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Macs Not as Popular As Fanboys Think

For Mac fans, there is good news and bad news coming out today from analyst Gene Munster of investment bank Piper Jaffray. The most notable aspect of Apple’s skyrocketing popularity is the fact that the company shipped 2.16 million Macs in the third quarter of this year. The part of the analyst’s report that might…

iTunes now has “The Complete Led Zeppelin” available for preorder on iTunes for $99. That’s a 165-song collection plus their album “Mothership” for a Benjamin. The whole Led Zeppelin library hits iTunes Nov 13th.

Apple Earnings Report: They’re Balling, Hard (Updated)

Despite a couple of bumpy moments this quarter that ended Sept. 29 that might’ve slightly shaken the faith of the devout, Apple’s earnings are unsurprisingly expectation busting: Apple’s reporting record September earnings, with revenues of $6.22 billion with a net quarterly profit of $904 million for earnings of $1.01 per share, handily topping the same…

250,000 Unlocked iPhones Have Been Sold

Apple just stated in their earnings call that out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since launch, 250,000 are unlocked. They know this from subtracting the number of iPhones activated on AT&T from the number of iPhones sold total—which is 250k. That’s a farmhouse load of unlocked phones, which match up with the 500,000 downloads of…

Apple Earnings Call Starts Soon

Apple’s earnings report starts in just a half hour (5 p.m. EST), and analysts and investors are expecting big bucks driven by iPhone sales, their deal with AT&T and big new product launches, despite a few rocky points this quarter. Above is a collection of estimates wrangled up by Fortune. We’ll see how on the…

When Will You Pounce on the Leopard?

I’m curious about when everyone is going to upgrade to Mac OS 10.5, better know throughout the galaxy as Leopard. I mean, I’m excited about all the new features but if I screw up my Mac, I’m totally SOL. Do I rush in where angels fear to tread and all that? What are you going…

Ginza’s Apple Store and the Buttonless Elevator

The Apple store in Ginza, an upscale shopping neighborhood in Tokyo, is the first Apple store to have opened outside of the US. While most Apple stores are pretty similar, with their long, blonde-wood tables filled with toys for people to play around with, some of the flagship stores have little things that make them…

AT&T Sells Napster Songs Over the Air For $2 Each

AT&T, which already sells eMusic songs over the air, will now be selling Napster downloads as well, at $1.99 per track or $7.49 for a bundle o’ five. With an average cost of $1.50, that’s still 50 cents higher than the going online rate of 99 cents, where Sprint now prices its OTA download tracks.…

MacBook Mod Ends Up as Apple’s Chess Board

Do you own two MacBooks? Would you like to reconstruct a Pelican crossing? You could line them up against each other for said effect. However, if you want the Pelican crossing effect specifically on the keyboard area, you will have to switch all of the keys around. Why would anyone do this? We can’t say,…

If you’ve unlocked your iPhone (v.1.0.2), but are after that 1.1.1 update, a new method has been found to “rivirginize” the phone to the factory locked state. Be warned: we do not think this is ready for the mainstream just yet, despite the excellent guidance manual. [Hackintosh]

The iPhone takes 4th spot in handset sales in the US for Q3 2007. This accounted for 13% of all AT&T handset sales in the same period. [Latest Mobile]

iPhone Installer App Updated to 3.0beta3 With Many Improvements

The iPhone’s Installer.app has been updated to 3.0, and features a much better organizational system than the previous “everything listed in a flat list that takes forever to scroll through”. Not only are there sections now, you can “Update All”, and the packaging backend is improved as well. You can’t install this directly on your…

Meizu M8 Rips Off the iPhone UI and Why That’s a Good Thing

Although the Meizu M8 Phone may rip off the iPhone with its music UI (and every other UI), it could be a good thing. First, take a look at the photos in the gallery and see just how similar they are to the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-m8-interface-is-iphone-ripoff-just-like-the-rest-302247 This situation reminds me of an article in the New…

OS X Leopard Video Walk-through

Apple’s just posted an OS X Leopard walk-through video that’s in the same vein as those iPhone and iPod Touch walk-through videos you’ve seen before. A guy narrates and describes new features while he shows them to you on the monitor—except in this case, he’s less robotic (iPhone guy) or goofy (iPod touch guy). In…

iPod classic May Have Battery Drain-o Bug

Today there was some buzz about a battery bug in the iPod classic. Since perceived bugs aren’t always universal, or even widespread, we like to wait a bit before sounding the alarm. Well, this afternoon, when I plugged in an iPod classic that I swore was close to fully charged and saw the “Connect to…

Our Google Phone Wishlist

Click to viewAlthough rumors of a possible Google Phone have been making the rounds really hard lately, any such phone will have to be amazing to grab enough end-user and media attention. Expectations are high, but since we’re dreaming, here’s our wishlist: Tight integration with Google Apps: • Picasa: A 2MP camera with decent color…

Phone Fingers Protect iPhone From Fingerprints, Have Obvious Sexual Uses

We don’t know whether these phone fingers are real or not, but until the USB trouser press goes into production, these miniature, teatless, not-for-procreating-unless-you-lost-your-willy-in-a-freak-accident-and-had-a-rodent-penis-transplant condoms are my favorite useless thing evah. What else do you think they should be used for, though? Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader,…

It appears that iToner is now playing nice with the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware thanks to the folks at Ambrosia. The beta fix is now available as a full-fledged update on their official website. [Ambrosia via TUAW]

Glove Input Device For Keyboards Can Also Control Your iPod

Last week at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers in Boston, UC Irving researcher Carsten Mehring showed off a new kind of remote control for the iPod that allows users to control the device with finger movements. Actions like skipping tracks and adjusting the volume can be performed wirelessly by simply touching the fingers together.…

Rumor Smashed: French iPhone’s Unlock Status Still Unknown

Although many sites are reporting that the iPhone is coming unlocked in France, quoting an INH article, Apple told us that the piece was based solely off of reading French Law, not from statements by Orange or Apple. The particulars of pricing plans and whether the iPhone will or won’t be unlocked is still up…