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Google Docs Launches on Cellphones: Read-only For Now

iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users can go to Google Docs and view all the docs, spreadsheets and presentations (iPhone-only, right image) directly on your phone. No editing for now, but Google’s working on it. When they get editing working, this may beat even Mobile Office for ease-of-use and convenience (as long as you’re not…

The Street Predicting a 13-Inch Macbook On Leopard OS X Launch Day

Scott Moritz from The Street took an old AppleInsider rumor and timepegged it to the Friday launch on October the 26th. The Street’s rumor history is long and storied, but they’re most recently noted for saying that iPhone users were to get 18-months of free AT&T service, so I rate this rumor at 0% probability…

Lightning Round: V-Moda Vibe Duo (With iPhone Call Button)

The Gadget: The V-Moda Vibe Duo iPhone headphones, which combine V-Moda’s great price to quality ratio with a thin, iPhone-compatible headphone jack with an on-board music/call control button. https://gizmodo.com/v-moda-vibe-duo-iphone-headset-gets-a-call-button-306064 The Price: $99 The Verdict: These sound just as good (both incoming and outgoing) as the older Vibe Duos without the call button, and definitely just…

Apple Employees Fired For Collecting Rebates on Free iPhones

Ars reports that about 800 retail store employees that were fired for collecting $100 store credit rebates. On iPhones Apple gave ’em for free. If true, it’s a pretty tasteless thing to do after receiving a gift. [Ars]

Steve Jobs: iPhone SDK In Dev Hands February ’08

Click to viewThe Steve has listened to our incessant whining and now he’s writing something I’ve been waiting to read for many months: “Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February.” That’s the lead-in from his letter…

Facebook Vs. MySpace is Apple Vs. Sony?

After word that Apple and Facebook may be teaming up for advanced services and distribution, now we hear that MySpace is partnering with Sony BMG. The agreement will include Sony sharing their IP like music videos, audio and other miscellaneous content with MySpace users through artists’ MySpace pages. In return, MySpace will share advertising revenue…

The French iPhone Comes Unlocked

We told you yesterday that Orange would be the exclusive iPhone provider in France, but that’s only half the story. The other half is that since French law prohibits the exclusive sale of phones locked to a provider, Orange will be selling both a locked and an unlocked version of the iPhone as a compromise.…

iTunes Plus Tracks Really Officially 99 Cents Each

In case you only believe things once they are in press release form, you’ll be happy to hear that Apple’s official statement re-confirms what we already confirmed yesterday: iTunes Plus DRM-free tracks will now cost 99-cents across the board. Like some of you commenters have already pointed out, competition is a sweet thing indeed. UPDATE:…

Dealzmodo: $20 off Leopard, $10 off Leopard Family Edition

Excited about all the new features in Leopard? Buy your copy from Amazon and you can get $20 off the single-user edition and $10 off the family edition. No catch as far as we can see, other than the fact that you’re pre-ordering from an online store and thus probably won’t get the product exactly…

Apple’s Updated Dock for iProducts

After two years, Apple’s updated the Universal Dock to accommodate the Brady Bunch of iPods out in the market—it now comes with five adapters. Also thrown into the box is an Apple Remote, which can be used with the dock’s infrared sensor. One thing that’s missing is S-Video output, which has been booted in favor…

Why Did OS X Leopard’s iChat Lose the Star Wars R2D2 Video Effect?

The R2D2 iChat Video fx is not making it to final build, according to what Apple told us this morning. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy? I’m upset, but my girlfriend thanks you for saving her from hours of Princess Leia impressions over iChat. Drop your petition signatures / curses / cries / conspiracy theories in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/r2d2-hologram-effect-coming-to-ichat-267813

Wozthy Engagement See-Saw: Kathy and Woz NOT Engaged?

These two are milking all this “did they, didn’t they” press for all it’s worth, but apparently the latest status is that Woz and Kathy G. aren’t engaged. Is this true, or is this just one of her wonderful “jokes” that propelled her into the Z-list along with Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin? [E!]

Confirmed: Apple Going $0.99 on DRM-Free Tracks

Jobs confirmed Ars’s scoop that the iTunes+ DRM-free content was being price dropped to $0.99. Nick Wingfield, friend of Rosie O and writer for the WSJ, scored the interview with El Jobso. This is the price the DRM-free tracks should have started at, and I’m glad to see it finally there. [Ars and WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/drm-free-itunes-catalog-to-drop-price-to-99-cents-311175

Free iPhone 1.1.1 Unlock is Here

The iPhone Dev Team just released AnySIM 1.1, the free utility that unlocks iPhones from the not-so-sexy handcuffs of AT&T. The updated version works on firmware version 1.1.1, but doesn’t fix baseband problems caused by updating an unlocked 1.0.2 phone up to 1.1.1. This means that for those people who’ve previously unlocked via AnySIM, you…

BusinessWeek Says SDK for Native iPhone Apps by Macworld 08

I don’t know if I buy this, but if it’s real, I’ll be stoked. From BusinessWeek:”Sources familiar with the company’s plans tell BusinessWeek.com that Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008.” I don’t know. More reasonable speculation from Leander at Cult of Mac and Ars points towards a hybrid app…

It’s Official: iPhone in France Will Be an Apples and Oranges Deal

Apple officially announced that French wireless carrier Orange will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in France. Set to roll out on November 29, Apple CEO Steve Jobs crowed about how excited he was to partner with Orange, just in time for the holidays. So now French Apple fanboys won’t have to hack that…

Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass

Click to viewWe talked to Brian Croll, senior director, Mac OS X Product Marketing at Apple this morning about, yep, Leopard. We had quite a few questions, and Brian had answers for many of them. Here’s the information we managed to eke out, including Leopard’s demands on MacBook Pro battery life, the possibility of Widgets…

Anybody who purchased a Mac on or after October 1 will get a Leopard upgrade—the software is free, though shipping and handling can cost $9.95. [Mac OS X Leopard Up-to-Date Program]

Nokia Introducing Touch UI to Open Source S60 OS

Today Nokia, the largest player in the mobile handset game, announced the addition of a touchscreen interface to their S60 OS. Comparisons to Apple’s multi-touch input system are inevitable, but Nokia is holding its own with a few promised extras. These include silencing the phone by flipping it on its face when an incoming call…

Apple Confirms October 26th Leopard Ship Date, Preorders Start Now

Click to viewThe horse has spoken: The eagerly anticipated, occasionally delayed Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is finally shipping. It will be available in 10 days, on Friday, October 26th, at 6pm in Apple Stores and at authorized resellers. Leopard may be the most ambitious MacOS update since the switch to OS X, with new features…