Mac Giving Tree, unwrap some free mac software
dizzy says...
on Dec 23rd, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
Mac Giving Tree is currently offering free software for Christmas. You get 2 presents now (Enigmo 2 / iTunes extender Synergy). Then if you come back on Christmas there will be 4 yet to be realved presents to unwrap!
(via Daring Fireball)
snow leopard to be shown at macworld 2009?
dizzy says...
on Dec 18th, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
The Guardian is hinting that Apple’s senior vice president Phil Schiller is going to present Snow Leopard at Macworld 2009.
Apple and its partners have been privately dropping hints to developers that its upcoming release of its Mac OS X operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, will ship earlier than expected - and it will debut two new technologies that promise to speed up software without demanding any changes to the hardware.
The first technology, Grand Central, is designed to make better use of the Intel processors that sit inside the current range of Macs. The other, OpenCL, could have a more dramatic effect on performance for some programs as it will tap into the power of graphics processors (GPUs) that now goes to waste.
So these latest rumors say it is shipping ahead of schedule, but since there was never really a public schedule I don’t get it. The only thing we’ve heard thus far is that it would be shipping in the 1st quarter of 2009, which seems very likely to hold true. If they are truly “ahead of schedule” then I would assume a late January / early February release. If not then probably won’t happen until March.
Let us know when you think it will be coming out by voting in our in our Snow Leopard Release Poll. Registered voters are also eligible to win a copy of Snow Leopard when released!
[via Macrumors]
[review] mophie juice pack 3g for iPhone 3g
dizzy says...
on Nov 30th, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
After a few delays I finally got my hands on the new Mophie Juice Pack 3g. The juice pack is an external battery pack for the iPhone 3g. Mophie states the juice pack should about double your battery life giving you additional standby time up to 350 hours, talk time up to 6 hours on 3G (12 hours on 2G), Internet use up to 6 hours on 3G (7 hours on Wi-Fi), audio playback up to 28 hours, and video playback up to 8 hours. As with the original juice pack, which was the first battery extender to receive the “Works with iPhone 3G” blessing, the new juice pack has also received the certification.
The first gen juice pack works exclusively with the first gen iPhone and this second gen juice pack with the iPhone 3g due to the design that fits like a glove. If you are still rock’n a first gen iPhone, check out our friend Dr. Macenstein’s review of the first gen mophie juice pack. The new Mophie Juice Pack 3g shares the same basic look as the first gen, but seems to fit a bit more snug saving some space at the bottom.
Ok, enough about the past, how does this new one hold up with the 3g iPhone?
No more apple product refreshes before holiday season?
dizzy says...
on Nov 4th, 2008 @ 12:16 am
Well the rumor of an iMac and mini refresh before the holiday season were brought to the forefront again when Fudzilla claimed their insiders suggested a November 10th refresh. Well now Macworld [via Macrumors] claims that apple has alerted them with a note that reads “No new products before the holidays”. So it looks like WWDC could jammed pack full of updates!
[Related WWA Poll: when will new iMac refresh be released?]
More iMac / mini refresh release date rumors
dizzy says...
on Nov 2nd, 2008 @ 1:11 pm
Fudzilla [via macrumors] has heard that the new iMac and Mac Mini (maybe it’s not dead?) refresh could be coming as soon as November 10th. Right now the info is pretty limited so not sure how much we can belieive these latest rumors, but it does make sense to get them out before the holiday season.
[Related WWA Release Poll >> when will new iMac refresh be released?]
