Apple legal shuts down iPhone clone sellers – is Psystar next?
Redferret reports that Apple’s legal team has been shutting down UK distributors who have been selling Chinese iPhone clones, the most recent of which is the company Digital Playworld. DP’s managing director Simon Rimmer claims Apple “came at me all guns blazing, big bully boy tactics” . Above: video of China’s C-002 HiPhone. Gee, I don’t see... Read More
Obama’s site pushing the Mac
Faithful Macenstein reader Felipe writes: Hey guys, Seems like the Obama campaign likes Macs because aside from having a very sleek Apple-like website, the downloads page shows not only an iPhone but a MacBook Air! http://www.barackobama.com/downloads/ Just thought you could use this for a slow news day. haha Macenstein faithful, -Felipe Well, you’re in luck Felipe, today... Read More
Celebrity Mac Chick sighting: Heather Graham
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/PICS_Heather_Graham_hiding_from_paparazzi_behind_her_MacBook; Sorry guys, I can’t NOT post this! Really, I tried, but I have a weakness for Mac Chicks. So if you don’t like it you can kiss my big black ass. Er.. I mean my pasty, doughy white ass. Above: Well, if you’re going to hide your beautiful face from the paparazzi... Read More
Help reunite an old woman with her iPod
Without your help, Evan could be as sad and drunk as the man in this stock photo. Won’t you please help? We here at Macenstein are not exactly what you would consider “nice people”, or “caring people”, or people “with souls”, but even our hard exterior can be melted worn down by constant nagging, and so to that end, we present the case... Read More
Poll: How much EDGE data has your iPhone sent/received?
iPhone critics often like to point to the iPhone’s reliance on AT&T’s EDGE network instead of 3G as a reason not to rush out and buy the uber phone. Personally, I’ve been quite pleased with EDGE, in both its speed and coverage. I recently checked out my iPhone’s EDGE data stats and was somewhat surprised to see I had downloaded almost 1GB of data... Read More
Microsoft: “Beta test Windows Live Hotmail, or we’ll pop a cap in yo’ ass!“
Faithful Macenstein reader Phil writes: “Hi Doc, see what I have just received. An email from a friend of mine who uses MSN Hotmail. Yes, despite of that he’s still a friend. The footer of the email contained this image: Now is Microsoft trying to earn street cred with this wannabe gangsta clipart? lol Just wanted to share…Cheers, Phil” The really sad thing... Read More
KITT 2008 powered by a Mac?
Well, no, but it does seem to have one of the new ultra thin Mac keyboards inside. Faithful Macenstein reader Rick sent in some screen shots from the new Knight Rider TV movie he downloaded legally watched on air this week, which shows that the latest Apple keyboard is apparently thin enough to fit inside a talking Mustang GT500KR’s glove compartment. Above: KITT can apparently... Read More
[UPDATED] Rumor: thinkorswim releasing the first native iPhone investing app at SDK launch
More SDK launch rumors… thinkorswim, the most Google and Apple-centric brokerage firm known to man, may be set to release a “thinkPod” app for the iPhone. Details are extremely scarce, other than a “coming soon” notice on the site, but suffice it to say, odds are it will deliver the features already available for Blackberry and Pocket PC, and then... Read More
The 3G iPhone: Do we have it all wrong?
Everyone “knows” Apple is making a 3G iPhone, right? I mean, it’s a given, a sure thing, easy money. In fact, many prospective iPhone users are putting off the purchase of the wunder phone until Apple announces the device. But what if there will never be a 3G iPhone? At least in the US. Macworld UK reports on AT&T’s future purchase of 12MHz of wireless... Read More
Why QuickTime 7.4 sucks: Reason 23 – It ate my codecs
For those of you wondering what the first 22 reasons QuickTime 7.4 sucks are, they are the 22 days Apple has not issued a fix for the “bug” QuickTime 7.4 introduced which has caused Adobe After Effects and Premiere to crash on export (Click here to read a thread on Apple’s support site on the topic with over 19,000 views). But I will now add another reason why... Read More
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