It’s a big deal when you’re the CEO of a company whose networks are straining under iPhone 4 pre-orders, dropped calls, and overall spotty 3G performance. Yet Randall Stephenson remains optimistic about the future of AT&T and Apple, and had rather positive things to say about Apple’s iPad.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Apple & Network Improvements
iPhone 4 Shipping Slips to July 2nd in the UK
What a day for Apple: they launched pre-orders for the iPhone 4 and Apple.com collapsed. They released the new Mac mini. They released the official Apple Store app for iPhone. They even pushed Mac OS X 10.6.4 online.
But the big news still remains the iPhone 4, which turns out it’s already a smashing success, at least considering the huge amount of pre-orders.
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.4
Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.6.4. It’s available in Software Update and comes as a 313 MB download. Check out the full changelog after the break.
GameSalad is a Game Creation Tool for Mac, iPhone, and iPad
If you’re not impressed with the games at this week’s E3, why not make your own? TUAW reports that GameSalad gives anyone the ability to create games for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. If you’ve ever wanted to create the platform adventure of your dreams, this is your chance. Though TUAW admits,
“Apparently, lots of people have that know-how, because there are already over 700 games that have used GameSalad’s development kit to bring their titles to the App Store. Herring showed me a few of them, and while they were playable, none of them really intrigued me. It’s tough to blame GameSalad for that, though; most of the fault on the games that I played came from the creators, not the tools.”
Hopefully we’ll see someone put these tools to good use, and in the meantime you can check it out for yourself here.
[via TUAW]
OnLive Reveals Launch Titles, Macs and iPad to Get Console Gaming
Cloud based gaming is about to become a reality with the launch of OnLive on June 17th. This week is going to be huge for the video game industry, and OnLive hopes to bring gaming to everyone (on any platform) with their unique approach to gaming. As Macworld reports,
“For the unfamiliar, OnLive is a cloud computing based service that places the burden of processing on OnLive’s servers, not on your computer. This new technology effectively allows OnLive to use any Intel-based Mac as a high-end gaming machine.
The OnLive Game Service is available in two different forms—either through a “MicroConsole”—only about the size of a deck of playing cards—that plugs into your TV and uses your broadband Internet connection, or through your Mac or a PC connected to the Internet and configured with a small browser plug-in available for download from OnLive’s Web site. (source)”
The 1MB client available for the Mac (That’s right - 1MB) allows users to connect to OnLive to try out demos for free, with full titles ranging from $5 to $59 in price.
Glims Is Now Compatible with Safari 5
Glims is one of the most popular plugins ever made for Safari. It allows you to customize every little bit of your browser, like tab and linksbehavior, search engines, fullscreen settings and more. Before extensions for Safari 5, there was Glims. And Safari 5 broke it. But fortunately for us, it’s back and compatible with Safari 5.
Latest Apple Job Listing Is Kind Of Intriguing
I can’t help but being excited when I see a new and interesting job listing on Apple.com: it makes me think of what’s coming next for us and what the folks over at Cupertino are working on.
Cheng Uei Precision to Supplement Chinese Apple Stores with 100 of Their Own
T.C. Gou, the younger brother of Hon Hai Precision (parent company of Foxconn & Cheng Uei Precision) President Terry Gou, wants to open a chain of 100 retail stores that will sell Apple products. While Apple themselves are already expanding in the Asian country, Cheng Uei is prepared to sell Apple products as an official reseller.
The New All Aluminum Mac mini with HDMI
While all of us expected to awaken to iPhone 4 pre-orders, none of us expected a rather serious Mac mini update that’s available online and in stores this morning. Their smallest Mac now features HDMI out and an SD Card Slot - big upgrades for the tiny desktop that make it suitable for hooking up to the big screen. Also included is our usual Nvidia 320M integrated graphics, and the choice of a 2.4GHz or 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo processor, making it 2x faster than the previous model. Firewire 800 also stays on the Mac Mini, but it has lost a USB port with the feature updates - which is fine by me.
But Mac fans such as myself are most excited with Apple’s amazing visual refresh, which casts the Mac mini in an 1.4-inch-thin unibody all-aluminum enclosure over a round rubber panel that allows customer access to replacing RAM. The Apple team completely reinvented the guts by including a new green, space saving power supply which completely eliminates the need for the brick - all you need now is a single straight cable. A powerhouse that only consumes 10 Watts of energy when idle (85W when active), the Mac mini is also Apple’s most energy friendly Mac yet. Cupertino, this is a job well done.