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  • Numberzz

    Pacifist 2.5 Beta Update

    By Numberzz, in OSx86,

    Pacifist, one of the only applications that can open Mac OS X Installer packages, which is useful when you do not have a computer that meets a certain system requirement, has just changed its version to 2.5. Although still in beta forum, it has some new useful features. One of the most important new features is the ability to use Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's XAR file format. At this point you need to send an email to get the beta itself. This is probably the last version, he said, that is going to support Mac OS X 10.3.9, so this means he is looking for people with 10.3.9 to help him. Any people that get the beta from the site itself, will get a serial that works with the beta.
    More Information Here.
  • Numberzz
    Amazon just released the Public Beta of Amazon MP3 today. Their store currently has 2 million songs, compared to iTunes' 6 million. The one thing that could threaten Apple here is that all 2 million of those songs are DRM-free. Also, Amazon MP3's DRM-free songs are a mere $.99, the same as Apple's DRM songs. The DRM-free songs on the iTunes Music Store are $1.29, which is about 30% more. But to the average end user, many people assume that they will just buy an iPod and not even care if the songs have a DRM or not. Although every song is encoded at higher quality as an MP3 at 256 kilobits per second -- as high as Amazon's rival Wal-Mart and slightly behind the 256Kbps AAC files of iTunes Plus. This is one of the more serious threats to Apple's market share.
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  • Numberzz

    New Leopard 559 Gallery

    By Numberzz, in OSx86,

    Thinksecret has posted it's long awaited Mac OS X Leopard Build 559 gallery on it's website. It includes pictures of the new Voiceover Utility, new 512 X 512 icons for Dictionary, Front Row, Directory, and Spaces. Also included in the photos are the new Mail interface, new Airport Menu, and a view inside the Directory application. Also, looked over in this build, preview has finally made the jump from version 3.5 to 4, with a build number of 467. Leopard remains largely unchanged from 527, but is showing signs of it being finalized. Speculation has been going around that this is a Release Canidate(RC), with only two major bugs listed. The bugs are a problem with Archive and Installing on a PowerPC system and a problem installing HP printer drivers on the computer. Developers can simply avoid the latter by installing the drivers through the Optional Installs on the Install DVD.
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    Leopard Build 559 Gallery
  • REVENGE
    Microsoft has setup a new promotional website for Office: Mac 2008 with an emphasis on introducing the new user interface and functions, which share a common thread with Office 2007's Ribbon UI, but differentiates itself with Mac only effects, different groups and layouts, and exclusive features. For unknown reasons, an updated Entourage email client is still M.I.A. You can check out the new site here [Not 56K friendly...].
     
    Source: TUAW
  • Ed
    As expected, Apple has announced the iPhone's launch in the UK - mark down the 9th of November in your iCal as the day you'll be able to get your hands on Apple's revolutionary piece of kit for the not-so-unreasonable sum of £269.
     
    Available only from Apple & O2 retail stores and online, and also The Carphone Warehouse, the iPhone will be available on three different monthly plans:
     
    £35/month
    200 minutes
    200 texts
    Unlimited data
     
    £45/month
    600 minutes
    500 texts
    Unlimited data
     
    £55/month
    1200 minutes
    500 texts
    Unlimited data
     
    O2 has confirmed that it will be supporting Apple's innovative 'Visual Voicemail' feature. UK iPhone customers will also be able to enjoy use of "The Cloud", the UK's largest single public Wi-Fi network which covers 7,500 cafés, restaurants, pubs and other locations across the country.
  • Ed
    A press conference is to be held at Apple's flagship Apple Store in Regent Street, London, UK this coming Tuesday, 18th September. It is widely expected to hearld the long-awaited announcement of the iPhone in the UK, France and Germany.
     
     
    O2 is expected to be the UK's selected carrier of the iPhone, whilst Orange and T-Mobile are expected to be the carriers of choice in France and Germany respectively. The iPhone is expected to actually start shipping in Europe sometime in November.
     
    As a result of the press conference on Tuesday, the Apple Store in Regent Street will not be open til 4pm but will remain open til 10pm.
     

  • REVENGE
    A working software unlock method for the iPhone has finally been released. This software has been in development by the company iPhone Sim Free, and after undergoing a long period of delays it is now available world wide. The soft unlock comes in the form of an iPhone application, which you must put on your phone and run. After running the unlock application, you may use your iPhone with a variety of GSM carriers provided you have a registered SIM card.
     
    In order to unlock your iPhone, you must first purchase a copy of the IPSF software from iphoneworldwideunlock.com for $50 USD. The unlocking process itself is fairly easy to comprehend, although neophytes might find it time consuming to go through all of the directions. You can read about the first unlocks to be carried out worldwide at Gizmodo. There seems to have been some initial problems with the first revision of the application, but those have supposedly been resolved.
     
    If any of you decide to purchase and run the IPSF soft unlock, please let us know how the process went for you! Also, early adopters beware! The open iPhone hacking scene has declared they will attempt to reverse engineer this software process and put out a free unlocker as soon as possible.
     
    Source: TheInquirer

    BREAKING NEWS: Scratch the above, a FREE iPhone soft unlock method has been created and confirmed according to Gizmodo. It appears that the requisite files are now online, and Gizmodo states a full tutorial will be written soon. Behold, the power of the scene!

    UPDATE: It appears the file is an iPhone application. I would suggest following the IPSF unlock guide, but instead of purchasing their software just replace it with the iUnlock application. Below is a temp-file mirror for the application; full instructions will be posted when available. A prelinimary guide is now available.
     
    UPDATE: The iPhone unlocker GUI application has reached mature status, and can now be obtained at one of the mirrors listed on either HaRRo's freeiphoneunlock site or below at unknown-files.net.
     
    NOTE: The following Unlock.app has had its iUnlock module replaced with the latest one as instructed on HaRRo's site. You DO NOT need to download the latest iUnlock and replace it manually.
     


  • REVENGE
    After announcing the new iPhoneless iPod touch together with a $200 price cut on the 8GB model, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has decided to apologize to early iPhone customers who had to shell out the original $599/$399 for an 8GB/4GB iPhone, respectively, and offers them a rebate of $100 iCredit to Apple Retail/Online stores if their iPhones have already been opened or have exceeded the 14-day price match policy.
     
    This move comes as a surprise for some since immediately after the price cuts, Jobs' take on the matter was:


    "If they bought it a month ago, well, that's what happens in technology."
    Now, in an "openiphoneletter", Jobs has seemingly reversed his attitude on the matter and offers these words of conciliation:


    "We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple."
    Conspiracy theorists say they've been calling Steve's hand all along, however, and some believe that the $100 rebate was planned "from day one" as a marketing strategy to win extra profits at launch and alleviate any fallout thereafter. But as for whether or not this move is really just "all marketing, people. Marketing.", diehard fanbois and collectors will tell you they don't really care. As one iFan put it:


    "If they told me at the outset the iPhone would be $200 cheaper the next day, I would have thought about it for a second — and still bought it," said Andrew Brin, a 47-year-old addiction therapist in Los Angeles. "It was $600 and that was the price I was willing to pay for it."
    [Makes me wonder who really needs the addiction therapy...]
     
    Source: MSNBC
     
    Also thanks to InsanelyMac member Lkr for catching this early in Reader News!
  • Paranoid Marvin

    iPod Roundup

    By Paranoid Marvin, in OSx86,

    Well, I think we can safely say that this has been a satisfying day on the iPod front!
     
    Here's how the iPod line stands at the moment:
     


     
    iPod Touch
     
    Revolutionary multi-touch interface
    3.5-inch color display
    Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
    Safari, YouTube, iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
    8mm thin
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 20/4.5hrs
     
    8GB - £199/$299
    16GB - £269/$399
     
     
    iPod Classic

    80GB (20,000 songs)
    2.5-inch color display
    140 grams
    103.5 x 61.8 x 10.5 mm
    2.5-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 30/5hrs
    £159/$249
     
    160GB (40,000 songs)
    2.5-inch color display
    162 grams
    110 x 61.8 x 13.5 mm
    2.5-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 40/7hrs
    £229/$349
     
     
    iPod Nano
    2-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
     
    4GB (1,000 songs)
    Silver only - £99/$149
     
    8GB (2,000 songs)
    Silver, Blue, Green, Black and Red - £129/$199
     
     
    iPod Shuffle

    1GB (240 songs)
    Colours - Silver, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Red
    Battery Life - 12hrs
    £49/$79
     
     
    The iPod Classic seems to have fairly similar specs and dimensions to the Video iPod of old. Both the iPod Classic and the Nano sport a new interface. The iPod touch looks almost exactly like a phone-less iPhone. Perhaps it is running on the same (or similar) hardware and software?
    I have to say, a 32GB model of the iPod Touch would be nice, but that would be very expensive. The 16GB will be a fairly coveted piece of gadgetry this Christmas (I am £144 away from my own iPod Touch) along with the iPod Nano, which seems like a lovely little bit of kit!
     
    What do you think of the new iPods?
  • Paranoid Marvin

    Apple Media Event

    By Paranoid Marvin, in OSx86,

    Once again, it is time for us to wait quietly as Mr Jobs steps up for another Stevenote!

    The event starts 10am Pacific time (that's 1pm Eastern and 6pm UK time).

    Major rumors from this event are focused mainly around the iPod - which is in serious need of an update, as the original hard-drive based video playing iPods came out in October 2005. Admittedly, they have had some serious software improvements and slight hardware updates, but the iPod is starting to show its age. The iPod is expected to get at least a storage boost this time round. So speculation includes wi-fi, flash based storage and even over the air downloads. The feature we are most likely to see (let's face it, we've wanted this for a while) is a wide screen, perhaps with multi touch technology.

    In the iPod Nano corner, there is an expected storage boost and perhaps even the inclusion of video play back, as well as new colours.

    Other rumors include either the discontinuation or the update of the iPod Hi-fi and an iPhone ring-tone service on the iTunes Store.

    It's possible that the new iPods could run OS X, much like the iPhone.


    You can read the event on Engadget's live blog as Steve talks here. MacRumours also has a great live page, as well as links to all the other major sites.

    Might be a bit to late to get the requests to Apple, but what do you want to see today?
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