Apple Unveils New MacBook and MacBook Pros
Well the rumor mills finally got it right! Apple finally upgraded its MacBook and MacBook pro line to the latest and greatest of the chips from Intel, Penryn. Unlike the minor upgrades we saw in November, the upgrades are bigger this time around with improvements across the board. The Processor speeds have been bumped, Higher amount of Stock RAM, Higher capacity disks and other stuff thrown to make every Apple Fanboy lick his fingers in anticipation. Both MacBook and MacBook Pro’s now feature the Penryn Core 2 Duo Chipset and... Read The Rest →
iPhones Infected With 'Chickenpox'
Several iPhone who snapped onto iPhones early when they were released are now reporting that their iPhones are having tiny bubbles under the glass layer. I’m not sure when this started, but a few users noticed this earlier, but didn’t bother much. But to make things worse, these bubbles apparently have multiplying nature. The Good thing is that Apple is replacing every single iPhone thats caught up with ‘Chickenpox’ with a brand new iPhone free of cost. Here are few selected quotes on what the users have to say on... Read The Rest →
Get Ready For Another iPhone Price Cut
9to5Mac is reporting that, Apple will soon be dropping the prices of the iPhone and the iPod Touch. It is believed that this will be a 100$ drop on all the existing models, and it could also possibly eliminate the lower end models like Apple did the last time with 4GB iPhone. I’m sure Apple is making this move, to increase the sales of the iPhone, like it last did. Also this makes perfect sense, since they have just launched the 16GB model, and they have apparently been making even... Read The Rest →
A Step by Step Guide to Unlock Your 1.1.3 OTB iPhone
Mr. GEOrge HOTz did it again. He’s discovered an exploit that will allow you to unlock your brand new iPhone, thats factory fresh with the latest 1.1.3 firmware and the 4.6 bootloader. Unlocking your iPhone isn’t all that difficult, but I’d suggest you wait for more refined releases in the future. But if you are one of those who’ve been waiting forever for this unlock to come out. If you can’t wait any longer, then read on and follow the instructions below to unlock your iPhone in just about 15... Read The Rest →
Rumor : Google to Partner Dell to Launch an iPhone Competitor
When Google first unveiled Android, the mobile OS way back in November, something inside me told, “Hey, Wait this is not what Google would want, they will want to have a complete phone”. Interestingly the rumor mills are abuzz saying that Google might partner with Dell to launch a new handset that would come loaded with Android. Everyone seems to be touting the gPhone as the next iPhone and its chief competitor. While Android is still under heavy development, and a final version is expected sometime this year. It makes... Read The Rest →
My thoughts on Macbook Air…
Initial reactions of the Macbook Air, were all ooh’s and aah’s when Uncle Steve unveiled it to a packed Audience in MacWorld 2008. While half the blogosphere was singing in praises of the Thinnovation that Apple came up with, the other half naturally took up to bashing the Macbook Air, for everything that it was missing. You might ask me, to which half I belong? Well my answer is somewhere in between, because I believe this is what the Macbook Air deserves. And this is the reason why I held... Read The Rest →
MacWorld 2008
Yay! MacWorld 2008 is here. Like we all expected, Apple came out with the ultra portable notebook which calls itself as the "World’s thinnest notebook". If you’ve been a regular on this blog, then you’ll probably know that Karthik is a stick-in-the-mud fan of all things Apple. He has been eagerly waiting for this day, but unfortunately MacWorld 2008 coincided with his vacation. Instead of simply rewriting everything about MacWorld 2008, I’ll just forward you to my blog where I have published a recap of all the announcements. Link: MacWorld... Read The Rest →
Apple Updates Mac Pro Lineup, a week before Macworld
With its just a week to go for MacWorld ’08, Master Steve decided that he needs to push out all the boring announcements beforehand and give us something exciting on January 15th. Having said that, Apple yesterday upgraded its MacPro lineup making the latest MacPro’s the fastest ever. Apple bumped the MacPro’s to an 8 Core beast of machine, and host of other upgrades making it twice as fast as its predecessors. Here is the base configuration of the MacPro that retails for $2,799.
Hack Attack : Record Video on the iPhone
When the iPhone first came out, many people complained about the lack of Video recording capabilities in the iPhone. Many People including me thought it was pretty lame for Apple to release iPhone without the video editing features in it, because Apple touted the iPhone as a complete Multimedia device, and I haven’t really seen a Multimedia phone that comes without Video Recording. Heck even my Nokia 5300 does it pretty well.
Apple Releases Mac OSX 10.5.1
Whoa! that was fast wasn’t it. Apple just released Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.1 for the general public that fixes a lot of nagging problems with the initial release of Leopard. Mac OSX 10.5.1 comes out after about 20 days since the official launch. Considering the time Apple had in developing this update, it looks like a rock solid upgrade and improves the stability of Leopard comprehensively. According to Apple, the update is recommended for all 10.5 users and the 110MB download includes “general operating system fixes that enhance the stability,... Read The Rest →
