Apple Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard (Full Product)
Written on 11:42 PM by Mujtaba
Price Range
$98.99 - $124.99
Samsung Invades HTC Territory With Android Handset
16 years ago
Apple iPod classic 120GB MP3 Player - Black
Written on 11:40 PM by Mujtaba
Price Range
$198.97 - $249.99
Apple iPod Touch 8GB Black MP3 Player - Black
Written on 11:38 PM by Mujtaba
Price Range
$169.95 - $229.99
Apple MB391LL/A iMac with 20" Screen Desktop Computer
Written on 11:32 PM by Mujtaba
Price Range
$1149.00 - $1149.0$75 Rebate
Amount:$75
Manufacturer: Apple
Product: MB391LL/A iMac with 20" Screen Desktop Computer
Rebate Description: Rebate materials must be postmarked within 20 days of the purchase date. Mail the completed rebate form, a copy of your sales receipt, and the original UPC labels, and the invoice. Offer valid in the United States. If you have any questions, please call 1-888-353-6255.
Expiration Date: 2009-08-31
Restrictions: Limit 1 per product per person, per address, per household
Apple Mac Pro Dual Xeon 2.8GHz Quad Core Desktop
Written on 11:30 PM by Mujtaba
Price Range
$2399.00 - $3174.99
Apple iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24" Desktop
Written on 11:19 PM by Mujtaba
$100 Rebate
Price Range$1399.00 - $1399.0
Amount:$100
Manufacturer: Apple
Product: iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24" Desktop
Rebate Description: Rebate submission must be postmarked within 30 days of purchase date. Offer available on purchase from PC Connection, MacConnection or GovConnection only. Product must be purchased at advertised price to qualify. To receive rebate, you must submit completed rebate form accompanied by a clean, clear copy of your proof of purchase clearly indicating full retail price paid, and the original UPC symbol cut from the Apple product packaging including the numbers printed below the bar code. With questions, or to check the status of your rebate, visit www.rebate-zone.com/promotions or call 1-866-301-3713.
Expiration Date: 2009-08-31
Restrictions: Limit 1 per product per person, per address, per household
Apple Mac pro Desktop
Written on 9:50 PM by Mujtaba
Price: $2149.00 - $2499.99
$150 Rebate
Amount:$150
Manufacturer: Apple
Product: Mac Pro Desktop - Customizable
Rebate Description: Rebate materials must be postmarked within 20 days of the purchase date. Mail the completed rebate form, a copy of your sales receipt, and the original UPC labels, and the invoice. Offer valid in the United States. If you have any questions, please call 1-888-353-6255.
Expiration Date: 2009-08-31
Restrictions: Limit 1 per product per person, per address, per household
Photos straight from iPhone to the Web
Written on 9:49 PM by Mujtaba
Your MobileMe Gallery was designed to live up to the "mobile" in its name. It's easy to upload photos into your online albums from wherever you need to using a browser, and even easier directly from iPhone. Before you can send photos from your iPhone to the web, you need to set up an album in the Gallery web application at me.com. In Gallery, select (or create) an album, click the Adjust Settings button and then check the box to allow adding of photos via email or iPhone.
With that option set, when viewing a photo from the iPhone camera roll you need only touch the Send Photos icon in the lower-left corner, then Send to MobileMe, where you can choose among the MobileMe albums you allow this for. Enter any text you want to appear with the photo in the subject line, and send it. It will then appear on your Gallery album on the web.
Apple releases ProKit 5.0
Written on 9:47 PM by Mujtaba
Apple updated its ProKit software to version 5.0 Friday. According to Apple, the update "improves general user interface reliability for Apple”s professional applications."
Prokit is the framework underneath many of Apple's professional software suites, including Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Final Cut Express HD, Soundtrack, Logic Pro and Logic Express.
ProKit 5.0 can be downloaded or through system update. It requires OS X 10.5 or later.
Apple iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24" Desktop - Customizable
Written on 9:44 PM by Mujtaba
$1299.00 - $1499.99
Amount:$90
Manufacturer: Apple
Product: iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24" Desktop - Customizable
Rebate Description: Rebate submission must be postmarked within 30 days of purchase date. Offer available on purchase from PC Connection, MacConnection or GovConnection only. Product must be purchased at advertised price to qualify. To receive rebate, you must submit completed rebate form accompanied by a clean, clear copy of your proof of purchase clearly indicating full retail price paid, and the original UPC symbol cut from the Apple product packaging including the numbers printed below the bar code. With questions, or to check the status of your rebate, visit www.rebate-zone.com/promotions or call 1-866-301-3713.
Expiration Date: 2009-08-31
Restrictions: Limit 1 per product per person, per address, per household
320GB Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz
Written on 9:42 PM by Mujtaba
The first Mac mini upgrade since 2007 replaces the integrated Intel graphics with an Nvidia GeForce 9400M card. Graphics still share memory with the system RAM, but there's more to share and its the faster DDR3 SDRAM. The new system features more USB 2.0 ports, but ditches FireWire 400 for a single FW 800 port. This system ships with a larger hard drive and more RAM--but also a $799 price tag.
With slightly better CPU performance, considerably improved video capabilities, increased expandability, and better wireless technology, the Mac mini is now truly capable of handling the iLife suite. More than ever, it's an appealing computer for those who already have a display, keyboard, and mouse, or those looking to build a Mac system on the smallest budget. However, unless you need the extra storage, it's hard to justify the $200 premium for this model over the $599 mini.
Pros: Tiny size; significantly improved graphics performance compared to older models; dual video outputs with support for extended Desktop mode and 30-inch displays; five USB ports; FireWire 800.
Cons: Slow hard drive; difficult to upgrade; $200 premium over $599 model doesn't get you many improvements.
Basics
Reviewed Price: $799
Processor: 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Apple 13.3" MacBook Pro Notebook
Written on 9:41 PM by Mujtaba
Amount:$50
Manufacturer: Apple
Product: 13.3" MacBook Pro Notebook
Rebate Description: Rebate submission must be postmarked within 30 days of purchase date. Offer available on purchase from PC Connection, MacConnection or GovConnection only. Product must be purchased at advertised price to qualify. To receive rebate, you must submit completed rebate form accompanied by a clean, clear copy of your proof of purchase clearly indicating full retail price paid, and the original UPC symbol cut from the Apple product packaging including the numbers printed below the bar code. With questions, or to check the status of your rebate, visit www.rebate-zone.com/promotions or call 1-866-301-3713.
Expiration Date: 2009-08-31
Restrictions: Limit 1 per product per person, per address, per household
Apple developers equipped with Mac OS X 10.5.8 build 9L30
Written on 9:38 PM by Mujtaba
Apple has seeded build 9L30 of Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard to developers. The next -- and potentially final -- upgrade to Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system will address loose ends in the software's underlying service technologies with a particular focus on networking and syncing.
The latest pre-release build has no known issues. According to a source, the only listed area of change in the update is a fix for a prior issue where the system occasionally did not not wake from sleep correctly with certain external monitors.
People familiar with the anticipated Leopard update say Apple has asked developers to concentrate their evaluation efforts on just a dozen key technologies, only two of which represent forward-facing applications: Automator and iCal.
What Will Apple’s Big Tablet Cost?
Written on 9:36 PM by Mujtaba
If doesn't introduce a soon, we'll all be sorely disappointed. With all the ongoing speculation about the alleged -on-steroids, I feel like the device is already here.
So what do we know about the tablet? Reports say it's an , a handheld slate that's large enough for HD movies, video gaming, and Web browsing without all the window-resizing and screen-tapping calisthenics that smartphone users endure. Apple Insider says the tablet will feature 3G broadband, which seems logical. And since we're speculating here, I'd like to request Wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS as well.
Name Your Price
Specs aside, what should Apple charge for the Big Tablet? Some reports say $800 is likely, but that seems high for a consumer electronics device. My prediction: $499. Here's why:
According to a 2007 study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the average American household spends about $1200 annually on electronics products. Would the typical household blow two-thirds of its tech budget on one handheld device? Probably not.
And that CEA study was two years ago -- before the current recession and consumers' belt-tightening ways. To me, $500 seems like the sweet spot for a premium consumer gadget.
And then there's Apple's product lineup. Currently, there's a big gulf between the 32GB iPod touch ($399) and the $999 MacBook. Let's assume Apple drops the iPod touch price, as it did recently with some of its ac books. The Big Tablet would fill the void nicely at $499.
Of course, for Apple to achieve its desired profit margin, that $500 price tag may include a 3G service contract with a major wireless carrier. Given the enormous success of the iPhone, it wouldn't be surprising if AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon would be willing to subsidize the tablet's cost to sign up new subscribers. Netbooks are becoming increasing common, so the subsidized model for consumer hardware is already in place.
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.8GHz
Written on 9:34 PM by Mujtaba
pple's June 2009 overhaul of its laptop line created a trio of 15-inch MacBook Pro models, each with a restored FireWire port and the lithium-polymer battery previously available only in the 17-inch MacBook Pro. This model has the same 2.8GHz processor, 6MB of shared L2 cache, 500GB hard drive, and installed memory as the 17-inch model. It also features two graphics chips-one integrated in the motherboard (GeForce 9400M) and the other discrete (GeForce 9600M GT).
Reviewed Price: $2,299
Processor: 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MobileMe iDisk App for iPhone and iPod touch - Now Available
Written on 9:33 PM by Mujtaba
The new MobileMe iDisk app brings the convenience of iDisk to your iPhone and iPod touch. You can directly view files including iWork and Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, and QuickTime movies. And if you want to share a file with someone else, just tap the share icon next to the file to email a download link that works great with both small and large files. Watch this to see how it works.
To install the free iDisk app directly on your iPhone or iPod touch, make sure you are running and then:
You can also download the app using on your computer and it will be installed the next time you sync your device.
iPhone helps keep Softbank competitive, profitable in Japan
Written on 9:31 PM by Mujtaba
Softbank, posted a 9.7% year over year increase in its total number of subscribers for the most recent quarter ending in June 2009, along with improved handset sales during a particularly difficult sales climate.
Company president Masayoshi Son credited the , along with cost cutting measures, for the company's recession-defying results and its ability to attract customers away from other providers. Softbank has led mobile providers in net subscriber additions for the past two years.
While the Western media has celebrated the complexity and sophistication of Japan's smartphones, Son acknowledged that Japan's domestic handset manufacturers are struggling, in part due to being ghettoized by Japan's unique TDMA-based PDC standard in place for 2G mobile service. As the world converges upon UMTS as the 3G standard, Japanese phone makers will have a better opportunity to sell their phones outside of Japan, but they are already facing .
Japanese phone makers also face a carrier-dominated subsidy sales model similar to the US inside Japan, where subscribers are given expensive phones that appear to be free, and are then asked to pay huge phone bills to make up for it. In contrast, Softbank is selling the iPhone and its other handsets at more upfront rates, essentially marketing the phone using a 24 month installment plan.
In addition to the long term contracts that bind subscribers to their carriers, there are also fees involved with moving a phone number to another provider, something that US law forces carriers to do for free. Despite these barriers, Softbank continues to attract more net new subscribers and outperform its larger rivals in the Japanese market, something the advocates of more conventional Japanese phones are having a hard time explaining.
Apple, the App Store just isn't you
Written on 9:30 PM by Mujtaba
I’m not sure anybody—Apple, AT&T, even Google—expected this much outcry over . But it's gotten plenty of attention nonetheless—for some it’s becoming the straw that broke the camel’s back. And the effects may continue to ripple even further still.
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Steven Frank, co-founder of respected Mac software developer Panic, has said on his blog that he’s planning on . Tech pundit and blowhard Michael Arrington has , also pointing to the Google Voice issue. Not everybody agrees: tech analysts and seem to think this is a geek issue that doesn’t touch the mainstream. And they’re right: it’s probably not something that’s going to hurt Apple’s iPhone sales—especially for those vast majority of consumers who've never heard of Google Voice.
But while the blocking of Google Voice may not directly affect the mainstream, there’s still fallout for the average consumer. From a purely bottom line standpoint it may influence what those early adopters are recommending to their friends and family. It may affect what those geeks and nerds are buying the next time they think about upgrading their mobile devices.
Again, though, that financial impact is likely a mere drop in the bucket. But there’s something far bigger at stake here: this is about stifling innovation. That is bad for the consumer: maybe not in the short run, but certainly in the long run when the iPhone becomes nothing more than a platform for chintzy 99-cent applications that make stupid sound effects.
What's more, it’s surprising coming from Apple, which is why writers like me just won't shut up about the App Store woes. After all, hasn’t Apple always been all about innovation? And yet the App Store has become another example where short-sighted focus undercuts long-term benefit, where the emphasis on making money interferes with the ability for people to make cool things which, if Apple’s oft-repeated boilerplate on creating extraordinary products to delight its customers is to be believed, is the company’s raison d’être. Instead, we're treated to constant bragging about how many apps are available on the store, and how many downloads there have been: as though Apple customers have ever been focused on quantity over quality.
Look, maybe Google Voice wouldn’t be of interest to the average Joe. The point is, without a chance to use it on your handset, how would you know? It wasn’t so long ago that many people thought Twitter was a time-waster that had no appeal beyond tech geeks—and while I’m not disputing its time-wasting potential, let me give you one word: . Oprah, people.
And even if Google Voice isn’t the Next Big Thing, what about the product after that? And the one after that? What about the next ? What are they going to do? Sure, there are those who say “What're they going to do, develop for Android or the Pre? *chuckle, chuckle, guffaw*.” Those people are missing the point: the real danger is not that the people with the brilliant ideas are going to go develop them for some “lesser” platform.
No, the real danger is that they aren’t going to develop those ideas at all.
And when the established developers are telling burgeoning programmers that the App Store is a , well, it’s not exactly a ringing endorsement to invest your time and money, is it?
Some say the only way you can influence a corporation is by putting your money where your mouth is. I think that while that’s an effective way of being heard, it’s not the only way. Sometimes you just have to keep drumming the point home, as often and as loudly as possible until the people in charge get the message.
Apple, get the message: the App Store malarkey, it’s not about losing money, it’s about losing what makes you you. That particular quality that makes you a company that people defend to the bone, that they stick with even when times are tough, that they invest in because it resonates with some intangible chord in them. There are those who will say that’s all marketing hype, but I think it’s more than that, because it’s something Microsoft has never had and has never understood, no matter how much it’s spent on marketing. It's something about the way, to date, Apple has done business—like it's not just about “business.”
Two years ago I wrote that in a world where Apple had neutralized all of its historical enemies, —and that’s one piece of prognostication where I would be happy to be proved wrong.
Fix this, Apple. From the top down. And soon. Before you lose whatever it was that made you think different and become just like everybody else.
Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit
Written on 9:27 PM by Mujtaba
Firmware 3.0.1 is now available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS through iTunes. The update is around 300MB. There is no indication that there are any new features or fixes other than the text message exploit patch.
Earlier Friday, it was reported that Apple would release a fix for the exploit Saturday, but the iPhone maker beat that deadline Friday afternoon.
Security researcher Charlie Miller, co-author of The Mac Hacker’s Handbook, demonstrated the hack Thursday at the Black Hat 2009 conference in Las Vegas. The attack takes advantage of a vulnerability in the phone’s short messaging service, or SMS, feature, allowing an outside party into the phone’s root access without the owner’s knowledge.
The exploit takes advantage of the fact that SMS can send binary code to a phone. That code is automatically processed without user interaction, and can be compiled from multiple messages, allowing larger programs to be sent to a phone. The exploit supposedly exposes the iPhone completely, giving hackers access to the camera, dialer, messaging and Safari. It occurs regardless of hardware revision or which version of the iPhone OS is running.
The technique involves sending only one unusual text character or else a series of "invisible" messages that confuse the phone and open the door to attack. Because users won't know whose messages to block in advance, there's little iPhone owners can do but to shut off the phone immediately if they suspect they're at risk -- a real problem as the trick could also be used to make an iPhone send more messages of its own.