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Apple store 360 feet from Microsoft Store
While the Microsoft Store was launching in Mission Viejo, CA at the end of October, the Apple store (360 feet away from the Microsoft store) was busily working on a remodel. When I was there, the entire Apple store was stripped down – the drywall wasn’t even up yet. Here we are, less than a [...]
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More Apple tablet news
AppleInsider announced today that they have multiple sources that are ” well-respected by AppleInsider for their striking accuracy in Apple’s internal affairs” – they all are saying that there’s a tablet slated for 2010. Could be exciting. Take a look at the complete AppleInsider article. In addition to the other pictures I posted a couple days [...]
Apple Media Pad rumor… again
In Apple’s most recent earnings report (Q309) they again squashed any hopes of coming out with a netbook computer saying that they’re not going to make a piece of junk. Rumors have been flying around nevertheless about an “Apple Media Pad.” The rumors are complete with pictures of course. Above is the most recent concept. [...]
Apple appologizes for activation delays with gift certificates
Looks like Apple is giving $30 iTunes gift certificates to the people that bought the iPhone 3G S and weren’t able to activate their phones for a couple days due to activation server delays. They’ll be sending you an email if they found that you were affected by the server delays. Take a look.
2009 New 13″ MacBook Pro
There was a new 13″ MacBook Pro announced at WWDC 2009 yesterday. They’re available starting today. New features include: built-in (non-removable) 7 hour battery new Display (has better color, etc…) SD Card slot Firewire port up to 8Gb of memory up to 500Gb hard drive and a backlit keyboard. They also start at a lower [...]
WWDC 2009 | Highlights | new iPhone release: iPhone 3GS date and information
Highlights from WWDC 2009 Keynote: iPhone OS 3.0 available worldwide June 17th My weapon of choice this year for the Keynote stream was http://www.macrumorslive.com. They have a good stream text feed, and an even better streaming pictures feed. The pictures updated more often than the text, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they caught every [...]
Get a LoD of how horribly Palm Pre’s launch went…
And another Link of the Day for you… In the picture: iPhone launch on top, Palm Pre on bottom. For those of you that don’t know, the Palm Pre has had some great reviews that pit it’s features against the iPhone – the palm pre won in 8/12 categories in one review. Honestly though – [...]
PC Magazine votes iLife “the best suite out there” ad
Yes, they really said it. Apple strikes once again.. Video is a few months old, but still funny.
iPhone SDK tutorial: disconnecting your application from Interface Builder
This is a quick tutorial on disconnecting your iPhone project from Interface Builder using Xcode. When you initially start a new iPhone project in Xcode, you get a project that loads from a NIB file. This NIB file describes a template for how visual elements are layed out on the screen. As a newbie to [...]
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Time to personalize – screensaver time
All you Mac users – go grab a screensaver! Or two… or forty. The screensaver “Strands” is my favorite: 40+ Eye-Catching Mac Screensavers
iPhone overheated: the peak of good UX
A picture of an iPhone warning screen appeared on The iPhone Blog yesterday. Apparently the iPhone gives a pleasant warning sign when it starts to overheat. Little warning signs like this, that inform the user of what’s happening, is what keeps Apple on top. Apple continues to prove how crucial machine-to-human communication is. This message [...]
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iPhone 3.0 taking marginally better photos?
The 3.0 iPhone OS was released to developers a few months ago. We’re currently on the fourth beta of the iPhone OS,. Recently a Russian website released that the latest version of the beta software was taking higher quality pictures: As you might imagine, there was a lot of disbelief about the validity of these [...]
Best explanation of Apple’s 10-inch screen purchase
Admittedly, I haven’t really payed much attention to everybody’s theories about why Apple purchased so many 10 inch screens, but of those that I have payed attention to, this one caught my eye the most: Almost overnight Apple became a dominate player in the music business. The next night they completely changed the mobile phone [...]
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New reason to visit the Apple Store