Apple Back-to-School Promotion & New MacBook specs
Today, Apple launched it’s annual Back-to-School promotion for U.S. educational customers. This year’s sale, offers rebates on Apple’s full line of iPods, up to 9 (depending on which iPod you choose…) In any case, a purchase of any new mac qualifies as long as its not a Mac Mini. Rebate Amounts are as follows:
- iPod Touch - 9
- iPod Classic 120GB - 9
- iPod nano 16GB - 9
- iPod nano 8GB - 9
- iPod shuffle 4GB -
In order to qualify for the rebate, you must purchase the computer plus the iPod at the same time on the same receipt and purchases must be made through Apple or a qualifying Authorized Campus Store. The sale ends on September 8, 2009.
- Processor up to 2.13 Ghz from 2.0 Ghz
- Ram up to 800 Mhz from 667 Mhz
- Hard drive size increased to 160 GB from 120 GB
All while maintaining its price of 9. Yes, a modest bump, but one I’ll take regardless…So, if you’re on the fence on whether to go mac or not, now might be a good time, take advantages of these rebates and minor upgrade to the MacBook.
‘Face Match’ Brings Facial Recognition to Your iPhone
iPhone developer PolarBearFarm released Face Match [{content}.99] to the App Store yesterday. The app promises to bring the feature similar to Apple’s iPhoto facial recognition to your iPhone.
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MacRumors: Photos of Next Gen iPhone in Action? Auto-Focus and Compass
A Chinese-language blog UMPCFever posted what it claims are the first photos of the next generation iPhone in action. According to the rough automated translation these images show the new iPhone but as it is a prototype the external design …
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Apple announces this yeara s Back-to-School offer
Students who purchase a new Apple computer will be given a free iPod Touch to go with it.
Why We are Keen on iPod
Are you aware of iPod? If you are not, you have dropped behind this rapid-growing world.
Keep tabs on iPhone rumors with Top-Tens app
Top-Tens, a reference app that lets users follow lists of their interests and hobbies, has added a list of top rumored features for the next iPhone.
Review: PocketGuitar for iPhone
PocketGuitar, which mimics a guitar fretboard and provided various types of guitar sounds, takes the metaphor a little too literally. Because of the size of the iPhone’s screen, you can only access a few frets at a time, and you can’t slide up and down the fretboard gracefully. Guitar players will find this app frustrating.
Apple quietly updates $999 MacBook, again — goes back to school with free iPod touch
Shh, don’t tell the press but Apple just bumped the specs on its entry-level white MacBook again .
New iPhone Design: Same as It Ever Was
Soon after the iPhone OS 3.0 beta was released, developers were quick to find data strings which hinted at Apple’s future hardware plans for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Review: iCab Mobile for iPhone
Rob Griffiths takes a look at iCab Mobile, a feature-rich third-party browser for the iPhone.
Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour for iPhone
Packed with options, numerous courses, top-notch graphics, and an impressive soundtrack, Tiger Woods PGA Tour will delight golf fans and non-golfers alike.
Matte Finish & Enhanced 3G in Next Generation iPhone?
If MacRumors.com is right, the next generation iPhone will have a matte finish and include enhanced 3G as part of it’s new features to be unveiled sometime next month during the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Additionally, if we are to believe other swirling rumors, it will also have a electronic compass, 32GB of storage and a radio…although I’m not exactly sure about it including a AM/FM tuner.
MacRumors: Next Generation iPhone Case to Have Matte Finish? Enhanced 3G?
Previously leaked matte iPhone case
Alongside the artist rendition of the upcoming 5G iPod Nano, iLounge also weighed in on the rumors surrounding the next generation iPhone.
They’ve been told that the next-generation …
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MacRumors: Unreleased iPhone2,1 Icon Reveals No Major Physical Changes?
A MacTalk.com.au forum thread reveals that the unreleased “iPhone2,1″ model that has been previously referenced actually includes its own icon within the iPhone 3.0 SDK. The icon, however, appears identical to the iPhone1,2 model which repre…
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My Review of the IPod Touch
Is it Worth the Hype? This is One Product that Is! When I first went looking for something new to replace my antique CD/MP3 player combo, I first considered several different MP3 players that were currently on the market including the Creative Zen, the SanDisk Sansa View, iPods, and the Zune.