For those of you who has no idea what is going on and calls yourself a Mac-head, shame on you; for the rest, you know that Steve made a bunch of big announcements today, two of which were a revamped launch of the Apple TV and the iTunes movie rental service. Individually, the Apple TV struggled; with movie rentals, the Apple TV will be nothing short of on fire.
We’ve all seen them; poignant little jabs from “Mac” to “PC” about how the latter will always be inferior in a 30-second television spot. However, some critics are tired of the humor and want to see Apple really demonstrate the product that “Mac” keeps pointing out is so superior to Vista.
With MacWorld less than a few days away, the blogosphere is buzzing with all rumors galore about what might be debuting or getting revamped at MacWorld; however, with only a few days left, here are the 5 rumors that really should be put to rest so we can all stop discussing it until Jobs, bless his Steveness, speaks.
Each and every one of us wants an iPhone, even if it is in the recessed and secluded portions of our souls; one deviant in Salem, Oregon apparently had a slightly larger lust, as he or she broke in to an AT&T store, stole 40 iPhones, and fled the scene.
The porn industry is focusing its efforts on creating a niche for iPhone users; not only does that mean revamping content to look sexier on the little screen, but also for using the different aspects of the iPhone to aid in different…more exciting…implementations. Your iPhone is no longer used for good clean fun.
Not that this will come as a particularly big surprise, considering NBC’s harsh falling out with Apple recently, but Apple doesn’t want to go play in the sandbox with NBC and its bully friends AT&T, Microsoft, Sandisk and Phillips; those select few have united against filesharing in a sort of DRM alliance, but Apple won’t have any part in it.
In a world where the public taste is turning towards all things Apple, PC manufacturers have been largely left out in the cold; to regain a foothold, they are attempting all sorts of crazy things to breathe life back into a asphyxiated industry. News flash: bright, bold and shiny cases still won’t make Windows-based PCs Apple Macs.
Praise be to the free software gods! Transmission, the uber-popular torrent client for OS X, has officially “made it,” reaching 1.00 version status.Transmission has long been touted by the Mac torrent community as one of, if not the best, torrent clients due to its system-light requirements, speedy performance and ease of use. However, for a long while it has been in beta, though it was quite functional and enjoyable. Now it is updated to a fully-functional version with a new look and more functionality. Best of all, it is still free as ever.
Apple offers a lovely line of portable units in the MacBook and MacBook Pro (and whatever the new ultra-portable is to be called come MacWorld January 15th); I recently wrote an article documenting 5 reasons the MacBook Pro is great for everyday usage, not just professional applications. In this article I’ll give you my continued impressions and recommendations based on using the MacBook Pro for a longer period of time.
Never to be left behind on the rumor or future fronts regarding Apple technology, I give you one of Apple’s latest patent applications; this new application describes an OLED-based keyboard that accurately displays what will happen when users strike specific keys.
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