Analyst: Apple could ship over 37 million iPods in 2005
Posted by Dr. Macenstein A recent Forbes article quotes Piper Jaffray Senior Analyst Gene Munster as being very optimistic on Apple’s 2005 fiscal results. “We expect the iPod to continue to be a foundation for growth in other parts of Apple’s business,â€? said Munster, “and we expect that by the end of calendar 2005 more than 37 million iPods will have... Read More
Apple updates Motion
Posted by Dr. Macenstein In your software update The Motion 2.0.1 Software Update improves general application stability and greater reliability when using 3rd party plug-ins. Additionally, it includes compatibility with Apple’s latest PCI-Express based Power Mac G5 hardware. Read More
Website offering Front Row and Photo Booth for free to ALL Mac users
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Get it while it’s hot! McMac is offering versions of Apple’s iMac-only media applications Front Row and Photo Booth, except these versions will run on any Mac that can run 10.4.3. It is only a matter of time (hours, most likely) before Apple tries to get these versions of Front Row and Photo Booth taken down from distribution. But in the mean... Read More
Keychain problems still not fixed in 10.4.3 ?
Posted by Lab Rat We’ve been noticing quite a few posts on the Apple Discussion boards about problems with Keychain Access after the update to 10.4.3. While we have not run into anything NEW something OLD seems to have survived the bug fixes. We noticed this is 10.4.2, and it seems to still be there after updating to 10.4.3. Try this and let us know what happens for you: 1)... Read More
Apple releases 10.4.3, (as we predicted)
Posted by Dr. Macenstein As we predicted Friday, 10.4.3 was released yesterday. We would like to take a moment to gloat and point out that while all the other sites gave vague predictions of “the next 10 days or so� or claimed the update was being delayed due to a bug with certain 1.8 GHz model G5s, our sources insisted the update would come no later than Monday, and... Read More
Sprint, Samsung look for piece of iTunes’ pie
Sprint, Samsung look for piece of iTunes’ pie Posted by Lab Rat Today saw the announcement of not one but TWO new online music services looking to compete with Apple’s iTunes store. First out of the gate is Sprint Nextel Corp, whose just announced “Power Vision� is the first online music download service offered by a US cell carrier. Power Vision is similar... Read More
Apple announces over 1 million videos sold in under 20 days
Posted by Helper Monkey In a statement released today Apple announced it has sold over 1 million videos via its iTunes music store in under 20 days. Given the fairly limited selection of videos to choose from (2,000, most of which are music videos) these are industry-rattling numbers. Steve Jobs noted these sales numbers imply a greater demand than expected, and vowed to increase... Read More
Yahoo doubles its subscription music prices
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Yahoo Inc. has announced it will be doubling the fees charged to users of its online music download service. The monthly cost will jump from $6.99 per month (or $60 annually) to $11.99 a month ($120 annually). Yahoo, like many other online music services, uses a subscription plan instead of iTunes’ “pay-per-download� model. The subscription... Read More
Civilization IV for Mac coming early 2006
Posted by Lab Rat Aspyr announced today that they will be publishing the latest version of the massively addictive turn-based strategy game, Civilization IV for the Mac, due out in early 2006. Also announced is the planned release of Civilization III: Complete for Mac, with a target date of December 2005. (above: Civilization IV) Civilization III: Complete combines the original... Read More
Sonnet announces new high-capacity iPod replacement batteries
Posted by Helper Monkey Sonnet has announced a new series of replacement batteries for most versions of Apple’s iPod music players. Owners of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation iPods, as well as the iPod mini, can purchase new batteries capable of providing up to a 78% increase over the stock battery which shipped with the unit. Sonnet ships the batteries in a kit which... Read More
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