World of Apple

As announced in todays Keynote Apple have released 10.4.4. As promised the new widgets are included along with the following fixes:

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Apple describes the remote as:

Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. You also get a set of earphones with a shorter cable that’s a perfect fit for the remote. Compatible with iPod nano and iPod with video.

iLife ‘06 is now featuring a new program called iWeb, making publishing all your media to the net very easy.

iPhoto has introduced Photocasting and Garageband now has the facility to create your own video Podcasts.

iWork has seen updates to its Keynote and Pages applications but no new application, the apps boast no shocking features.

.Mac now has much more integration with the iLife suite now, in particular the new iWeb application.

In another shock announcement Apple announced its first Intel Desktop as the iMac. The iMac features are identical the recent revision expect it boasts Intel’s Core Duo.

17 inch - 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo - $1299
20 inch - 2GHz Intel Core Duo - $1699

Apple today announced in a shocking Keynote that it will ship a brand new MacBook Pro in February, the first Intel processor laptop from Apple.

The books will come in the following specs:

1.67GHz InteL Core Duo - $1999

• 15.4-inch TFT display with 1440×900 resolution
• 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
• 667MHz frontside bus
• 512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
• 80GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory

1.83GHz InteL Core Duo - $2499

• 15.4-inch TFT display with 1440×900 resolution
• 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
• 667MHz frontside bus
• 1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
• 100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory

We’re not sure which revisions this applies too but its definitely updated some new PowerBooks. The update weighs in at 820KB and is described with the following sentence; ” aids the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook battery in performing at full capacity.”

A few weeks ago the 1GB shuffle disappeared off the radar and everybody shouted “update” well now its back, although its carrying lead times of 3-4 days.

The question is are Apple putting up that message to hold people off for a few more days until MWSF or are they genuine and actually did run out of stock. Only time will tell but an update just doesn’t fit the line up at this point in time.

This new AirPort firmware update contains versions 5.7 and 6.3 for the Extreme and Express base stations, respectively.

For more information on using AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express with your Internet account, contact your ISP or go to the AppleCare Knowledge Base at: www.apple.com/support

Apple are giving much better descriptions of updates now a days.

Apple is today adding further content to the iTunes Music Store, the content comes from the following networks, ABC Entertainment, Touchstone Television, ABC Family, ABC News, Buena Vista, SOAPnet, Disney Channel and some Walt Disney feature animations.

In particular the addition of ESPN and ABC Sports adds the first sport related content to the store, and much more is expected later in the month.

“Our mission is to serve fans wherever they are by delivering high-quality content across dozens of multi-media platforms, now including the iTunes Music Store and viewing on the iPod,” said George Bodenheimer, ESPN and ABC Sports President and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks. “We are thrilled to be the first content provider to offer sports content on iTunes.”

Additionally, free, ad-supported video podcasts from ABC News will be available, including daily segments from “Good Morning America” and the “World News Tonight” webcast, as well as ABC News Now’s “Money Minute,” “Medical Minute” and “Buzz Cut.”

Apple has today released Bluetooth Firmware Update for 10.4.3 which improves performance and reliability issues. The update is available in Software update or via the Apple Support website.

The update weighs in at about 1.5MB.