With exactly one week to go before the September 9 event, more speculations come as to what Apple has in store for everyone. According to AppleInsider, Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray, is predicting (more like guessing) an upgrade to the Apple TV, noting the wait time for the Apple TV on the Apple [...]
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September 9 countdown…
Sep 2
Microsoft’s Zune HD is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 15 and is already available for pre-order. The 16GB Zune HD is selling at $219.99 and the 32GB model at $289.99. The pricing is seen as an attempt by Microsoft to undercut Apple’s iPod touch. The current pricing for the 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB [...]
No iPhone 3GS for me
Aug 18
More than two weeks ago, I once again visited Globe Business Center at SM Davao to ask regarding the status of my iPhone 3GS reservation. I didn’t get the reply I was hoping for. After he chanted his “You know, sir, there’s a worldwide shortage of blah blah blah…”, I interjected to ask if he [...]
Warning: rumors ahead. I don’t have the penchant for rumor news but these two appeals to me. First, I’ve been itching for a new portable Mac and second, I’m giving up on the iPhone 3GS from Globe. I’m going to wait for the new iPod touch instead. On to the rumors. I mentioned in yesterday’s [...]
The Macalope Speaketh
May 2
This week on The Macalope Weekly: The $700 iPad cometh. Or not. But that would be one expensive sanitary napkin. Verizon will be the carrier of choice for the iPad. When it’s that time of the month, it will automatically be sent to Twitter. Finally, OS X on netbooks? Fail! Check out what the horned [...]
A MacRumors forum poster pointed out that in the iTunes 8.2 beta About iTunes window, a reference to Blu-ray can be found: … DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and music and video-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000… This has led to speculations that the next version of iTunes will be able to read or recognize Blu-ray [...]
AppleInsider is reporting that their sources is telling them an ultra-compact, ultra-portable Mac is going to be introduced next year at Macworld San Francisco. The much rumored, much anticipated sub-Macbook will be 50 per cent lighter and much slimmer than the Macbook Pro. The ultra-portable is shedding off some flab by getting rid of the [...]
Mac touch soon?
Nov 7
CNet reported that a source from Asus whispered into their ear and said that they were developing a Mac tablet for Apple. The device, dubbed as the ‘Mac touch’, will have will have a multi-touch interface like the iPhone and iPod touch and will run a version of Mac OS 10.5. No date has yet [...]
I’ve posted about drivers found in Leopard that hints at a refresh of the Macbook line. The drivers are said fo be for the integrated graphics chip in the Santa Rosa chipset from Intel. The Santa Rosa chip are the ones being used in the Macbook Pros. Mac Rumors is now saying that the new [...]
New Macbooks soon?
Oct 28
MacNN reports that drivers in Leopard maybe hinting new Macbooks in the horizon. According to MacNN: The company [Apple] has included a full set of recent drivers for Intel’s GMA X3100 integrated graphics chipset, which is only built into the semiconductor firm’s mainboards for notebooks based on the Santa Rosa platform. Apple currently uses Santa [...]
These are the things that I’ll be waiting for in the next two months: Worldwide Developer’s Conference 2006 in San Francisco, California. To be held on August 7 to 11. I’ll be waiting for Mac OS 10.5 codename Leopard. Perhaps a bit excited to see what the Mac Pro will look like. An upgrade to [...]
MWSF Rumors
Jan 9
January 9, 2005, 8:23pm Paul Boutin of BusinessWeek says that persistent rumors are based on what people want and on the products that can be built on the existing technology. He also says that rumors in a way will help Apple decide what product to release next since longstanding rumors would seem to mirror the [...]
Slow Weekend News
Dec 24
First up, let’s get into boredom, as in “people are bored with all the MacIntel rumors.” Next, let’s get into reality, and that people sometimes don’t know what they are getting into. Especially when it comes to buying iPods. Good thing there was a good-looking guy available to enlighten the confused masses ready to shell [...]
Apple’s key events for 2005. No mention of Aperture release. Apple just keeps on trouncing them. From the iPod to the iMac to proposed digital media hubs. Using Linux isn’t all that Thurott trumpets Macs. Says photo and video editing is better than Windows. Someone got the boot because shes uses Macs, and they add [...]
