Archive | June 9th, 2009
Apple doesn’t reveal internal specs on new iPhone 3G S, and that’s just the way they like it
Jason Snell over at Macworld has an interesting article up discussing how Apple isn’t the type of company that sells its products, in this case the new iPhone, based on geeky spec sheets. Naturally, though, once the new iPhone is released, you can be sure that the geekiest among us will leap at the opportunity […]
Continue reading...Apple Design Award winners announced
9. June 2009
What are the Apple Design Awards you ask? Apple explains: The Apple Design Awards recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in iPhone and Mac software development. Each year, winning products set new standards for usability, performance, technology integration and adoption. This year’s winners raise the bar even higher. 2009 winners for iPhone software include: […]
Continue reading...Is AT&T stalling on MMS and tethering because it knows the iPhone won’t stay exclusive for long?
9. June 2009
At yesterday’s keynote, Scott Forstall discussed many of the cool features in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update, chief among them support for MMS and data tethering. Support for those 2 technologies, however, are wholly dependant on carrier approval, and noticeably absent from the list of cooperating carriers was AT&T. AT&T recently stated that MMS […]
Continue reading...SanDisk pleasantly surprised by inclusion of SD card slots on MacBook Pros
9. June 2009
Somewhat flying under the radar yesterday were Apple’s upgrades, and price cuts, to its entire line of MacBook Pro notebooks, with one of the more interesting add-ons being the inclusion of an SD card slot. SD cards are used quite ubiquitously on cellphones and digital cameras, and the presence of an SD card slot in […]
Continue reading...Apple puts up cool “App Wall” at WWDC [Video]
9. June 2009
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At the WWDC yesterday, Apple put up this very cool “App wall” display comprised of thousands of app icons. Each time someone purchases an app from iTunes, the corresponding icon pulsates. Though its not technically being updated in real-time, it’s still amazingly cool. A nice twist is that the icons are grouped together by color, […]
Continue reading...Bitching about the iPhone 3G S upgrade in today’s entitlement culture
9. June 2009
Apple yesterday took a serious step towards increasing the iPhone’s market share when it announced that the current 8GB iPhone 3G would now be available for $99. The caveat is that that price only applies to new AT&T customers and AT&T customers nearing the end of their contract. For everyone else who bought an iPhone […]
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9. June 2009
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