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What countries have the iPhone

Mac'er — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:34:39 +0000

Earlier this week there was an announcement from apple and Vodafone, that they will be brining the iPhone to more countries. The sales of the iPhone in the last year have been phenomenal and with the extension to 10 more countries it is expected that the high sales numbers will increase. Apple has been questions about their approach to delivering the iPhone to a couple of countries first. Part of this will of course create an even bigger hype once it is finally launched, but a source in Apple said that they simply can’t keep production in line with demand. And their goal at the start was to make sure that they can supply the US market first and then take it from there.

Countries with the iPhone

United States of America
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria.

New Countries getting the iPhone via Vodfone

Australia
Czech Republic
Egypt
Greece
Italy
India
New Zealand
Portugal
South Africa
Turkey

Countries getting the iPhone

Ireland

This roll out has been longer than expected, and in the past months Apples share price has had a high volatility. Last month Apple’s iTunes surpassed WallMart as the top music seller in the US

Apple iPhones starting to sell out, a new one on the way ?

Mac'er — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:00:11 +0000

A story from BusinessWeek suggests that because the apple iPhone is starting to sell out in some Apple Stores, that it’s possible the new version is soon on the way. If stocks are lowering and they are not being replaced, one reason could be that Apple are not giving their stores iPhones v1 because v2 is soon to be on the way. It is also possible that there maybe be a lack of iPhones being manufactured, due to some manufacturing problems.

So there we have it, are they stopping producing the iPhone v1 in order to build up stocks of the newer version. With up to 20 US Apple Stores sold out of the iPhone, and no known date for a restock it has to be looking this way. Bring on the 3G iPhone !

iPhone v2 preview

Mac'er — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:32:27 +0000

Often people have been asking what the iPhone second version will look like. Already this year we’ve seen the iTouch increasing in size options, and now you can get the 32 Gigabyte version. Currently the iPhone only ships with 8GB or 16GB. So the iPhone version 1.5 will at least contain more storage space. In the 2nd round of things we are predicting that the iPhone will decrease in size (weight/thickness and dimensions) and that they will finally add the faster 3G network capability.

We also expect that the display will be at a higher resolution, so that images/movies and internet browsing is easier on your eyes. Granted these are just our predictions and you can never know what Apple will have up.

iPhone V2 Features

Screen size 3.5 inches
Screen resolution 320 by 480 pixels (163 ppi)
Input method Multi-touch
Operating system OS X
Storage 16GB / 32GB
GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz)
Camera 2.5 megapixels (higher quality)
Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR / 3G
Battery* (increased)
- Talk time: Up to 10 hours
- Standby: Up to 300 hours
- Internet use: Up to 10 hours
- Video playback: Up to 9 hours
- Audio playback: Up to 40 hours
Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
Weight 4.5 ounces / 120 grams (lighter)

You will know when the new iPhone comes on the market, because we won’t post a new blog post for quite a few weeks.

Cool Mac Wallpapers

Mac'er — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:54:54 +0000

If you have suddenly become unhappy with your desktop wallpaper, why not try something more creative. Make your own ! Have a look at how these people, in effect, made their desktop transparent, so that you can see the items behind the screen. Doing something like this will really add a sense of depth to your computer.

In the first one you can see the charger and the chairs behind the screen. And see how the cables match up ! It’s absolutely amazing !

Here is a 2nd Generation iPod, and the background screen has been changed (we will bring you details on how to do this in another post). The background screen of the iPod looks like it’s not really there because it matches up with the pieces of paper on the left and right hand side of it.

more of these can be seen here, sadly they are not all Macs, so you have been warned !

New version of the Apple Shuffle

Mac'er — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:52:05 +0000

Earlier today we saw that the 2nd Generation Shuffle was cut in price. This nifty little fellow which doesn’t have a display, and has an integrated clip is a great product.

So now the 1GB shuffle is selling for under $50. Previously it cost $79, and is now selling for $49. And Apple upped the ante by also adding a new product. It’s the 2GB Shuffle , and what’s more it is selling less than that it’s 1GB yesterday, it’s now $69. So for $69 you can have something the is so small and still stores over 500 of your favourite songs. Weighing in at just a grain over 15 grams, this is something you definitely need to check out.

Around the Mac Web on Monday

Mac'er — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:51:31 +0000

Here are some links for this Monday, some things worth reading from around the web :

Tips on how to fix your iPod with a piece of paper from the New York Times. People are coming up with new ways to fix iPods and other apple products
You can visit the food network on your iPhone , from FileUnderAwesome. I wonder how many other cool sites are iPhone-Friendly.
Ryan Block from Engadge fame added a 64Gb SSD (solid state hard disk) to his Mac Book. Ryan includes lots of pictures of the whole process. This baby would probably be the quietest Mac yet.
chris.pirillo.com lists off his top 100 Mac Apps. Time to check these out and see which ones I am missing.
The extensive list of Leopard OS new features can be found on Apple.com.

If you have any news that you would like to send to us, please get in contact !

iPods Evolution

Mac'er — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:51:19 +0000

Here is a great link for everyone on the eve before the 6th birthday of the iPod. Yes, that’s right, the iPod will be 6 years old tomorrow. Over at srslycool.com there is a great post show the changes through the years of the apple iPod. But before we go we will leave you with a picture of the very first iPod that came on the market in 2001. It was released on the 21st October 2001, the 1st gen iPod came in 5Gb and then later 10Gb models and was only compatible with Macs and used Firewire to connect. There wasn’t any USB back then !

What a blast from the past !

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