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Apple iPhone v2

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About
announced new features of Firmware 2.0 and the SDK, including: – contact searching – complete iWork document support – complete Office document support (now includes PowerPoint) – bulk delete and move for Mail – save images you receive – scientific calculator in landscape mode – parental controls – language Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors [...]

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Intel Nehalem 20-50% faster due in 2009

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Early Version of Intel’s Nehalem Benchmarked, Much Faster than Penryn – Mac Rumors
Anandtech had access to a 2.66GHz Nehalem processor which they pitted against a 2.66GHz Penryn processor. Performance improvements ranged from 20-50% faster for the Nehalem chip. h.264 video encoding was tested and saw a 44% speed boost on Nehalem vs Penryn on the [...]

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Mac marketshare 66% of computers above $1,000 at retail

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About
eWeek first reported on an interesting breakdown of Apple’s retail marketshare. According to numbers from the NPD Group, Apple’s Q1 2008 retail (brick and mortar) reached 14%. Note that by limiting it to retail, they’ve excluded online sales and institutional/enterprise sales.

Chart from eWeek
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Free iPhone Wifi at Starbucks

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

Hey a big incentive to learn how to make iPhone’s a proxy server for your laptop!
AT&T Officially Lists Wi-Fi Hotspot Access with iPhone Plans – Mac Rumors AT&T’s iPhone website (under ‘Plans’ tab) has been updated to reveal that each iPhone plan now includes access to their “more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks [...]

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