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MacBook Air update

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Apple to Update MacBook Air to Penryn Soon? – Mac Rumors
The external design is to remain the same, but the new MacBook Air is said to incorporate a new Penryn-class processor “from 2.0GHz and potentially beyond”. To compensate, Apple will be including a higher capacity battery.

In fact, the new revision of the MacBook Air will [...]

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PC Worlds says battery is short but so is everyone else

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, PC World says it is just 5 hours on 3G, but that’s as good as everyone else, so here is to recharging by noon every day!

AppleInsider | iPhone 3G clarifications: battery life, GPS, office apps
Apple’s call time on 3G is much shorter than the 10 hours promised on normal GSM phone networks but has [...]

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1M iPhones and 10M app downloads

July 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

Wow, at this rate of 10 apps per new iphone, this is going to be an amazing platform. The lower price I’m sure really helped. Hope I get mine soon. (Despite the short battery life and I’m going to love the white color!)
Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About
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Blackberry Bold 9000

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Had a long discussion with Mac about Blackberry Bold vs. the iPhone 3G and it is indeed land of riches. Personally, I’m probably more in favor of the iPhone because although it doesn’t have a keyboard, it has a big screen and I find on my iPhone (which I’ve lost! boohoo!) that I can [...]

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First comparison of MacBook Air vs. the Lenovo Thinkpad X300

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

The ultraportables are some of the most interesting improvements being made now. With the X300 out now, you can really make a comparison. The long and short of it is that the X300 looks like a PC rather than a style marvel and has a solid state disk like the MacBook Air option. It does [...]

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