Archive: June 2007 — page 6
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Apple Removes 2 Year Contract Requirement from iPhone Ads
TUAW notes that the latest advert posted by Apple to its website differs from the others. The original adverts that aired stated that a 2-year contract was required to use the iPhone. Now the latest advert has the line removed all together.
iMac Unlikely for WWDC
AppleInsider reports that the appearance of a brand new iMac are looking unlikely at next weeks WWDC. "There's no compelling rationale for [Apple] to pre-announce new iMacs months in advance of availability," said another contact familiar with Cupertino-based Mac maker's consumer product strategy. "The current…
ZFS to be Default File System in Leopard?
Sun Microsystems CEO, Jonathan Schwartz has spilled the beans on the status of ZFS in Leopard. The CEO announced that Apple would announce plans to reveal ZFS as the default file system in Mac OS X Leopard. "In fact, this week you'll see that Apple…
iPhone Advert Focuses on Internet Application [Updated]
An unpublished advert has recently shown on CNBC, the advert for the iPhone shows off the ability to surf the internet. The advert which is only viewable on YouTube uses a similar style to the others published but demonstrates the scrolling, zooming and general browsing…
In Brief: iPhone Dev Kit at WWDC? AT&T Improving EDGE Network?
iPhone Dev Kit at WWDC? The New York Times reported at the beginning of the week on the upcoming iPhone. The article focuses on the development of 3rd party applications for the device. The article cites Steve Jobs speaking last week at D: All Things…
MacBook Pro Receives Update
As per the rumours yesterday Apple has updated its professional line of notebooks to include faster Core 2 Duo processors using Santa Rosa technology, support for up to 4GB of RAM, LED backlit displays and 17-inch models can have a high resolution displays up to…
MacBook Pro Updates Tomorrow?
Mac Rumors is reporting that it is confident that Apple will release an update to the MacBook Pro tomorrow morning (June 5). The site also pieces together "various reports" to produce some potential specifications for some of the models of MacBook Pro; 2.2GHz, 4mb shared…
Apple Releases Three iPhone Adverts, Coming June 29
Apple has released three new adverts for the iPhone, in particular a release date of June 29th has been confirmed in the adverts that have aired on TV. The first advert called "Never Been an iPod" demonstrates how the iPhone is like no other iPod…
Apple Prepping MacBook Pro Update?
Mac Rumors , AppleInsider and Think Secret are all reporting that Apple is planning to release updated MacBook Pro's as early as this coming Tuesday. AppleInsider offers some brief details on the update, the MacBook Pro's are said to take some enhancements from Intel's Santa…
iTunes Plus Songs Tagged
Erica Sudan of O'Reilly is speculating that Apple may be tagging the AAC section of iTunes Plus tracks. Erica's research led her to create a secondary iTunes account and download two tracks on two separate accounts. This morning I created a new account over at…
Apple Sends New Seed of 10.4.10 to Developers
MacRumors is reporting that Apple has seeded builds 8R208 (PPC) and 8R2208 (Intel) of Mac OS X 10.4.10. The site states that areas of change are Image RAW, WebCore JavaScript, and ImageCapture.
YouTube to Encode in H.264 for Apple TV
Earlier in the week at D5 conference Steve Jobs showed off an Apple TV with the ability to show videos from YouTube. At the time Walt Mossberg raised the question of quality, Steve Jobs assured Walt that things would improve over time. YouTube on the…
AT&T to Deliver IPTV to Apple TV?
Engadget is reporting that sources tell them that Apple and AT&T are working on adding IPTV capabilities to the Apple TV. The sources state that the release plans are yet to be "worked out". Engadget compares the service to AT&T's current TV service called U-verse…