breaks-steve-jobs-heart/


Close Call: Apple OS X Almost Looked Exactly Like OS 8
Here’s the biggest OS X mistake Apple never made: The original plan UI was to take the old crusty crap interface from OS 8* and drop it on top of the core. Thankfully Steve Jobs called the entire UI team a “bunch of idiots” and they used the beautiful tech demo mockups as the foundation for OS X as you see it today. Close call, huh?
http://gizmodo.com/382368/close-call-apples-os-x-almost-looked-exactly-like-os-8-from-the-book-inside-steves-brain


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-21-08: From Win32 to Cocoa: a Windows user’s conversion to Mac OS X

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-21-08

From Win32 to Cocoa: a Windows user’s conversion to Mac OS X
A hardcore PC user finally jumps ship and discusses how Windows lost its “wow” and Apple gained a customer.
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/what-microsoft-could-learn-from-apple.ars


Good lord! How old is Apple’s ergonomics page?!
Wow. It looks like Apple’s ergonomics web page predates the internet. Oddly there’s not a Mac to be found in any of their drawings. I suppose the indication here is that unlike PCs, it is impossible for a Mac to cause harm to a human.
http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1293


Meet The Mac-Clone Mystery Man
How’s this for a deal. At a fraction of the cost of a comparably equipped machine from Apple, a Web-based company dubbed Psystar is offering a computer you can have loaded up with just about any operating system you choose, including Apple’s OS X Leopard.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/18/apple-mac-psystar-tech-cx_bc_0418macman.html?feed=rss_technology


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-19-08: Visual Search Engine Coming to iPhone in June

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-19-08

Visual Search Engine Coming to iPhone in June
Evolution Robotics ViPR visual search technology is coming to the iPhone this June. ViPR allows to take a photo of any movie, CD or book, send it to a server, and automagically get an email back loaded with information and links pointing to YouTube videos or iTunes Music Store links.
http://gizmodo.com/381352/visual-search-engine-coming-to-iphone-in-june


MacBook Air spurring LED use in screens
The MacBook Air has become the best advertisement for why companies should use LED (light-emitting diode) backlights in notebook screens, and is driving adoption, according to market researcher DisplaySearch.
http://www.macworld.com/article/133062/2008/04/macbookair_led.html


Paypal to block ‘unsafe browsers’
Web payment firm Paypal has said it will block “unsafe browsers” from using its service as part of wider anti-phishing efforts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7354539.stm


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-18-08: Exec: Apple must address piracy before NBC returns to iTunes

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-18-08

Exec: Apple must address piracy before NBC returns to iTunes
NBC is still open to bringing its large list of TV shows back to the iTunes Store, but still wants more control over its content. One way to do that, according to an NBC exec, is more antipiracy measures for the iPod and iTunes.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080417-exec-apple-must-address-piracy-before-nbc-returns-to-itunes.html


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-17-08: Handwriting Recognition for iPhone Now Available (PICS)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for April-17-08

Handwriting Recognition for iPhone Now Available (PICS)
Holy Egg Freckles! A third-party developer has released handwriting recognition software for the iPhone. Similar to Graffiti, the classic writing software for Palms, you can setup HWPen from Installer.app to give you an a writing area that can take over the standard keyboard at the touch of button. The best thing: it works.
http://gizmodo.com/380302/handwriting-recognition-for-iphone-now-available


Mac Clone Psystar Exposed: Looks Like a Hoax (PICS)
How could a company so brazenly challenge Apple have little to no record of actually being a company? We sent the Gizmodo army down there to get pictures of both their supposed addresses, and found that they’re as much vaporware as the Phantom Console of yore. Ouch. Looks like your dream of buying a cheap Mac clone will have to wait a while longer.
http://gizmodo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax


Forget the Courts — Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech
Apple may have a hard time shutting down the new maverick Mac-clonemaker Psystar, say legal experts.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2008/04/apple_psystar


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