Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
In the latest move aimed at helping Apple clear inventory of iPhone 3Gs ahead of new models anticipated this spring, AT&T retail stores are now offering some customers early upgrades to the Apple handset at subsidized pricing. More: continued here
There has been a reasonable amount of speculation surrounding JavaScript speed improvements in iPhone 3.0. Testing carried out on the iPhone Simulator bundled with the SDK didn’t lead to a conclusive outcome, but benchmarking done by Wayne Pan would seem to suggest that iPhone 3.0 handles JavaScript 3x-10x faster than iPhone 2.1. More: continued here
When the iPhone 3.0 beta software that was supposed to be available exclusively to developer subscribers leaked onto Torrent sites, pirates smiled. But Apple had the last laugh because the software holds your iPhone hostage until you register for a dev account. More: continued here
Ted Landau finds a pair of instances where a brief search of Elgato’s Web site helped find the answers to problems involving the company’s EyeTV Hybrid product for watching live television on your Mac. More: continued here
Uh oh Apple — it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository More: continued here
In the four years since the Mac Mini was introduced, and Apple has added some solid firepower under the hood, while leaving the Mini’s basic nature intact. More: continued here
Here we go: Apple’s just announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference will take place June 8-12 in San Francisco. If you’ll recall, last year’s WWDC was where a little gadget called the iPhone 3G made its appearance, and we’d say chances are good we’ll see new hardware this year as wel More: continued here
Assuming Steve Jobs returns in late June, as scheduled, his medical leave is approaching its halfway point. So how’s Apple doing in his absence? Very well, we’d say — almost as if he hadn’t left. More: continued here
Earlier this week Id Software released an iPhone port ofWolfenstein 3D as open source, but at the time it wasn’t in the AppStore for download. Wait no longer, it’s there! More: continued here
Peter Cohen attended Photoshop World in Boston this week and found an event that appears to be thriving, thanks to its highly-focused content. There’s a lesson in there for other trade shows. More: continued here
It will cost you an arm and a leg, but Apple is now offering an official 8GB memory upgrade kit for the mid- and high-end models of its current 15-inch unbibody MacBook Pro family, AppleInsider has discovered. More: continued here
Apple’s announcement last week of a new operating system for the iPhone – iPhone OS 3.0. Aside from being your mobile business assistant, the iPhone may also become your medical assistant in the near future. Two of the more interesting applications are for blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring. More: continued here
Charlie Miller, the security expert who won both this and last year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own security contests by exploiting Macs running Safari, repeated in an interview that he’d recommend Macs to typical users as a safer alternative to Windows PCs. More: continued here
A overseas communications agency is suing Apple for promoting its iPhone handset as a touchscreen digital e book reader, an idea it claims to have patented over seven years in the past extra: endured here
Looking for some quick time-savers? Chances are you don’t need to hunt down a new utility, you just need to take advantage of the tools OS X already offers. More: continued here