One of the more anticipate Firmware releases of the year, besides version 2.0, has finally arrived via an iTunes update for iPod and iPhone owners everywhere. The rumor mill has been busy churning out predictions and screenshots of future functionality which so far, has been very much true without a single rock being left unturn. While not as groundbreaking as 2.0, Firmware 2.2 brings some welcome changes albeit with a few annoyances.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Reviews
The category of Netbooks is well populated with what is essentially bargain bin laptops in terms of computing power. Everyone from HP to ASUS is well into this new field of computers originating from 10-13″ inch ultra portables to palm sized, inch thin laptops oriented as glorified Smartphones but serve a greater function than surfing the web. This is precisely why Apple will never make a Netbook that is defined by today’s standards as being powered by a single core Atom CPU, small screen and minimal memory. It would mean a massive degradation of the current Mac OS X experience.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Opinion
Apple has been busy streamlining the iPhone interface and improving the underlying OS through many Firmware upgrades available for current and previous generation models. The continuation of those efforts have materialized in the much awaited iPhone 2.2 Firmware update bringing various improvements and features to Maps, iTunes and Safari plus other minor interface tweaks. In addition, Apple has recently pushed out a minor update to iTunes bringing it up to version 8.0.2 and including Voice Over support amongst bug fixes.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 21st, 2008
Posted in: News, iPhone, iTunes
When last talked about in June during the annual World Wide Developer Conference, Apple gave a passing mention for Snow Leopard’s release in the time frame of a year from then. A slip from Jordan Hubbard’s slideshow from his presentation at LISA ‘08 points toward a possible Q1 2009 release for Snow Leopard positioning its Delta status at 14+ months. Meanwhile, Intel has been busy rolling out their newest brand of CPUs dubbed Core i7 but revamps to the older Core 2 family could take a prominent place in Apple’s newest iMac in Quad Core form.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 19th, 2008
Posted in: Hardware, iMac
Since Apple launched Mobile Me in July, steady updates have given the Internet reliant service greater stability and much better integration with the devices information is synced to and from. The next upgrade is expected to arrive in a new a point update for Leopard, 10.5.6, which will also include over 90 bug fixes for various aspects of the Operating System. On the note of updates, Apple pushed out point updades for the newest iPod Nano and iPod Classic.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 15th, 2008
Posted in: News
Parallels 4 has been released to consumers today bringing with it, a monumental improvement in speed and resource handling along side support for Leopard server virtualization. While Parallels 4 may be shipping, Apple has slipped on delivering their newest in-ear headphones to the masses.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 12th, 2008
Posted in: News
Rumors are starting to point towards Apple releasing Firmware 2.2, the latest revision of the iPhone Operating System in the next ten days, which would make it available for download November 21st. Features have been worked in and heavy development has taken place since the first screenshots and demos seeds for 2.2 have surfaced a while back. In addition to the plethora of new additions to an already much anticipated release, Apple has baked in over the air Podcast downloading.
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 11th, 2008
Posted in: iPhone
Sure Apple, the iPhone may have set a precedent in the Smartphone sector by marking a touch screen as just ticket to compete with the big man that you are. Yea that’s working well, you even out paced RIM, taking their spot in Smartphone sales as number two. Heck, RIM is pushing the Storm at a lower price and is the first Blackberry with a touch screen but you know what all of these new phones are lacking Apple? Yea, a glossy screen.
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Usually phone tethering has long been a marketing point for floor salesmen to push, extending the mantra of having the Internet in your pants to what’s on your lap but that’s all been thrown out the window with the iPhone. Beyond the multi touch gestures, next generation operating system and whatever talking points easily memorized by a sales clerk, having the Internet extend to something, a little bigger, was always a sore spot with AT&T and Apple. No more says Ralph De La Vega, CEO of AT&T as iPhone tethering is coming “Soon.”
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Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 10th, 2008
Posted in: iPhone
One universal trend of gaming handhelds is the lack of oodly appendages, extruding limbs and knobs in all the wrong places which results in a smooth slice of portable console gaming. The iPhone, like most other devices, followed this trend of sleek lines and an easy to hold shape but Marware thinks different. What happened during the thought process of “how do we transform the iPhone into a gaming controller” to the final result was probably filled with a drug induce daze that produced the hideous attachment waiting to disrupt hand held gaming everywhere; the Marware Gaming Controller.
As put so bluntly by Gizmodo, it is basically two pieces of foam bolted to the end of an iPhone that probably malfunctioned in a past life which would be the only reason to slip such a travesty onto it. The alternative uses I can think of with no real world practicality are an idiot’s take on a Batterang, a much undersized steering wheel or a feeble and overpriced attempt at a child’s play toy.
50 bucks will net you these foam protrusions of hell but hey, it’s covered in Marware’s typical colors of blue and grey. It’s very odd to see such a product surface outside of water cooler meetings parodying the company’s design team and actually escape the reject bin.
If you’re truly interested and have already convinced yourself this accessory will improve your gaming ability without lowering your social status, please direct your browser here and consequently far away from any dignity you may have had.
Via: Gizmodo
Written by Tanner Godarzi on November 3rd, 2008
Posted in: iPhone
