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Macworld | iPhone Central | iPhone software 2.0 on Apple’s servers

eric — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:24 GMT

Got an iPhone? You can get the 2.0 software today through the link in this article.

Quoted: Several Mac users have found iPhone Software 2.0 on Apple's servers.

iPod/iPhone join United's mile-high club | 9 to 5 Mac

eric — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:11:29 GMT

United Airlines will be offering iPod connectivity to their in-flight entertainment systems. You can now use your iPod nano to watch on the 15.4" screen. Nice!

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Kleiner Perkins Anounces $100 million iFund for iPhone Applications

eric — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:08:38 GMT

As Sung Park would say, "Holy Poop." John Doerr, legendary VC, took the stage to announce $100 million in fund to develop apps on the iPhone platform. That's a big deal. The iPhone will transform the mobile experience in the next 12 months much more than it has since it was introduced.

Quoted: John Doerr took the stage today at Apple's announcement of its iPhone software developer kit and announced a $100 million fund to invest ...

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Spindle: Amazon's Secret Plan To Beat iTunes | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

eric — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:16:09 GMT

Speculation on where Amazon might take the Kindle platform development next... MUSIC! A device with wireless subscription access to all music would be great!

Quoted: 1. Make its MP3 store global. 2. Make a WWAN-equipped MP3 player hooked into the music store, a la Kindle. 3. Profit. Profit like God-damned crazy.

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Apple Q1: The iPod Has Left The Building (AAPL) - Silicon Alley Insider

eric — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:55:42 GMT

Can it really be that the iPod's glory days are already behind it? Probably... It just goes to show how quick hardware advantages are monetized and evaporated.

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Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface

eric — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:32:53 GMT

Google has launched an iPhone skinned version of their apps. Looks quite nice.

Quoted: We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the ...

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Rejected iPod Engravings

eric — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:13:34 GMT

A collection of funny things Apple WILL NOT engrave for you on your ipod.

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Office 2008 for Mac to feature iPhone sync capability | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

eric — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:31:12 GMT

Office 2008 for Mac will have iPhone sync capabilities built in. I am looking forward to when Apple actually announces their licensing of the Microsoft AppleSync protocol (mentioned at the bottom of this story post).

Quoted: Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick.

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How to View TiVo Recordings on Your Mac or iPod | Mac Geekery

eric — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:58:29 GMT

Getting shows off your tivo and onto a mac or ipod. The Tivo series 3 was not approved with tivotogo which exists on the series 2. Major bummer that we have to resort to the command line to get this all done now.

Update: just found that tivo series 3 is getting tivotogo in November. I'll stop my whining until I see what sort of DRM it comes with!

Quoted: How to View TiVo Recordings on Your Mac or iPod | Mac Geekery

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iPhone Revisted (Verdict: Don't Buy) - Gizmodo

eric — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:02:20 GMT

I was enthusiastic about all the hacked improvements to an iPhone but it appears as if Apple is not going to allow them. This pushes any potential purchase for myself further out. Boooo Apple!

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