iPhone 3G jailbreak

5 days after Apple released the brand new iPhone (3G), iPhone Dev Team managed to Jailbreak it.

World's 1st Jailbroken 3G Phone from iphonedev on Vimeo.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/
Photo: blog.iphone-dev.org

3G iPhone

Finally!
Monday, June 9th, 2008 - is the date Apple announced iPhone 3G

Size and weight¹

Height:

4.5 inches (115.5 mm)

Width:

2.4 inches (62.1 mm)

Depth:

0.48 inch (12.3 mm)

Weight:

4.7 ounces (133 grams)

Display

• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Audio

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
• User-configurable maximum volume limit

Headphones

• Stereo earphones with built-in microphone
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Impedance: 32 ohms

Camera and photos

• 2.0 megapixels
• Photo geotagging
• iPhone and third-party application integration

July 11

Coming Soon

Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/

BitTorrent comes to the iPhone

The iPhone Hacker core has developed a new application that will allow users to download torrents directly to the device over EDGE.

Read more via BetaNews

Apple Introduces New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models

CUPERTINO, California—February 26, 2008—Apple® today updated its popular MacBook® and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s innovative Multi-Touch™ trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air™. All Mac® notebooks include a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing on-the-go*, Apple’s MagSafe® Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain and built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g.**

The new MacBook Pro features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo technology with up to a 2.6 GHz processor with 6MB of shared L2 cache; up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory and up to a 300GB hard drive, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB of video memory. Every MacBook Pro now includes a trackpad with Multi-Touch gesture support for pinch, rotate and swipe, making it more intuitive than ever to zoom and rotate photos in iPhoto® or Aperture™ 2 or browse web pages in Safari™; an illuminated keyboard that makes it ideal for dimly lit environments such as airplanes, studios or conference halls and a built-in ambient light sensor, which automatically adjusts the brightness of the keys as well as the brightness of the display for optimal visibility.

Featuring a gorgeous 13-inch glossy widescreen display, and with prices still starting at just $1,099, the new MacBook lineup comes in three models and includes faster processors and larger hard drives across the line; sleek white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a stunning black 2.4 GHz model with a massive 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive, previously only available as an option. The 2.4 GHz MacBook models ship with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line.

Read more at Apple.com

iPhone users Google more than other mobile handsets

50 times more queries than any other mobile phone? This is very good for Apple and the iPhone.
Even Google was confused about this and said "we thought it was a mistake and made our engineers check the logs again."

In a few years going this way, the queries from the mobile phone will turn compete with the queries from the regular PC users.

via http://smartphone.pdablast.com/

Lenovo X300 vs. Apple MacBook Air... competition is on the way!

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What would you chose? Personally I think that Lenovo X300 comes with everything you need from a MacBook air plus some new features. Before deciding to buy a MBA (MacBook air) youdefinitely need to check what Lenovo has.

via engadget.com

Apple Releases Aperture 2

Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing

CUPERTINO, California—February 12, 2008—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, Aperture 2 also introduces new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition, soft-edged retouching, vignetting and RAW fine-tuning, and lets users directly post their portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery* for viewing on the web, iPhone™, iPod® touch and Apple TV®. At a new low price of $199, anyone can easily organize, edit and publish photos like a pro.

Read more at apple.com

Wikipedia on your iPhone

As mashable posted here, why not have the entire wikipedia on your iPhone?
Wikipedia is not that big as it sound... guess what? only 2GB of your storage and you have all you might need to know in your pocket.
Note: After you download this, you will not need an internet connection to access


Want to have it? Go here
via mashable

New stores from Apple in Europe

Apple in Europe? They only have Apple Stores in two countries: UK and Italy.
On the Job Opportunities page you can see that Apple is now hiring staff for new stores in Switzerland and Germany. Nice the see that Apple wants to promote their products elsewhere than US.

Website: here

Hackers manage to unlock newest iPhones

Score one for the unlockers. After months of waiting, the newest iPhones are now unlockable thanks to the tireless work of one programmer. But how long until Apple closes the door once again?

Read more via Betanews

What would I change at the MacBook Air?

Some time passed after Apple launched the new MacBook (Air) and now we can see what is missing (or what is not good at it).

Display: First of all, Apple wanted this MacBook to be Ultra-Portable which means the 13-inch display is a little big for it. Maybe a 11 or a 12-inch would be better.

Optical drive: Now what everybody saw at this laptop is that it doesn't have an optical drive. I think that you need one. Even if you don't really use it... at some certain point it will come in handy.

CPU: 1.6 or 1.8GHz (C2D)? I don't think it's that good. A lot of new notebooks have 2.0 or even better CPUs.

HDD: 80GB? Hmm... it could be better.

Built in Ethernet port: because I don't think everyone has a wireless router.

USB Ports? 1 more could be better.

and...

Price: $3000 for the 1.8GHz one is way to much!

Conclusion? Apple sacrificed performance to make MBA a thin notebook. If you are a regular user you may not see that this is bad but in the long run it would be better to have a thicker notebook with better performance.

People complain soon after the iPod/iPhone upgrades

After Apple upgraded their iPod touch/iPhone doubling the storage from 16GB for iPod touch to 32GB and from 8GB to 16GB for iPhone people soon complained about this over the internet. Why? Maybe because of the simple fact that Apple didn't announce this at MacWorld 2008. I think people want upgrades but if you have an expo and don't show it there... then....
Here is what a regular Apple user has to say (via phonescoop):

Apple thinks we are all sheep. After spending 400-1200 bucks for an iphone, ipod, ibook or whatever Apple makes, a few months later they come out with a different color, more memory or storage or make it a little more pretty and all of us run and get the new stuff....

I guess i am tying to say is bah bah bah bah...baaahhh..bah bah bah bah bah

Now where is my Credit Card, Steve Jobs called.

And of course this is not all.
People also complained that Apple still continues to go for EDGE and not for 3G (like me). 3G would give better speeds for internet surfing (via the safari browser) and would lead to better communication.

Quickies

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iPod touch with 32GB is now here

I think you already know what iPod touch is so if you are ready... let me show you the new iPod touch!
It doesn't have something special apart from the regular iPods but it comes with 32GB so it's good if you have a lot of music laying around. Price? $499

Buy: here

Quickies: 16GB Apple iPhone

And yes... we now have a 16GB version of the well known iPhone. Hope the 3G one is coming soon because there are a lot of people out there that are waiting for it.

16GB iPhone just around the corner?

Skype for iPhone/iPod touch

Image from www.apple-touch.com

If you are in a hurry and want to chat or even talk with your skype contacts, then go to http://s4iphone.com from your iPhone/iPod touch. This great application will let you do everything you want, from your gadget.

MacBook air unboxing photos

Apple announced it weeks ago at MacWorld, now it's available. Here is one of the lucky first people to have it: here

Picture from uneasysilence.com

If you don't know yet what MacBook air is, then let me tell you some of the basic things it has:

It's very thin (the thinnest notebook in the world):

Processor and memory:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed

• 800MHz frontside bus
• 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM onboard

Storage:

• 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive²
• Optional 64GB solid-state drive²
• Optional external USB MacBook Air SuperDrive

read: Specs via Apple

Apple TV and internet bandwidth, 30$+ for a hd movie?

This one is new. What about making people to pay for their bandwidth usage to reduce hd movie downloads and maybe destroy Apple with its TV "box".

By limiting the bandwidth this means you limit users to some internet traffic. The plans would go from 5GB to 40GB a month (for 50$). Remember that a HD movie usually is 4 to 5 GB.

Time warner is scared of people watching tv over the internet because of the simple fact that videos look better in HD quality.

You can read more here

Office 2008 for Mac hits store shelves

After four years of waiting, Mac users are finally able to get their hands on a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite for the platform.

Source: Betanews / Read more

Change a MacBook air battery? It costs you 129$

Engadget posted a serious "problem" that MacBook air has. It's the first notebook from Apple with a built-in battery (which in case of a notebook it's not good).
Imagine this: You are a business man and in the plane and your battery ran out of "fuel". You would say: It's OK... I still have a full battery in my briefcase, but with this MacBook... if you can't find a socket where to plug in your MacBook... you are in big trouble.

Batteries are designed for 300 full charge and discharge cycles. (So if you really use it a lot, this means you need to change that after one year)

What I like? Well... not really!

Will the data on my MacBook Air be preserved?

Don't rely on it being preserved. Many repairs require Apple to replace or reformat the hard disk, which will result in the loss of your data. Please make sure you back up your data on a regular basis to minimize your data loss. .Mac members may download and use Backup to save an archive of their data to a series of CDs. Apple and its AASPs are not responsible for any damage to or loss of any applications, data, or other information stored on your MacBook Air while performing service.

http://www.apple.com/support/macbookair/service/battery/