news of 2003-12-16
AppleInsider: 17" Cinema Display EOL'd
In a news blurb, AI notes that Apple's 17" TFT display may have been EOL'd, paving the way for a displays update at MWSF 2004.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 21:18 CET ]
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What "iPhone" for Christmas?
Yes, there's no Apple iPhone. But there's iSync - and compatible mobile phones. They're fun and work, too. All your PIM data on the go without a PDA, they promise. But which one's right for you? (Attention, we're looking at GSM compatible phones only, being that we're based in Europe.)
SonyEricsson
SE has a few nice phones for you. The T610 and T630 (white T610, basically) are very nice, small mobile phones that have everything. The camera's bad, really, and the screen is not that good in bright sunlight. They work fine with iSync and there's my very own Panther theme for them. The Z600 is the same in clamshell form, but it's really too fat. ;-)
The P900 is a real smartphone and adds a much bigger screen. It's quite nicely shaped and - for such a big phone - looks much better than its predecessor P800, which you might grab for low prices right now.
Nokia
Nokia has only a few Bluetooth-capable phones, and they're all Series 60 based. Which is good. But it also means that there's no competitor to the SE T610/630 from Nokia. All Nokia "iPhones" are bigger.
The N3650 and 3660 (newer) are the bigger, more consumer-oriented phones. The N6600 is the business edition with the newest OS version (2.0). You'll want the latter, if you want Nokia.
Others...
There are a few others around. Siemens is launching (finally) the SX1, a Series 60 phone. But it's too little, too late. On the other end of the scale, there's Sendo's X, which we have praised before.
The Treo 600 is the Palm OS smart phone now sold by PalmOne (initially made by Handspring, which's been bought by Palm). It synchs through iSync with Palm's HotSync. No Bluetooth, but USB.
There are a couple of other iSync compatible phones, but they all lack some basic things. Like style. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:55 CET ]
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PortalPlayer (iPod's OS maker) Photo Edition
TheRegister notes that PortalPlayer Photo Edition is coming along. The new version of iPod's operating system will support JPEG and Motion JPEG formats along with a few effects and supports adding music to slideshows. Sounds like iPod might get iPhoto integration. However: This would take new hardware. Not only because you'll want a colour screen for the photos, but also because the OS needs more processing power.
Also see the interview at EETimes.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:39 CET ]
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What Chris Adamson doesn't want for Christmas...
Chris Adamson writes at MacDevCenter what he doesn't want for Christmas. Nice read. Although some of the items are on my list all the same. ;-)
He lists the following items: Video iPod, Tablet Mac, Apple flat-screen TV, Anything "Extreme", The continued existence of an US-only iTMS. Nice read.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:28 CET ]
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Fixed RSS-Feed.
Thanks to a reader, we have now fixed our RSS-Feed. It should be working just fine with your favourite newsreader application. Now including hyperlinks. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:24 CET ]
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iWrite.
MacRumors.com notes that Apple has trademarked 'iWrite'. Together with our previous rumours of an Apple word processor application at MWSF 2004 (also read our ), this quite probably means: iWrite at MWSF.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:22 CET ]
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PowerMac G5 Firmware Update
Apple has released a firmware update (Version 5.1.4) for the G5 series PowerMacs.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 01:25 CET ]
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Apple seeds 10.3.2 7D24
Yes, yet another build. Apparently, some bugs were found in 7D23 that prevented the build from being released to the public. We're expecting Apple to release the software now to the public, if no more bugs appear.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 00:25 CET ]
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