Archive: 2008 — page 26
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In Brief: WWDC Swag Revealed
Charles Bihi has posted a photo of the T-Shirt and bag that is being handed out to attendees of this years Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The T-Shirt displays the time, date and location of the WWDC keynote which will take place on June…
In Brief: iPhone Production Ramp
Barrons.com is reporting that Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) the manufacturer of the iPhone is set to ramp up production of the 3G iPhone later this month. According to Barrons Foxconn has only shipped "several thousand" iPhones but is expected to ramp up production towards…
$200 Subsidy on New iPhone?
USA Today is providing further evidence that carriers of the iPhone around the world will most likely subsidise the iPhone. According to the newspaper the new iPhone will start at $199, that is with a $200 subsidy from AT&T. The price also will rock: $199…
Sling Shows off Proof-of-Concept SlingPlayer for iPhone
Engadget has posted several images and a video of a proof-of-concept SlingPlayer application for the iPhone. On the run-up to Macworld 2008 it was rumoured that Sling would be showing off a native iPhone SlingPlayer but the rumour never came to fruition. According to Engadget…
WWDC 2008 Rumour Roundup
As promised here is a roundup of all the rumours leading up to this years Worldwide Developers Conference, anything directly related to the iPhone has been included in a previous article . World of Apple will be offering live coverage of tomorrows keynote presentation by…
Mac OS X 10.6 to Include PPC Support After All?
Contrary to reports late last week , Gizmodo writes that PowerPC support will most likely live on in the next major version of Mac OS X. The source who reported to Gizmodo claims to have used a seed of Mac OS X 10.6 and early…
Apple Retail Receiving Shipments of Secret Packages
Ars Technica is reporting that multiple Apple retail stores gave received "unidentified shipments" as well as new marketing material to go up Monday. According to the report London's Regent Street Apple Store has received a single box which is padlocked and under orders to be…
Images Depict Multiple iPhone Colours, Video Conferencing?
Mac Rumors , Crunchgear, and Engadget have all posted photos from an unknown source purportedly showing promotional materials for the new iPhone. The images are widely being considered fake due to many glaring omissions but many of the sites have published them for interests sake…
Gallery: Ahead of WWDC 2008
With WWDC 2008 kicking off next week it is only natural that World of Apple offers a gallery of images from around Moscone West in San Francisco. Photos courtesy of Adam Jackson. View the gallery.
WWDC 2008 iPhone Rumour Roundup
At 10 am pacific time on Monday Steve Jobs will address a hall full of thousands of eager developers who are waiting to see what Apple will unveil at this years Worldwide Developers Conference. World of Apple has offered rumour roundups leading up to Apple…
In Brief: T-Mobile to Cease iPhone Sales June 30 [Update]
As O2 and AT&T run dry of iPhone stock T-Mobile in Germany still seems to have plenty of stock even though it slashed the price to just €99 . The official carrier of the iPhone is now indicating that it will no longer sell the…
Apple Set to Show off new Multi-Touch Device?
Shaw Wu, analyst for American Technology Research noted to clients earlier this week that he believed that there was a 50/50 chance that Apple will introduce a new form factor multi-touch device at WWDC. Our sources indicate 4-inch and 7-inch touchscreen devices beyond prototype stage…
Australian Resellers Receive Mystery Package
MacTalk.com.au reports that Australian resellers have seen the arrival of mysterious boxes marked with the following warning: SUBJECT TO TERMS OF NDA DO NOT OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY JUNE 10TH, 2008 June 10th (in Australia) is the day of Steve Jobs' keynote presentation which kicks off…
Staking out the iPhone, Mystery Boxes!
Fortune's Brian Caulfield has been playing a game of espionage at a Quanta Computer distribution centre. Acting on previous reports that Apple shipped 19 deliveries from Quanta the reporter went about staking out Quanta's distribution facility in Fremont, California. The building although designed for product…
Apple Adds Two Additional Exec Positions
Over the past week Apple has gone about extending the number of executives present in the company, Apple has increased the previous ten executives to twelve by adding an additional position for iPhone software and Mac hardware. Scott Forstall, previously vice president of platform experience…
WWDC 2008 Banners Spotted
Crunchgear has posted a photo of just two of the banners that have started going up at Moscone West in San Francisco ahead of next weeks Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). In the photos two banners can clearly be seen, the first reading "OS X Leopard…
O2 Plans Free 3G iPhones
Macworld UK is reporting that O2 is planning to offer the new iPhone free to customers who sign onto the top tariffs. The article also concurs with a rumour last week that the iPhone will cost £100 and be sold with an 18-month contract. But…
First Build of Mac OS X 10.5.4 Hits Developers [Seed Notes]
Just one week after releasing Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple has seeded a build of Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers. Build 9E6 of Mac OS X 10.5.4 currently contains no known issues and only five bug fixes but this is likely to change over…
Native iPhone Apps to Debut at WWDC?
According to CNET , native iPhone apps will see an official unveiling next week at WWDC. The information which reportedly comes from a firm developing iPhone software alludes to the launch of the App Store which would be necessary to install native iPhone applications.
Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Coming at Macworld 2009? [Updated]
TUAW reported yesterday that Apple could be seeding developers an early build of Mac OS X 10.6 at WWDC next week. TUAW also reports that Mac OS X 10.6 will ship in January 2009 and that Apple will drop PowerPC support from OS X making…