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BlackBerry Storm coming on November 21, can it compete with the iPhone?

After a number of delays attributed to software glitches, RIM’s BlackBerry Storm will be hitting stores on November 21.  The BlackBerry storm will be RIM’s first true push into the consumer smartphone market, and it’s coming in full force.  The BlackBerry Storm will be the first touchscreen BlackBerry, an interesting departure for a company who […]

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I.B.M/Papermaster lawsuit might hinge on not-yet-released technologies

Electronista reports: “Recent filings in the Apple-IBM-Papermaster case reveal that IBM is potentially raising a flag due to an upcoming technology that the company fears could be compromised by Mark Papermaster’s employ at Apple. The technology, would allow portable consumer devices like the iPod to store exponentially more music, while also cutting battery drain to […]

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Papermaster wasn’t Apple’s first choice to replace “Father of iPod”

AppleInsider has the fascinating inside scoop over here.

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Wednesday Link Roundup

Is Apple blowing its chances for the iPhone in India? – ArsTechnica Don’t expect a carbon fiber laptop from Apple anytime soon – 9to5 Mac Will there be a $99, feature limited iPhone? – Distorted Loop Apple may launch most agressive Black Friday sale ever – AppleInsider Rumor: Apple to sell $149 iPhone at Costco […]

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Apple challenges Nintendo and Sony

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article exploring the threat that Apple’s iPhone/iPod may pose for the Ninentdo DS and Sony PSP as the iPod Touch and iPhone have seemingly come out of nowhere to become serious gaming devices.  Back when Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone, people were clamoring for an SDK so […]

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MacBook Air might get even lighter with carbon fiber

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple might make its slimmest notebook even lighter with the use of carbon fiber.  Apparently, Apple would like to get the weight of the MacBook Air down below 3 pounds. And what is carbon fiber exactly? “Carbon fiber is an extremely lightweight material comprised of very thin fibers about 0.005–0.010 millimeters […]

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Parallels Desktop 4.0 gets 50% speed boost and improved graphics

Everyone’s favorite virtualization program just got a lot snappier.  Parallels Desktop 4.0 has officially been released and its speed improvements are nothing to scoff at. ArsTechnica has the full scoop over here. “Parallels Desktop 4.0 now has 50 percent faster performance than the previous version of the software, according to the company. Additionally, the team […]

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Apple announces iTunes “Movie of the Week”

iTunes users now have the option to purchase select “movies of the week” for $5.  Current movies available for a $5 download include Terminator 2, St. Elmo’s Fire, and Karate Kid.  In order to order these $5 movies, users must first pay $0.99 to join Apple’s ‘Rental of the Week’ program. MacNN has the full […]

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Talking iPod Gaming with Apple’s Greg Joswiak

T3 has an interesting interview with Greg Joswiak, Apple’s VP of iPod and iPhone marketing.  The interview highlights just how important the app store, and in particular games, have been to the success of the iPod touch.  He notes that the past quarter was Apple’s biggest non-holiday iPod quarter.  People have been predicting declining iPod […]

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Rumor: iPhone 2.2 update coming November 21

iPhoneHellas, a Greek iPhone site, is reporting that they have it from a reliable source that the anticipated iPhone 2.2 update will be released on November 21.  While copy and paste functionality remains conspicuously absent, the update does have some interesting additions. Some of the anticipated features in the 2.2 update include: A new look […]

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Rumor: iPhone tethering plan details

Macblogz purportedly has received some inside info as to what the iPhone tethering plan will look like when finally released. • 5GB Data Cap (just like Blackberry users) – AT&T will automatically turn off your tethering connection if you use too much bandwidth. Of note, the 5GB cap might get sliced for all users, not […]

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Study: iPhone twice as reliable as BlackBerry

A new study has come out indicating that the BlackBerry has twice the failure rate as the iPhone.  Check out the full story over at CNET. “The SquareTrade study, released Saturday, looked at more than 15,000 handsets that were covered by the company’s policies. It found iPhones had a malfunction rate of 5.6 percent in […]

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