Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-07-08
The latest whispers are that Apple will announce a notebook made from a solid brick of aluminum
Apple’s Brick: A Radical New Laptop?
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How do you outmaneuver Apple’s iTunes: By selling DRM-free music for less money than what you charge Apple. Sony is now selling its own and Universal’s music on Dada.net, for 66-cents (15 songs for $10). Yeah, there is a footnote, but Apple can’t be happy about this one. Do I smell a lawsuit?
Sony selling DRM-free music for 66 cents per song
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A list of enhancements that may arrive in the next version of the iPhone operating system continues to grow with the unearthing of Google Street View support and an auto-correction toggle hidden in the most recent beta of the software.
Google Street View, auto-correction prefs in iPhone OS 2.2 b
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In a little over a year, Apple’s iPhone has grown to become the second best-selling mobile handset in the United States, according to NPD.
iPhone 3G now the second best-selling US mobile handset
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It seems that Apple is taking further care in hiding new iPhone features in their beta releases. The most recent firmware beta seeded to developers listed “compatibility testing” in its release notes as the only change.
iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features
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