Jan 15
With all of the speculation on which features would be released with the next iPhone firmware due at this years MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, the wait is finally over. Some of the new features, as many have been arguing over the last few months, should have been part of the iPhone software since initial release. In any event, Apple has taken steps with this firmware update to get users of the iPhone one step closer to using approved applications once the iPhone SDK is released sometime in March or April.
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Orange wireless of France has reported record sales of the iPhone. In its first five days of availability the iPhone sold over 30,000 cell phones. There have been 70,000 iPhones sold in the first month. Almost half of the iPhone cell phones, 48%, were sold to new Orange customers. As the second wireless provider offering an iPhone unlocked, 3,500 of them sold during that same period.
Apple is at it again by filing for a patent on the design in the graphic. It appears that the MacBook like computer would by placed inside of the iMac style screen enclosure. It is not clear if the MacBook would have a screen itself and if said screen would show through the iMac styled enclosure. The patent application does reveal that the MacBook type computer would be slid into the enclosure where the ports would still be accessible.
Apple is at it again thinking ahead for what consumers might want in the future. They have filed a patent application that is for an OLED-based keyboard that can change via software instruction. That basically means that the keys could change based on what software program is running on the computer at any given time.
iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and iTunes Music Store users who want to learn a little more about how to use the software are in luck. Apple has decided to post video tutorials for anyone to view.
Apple consumer electronics devices almost always are on ‘Best of’ lists from a wide range of media outlets, small to mainstream. Once in a long while a product will make it to a ‘Worst of’ list. It seems this just happens to be one of those times. The Apple TV is on the ‘Top 10 Worst Tech Product’ for 2007 by Yahoo! Tech.
Mac switchers this past year have had many options to running Windows based software on their Intel based Mac’s. Boot Camp from Apple is the defacto Windows based software boot tool. Since Boot Camp was introduced users have been trying to find out a way to save their Windows partition so they can reload it when something goes wrong. More often than not, a virus or spyware will clog up the Windows side and have to be reloaded. Wouldn’t it be nice to use a free piece of software to do this?
Xserve’s now have a new software firmware version 1.1 for Lights-Out Management. The software update is only available for Intel-based Xserves. It will update the firmware to software version 1.2.8. There are a few points for readers wondering what the update is about.