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The Apple iPad is now available for pre-order, and will arrive on April 3.
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by Jon | Tags: apple, iPad
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Most everyone were expecting Apple to announce some sort of tablet device today, but still seeing it revealed, I think it is a lot cooler than we expected.
The iPad is powered by Apple’s own custom silicon. It’s called the A4 and runs at 1GHz. 16, 32, or 64GB of flash storage. It’s got the latest [...]
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by Jon | Tags: app store, apple, computer, iBooks, iPad, itunes, iwork, keyboard dock, keynote, numbers, pages, tablet computer
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This is a must-watch concept video showing off the applications behind Apple’s “Futureshock” Knowledge Navigator concept device from 1987.
Click here to watch the video
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by Jon | Tags: apple, computer, concept video, Knowledge Navigator, tablet, technology
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By masquerading their Pre as an iPod, Palm was able to sync the Pre to iTunes — a “feature” which Palm refers to as “Palm Media Sync”. Apple then disabled this unsupported feature when it released iTunes v8.2.1. Apple even responded to the issue of unsupported media players with this support article — iTunes: About [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, itunes, music, Palm Inc, Palm Pre, sync, USB, USB Implementers Forum
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T-Mobile of the Netherlands inadvertantly posted (and now removed) the technical specs of the iPhone 3G S on their website, while Apple and AT&T have been pretty tight-lipped about that aspect of the 3G S. Apple would rather you think of the iPhone as more than the sum of its parts (which it is). So, [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, iPhone 3G S, processor, RAM, technical specifications
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8 June 2009 @ 11:05WWDC 2009

Here are some highlights from Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2009. This post will be updated as information comes in.
New version of the 15-inch MacBook Pro includes built-in battery with up to 7 hours of battery life.
Gone is the ExpressCard slot, and there is an SD-card slot in its place. The display features 60% [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, iphone, iPhone 3G S, iphone os, macbook, macbook pro, snow leopard, wwdc, WWDC 2009
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Here are some of the announcements from today’s iPhone OS 3.0 event.
iPhone OS 3.0 has 1000 new APIs
Subscription-based apps now available in which a purchase/upgrade can be made from within an app.
Support for peer-to-peer connectivity. This utilizes Bonjour to make an IP connection to a peer.
Accessory developers can now write apps that directly interact with [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, Bonjour, caldav, copy paste, core location, ics, iphone, iphone os, ipod touch, peer-to-peer, stereo bluetooth, turn by turn directions, voice memos
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On March 17, 2009 at 10am PST, Apple will be holding a special, invite-only event where they will unveil the details of the next version of the operating system that runs on the iPhone and iPod touch — iPhone OS 3.0.
Looking forward to hearing what is announced.
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by Jon | Tags: apple, iphone, iphone os, special event
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This new iPod shuffle is freaking amazing! And small! It comes in silver or black, and is only $79.
Buy the new 4GB iPod shuffle:
Apple | Amazon | Amazon UK
From the Apple press release:
Apple® today introduced the all-new iPod® shuffle, the world’s smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, ipod, ipod shuffle, voice over, VoiceOver
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Apple today revealed a new Mac Pro with a Nehalem-based processor. The Mac Pro comes with either a single core 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500, or a dual 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500, start with 3GB of memory, a 640GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of RAM. Find more [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, computer, intel xeon 3500, intel xeon 5500, mac pro, nehalem
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