MacRumors : Mac News and Rumorsthe mac news you care aboutiPhone 2.1 Reactions and Additional Features- September 15, 2008 Apple released the long awaited iPhone 2.1 firmware upgrade on Friday. The release has been met primarily with praise from MacRumors commenters. Many existing issues have been addressed including the highly publicized security issue, stability issu...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/15/iphone-2-1-reactions-and-additional-features/ 2nd Generation iPod Touch Does Work With Microphone- September 14, 2008 Forum user pismodude2 was able to confirm that the 2nd generation iPod Touch will allow microphone input and work with existing microphone-enabled applications. He was able to use a 3rd party microphone headset to input audio into his new iPod Touch...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/13/2nd-generation-ipod-touch-does-work-with-microphone/ Apple's App Store Rejection Policies Raise Concerns- September 13, 2008 When the App Store was first introduced, Apple specified that apps would have to be approved before being allowed into the App Store. The reasoning for this approval process was to weed out applications that were against Apple's terms of service. ...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/13/apples-app-store-rejection-policies-raise-concerns/ iPhone 2.1 Firmware Now Available Updated- September 12, 2008 As promised, Apple has released the iPhone 2.1 firmware through iTunes this morning. The iPhone 2.1 firmware contains the following updates as listed by Apple: - decrease in call set-up failures and call drops - signifi...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/12/iphone-2-1-firmware-now-available/ Microsoft's Next Seinfeld Ad Airs: 'New Family'- September 12, 2008 Tonight, Microsoft aired the second of a series of new ads featuring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The long version of the ad (4m 30s) is embedded above via YouTube and a high quality version is available at Microsoft.com. ...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/11/microsofts-next-seinfeld-ad-airs-new-family/ Despite NBC's Return, Apple and NBC Still Disputing Claims- September 12, 2008 At the "Let's Rock" media event, Steve Jobs announced that NBC had returned to iTunes after being absent from the online store for almost a year. The removal of NBC shows from iTunes was the result of a very public dispute between the the two compa...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/11/despite-nbcs-return-apple-and-nbc-still-disputing-clai... Macworld San Francisco 2009 Registration Opens- September 11, 2008 IDG World Expo has announced that registration for Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF) has opened for attendees. Macworld San Francisco is an annual Apple-focused expo taking place between January 5th-9th, 2009 and at the Moscone Center...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/11/macworld-san-francisco-2009-registration-opens/ iPod Nano, Touch Disassembled. iPod Touch has a Bluetooth Chip.- September 10, 2008 iPod Nano disassembly iPod Touch disassembly iFixit has posted disassembly photographs of the iPod Nano and iPod Touch. These disassembly photos are common after new products are released and provide readers an interest...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/10/ipod-nano-touch-disassembled-ipod-touch-has-a-bluetoot... Apple Notebook Updates on October 14th 120GB MacBook Air HDD- September 10, 2008 Apple's "Let's Rock" media event yesterday refreshed their entire iPod line. When asked about the lack of Mac news in an interview, Jobs pointed out it was a music focused event. Many readers, however, are anxiously awaiting the new notebook revis...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/10/apple-notebook-updates-on-october-14th-120gb-macbook-a... iPod Touch Gets an External Microphone- September 10, 2008 Apple introduced the new iPod Touch yesterday which contained a couple of minor hardware tweaks over the previous model. Most notably, this included a built-in speaker and volume control buttons which were both absent on the 1st generation iPod Tou...http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/10/ipod-touch-gets-an-external-microphone/ |