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AppleTV - Take 2

Written on January 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 10 people have commented

Today Apple released it’s second version of it’s AppleTV product.
To go along with the new iTunes movie rental service, Apple’s new version of the AppleTV has had a nice update.
A quick feature rundown:

No computer required
Rent movies directly from the AppleTV (HD movies for $3.99; $4.99 for new releases)
DVD quality and HD quality + Dolby 5.1
Buy [...]

iTunes Movie Rentals Available Today

Written on January 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 14 people have commented

The much rumored iTunes Movie Rental service is indeed becoming a reality…today!
Today Steve Jobs announced that every major studio is on board: Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, Fox, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony.
Initially there will be over 1000 movies and in general movie rentals will be available 30 days after DVD release.
It will cost [...]

iPhone Software Updates Today

Written on January 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Today during the Macworld 2008 keynote, Jobs announced quite a few new pieces of software for the iPhone.

Maps with wi-fi locations
Webclips - Lets you bookmark pages (and their zoom/pan state) and save them to your main screen
Customizable home screen
SMS to multiple people
Lyrics support (for iPod mode)

These software updates will be available today as a free [...]

Macworld 2008 Keynote Today

Written on January 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 7 people have commented

Today marks one of the most anticipated days of every year. At 9AM CST, Steve Jobs will give his annual Macworld keynote where he’ll talk about Apple’s accomplishments for the past year as well as plans for the upcoming year. But more importantly, he’ll be announcing new products.
Macworld is an event that causes more speculation [...]

There’s something in the air…

Written on January 14, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 13 people have commented

Today, Apple updated their home page with the graphic above showing what appears to be Apple’s main slogan for Macworld 2008.
Many readers are predicting that “air” is the name of a new line of MacBooks from Apple that will be released tomorrow. Other’s are guessing it has something to do with wireless networking or WiFi. [...]

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