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Snow Leopard New Look Ready for Unveiling
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is preparing to unveil a new look for Snow Leopard in the near future. According to the rumour site previous seeds of Mac OS X Snow Leopard have been devoid of "several features" including a major change to the user…
Apple Releases 17-inch Unibody MacBook Pro Graphics Update
MacBook Pro Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 - 770KB This firmware update is recommended for all 17-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2009) users and addresses the appearance of vertical lines or distorted graphics on the notebook display.
China Unicom Posts iPhone Information on Website
China Unicom has posted photos and specifications for the current iPhone 3G on its website this week. The move comes as a sign that Apple may finally be ready to launch the iPhone in China. The information can be seen on the China Unicom Shanghai…
Apple Unveils Cross Border Ordering
Apple has today unveiled the ability to order purchases for recipients in other countries. The service known as Cross Border would allow a US-based customer to make a purchase for someone in the UK. Apple currently offers the service in the US to 20 countries…
AT&T Exec Reveals Details of iPhone Future
A reportedly high-up AT&T executive has revealed several important details of Apple's future iPhone plans. The information which is relayed by Boy Genius Report reveals information like release timeframes and a further emphasis on speed. Boy Genius Report says that the information is "100% confirmed"…
Apple Suddenly and Quietly Discontinues iPhone Bluetooth Headset
Over the weekend Apple's online store began showing a "Discontinued" status, a sign that an updated model could be in the pipeline. Despite being apparently discontinued since Saturday several readers have reported to World of Apple that they were successful in adding the product to…
Apple Seeds New Build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 [Seed Notes]
Apple has this weekend seeded a new build (9J34) of the next update to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The build comes with improvements to Mail and the speech dictionary as well as several other fixes adding to the 80+ list of fixes already present…
O2 Introduces 24-month iPhone Contracts
On the back of rumours of an iPhone price cut in the UK, O2 has announced that it will be introducing new 24-month tariffs starting April 3. Customers who sign up to the 24 month tariff can get the 8GB iPhone 3G for free at…
AT&T Confirms Contract Free iPhones
Following yesterdays rumour AT&T has confirmed that it will start selling iPhones without requiring a two-year contract, but they will cost $400 more. Spokesman Michael Coe said AT&T will sell the phones starting next Thursday for $599 or $699, depending on the storage capacity. The…
iPhone OS 3.0 Indicates Several Future iPod and iPhone Models
Ars Technica is reporting that the iPhone OS 3.0 software update contains references to four currently unavailable products. The references which can be found in a property list file within the software point to products known as iPhone3,1, iPod3,1, iFPGA, and iProd0,1. The file /System/Library/AppleUSBDevice/USBDeviceConfiguration.plist…
Movies Available for Buying and Renting in High Definition
Apple has today announced that customers can now buy and rent high definition movie rentals from the iTunes Store. Starting today, movie fans can purchase box office blockbusters for download in HD for $19.99 from iTunes, and films will be available as iTunes Movie Rentals…
USB Tethering and "Find My iPhone" Feature in iPhone OS 3.0
Two particularly poignant details not fully revealed by Apple are a new feature called "Find My iPhone" and the extent of the iPhones tethering abilities. Detailed by AppleInsider the feature "Find My iPhone" will let users remotely pinpoint the location of their iPhone via Apple's…
Screenshots and Videos of iPhone OS 3.0
A flurry of sites including Engadget , Gizmodo , iLounge and AppleInsider have posted detailed galleries of the latest iPhone OS 3.0 software which was previewed by Apple yesterday . The galleries reveal a few details that were not disclosed during Apple's event: Notes sync…
AT&T to Begin Offering Contract-Free iPhones March 26?
Boy Genius Report is claiming that starting March 26 AT&T will being offering iPhone 3Gs contract-free to existing customers. The information which appears to have been sourced from internal AT&T training material which states that the 8GB iPhone 3G will sell for $599 and the…
Video of iPhone OS 3.0 Preview Event Posted
Apple has posted the QuickTime stream of the special event held today to preview the third iteration of iPhone software . A summary of the announcements can be seen in this post .
Apple Issues Software Update for Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Firmware Update - 11.4MB This firmware update addresses intermittent flickering and compatibility issues such as no video on some external displays when using the Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter on your Mini DisplayPort enabled Mac. The Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter…
Highlights of Today's iPhone Software Event
Today Apple held a special event at its campus in Cupertino to give the world a preview of the next major release of iPhone software and give developers an insight into the new SDK tools. The event which lasted well over an hour covered the…
Apple Shows Off iPhone OS 3.0
From Apple press release Apple today previewed its iPhone OS 3.0 software and announced the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers. The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces…
Live Coverage of iPhone OS 3.0 Event
At approximately 10AM Pacific time Apple will hold an event to give an "advance preview" of the next iPhone operating system. World of Apple will not offer live coverage but a summary of events will be posted on this page. For a list of sites…
Coverage of iPhone OS 3.0 Event
Today Apple will hold a special event for select members of the media to show off the next iteration of the iPhone operating system. Dubbed iPhone OS 3.0 the software looks set to pack several long awaited features including but not least copy and paste…