OS X 10.5.2 Update

11 Feb 2008 In: News

It’s here and you know where to get it. There are all sorts of bug fixes in the entire Apple OS. Airport improvements as well as Dashboard improvements, Time Machine menu option and the GrowlMail fix come with the update.

Spice Phone Has Optical Drive

11 Feb 2008 In: News

Scoot over MacBook Air. Spice Corp of India just introduced a phone with, guess what, an optical drive! It’s pretty cheap, too, based on the fact that two other phones from the same company has an MSRP of $20 each. The Movie Phone is Spice’s multimedia wonder  using a small disc that goes in a [...]

Nokia N96: Non-Touchscreen iPhone Killer

11 Feb 2008 In: News

Now, why can’t a non-touchscreen phone be an iPhone Killer? Specs include dual-slide action, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, DVB-H TV, GPS, video camera takes VGA at 30fps, GPS photo tagging, etc.
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Android Phone Has Dashboard

11 Feb 2008 In: News

 
Where’s yours iPhone! This Android phone is not anywhere near being a true phone yet but the possibilities of a phone specifically built for third-party software is evident.
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CNET Reviews the MacBook Air

11 Feb 2008 In: MacBook Complaints

Dan Ackerman finally got his professional hands on a MacBook Air. One revelation in his review is the MacBook Air’s heat dissipation. It’s very, very effective. No heat to speak of, even though MBA vents hot air through grills located near its flat bottom. ThoughHere’s the review summary:
The good: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy; new [...]

Trademork reports that Apple filed a trademark on the Apple name with regards to gaming. The trademark application applies to “toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD [...]

GeoHot 1.1.2, 1.1.3 OTB iPhone Unlock

9 Feb 2008 In: News

GeoHot has a straightforward method of unlocking 1.1.2 OTB and 1.1.3 OTB iPhones. OTB is out of the box. I’m posting a YouTube video of someone else’s OTB iPhone unlock. Reminder: this is not GeoHot, it’s just an example of what to expect from an OTB unlock.

I’m only posting an excerpt from his blog, but [...]

Now the Eee really sticks it to the MacBook Air.

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Apple February 26 Announcements

8 Feb 2008 In: News

So what is Apple going to announce? MacBook Pros with gesture keypad and Penryn, iPhone SDK? Will Steve Jobs blow our minds like he hasn’t done for some time?
9to5Mac has received rumors that Apple will release round 2 of the MacWorld 2008 Announcements a month after MacWorld, give or take.

MacBook Air Battery Life

8 Feb 2008 In: MacBook Complaints

Apple claims the MacBook Air battery lasts 5 hours in normal use - normal, meaning with WiFi on, since this is the Air after all.
But Anandtech’s real-world test shows that this claim by Apple does not hold water. The best Anandtech was able to squeeze about the MacBook Air battery is 2.5 hours whil watching [...]

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