Archive: July 2009 — page 2
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China to Receive WiFi-Less iPhone Come September
According to a report published last week a specially built iPhone could make its way to China in September . The report credits Foxconn (Hon Hai) as helping piece together a deal between Apple and Chinese carrier China Unicom. According to Beijing regulations mobile devices…
iPhone App Review: Rolando 2: Quest For The Golden Orchid
Description: The sequel to the iPhone Game of the Year has arrived in style! Get ready to roll as you guide a massive cast of characters on a funky new quest filled with action and surprise behind every touch. Developer - ngmoco, Inc Rolando 2…
Concerns Over Mac Shipments Quashed
On Monday Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster issued a note to clients containing his concerns over Apple's Mac sales during its third fiscal quarter of 2009. Munster's note told clients that preliminary computer shipment data from NPD due Monday afternoon would be key to his…
Street Expectations High Ahead of Quarterly Results
On Tuesday July 21, Apple will release its Q309 fiscal earnings, naturally towards the end of this week and no doubt on Monday and Tuesday of next week analysts and the street have been hedging bets on where Apple will land. To recap during the…
Talk of O2 Exclusivity Ending
This week there have been numerous reports that suggest O2 in the UK is coming to the end of its exclusive agreement to sell the iPhone. Neither of the two reports match up in there details which does cast doubt upon the rumours. The first…
Apple v. Psystar: Misc. Court Orders Entered
Today there has been activity on both the California and the Bankruptcy Court dockets. As expected, Judge Alsup (California) has allowed the substitution of counsel by Psystar. Those requests, particularly when no dates are affected and the other party does not object, are routinely approved…
iMovie Update Addresses iPhone 3GS Video Issues
iMovie 8.0.4 - 35.56MB This update improves overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include: Fixed a problem with incorrect rotation when working with video created by iPhone 3GS Resolved instability when adding multiple beat markers in some languages…
Apple v. Psystar: Psystar Retains New Law Firms
On July 15, 2009, Psystar filed a Motion with the Court requesting allowance for substitution of counsel from the firm of Carr & Ferrell, LLP (the firm where Colby Springer is employed) to K.A.D Camara of Camara & Sibley, LLP of Houston, Texas and David…
Apple Releases iTunes 8.2.1 [U]
Apple has today released a minor point update to iTunes which provides "a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices." The update which is 80MB in size brings no obvious features but is reported by numerous sources to…
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Build 10A411 Available
Just five days after Apple released Mac OS X Snow Leopard build 10A402 the company has made build 10A411 available via the built-in software update utility. The update which weighs in at 750MB, significantly less than the 1.31GB update available last week is described by…
Custom Apple Processor to Power Tablet?
Following the recent resurgence of talk about Apple's "touchscreen netbook" VentureBeat has heard that Apple is planning to power the device using a custom designed and built processor. VentureBeat points to Apple's acquisition of PA Semi in April 2008 as the source of the processor…
Developers Greeted with Latest iPhone OS and SDK Builds
Apple has this evening given iPhone developers the latest iPhone SDK and the accompanying OS. iPhone OS and SDK 3.1 first saw light of day just two weeks ago and brought with it a number of enhancements including non-destructive video editing and Voice Control using…
App Store Downloads Surpass 1.5 Billion in First Year
Apple has today announced that the App Store which had its one year anniversary over the weekend has topped 1.5 billion app downloads. Apple also stated that the store now has 65,000 applications and over 100,000 registered developers. "The App Store is like nothing the…
Apple Continues Testing Latest Leopard Update [Seed Notes]
Apple began testing Mac OS X 10.5.8 just over one month ago and has this week delivered another build to registered developers. Build 9L25 includes just two areas of change; a fix to the "Save As" option in Mail app and URL localisation but an…
NVIDIA Updates GeForce GTX 285 Drivers
NVIDIA today released updated drivers for the GeForce GTX 285 graphics card. The GTX 285 is a graphics card currently available for the Mac Pro at $449.95 and offers significant advantages over the standard options available for the Mac Pro. According to Mac Rumors updating…
$800 Apple Touchscreen "Netbook" in October
Taiwanese based InfoTimes reported today [ translation provided by Mac Rumors] that Apple is set to release its long awaited "netbook" this coming October. According to the article commonly used manufacturing partners Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack have all received orders for the new device. The…
Apple v. Psystar: Settlement Conference Date Set
As I had suggested in my last article in which I noted that although a second mediation had been ordered, no date had been set, an Order has come from Magistrate Judge Zimmerman setting the mediation for July 30, 2009. This Order is a bit…
Reports of South Korea iPod nano Recall Untrue
Reports of a South Korean iPod nano recall are untrue a ccording to The Loop , in a statement provided to the blog fully clarifies the situation. “Since last August, Apple has offered to repair or replace any customer’s first generation iPod nano if its…
Latest Snow Leopard Update Adds UI Tweaks [Updated: Screenshots]
Apple has today issued a new update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard via the built-in Software Update application. The update which pushes Snow Leopard to build 10A402 weighs in at 1.31GB. Apple describes the update as follows: This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is…
Apple v. Psystar: New Case Management Scheduling Order Entered
Now that the automatic stay has been lifted, the California Court has issued its Second Case Management Scheduling Order. All of the previous future deadlines have been moved forward by approximately one month with the new trial date set for January 11, 2010 .