iFixit couldn’t wait much longer and got their hands on the new Unibody Macbook and did what they do best, tear it apart. click here for the complete tear down process..

[ CrunchGear ]

During Apple’s Q4 earnings call today, Apple COO Tim Cook made it very clear to competitors when asked a simple question. How Apple view all the new Android phone coming out, Cook said,”They’re still catching up with the first iPhone.”

Could the upcoming Verizon Droid phone be the first iPhone killer?

As rumored Apple’s new iPod Touch Third Generations comes in 8GB($199), 32GB($299), and 64GB($399). The 32 and 64GB version are 50% faster and graphic processor has OpenGL ES 2.0 capability just like the iPhone 3GS.

Apple Introduces New iPod touch Lineup

New Breakthrough Price of $199

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced the new iPod touch® lineup starting at the breakthrough price of just $199, giving users a great iPod®, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications. iPod touch features Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch(TM) user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and speaker – all in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your pocket. The 8GB iPod touch is now available for just $199, along with new models which deliver twice the capacity for the same price, with the iPod touch 32GB model for $299 and 64GB model for $399.

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“At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry’s best mobile web browser and a great game player, all in this super-thin beautiful enclosure.”

iPod touch is a great iPod for enjoying music, television shows, movies and podcasts. iPod touch has incredible features for music fans such as Cover Flow®, Shake to Shuffle(TM), and access to the legendary iTunes® Store. And now, the new iPod touch supports Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together. Movies and television shows look great on the gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display. iPod touch customers have the entire iTunes Store catalog at their fingertips, giving them instant access to the world’s largest catalog of over 11 million songs, TV shows and Hollywood movies to purchase and download directly to their iPod touch.

iPod touch is a great game player with its built-in accelerometer, revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, its amazing graphics performance and the over 20,000 game and entertainment titles available on the App Store. With support for peer-to-peer connections, the new iPod touch gives users the ability to play multi-player games with people next to them or around the world. iPod touch customers can add new game titles from the App Store over Wi-Fi anytime and anywhere.

iPod touch is a great pocket computer, letting users surf the web, do email, manage their calendars, organize contacts, and use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. With its award-winning Safari® web browser, iPod touch users can experience the Internet like no other pocket-size device. iPod touch comes with the latest iPhone(TM) 3.1 software including: Cut, Copy and Paste; Spotlight® Search to search across iPod touch or within Mail, Contacts, Calendar and iPod; landscape keyboard for Mail, Notes and Safari; remote lock for MobileMe(TM) and anti-phishing features.

Apple’s App Store is a phenomenal success with a selection of over 75,000 apps available and customer downloads topping a staggering 1.8 billion apps. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store works with iPod touch over Wi-Fi so users can discover, purchase and download apps wirelessly and start using them instantly.

iPod touch features up to 30 hours of music playback or six hours of video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 1,750 songs, 10,000 photos and 10 hours of video; the 32GB model holds up to 7,000 songs, 40,000 photos or 40 hours of video; and the 64GB model holds up to 14,000 songs, 90,000 photos or 80 hours of video.* The 32GB and 64GB models also include up to 50 percent faster performance and support for even better graphics with Open GL ES 2.0.

iPod is the world’s most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple’s new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the incredible new iPod nano® with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.

Pricing & Availability
The new iPod touch is available immediately for a suggested price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model, $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the 64GB model through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod touch requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9. Existing iPod touch users can update to the latest 3.1 software for just $4.95 (US) to enjoy new features including Genius Mixes and Genius for Apps. iPod touch owners who already have the 3.0 software get the 3.1 software update for free. Simply download the latest version of iTunes onto your Mac or PC, and purchase the 3.1 software update via iTunes.

*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes; and video capacity is based on H.264 1.5 Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution.

[ Gizmodo ]

Following the iPhone 3GS/AT&T activation delay that in some cases were 48 hrs long, Apple has responded by giving customer a $30 Apple store gift card.

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone activation.

We are still resolving the issue that was encountered while activating your iPhone with AT&T. Unfortunately, due to system issues and continued high activation volumes, this could take us up to an additional 48 hours to complete.

On Monday, you’ll receive an email from Apple with an iTunes Store credit in the amount of $30. We hope you will enjoy this gift and accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience this delay has caused.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team

[ via Gizmodo ]

You see, it seems that some iPhone 3GS smartphones are emitting a high-frequency tone–something along the lines of 15KHz–that’s triggered when the unlock sound, or SMS sound, finish playing.

[ via Gizmodo ]

A source from AT&T informed Appmodo that tethering is coming in July, with a pricing starting at $55 a month, not $70 like suspected around the web.

$55 per month for tethering is insane. Meaning AT&T is planning on charging $85 per month for just data, bring the lowest monthly rate-plan ($39-450 minutes) over $100 a month…the’s CRAZYY!!!!!

while in other countries like Finland, Norway, Sweden, Unlimited data plans with tethering run about US$20/month…

Everyone was expecting a re-design 3rd Gen iPhone, instead Apple revealed the iPhone 3G S,,S as in Speed …same design with a an upgraded hardware..Here are 10 of the cool things about the iPhone 3G S..

1.it’s faster
iPhone 3G S has a faster processor and more memory

2.Memory
Apple will release to models of the iPhone 3G S:16GB and 32GB

3.Video recording
A feature that should have been in the first 2 Gen iPhone is now available, and video editing

4.Updates camera
It has a 3.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, compared to the 3G 2.0 MP non-autofocus camera. A+

5.Voice Control
iPhone 3G S introduces Voice Control, a voice recognition feature that allows you to make calls and play music by speaking.

6.Compass
It has a built-in compass, it can be use as a standalone app or can be combined with Google Map.

7.Internet tethering
The iPhone 3G S can now be used as a modem.YES!!Internet tethering is now available on the iPhone, but it will not be available at launch in the US, another AT&T failure.

8.Accessibility features
Apple has included a number of features that help people with disabilities use the iPhone 3G S. These include Apple’s VoiceOver function, which reads aloud what is on the screen, a zoom function that magnifies up to five times, and a white on black display option that provides increased contrast.

9.Apple’s Nike+iPhone
Apple’s Nike+iPod fitness feature will be available, a feature which was available on selected iPod Nano models.

10.New Headphones
The iPhone 3G S will include Apple’s remote headphones in the sales package. The new headphones have multi-button remote and volume control keys, as well as a microphone to handle voice control.

I’m not surprised, Rapid Repair got there hand on the iPhone 3G S, and reaped it open to its core, Orange Boutique in Paris, France did a Midnight release. To read their step-by-step tear down just follow the LINK..

AT&T has released official words about their upcoming iPhone 3G S launch.

PRICING

AT&T will offer iPhone 3G S at a variety of attractive prices:

* $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) for all new AT&T customers and existing AT&T customers who have fulfilled their previous agreement. In addition, AT&T yesterday extended this pricing to iPhone 3G customers who will be eligible for a full upgrade in July, August, or September 2009.
* $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB) for existing AT&T customers who have not yet fulfilled their existing agreement but would like an early upgrade to iPhone 3G S. This early upgrade option is exclusively available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S.

DATA PLANS

AT&T customers can choose from several monthly plans that start as low as $69.99 per month for voice and unlimited data (e-mail and Web browsing).

AT&T FamilyTalk(R) offers extra value for families who share minutes. Plans start as low as $129.99 a month for two iPhone lines with bundled voice and unlimited data.

Small business company can share up to 20,000 minutes per month between as many as 40 employees. In addition, business customers and employees of many businesses are eligible for discounted service rates.

it SUCKz i don’t qualify for an upgrade!!!dammed