It’s probably a massive coincidence, but you can insert your favourite conspiracy theory here. Suddenly, we have multiple options for unlocking the iPhone : two software methods, one by modifying your SIM card, and one messy method involving soldering your iPhone’s insides, clicking your heels 3 times and praying really really hard.
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It’s been a while since I made any changes to MacObsession. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve made several updates “under the hood”, for example upgrading to the latest versions of MySQL and WordPress. The final touch is both for cosmetic and performance reasons. I hope the site loads much faster now, and is nicer to look at. Expect a few changes now and then as I tweak and tinker.
Apple is holding a Special Event on September 5th. So, what do you think they could be talking about this time? Since we just had an event with new iMacs, iWork, iLife and an updated Mac mini, what else is left? Well, we still haven’t seen any new iPods or iPod nanos featuring sexy iPhone-like features. Speaking of the iPhone, just about every mobile operator in Europe have been at one time or another “confirmed” to carry the new phone. We can expect an announcement either with T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, etc. Or all of them.
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Apple iPhone owners — have you checked your iTunes today? It’s normally hard to get excited about a minor release. This 3.7MB update is officially for unspecified “bug fixes”. However, since Apple rolled out some new features in their previous updates, I’m sure that there are some goodies in here as well.
We asked and prayed … Steve Jobs answered, Apple delivered. Apple has announced a whole slew of new updates, including the much-rumoured iMac with new form factor, the delayed iLife and iWork updates, and the much-needed, extremely long awaited update for the online .Mac services.
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I’m sure you’ve heard the news by now. Today, August 7th 2007, Apple is holding a special event at their Town Hall in Cupertino. Apple has already hinted that it’s not an iPhone or iPod announcement, which means that it’s probably a Mac mini or iMac update.
Now that the Apple iPhone is out, the older 5.5 generation plain iPods are looking a bit, well, plain. Apple is notorious for controlling the prices of its products, but in the past few days the iPods have had a price drop, for example, $10 off the 30GB iPod and $20 off the 80GB iPod.
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Apple has released a few new software updates. The Apple iPhone 1.01 firmware update comes just over a month after the device was released. You can get the iPhone update via iTunes. The update doesn’t address the long list of bugs that have been compiled elsewhere, but specifically fixes a critical Safari bug that allowed malicious users to take control of an iPhone.
Was it only a few years ago that people claimed that digital music would never take off? The labels wanted restrictive DRM (digital rights management) and high prices, while the consumers wanted no DRM and low prices. Somehow Apple managed to bridge the two and guess what? Digital music sells. In fact Apple has sold a kajillion songs already. Well, actually, 3 billion songs, but after a billion, who’s counting?
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