loves to show their artsy and imagination fueled designs whenever they can from Ads, subliminal messages and all the way into the en user experience. Some of Apple’s creative side always leaks into their assortment of wallpapers which surely have made your Windows lovin’ friends jealous so why not spread the desktop glorifying love by making a ZIP Archive of OS X’s wallpaper set to email your Mac-less buddies.
Go on down to your main Hard Drive and navigate into “Library > Desktop Pictures.” In there you’ll find the current assortment of wallpapers available for selection in System Preferences. Of course you can import these into iPhoto to resize and edit for your iPhone as well, just make sure the resolution is set to 480 x 320.
Written by Tanner Godarzi on December 15th, 2008
Posted in: Tip Stash
Macworld 2009 will mark the iPhone’s second birthday but just like any toddler, the parental nature of Apple is always looking forward. Sure, Steve Jobs doesn’t have to be burdened with diaper changing and whatnot (disgruntled interns take up that responsibility) but he does baby the iPhone too much and there will be a day when the App Store will be outside of Apple’s parental supervision.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on December 15th, 2008
Posted in: Opinion, iPhone
Digital sales have continued to grow annually with iTunes being the biggest of them all. But what exists outside of the digital space will soon be Apple’s biggest competitors as downloads start to outpace store bought items. Taking in a little more than 1/10th of music sales in the US is a good start but it will take some time before Apple can knock down the monumental retail chains. Meanwhile, Apple has enjoyed a comparable amount of growth with the iPhone surpassing Windows Mobile phones in terms of sales. But these sales could blossom if rumors of a $99 iPhone 3G ring true.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on December 6th, 2008
Posted in: News
Despite managing to ship their newest iPods introduced during the fall 2008 media event, Apple has slipped on delivering their newest earbuds which bring mic and playback controls buttons (but are only supported on the 4G Nano, 2G Classic and Touch) alongside new in-ear headphones. However, shoppers visiting the online store will notice the in-ear headphones can be ordered and will ship soon. Meanwhile, Apple has started to ship out the newest addition to the Cinema Display line and the lucky Bloggers of Apple Insider have posted unboxing pictures.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on December 3rd, 2008
Posted in: News
Apple has always put its weight behind a mass marketing campaign for any new product but it seems to be more aggressive when it comes to the iPhone as detailed in recent ads for the latest iteration of the hot selling device. While claims of doubled Internet speeds have been rebuked and called out for deceptive marketing, Apple has closed in on the Smartphone market taking an impressive 16% share.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on December 2nd, 2008
Posted in: News
