An iTunes controller for the iPhone?
The new iMacs are the first to have Intel’s latest chip.
Apple TV enabled for movie purchases.
Can Apple Break Into The Enterprise Market?
New version of the iPhone SDK dropped. Is iPhone 2.0/3G coming June 15?
EETimes on the Apple P.A. Semiconductor acquisition.
Apple refuses to build “content protection” into the iPod.
The iMac turns [...]
Major studios announce day-date DVD/VOD/iTunes releases, and Apple is going to lose a dollar on each movie it sells. Don’t worry, they’ll make up for it on volume.
Video game industry thriving, despite piracy.
Apple buys chip designer P.A. Semiconductor, who just happen to design low-power processors for things like hand-held, portable devices.
NBC is apparently [...]
3G iPhone Rumor Watch:
Nike+ app for iPhone?
A KEYBOARD? Doubtful.
Hulu: showing progress? Beating projections. Interesting:
He also intimated that Hulu was investigating new technology in the HD realm, and a possible transition from the computer screen to the comparatively larger television screen. He declined to provide specifics, saying any expansion ideas are still in the brainstorming phase.
Some [...]
Rumor’s are flying:
_32 GB of storage
_Higher resolution for the digital camera — 3 megapixels
_Video recording
_Upload video directly to Google’s (GOOG) YouTube
Kevin Rose also noted in a previous Diggnation that it would sport two video cameras, to facilitate video chat/conferencing.
All of it seems plausible so far. The 3G iPhone chip:
a 7.2Mbps HSDPA chip with all the [...]
Long time, no post. The Apple news/rumors/goodies:
Updated: iPod Reset Utility 1.0.3 (Mac)
Updated: AppleTV receives a 2.0.1 update—mostly bug fixes and peformance enhancements.
Rumor: Apple is developing sort of “fitness companion” device
Interesting job post at Apple: Handwriting Recognition Engineer.
PWNED: MacBook Air hacked in 2 minutes.
Rumor: 3G iPhone launch seen in 2nd quarter. New features and speculation.
Catching [...]
It was disclosed this week at Appleinsider that Apple filed a patent in Oct. 2006 over what appears to be DVR functionality. Apple’s interface design and usability brought to the DVR could be the killer app for the AppleTV.
The patent at USPO.
Worthwhile: Saving the HDi platform for non-HD DVD media.
MS Don’t Kill HDi! An Open Letter from Format War Frontline
On a technical implementation level HD-DVD was farther along than Blu-ray, even at the time of its death. HDi comprised a powerful tool and a competitor that raised the stakes on its rival, especially because it was [...]
iPhone ready to take on BlackBerry with enterprise push
iPhone announcements exceed mobile experts’ expectations
iPhone SDK details
AOL has also created a version of AIM for the iPhone in five days despite its developer’s lack of experience for the Mac. Users simply swipe to change active chats.
The iPhone App store
BBC iPlayer Beta now available for iPhone
Developers excited [...]
I’ve switched from Greencine to Netflix, due to Greencine’s complete lack of customer service. Here’s the RSS for my Netflix queue.
Mac Goodies
Newsfire is now free. Best MacOS newsreader after NetNewsWire. Secrets is a preference pane to access hidden/secret prefs in the OS and numerous apps.
DIY
From Here to Awesome I’ll let them explain it:
(Either JavaScript [...]
Best news I’ve heard in a while.
Gearlive:
Well, we’ve just got word from a reliable source that Flash support is on its way to the iPhone, and it should be coming very, very soon. Speculating a bit further on our own, we are guessing that it would be pretty convenient for Flash support to be introduced [...]
Apple Rumor: Some sort of event/announcement at the end of February.
Apple files a rather interesting-looking interactive video patent(s) regarding the Apple Remote and AppleTV. Widgets in yr video.
Perian has released a 1.1 update, including performance enhancements and support for DTS and AVCHD. It also improves compatibility with Quicktime 7.4 (Also updated with a bug and [...]
The two most interesting aspects of iTunes offering rentals—
_The implications for Apple TV—expect at least a software update to support the new functionality. Accessing the iTunes store from the living room is certainly one good step in reviving/re-inventing a cool product suffering neglect and lackluster adoption. A little more computing muscle/storage and the addition of [...]
Steve Jobs, from Apple’s “Hot News”
Third Party Applications on the iPhone
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new [...]
On Apple’s iPhone firmware update that killed 3rd party applications:
Did I buy these phones or am I just renting them?
—Brian Lam at Gizmodo
Apple has a page in which it’s soliciting feedback on AppleTV. Identified as a “hobby” by Steve Jobs at the last WSJ D Conference, I think there’s an excellent opportunity to do something “cool” here. Taking user’s and potential user’s input is a great place to start, and hopefully Apple really does take the feedback [...]