17″ Unibody MacBook Pro Begins Shipping

Apple has quietly updated their pages for the new 17" unibody MacBook Pro to reflect a change from accepting pre-orders to offering shipment in 7-10 business days for new orders. In addition, several international Apple online stores have added a "N...

How About the iPhone as Controller for Apple TV Gaming Console?

Hot on the heels of the premium “App Store Plus” (TM Erica Sadun) $19.99 rumor we helped propogate yesterday, in his (its?) weekly column, the Macalope pulls a follow-up rumor out of his rear port (actually makes it up on the spot) for a concept that’s actually pretty darn intriguing:

You know how Apple’s still trying to figure out the Apple TV? Sure, you do. You’re smart and sexy and you keep on top of these things. Well, last summer the brown and furry one’s old sparring partner Adrian Kingsley-Hughes actually hit on a great idea: making the Apple TV into a gaming platform and selling games from the App Store. The only thing Adrian thought was missing was a controller. [... The controller is] your iPhone or your iPod touch with a brand new game-controller app. Remember how Apple likes to make its products interdependent so you have to buy all of them to unlock Super Steve God Mode? And, really, who has an Apple TV and doesn’t also have an iPhone or iPod touch?

Personally, I’ve got an Apple TV and an iPhone, and I love the Apple Remote App for watching video, so this idea appeals to me quite a bit. Casual gaming, Wii-style, on the big screen, with an amazing multi-touch controller? Yes please.

Anyone else want this like now?

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Appigo Sync brings iCal todo syncing with iPhone app

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store

I've always thought that the lack of iCal todo syncing was one of the strangest omissions on the iPhone and iPod touch. Now, finally, it's possible thanks to Appigo Sync (beta), a free small helper application for the Mac designed to interface with Appigo's $10 Todo iPhone app (iTunes link).

Todo on the iPhone has been able to sync with online services Remember the Milk and Toodledo for a while now. With the addition of Appigo Sync, however, you can now get your todos from iCal (though, unfortunately, it cannot sync with both your Mac and an online service). Like most other desktop syncing solutions for the iPhone, it works over WiFi and requires your iPhone and Mac to be on the same network.

Appigo Sync is a free download. Todo for iPhone is $9.99; there's also a free Todo Lite limited to seven tasks, but which will allow you to test out the syncing (both iTunes links).

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Appigo Sync brings iCal todo syncing with iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Appigo Sync brings iCal todo syncing with iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GroceryIQ acquired by Coupons.com

Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

We first told you about Grocery IQ in October of last year. Grocery IQ allows iPhone users to completely organize a shopping list, and even arrange the list by aisles in the store. While the application has grown since its first release, it is about to see some major improvements.

Grocery IQ was recently purchased by Coupons.com (a website for finding coupons). According to a press release by Coupons.com, the application could see a 2.0 update as soon as February and include the ability to find coupons right from the device.

The update will be free for previous purchasers of Grocery IQ. The application is currently the number one seller in the Lifestyles section of the App Store. Grocery IQ is available on the App Store for a US $.99.

Thanks, Kim!

GroceryIQ acquired by Coupons.com originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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*Slightly* More on 3rd Generation iPhone

No specks, no blur-cam shots, not even a Kevin Rose post yet, just a few more tiny little details on Pinch Media’s timeline via MacRumors:

• 1st spotting of the “iPhone 2,1″ device occured in early October 2008
• Usage picked up in mid-December 2008
• A few dozen distinct “iPhone 2,1″ devices have been detected
• Almost exclusively located in south San Francisco Bay Area
• Both AT&T and Wi-Fi connections

Dear Apple, CrackBerry Kevin got that wonderful pre-release BlackBerry Bold last year, and he will never let the rest of us live it down, so for the sake of all things righteous, just, and uber-cool, howsabout slapping an iPhone Mark 3 in some bubblewrap and fedexing it our way? We don’t even care if cut/copy and paste is working yet, b’okay?

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