Opening a Folder from the Dock
Sick of the dock on Mac OS X Leopard not being able to open folders with a simple click, like sanity demands and like it used to be in Tiger? You can, of course click it, and then click again on Open in Finder, but that's twice as many clicks as it used to be. (And while you're at it, Control-click the folder, and choose both Display as Folder and View Content as List from the contextual menu. Once you have the content displaying as a list, there's an Open command right there, but that requires Control-clicking and choosing a menu item.) The closest you can get to opening a docked folder with a single click is Command-click, which opens its enclosing folder. However, if you instead put a file from the docked folder in the Dock, and Command-click that file, you'll see the folder you want. Of course, if you forget to press Command when clicking, you'll open the file, which may be even more annoying.
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What's a touring band to do when they've got a new song, but nowhere to record it? Use the iPhone! The Loop is reporting on pop band The 88 using an iPhone to record a new track while touring with the B-52s. The 88 mainly relied on Four Track, a $9.99 app that emulates a four track recorder with impressive results. The song, "Love is the Thing" is available on iTunes. Follow link
Why AT&T Has a Lock on the iPhone
A recurring refrain from those who hate AT&T and those who don't want to be locked down is that they'll wait until there's a choice of iPhone carriers in the United States. Don't hold your breath.Read more...
AIM for iPhone Adds Push Notification
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Ding, Dong, the iPhone 3GS Space Is Dead
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iPhone 3GS Sells One Million Units in Its First Weekend
In a mad three-day dash, Apple sold one million units of the iPhone 3GS. An impressive feat, but how does it compare to the previous generations of the iPhone?Read more...
A Lego Brickworld conference attendee writes up his Jack Bauer-like recovery of an iPhone that was nicked at a sketchy bar.Follow link
iPhone 3GS and iPhone OS 3.0 Now Available
Apple has released its latest iPhone model as well as the latest software update for all iPhone and iPod touch models. Activation delays have been a problem - though not as bad as with the release of the iPhone 3G.Read more...
Tag Radio Songs for Later Purchase While You Drive
iTunes Tagging lets you mark songs on a radio to which an iPod or iPhone is connected. While the feature has been around for over a year, this is the first time the stars have been aligned for easy use.Read more...
Find Your Lost iPhone or iPod touch with iPhone OS 3.0
The new iPhone OS 3.0 software adds a feature that will thrill the hearts of the absentminded: Find My iPhone. The feature plots a handheld's position on a map in MobileMe, and allows remote sound and alerts - or wiping the phone's data completely.Read more...
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AT&T Improves and Clarifies iPhone Upgrade Eligibility
AT&T seems to have heard the cries of its confused and frustrated iPhone customers by making more people eligible for the most highly subsidized iPhone 3G and 3GS pricing. The company also clarified how it calculates eligibility for upgrades.Read more...
Marco Arment is reporting a surprisingly dismissive gesture by Apple at last week's WWDC. After the final developer session about publishing on the App Store, Apple cut, without notice or explanation, the standard Q&A segment that provides developers a crucial opportunity to go beyond the presented content. Apple's refusal to allow questions raises another one: What is Apple afraid of hearing from iPhone developers?Follow link
According to a TUAW article by Erica Sadun, anyone using AT&T's prepaid GoPhone plan to avoid the 2-year contract will be forced to switch to a normal contract to maintain 3G data access. It's unclear how many iPhone users have jumped through the necessary hoops to use a GoPhone plan, but if you're among that group, you might want to upgrade to an iPhone 3G S just so there's some upside to being forced into a 2-year contract.Follow link
Call AT&T for the Best iPhone Upgrade Price
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Why should I have gone to WWDC when I was able to get all the news from home? To check out Apple's wildly cool App Wall in person! TechCrunch has posted some pictures and video of the pulsating wall of apps - a four-by-five grid of 30-inch Cinema Displays jam-packed with iPhone app icons. Each time an app was purchased in the store, its icon pulsed on the wall.Follow link
Wired is reporting that T-Mobile (in the Netherlands) has let the cat out of the bag with regard to the technical specs of the iPhone 3G S. Apple has been keeping the exact details of the new phone's chipset under wraps, but now we know the deal: 256 MB RAM for the OS, twice that of the original iPhone, and a 600 MHz processor, up from 412 MHz.Follow link
iPhone OS 3.0 Ships 17-Jun-09
A major update for the operating system that powers the iPhone and iPod touch ships 17-Jun-09, with a huge array of new features, enabling users to find a missing iPhone, use an iPhone as a broadband modem, buy upgrades and items within iPhone applications, exercise parental controls, and much more.Read more...
New iPhone 3GS Boosts Power, Performance, and More
Apple's new $199/$299 iPhone 3GS looks mostly the same on the outside, but with a faster processor, support for the world's fastest cellular data standard, voice control, and a much more capable camera, Apple has raised the ante once more. The 8 GB iPhone 3G remains available, but at the reduced price of $99.Read more...
Take Control editor in chief Tonya Engst chats with MacNotables host Chuck Joiner about file formats and hardware devices for ebooks, with a focus on the iPhone, iPod touch, and the Kindle. If you're curious about where we think the world of ebooks is going, or wondering about what's happening in the minds of ebook publishers, give this podcast a listen! Follow link
iTunes 8.2 Ships, Hints at iPhone 3.0 at WWDC?
Could the release of iTunes 8.2, with support for iPhone 3.0 Software Update, herald the release of the new iPhone operating system at next week's WWDC? Apple also squashes some security issues with QuickTime 7.6.2.Read more...
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