Apple new product rumours and general news

[Pie 1]

if they come with slim, extended-life, non-removable batteries, that really would suck that fat one.

And again, really, really fucking piss off their core pro users.
Eg: Going on professional photo location shoots without back up batteries? Fucks sake.

 

[Pie 1]

Those things aren't just about pretty design, they work and they're built like tanks.

Aye. My MBP's had a trip across Terminal 4, and a 110cm fall - yanked by still attached FW to camera - onto a concrete floor on it's superdrive corner & it's still right as rain.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hope it's nothing too exciting - me and the missus get brand new iPhones tomorrow!

Well there have been a few rumours suggesting an iPhone hd refresh...the thing about the 17 inch Macbook pro is it lacks the wow factor Apple like, really can't see a touch style tablet but can see a iPhone nano coming...

 

[editor]

How many high end PC laptops from 2003 are worth a shit now, I wonder?

Tens of millions, I expect.

Hope it's nothing too exciting - me and the missus get brand new iPhones tomorrow!

Hang on:

But the iPHONE is little more than a toy to me. Good for girls though, makes a handy compact mirror to check makeup or from which to sniff Bolivian marching powder.

LOL!

 

[exleper]

I know it's not very exciting, but I'm interested to see what, if any, kind of changes will be made to the new Mac Mini. I'm a Mini user and have been waiting patiently for an upgrade for ages now - the Mini hasn't received a update for eighteen months, and many people thought it was dropped from the product line.

Rumor has it that it will be black and aluminium, although going by this mock up I certainly hope not:

 

[editor]

I know it's not very exciting, but I'm interested to see what, if any, kind of changes will be made to the new Mac Mini.

One rumour is that it'll get a dual monitor output.

 

[editor]

Here's a moderately amusing distraction:

'Where your Apple tax goes..."

 

[boskysquelch]

One rumour is that it'll get a dual monitor output.

I've also seen physically "thinner" mockups.

no mention of the iWatch?

 

[sim667]

I need to give my 2002 powerbook a good re-install..... Im just too lazy lol.

 

[pk]

Hang on:LOL!

LOL yourself!!

That iPhone comment I made was from 11-06-2008... seven months ago!

Come on Editor, that's pretty desperate, even for you!

Since waaaay back then, my N95 8GB has been fucking up, crashing and the earpiece not working unless I push the slot out, and the iPhone has turned into a reliable 3G machine when it wasn't before.

I need a new phone and as a Mac user need something that will sync with my other gear. Get over it mate!

 

[pk]

I need to give my 2002 powerbook a good re-install..... Im just too lazy lol.

Doesn't take long - back everything up first!!

Overwrite your drive with zeros (it's an option in the system disc version of Disk Utility) then reinstall the software that came with it, then upgrade to Tiger or Leopard (depending on what your model can handle).

Then enjoy a brand new machine!

 

[editor]

That iPhone comment I made was from 11-06-2008... seven months ago!

So what major hardware changes have taken place on the iPhone in the past six months that has suddenly prevented it from being, "little more than a toy" and only "good for girls" to use as a "handy compact mirror to check their makeup" in?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

LOL yourself!!

That iPhone comment I made was from 11-06-2008... seven months ago!

Come on Editor, that's pretty desperate, even for you!

Since waaaay back then, my N95 8GB has been fucking up, crashing and the earpiece not working unless I push the slot out, and the iPhone has turned into a reliable 3G machine when it wasn't before.

I need a new phone and as a Mac user need something that will sync with my other gear. Get over it mate!

Tell me about it, how much searching must he had to have done to find it!?

 

[editor]

Tell me about it, how much searching must he had to have done to find it!?

All of 20 seconds actually.

But thanks for your full o'fail attempt to stir things up. Always a fascinating, and truly valuable on-topic contribution to any thread.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

LOL! It wasn't an attempt to stir it up (but well done for finding an angle to bitch from), it was just amusing that you had to go back 7 months to allege a disparity of opinion, no room for people to change their mind in your world I take it.

 

[editor]

LOL! It wasn't an attempt to stir it up (but well done for finding an angle to bitch from), it was just amusing that you had to go back 7 months to allege a disparity of opinion, no room for people to change their mind in your world I take it.

Not sure why you're shoving your oar in here, but I'd say it's notable when a poster who has really gone to town to tell everyone how shit a product is - slagging it off as a "toy" and being only suitable for "girls" - suddenly announces that he's just ordered two of them.

 

[Pie 1]

thanks for your full o'fail attempt to stir things up.

And digging up a quote from 7 months ago wasn't?

Riiiiiiiiiight.

 

[editor]

And digging up a quote from 7 months ago wasn't?

Riiiiiiiiiight.

It was a perfectly normal response to his iPhone post considering how vehemently anti-iPhone he'd been only six months ago.

After all, it's not like there's been a less 'girly' or a less 'toy-like' version of the phone released since then.

 

[spacemonkey]

There's been a lot of rumours about his supposedly failing health recently.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter.html

Posted a couple of hours ago.

 

[editor]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter.html

Posted a couple of hours ago.

C Net is unimpressed:

OK, it's great to know that he's not facing a cancer recurrence, as some had speculated. Jobs is a tech icon and the industry would be much the poorer were he to retire from the scene.

But this latest PR stunt is going to raise new questions. Not about the exact nature of Jobs' ailment but about the parsimonious way Apple has communicated with the public about the health of its CEO.

Until now, the mantra was "Steve's health is a private matter, Steve is our CEO." The impression Apple wanted to leave was that everything's just fine at the helm. That shaded the truth -- and I'm being charitable here. At this point, how can you trust the official chronology offered up by Jobs and Apple? Even with Monday's statements, I can't call it communication so much as stonewalling.

True to form, Apple won't care a fig what outsiders may think. Just keep on buying and don't bother us with the rest of it. Talk about a reality distortion field.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10131001-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

 

[spacemonkey]

C Net is unimpressed:


http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10131001-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Not sure why you're shoving your oar in here, but I'd say it's notable when a poster who has really gone to town to tell everyone how shit a product is - slagging it off as a "toy" and being only suitable for "girls" - suddenly announces that he's just ordered two of them.

For you maybe but as I said I wouldn't hold it against a previous critic of the iPhone changing their mind.

A case in point for some time I wasn't very impressed with the centro, then changed my mind and bought one! I don't remember you feeling the need to scrutinse my posts for your big lolz...

 

[Sunray]

C Net is unimpressed:


http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10131001-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

What a load of irrelevance.
Steve Jobs at the Helm = People buy Apple stuff if its good.
Steve Jobs not at the helm = People still buy Apple stuff if its good.

Of course Apple does have a history of totally losing it way without him, so share holders are much keener to have him there but there are probably enough people there now that can do his job just fine.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It's just marketing. the stubble, the blue jeans and black top...lose that and their 'one more thing' line looks a bit limp. Which probably explains the new strategy...

 

[pk]

So what major hardware changes have taken place on the iPhone in the past six months that has suddenly prevented it from being, "little more than a toy" and only "good for girls" to use as a "handy compact mirror to check their makeup" in?

Erm, the fact that it's a 3G phone now, since you asked.

I dont recall the precise context of the comments I made seven months ago, but I'd stand by them in regards to the older non-3G phones. These newfangled ones are much more functional for me as I'm permanently on the 3G.
The battery life is better and I bought a solar powered leather case for it to top up the power charge anyway, which should give me 2 days at a time.

And it's a very nice bit of gadget too.

I don't buy shit, you should know that by now Ed.

Oh and here's the link for the solar power case, only £27, bound to save that in charge costs...
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/17272.htm

Who cares anyway?

I like to buy Mac products purely because it's one in the eye for this wanker, who invented nothing and stole everything...

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Oh and here's the link for the solar power case, only £27, bound to save that in charge costs...
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/17272.htm

Useful, but i hope that you have translucent pocket lining (and buttocks) as even if the sun does shine out of your arse it might have trouble getting to the phone.

 

[editor]

The battery life is better and I bought a solar powered leather case for it to top up the power charge anyway, which should give me 2 days at a time.

LOL. That huge slab o'fail is going to be as useful as a chocolate fireguard in the UK.

According to Mobile Fun, which kindly provided my sample, the case's battery should charge full in three hours under the sun. The supplied manual suggests it'll charge a flat iPhone in ten hours.

And the reality? Well, to test it, I left my case connected to a flat iPhone for five full days last week.

They were grey autumn days and the case was behind glass on a window sill -- you wouldn't leave it in the rain, would you? -- but I hoped it'd produce enough power to chat for a few minutes. Maybe half an hour's juice to rearrange my home screen icons. Instead, it produced no electricity at all. Not even enough to turn the iPhone on.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/greentech/0,250000598,10001646,00.htm

Shame you can't use a replaceable battery like every other phone, eh?

 

[Lazy Llama]

As always, The Onion has the scoop on the new Apple product: The Macbook Wheel

 

[pk]

LOL. That huge slab o'fail is going to be as useful as a chocolate fireguard in the UK.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/greentech/0,250000598,10001646,00.htm

Well, not really because it serves as a top up system, not as a sole power source. You can squeeze a further hour or two use out of it as compared with not using one. And you don't need to put it in the direct path of a Sudanese sun, a relatively bright day will suffice.
A day like today would be perfect, for example.
I, unlike you, have researched this properly instead of frantically Googling for any detracting statements without ever having used one or seen one.

Shame you can't use a replaceable battery like every other phone, eh?

You know, for someone who sets themselves up as a gadget reviewer, and indeed is occasionally paid to do so, you are awfully ignorant about the equipment that you claim to be the authority on.

The battery in the iPhone 3G is not soldered as it is in the original iPhone, which makes replacing the battery comparatively simple.

 

[Crispy]

The battery in the iPhone 3G is not soldered as it is in the original iPhone, which makes replacing the battery comparatively simple.

Not on the go it's not.
Although I can't personally remember the last time I actually used the spare battery I have for my phone.