No iPhone AppleCare for AL, CT, NV, or WY residents
Posted by Dr. Macenstein You better not drop your iPhone if you are a Connecticut resident. Or Nevada. Or Alabama or Wyoming for that matter. Faithful Macenstein reader hmmm alerts us that those 4 states have apparently joined together to form the new “AppleCare Axis of Evil“, refusing to allow Apple to offer the new iPhone AppleCare plan to their residents. From... Read More
ShieldZone changes name, goes public
Posted by Helper Monkey Fans of the protective iPod sticker the invisibleSHIELD may be interested to know they now have an opportunity to own a piece of the company. ZAGG Inc., owners of ShieldZone Coporation, announced yesterday that its common shares have been approved for trading in the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board Market, which is sponsored by the National Association... Read More
Looks like Apple may have backed the right HD format after all
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Despite recent reports that HD DVD sales are growing at a rate almost as fast as the Apple-backed Blu-Ray format’s are shrinking, it seems the criminal underworld may be providing a ray of hope for Blu-ray fans. According to the DVD Dossier, 3 days ago thieves broke into Silver Platters, a Seattle-based chain of video stores, and stole their entire... Read More
QuickTime 7.2 Update Breaks Flip4Mac WMV Export
Posted by Dr. Macenstein If you are an avid user of Telestream’s Flip4Mac and have not yet upgraded to QuickTime 7.2, you may want to hold off. Many Final Cut Pro users are finding that the popular WMV exporter no longer works after installing Apple’s latest update. “Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate” errors are rampant, even when there is nothing inconsistent... Read More
AT&T activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers in the last two days of the quarter
Posted by Dr. Macenstein While we will hopefully get some iPhone sales figures from Apple tomorrow during their Q3 financial conference call, AT&T has provided a glimpse at what we should expect. According to TheStreet, AT&T activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers in the last two days of the quarter. Of course, by “last 2 days of the quarter”, they mean Friday... Read More
PC Magazine predicts when your iPhone will die; Mass hysteria sure to follow
Posted by Dr. Macenstein I’m not sure why, exactly, but people are obsessed with the idea of their iPhone’s battery dying. Somehow, just because you can’t swap it out as easily as a conventional phone’s battery, people feel that in 2 or 3 years, when the rechargeable battery eventually gives up the ghost, you will have to throw your iPhone away. This seems... Read More
Helping Macs take back the classroom via Open Source
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Back in the early days of schoolroom computing, Apple was pretty much the only game in town (well, MY town, anyway). Unfortunately, over the years, as PC companies began to crank out cheaper (and buggier) machines, budget conscious school boards began turning away from the Mac, reasoning it was better to have 2 virus prone, unintuitive beige Windows computers... Read More
6-foot neon Apple logo on eBay
Posted by Dr. Macenstein What is the one thing that strikes fear in the heart of any Apple geek’s spouse? Why, the thought that their Mac-obsessed partner might one day bring home a nearly 6-foot tall neon Apple logo, of course! And for one unlucky person, that nightmare may become a reality. Apple Authorized dealer Mac Resource of Huntsville, AL is auctioning the 5-foot... Read More
What intern designed Adobe’s CS3 icons?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Above: Adobe’s old icons (top) vs. their “improved” ones (bottom). I had been a member of the Adobe After Effects 8 (aka CS3) beta testing program for the last half a year or so, as well as being part of the version 7 beta team. When testing After Effects 7, the beta app’s icon was a bland “placeholder” of an icon which... Read More
ColorWare PC offers custom color iPhones, and me want one very muchly!
WOW. I know we are all supposed to be impressed and satisfied with Apple’s clean, minimalist design choices, but boy do I think the folks at ColorWare PC have hit a potential gold mine in offering custom colored iPhones. There are 26 custom colors to choose from, and you can colorize pretty much anything except the screen and volume/lock buttons. They even include the option... Read More
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