Psystar’s Mac Clone Offers Blu-ray and NVIDIA 9800GT Options

Despite an ongoing legal dispute with Apple, Mac clone maker Psystar announced today that they are shipping OS X-compatible PCs with Blu-ray optical drives and the NVIDIA 9800GT graphics card. Apple does not currently offer either peripheral on the ...

Review: Blogging apps for iPhone

Bloggers with either an iPhone or iPod touch have several tools that allow them to post entries or photos when they’re on the go. But which tool is right for you? Scott McNulty evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of iBlogger, TypePad, and WordPress.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Cocoa Finder and 64-Bit Changes

With the broad seeding of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, a few more details have been revealed about the direction Apple is going with Snow Leopard. According to the seed notes, Apple is migrating more towards Cocoa (rather than Carbon) and continues ...

Rogers sells 255k iPhones, adds 191k subscribers

Filed under: iPhone

Rogers Wireless sold 255,000 iPhones since their introduction in July, and added 191,000 new customers, according to Electronista.

Desjardins Securities analyst Joseph MacKay estimates that Rogers will have to absorb subsidies for all those new customers -- two out of five who bought the iPhone -- adding about C$90 million in costs for the quarter. Over the three-year contract period, however, MacKay figures Rogers will do much better, as the average monthly bill for Rogers customers will be about C$100 (thanks to higher costs for iPhone plans), up from C$74 now.

Since Rogers is the only major GSM carrier in Canada, it said a third of its customers moved from another carrier, or had no mobile service before. Both Bell Canada and Telus had lower new subscriber numbers for the quarter.

Like Verizon in the United States, Bell Canada and Telus are planning on upgrading their networks to LTE, a fourth-generation mobile phone standard that AT&T will also support.

[Via AppleInsider.]

Rogers sells 255k iPhones, adds 191k subscribers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rumor roundup: iPhone 2.2 firmware details

Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

Apple has given developers a taste of the new iPhone firmware, version 2.2 beta 2, and it includes a host of spiffy new features that are making the rounds online.

A tipster shared with us some screenshots of the new firmware, including what appears to be the ability to download podcasts directly to your iPhone (and presumably your iPod touch). This could tidily explain why Apple rejected the Podcaster app last month. The option to "get more episodes" doesn't appear to work in this firmware build, however.

MacRumors' Arnold Kim links to an iPhoneHellas.gr screenshot showing the iPhone software asking for a rating before you delete an application. Kim speculates Apple is looking to increase participation in the App Store rating process.

Om Malik's Apple Blog is showing off screenshots from the iPhoneYap.com message boards, including new Maps functionality. Google Street View will apparently be available by rotating the device into landscape mode. Public transportation support and directions for walking also seem to be included.

In the same report, the Apple Blog's David Appleyard also mentions location sharing via email and SDK support for manipulating line-in audio as part of the seed.

Rumor roundup: iPhone 2.2 firmware details originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rumor roundup: iPhone 2.2 firmware details originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SplashID password safe for iPhone improves search

SplashID has been updated with an enhanced user interface, improved search function, and better performance for users with lots of files.

Greatest projector / iPhone clone combo handset in the world now up for sale

Filed under: Cellphones

Look, here's what you need to do: reach into the appropriate pocket on your personage, take out your phone, and throw it into the nearest wall. It sucks. The N70 from Lanye (or ChinaKing, or... somebody from China), which we've drooled over previously, is a candybar phone with a 2.4-inch screen, Bluetooth 2.0, and a little bit of dual-band GSM. Oh, and a built-in projector. And an interface that almost perfectly mirrors that of the iPhone with the addition of voice recording and MMS. It's awesome, and it's now available for import for a mere $345. A bargain at any price.

[Thanks, Andrew]

Greatest projector / iPhone clone combo handset in the world now up for sale originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Myvu video goggles work with iPhone

Myvu has received Apple's Works with iPhone certification for its new cable for the Crystal video goggles.

Fission 1.6 makes iPhone ringtones even easier

Filed under: Audio, Software, iPhone

Rogue Amoeba has released version 1.6 of the nifty lossless audio editor Fission with a handy new feature: built-in iPhone ringtone saving. Fission has always been a great application for making relatively simple edits to audio files: cropping, trimming, cutting and pasting, etc. Now it makes turning MP3, AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or WAV files into iPhone ringtones a one-step process. Once you save a file as a ringtone it will automatically be passed to iTunes for syncing to your iPhone.

Of course you can do it the old-fashioned way with GarageBand, but if your audio file just needs simple editing the Fission method will likely be easier and faster. In addition to the ringtone saving (and various bug fixes), version 1.6 allows you to insert periods of silence into a file and exactly set the location of the playhead.

Fission 1.6 is a free upgrade to registered owners; it's $32 for new users and a demo is available.

[via Macworld]

Fission 1.6 makes iPhone ringtones even easier originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Seeking to Increase Participation in App Store Ratings?

iPhoneHellas.gr has published a screenshot from the latest iPhone 2.2 Beta 2 which reveals that Apple may be seeking to increase customer participation in reviewing iPhone and iPod touch apps.

Specifically, the latest firmware ...

Sonos Controller for iPhone debuts

Sonos has updated the system software for its ZoneController wireless music systems and has introduced iPhone software.

Sonos Controller for iPhone and Software 2.7 bring Last.fm, internet radio and ‘the future’ to your existing setup

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Peripherals

We've been griping about the limitations of the existing wireless Sonos controller for just about as long as Sonos has been pumping them out -- not that it's a horrible chunk of hardware, just that we love to gripe, and the lack of good text input is extremely limiting in these modern times of limitless content to surf through. Well, the problem's been solved, at least for iPhone and iPod touch users, and in typical Sonos fashion the solution's free. Starting today Sonos will be offering a free Sonos Controller app on Apple's App Store, which can handle just about every function the existing controller can, with the additional convenience of a touch interface and an on-screen keyboard. Multi-room control, Napster and Rhapsody, your own music library -- it's all here, thanks to the magic of WiFi. Sonos even saw it fit to pack a general software update (Sonos Software 2.7) which includes fifteen thousand internet radio stations and Last.fm integration. The primary limitation to iPhone control is the fact that you're relying on your home's WiFi instead of that schmancy mesh network Sonos products employ, but that's a small price to pay for usability. Check out our highly enthralling hands-on shots below, and then peep the read link for more info and video, which should be live by the time you read this. The app should go live sometime today.

Sonos Controller for iPhone and Software 2.7 bring Last.fm, internet radio and 'the future' to your existing setup originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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