Operating Systems from Cupertino are so sexy.
if the $86 fee for Apple to replace your battery sounds a bit too high for you, you’re in luck.
iPodJuice.com offers a replacement battery for the iPhone for $25. There are also options for them to replace the battery for you, and turn it around in 24hours ($70). Their battery has a 10 year guarantee and is available now. Of course, if your iPhone is already in need of a replacement battery, you should probably just contact Apple.
Category: News
While looking through my email this morning, I noticed my daily digest of tech jobs from Dice.com. What caught my eye was that Apple was looking for Mac Geniuses and Creative Trainers for positions in Buford, GA. For those who aren’t familiar with that location, it is where the Mall of Georgia resides. (more…)
Category: Apple Retail
Well, today I decided to stress test the iPhone’s battery. I pulled the iPhone, fully charged, from its cradle at 7AM this morning. I had initially dropped the screen brightness to a very low setting. But for todays test, I upped it to about 50%. Keep in mind that at 50%, the iPhone is very very bright. (more…)
As if the world needed another iPhone review, I finally feel like I’ve had enough time with mine to offer up my opinion. For the record, I acquired my iPhone last Friday night in Stamford, Connecticut at 11:30. Walked right in to the Apple Store, told them what I wanted, and walked out with it three minutes later. No line, no crowds, no fuss.
I activated it the next morning. Being away from home, I had my wife’s iBook with me. This wasn’t such a big deal, except that it was running OS X 10.4.9 and iTunes 7.2. So, before I could activate the phone, I had to upgrade both. Enter Starbucks and the T-Mobile hotspot WiFi. $9.95 and 25 minutes later, I was upgraded and ready to activate the phone. (more…)
So the iPhone has Bluetooth. I know pairing a earphone/headset is probably the order of the day for most people. But what about pairing a bluetooth keyboard, like the Apple Wireless Keyboard? I wonder if that would work. Tapping out emails on the iPhone looks all well and good when you are mobile, but when you are in the office for 8-10 hours a day, having a bluetooth keyboard paired to the device might make more sense. (more…)
Category: News
Apple and AT&T have announced the rate plans for the iPhone. While many had speculated a $35-$45 data plan that would sit on top of a voice plan, the facts reveal a much simpler structure (of course, this is Apple calling the shots, right?).
There are three plans at $59.99 (450 minutes), $79.99 (900 minutes) and $99.99 (1350 minutes). All come with unlimited data for email and web. All come with 200 SMS messages (although you can add SMS plans to any of these plans for additional fees). All plans include unlimited night and weekend minutes, except the $59.99 plan, which includes 5000 night/weekend minutes. Of course, all include unlimited mobile to mobile and rollover minutes. (more…)
Apple has been taking a beating from the bloggers about Safari for Windows over the last couple of days. The criticism ranges from a bunch of security vulnerabilities that have been found to something as basic as font-smoothing. The press, ever eager to capitalize on this, have already predicted that Safari for Windows will fail. (more…)
Congratulations to the Camino team for the release of Camino 1.5. Among the many improvements to the Gecko powered / Cocoa flavored web-browser:
I have a soft spot in my heart for Camino. It was the browser that kept me on Mac OS X in the early days before the advent of Safari. Although development hasn’t progressed as fast as many would like, the Camino team put out a top notch, solid product that is used and loved by many.
Category: News
Panic, the makers of Transmit, Unison and Candybar, have released a new application called Coda. Coda is a development environment primarily aimed at web developers. Coda is packed with features, including site management, FTP, code editing with code completion, CSS editing, collaborative editing, built in Terminal shell, and integrated reference materials. But even that exhaustive list doesn’t begin to describe the fit and finish that is present in this new application.
Let’s take a look at how Coda can handle your day to day development needs. (more…)
Category: Software
Many had been suspecting that Leopard was falling behind schedule, and today, Apple officially announced that it has. From their website:
iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. (more…)
Holy shit. http://bit.ly/aqDnBw
yesterday
Coda Notes - http://zbl.me/bs
2 days ago
Safari 5.01 - http://zbl.me/br
2 days ago
Firefox 4 is shaping up to be a great release. I might be tempted to switch.
2 days ago
Magic Trackpad - http://zbl.me/bq
2 days ago
So, no price on the 27' LED Cinema Display? Not seeing it in the store, and the product page just says 'coming soon'.
3 days ago
So, looks like today's updates are all about hardware. No iWork or iLife upgrades.
3 days ago
OK - so you can order the new iMac with a Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse, but not in place of the Magic Mouse? Weak.
3 days ago
The Apple Magic Trackpad is a reality: http://bit.ly/aDl4pJ
3 days ago
A user of Macs since they had silly names like Performa and Centris, Theodore Lee is a techie who prides himself on his vast knowledge of all things Apple. OS X Factor was started in 2001 (originally as macosxcentric), and continues to churn out tips, tutorials, reviews and commentary on the tech sector.
WWDC is fast approaching, and I'll be attending my first conference, courtesy of the Apple Student Developer Scholarship program...
Waterfall Software (makers of Wallet, the best password storage utility available), are soliciting beta testers for a new application they have developed...
Steve Jobs will once again be passing on the Apple Expo. Last year the keynote was presented by Apple VP Phil Schiller. This year, however, the keynote has been canceled all together. Steve Jobs will still apparently be attending the Expo, but we are unable to confirm this...