A great video that shows how much Apple’s design has changed in 30 years. But yes, the Macintosh is still awesome.
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AppChest: Manage Your Licenses, Find Hot Deals - Review and Giveaway!
One of the greatest things about the App Store is that you don’t have software licenses to keep. You have an account, you purchase apps, those apps are tied to your account. No paid upgrades to keep track of across mailboxes, no registration emails, in-app purchases at best. That’s why people buy applications in the App Store: because it’s simple and you only have to setup a Paypal account or enter your credit card details.
The same cannot be said about the Mac: there’s no unified store, and if you want an app you have to visit the developer’s website and download it. You have a license for each app, and storing all of them in a single location can be a huge time waster. That’s why softwares like AppChest come in handy and, guess what, we’ve got 5 (ahem) licenses to give away.
Nokia Makes Fun of Apple with “How do you hold your Nokia?”
Steve Jobs says that the antenna problem is common to every smartphone out there, and you can believe him or not. What about other smartphone makers though? How do they face this “situation” Apple created with the iPhone 4?
Well, you can come out like Nokia did and try to make fun of Apple with a blog post titled “How do you hold your Nokia?”, assuring your customers that there’s no right or wrong way to hold a phone. They even posted some sort of gallery showing all the different ways to hold a Nokia cellphone.
White iPhone in UK Store? It Was a Review Unit.
Apple Sells 1.7 Million iPhone 4 Units in 3 Days
Apple has just issued a press release announcing that they have sold 1.7 iPhone 4 units in 3 days. In the press release, Steve Jobs says that the iPhone 4 launch has been the most successful in Apple’s history and they apologize to all those people who haven’t been able to buy an iPhone 4. No official word about the “antenna issues” yet.
As for the July launch in 18 more countries, it is still scheduled by the end of next month.
Check out the full press release after the break.
Caffeinated App: A NetNewsWire Theme
Remember Caffeinated app? It’s an upcoming Google Reader app for Mac which we previewed last year, and the developers are still working hard to get a first alpha version out there.
In the meantime though, you can get the look of Caffeinated with this good-looking theme for NetNewsWire created by Francesco Papagno over at MacDev. Just download it and install it like any other NNW theme.
For Caffeinated updates, follow @caffeinatedapp on Twitter.
July iPhone 4 Release Date Spotted on Orange Website?
Apple hasn’t announced the official July release date for the iPhone 4 yet, but there are a few hints suggesting that it might launch between July 15 and July 31. Remember the white iPhone? Apple said it would launch by the second half of July because they’re having some problems manufacturing it. Then, some providers have already removed their iPhone 3GS plans from their homepages and said new plans for “something new” are coming “soon”.
Now, ApfelBlog has discovered some strings in Orange’s website (the provider that carries the iPhone 3GS in Switzerland) which report that the iPhone 4 is “not available yet but will launch on July 31”.
Kindle App Gets Video and Audio Support
Last night Amazon announced an update for its official Kindle app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to add support for embedded audio and video in books. The first books to support the enriched audio & video experience include Les Miserables, Together We Cannot Fail and Best of Beatles. It’s available in the App Store here.