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Cydia developer planning independent iPhone App Store, others planning jailbreak service, adult app store

Looks like the jailbroken iPhone app scene is about to get seriously interesting — not only is Cydia is going from package repository to full-fledged app store, a new jailbreaking service called Rock Your Phone is set to launch, and there’s a planned adults-only app store. Details are light on the others, but the Cydia [...]

AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule gain MobileMe sharing support

New versions of Apple’s wireless base stations supporting USB shared hard drives — AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule — have gained remote file sharing features via MobileMe. A firmware update is also expected to extend the feature to previous-generation models.
Back to My AirPort
“Say you’re traveling and you need a file on your Time Capsule back [...]

Mac Pro – Apple Store (Canada)

Select your Mac Pro.

Quad-Core

8-Core

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor

Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors

3GB (three 1GB) memory

6GB (six 1GB) memory

640GB hard drive 1

640GB hard drive1

18x double-layer SuperDrive

18x double-layer SuperDrive

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB

Ships: 4 business days

Ships: [...]

iMac – Apple Store (Canada)

Select your iMac.

20-inch: 2.66GHz

24-inch: 2.66GHz

24-inch: 2.93GHz

24-inch: 3.06GHz

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

2GB memory

4GB memory

4GB memory

4GB memory

320GB hard drive1

640GB hard drive1

640GB hard drive1

1TB hard drive1

8x double-layer SuperDrive

8x double-layer SuperDrive

8x double-layer SuperDrive

8x double-layer SuperDrive

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 256MB memory

NVIDIA [...]

Apple Store is down | 9 to 5 Mac

Looks like today is the day.

The bad news: No event means nothing revolutionary, just upgrades.
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Apple ready with new Time Capsules, AirPort Extremes

Apple is poised to introduce new versions of its Time Capsule wireless backup appliance and AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless routers, regulatory filings with the Federal Communications Commission reveal.
A filing for a new AirPort Express (ID Label diagram) was originally lodged in January and granted on Monday, while a filing for a new Time Capsule (ID [...]

Were we wrong…. New machines tomorrow?

Hardmac and OneMoreThing.nl (via Macrumors) are reporting on new iMac and Mac Mini specs to be released tomorrow.

The new iMac models and their corresponding references:
- MB417: Entry level model
- MB418: “Mass market” model
- MB419: high-end model
- MB420: ultimate model
- one 20″ model, three 24″ models
- 20″ 2 GB DDR3 memory, 24″ 4 GB DDR3 memory [...]

Apple Event, March 24th? Desktop..hardware..finally? | 9 to 5 Mac

World of Apple and My Apple Guide are both calling March 24th as the day we’ll finally see some new hardware from Apple.  Rather than discuss the track records of these sites, let’s just hope shall we?  Oh, and we’ve been hearing roughly the same time frame without specific dates.  It is about, um, time.

Via [...]

Why Apple must do a Netbook now | Fully Equipped

Mac OS X loading onto the Dell Mini 9.
(Credit: Gizmodo)
My brother-in-law Ken IM’d me the other day with this message: “Did you see they’re loading OS X on Netbooks?” He sent me a link to a Gizmodo article that explained how to hack a Netbook into running Apple’s OS X. He also pointed me [...]

Availability of Apple’s high-end iMac starting to fade

The number of digital storefronts reflecting availability of Apple’s high-end iMac configuration is dwindling this week in yet another sign that long-overdue updates to the all-in-one desktop line may be inching their way closer to market.
We picked up on the trend while making routine updates to our Mac Price Guide throughout the week. Having been [...]