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Is An $800 Macbook Close Enough, Or Does It Need to Be Multi-touch?

A long rumored product that many people have been demanding, is a low priced Apple netbook or tablet pc. While Apple hasn’t exactly delivered this product, analysts are saying that an $800 Macbook could be sold as part of an aggressive Black Friday sale. Could those holding out for that $800 netbook finally be swayed [...]

Could An iPhone Completely Replace a Tablet Mac?

One of the biggest, and most debated rumors within the last few years has been an Apple tablet, or touch-screen Mac. The rumor continuously garners vast speculation across almost every site that writes about Apple, even picking up mainstream attention. But as Apple continues to focus on global expansion, and subscription based revenue, increasingly powerful [...]

Google Earth Coming to iPhone Shortly, Aussies Have It Now [U]

Cnet reports of an upcoming version of Google Earth which will be available for all iPhone users shortly. With the new application, Google is hoping to replicate much of the desktop richness found in their native Google Earth application, directly on your iPhone.
Google Earth can show rich images of earth, and works instinctively as [...]

iPhone Copy-and-Paste, Maybe Next Time

Apple has released a new iPhone Firmware version (2.2), which includes some substantial enhancements to certain usability scenarios and applications. While a lot of the added eye candy is a welcome addition, still missing from the iPhone, is one little feature called copy-and-paste.

In the new firmware, Apple has enabled full Google Street View, public [...]

Mac Tablet Rumors Are Like Rain, Eventually It’s Going to Happen

In response to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ remarks about Apple’s entry into the netbook category of the computer market, New York Times technology writer John Markoff has revealed information pointing to a confirmed “tablet” or “netbook” from Apple.

The above image is just a mockup/interpretation.
While these tablet “rumors” may eventually come true, if I keep [...]

What Apple Didn’t Announce At the Notebook Event, And Why

Apple released a new line of notebooks at yesterday’s special media event. The new family of laptops delivers enhanced performance and extremely sleek new exterior designs, not to mention an adopted manufacturing process that allows the notebooks to be machined from one piece of aluminum.
But just as the rumor mill loves to do, information and [...]

Briefly: Apple Applies for “Cocoa Touch” Trademark

On Monday, Apple filed a trademark applications for “Cocoa Touch”, the software toolset that was publicly unveiled at WWDC ‘08 in June.
Cocoa Touch allow 3rd party developers to access the iPhone and iPod Touch’s revolutionary Multi-Touch and accelerometer features included in the iPhone SDK Beta Version 2.0 released in March.
Apple has filed with [...]

Apple’s Multi-touch Tablet Techniques Outlined in Company Filing?

AppleInsider claims to have discovered a new company filing, where Apple Inc. showcases a slew of techniques that would enable a revolutionary tablet Mac to run a full version of Mac OS X, as well as be controlled by a full-sized multi-touch keyboard.

Several examples from the filing, which lists Apple industrial design chief Jonathan Ive [...]

[Feature] True Copy-and-Paste Should and Will Only Come From Apple

Copy-and-paste has been a long missing and heavily debated feature on the iPhone. Many analysts have speculated about the reason for its absence, and recently OpenClip.org even offered up a third party framework to allow copy-and-paste between applications on the iPhone. The core feature however will remain missing until Apple officially introduces the way [...]

Macbook Touch? Think Again. Completely Re-vamped Notebook Line Instead?

A recently republished rumor from our friends over at MacDailyNews about an upcoming Macbook Touch has recently attracted major attention across the web. So much so, that even the Wired Gadget Lab, not particularly known for endorsing or spreading mac rumors, has written about the elusive device as well. However, amongst all of the ongoing [...]

What if the iPhone had a Tactile Virtual Keyboard?

A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use. And it may be in development as we speak, just not by Apple.

[feature] Copy-and-Paste still missing in iPhone; Blame Apple’s Obsessive Nature

With the release of Apple’s new iPhone 3G only 3 full days away, the industry is gearing up for another blockbuster release, only this time… It’s Global. Apple has set a goal for itself to sell 10 million handsets by the end of this calendar year and analysts have been clamoring that Apple will shatter [...]

iPorn; giving new meaning to the term “multi-touch”.

The upcoming iPhone may be hiding something in its unmentionables, as the technological feats of 3G speed may bring about a pornucopia. Apple may be blushing while keeping relatively quiet as adult entertainment is one of the most lucrative and controversial uses of handheld devices.
“To date, mobile porn has consisted largely of still images, racy [...]