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Apple to Announce Sales of Over 5 Million iPhones at Macworld?
9to5Mac claims that Apple will announce that it has sold over 5 million iPhones during next months Macworld Expo. The milestone would mark the half-way point to Apple's target of 10 million iPhone units shipped in 2008. According to 9to5Mac's sources over 1 million of…
OS X 10.5.2 to Pack Stacks List View Option
List view in Mac OS X 10.5.2 Macenstein has published a screenshot and accompanying article regarding the first build of Mac OS X 10.5.2 that hit Apple's developer site on Tuesday. The screenshot reveals that Apple has added the option to include a List-View in…
Apple Planning Fourth Manhattan Flagship?
The New York Post speculates that Apple could have intentions to raze a building on Manhattan's Upper West Side and replace it with one of its own. Image courtesy of Racked.com The Post reports that the building situated at 1981 Broadway on the northwest corner…
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Seeding Begins
Just one month after the first Leopard update , Apple had begun external testing of the second update which is set to pack a large list of fixes for Mac OS X 10.5. Those familiar with the seed state that it first appeared on Tuesday…
Sightings of Metallic Grey MacBook on Apple's Campus
AppleInsider is reporting that sources have spotted sightings of an unfamiliar MacBook model around Apple's main campus in Cupertino. The source described the colour as "dark grey" or "gunmetal" with the notebook being slender proportions making the rounds in an area where Apple traditionally conducts…
iPhone Revisions and Apple TV Update in 2008?
After a key meeting with suppliers and manufacturers in Asia, Goldman Sachs analysts reported this week that Apple will most likely introduce two revisions to the iPhone in 2008 and an Apple TV overhaul. David Bailey wrote in a research note that his Far Eastern…
TV Shows Coming to iTunes Canada This Week?
Ars Technica reports that iTunes users in Canada could be greeted with the arrival of TV Shows to the store in the coming days. The company plans to begin adding shows quietly to the store as early as tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon or evening, with an…
Apple's Retail Expansion in Fiscal 2008
Since Apple's 2008 financial year started on September 30th 2007 the company has opened seven new stores and plans more for 2008. Apple has opened the following stores in fiscal year 2008: The Mall at Partridge Creek - Clinton Township, Michigan - opened 18/10 Lakeside…
Mac Pro Update, OS X 10.5.2 at Macworld?
French Mac site MacBidouille is reporting ( translated by HardMac ) that Apple will unleash new versions of its high-end Mac Pro workstation at Macworld 2008 to held in January. The French site reports that the new Mac Pros will see an update to 45nm…
$1500 Sub-notebook, 3G iPhone by June
In a recently aired broadcast on CNBC, Jim Goldman reported that a source close to Apple's manufacturing facilities has confirmed that the company will release a sub-notebook at Macworld in January and will also have a 3G iPhone on sale by June. Goldman also reported…
iPhone 1.1.3 Soon? Disk Mode Support, Voice Memos?
CNet France ( translated by Electronista ) is reporting that iPhone firmware update 1.1.3 is due very soon, possibly as early as the coming weekend. The firmware update which comes around 1 month after the previous update is said to build in voice memo recording…
Apple Orders Displays Ahead of Ultra-Portable
Citing industry sources Taiwan based DigiTimes is reporting that Kenmos Technology and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology have both become suppliers of notebook LED backlit units for both Dell and Apple. Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology is currently supplying 12.1-inch units to Dell via AU Optronics and…
Munster Sees Ultra-Portable Mac at Macworld
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is weighing in on the ultra-portable Mac rumours again . Munster is now believes that there is an 85-percent chance of Apple releasing the long-rumoured ultra-portable Mac at Macworld Conference and Expo in January 2008. "As Macworld approaches, reports of…
AT&T Chief 3G iPhone "next year"
Bloomberg reports that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed Wednesday that Apple will introduce a 3G version of the iPhone next year. "You'll have it next year," he said, explaining that he was unaware of how much more the new version will cost than the existing…
iPhone SDK in Hands of Developers?
Electronista is claiming that Apple has already begun seeding an early version of the iPhone SDK to select developers. The kit is described as a "rough version" of the tools aimed at developers, to allow them to create native applications for the iPhone and iPod…
iPhone and iTunes Produce Evidence of Future Rentals Scheme
With the release of iTunes 7.5 a while back one user noticed some interesting strings in the new iTunes 7.5 binary. The strings of code point towards the future existence of some kind of rental facility on the iTunes Store. In September one user discovered…
Speculation Points Towards 3G iPhone in May 2008
A report from the Spanish national newspaper El Pais claims that Apple will launch a 3G capable iPhone in May 2008. Citing a software developer called SevenClick , the mobile software developer claims that huge Spanish network Telefonica is expecting the 3G iPhone to make…
VW Touch-Screen Interface the Work of Apple?
VW touch-screen interface Earlier in the year we had a rumour that Apple and VW were working on the 'iCar'. It appears that this rumour is partially true; according to VW's design chief Walter de' Silva who has told Autoblog that starting next year "every…
Ultra-Portable Mac at Macworld Expo 2008 in January?
AppleInsider is reporting that Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco will be when Apple unleashes its long-rumoured ultra-portable Mac. The notoriously accurate rumour site describes the 13-inch aluminium sub-notebook at 50-percent light and strikingly similar in appearance to the current 15-inch MacBook Pro. THe unit…
In Brief: 1.1.2 iPhone Firmware Arriving Friday, iMac Freezing a Hardware Issue? [Updated]
1.1.2 iPhone Firmware Arriving Friday Pocket-lint.co.uk has reportedly received confirmation from Apple that firmware version 1.1.2 will be available to all iPhone owners on Friday 9th. Although the time could not be confirmed, iPhone owners who sync their device with iTunes tomorrow in the States…