Archive | May 22nd, 2009
Screenshots suggest iPhone will support over the air downloads for TV Shows and Movies
A series of screenshots, if you buy that they’re authentic, seem to indicate that the iPhone will soon be adding support for over the air downloads for T.V shows and Movies. As it stands now, the iPhone only supports over the air downloads for music and video podcasts.
Continue reading...Opening of Apple Store in Zurich draws huge crowd
22. May 2009
The Mac faithful came out in droves to see the opening of the first Apple Store in Zurich, Switzerland. Photos are courtesy of Macprime, where you can find even more photos of the event.
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit on Windows Starter edition of Windows 7
22. May 2009
Turns out Microsoft has some sense after all. Paul Thurrott chimes in with a tersely worded post: Exclusive: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter No word yet on whether the other lame limitation–the bizarre inability to change the desktop wallpaper–will be fixed as well. To be honest, this is a bigger […]
Continue reading...Come launch day, the Palm Pre will be harder to find than Waldo
22. May 2009
Wow, what an admittedly lame headline, but what can ya do, it’s Friday. BoyGeniusReport chimes in with a pair of reports that make the phrase “shortage of Palm Pre’s” seem like a gross understatement. We’ve been told that there are only roughly 4,250 Palm Pres that Best Buy stores will be receiving for launch day on June […]
Continue reading...Yahoo iPhone app adds voice search
22. May 2009
InformationWeek reports: Anywhere there is a search bar in the app, users can click on the oneSearch button to activate voice controls. Users speak their voice query, it is sent to Yahoo’s server, and then an answer is provided with links. Users can also use their voice to add topics of interest. The voice control […]
Continue reading...Capcom planning to release at least 10 more iPhone titles in the coming months
22. May 2009
Capcom is planning on releasing at least 10 more titles for the iPhone in the next 10 months, according to a speech made by Capcom’s CFO Kazuhiko Abe at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo this week. Capcom, of course, is responsible for developing the all-time greatest Arcade game in history, Street Fighter II (and all […]
Continue reading...Is a Palm Pre shortage good for Palm?
22. May 2009
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, who you might remember from those black and white Spring commercials, recently had this to say about his company’s advertising efforts, or lack thereof, regarding the upcoming Palm Pre. We don’t intend to advertise it heavily early on because we think we are going to have shortages for a while. We […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple sticks with Wintek to supply touchscreen panels for upcoming tablet
22. May 2009
DigiTimes is reporting that Apple has pegged Wintek to supply the touchscreen panels for its upcoming “e-book form factor netbook.” I suppose that that’s another way of describing a tablet. Wintek, of course, is the same Taiwanese company that currently supplies Apple with the panels used in the iPhone. The report from DigiTimes echoes an earlier report from Reuters […]
Continue reading...Apple to re-brand laptop names?
22. May 2009
While weighing in on what he expects to see at this years WWDC, John Gruber over at DaringFireball dropped an interesting tidbit about Apple possibly re-branding its laptops. Specifically, Gruber predicts that Apple will only refer to its aluminum encased laptops as being “Pro” models, while the plastic models will retain the “MacBook” moniker. It’s […]
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22. May 2009
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