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Apple Pays Up Over Battery Woes

Apple has agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to more than 2 million Mac owners to resolve claims that some of its power adapters were prone to spark. Nice to see cash actually going to the consumers...

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Real iPhone Competition?

High Tech Computer, a little-known but fast-growing Taiwanese gadget maker, has unveiled a its Touch Diamond, a touch-screen smart phone that is the latest product in its surprisingly (so far) successful effort to compete against Apple's iPhone. Unveiled in...

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Zune To Come with Copyright 'Cop'?

Now we know some (at least) of the reason that NBC pulled its TV shows, etc., out of iTunes and threw its lot in with Zune -- pricing and copyright protection. In a nutshell, NBC doesn't want to price...

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iPort Keeps It Simple

The iPort FS is a free-standing docking system that enables an Apple iPod to become integrated into a whole-home audio system, and it can be used as a source in a variety of local audio systems. The small iPort...

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Zune Marches On!

Microsoft just announced that Zune, the company’s "all-in-one digital entertainment brand," is adding new software features and content to the Zune online store, music community and Zune Pass monthly subscription service. Of particular note, Zune is expanding its video store...

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Taking a Slice Out of Apple's Time Machine

No doubt about it, but Apple's Time Machine is a wonderful piece of magic, er software, that enables you to easily backup your computer and then easily see all of the files you've backed up. Trouble is that you can...

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New iMac Specs Are Good To Have ...

Thanks to ZDNet for publishing a quick rundown of the specs for the new iMacs launched today. Having moved from PC to the now almost-current iMac and the fabulous new MacBook Pro, you have to tip your hat to...

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JAJAH Mobile VoIP client for the iPhone

JAJAH, today announced that it is building on its current Apple iPhone call-back offering by participating in the iPhone Developer Program "to create possibly the first native global VoIP application." Sorry, Jajah, but truphone beat you to it with their...

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Skype and other VoIP Apps on Mobile Phones

It seems new software comes out daily that enables you to run a VoIP application, such as Skype, on your mobile phone natively, through a bridged gateway, or using the Skype API. While Skype is certainly the most popular VoIP...

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VoIP on Apple iPhone a No Go unless over WiFi

At the Apple iPhone SDK event, Steve Jobs stated that if someone develops a VoIP program for the iPhone, Apple will allow it if it goes over WiFi and not the cellular network. Apple will in fact BLOCK VoIP applications...

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Touchmods VoIP App for the Apple iPhone Sparks Controversy

Touchmods created a storm of interest when they announced a hack that adds a microphone to the Apple iPod touch and a SIP-based VoIP application that runs on the Apple iPod touch. Well controversy is brewing on Touchmods.net. Yesterday they...

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iPhoneGnome VoIP app for Apple iPhone

Today, PhoneGnome launched iPhoneGnome, a new web 2.0 application for the iPhone that enables PhoneGnome calling from your iPhone. You can call other PhoneGnome numbers as well as anyone using SIP-based services, FWD, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, and any other...

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Bye Bye Unlimited Flat-Rate Internet

Say buh bye to unlimited Internet access, or at least if Time Warner Cable has its way. In an effort to stop excessive bandwidth usage caused by "bandwidth hogs", mostly caused by P2P networks like Bittorent and video downloading, Time...

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RIM Garners 10% of Smartphone Market

According to ABI Research, Research In Motion (RIM) is likely to end 2007 with around 10% share of the smartphone market. In terms of device shipments, RIM will be the second largest smartphone vendor in 2007, after Nokia. RIM’s share...

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Launch of VoIP on iPod touch now official

We all know iPod Touch Mods is hard at work to hack the iPod touch to enable SIP-based VoIP, right? Well, it'll be a Happy New Year with the official release on January 1st, 2008. SIP-VoIP for the iPod touch...

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Congrats to Netgear - wins Top 10 Gadgets 2007 Award

Netgear is #3 on Time Magazine's Top 10 Gadgets of 2007 for their Wi-Fi Skype phone - the Netgear SPH200W. The Netgear SPH200W sports 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, around four hours of talk time, WEP / WPA / WPA2 support, and of...

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R2-D2 Home Theater System DLP projector

Who wouldn't love R2-D2 in their living room projecting not just Princess Leia, but any damn movie you please. Hammacher Schlemmer, who carries the Skype R2-D2 I oggled over, has done it again with The R2-D2® Home Theater System...

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VoIP on iPod Touch

VoIP on the iPod touch requires a few hacks. First, we need to hack in a microphone using Touch-4-VoIP. Check. Next, get someone to hack in a SIP application by loading the app from the command line into the iPod touch....

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JAJAH Apple iPhone and iPod Touch App Launches

Tomorrow, JAJAH will launch their new JAJAH iPhone app, which comes with the 'look and feel' of the iPhone's dial pad and address book and also works on the iPod Touch. JAJAH as you know allows users to make low-cost...

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Touch-4-VoIP Adds Microphone for iPod touch

VoIP on the Apple iPod touch just became a reality with the help of some iPod touch enthusiasts/hackers over at Touchmods. Touchmods writes, "As promised, we can make you some Mics built into the DockConnector with the preamp." The Touch-4-VoIP...

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Will the Real Google gPhone Please Stand up!

Will the real Google Phone, gPhone, or whatever the heck it's going to be called please stand up? Enough of the hype and enough of the teasing. I can't take it any more. The latest tease comes from The...

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Google Phone Mania

There is so much hype and hysteria surrounding the Google Phone that I can't keep up with all the various rumors and speculative articles. There's so much to read and so little time. Fortunately, I have a "proxy" to filter...

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Jajah native SIP client for EM-ONE phone

Jajah just announced a very cool pre-installed VoIP client for the EM-ONE α device for the Japanese mobile carrier EMOBILE which was co-developed with Sharp and Microsoft. Their software uses the data channel (HSDPA) to deliver voice services for...

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100% VoIP on the iPhone

Truphone has announced true VoIP on the iPhone over WiFi. It's unclear from the announcement what sort of application runs on the iPhone. I assume it's a Flash VoiP softphone of some sort. They also announced VoIP Facebook integration! Oh...

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Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones

Apparently Steve Jobs has had enough of the hackers unlocking all those iPhones or AT&T got to him, because the next Apple iPhone update will "brick" unlocked iPhones. In a terse statement, Apple said, "Apple has discovered that many of...

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Skype on the Apple iPod touch

In my previous Apple iPod touch post I forgot to mention that since the Apple iPod touch supports the same Safari browser as the iPhone, this enables you to run AJAX applications over its built-in Wi-Fi wireless connection. Thus, you can...

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Apple iPod touch

Apple unveiled the iPod touch, essentially a "phoneless" iPhone featuring all that glorious iPhone multi-touch UI functionality but without the AT&T contract. :)  The iPod touch features WiFi wireless connectivity which not only lets you browse the web using...

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Radio iPod coming?

Tomorrow, Apple is set to launch a radio iPod - according to vnunet.com who cites a reliable source. The source stated that the new iPods can receive digital radio and includes a "buy now" feature to allow the user to...

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Sony takes on Apple

Sony must be reading my blog, since just last week I suggested Sony take on Apple by offering a universal multi-media device that does gaming, mobile calling, video playback, MP3 music, and GPS navigation. I jokingingly called this hypothetical...

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Provia A1 GPS - too cool!

The Provia A1 navigator GPS isn't your typical utilitarian GPS that gets your from point A to point B. No siree, Bob! The Provia A1 navigator is more like the iPhone with it's sleek design, 7" touchscreen, and cool 3D...

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Files2Phones + Apple iPhone = Remote Access to your Files

1st Works Corp. plans to announce a product for the Apple iPhone that enables remote access to your desktop files from the iPhone. Called Files2Phones, it's a web-based application that displays on an iPhone the contents of files on remote...

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Mundu IM iPhone Edition

Ok, so you got "Skype on" with your Apple iPhone (thanks to your truly) but no doubt you're looking for some IM lovin' on your iPhone that works with MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and Google Talk. After all, IM on...

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Follow Me on the iPhone using Bluetooth and trixbox

Nerd Vittles has a cool recipe for making your Apple iPhone have follow me functionality using a pinch of Bluetooth, a dash of trixbox (an Asterisk-based system), a smidgen of the Linux Bluetooth software toolkit , a dash of a...

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Jajah on iPhone = Free phone calls

As I previously mentioned, Jajah works on the Apple iPhone. As you know, Jajah allows for free worldwide calling. Frederik over at Jajah emailed me his video clip demonstrating a Jajah call on the iPhone. Pretty simple to call someone...

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Online Web Conferencing via iPhone

Today, Genesys will announce the first web conferencing and online meeting application for the Apple iPhone combining conferencing, the ability to view online presentations, application sharing and sending chat messages. It has a slick interface and so far, Genesys is...

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iSoftPhone VoIP App for the iPhone?

Ah yes, the hype surrounding the Apple iPhone continues unabated, including my posting about Skype on the iPhone, which was picked up by both Engadget and Gizmodo, topping my referral traffic charts yesterday. Now it seems XNet wishes to leverage the...

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Talkety on iPhone

Since I just blogged about Skype on the iPhone using SoonR Talk in my previous post, I would be remiss if I didn't mention another VoIP solution for the Apple iPhone - namely Talkety. With Talkety, you can have conference...

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Skype on iPhone

I recently wrote Skype on the iPhone was not possible. Well, there is a workaround that will enable you to use Skype on the Apple iPhone. Technically, the Skype client still is NOT running on the iPhone, but instead uses...

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Free iPhone if...

you're an Apple employee. Steve Jobs is giving all of his 20,000 Apple employees an early Christmas/Hanukuh/<insert your holiday> present by giving them all free Apple iPhones! Sweet! Each iPhone is valued at $599 (£299) which when multiplied by 20,000...

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AT&T Boosts EDGE Speed for iPhone?

AT&T customers are seeing a sudden boost in EDGE speeds - reaching 200kbps, seemingly coinciding with the Apple iPhone launch. EDGE users are ecstatic over the speed bump. In fact, I overheard some iPhone users saying "Prepare iPhone for 2.5G...

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iPhone syncs with Exchange Server

Apple has stated that the iPhone can sync with Exchange Server using IMAP4. According to eWeek, Microsoft released Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Rollup 3 just in time for the Apple iPhone. Rollup 3 fixes several issues including issues that...

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DRM-Free MP3 songs - You're joking, right?

Amazon.com today announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3 format from more than 12,000 record labels. According to Amazon, every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music...

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Microsoft plays nice with Apple iPod - no more corruption

The Windows Vista team has been working very closely with Apple to fix a problem whereby iPod's data becomes corrupt when you eject your iPod. Wow, Microsoft working closely with their arch rival to fix a bug? Considering Microsoft...

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24K Gold iPod

Everyone and their brother/sister has an iPod, right? Sure Apple offers multi-colored iPods, though the white model is still the most popular. So how do you stand out from the crowd from all the other iPod users? What if you...

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Deep Throat Shoots Verizon Patent Out of the Water

An anonymous source, let's call him/her my "Deep Throat" source emailed me with a couple of interesting links that seem to disprove Verizon's patent claims. One of the most important things in fighting patent claims is demonstrating "prior art" that...

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Apple delays Leopard blames iPhone

Apple just released an intriguing statement involving the Apple iPhone and Leopard - their next operating system. In a statement, Apple said, "We can't wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and...

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iTunes streaming to mobile phone using Slingbox and Apple TV

Apple TV has become the ultimate hacker magnet allowing users to use the Apple TV in ways Apple hadn't intended. As discussed recently, Apple TV was hacked to allow Asterisk, the open-source IP-PBX to run on it. Check out the...

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100 million iPods sold

Wow, 100 million iPods sold. That's 100 million hard drives. That's more hard drives sold for the iPod than some countries have PC hard drives. Apple is a rare tech company that has successfully diversified itself between two totally separate...

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VoIP Patents run amok

We have all been following the various VoIP patent lawsuits. From the Rates Technology vs. Google Talk lawsuit, to Apple vs Cisco iPhone lawsuit, Verizon vs. Vonage patent infringement and many more. Well, Production Ad Absurdam has a couple of...

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Belkin In-Desk USB Hubs and iPod Dock for Grommet Holes

Belkin has introduced innovating "in desk USB hubs" that are designed to slip into those grommet holes on most desks that are typically used to snake your monitor VGA cable, network wire, and mouse and keyboard cables. The lien of...

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Apple iPhone has launch date

According to CNet, the much-anticipated Apple iPhone release is sooner than you think. The CNet article states, "Cingular is confirming that the release date will be June 11. A customer service manager at Cingular (we called 800-947-5096 and were transferred...

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Reasons To Switch to a Mac 1, 2, 3 ...

Of course you've seen the Apple TV ads with the "PC guy" and the "Apple guy" (makes me wonder what the "Dell Dude" is dude-ing today). And you've probably considered (or at least thought about) heading away from the PC...

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Is a Zune Phone Really a Surprise?

Some surprises just don't seem like surprises, do they? If we are all waiting for the iPhone (well, maybe not all), then why shouldn't Microsoft follow Apple's lead and launch a ZunePhone? And why shouldn't Microsoft take the same route as...

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The iPhone Decision: What's in It for Cisco?

Sure you've gotten over the short-lived excitement over the wraggling between Apple and Cisco over the iPhone trademark -- now that this spat has been settled. But if you think about this some (if you really want to), you have to wonder...

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Apple and Cisco make iPhone love

Cisco and Apple said that they have settled the iPhone trademark infringement. lawsuit that has surrounded the much-hyped Apple iPhone mobile phone-iPod hybrid gadget. Apple and Cisco stated that Apple will be allowed to use the name for its mobile...

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iPhone vs iPhone vs. iSoftphone?

As if we haven't had enough of the Cisco vs. Apple iPhone battle, now we have "iSoftPhone", a clone of the Apple iPhone's skin created by Xnet Communications GmbH. iSoftPhone is a VoIP softphone for Mac OS X. They claim...

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An Apple Sub?

Now you're probably thinking that Apple has taken brand extension to the outer limits, but I'm talking sub-notebook computer, not any other kind of sub (sandwich? submarine?). According the this report, the big bad boys from Cupertino are planning to...

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Apple vs. Apple: All You Need Is Love

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Apple Inc. (aka Apple Computer) and Apple Corp. (aka The Beatles) have worked out their long, long, long dispute about who owns the Apple trademark. Now a glimpse of the details of the deal can...

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'Grand Theft Auto' Does the Super Bowl

Closest we had to a gadget ad during the Super Bowl yesterday was the Coke ad that looks like the guys (and gals) at Grand Theft Auto did the spot. (Click here for more on the many, many -- mostly forgettable --...

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Wheeling and Dealing: Why iPhone Won't Be at Verizon

The art of the deal ... Now it's not surprising that Apple's iPhone would wind up with Cingular (er, I mean AT&T), but wouldn't you like to know why -- or at least why it didn't end up with a...

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Why Does Apple Have To Charge More for Faster Wi-Fi?

Hey, I'm all for companies making a buck on the products ands services they provide us consumers, but why does Apple have to charge $1.99 a month for faster wireless service on some of its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops?...

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Beatles on iTunes: Sooner Than You Think?

I heard the news today, oh boy ... Much buzz today about the apparent resolution of when and where (forget about if), the Beatles LPs/CDs will be available for download. More on that here. Not too surprised that Apple (working...

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Netflix Gets into Movie Downloads (Finally!)

Don't know why it took so long, but Netflix is finally offering movies and TV shows via download, rather than by its DVD-by-mail service.  Guess they finally took their collective eyes off of Blockbuster and now are contending with such other online movie...

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Jack Bauer's Perfect Mobile Phone for 24

The season of 24 kicked off last night with a 2-hour special premiere of 24 and continues tonight with yet another two hour kick-off to the 6th season of 24. I thought it would be cool to examine the perfect...

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It Was Some Week, Wasn't It?

You knew Macworld and CES in the same week would be exciting, but who expected that Apple's show would blow the other one completely out of the water? Funny what a little iPhone announcement -- and the ensuing announcement from Cisco...

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Apple vs. Cisco over iPhone

I was just on the phone with Garvin Thomas, a reporter from NBC11 News who wanted my take on the iPhone lawsuit between Apple and Cisco and to discuss what he learned. First, when you search the US Patent and...

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Jon Arnold on bloggers

Jon Arnold has some interesting thoughts on how blogging is making in-roads in the large tech companies, including Cisco. This was in response to my blog post about how Apple was able to keep their iPhone secret from both blogger...

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The Straight Skinny on the Cisco/Apple Lawsuit

Not too surprising and plenty of blog, blog, blogging on the Cisco lawsuit over Apple's use of the iPhone name for its new little product -- did anyone miss this announcement? Great to see this Cisco news item that comes...

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Cisco sues Apple

Just one day after the Apple iPhone was announced, Cisco announced it was suing Apple over trademark infringment. Apparently, they were under negotiations, but they fell though. David Berlind at ZDNet has more. Any name ideas? I was thinking aPhone...

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iPhone: Not All Phone for All People

Make no mistake, that Apple iPhone is one great looking product -- would you expect anything less from Apple? But what's really interested is taking a look past the shiny, attractive exterior and seeing what's inside -- the technology,...

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Apple iPhone - more secret than a covert CIA operation

Steve Jobs has outdone himself with the successful launch of the Apple iPhone at CES yesterday that continues to cause reverberations and major buzz today. What I would like to know is how Steve Jobs kept the iPhone so secret....

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Apple Computer Is No More

Amid all of the excitement today about the Apple iPhone is an even bigger story -- Apple is now longer Apple Computer, but is now Apple Inc. Nothing else could more emphatically underscore Apple's amazing transformation from a cool computer...

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Apple iPhone launches

The Apple iPhone is a rumor no more - and Apple is even using the name "iPhone" - Cisco's trademark on the term 'iPhone' be damned! The Apple iPhone measures just 11.6 millimeters thin and includes a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen...

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CNBC Squawk Box says no Apple iPhone

In the ever continuing rumor-mill and hysteria over whether Steve Jobs will announce an Apple iPhone that can't be called an iPhone since Linksys trademarked it, let me add to the rumor-mill... I heard that CNBC's Squawk Box is predicting...

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At the Core of the Apple: Jobs Up Close

With the Apple and MacWorld rumor mills working overtime this week in prepraration for the big shindig in SF coming soon, lots of Apple news., views, etc., to consider and digest. Best I've seen so far is thisone that gives...

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Apple's Macworld 2007: What in the World?

January is always a fun month -- first with the superlarge, large, large CES shindig in Las Vegas for all things electronic (and more) and Macworld 2007 in San Francisco for all things Apple. There's so much "new tech" and...

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The iPhone Arrives ... via Cisco

While all of us blogged on and on about the union of the iPod and the cell phone into something we all loved to call the iPhone, Cisco has quietly been watching and waiting, not saying a word, even though...

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iPod vs. iTunes: The Guessing Game

While the iPod and iTunes are inevitably linked (they're both Apple products, right? and they are linked on the Apple web site), interesting New York Times article today on the ratio between the number of songs downloaded from iTunes as...

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Hey, the iPhone Is Already Here!

Funny, how we all talk about the upcoming Apple iPhone ... Even funnier that a Canadian company(Comwave to be exact), according to this report, has been using the name for two years! Can you believe it! You can follow the...

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Apple Rolling into Video Gaming Market?

Boy, those patent-reading Apple investigators have been busy, busy, busy! and now we can benefit from those that track Apple's hiring patterns. Now we have a report that Apple has added video gaming expertise and is considering a move into the video gaming...

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Will iPod Phone Make a MacWorld Debut?

Albert Einstein worked in the patent office examining patents and look what happened to him. Seems many today love looking at Apple's patent applications to see what they are up to, too. With that in mind, how about this report (and speculation) about...

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VoIP Gateway clones an iPod

The iPod is one of the most recognizable products due to it's smooth exterior, elegant shape, and stylish form-factor.  So what you do get when you cross an Apple iPod with a VoIP gateway? Why the Polypower VRM0-Sxx series of course!...

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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's an iPod!

Not to be outdone by all of the Zune noise we've been hearing on the ground today, Apple is taking to the air! Apple has announced that it's teaming up with some major airlines -- Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM...

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PowerSquid's Got the Power Protection!

Flexity has put a whole new spin (and look!) on one of the essential "back office" elements of personal computing -- the lowly surge protector. (Is there anything more utilitarian than that?) Yes, believe it or not, that dull black...

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Get Your iPod Shuffle: In Stores Now

    It may not the product we've all been waiting for, but the new iPod shuffle is now available. Nearly half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs...

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How Much Is That Celll Phone in the Window: Yes, $1,275

Now cell phones compete on features, on price, on coolness, etc., with price usually meaning the cheaper the better. (And the other ones with more the better as the motto.) Now for something completely different (apolgies to Mr. Python), Bang &...

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An Apple a Day Doesn't Keep the Doctor Away: iPods with a Virus

Can you believe this news about iPods shipping with a virus? It's finger-pointing central, with Apple blaming Microsoft, and Microsoft having none of it. Who's to blame? Read the details here....

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'iPhone' Phone Home: Apple Wants You

 It's always fun to read AppleInsider for the latest news, buzz and rumors of what's going on inside the core of Apple Computer. Well, it's not a surprise to many of us (I expect) to read today about Apple seeking the...

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More Sony Battery Woes -- As in 7 Million ... and Counting

7 million -- that's right.  That's what Sony's looking at with the latest news on a GLOBAL notebook battery recall. We've got Apple, we've got Dell, Toshiba and Lenovo (IBM) all facing problems with Sony's batteries in their notebook computers. I'd...

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Zune 11/14 @$249.99

That's the date and that's the price for Microsoft's new MP3 player. The press release gives all of the details. The big question: Will this make any kind of dent in Apple's domination of this market?...

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A Hot One for Lenovo!!!

Holy flaming laptops Batman! Crazy stuff just keeps on happening in the saga of explodiing notebook computers.  Now we have Lenovo pledging today that public safety "will be the company's first priority" following an incident in which a Lenovo ThinkPad T43 laptop (with a Sony...

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A 'Cingular' iPhone?

Yep, that's what I hear by keeping my ears open. Apple's upcoming iPod-like phone (aka "iPhone") will be available exclusively from Cingular when it becomes available next year. Check out more of the story here. (I guess being the largest...

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U2 iPod Gets an Update

Always like the concept of the U2 iPod, and now it's been updated with a new lower price (still garners a premium, though, according to some recent blogs. Obviously, you've seen the band involved in promos for Apple's products and...

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Toshiba Battery Problems! Here We Go Again (Sony)!

Can you believe this? Now Toshiba is recalling 340,000 batteries from their notebook computers that were made by (who else!) Sony  apparently because of problems with recharging them. Interestingly, this problem is not directly related to the one behind last month's recalls by Dell and...

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How Much Is That Zune in the Window?

Does anybody really know the price of Microsoft's new Zune? (Does anybody really care? Hey, sounds like a tune from Chicago, or Chicago Transit Authority as the band was originally known.)Seems Apple's new iPod pricing threw Microsoft for a loop, according...

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Apple Cell Phone in 2007?

Disappointed that the Apple mobile phone wasn't the big news this week from "Showtime," but now reports are in that the "iPhone" may be coming early next year. It now seems more likely that thisi whiz bang gadget  may be...

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What Happened to the Apple Cell Phone?

Of course we are all very excited about all of Apple's announcements yesterday, like iTunes 7.0, its movie downloads and ways to get them from the computer to the TV, but where's the Apple cell phone?If you remember "I want my...

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Sneak a Peak Inside Today's Big Apple Event

Showtime, baby! Of course, buzz central about Apple's big event today on multiple channels. Want to get a sneak peak inside "the core" from a source that's got very good sources?  Then check out this post on Gizmodo, which seems to...

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iPod Becoming Uncool?

According to an article in the U.K.'s fine newspaper, The Guardian, mainstream adoption of Apple's iPod is making it less cool. (Really?) This is from industry analysts who speculate the music player has peaked in popularity. Adding to the iPod's apparent...

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Apple Cell Phone on Its Way?

Why is this man smiling, you ask?Don't suppose it's in response to all of the recent chatter about Apple's September 12 special meeting/announcement and, separately, Apple's cell phone plans. Great article on AppleInsider lays out the intrigue about product development of this mysterious...

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Universal's Making Music Free (With a Catch ...)

Looks like today's blogging is all about more and more. Now we have Universal Music, home to artists such as U2, planning to make its catalog of recordings and music videos available for free on an ad-supported Web site that will launch later...

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More Hazards To Consider!

First Dell, then Apple and now Black & Decker! (The woes of manufacturers continue!) Just received an email from Amazon (where I bought the thing) that my Black & Decker Cordless Electric Lawn Mower "has an electrical component in it that...

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Sony Takes a Hit on Battery Problems

Not surprising to see Sony taking a stock hit on its 10 days of woe (Dell battery problems, Apple battery problems -- is there more coming?). (Actually wondered why Dell got raked through the fire -- no pun intended --...

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How About a New Battery Standard?

With all of the noise about Dell's exploding batteries and increasing in-flight security precautions, isn't it about time that battery manufacturers got their act together to make better batteries?Well, it doesn't take along ... According to the always interesting AppleInsider, leading...

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Mac vs. Windows: Considering a Switch?

With all of the excitement around Apple and little (or at least not so much) around Microsoft computer products and gadgets, many may be thinking of switching from a PC to a Mac. (Not too many going the other...

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Nokia Gets Loud in Mobile Music via Loudeye Buy

Another titanic struggle is in the making -- this time in the digital convergence of music and the cell phone. While we all wait for Apple's mobile phone announcement, the established mobile phone companies are staking out their ground in...

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Apple iMovies: Why Not?

In the "Why not?" category comes the iTunes/movies linkup. Although Apple's iTunes Music Store has sold more than 15 million digitized TV shows and videos (who would have guessed?), it  has yet to begin selling feature-length movies. Is this due technical...

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Mac users finally get Skype video feature

It's official! Skype has released a new version (1.5.0.47) of Skype for the Mac. Finally, video is available to Mac users, which up till now must have felt like 2nd class citizens since the Windows version has had video for...

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MS Goes iPod? Apple Goes Phone?

Much excitement today about Microsoft's announcement that it is planning on developing an iPod competitor to take on Apple directly. What's funny is that Microsoft goes one way, Apple goes another (so what else is new?). Seems Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer...

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Microsoft Zune takes on iPod

As several news sites have reported, Microsoft plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year to challenge the Apple iPod media player. The latest Apple iPod plays both music and videos...

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MovieLink offers DVD downloads

Movie download service Movielink announced that it has licensed technology from Sonic Solutions to allow consumers to download a movie and burn it onto a DVD for use in standard DVD players. This is a huge move since before MovieLink...

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Video rentals on the Apple iPod - iVideo

ThinkSecret, the guys sued for revealing Apple secrets, is at it again with a rumored Apple video rental service in the works that will allow you to rent videos for download to a video iPod. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is...

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Apple Delays; Too Much Secrecy?

Can't be too much joy in the land of Apple Computer with recent reports from PC Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Apparently, following a shift in suppliers, updated versions of Apple's iPod nano will ship in the fourth quarter instead...

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Microsoft iPod/iTune Killer Under Development?

All kind of noise yesterday about Microsoft developing a MP3 player to compete with Apple's iPod as well as a music download service to rival iTunes ... Hard to imagine this is any kind of "iPod/iTunes slayer" -- anybody think...

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Creative Technology Sues Apple Over iPod

Who would ever think that the Wall Street Journal is must reading for real gadget guys and gals? (let's not use "gadget gurus" please)? Well, today's edition has a very interesting article about how Creative Technology (best known for...

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Apple To Open New Store in Big Apple

With the opening of Apple's new store in New York City just a little over a day away (T minus ... and counting), I wanted to give you all a chance to see a little bit of the the type...

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EQO Mobile for Skype available for Mac operating system

EQO Communications today announced EQO Mobile for Skype for Mac users. EQO Mobile lets users make and receive Skype calls, exchange Instant Messages, and view presence information about their buddies over the Skype network from more than 45 different phone...

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Dual boot Mac and Windows

Apple fans can now dual-boot into either Microsft Windows XP or the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS X). Today, Apple announced the beta release of Bootcamp, a boot-time utility that lets you create a 2nd partition to hold the Windows...

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Jobs & Apple Hear the Music (and Let You Make It Lower)

Didn't take Steve Jobs and Apple long to respond to my blog entry on "How to Prevent Hearing Loss" from a week ago.Seems Apple just announced a software update for the iPod that would let users set a maximum volume...

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Microsoft Vista; Horizon Now Stretches Further ...

Much hubbub late yesterday and today about Microsoft delaying its upcoming Vista OS, called "perhaps the biggest technology transition since the Windows operating system arrived more than 10 years ago" in today's Wall Street Journal.Seems it won't be here until...

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iPod Blues: Where Have All the Colors Gone?

Is it just me, or do you miss iPods that came in different colors other than black or white?It wasn't that long ago that the iPod mini (alas, no longer with us as a new product) came in a choice...

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iPod nanoTune launches

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO), today introduced the DLO nanoTune for iPod nano. It combines an FM Transmitter, FM Radio and Headphone Amplifier into one unit. The nanoTune’s FM Transmitter allows owners to play their iPod nano’s music in the car,...

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Apple's iPod Hi-Fi: Why?

Will anybody buy Apple's new iPod Hi-Fi at $349 when there are other well-established docking stations/home stereo like the ones from Bose and Altec Lansing (among others)?If you do, please let me know why ......

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Steve Jobs unveils new Apple products

At today's special Apple Event, Apple made several product announcements that can finally silence the "hype" that has been surrounding this news event for the past several days. As I predicted, Apple did not launch an Apple iPod VoIP...

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Apple launches VoIP iPod?

Red Herring is creating their own little "herring" by speculating that Apple plans on launching an Apple iPod with VoIP capabilities. Red Herring writes:When Apple talks, people listen-and chat among themselves—and the computer company’s announcement about products to be unveiled...