Slashdot: AppleNews for nerds, stuff that mattersApple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells- June 30, 2008 An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is highlighting the astonishing cost of Apple laptop hardware upgrades, compared to Dell — in some instances, Apple is charging 200% more for upgraded components, such as memory and hard disks. Either there's a serious difference in the quality of components being used, or Apple is quite literally ripping off those who aren't able to upgrade hardware themselves."Read more of this story at Slashdot.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~3/323262817/article.pl iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFiVoIP Switching- June 30, 2008 alias420 writes "You can save on long distance and air time with the new 3G iPhone. iPhone Hacks has the scoop on an upcoming iPhone 2.0 App named 'iCall', that will let you switch between VoIP and normal GSM calls anywhere in North America. You can check out their recently released video proof of call switching in action . This software requires no hacks and will be completely official. Here is a little quote from the developer: 'We are part of the Apple iPhone developer program. This is not...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~3/323066536/article.pl |