Archive for November 30th, 2009

Chip makers: Apple manipulating flash memory prices

Filed under: Apple Corporate , Hardware , Apple Financial , iPhone The Korean Times is reporting today that Apple is (allegedly) manipulating the flash memory market. An unnamed source tells the Times that Apple is ordering more chips than it actually purchases: ” … [Apple] doesn’t make immediate purchases, but waits until chip prices to fall to the level the company has internally targeted.” The iPhone uses NAND flash memory, which both Samsung Electronics, the world’s No

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Navigon submits significant update to app store

Filed under: iPhone I love the iPhone navigation app competition that’s taking place. Navigon has sent Apple a rather nifty update that adds some unique features that are sure to please current owners and perhaps entice those still on the fence about getting some kind of GPS technology for their iPhone. The Navigon MobileNavigator app [ iTunes link ] is on sale through today for U.S.

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Grab Rocket Bird While You Can

Rocket Bird by Be Tomorrow is a simple, silly, yet whimsical game that features a bird, a rocket, and many country farm obstacles. The app presents a clear, simple objective – fly as far as you can

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Boxee beta announced for December 7 release

Filed under: Multimedia , Open Source , Beta Beat An e-mail sent to Boxee users this morning reveals that the beta version of Boxee will be unveiled at a special event in New York City on December 7 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The beta news comes on the heels of a Boxee box being planned for a 2010 release .

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Socialite (formerly Eventbox) out of beta, into your Mac

Filed under: Software , First Look , Snow Leopard Socialite , the Mac social networking application formerly known as “Eventbox,” has been released out of beta. The application is intended as a “one stop” for Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Flickr, Digg, and any site that supports RSS

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Speculating on Apple’s Black Friday sales

Filed under: Apple Corporate , Retail , Apple Financial With US consumers hesitant to buy big-ticket items and Apple’s modest Black Friday discounts , it will be interesting to see retail reports from last weekend. The Wall Street analysts are starting to weigh in with their predictions

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Review: Gomi for iPhone

This cute and colorful iPhone game is fun, if a little bit tiresome after a while. Still, platform gamers are sure to be pleased with Gomi.

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Become Santa’s Helper with Santa’s Run

Looking for a festive game to put you and your iPhone in the holiday spirit? Santa’s Run is a seemingly simple game that lets you lend Santa a hand by delivering gifts to homes around the world

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Daily Deals: Loaded iMacs for $1,407, MacBooks and $170 8GB iPod touch

We end the month of November with a number of ways to get your Christmas shopping (remember, just 25 days left) off to a good start. iMacs and MacBooks were big sellers on Black Friday and we have them both. First up, 22-inch Core 2 Duo iMacs running at 3.06 GHz.

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Xbox Live iPhone app lets you message on the go

The $2 iPhone app is designed to let you reach out and touch your Xbox Live account from just about anywhere, as well as several of the service’s tracking and messaging features.

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Found Footage: Koreans enthusiastically welcome iPhone

Filed under: Apple Corporate , Retail , iPhone Apple has begun introducing the iPhone to Asia with varying results. After a slow launch in China , the iPhone and App Store are now doing well, despite the lack of Wi-Fi and an active black market.

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UK’s OFT says Apple agrees to improve terms and conditions

Apple has agreed to change is terms and conditions to make them clearer and fairer for consumers following concerns raised by the Office of Fair Trading in the UK.

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Ndrive brings a low cost nav solution to the iPhone

Filed under: iPhone , App Review Gee, I thought we had seen all the nav apps, but new ones keep popping up. NDrive , a new U.S. $32.99 app [iTunes link ] is actually pretty good for the money, and has a reasonably complete feature set

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