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Future Watch: Macworld 2009

Kyle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:53 +0000

So Macworld has come and gone and as this is the last Macworld..ever.. some exciting news did come out of the otherwise lowkey event.

Just to run down the list quickly iTunes will get new pricing. Starting in April their will be three price points of $0.69, $0.99, and $1.29 that will be chosen by the music company. And by the end of the year all 10 million songs in iTunes libaray will be offered DRM free.

Also for the iPhone iTunes will work over the 3G network and not just WiFi for all your music access while on the go. I for one welcome that.

iWork and iLife have been revamped with numerous upgrades and in the hardware department there is the new 17″ Macbook Pro.

Overall it was okay but nothing stellar. There were rumors about a new upgrade for the Mac Mini and new iPhone and iPod Touch. But I guess we will have to wait later in the year for any of that.

One funny thing happened during this event. Macrumorlive.com got hacked during its blog of the event. It was so bad at one point the whole system came down and after a few hours their main site was working again. I can only guess that their system is a windows server and not a mac server.

Click the link below to be taken to a first look at the new MacBook Pro from the guys at Engadget.com

17″ MacBook Pro – First Look

Future Watch: Macworld 2009 Tomorrow

Kyle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:39 +0000

Well it is almost here. Starting tomorrow 9am PST the last and final Macworld will arrive. Listed below are a few blogs that will host a live blogging session for all your mac needs.

Engadget.com

Macrumorslive.com

Future Watch: Apple’s New Product Rumors

Kyle — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:25:19 +0000

With Macworld less than a month away rumors are flying about possible new annoucements the Apple’s Product Line.

The crew at TUAW claim they’ve heard from sources that a new Mac mini will be unveiled with an aluminum finish, a Time Capsule-esque “lip,” and a SATA optical drive that can be customized as a second HDD instead. Additionally, TechCrunch says it has three independent sources that confirm there’s a large iPod touch is coming next Fall with a 7 or 9-inch screen.

Finally, and possibly related to the TechCrunch rumor, a Taiwan news site claims Quanta Computers is expecting to add Apple and Sony as clients for manufacturing netbooks in 2009.

Again all this is speculation but all more exciting at the possiblilites headed our way from our friends at Apple.

Read – Large form iPod touch to launch Fall ‘09
Read – Rumor watch: new Mac mini go for launch
Read – Quanta expects zero YoY NB shipment growth in Q4, 2008