Archive for the ‘apple’ Category

OpenMoko - Open source phone

Friday, July 11th, 2008

There may come a day when your parents ask you what version of the software you're running on your neo. Seriously, I can't bring myself to prostate myself to Apple and return to AT&T and let them lock me into a draconian monopoliesque service contract. It'll be interesting to see ...

Apple announces $199 iPhone 3G

Monday, June 9th, 2008

An 8 gigabyte model is to sell for $199 starting July 11. A 16 gigabyte model will cost $299. They'll come in a black case with a white case optional on one model. The devices are to roll out initially in 22 countries.Read the full story

Apple weighing an unlimited music plan

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they’re willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday.Read the full ...

Apple unleashes new version of Safari web browser

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

As was reported by AppleInsider earlier this year (1, 2), the new version of the Apple browser is the first to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari 3.1 also introduces support for CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless ...

Beatles and iTunes At Last?

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Ars Technica is reporting that the Beatles and Apple have signed a reported $400 million dollar deal to bring the entire Beatles Catalog to iTunes. From the article: 'As of today there is no time frame as to when the catalog will appear online, but it seems to just ...

Jobs reveals tiny new laptop and lots more

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Big day for Apple - lots of cool product announcements. I like the 1 tb Wifi Time Capsule.Read the full story

Think Secret Shutting Down

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

A number of readers are sending in the news that the Mac rumors site Think Secret will be shutting down, as part of the (secret) settlement of a lawsuit Apple filed in 2005. Apple had claimed that the blog, published since 1998 by college student Nick Ciarelli, had revealed Apple's ...

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review: Page 1

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Eighteen months, two and a half years, who's counting? Maybe we enthusiasts are just getting greedy. After all, as Apple's been so fond of touting, there have been five releases of Mac OS X in the time it's taken Microsoft to deliver Windows Vista. But far be it from me ...

Apple: 1.4m iPhones sold, 250,000 unlocked

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

More than a quarter of a million people have purchased Apple iPhones and unlocked them, the handset's manufacturer admitted last night. With total sales of the phone now topping 1.4m units, according to Apple, that's a staggering 18 per cent of buyers who've chosen not to tether themselves to AT&T's ...

Apple Profit Up 67%, Aided by Record Mac Sales

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Apple’s earnings report today leapt ahead of analysts’ already optimistic expectations. The company posted record Macintosh sales numbers for its fiscal fourth quarter, showing that the company is climbing into the league of the dominant personal computer makers, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.Read the full story