Archives for July 2011

July, 06th July 2011

• Special Tips For Address Book & Keychain

  Nancy Carroll Gravley has found three tips for Address Book and Keychain that she hopes will open up new experiences…

• 160GB iPod classic:  $209

  It’s been roughly forever since we picked an iPod classic as the Deal Brothers Deal of the Day, but some…

• Apple Trademarks “280” for iOS Maps Icon

  Apple managed to score an interesting trademark in the U.S.: The number 280. More specifically, it’s “280” as used in…

• Apple Mail: Using the Append Function

  Ah, Apple Mail’s Append feature. It allows you to attach any number of previously sent or received messages to one…

• Analyst: Parts Prices Benefiting Apple

  Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu sees improving component prices as a good sign for Apple’s bottom line and ability to…

• Apple Turns to ITC for Samsung Import Block

  Apple filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday in an effort to block the import of…

• Reader Discussion: The Demise of MobileMe

  Apple is phasing out the MobileMe service in favor of its new iCloud service. Today TMO readers are talking about…

• Authorized Steve Jobs Biography Drops the “iSteve”

  The official biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, due to ship in March 2012, is no longer “iSteve: The Book…

• JailbreakMe 3 for iOS 4.3.3 Hits the Web

  The Web-based jailbreak tool for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, JailbreakMe 3.0, rolled out on Tuesday with support for…

July, 05th July 2011

• FAA Authorizes iPad as Flight Manual Replacement

  The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized the use of Apple’s iPad as a replacement for what’s called the Flight Bag,…

• Apple Supplier Pleads Guilty to Selling iPad, iPhone Secrets

  Walter Shimoon, a former executive with Flextronics, plead guilty Tuesday of selling secrets about unreleased Apple products to hedge funds.…

• ComScore: Apple Passes RIM in Handsets, Smartphones

  Market research firm comScore released data Tuesday that shows Apple’s iPhone is now the #2 smartphone platform in the U.S.,…

• Jon Rubinstein Compares HP’s WebOS to Mac OS X

  In a letter to employees, HP vice president Jon Rubinstein told employees not to worry about the negative reviews that…

• Microsoft Adds Lasso Gesture to iPad for Bing Searches

  Microsoft released a new version of Bing for iPad that includes a new gesture the company says makes it easier…

• 32GB iPod Touch:  $259

  The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished 32GB iPod touch for $259. It ships for free directly from…

• Samsung Consolidates Lawsuits in Apple Patent Battle

  Samsung is looking to streamline its patent infringement battle against Apple by consolidating the lawsuits it’s managing. The smartphone and…

• Convert iPhone Pics to Drawings with Paper Camera

  JFDP announced the immediate availability of Paper Camera for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on Tuesday. The app lets…

• AT&T Adds iPhone to Insurance Offerings

  AT&T is adding Apple’s iPhone to its mobile insurance program for the first time on July 17. Previously, AT&T’s only…

• Reader Discussion: Apple’s Big Win in Nortel Patent Sale

  Apple, along with several other companies including Microsoft, is part of the consortium that won the bidding for Nortel’s patent…

• Skype Update Adds New Video Chat Features

  Skype released Skype 5.2 for Mac OS X on Monday. The update for the online text, audio and video chat…

• Parts Orders Hint at 5M iPads in July

  Apple is notoriously secret about its iPad production plans, just as it is with the other products it sells. Its…

• Apple Web Site Targeted in Database Hack

  An Apple online survey database was apparently compromised over the Independence Day holiday weekend in the U.S. by a hacker…

July, 04th July 2011

• Happy Independence Day

  In honor of Independence Day — a U.S. holiday — The Mac Observer is taking off Monday, July 4th, so…

July, 02nd July 2011

• Google Bid Pi-billion for Nortel’s Patents

  Google apparently raised a few eyebrows with its bids for Nortel’s patent portfolio this week, especially when the it bid…

• Apple Seeds OS X Lion GM to Developers

  Apple rolled out the gold master version of OS X Lion to developers on Friday. Offering up the GM version…

• Apple Seeks Import Ban on Samsung Smartphones

  Apple filed for a preliminary injunction on Friday in an effort to block the import of Samsung’s Android-based smartphones and…

• Playing the iPhone 5 Guessing Game

  Everyone thinks they know when Apple is launching the iPhone 5, the iPhone nano, and the iPhone whatever. Android is…

July, 01st July 2011

• Manage Landscape Watering with Sprinkler Times

  Garden Apps announced the immediate availability of Sprinkler Times on Friday. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad app tracks landscaping…

• 3 iOS Apps To Write About (or With)

  Whatever happened to Inkwell? Shouldn’t it be on our iDevices? This week Vern Seward takes a look at 3 apps…

• Photos of Apple’s 5th Ave, NY Store Renovation

  Lloyd Gould has posted photos of the construction site at Apple’s 5th Avenue store in New York.

• Particle Debris (wk. ending 7/1) The Dog Ate My Homework

  This week, it’s all about excuses.  RIM tries to excuse its way out of a revealing letter written by one…

• DigiTimes: iPhone 5 & iPad 3 Likely to Ship in October

  Companies in Apple’s supply chain are “preparing materials” for the production of both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3,…

• Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5” SATA III Internal SSHD:  $219.95

  Today’s deal from the Deal Brothers is for the Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5” SATA III Internal Solid State Drive for $219.95.…

• Some Apple TV Users Report Firmware Update Problems

  Some owners of Apple’s current generation of Apple TVs are reporting difficulty in updating the firmware on their devices. Apple’s…

• iPhoto ’11: Setting Your Desktop Background (Without System Preferences)

  When I want to set one of my iPhoto pictures as a desktop background, I hate using the System Preferences…

• Reader Discussion: Steve Jobs, Tech Visionary

  It’s no secret that Steve Jobs has had a huge impact on Apple since he returned to the company in…

• ITC Tosses Kodak Split Ruling in Apple Patent Infringement

  Kodak didn’t get the ruling it had hoped for from the U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday, but it did…

• Adobe Offers 50% Premiere Discount for Unhappy Final Cut Users

  Adobe is hoping to draw more video editors to Premiere Pro by offering Final Cut Pro users that are unhappy…

• Apple, Microsoft Win Nortel Patents, Google Out

  The bidding frenzy for Nortel’s patent portfolio is over and a consortium that includes Apple and Microsoft walked away with…