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Top five iPhone gripes

by Dave Caolo (Jul 11th, 2008)

Yes, the iPhone is today's "it girl." Everyone wants to see and be seen with her. But life with the iPhone isn't all champagne and bon-bons. Here are our Top 5 iPhone Gripes. If yours isn't on the list, please let us know. 5. No multimedia text messages My parents live in Florida, because they're ...

In store iPhone 3G activation only a myth?

by Scott McNulty (Jul 11th, 2008)

In addition to the boatload of tips we've gotten about iPhone activation being down, we have also seen a number of reports from folks buying iPhones at AT&T stores. It would seem that since activation is down AT&T is selling people iPhones and telling them to activate them at home. Very ...

Taking the Plunge: Updating to iPhone 2.0 Software Early

by Chris Ullrich (Jul 10th, 2008)

As was previously pointed out here at TUAW, the 2.0 firmware update for current iPhone and iPod Touch users has leaked out a bit early. Some have already taken the plunge and installed it. Still others are waiting for the "official" version from Apple to be released before going ahead and ...

Apple posts App Store info: syncing and App Store troubleshooting

by Scott McNulty (Jul 10th, 2008)

Apple has posted to KB articles that might be of some interest to the iPhone crazed out there: Syncing Applications from the App Store and Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store (which basically says you should delete the troublesome app and re-install it). The syncing article ...

MobileMe launch pushed back two hours

by Dave Caolo (Jul 9th, 2008)

Yesterday, we noticed that the .Mac status page listed a MobileMe launch date and time of July 9th between 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. PT. Tonight, there seems to have been a change. As of this writing, the .Mac status page says, "MobileMe Launch: 7/9/2008, 8pm-2am PT -- As part of the MobileMe launch, ...

Apple To Ship 2.5 Million Macs Thanks to Vista?

by Chris Ullrich (Jul 8th, 2008)

With all the current hype surrounding the imminent release of both the upgrade to Apple's .Mac service, now to be forever known as MobileMe, and Friday's launch of the new, improved iPhone version 2.0, let's not forget that Apple also makes other types of hardware that seems to be selling pretty ...

Elgato says no to voluntary DRM broadcast flags

by Erica Sadun (Jul 2nd, 2008)

Yesterday, I was reading through our sister site TV Squad and saw this post about Broadcast Flags that prevent PCs from recording shows. Broadcast flags, which are signals sent in a digital TV data stream, indicate whether shows should or should not be recorded by third party equipment such as PVRs. ...

MacMix Promo to bring super deals for your Mac app fix

by Cory Bohon (Jun 30th, 2008)

Applications on the Mac give you this warm, fuzzy feeling when you download and unpack their .dmg (or .zip) files. "Make Your Own Mac Mix" hopes to make this feeling even better by offering deals in the form of discount tiers for buying Mac applications. You will be able to choose between 27 "high ...

Happy Birthday, iPhone

by Cory Bohon (Jun 29th, 2008)

Yes, it is hard to believe, but our pal the iPhone will be 1 year old at 6 pm EST today. The iPhone has undergone many changes over the past year: from generating all the hype and buzz to being the best way to do everything on-the-go. The original iPhone sold at 6 p.m. (in each time zone across the ...

TUAW Review: Dymo DiscPainter

by Steven Sande (Jun 29th, 2008)

I have a mountain of CDs and DVDs in my office. Some of them are in sleeves, others are stacked on spindles. For the most part, my disc labeling consists of grabbing a Sharpie ultra-fine-point marker and scrawling something right on the top of the disc. I've tried sticky labels before, but stopped ...

Me.com email addresses online?

by Steven Sande (Jun 28th, 2008)

Macrumors.com is reporting that for some .Mac users, using a me.com email address seems to be working. For instance, if your .Mac account name is username, sending an email to username@me.com works the same as sending one to username@mac.com. Your mileage may vary -- as of 8:35 PM EDT on Saturday, ...

WALL?E - Robot with the heart of a Mac

by Steven Sande (Jun 27th, 2008)

Several TUAW readers have reported after seeing midnight showings of Disney-Pixar's new and highly-rated movie WALL•E that when the robot boots up, he makes the standard Mac startup sound. That's not the only Apple connection with the movie. Of course, Steve Jobs is the largest single ...

iTunes 7.7 to include remote control capabilities?

by Cory Bohon (Jun 26th, 2008)

Along with the new iPhone SDK 8 beta that came out tonight, Apple also shipped a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 to developers in the iPhone Dev Program. iTunes 7.7 is a requirement for the new iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 firmware; it also appears to include a new remote control feature. According ...

Final Cut Server Update 1.1

by Cory Bohon (Jun 26th, 2008)

In addition to the Pro Applications update tonight, Apple also issued an update for Final Cut Server. Final Cut Server 1.1 address "issues with the check in/check out process for Final Cut Pro projects." In addition, double-byte character sets are now fixed and overall reliability has improved. ...

iPhone SDK Beta 8 Released

by Robert Palmer (Jun 26th, 2008)

Apple has released iPhone SDK Beta 8 (9m2199) in preparation for launching the iPhone App Store in the near future. Additionally, iPhone beta certificates issued before June 9 have also expired. Applications must be associated with a certificate issued after June 9 in order to work with the ...