http://www.macreviewsblog.com MacBook - MacBook Pro - MacBook Air - iMac - Mac Pro - Mac mini - Computers and Accessories Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/itunes-samples-still-30-seconds-due-to-gaps-in-licensing/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/itunes-samples-still-30-seconds-due-to-gaps-in-licensing/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/apple.said.too.hasty.on.itunes.sample.length/ Apple's plans for minute-long iTunes samples may have been thwarted by the sheer number of deals it needed, both official and unofficial sources divulged Tuesday afternoon. Although all the music labels themselves are still reported by CNET as onboard, Apple had yet to clear both Broadcast Music Inc.'s performance rights and the National Music Publishers Association's rights. The NMPA brought Ap...


ITunes Store - People - Recreation - Video Games - IPhone]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/itunes-samples-still-30-seconds-due-to-gaps-in-licensing/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-resets-game-center-drops-iphone-3g-support/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-resets-game-center-drops-iphone-3g-support/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:10:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/app.still.supported.on.2nd.gen.touch/ Apple has reset all user IDs for its Game Center multiplayer service, requiring beta users to resubmit their nicknames. The service will allow users to challenge other players, set up matches, or engage opponents via automatic pairing. The app will also serve as a portal for viewing rankings or taking a look at other games....


IPhone - Apple - Handhelds - Smartphones - Game Center]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-resets-game-center-drops-iphone-3g-support/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/webos-2-0-screens-show-built-in-dropbox-mobileme-support/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/webos-2-0-screens-show-built-in-dropbox-mobileme-support/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:10:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/webos.20.images.show.dropbox.mobileme.support/ A large number of screen captures of a beta 1 build of webOS 2.0 have been leaked thanks to a Chinese website. The images reveal a slightly different interface, including an icon spread of three columns by four rows. There is also evidence of a built-in Dropbox file management hook and, unusually, MobileMe file syncing support....


Dropbox - WebOS - MobileMe - Palm - Apple]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/webos-2-0-screens-show-built-in-dropbox-mobileme-support/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/macworld-to-bring-iphone-to-mobile-world-congress/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/macworld-to-bring-iphone-to-mobile-world-congress/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:10:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/macworld.plans.to.bring.iphone.to.mwc.2011/ Organizers for the GSM Association's Mobile World Congress revealed today that Apple would have an unofficial presence at the phone trade show through Macworld Mobile. The magazine will have full-day training and sessions for developers specific to iOS devices. The next Congress is due to start February 14 next year....


IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Mobile World Congress - Apple]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/macworld-to-bring-iphone-to-mobile-world-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-adds-faster-movinand-flash-for-smartphones/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-adds-faster-movinand-flash-for-smartphones/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:35:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/samsung.to.bring.movinand.flash.to.smartphones/ At a forum in Taiwan, Samsung announced it will soon switch to using high-performance 8GB and 16GB moviNAND embedded memory chips in its smartphones. The new memory will be the first to fully meet the latest JEDEC standard for embedded flash. The new moviNAND flash is more responsive than the previous chips thanks to a high priority interrupt and an improved ability to work in the background....


FlashMemory - Flash - Multimedia - Development Frameworks - Solid-state drive]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-adds-faster-movinand-flash-for-smartphones/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/energizer-intros-qi-wireless-power-for-iphone-blackberry/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/energizer-intros-qi-wireless-power-for-iphone-blackberry/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:35:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/energize.inductive.charger.ready.for.apple.and.rim/ As promised, Energizer today rolled out the Inductive Charger. The plate uses the Qi standard to charge the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and the iPhone 3G/3GS without wires. Both smartphones need a special add-on, either a battery door for the Curve or a full case for the iPhone, but never need to switch back; the iPhone case appears to block the Dock Connector, however....


iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Apple - BlackBerry]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/energizer-intros-qi-wireless-power-for-iphone-blackberry/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-may-use-google-tv-to-chase-apple-sony/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-may-use-google-tv-to-chase-apple-sony/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:05:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/samsung.mulling.possibility.of.google.tv/ Samsung admitted at a forum today that the company was considering developing Google TV hardware. TV group leader Yoon Boo Keun told the media Samsung was "reviewing" the prospect of using the Android-based shell but was anxious about support in South Korea. Media producers would have to get behind Google's platform in Samsung's home country for it to make sense, Keun told Bloomberg and others i...


Sony - Google - Apple - Searching - Search Engines]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/samsung-may-use-google-tv-to-chase-apple-sony/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/analyst-blackberry-use-at-work-facing-new-low/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/analyst-blackberry-use-at-work-facing-new-low/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/goldman.urges.rim.sell.in.face.of.android.iphone/ BlackBerry adoption at work is dropping fast, Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski warned on Tuesday. In a study tracking corporate plans for the next six months, plans to shrink their BlackBerry use grew from just four percent last October to 21 percent in August. Meanwhile, those who wanted to expand BlackBerry use dropped to 54 percent, down from 68 percent a year earlier....


Smartphone - Handhelds - Blackberry - Wallpapers and Themes - Apple]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/analyst-blackberry-use-at-work-facing-new-low/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-scrubs-ping-of-spam-tweaks-interface/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-scrubs-ping-of-spam-tweaks-interface/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:45:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/early.problems.not.affecting.membership/ Apple has managed to clamp down on several of the early flaws of Ping, reports say. Initially the network was hit by a wave of spam, often pointing people to outside URLs with the promise of free iPads, iPods and iPhones. A variety of fake accounts were also created, in some cases spoofing the identities of Apple executives like CEO Steve Jobs and lead designer Jonathan Ive....


Apple - Spam - E-mail - Facebook - iTunes]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/apple-scrubs-ping-of-spam-tweaks-interface/feed/ 0 http://www.macreviewsblog.com/ipad-triggering-pc-sales-slowdown-memory-overstocks/ http://www.macreviewsblog.com/ipad-triggering-pc-sales-slowdown-memory-overstocks/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:50:00 +0000 Mac Reviews Team http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/09/07/samsung.says.pc.slowdown.ipad.sparking.ram.glut/ Samsung on Tuesday warned that a slowdown in computer sales was close to triggering an oversupply of RAM. While the company's semiconductor head Kwon Oh-hyun said that phones and servers were keeping the supply-and-demand balance "stable," a continued slowdown of the PC business could create a glut in the fall or in the winter. Prices had already started falling in July after Greece's debt probl...


Overstock.com - Shopping - Website - Online shopping - Handbag]]> http://www.macreviewsblog.com/ipad-triggering-pc-sales-slowdown-memory-overstocks/feed/ 0