Posts Tagged “Apple”

If you are interested in trying out MobileMe from Apple next month, then you can do it for a little bit cheaper than the $99 it will cost from Apple. You can pick up a copy of the current .Mac at Amazon for $69. Apple will upgrade every .Mac user to the MobileMe service for free, so with this method you can save $30 off the retail price.

Link: .Mac at Amazon

Well today is the day we will finally get confirmation of all the stories and rumors from the past couple of months.  Will there be a new iPhone, a MacBook update, .Mac re-branding?  The list goes on and on.

For some reason there is no live stream of WWDC keynotes.  I’m not sure what the theory is behind this, but it’s annoying to say the least.  However, there are some other sources of WWDC news and live blogging,  that is about as close to live as you can get.  I wanted to list some here for the benefit of anyone who is interested.

• Macrumors: Definitely the best coverage with updates from the Macrumorslive.com site where you won’t have to worry about constantly refreshing the page.
• Arstechnica: Another great site for coverage with plenty of images to go along with the reporting.
• Engadget: More live coverage from the WWDC event.

RapidWeaver 4 from RealMacSoftware was finally released today. It’s a free upgrade to users of 3.6, and a discounted price is available to previous users before that.

RapidWeaver is a revolutionary but friendly piece of web design software made exclusively for the Mac. RapidWeaver creates and publishes beautiful, modern sites that are fully compliant with today’s web standards. Once you’ve created your website, RapidWeaver publishes it to an FTP, SFTP or .Mac server quickly and easily.

The update looks great so far, and hopefully I can give a review in the next couple of weeks.

Link: RapidWeaver 4

It’s pretty much confirmed that a new iPhone will make its public appearance in the next few weeks. Now all the talk is related to the iPhone supporting 3G, which is great, but there are a lot of people, including myself, who will not upgrade just for that. I would hope that the upgrade shows us a host of new features, not just a network speed boost. So with that I wanted to list some features I would like to see added, aside from 3G.

1. GPS. The “Locate Me” feature is nice, but it does not compete with true GPS.

2. Better Camera. A much higher resolution for the iPhone is needed, and it makes such an advanced phone lag behind some others.

3. Video Recording. That pretty much says it all.

These are my top 3 requests. So how about you, what else would you like to see besides a 3G update?

For the past year or so I have been using the older style wireless keyboard from Apple.  I have been quite pleased with it, but after a year of daily use it seemed it was time to replace this.  Since this keyboard is used with my Mac Mini, I headed out to our local Best Buy and picked up one of the new wireless keyboards.  Looking in the aisle you really wouldn’t imagine a keyboard was in a box this this small, but hey, small is what this keyboard is. 

I was a bit hesitant getting the wireless version because I often use the numeric pad and the wireless version doesn’t have that, but the wired version does.  However, I like my desktop to be as clutter-free as possible, so wireless it is!  As usual, Apple keeps it’s packaging to a minimum with the contents just being the keyboard itself, instructions, and a pack of batteries.  The first thing you notice is how thin and light this keyboard is.  Comparing this to my previous Apple keyboard was one of the first things I did, and as you can see in the images below there is quite a difference in size.

The keyboard itself looks like it was pulled right off a MacBook, and feels the same way as well.  It was a bit awkward at first using this keyboard, as my hands seem to cover the entire board, but after a few hours of us that was all behind me.  The keys are smooth and very easy to type with.  One of the things I especially like is the fact that this keyboard is quiet.  Even during a heavy typing session, nobody else in the room would have known I was typing.  Using this with Leopard, the only other thing I had to get used to is the keys for items like activating the Dashboard are now mapped in different locations, but they are clearly marked so it really wasn’t that big of a deal. 

Overall I am very happy with this keyboard.  There really isn’t anything I can complain about other than the lack of a numeric pad.  If you are looking for a compact and light keyboard with Bluetooth capability, then I can highly recommend this product.

Link: Apple Wireless Keyboard