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Those who own the iPhone are usually ones who beleive in looking good all the time. Well, that’s a pretty generalised assumption I guess, but I am sure those who love the phone so much, have a lot more reasons than it being feature-rich, to actually own one. So, in yet another attempt to accesorize the most popular phone, Proporta’s Echo might seem like just any other thing, except that this one would help you keep your makeup mirror at home, and still keep looking picture perfect. (more…)

Less than a week after Apple offered outsiders a chance to make games and other business applications for the iPhone, the response has been remarkable: Over 100,000 software developers have downloaded an iPhone software kit Apple made publicly available to them on March 6, the Cupertino company announced today.

By adding game and business applications to its phone, the company hopes to broaden the device’s appeal and better compete with the Blackberry. AOL, Electronic Arts, Epocrates,salesforce.com and Sega already have used the kit to create iPhone applications.
Via SJ Mercury News

Apple stellt neue Modelle von MacBook und MacBook Pro vor. Multi-Touch Trackpad im MacBook Pro

CUPERTINO, Kalifornien - 26. Februar 2008 - Apple hat heute MacBook und MacBook Pro aktualisiert. Die beliebten Notebooks sind ab sofort mit den neuesten Intel Core 2 Duo Prozessoren, größeren Festplatten und standardmäßig mit 2 GB Arbeitsspeicher in den meisten Modellen ausgestattet. Darüber hinaus sind die MacBook Pro mit den neuesten NVIDIA Grafikprozessoren mit bis zu 512 MB Videospeicher und dem innovativen Multi-Touch Trackpad ausgerüstet, das zuerst mit dem MacBook Air eingeführt wurde. Alle Mac Notebooks besitzen eine integrierte iSight Videokamera für Videokonferenzen unterwegs,* das MagSafe Netzteil, das sich unter Zug gefahrlos vom Notebook trennt und eingebautes 802.11n WLAN mit der bis zu fünffachen Leistung und der doppelten Reichweite von 802.11g.** (more…)

AP reporter Peter Svensson just reviewed the Second generation Apple TV and is enthusiastic: “Apple TV is now better than ever”, says Svensson. Even if there’s still room for improvement. On the upside: (more…)

I was just just a matter of time: The pink Mac Book Air is out. It is made possible by Colorware, the ultimate gadget painters. And guys, listen up: Don’t be frustrated, they also have a beautiful shiny black Mac Book Air …

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Pod地图。苹果公司最近申请了一项专利，他们要用IPod来取代GPS。根据AppleInsider所说的，苹果公司的概念就是一个能够爆或4个核心单元的软件，它能够让使用者设定起点和终点。这个答案将被列入Pod的清单，会通过语音提示给出答案，另外还有视频的地图送出。

Pod地图，这个来自苹果公司的新概念将为我们提供提供如下服务：例如

1.    使用者在出发前通过登陆一个在线服务器得知需要去的地方。

2.    服务期创建一个视频或者音频的文件，同样还有地图截图，然后发送给使用者。

3.    使用者在离开家或者在车上将其上传至IPod。

这个可能是为什么苹果公司迟迟不推出GPS附件的一个理由。这看上去是个很好的概念，但是在这个Pod地图推出以前，还是在你手机上的GPS点点吧。

Music & Video Performances Available the Next Day LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia and Apple(R), for the first time, have partnered to bring music fans all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of television’s most popular show exclusively on the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com). Kicking off with the “American Idol” Top 24 semifinalists this week, customers can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song, and viewers will be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99, starting March 11. In addition, beginning today, fans can pre-order performances of their favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will be automatically downloaded the day after the show airs. (more…)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs just published a surprising open letter about a “greener Apple” on the computer maker’s website. Like some other tech giants, Apple has long been under fire from environmentalist for questionable recycling and production practices in Asia, especially in China; during Macworld conferences in recent years, international environmentalist frequently demonstrated against the company outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Talking about green and China: Former vice president Al Gore is here in Silicon Valley tonight talking about the environment and China (!?) at an event organised by Santa Clara based web portal Yahoo. We’ll keep you updated how it went …

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Roland Tellzen, Vincent Blake
APRIL 10, 2007

IT’S a sign of the maturity of the laptop market that the mobile machines come in numerous classes, sizes and specifications, and at a wide range of prices. To acknowledge this, TechCheck selected an eclectic array of laptop machines to test — a high end ultra-compact from Sony, a non-Windows machine from perennial individualist Apple and an extreme low-end machine from Compaq. This approach doesn’t make it easy to lend itself to compare specs and speeds head to head, but it does help us get an idea of how different sectors of the market are approaching the issue of portability.
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