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I was tempted to buy new iPhone 4 but I decided to wait till end of July for resolution of all problems reported by early adopters. In meanwhile I moved to Gemello neighborhood in Mountain View just to find out that AT&T got no reception there. We got two phones there and we cannot call [...]

It looks like early adopters are facing all sort of problems which may be sorted out when there is no longer pressure to ship it ASAP. Apple was trying ship iPhone so quickly so they did not have enough time to let bonding agent used to bond layers of glass to dry. When it happens [...]

It looks like somebody figured out that all this recent email responses from Steve Jobs are generated by a bot

Flyback, the project has been working on developing an rsync-based GUI solution for Linux with Time Machine as the model. FlyBack is a snapshot-based backup tool based on rsync It creates successive backup directories mirroring the files you wish to backup. FlyBack creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date. [...]

Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) is a set of QuickTime and Macintosh OS X plug-ins. Their role is to provide support for Xiph media compression and container formats. If you are an end user: installing XiphQT components is all you need to start using Xiph-formatted media files in a variety of applications – for example, listening [...]

For these folks and for anyone else who’s wondered how to archive YouTube video, here’s the answer. Follow this quick step-by-step process for retrieving YouTube content to display on your Mac or iPod. From YouTube to the iPod – O’Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog

Chandler, a next-generation Personal Information Manager (PIM) integrating calendar, e-mail, contact management, task management, notes, and instant messaging Chandler is an interpersonal information manager that adapts to your changing needs.

iPod Updater 2006-01-10 includes iPod Software 1.1 for the new iPod, new iPod Software 1.1 for iPod nano, new iPod Software 1.2.1 for iPod with color display, new iPod Software 1.4.1 for iPod mini, and new iPod Software 3.1.1 for iPod with Click Wheel. iPod Updater 2006-01-10 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater [...]

It comes equipped with either a white or black to belt to match, or compliment, your iPod nano’s shade. We’re not even going to call these guys out on their

You’ve seen the ads, possibly even on this site: Get a Palm, a gift card, an iPod, an iBook, or an Apple Mac mini for free. The list of these “free” items is endless. Maybe you’ve even clicked on one of the ad links and decided it was just a scam to get your email [...]