Rumor: No new iPhone until June 24th?

May 12th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Say it ain’t so! Faithful Macenstein reader Art Vandelay writes:
After hearing about the iPhone Shortage, I decided to call and ask for myself, to see if I could squeeze out any information, and after pressing him [The Apple rep] as to when to expect the iPhones, he told me “June 24th”, or last week of […]

Finally! A Rumor I don’t care about! (oh, and one that I do)

May 9th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Well, I didn’t think it could happen, but an Apple-related rumor has finally surfaced that I don’t care about. TUAW has got wind that .Mac might be undergoing some enhancements to coincide with the new iPhone launch, presumed to happen as early as next month. According to their “anonymous source”, .Mac users who own an […]

I can’t believe no one uses an old crappy Mac…

May 6th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Well, just 5 days left in our “A Thousand Pictures are Worth a Word” Contest, and we have received a whopping 1 entry.
Boy, all we asked for is a couple lousy pics of your most beat up, currently working machine, and you can take home a $400 copy of Microsoft Office, 2008. […]

WTF? I am on a live podcast tomorrow?

May 2nd | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Well, despite my best efforts to avoid it, I have been guilted into appearing on iPhoneAlley’s live podcast tomorrow, (8PM EST, 5PM PST) by my good friend Michael Johnston. (That is of course assuming I can get the kids to bed before then without falling asleep myself.)
So tune in – I think you guys […]

God, I hope not…

May 2nd | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Engadget has shots from French iPhone site iPhone.fr of what is reported to be the next gen iPhone, and if it is, in the words of the Jerky Boys: “God help us Jesus, God and baby Jesus help us!”
If legit, it looks like Apple has farmed out its design duties to LG, and contracted […]

How awesomely fast will the 3G iPhone be? Well, it turns out… not so much

May 1st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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Since the day the iPhone was first announced there has been rampant internet bitching by a myriad of internet bitchers all blasting the iPhone for its lack of 3G support. AT&T’s EDGE network has been condemned for its too-slow-to-use speed, and pretty much the entire interweb has adopted the mantra that EDGE blows […]

Celebrity Mac Chick sighting - Beyonce

April 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Above: Beyonce and Jay-Z do a little pool-side web surfing on Beyonce’s MacBook.
Do I even have to point out at that once again we have a celebrity walking around with a MacBook with no case? Originally I was skeptical as to the conspiracy theories of product placement and pay-offs between Apple and celebs, […]

WTF is up with iTunes’ Audio Book pricing?

April 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Macenstein reader Kelly writes:
“iTunes song purchases are $0.99, TV shows are $1.99, movie rentals are about $3.99, movie purchase are around $14.99, BUT WHY ARE AUDIO BOOKS SO EXPENSIVE???? THEY COST $29.95!!!”
I’m not sure, Kelly. Must be the cost or replanting all those virtual trees they had to cut down to make the […]

The Holy “headless” Grail - Psystar delivers headless “bargain” OpenMac - but is it a bargain?

April 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Yeah, it kinda is.

A company called Psystar has begun selling a Mac clone called the OpenMac, capable of running Mac OS X Leopard. Starting at $399, the specs are meant to compare favorably with the $800 Mac mini, yet offer more expandability options than the mini does.

Above: The OpenMac is not as stylish as Apple’s […]