Archive: 2006 — page 28
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The $99 iPod Case
Along with Apple's other slightly disappointing announcements Jobs made sure that he had a piece of every sector of the iPod accessory market. Today Apple announced a $99 (£69) Leather iPod case, only fits a video or nano and doesn't allow you to use the…
Northpark Store to Open March 4th
Apple is set to open its third retail store in the Dallas region, the store will open this Saturday, March 4th. The store opens at 10:00am with the usual deal. With Apple giving away a grand sweepstake worth $2229. The winner will receive a 17-inch…
Mac mini With Intel Core Duo Launches
As widely expected Apple today announced the new Mac mini featuring an Intel Core Duo and great Media Centre features using FrontRow. Here's the specs: The new 1.5 GHz Mac mini, for a suggested retail price of $599 (US), includes: 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo…
Apple Releases iPod Hi-Fi
Apple's Special Event has concluded and Apple has given us a handful of great new products. The iPod Hi-Fi will produce music from any iPod including the iPod shuffle. Apple describes the device as the following; "Fill your home with sound, not stereo components. Keep…
Regent Street Store Renovations
Yesterday I popped into the Regent Street as I happened to be in the area, while I was there I noticed a small notice up by the theatre, I unfortunately did not get a good snap of it but it made me think. The sign…
Apple Acquires 107,000 Sq Foot Data Centre
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple have purchased a large data centre in Newark, CA. Apple has bought the facility for an estimated $50 million, the building is positioned on 39800 and 39840 Eureka drive and was originally conceived for use by MCI Worldcom. The data…
Apple Showing Off Aperture 1.1
Apple has been showing of the latest revision of Aperture at the Photography Marketing Association show in Florida. The application is said to sport many new features, speed increases and improvements to RAW image processing. Aperture 1.1 is said to be fully Intel native and…
Movie Madness
Another Apple event, another stressful week of trying to guess what’s up Steve’s sleeves. With the unveiling of "fun" and "new" Apple products on the horizon, let's take a look at how Apple has changed our lives in the video world, and how they just…
Rumour Roundup - February 28th Special Event
The time has come again, World of Apple have rounded up the hottest rumours, and dissected them and then regurgitated the results for joyous reading. If you're wondering what we're rounding up for then lets remind you, this Tuesday Apple will be hosting a Special…
Arndale (UK) Apple Store Confirmed
It looks like Manchester (UK) will be getting its second Store in the future, a job listing has appeared on Apple's retail site with the listed Arndale Centre. Although not far from the Trafford Centre. The Arndale Centre is in the midst of major renovation…
Happy Birthday Steve!
World of Apple would like to take this opportunity to wish our much beloved man Steve Jobs (1955) a happy birthday. All together now "For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can…
The Real iPod Video? [Update 1]
As you've almost certainly read an image of the iPod Video has apparently been leaked. We've contacted some "sources" and we've analysed it through Photoshop and our conclusion is...This is the greatest fake we've ever seen. In fact it's so good that we can't make…
10.4.6 Begins Testing
Several tipsters have reported that Apple has begun testing Mac OS X 10.4.6 internally, the development notes are said to show that Apple has released a build for both the PowerPC and Intel platforms. The build number for PowerPC is 8I109 and for Intel 8I1102…
“Thanks a Billion”
Apple has reached its started of selling 1 billion songs on its iTunes Music Store. 1 billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. Music lovers like you in 21 countries around the globe have purchased one billion songs from the iTunes…
MacBook Pro Round Up
As Mac Book Pro's began shipping just a few days ago and now they are slowing trickling into peoples hands its time we caught up with the mass of activity that has surrounded the MacBook Pro. Didn't take long for some crazy person to disect…
Apple Special Event Feb 28th
This ones official, Apple is planning a special event for February 28th at 10:00AM PST (6:00PM GMT). The event is too be held at the Apple Town Hall on the Cupertino Campus. The invitation features a large iCal style icon with the date set to…
Procare 2.0
As we reported just the other day Apple has now officially launched its new ProCare package, you can find out more on the ProCare website.
Intel Expectations
We were all expectant, yet surprised, when the first ever Intel-based Macs were announced in January at Macworld San Francisco. It wasn't a complete surprise, at WWDC last year Steve announced the transition from PowerPC (IBM) to Intel processors that would start in the middle…
Battle Chips - Article from The Metro Newspaper
Last Wednesday the Metro newspaper featured a very biased article about Macs and PCs. The article somehow reminds me of that one by Dvorak last week. Click the thumbnail to download low res JPEG. Alterntively click here to view the higher res PDF. Thanks to…
MediMac - New Support Service from Apple? [Update 1]
Yesterday World of Apple reported on a set of images that appeared on Flickr showing the new 15" MacBook Pro in all it's glory. Sure it was a nice set of photos, seemingly taken within the Apple campus with attention being drawn to the stick…