Teardown of new iMac, Macbook, Mini & Magic Mouse
iFixit has torn down Apple’s new releases which include the new iMac, Macbook and Mgaic Mouse.
They discovered that the new iMacs feature:
Use of the 27″ iMac as an external display via its MiniDisplayPort connector requires that the machine be fully powered up, as the signal is routed through the main logic board.
The 27″ iMac unsurprisingly [...]
Online Ads betray release of new iMac, Mac Mini and Macbook updates
According to recent rumors circulating the internet, there has been reports of a product refresh for Apple’s laptop lineup, as well as it’s desktops. From Google’s adsense, (Google.nl) we’ve noticed that a few products have been advertised as “new” and feature product revisions that have not been the feature of previous iterations. Translations provided courtesy [...]
Apple’s App Store Stats: Q4, 2009
Today, Apple has announced that the Apps store for the iPod Touch/iPhone has over 85,000 apps avaliable, which in total, have been downloaded by users over 2 billion times. The amount of downloads has continued to grow steadily, with half a billion downloads taking place last quarter.
As usual, Appleinsider.com does a pretty good job in [...]
iPhone and iPod Touch firmware 3.1
Apple has released iPhone and iPod firmware 3.1 at their “It’s Only Rock and Roll” media event. iPhone OS 3.1 is available as a free download for iPhone users and also iPod touch users who are already running iPhone OS 3.0. iPod touch users running earlier firmware versions can upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1 [...]
Loopt. iCyberstalk
Silicon Alley Insider has reported that the Social Networking service Loopt, has entered a partnership with AT&T, which will permit the company to monitor a user’s location (With Permission), after installing the Loopt application on the iPhone. The application can run a process in the background, to enable the service to track your location.
Via a [...]
Apple Music Event: New iPods Links
Apple will be hosting a media event on September the 9th. The event is themed/uses a tag line from a Rolling Stones song. The media event is music focused so it means new iPods.
There has been a number of evidence that the new line up of iPods will feature a camera. Here [...]
Apple Resellers iPod Stocks dwindling
Ars Technica has reported that current Apple Resellers are running low on iPods, and that no additional shipments of iPods will be delivered to the resellers. All existing versions of the iPod are considered to be discontinued, as well as any SKU’s (Stock Keeping Unite) kept by the retailers.
The current line of iPods is on [...]
iPhoto 8.1 Update
iPhoto 8.1 has just been released, with a massive 170mb download required to update it. What makes the update so large, is that it’s packed with many new features, with the most useful being a Christmas card maker. You can download the update through Software Update.
External Links:
9to5Mac – iPhoto 8.1 update, just in time for [...]
iTunes share of US Music Sales standing at 25%
Market Research firm NPD has reported that iTunes has grabbed a 25% share of all music sales within the United States. Currently, it is also the number 1 music retailer within the US, from the first half of 2009. Apple’s market share is up from 21% in 2008, and 14% in 2007.
According to NPD MusicWatch, [...]
Snow Leopard Packaging Photos?
It seems that there has been a leak for Snow Leopard’s packaging, with images of it’s cover art, and case being posted on Macrumors. The images below happen to be the Portugese edition of Snow Leopard, but if these images are genuine, perhaps Apple’s target of an early September release, or a late August release [...]