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Apple unveiled an update to its .Mac package of subscription online apps today. Most notably, .Mac now integrates with the just-announced iPhoto ‘08, offering synchronization between iPhoto and a web-based online gallery viewable “in any browser you like” (we should certainly hope so!). Oh, and it integrates with the iPhone, too, via a new “Send to Web Gallery” feature on the phone that — you guessed it — will upload pics snapped with the handset straight to your online gallery. The synchronization is two-way, meaning that other folks can upload pics straight to your gallery and they’ll sync with the iPhone as well. Videos don’t get left out of the equation, either; Web Galleries and the iPhone will both support ‘em. Think you’ll need more capacity to handle video, though? No worries — the service now includes 10GB of storage with 100GB of monthly transfer (2.5GB / 25GB for family pack sub-accounts), which’ll be available “within a week” according to Apple, with optional upgrades of 10GB and 20GB on deck. Price stays the same: $99.95 per year.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/apple-updates-mac/
Posted by Jose Castillo on August 7, 2007 at 1:24 pm · Permalink
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As expected, Apple’s given its iLife software suite a refresh in the form of iLife ‘08, which Jobs calls the “biggest jump since we introduced it.” Here’s the breakdown app by app:
iPhoto: New to iPhoto this around is “Events,” which promises to let you more easily organize your photo albums, and the .Mac Web Gallery which’ll let you publish and share your photos on the web, with other folks also able to contribute to it. What’s more, you’ll also be able to send photos to the gallery from your iPhone, and sync up your iPhone with photos already in the gallery.
iMovie: Described as a “whole new app,” iMovie’s taken on some more iPhoto-like characteristics and is now being touted as “one library for all your video.” It’ll let you work in resolutions “higher res than DVD” and, like iPhoto, you’ll be able to share those videos on your .Mac Web Gallery. It’ll also encode and upload directly to YouTube and, of course, tailor videos for your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV.
Click on through for details on the rest of the apps iWeb: Apple’s website builder gets a few updates, including built-in support for GoogleMaps and Google’s AdSense, along with something called “live web widgets” that’ll let you copy any “web snippet” and paste it on your site. You’ll also get some new options for putting together photo pages, some new themes, and support for personal domains.
iDVD: Not a whole lot new here, it seems, but you will get “pro encoding” and some new themes, which promise really high production values.”
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/live-from-apples-summer-mac-product-press-conference/
Posted by Jose Castillo on August 7, 2007 at 1:23 pm · Permalink
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The rumored pictures seemed plausible enough, and now Apple has confirmed the hopes / fears of typists the world over: there’s a new desktop keyboard (er, two actually) in town. The new keyboards (one larger wired edition, one smaller Bluetooth flavor) make an obvious play to capture that good will the MacBook has garnered for its interesting spacing and flat keys, but it remains to be seen if such a laptop-ish keyboard can keep up with the more tactile big boys on the desktop frontier. But hey, with that much sexy, we’re willing to find out.
http://www.engadget.com/
Posted by Jose Castillo on August 7, 2007 at 1:22 pm · Permalink
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Who could’ve seen this one coming? Apple surprised no one this morning with brand new iMacs. Built from aluminum and glass, the new all-in-one desktops feature a complete redesign and will come in two sizes: 20-inch and 24-inch. There’s the usual compliment of ports like USB 2.0, Firewire 400 / 800, a slot loading SuperDrive, iSight camera and so forth. The new look features a glossy display to match the majority of Apple’s consumer lineup, and new keyboards are indeed coming along for the ride — in an extended wired version as well as a mini wire free model, running the Bluetooth 2.0 spec. Under the hood Apple has up to a 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics, 1TB of storage, 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0, with 8x SuperDrives and 1GB of RAM standard across the board. Prices start at $1,199 for the 20-inch, $1,499 for a processor and graphics bump, and $1,799 for the 24-incher. The full rundown of Apple’s stock models is after the break.
* $1,199
* 20-inch, 1680 x 1050 LCD
* 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB RAM
* 250GB SATA
* 8x SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
* $1,499
* 20-inch, 1680 x 1050 LCD
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB RAM
* 320GB SATA
* 8x SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
* $1,799
* 24-inch, 1900 x 1200 LCD
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB RAM
* 320GB SATA
* 8x SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/apples-new-imac/
Posted by Jose Castillo on August 7, 2007 at 1:18 pm · Permalink
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This time we have a sneaky suspicion it won’t be a false alarm. Easy money is on new iMacs and an iLife refresh popping up in an hour or two.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/apple-store-is-down/
Posted by Jose Castillo on August 7, 2007 at 1:15 pm · Permalink
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From tuaw.com:
Wow– something I’ve noticed after my little vacation last week is that the iPhone application community is at a full sprint (no pun intended) on making applications. When I left, people were dropping Hello World, and now we’re up to the evolutionary step of NES emulator. By this time next week, we’ll have a screenshot grabber (oh wait, we’ve already got that– guess it’s time to go for Open Office).
Wily programmer “stepwhite” has brought the InfoNES core onto the iPhone, along with Mario, Zelda, and all your favorite NES roms. As you can see, it’s not quite done– the emulator runs too slowly to be playable, and the controls are implemented with an actual controller image which, as the programmer says, “…while cute, sucks.”
I don’t know if theres any way to save states, either. Not a problem for Super Mario Bros., but Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy might be a little long to have all in one go. But it is awesome, and just amazing that we’ve already gotten to this level on the iPhone. At this rate, we may not even need an SDK.
Sounds very awesome, here is a youtube video showing it off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVh429Dp7r0
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Posted by RavenG4 on August 7, 2007 at 9:56 am · Permalink
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Category: Apple, Technology, Video Games
From playlistmag.com:
Following the recent release of The Sims Bowling for iPod, EA has followed up with The Sims Pool, a new $4.99 premium game available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store.
The game makes use of EA’s popular The Sims game franchise; you can customize your player, then select a game mode such as 9-ball or 8-ball, or trick shot mode. The iPod’s Click Wheel lets you set cue ball position, angle and spin, adjust power and shoot.
I’d love to play these new games, but since I traded in my iPod for an iPhone, I have nothing to play them on any more. Come on Apple, make the iPhone able to play iPod games.
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Posted by Matt on July 31, 2007 at 2:39 pm · Permalink
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Category: Apple, Technology
From engadget.com:
That’s the rumored, “super slim,” brushed aluminum keyboard said to be accompanying Apple’s new iMac computer. It certainly appears to share the key design of the MacBook like we heard but seeing “Photoshop” in the exif data doesn’t give us a high degree of confidence here. Regardless, a forum jockey over at the Rhapsody Apple forum in Hong Kong will sell you the keyboard (s/he has more than one) for 1,200 of the local stuff or about $153.40. Word to the wise, the consensus amongst rumor sites shows the new iMac coming as early as August 7th so you might want to hold onto that wad for a few more days to see what happens. We’ve got a bigger version of that image above along with the Apple development team sticker reportedly affixed to the backside of the unit in the gallery below.
Update: Full-sized image (and plenty more) just received from our tipster. You know, we ‘re starting to believe that this is the real deal. But did they really remove the Apple logo from the command key?
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Posted by Ricky on July 27, 2007 at 10:00 am · Permalink
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From engadget.com
Many (hundreds) of thousands love the new iPhone, but with mass lovin’ comes the obligatory list of bugs. As such, the first lengthy and comprehensive bug list from poking and prodding that iPhone screen into submission during the wee hours of the night has been released. There are 68 reproducible bugs on the list so far, with each bug having been confirmed on two separate iPhones. Of course, the list’s ‘reproducible’ status for each bug comes with a disclaimer that some obscure steps normal iPhone users may never uncover were used in unearthing some of them. We’re hard-pressed to find our favorite bugs (or bug categories), so check out the complete list here and if you dare, start mad-swiping that iPhone screen if you feel lucky.
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Posted by Jose Castillo on July 16, 2007 at 6:32 pm · Permalink
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Category: Apple, Technology
From engadget.com
Ooo la la, what’s this? Apple filed a patent application for a “mouse with optical sensing surface.” That’s right, a multi-touch mouse building upon the touch-sensitive mouse patent app we’ve already seen from Apple. This beast would allow for a buttonless pointing device which could sense the position of your digits for a myriad of gestural and positional control. Whether this is a patent to safeguard a brewing idea or actual product in the pipeilne is anybody’s guess. Surely this filing, along with those for a backside touch interface and touch sensitive bezel give us a clue as to Apple’s product mindset. Multi-touch MacBook touchpads anyone?
This is a great step in advancing technology. If you notice, the mouse has been the same since it was first developed in 1960s. Its time for a chance and who better to do it then Apple.
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Posted by Jose Castillo on July 5, 2007 at 9:50 am · Permalink
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