Mac OS Rumors

Apple updates iPod Touch with cameras, Facetime

steve — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:36 +0000

The new 2010 iPod Touch has been revealed, including features that were expected but not included on the 2009 model. At just 7.2mm thick, the new Touch has shed some of its bulk including that rounded back many users complained about. A new microphone is included to support FaceTime, but should also work with other [...]

New AppleTV loses the Hobby, gains streaming and TV rentals

steve — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:32:19 +0000

Apple has finally taken the Apple TV out of ‘hobby’ status and loaded it up with features that will appeal to a wider audience. The new AppleTV model shrinks from 7″ square, for the previous model, to just 3.9″ square and slightly less than 1″ tall. In sharp contrast to the older model, which was [...]

Apple announces new iPod Shuffle, Nano

steve — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:00:11 +0000

Apple’s 2010 music event brought a number of welcome updates to most of the models in the iPod lineup. The shuffle has regained the buttons that were removed in the 3rd generation models, the nano became much smaller and gained a clip much like the shuffle has, and the nano also became an iOS device [...]

Apple posts record Q3 revenue, defers some iPhone revenue until December

steve — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:15:27 +0000

Apple held its Q3 2010 earnings call this afternoon, announcing its best quarter ever, even when compared to previous holiday quarters. Net income was up 78%, with revenues of $15.3 Billion compared to $9.73 Billion from the same quarter last year, with net quarterly profit of $3.25 Billion or $3.51 per diluted share. The company [...]

The July 2010 press conference

steve — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:42:20 +0000

To our knowledge this has not happened since Steve Jobs took back the reigns in 1997: Apple has scheduled a press conference for Friday, July 16th, seemingly without a new product to announce. The safe bet here is that Apple intends to address complaints about potential antenna problems on the new iPhone 4, however the [...]

Unibody Mac Mini pops in at midnight

steve — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:59:18 +0000

After 5 years, the Mac Mini has finally received a complete redesign. Along with updated internal components and other welcome changes, the new Mini sports a very slim Unibody look much like the AppleTV: The Mini is now a 7.7 inch square at 1.4 inches tall, compared to the old mini which was 6.5 inches [...]

Apple announces iPhone 4, iOS 4, iMovie

steve — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:10:26 +0000

Steve Jobs delivered Apple's 2010 WWDC keynote today, announcing a new iPhone, a number of new iPhone apps, and updated device and App Store sales data.

WWDC 2010 Preview

Staff — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:21:29 +0000

Today, Apple will present several new products to its third party developer community…and through the tremendous press scrunity — not to mention what Steve Jobs recently called (an undesirable) “nation of bloggers” (ahem) — by extension the larger world of its users, enthusiasts and curious potential ‘switchers.’ Some of them will be software, some will [...]

Data caps, tethering arrive on the iPhone, iPad

steve — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:42:46 +0000

Barely one month after the iPad 3G went on sale promising users unlimited 3G data for a reasonable price, AT&T has now decided that data caps make more sense and has done away with the $29 unlimited plan. As of June 7th, the company will offer 2 data-capped plans for all smartphones, the $15 DataPlus [...]

Another record financial quarter for Apple

steve — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:37:41 +0000

Apple has announced Q2 2010 earnings, recording 49% revenue growth year over year with $13.5 billion revenue and a 90% increase in profits to $3.07 billion

iPhone OS 4.0 Summary

steve — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:08:37 +0000

Today’s iPhone OS 4.0 preview included plenty of new features that have been requested by developers and users alike. We’ll run through a quick summary of the major additions to the operating system and go in-depth as more information becomes available. One of the biggest features that Apple has now added to iPhone OS 4.0 [...]

Apple announces iPhone OS 4.0 event

steve — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:09:03 +0000

Just days after the successful launch of the iPad, Apple sent out invitations for a media event at their Cupertino headquarters scheduled for April 8th, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. The invite banner, which can be seen above, leaves no doubt that the company will be previewing the next major version of their mobile operating system, iPhone OS 4.0.

Apple buys second ARM chip design firm, Intrinsity

Staff — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:21:18 +0000

Two years ago, Apple acquired a major developer of ARM processors/system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, PA Semiconductor. This led directly to the production of Apple's first 100% in-house CPU, the A4 which is at the heart of iPad. Now, it appears that Infinite Loop has made another acquisition to bolster its ARM chip development efforts: Intrinsity, formerly a close partner of major ARM manufacturer Samsung. What does this mean for the future of Apple's iDevice hardware?

Roadmap 2010: Macbook Pro

Staff — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:40:29 +0000

In this second installment of our "Mac Roadmap 2010" series we take an in-depth look at what rumormongers have to say about Apple's next-generation Pro laptops which are due to hit the market very soon.

Roadmap 2010: Mac Pro

Staff — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:11:13 +0000

First in our in-depth Roadmap 2010 series on new Macs due out in the near future, we dig into some of the best predictions available from both "inside" sources and grapevine consensus about the next-generation Mac Pro.