Archive | June, 2009
Pundits accuse Apple of using Jobs’ liver transplant story to manipulate AAPL stock price
Fresh off reports that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant a few months ago, Joe Wilcox wrote a piece trying to articulate why “Steve Jobs’ return is still vaporware.” In other words, Wilcox believes that the source for the Wall Street Journal’s scoop came from inside Apple (fair enough) as a means to manipulate Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Will in-app purchases eliminate the number of free apps?
21. June 2009
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From a developers perspective, one of the more important and sought-after features in the new iPhone OS 3.0 SDK is the ability include in-app purchases from within applications. Notably, this capability is limited to paid apps. As Apple likes to proclaim, “Free apps remain free.” That said, Marco.org writes: Free apps will move in droves […]
Continue reading...iPhone 3G S 54% faster than 3G model, 11% faster than the Pre
20. June 2009
Anandtech puts the new iPhone 3G S through a battery of performance tests and the results are quite impressive. Below find a chart comparing web page rendering speeds via Wi-Fi Application launch times are also significantly better on the iPhone 3G S.
Continue reading...Dell complains some more about Apple’s “green” claims
20. June 2009
Stemming from complaints filed by Dell with the Better Business Bureau’s advertising division, Apple has started calling its fleet of MacBooks “the world’s greenest lineup of notebooks” as opposed to “the world’s greenest family of notebooks” What’s the difference between a ‘lineup’ and a ‘family’? Who knows, but apparently it was worthy enough to warrant […]
Continue reading...Snow Leopard keeps MacBook users abreat of battery issues
20. June 2009
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The most recent build of Snow Leopard coming out of the WWDC gives MacBook users a warning that their battery might be on the fritz, according to a recent report from AppleInsider. When the battery has been used often enough that it ‘s losing capacity, the icon is overlaid with an exclamation mark warning and […]
Continue reading...Report: Steve Jobs recuperating from liver transplant
20. June 2009
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With Steve Jobs poised to return to the helm at Apple later this month, more detailed reports about what prompted Jobs to take a voluntary leave of absence from Apple are starting to emerge. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Steve Jobs has been recuperating from a liver transplant conducted 2 months ago […]
Continue reading...Teardown reveals that iPhone 3G S chip supports 720p HD, is capable of 833Mhz
19. June 2009
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Wow, talk about a quick turnaround. The iPhone 3G S has barely been on sale for 3 hours and the folks over at Rapid Repair already tore that sucker apart. Interestingly, when examining the system board, they noted that “this phone is capable of 833MHz and 720p video. This may be a gateway HD media […]
Continue reading...New Apple Store design in Scottsdale, Arizona looks slick
19. June 2009
Hopefully, the new Apple Store in Scottsdale, AZ [pictured below] gives us a hint as to what future Apple Stores might look like. One of the cooler aspects of the Scottsdale store is that you can see right through to the other side. CNET also notes that the store sports a 75-foot skylight in addition […]
Continue reading...Rolando 2: Majestic Shores – Video Trailer
19. June 2009
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Check out the video trailer for the upcoming version of Rolando, from Ngmoco.
Continue reading...Apple publishes user guide for its new iPhone OS 3.0 software
19. June 2009
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Earlier today Apple released a new User Guide to accompany its new iPhone OS 3.0 update. You can check that out over here. And for all you business minded folks, Apple also released a User Guide for “iPhone OS Enterprise Deployment”. Mamma mia! You can check out that bad boy over here. And speaking of […]
Continue reading...Tweetdeck now available for the iPhone
18. June 2009
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Earlier this week, Tweetdeck came out with an iPhone version of its popular desktop app, and initial reviews seem to be quite positive. On the desktop, we switched over to Tweetie from Tweetdeck a while ago because Tweetdeck was too much of a resource hog and its multi-pane window setup, while nice, didn’t lend itself […]
Continue reading...The place where it all got started – Steve Jobs’ garage
18. June 2009
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Birthplace of the Apple I, Steve Jobs’ garage was where it all got started over 30 years ago. Earlier this week, Brazillian based Apple blog MacMagazine hit us up with some info about a trip they took to California to go on what seems to be a tour of Jobs’ places of residence, old and […]
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21. June 2009
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