Archive: October 2009 — page 2
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Apple Releases Multi-touch Magic Mouse
Apple has today introduced a new wireless Multi-touch mouse dubbed Magic Mouse. The mouse uses technologies first seen on the iPhone and iPod touch, the mouse llows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire…
Apple Predicted to Unleash New Mac mini, iMac, Time Capsules and AirPort
AppleInsider points towards a post on its own forums from a source who has historically offered accurate information prior to product launches. The information comes hot on the heels of rumours about iMac and Mac mini updates today. The source claims that three models of…
Apple Readying Flurry of Updated Products Today
Following months of rumours surrounding new iMac and MacBook computers, today brings new rumours that point towards the release of updated computers and potentially new peripherals today. John Gruber of Daring Fireball has briefly mentioned in a post that today will see the release of…
Notes of Interest from Apple's Q409 Conference Call
Following Apple's announcement of the most profitable quarter yet with sales of more Macs and iPhones than any previous quarter the company held a conference call to discuss the results further. Here are some notes of interest from the conference call: Apple began and ended…
Apple Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2009 Results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter which ended on September 26, 2009. Apple posted revenue of $9.87 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion…
IDC and Gartner Estimate Mac Sales
As is routine towards the end of a fiscal quarter Gartner and IDC last week issued numbers estimating Mac sales in the United States. Gartner estimates that Apple shipped 1.572 million Macs, representing growth of 6.8% year-to-year, giving the company an 8.8% market share amongst…
Apple to Announce Q409 Fiscal Results, Street Expectations High
Apple will today announce it's fourth quarter 2009 fiscal results. Wall street and analysts alike are looking for Apple to impress and once again beat expectations. Apple which is scheduled to announce the results at 2 p.m. pacific, 5 p.m. eastern and 10 p.m. London…
Apple Seeds New Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build [Seed Notes]
Apple today gave developers the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.2, 10C527f which contains only one known issues is said to include two sets of release notes, an indicative sign of a possible release candidate. The build is 483.5MB in size. Seed notes for…
Mac Pro Revamp to Feature Six Core Processor
HardMac citing sources is reporting that Apple is planning to bring Xeon Gulftown CPU to a future Mac Pro revision. The Xeon Gulftown chip offers several enhancements over the processors used in the current Mac Pro's, namely 32 nanometre engraving, 12MB of L3 cache and…
In-App Purchase Now Available for Free Apps
Yesterday Apple sent out a mass email to registered iPhone developers informing them of a policy change regarding free apps and the use of In-App Purchase. Now you can use In App Purchase in your free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services. You…
Apple Addresses Hard Drive Pauses With Update
Performance Update 1.0 - 108KB This update addresses intermittent hard drive related pauses reported by a small number of customers. Products Affected MacBook Air (Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz…
FM Radio Coming to iPhone and iPod touch
9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Apple could be looking to add FM radio support to the iPod touch and iPhone via an app. The story which is fuelled by a tip submitted to the rumour site suggests that the app from Apple will…
Support Note Hints at iPod touch Camera [U: No it Doesn't]
Evidence continues to mount supporting rumours that Apple will add a camera to the iPod touch, like it did the iPod nano. An Apple support note last modified on October 13th is entitled "iPhone and iPod touch: Disabling digital camera notification in Mac OS X…
iMovie Update Adds Support for iFrame
Apple has today released iMovie 8.0.5 which adds support for a new video format developed by Apple. The format called iFrame is only currently available on two Sanyo manufactured video cameras and is designed to make importing and editing video easier and quicker. On a…
Levinson Resigns from Google Board [U]
Following the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into Apple and Google's overlapping board of directors, Arthur Levinson has become the latest director required to choose between the two companies. The news comes just a few months after Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's…
Apple Begins Work on Mac OS X 10.6.2 [Seed Notes]
This week Apple released two builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to the developer community. The builds, 10C514f and 10C519f came just four days apart and already contain a sizeable number of fixes and focus areas. The latest build 10C519f weighs in at 456.94MB for…
Apple Outlines Tweaks to MobileMe
Apple has posted a support document online outlining several changes that have been made to MobileMe. The changes mainly affect MobileMe's iDisk service but the "Find my iPhone" feature now takes a more prominent place on the MobileMe navigation bar. Apple lists the following changes…
Apple Creates Industry Wide NAND Memory Strain
DigiTimes is reporting via industry sources that NAND flash supplies have become "tighter" as major producers Samsung Electronics, Toshiba, Micron and Hynix Semiconductor attempt to meet demand for Apple. The report suggests that other buyers are beginning to look elsewhere for supplies, IM Flash is…
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.2
Apple has today released a minor iPhone OS update aimed at all iPhone models and the iPod touch. The update addresses issues with wake from sleep, network connection issues and crashes during video streaming. This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: -…
iPhone App Review: Guitar ToolKit
Description: Essential guitar utilities, including an amazingly accurate tuner and a library of over 500,000 chords, all on your iPhone or iPod touch. One of the highest rated applications in the App Store. Developer - Agile Partners GuitarToolKit - £5.99 ($9.99) - iTunes Many useful…