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iOS4 is out – how do you like it?

Well, we’re just 3 days away from the iPhone 4 launch and all the excitement and waiting in line that goes with such things, but even if you aren’t going to be one of the “early adopters” of the new iPhone, you can still get in on that iOS 4 goodness. Apple today released the iOS 4 update (via iTunes) which will bring (most of) the super cool new features of the iPhone 4 to your iPhone 3G S. Unfortunately, that’s where my coverage ends, as I just... Read More

It’s OK guys, you can laugh

Sometimes as fanboys our first reaction to a video like the following is an immediate “rush to defend” mentality that has us attempting justify Apple’s design choices in creating the iPad, and sometimes we end up saying stupid things like “I wouldn’t even want one if it had a camera” or some other such nonsense. But honestly, funny is funny, and this is pretty good. [via 9to5]  Read More

iPad-based Mantaray iTar is almost as weird as its inventor

Actually, it’s not even close. Inventor FRANZ KELLER is much weirder. But still, “VJFranzK” does seem to believe in his product, and will actually sell any aspiring synth musician one of his brand new Mantaray iTar’s (iPad not included) for somewhere around $300. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader PJ for the tip!  Read More

iPhone 3G doesn’t want to be replaced

It looks like AT&T’s severely underpowered servers might not be the only thing to blame for the embarrassing, frustrating iPhone 4 pre-order debacle today – the current generation of iPhone’s might be conspiring to rain on the parade. Faithful Macenstein reader Colin writes: As if it wasn’t bad enough, now my 3G is trying to discourage me from upgrading.  Read More

A new take on the Konami code

Above: I’m not how you “level up”, but she sure seems happy. Yet another odd app approval choice in Apple’s totally arbitrary “war on porn” to protect our children, although I must say, I am almost tempted to get this one based solely on the “reset” procedure (below). Kind of makes up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A look a bit lame. - ? Lift her Skirt Up ? with your own finger and find Property of her underwear -... Read More

Apple begins (trying) to take Pre-orders for iPhone 4

I don’t want to blame AT&T for EVERY iPhone problem, but it DOES seem suspicious that I get this error when Apple checks my iPhone eligibility with AT&T, and the new App Store iPhone app just plain crashes during the same step…  Read More

Behold! The iMac tablet computer that never was, courtesy of Rusty

Remember all those rumors a couple years ago about Apple working on an iMac where you could remove the screen and use it as a tablet, then come home at night and dock it? Well, apparently faithful Macenstein reader Rusty does. Check out his extremely sweet iPad/iMac lovechild. The 40 gig hard drive took a dive, and there was no way I would find a cheap replacement. And the 700 MHz PPC was not going to run hulu, youtube, or facebook. The innards are in a grocery bag in... Read More

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is having iPhone trouble

9to5Mac points out an interesting status update by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: We’ll just skip the AT&T dig and go right to the obvious question which is whether or not Mark somehow got a new iPhone 4, and if so, is it eating batteries for breakfast despite Apple’s claims of longer battery life? It DOES seem unlikely that he’d buy the “old” 3G S version 1 week before the new model is being released… Plus as we all know, rich and famous... Read More

Apple’s “Back to School” program doesn’t add up

As any faithful reader will tell you, math is not my strong suit. Nor is spelling, grammar, science, or hygiene for that matter, which is why I like to leave the heavy thinking to my readers. Case in point, faithful Macenstein reader Aaron has noticed that the student pictured in Apple’s latest Back-to-School promo might be getting less than a stellar education. “Hey Doc, Check out Apple’s back-to-school promo ad banner from their own website. Note “FIG... Read More

Review: iMainGo2 Rocks the House, or at Least a Mid-Sized Room

I’m constantly amazed by how many people I run into who listen to music on their iPhones using the built-in speakers. Sure, the iPhone’s ear buds are nothing to write home about, but they’re certainly a step up from the tinny sound delivered by the speakerphone. Still, I know there are some who prefer to not be tethered to their phones when listening to their tunes, and you can’t exactly carry around a Bose Sound Dock with you everywhere you go either.... Read More