Archive: 2009 — page 23
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Video Recording Capabilities Found in iPhone OS 3.0
It has been discovered that the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0 contains all the elements required to allow video recording on the iPhone. Firstly Mac Rumors points out that developers who have been digging around in the iPhone OS 3.0 software found an interface…
Developers Greeted With Build 9J44 of Mac OS X 10.5.7
Apple has delivered yet another build of the ever growing minor update to Mac OS X 10.5. Build 9J44 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 comes with a further five areas of change and adds several focus areas. This build as with others contains a single…
Apple Boasts Twice the Performance With Xserve Update
As rumoured Apple has today updated its line of enterprise servers boasting twice the performance of the previous models. Using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture, the 1U rack-optimized Xserve delivers up to an 89 percent improvement in performance per watt…
Apple and China Unicom Talks Reportedly Halt
Despite what seemed like unstoppable progress , even to the point where iPhone models began appearing on the Chinese carriers website, reports today suggest that talks between Apple and China Unicom have come to a halt. Talks between China Unicom and Apple to introduce iPhone…
2TB Time Capsule Coming Soon?
Third party Apple retailer ClubMac is currently displaying an image on its website that shows a Time Capsule packaging box with a stated capacity of 2TB. Apple currently sells Time Capsule units in 500GB and 1TB units only. The source of the image is unknown…
Minor iTunes Update Released
iTunes 8.1.1 - 66MB iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch.
Opinion: Microsoft, Myths and Marketing (Part One)
Apple has eaten Microsoft's lunch in the advertising department for several years, so beginning last year Microsoft lobbed multiple attempts to strike back. However, the result tragically has been akin to watching a short, bald fifty-year old attempt to prove that white men can jump…
Low Power 802.11n Support Coming to New iPhone?
AppleInsider reports that discoveries made within the latest iPhone OS 3.0 builds suggest support for a new chip that could enable low power 802.11n support on both the new iPhone and iPod touch. According to AppleInsider the current Broadcom chip that supplies WiFi and Bluetooth…
Apple Orders 3.2 and 5 Megapixel Image Sensors
According to DigiTimes who cites market sources, OmniVision has recieved orders for 3.2-megapixel CMOS Image sensors said to be destined for the next-generation iPhone. The same sources have also stated that OmniVision also received orders from Apple for 5-megapixel CMOS image sensors, according to the…
iPhone App Review: Last.fm
Description – Listen to more than 5 million tracks for free with Last.fm on your iPhone. Developer – Last.fm Price – Free – iTunes Link Simply insert your favourite artist, tag or user and the Last.fm app will produce a personal radio station full of…
Online Apple Store Error Hints at Xserve Update
PCWorld.com reports that an online Apple Store has inadvertently hinted at the rumoured update due for Apple's range of Xserve servers. The error appeared on the Hong Kong Apple online store, despite displaying information about the "Nahalem" based Xserves the link is inactive. The broken…
Apple Delivers Build 10A314 of Snow Leopard [Seed Notes]
Apple has seeded developers with the latest build of the next major Mac OS X upgrade, Snow Leopard. In the latest build Apple is pushing developers to begin developing using the new 64-bit kernel included with the build. Although rumoured the "Marble" interface is not…
Xserve in June, Snow Leopard in September, Pro App Updates and more
Hardmac.com has posted a handful of short concise rumours. Despite not looking entirely confident in any of these rumours the site publishes them anyway. Snow Leopard looks like to be ready sometime after September. Apple will tell us more in May but has much work…
Recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 Builds Confirm Upcoming Xserve Refresh
AppleInsider reports on multiple files in the recent builds of Mac OS X 10.5.7 that point towards the imminent update of Apple's Xserve range of servers. A reader of AppleInsider pointed out that extension file AppleTyMCEDriver contains a reference to "Xserver3,1" a machine ID which…
Xserve Refresh Approaching
AppleInsider reports that Apple is planning to refresh its range of server products in the next few weeks. The new Xserve models are said to follow similar footsteps as the recent Mac Pro releases gaining Nahalem based processors. AppleInsider adds that models will likely use…
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 2 Released
Apple today released a new beta release of iPhone OS 3.0 to developers. Build 7A259 of iPhone OS 3.0 is said to contain many stability improvements and appears to run faster. Additionally, reports point towards a new menu appearing in the system preferences labelled "Store"…
Macworld Expo 2010 Moves Dates
Macworld Conference and Expo has already been the subject of controversy this year when Apple announced that it would no longer be attending as either an exhibitor or key star, now it appears that IDG is making extra effort to ensure that the last remaining…
New Seed of Mac OS X 10.5.7 Surfaces
In what looks like a weekly occurence Apple has this weekend delivered a build 9J39 of Mac OS X 10.5.7. Over the last few weeks Apple has given developers new builds on the weekends with very few known issues. This build in partcular fixes issues…
iMovie Update Adds More Than Meets the Eye
During the past week Apple released several minor updates for iWork and iLife '09, as is common for Apple the accompanying descriptions were sparse and uninteresting. Jeff Carlson over at Tidbits has combed through iMovie to find anything else that might have changed over and…
iPhone OS 4.0, Anyone? Anyone?
More skilled and knowledgeable Apple pundits than I have already analyzed the March 17 th preview of iPhone OS 3.0 ; its homeruns and strikeouts; and who really won this third round of major iPhone news—the developer or consumer. Instead of being repetitive, I’d like…