Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
With a slightly faster processor than its predecessor, the new 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro outperformed the previous 17-inch MacBook Pro—but by a small percentage. Macworld’s lab director James Galbraith analyzes the performance benchmarks from Apple’s new mega-sized laptop. More: continued here
I don’t know how you feel, but I think the world is ready for a new and improved iPhone. Yes, it was the best phone that 2008 brought out but with the likes of the Palm Pre, HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Magic about to hit town, the title for Best Phone of 2009 may…
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Apple took a step ahead of Intel in launching the chip maker’s quad-core Xeon chips with Tuesday’s Mac Pro announcements. More: continued here
Amazon’s ingeniously named Kindle for iPhone hit the AppStore Tuesday, a free download that synchs with Kindle owners’ web store accounts on Amazon, allowing them to read their Kindle e-books on Apple’s smaller iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Amazon’s Whispersync bookmarking technology interacts with the iPhone app to allow readers to start reading on one…
Wasn’t it great to see Apple roll out a huge number and variety of new Macs and accessories on Tuesday without the benefit of Steve Jobs? The company’s culture and talent run deep, and Apple is in very capable hands with Tim Cook in charge. The new line-up is quite nice. On the other hand,…
After all that excitement in the run-up, Apple’s done just about the bare minimum that was expected in a Mac mini update. The new SKUs both run 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processors and are backed up by the same NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics that’ve done wonders for the MacBook. For $600 you get 1GB of…
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Learn how to use a couple of Smart Albums to (possibly) ease the gargantuan task of identifying faces and places in your iPhoto collection. More: continued here
Somewhat lost in the shuffle of Tuesday’s product announcements was news of the new wired keyboard Apple will bundle standard with all new iMacs, a compact design modeled after the aluminum wireless keyboard, which omits the numeric keypad traditionally found on the right side of the device. The new keyboard requires Mac OS X 10.5.6,…
Apple updated its AirPort Client and AirPort Utility software, addresses issues with roaming and network selection in dual-band environments. More: continued here
Flying under the radar of Tuesday’s broad desktop overhaul were quiet updates to Apple’s MacBook Pro notebook line, which now includes a faster 15-inch model, new high-end chip options, and larger solid-state drive (SSD) choices that are also offered alongside the company’s 13-inch MacBooks. More: continued here
If nothing else, Apple’s product refresh announcements Tuesday serve notice that even when the world around them seems to be coming apart at the seams, the product teams in Cupertino can be counted on to refine and improve the company’s product line at regular intervals. And to, more often than not, prove the Apple commentariat…
The incessantly interesting, always entertaining Dr. Macenstein posted the chart above Tuesday night time in quest of to explain and illuminate the perennial complaints about value vs. perceived worth of latest machines that floor on every occasion Apple has the temerity to improve its product lines. in spite of everything, the Dr. was once left…
Tim Colburne plugged in his iPhone 3G to his computer’s USB port and left it to charge. Three hours later, it caught fire. The above is an aftermath pic. Colburne writes on his blog: “The fire started in the space between the lead and the phone and resulted in a couple of pins fusing together….
Apple is poised to introduce new versions of its Time Capsule wireless backup appliance and AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless routers, regulatory filings with the Federal Communications Commission reveal. More: continued here
French software development company Visuamobile is planning to launch an iPhone app called ELIZA AI, based on the 1966 artificial intelligence computer program trained to respond to questions like a therapist, that is by asking other questions. Though the program is dated, Leca says the Eliza iPhone app still had the same effect that surprised…
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