MacRumors iPhone News : Refresh
Apple Seeds iPhone 2.1 Firmware with GPS Features
2008-07-24 19:26:00 (www.macrumors.com)GearLive reports that Apple has seeded a beta version of iPhone 2.1 Firmware (Beta 1, Build 5F90) to developers.
According to the site, Apple has included new Core Location features that might sugge...more
Microsoft's Shifting Strategy in Response to Apple
2008-07-24 10:33:00 (www.macrumors.com) view : 17AllthingsD republishes a memo from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to all Microsoft employees detailing an update in their corporate strategy. Ballmer specifically mentions Apple and their recent success:...more
Apple Advertises iPhone 3G Speeds and Enterprise Features
2008-07-24 00:00:00 (www.macrumors.com) view : 21Apple has started advertising the iPhone 3G with a series of television advertisements that highlight new features found in the new iPhone. Three ads have been posted on Apple's website.
The new a...more
iPhone 3G Selling Twice as Fast as Original
AlleyInsider reports on AT&T's Q2 financial results. AT&T posted $30.9 billion in revenue, up 4.7% year-over-year.
In Apple related news, AT&T revealed that despite ongoing iPhone shortages, the iP...more
Extended MobileMe Email Outage Due To Server Issue
Apple has posted a support document suggesting that the continuing MobileMe email outage affecting 1% of MobileMe users is due to a "serious" issue with one of their mail servers. Affected users have...more
Apple Updates iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb and iLife
Apple has issued updates to their iLife suite of applications, including iPhoto and iMovie today. The updates are presently available through your Mac OS X Software Update:iPhoto Update 7.1.4 (74 MB)...more
Apple to Drop Prices of Notebooks?
Investment bank Piper Jaffray issued a note today based on Apple's future outlook in 2008 and 2009. During their financial conference call, Apple told investors that they expect the company's gross m...more
GPU Powered Macs and iPhones
Architosh points us to a Guardian.co.uk article from last week which details the upcoming trend of using GPUs (graphics processors) for day to day computing. As they point out, if you have a compute...more
Apple Hints at a 'Product Transition' and a New Product Soon?
Apple's financial results conference call today was littered with references to future products coming from Apple. While some degree of optimism ("very excited about future") is the norm during these...more
Apple Announces $1.07 Billion in Profit for Q3 2008
Apple announced their 3rd Quarter 2008 Financial Results today. Apple posted revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion (or $1.19 per diluted share). This compares favorably...more
Some MobileMe Users Still Without Email
CNN Money reports that some MobileMe customers are still without email service.The Cupertino, Calif., company has been migrating its .Mac pay email service to an upgraded version, called MobileMe. But...more
Apple Sends Another MobileMe Apology E-mail and Extension
Amidst the rocky .Mac to MobileMe transition last week, Apple made one other mistake that it is now apologizing for. Apple had been preauthorizing charges up to 121 GBP to European customers who sign...more
iPhone Remote Acts as Wi-Fi Keyboard for Apple TV
As noted on DaringFireball.net, Apple's popular Remote iPhone application adds a useful and unpublicized feature to your Apple TV - a keyboard.
The Remote App [App Store] is a free download from the A...more
Apple Prepping for Notebook Refresh?
Signs are starting to appear that Apple may be prepping for a revision of their Mac laptops in the near future. Following up a previous Commercial Times report that pointed to a Q3 (July-September) o...more
Apple Opening First Retail Store in China
from WSJ's China Journal
On July 19th, Apple is opening its first retail store in China in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment district. The store opens at 10 a.m. local time."This is the first of many...more
AT&T's Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Access for iPhones Finally Announced? [No]
iPhoneAlley notes that AT&T has once again posted information on their website indicating that all iPhone customers have free access to their more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., in...more
Apple's Q3 2008 Financial Results on July 21st
Apple will be webcasting their 3rd Quarter 2008 Financial Results on July 21, 2008. The 3rd fiscal quarter encompasses sales between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008. As such, results from the iPhone...more
Apple's U.S. Market Share Continues to Grow
A pair of quarterly research reports released today reveal that Apple is continuing to experience growing U.S. market share among PC shipments.
Gartner's report pegs Apple's share of U.S. PC shipments...more
Intel to Deliver Quad-Core Mobile Processors Next Month
Intel announced that it would be releasing its first quad-core processor for laptops next month."We're bringing quad-core to mobile in August," said Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client...more
Apple Sends Apology Letter, 30-Day Extension to MobileMe Customers
Today, Apple sent out an email to MobileMe customers apologizing for the rocky transition from .Mac to MobileMe.We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a...more
