November 18th, 2008 | Published in Music
Q-Tip’s Gettin’ Up music video is this week’s Apple’s Music Video of the Week. Meaning it’s free for download in the iTunes Store.
If you haven’t purchased Q-Tip’s latest album, The Renaissance, you may do so by purchasing it here on iTunes, or via Amazon.
October 14th, 2008 | Published in TV, Technology
If you don’t know already, Apple has just announced its new line of MacBooks[1] earlier at 10 this morning in Cupertino. Today’s line is a completely new build from the ground-up, starting with its “unibody” approach.
Other than the unibody being totally new to the line as well as the industry, I am liking the following on the MacBooks:
Though these are nice upgrades, the price went up to $1299 for the MacBooks. If I was in need of a new laptop/notebook computer, this would be the best pick. It’s just too bad it doesn’t have an ExpressCard/34 slot like how the MacBook Pros have them. It would be great to have for those people who take their MacBooks on vacation or on trips and wanting to edit/backup/upload their photos from their SD-based media cards (like the one I have for my Canon PowerShot) along with a card read for the slot.
You may get more information and/or watch the video via apple.com/macbook/. If you don’t know which MacBook is for you, click here to compare them at a quick glance.
Update
If you are leaning towards buying a MacBook Pro and need the quick rundown of the new bells and whistles, click here to read up The Apple Blog’s review about it.
September 24th, 2008 | Published in Technology
Apple recently posted a notice that it is recalling the ultracompact USB power adapters that came with the iPhone 3G.
Users with ultracompact power adapters should immediately stop using them until they exchange them for a new, redesigned ultracompact adapter.
I didn’t know about this till Biggy mentioned it last night. Supposedly, AT&T sent a text message out as early as September 19th. I didn’t receive anything from them regarding the recall and wasn’t alone as some people I know also didn’t get it. I freakin’ have been using it quite often when I need to charge overnight next to my bed. Geez… that’s damn dangerous.
Anyways, if you recently purchased an iPhone 3G, you should be okay if you have a green dot on the bottom of the adapter (near the prongs), like below:
For those of us who have purchased a while back, we’ll need to stupendously wait for about 3-weeks to get them swapped for the fixed/updated ones. There will be 2-ways to get the exchange:
Though it sucks for those who use the adapter mainly to charge their iPhones, people just have to take care and know the risk. If you are still doing so because you either don’t have a USB port to use, or a car charger, you may use the USB power adapters that came with iPods, or get some from DealExtreme.com or like the ones from Amazon below:
Good luck and be careful.
September 11th, 2008 | Published in Events
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September 9th, 2008 | Published in Technology
Not to be outdone by the new colorful and surprisingly thin iPod Nanos, the second generation iPod Touch made its debut as well in Apple’s September 2008 Special Event entitled “Let’s Rock”.
So what’s so different, a new body. The new iPod Touch looks like it came from Quicksilver’s board. It definitely got some ideas for the iPhone 3G’s contour, but its shiny and made from polished stainless steel. I won’t be surprised if we see Apple comes out with this chasis on the iPhone 3G in the Winter (pending the sale of the new iPod Touch of course).
Other new features are:
Noting the built-in wireless support for Nike+, this sucks if Apple can’t just push a firmware update for iPhone 3G owners. I won’t necessarily be running with an iPhone as its freaking just too much to worry about and a distraction, but it just makes sense and a goodie for all Apple fans alike.
In terms of price-point, if comparing with the previous one, the new iPod Touch starts at $229 (8GB model) and is definitely worth the upgrade if you are looking to have the feature-set of the iPhone 3G w/o the phone. Now, if being compared against the iPhone 3G and basing on the fact that you are also looking for a phone, I don’t think its a good buy. Other than the subscription fee to a mobile carrier, the only feature that the new iPod Touch has over the iPhone 3G would probably be its built-in wireless integration with Nike+ (for now). With that said, if in the situation I just stated, I would still get an 8GB iPhone 3G over this new iPod Touch.
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