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April 30, 2007
 | | iPhone photos found |
After weeks of searching flickr with the term ‘taken with an Apple iPhone’ MobileGuerilla hit gold over the weekend with two photos
The pictures were taken by an Apple Program Manager.
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 | | Mac SlingPlayer client v1.0 official |
SlingPlayer for Mac v1.0 is available. Mac SlingPlayer for Slingbox customers allows users to view their home TV or Apple TV on their Apple Macintosh desktop or notebook computer.
SlingPlayer for Mac, Version 1.0, includes photo-realistic remote controls as well as the ability to program favorite channels with a full range of viewing modes all leveraging the iconic Mac(R) OS look and feel. Available in the U.S. and Canada, the SlingPlayer for Mac supports all Slingbox hardware and can be downloaded free of charge directly from Sling Media:
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April 26, 2007
 | | Swelling Battery on the 17" MacBook Pro? |
Hardmac claims to be receiving complaints from Apple lovers , who say the battery on the 17" MacBook Pro is swelling - pointing to a possible defective series of batteries.
I am the system administrator of a research lab and I have been facing the "swelling battery" issue. among 4 MacBook Pro 17" Core Duo ordered, three of them had swelling battery, and should be replaced. The first sign of the problem that will lead latter on to the swelling syndrome is the random shunt-down of the notebook when running on battery. sometimes, it can also be identified by a lower reactivity of the trackpad, due to the pressure of the swelling battery.
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 | | Cingular to offer iPhone specific service plans |
Engadget mobile has an internal AT&T iPhone Q&A document, not much revealed but hey its about the iPhone.
Highlights
* With an iPhone you'll have access to Cingular's MyAccount via the device as well as via iTunes.
* There will be iPhone specific service plans.
* "... no subsidies are being offered on the phone at this time."
* They will "allow" out of contract customers to sign up for two more years to get an iPhone.
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 | | Apple iPhone, Apple TV features free of charge |
Apple plans to gradually add new software features and applications to its iPhone and Apple TV products free of charge, providing its customers with the "greatest possible experience."
"We are taking this bold step to leverage what we do best," chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said during a conference call with analysts and members of the media. He added that some of the new iPhone applications will be brand new.
Oppenheimer implied that the new features and applications would be made available through automatic software updates to both iPhone and Apple TV.
To pay for the features, Apple will document iPhone and Apple TV income through a subscription based accounting model, in which income will be distributed over a 24-month period. Payments from AT&T/Cingular will be reported on a quarterly basis.
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 | | IP Innovation sues Apple |
IP Innovation is suing Apple in Marshall, Texas over its use of an OS interface. IP Innovation claims Apple is selling OS X with "workspaces provided by an object-based user interface that appear to share windows and other display objects." The patent in question dates back to 1984
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April 25, 2007
 | | Apple Sees 36 percent growth in Macs |
Apple has announced its Second Quarter Results , as expected thanks to the iPod, Apple is really rich. Across the board the company is on the upswing.
Apple shipped 1,517,000 Macintosh computers and 10,549,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 36 percent growth in Macs and 24 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
"The Mac is clearly gaining market share, with sales growing 36 percent - more than three times the industry growth rate,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re very excited about the upcoming launch of iPhone in late June, and are also hard at work on some other amazing new products in our pipeline."
"We are very pleased to report the most profitable March quarter in Apple’s history," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. "Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter of 2007, we expect revenue of about $5.1 billion and earnings per diluted share of about $.66."
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April 19, 2007
Macnn is reporting that customers hoping to get Blu-ray with iMacs will have to wait until 2008.
According to a report put out by China’s HKEPC this past weekend, Intel won’t be officially supporting Blu-ray until the second quarter of 2008. That’s when Intel will introduce Eaglelake, replacing their current Bearlake chipset. Intel’s Eaglelake slide which HKEPC presented, displays Eaglelake’s noted upcoming features.
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The Apple iPhone is still on track for June, but insiders fear that something else brewing.
Our source also confirmed from Foxconn/Hon Hai that "it does not look feasible that Apple will be able to ship units out in May to make the shipping date in the US (June), so expect units to trickle by end of June or early July." I'm not a fan of "trickling" myself, although I can't deny that it wasn't fully expected—this is Apple we're talking about here, after all. So what are we talking, in terms of availability? "It is doubtful they will have enough units on hand to meet the demand."
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Microsoft's Asia-Pacific chief, Chris Sorenson has slammed Apple's iPhone as 'irrelevant'.
"It's a great music phone, and I'm sure it will be fantastic and have an interesting user interface," Microsoft's Asia-Pacific head of smartphone strategy Chris Sorenson told press during a recent visit to Australia.
"However, it's a closed device that you cannot install applications on, and there's no support for Office documents. If you're an enterprise and want to roll out line of business applications, it's just not an option. Even using it as a heavy messaging device will be a challenge," the executive added.
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