Archive for November 2nd, 2009

Will Canada’s iPhone be unlocked?

Filed under: Retail , iPhone , Jailbreak/pwnage The iPhone is slowly making it’s way around the world.

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World’s Biggest iPod Speaker Available for Pre-Order

Powered by good old valves, the Wall of Sound iPod Speaker claims to the most powerful iPod speaker available. It’s for “people who believe that music should be listened to loudly,” the company’s website says. “It looks frightening, and it IS frightening.” Handmade by a company called by Brothers of Stockholm, the first edition of this monster

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Is Motorola Droid Really An iPhone Killer?

This has really been the question of the week and will probably continue to linger for long, until the next quarter results are out. So why is so much being made out of Motorola Droid and why, for the first time ever, people are actually seeing an ‘iPhone killer’ which…

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Report: Apple pitching TV subscription service to networks

According to reports, Apple is flogging a $30 per month television service to content providers—but will the networks bite?

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Apple Pitching $30 iTunes Movie Subscriptions

Apple is reportedly talking with TV executives about delivering content via iTunes for $30 per month. The arrangement could start as early as 2010 and Disney may be the first studio to accept the offer

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XM SkyDock Plus App Brings Satellite Radio To iPhone and iPod touch

Has streaming songs to your car’s FM radio become passe? Looking to go beyond in-car GPS for your iPhone? Sirius XM Radio Monday introduced the XM SkyDock, a hardware and software combo delivering satellite radio to your auto’s iPhone or iPod touch (1st and 2nd generation).

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An illustrated guide to Boot Camp and Windows 7

Filed under: Features , How-tos , Tips and tricks Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for TUAW to introduce our illustrated guide to installing Windows 7 with Boot Camp. Windows

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Daily Deals: FM Transmitter/Car Charger for iPhone, Gold Dust and App Store Freebies

We start November with a mix of gadget deals, ranging from hardware to software. First up is a FM transmitter and car charger for the iPhone 3G and Apple iPods. The $4.44 transmitter uses most FM frequencies while the 12-volt car charger works with most iPods that have a dock connector.

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Review: CNN Mobile for iPhone

News junkies won’t go wrong with CNN Mobile. It’s the deepest and most complete news app for iPhone and iPod touch

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Apple Restores Customer’s iTunes Music, not Movies after Computer Snafu

Nothing like a customer service tale with a mostly happy ending: Nathan switched computers and lost everything he bought from iTunes (music, ringtones, movies) as a result. So he wrote to Apple (iTunesStoreSupport@apple.com) and they agreed to let him re-download all the music he bought at no extra charge: I understand the titles you purchased from the

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Updated iPhone 3G, 3GS pricing and availability for Canada announced

Filed under: iPhone For those of you in Canada, good news. The cell carriers Telus and Bell have announced pricing and availability for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.

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Report: Windows 7 and Intel Chipset Prevent iPhone Syncing

If you want to sync your iPhone with a Windows 7 PC using Intel’s latest chipset, you may have to cool your heels while Apple and Microsoft investigate. When iPhone owners attempt to sync their handsets using iTunes 9 for Windows and Intel’s P55 chipset, they only receive a cryptic “error 0xE8000065″ message indicating an “iPhone-connection

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Mac OS X 10.6.2 rumored to block Atom support, foil netbook OS X booting

Filed under: Hacks , Apple , Beta Beat , Snow Leopard In a move sure to rile up the crowds of people (including our very own Erica Sadun ) who have converted cheap Intel Atom-powered netbooks into tiny MacBook-like hackintoshes, several sites are reporting that Apple will kill support for the battery-sipping CPU in the next release of Snow Leopard. For most netbook manufacturers like MSI, Dell, and ASUS, the Intel Atom line of energy-efficient microprocessors has been the perfect CPU due to its low cost.

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