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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…
MobileMe to Feature iPhone Over-the-Air Contact, Photo, Calendar Syncing?
TUAW is reporting on what they believe to be an accurate view of what Apple's revamp of .Mac will hold for current and future users of the online service. TUAW notes that .Mac "will no longer be sold by Apple after WWDC" and that existing…
.Mac Outage Causes Stir
After much rumour over the l ast few days that .Mac will be re-branded and revamped at WWDC next week, a long service outage has sparked further speculation. At around 5.30pm Eastern time on Monday .Mac mail went offline for around 6 hours. During last…
In Brief: $200 Low-End iPhone? 3G iPhone Specs Revealed?
$200 Low-End iPhone? Digg founder and co-host of Diggnation Kevin Rose has posted a video where he explains that he expects a $200 lower-end iPhone to be introduced alongside the new 3G iPhone. Although most likely a coincidence the rumoured price point tallys with a…
Apple Back to School Promo to Offer iPod touch
Mac Rumors and AppleInsider are reporting that Apple is set to launch its annual Back to School promotion tomorrow. Sources have confirmed to both sites that Apple will offer a rebate up to $299 the equivalent value of an 8GB iPod touch. The offer will…
UK 3G iPhone to Retail for £100?
Times Online is reporting that the new iPhone could retail in the UK market for as little as £100. Apple is widely expected to allow mobile carriers to subsidise the new iPhone which is rumoured to see an introduction at WWDC which kicks off on…
Apple Owner of Me.com, Buying Up .Me Domains
After the n ews late last week that Apple could be renaming its suite of online services from .Mac to Mobile Me it appears that the company has also purchased the domain "me.com". Me.com currently points to Snappville.com but a Netcraft page for the domain…
.Mac to Become "Mobile Me"
Earlier rumours that .Mac will be renamed have become somewhat concreted by the discovery of references to an existing Apple trademark . A reference found in the latest iPhone 2.0 OS beta points towards the use of "Mobile Me" as the new name for .Mac.
.Mac Service to See Complete Revamp and Rename?
Reports are emerging that Mac OS X 10.5.3 is laden with hints that Apple will rename its online .Mac service. Codingrobots.com is reporting that changes to multiple strings in Mac OS X 10.5.3 point towards a new name for Apple's online Mail, web hosting, iDisk…
Fifth Avenue Apple Store Temporarily Closes, Apple Filming 3G iPhone Ad?
Apple's 24-hour Apple Store in Manhattan has closed this afternoon and is set to reopen in the morning. The Fifth Avenue Apple Store has seen very few closures in its lifetime, but Apple's retail page confirms that the Apple store will be temporary closed: Please…
Intel Delay Could Push back MacBook Revision
Intel confirmed yesterday that it will delay shipments of its upcoming Montevina chipset by as much as two months, with a formal launch in late-August. The delay could push the update to the MacBook notebooks to much later in the year. "There were two minor…
Apple Experiencing Issues with 3G iPhone Ramp?
Analyst, Nicolas Gaudois for UBS Invesment Research has issued a report to clients today in which he took the news of profit warnings from baseband chip maker Infineon as a sign that Apple's future iPhone model could see delays in ramping up manufacturing. "In our…
SDK Icon Files Reveal New iPhone Design? Strings Point towards 3G
SDK Icon Files Reveal New iPhone Design? MacRumors is reporting that one reader of the site has found an interesting icon file in a file called "iPhone.icns" which comes with the latest iPhone SDK beta . The icon file appears to show clear differences around…
iTunes Movie Sales Coming to UK, Canada Soon?
According to a report by the Times Online Apple is preparing to announce film download and rental services in the UK and Canada. Apple is said to have reached deals with Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Lions Gate and MGM to offer films…
Orange Offering Upgrade Deals for Next iPhone?
According to French technology site PCInpact ( via Electronista ) multiple readers of the site have been contacted by Orange regarding upgrading to future iPhone models. Apparently two solutions are on the table, the first entails a direct swap. A trade-in for the current model…
Latest iPhone OS 2.0 Builds Show Photo Geo-Tagging
Apple continues to release incremental updates of the next major update to the iPhone OS to registered developers and enterprise customers, of interest from the latest builds is the iPhones ability to be location aware. According to AppleInsider the latest build 5A292g contains photo geo-tagging…
In Brief: AAPL Stumbles on 3G iPhone Delay Rumour
SeekingAlpha.com reports on a slight slump in AAPL shares on Thursday afternoon after a rumour began circulating that the 3G iPhone would be delayed. One trading source tells me there are “rumors of a rumor” of a 3G delay. You have to love stocks moving…
AT&T Hiring Temporary Staff for June
AT&T is repeating last years pattern of hiring retail temps to help in retail stores during the month of June. A request has been made of Kelly Services temp agency that will see workers join AT&T as greeters for a project known only as "Summer…
3G iPhone On-Route to US?
ImportGenius.com is reporting that the much-rumoured and highly anticipated 3G iPhone could be shipping into the US at this very moment. The site reports that 188 ocean containers have been shipped to Apple Inc of a product that has never been declared on any previous…
Entire MacBook Line-up to Feature LED BLU's by 2009
The transition which began last year appears to be coming to an end with Apple's remaining notebooks set to receive LED back lit units by 2009. According to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) Apple plans to use back light unit maker (BLU) Kenmos Technology…