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Please, Stop the Apple Leaks

The new iPod, we know its coming. I’m kind of bummed out I know about it already. The last few months, Apple leaks have been so thorough, they’re eating away at the Apple Event Reality Distortion Field. But maybe the days are done where I can show up to a Keynote and make an o-face…

Toyota Releases $300 iPod Integration Kit For All Current-Model Cars

It’s fantastic news for Toyota and Lexus owners, as the car company has just released an iPod adapter kit to directly link the player with your car’s audio system. The kit fits into all current Toyotas and Lexuses and connects inside the glove box so you can control the iPod with your head unit (or…

iPhone’s ApolloIM, the First Native Instant Messenger Gets An Update: Sucks Quite a Lot Less

Remember the early alpha of the first native iPhone AIM client we wrote about a week ago? It’s out of alpha and into beta, and incidentally sucks quite a bit less, which means it’s quite usable. https://gizmodo.com/first-native-iphone-aim-client-released-kinda-sucks-293759 They’ve gotten rid of problems such as having to hit a key to bring up the keyboard, the…

iPhone Book Sneak Peek: Third-Party iPhone Application Tutorial

Pash over at Lifehacker has a tutorial up on how to install third-party applications to your iPhone. It’s notable because it comes straight from our iPhone Book, along with many more tips and tricks that you won’t find in other books (seriously, we’ve read the other books, and they don’t have them). Check out the…

Think Secret Practically Promises iPod Touch/Nano Tomorrow, Pushes Stats

Hi there. Here’s a bit more party spoiler from the spies at Think Secret, who are all but promising that the iPod touch will be here tomorrow, at Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” event. Check out these beefy stats. •3.5-inch touchscreen, a la iPhone. A hard drive, not flash, for pricing and capacity limitations. Wireless…

AT&T Introduces Pay-For-Play Parental Controls for Cell Phones

AT&T’s mobile division is going to follow Disney Mobile and others by introducing its “Smart Limits” parental controls: parents use a web interface to set call blocking, calling hours, text message and download limits. But unlike many similar child-protection systems, this one will cost users $4.99 per month—per kid. Like Disney’s built-in parental controls, AT&T…

New iPod Nano Picture; Mock-Up Or Apple Cock-Up?

Hold on to your proverbial horses, this is nothing official, but it is an interesting looking mock-up nonetheless. We are going with mock-up because: The Apple legal team has not contacted us, the source, Alflennierlandsen, has given no explanation of how he happened upon the image and finally, the blogger has an unusually lengthy name/handle.…

JBL’s On Stage 3 Dock is now iPhone-Compatible

The popular donut-shaped On Stage iPod dock is now in its third incarnation —and this time it will work with your iPhone. Its makers, JBL, have filled in the middle of the ring as well as supplying interchangeable trim, so that your On Stage 3 can match your Nano. Full press release with specs below.…

Jaguar XF Gets Apple Designed Control Interface

According to Ian Callum, Jaguar’s design director, the revised XF shall boast a reworked control interface—reworked by Apple, no less. In an interview with CAR magazine, Mr Callum said, “We have been working with Apple on control interfaces.” Assuming Mr. Callum did not forget to add “an” before “Apple” in that statement, it is safe…

Sharp’s Multitouch New LCD Panel Can Go Up to 12 Inches (I Smell an Apple Multitouch Tablet)

Those manufacturers of multitouch devices of the high visual quality and resilience of the iPhone’s might have another option from Sharp. According to Impress, the LCD veterans have made a 3.5 inch, 480 x 320 screen, capable of multitouch. These can be made up to 12 inches in diagonal size. Perfect for a portable. Somehow,…

Hardware Unlock Explodes iPhone

Here’s a tip. If you’re not really skilled at hardware hacks, don’t try to hardware unlock your iPhone. If you accidentally touch the wrong thing or screw up, this will happen. The user says: “We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iPhone. The antenna cover was a…

Apple to Sell Ringtones Bundled With Regular Songs?

The Post says they’ve got confirmation that Apple will start selling ringtones to iPhone users using iTunes. Although they couldn’t confirm pricing, they could say that you will probably be able to make any song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone. This means you can set each contact’s ringtone to a separate track from…

Apple Balks at $5-Per-Show Demand, Gives NBC the Boot From iTunes

We reported earlier that NBC had decided not to renew its contract with Apple to sell their shows online. We thought that they might do something similar to Universal and do a short-term contract to keep their content up. No dice. Apparently, NBC wanted Apple to start charging a whopping $4.99 per episode for their…

Shure Busts Out $99 SE110 Earphones, Secretly Makes Them iPhone Friendly

UPDATED On the web page for Shure’s newly announced SE110 earphones, the new lowest rung of the successful SE line, the price is listed as $119. But according to a press release that came out today at IFA, these babies will cost $99 when they appear. It’s a very low stoop indeed for the makers…

Amazon’s DRM-Free MP3 Store Likely to Launch Mid-September

Amazon will probably launch its DRM-free music store in the next few weeks, according to sources in the New York Post, joining Wal-Mart and others in posing the first real threat to the iTunes Music hegemony. As Ars and others have reported, Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos adopted an MP3-only strategy so that the music Amazon…

NBC Universal Pulling the Plug on iTunes Content

NBC Universal is ending its iTunes support, meaning no more “Heroes,” “The Office” or “To Catch a Predator” in the iTunes store after December, when the current contract expires. What makes the rift somewhat serious for Apple is that NBC is iTunes’ biggest video supplier, pulling in about 40 percent of downloads. On top of…

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Nerds on Desks

Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]

Apple Rumor Crib Sheet for the September 5th Event

On the internet, before an Apple event like the one on September 5th, a rumor round up is mandatory. I’ll flog this horse with as few words as possible, mmkay? • iPods. A fat nano, an iPhone-ish one with touchscreen, RED shuffle. Maybe WiFi. •iTunes Wireless functionality for either buying or controlling or streaming. No…

Nokia’s Future iPhone Killing Concept Like a Fake, Vaporous Picasso

Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.…

It’s rumored that Apple is underclocking the graphics cards in the new batch of iMacs. [TUAW]