News Archives for 09/2008

T-Mobile introducing first Android-based mobile handset (live)

T-Mobile is currently holding a press conference to introduce the first mobile phone based on Google's open Android platform.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

Adobe introduces Creative Suite 4 product family

Adobe on Tuesday officially announced its Creative Suite 4 product family, a new series of media applications scheduled to begin shipping next month with more tightly integrated workflow solutions aimed at advancing the creative process across print, Web, mobile, interactive, film and video production.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

iPhone owners wrestle with missing e-mail downloads

As much as the iPhone 2.1 firmware appears to have resolved many outstanding glitches with Apple's device, an increasing number of users say the update has broken background e-mail checks.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Piper Jaffray raises estimates for Apple's Sept quarter

Investment bank Piper Jaffray boosted its estimates for Apple's current quarter on Monday, noting that iPhones will for the first time account for a material portion of the company's booked revenue.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

Review: Apple's second-generation iPod touch

The 2008 iPod touch inches closer to the iPhone line while retaining its iPod branding. It gets new audio input and recording features, volume controls, a speaker, and a full assortment of bundled apps, including Nike+ support.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Update: 'home' activation no signal of unlocked US iPhone sales

New information has clarified that the home activation option visible to Apple Store retail employees actually relates to sales made where the customer pre-qualifies at home, rather than the potential for new unlocked iPhone 3G sales offered without a subsidy.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Evidence points toward iPhone 3G home activation

Multiple sources inside Apple Retail have reported evidence pointing toward a contract free, home activation option for future iPhone 3G sales.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Site Updates: new blogs, iPhone app reviews, RSS feeds, more...

We've recently expanded our coverage of all things Apple through a new sections of blogs where readers will find a variety of iPhone app and game reviews, unconfirmed rumors, general industry news, secondary iPhone news, and Apple and third party software updates.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

Apple recalls iPhone 3G power adapters over shock risk

Apple on Friday afternoon recalled the ultracompact USB power adapter for iPhone 3Gs with warnings that they might pose a hazard to owners.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

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Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' campaign created with Macs

Metadata found on Microsoft's creative copy used in its 'I'm a PC' ad reveals that the graphics were actually produced using Macs running Adobe Creative Suite 3. After the details were published on the Flickr photo sharing site, Microsoft scrambled to polish off the embarrassing details last night

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

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SquirrelFish Extreme promises to speed JavaScript in Safari 4.0

Last night, Apple's WebKit group announced the new SquirrelFish Extreme, a major new retooling of the SquirrelFish JavaScript engine originally announced in June. The update comes before SquirrelFish even had the time to make it into production versions of Safari.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

NBC sees a million downloads since return to iTunes

Having buried the hatchet with Apple, NBC last week returned to supplying its content to the iTunes Store — a move that has been met with gangbuster results, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

Parallels 4 to tout OS X Server VM, dual-core, new interface

Competition between virtualization software developers is about to kick into overdrive thanks to the ongoing development Parallels Desktop 4, which people familiar with the update say will significantly expand hardware and software support as well as deliver a redesigned interface.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Microsoft's $300 million ad campaign tumbles with new PC ads

Microsoft's bizarre campaign to turn $300,000,000 into a marketing message took an even stranger turn Thursday with the airing of the company's latest television commercial: "I'm a PC."

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

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Microsoft may have thrown Apple an iPod nano headache

Apple is notifying some of its customers this week that it will be unable to meet quoted delivery times for its new 16GB iPod nanos, fueling rumors that the company was forced to make a last minute change to the product line, possibly at the hands of rival Microsoft.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

Amazon leaks full Adobe InDesign CS4 feature list, screenshots

Online retailer Amazon.com has leaked details of Adobe InDesign CS4 on its website, revealing a slew of screenshots and features such as Live Preflight, conditional text, SWF file export, interface enhancements, and an availability date of November 1st, 2008.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

Potential iPhone usability and interface improvements

A new series of iPhone-related patent filings touch on some interface enhancements that could potentially find their way into a future version of the handset's operating system, including more immediate access to application settings and interactive notification panel that presents a list of communications missed while the phone is in a locked state.

Sam Oliver | 16 years ago

Mac virtualization software sales booming

Sales of Mac virtualization software from market leaders VMware and Parallels have shot up more than 50 percent this year, outpacing the 41 percent growth in Mac hardware sales experienced by Apple in the most recent quarter, according to market research firm NPD.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

First Google-branded Android phone to arrive at iPhone pricing

The first mobile handset running Google's Android software will showcase the search giant's brand and be priced in line with Apple's iPhone 3G, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

Microsoft to spoof Hodgman in new "I'm a PC" television ads

Microsoft on Thursday will segue into the next phase of a $300 million advertising campaign with an "audacious embrace" of the derisive "I’m a PC" label slapped upon its image by rival Apple, according to the New York Times.

Kasper Jade | 16 years ago

First post-patch iPhone 3G lawsuit wants Apple to pay $5 million

Jumping on an increasingly overloaded bandwagon, a Little Rock, Arkansas man has started a class action lawsuit expecting at least $5 million in damages for Apple and AT&T overselling iPhone 3G relative to the network load, even though a fix has already been put into place.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Apple's North American notebook share jumps 60 percent

Brisk sales of Apple's MacBook product lines have seen the company's share of the North American notebook market surge more than 60 percent on a yearly basis through the second quarter of the year, according DisplaySearch.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Unannounced 4GB fourth-gen iPod nanos on sale in Europe [u2]

Apple last week introduced its fourth generation iPod nano with storage capacities of 8GB and 16GB, making no mention of a 4GB model that is now widely available through several overseas outlets.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

Adobe Creative Suite 4 details emerge

Adobe next week will unveil Creative Suite 4, a new version of its media design bundle set to ship the following month with features such as enhanced options for working with 3D objects in Photoshop, new Flash document exports from within InDesign, and a new animation model for Flash, AppleInsider has learned.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

T-Mobile sets stage for Android, iPhone showdown next week

An invitation sent out on Tuesday by T-Mobile asks the media to gather next week to see the first phone built on the Android mobile platform, but will also pit Apple and Google against each other — if reluctantly.

Aidan Malley | 16 years ago

QuickBooks 2009 for Mac coming October 8

Intuit next month will begin shipping QuickBooks 2009 for Mac, an overhaul to its small business accounting software redesigned for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that leverages features such as Spotlight and Cover Flow.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

AT&T to tie iPhones into own Internet television, phone service

AT&T said this week that it plans to eventually integrate the iPhone into its U-verse suite of Internet television and VoIP services, while also adding new features that will allow the handset act as a remote control.

Sam Oliver | 16 years ago

Apple finding it difficult to crack Japanese cell phone market

Apple's iPhone, a runaway success in the US and parts of Europe, is struggling to see similar success in Japan, where consumers who've long been privy to some of the world's most advance cell phones are passing over the touchscreen handset for cheaper and more familiar offerings.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

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Video industry plans escape from iTunes with 'open' standard

Afraid that Apple will gain the sort of lock on downloadable video that it did with music, Sony and a group of video business heavyweights are planning a new standard that would let copy protected movies and TV from any participating service work with many devices..

Aidan Malley | 16 years ago

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update

Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.5.5, a recommended update for all users of Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard that includes over a hundred bug fixes and more than two dozen security enhancements.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

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