Thursday, September 13, 2007
Apple press conference announced for September 18★
Apple has invited members of the British media to a press conference in the London Apple Store on the 18th of September (next Tuesday). All anyone knows about it is that the invites bore the words "mum is no longer the word".The rather cryptic phrase is generally being taken as an indication that Apple is ending its long silence on UK (and European) iPhone launch details. Nothing else seems to fit the bill of being very important, very secretive and justifying the hype.
We'll update more when the news appears.
With any luck, it'll get delayed to the day after, thus increasing the chances of Steve Jobs saying "arrr, mehearties!". We here at the MacTake deem this "unlikely, but awesome".
More details can be found here.
★ 0 Comments. | By Alasdair Corbett, Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:58 PM
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Apple loyal as ever to customers.★
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc. published an open letter to iPhone users attempting to calm the disquiet that followed Apple's decision to drop the price of the 8GB iPhone by $200USD. Users who bought the iPhone before the price drop, will receive a $100 store credit - as long as they haven't already received any sort of rebate, etc.This sort of gesture is generally viewed as completely unnecessary by the rest of the industry (minus exceptions like Microsoft's loyalty to its 360 buyers), but really strikes an underestimated chord with consumers. Apple has done right by us, as its customers once again, and as always, demonstrated that loyalty is fostered only by example.
★ 0 Comments. | By Skippy, Sunday, September 9, 2007 6:20 PM
10 Downing Street - iPlayer needs to be Mac compatible.★
I just got an email from 10 Downing Street, telling me to check out this link, to read more on the status of the iPlayer petition. Quick news is that the BBC have to release the software for "a range of operating systems", presumably meaning operating systems that are not just in the Windows Family, such as Mac OSX or Linux. They're going to be scrutinized every six months to ensure that they're living up to their mandate.Now for the official line from the BBC: a Vista version of iPlayer will be available this year, and they are working on a Mac and Linux version but they mentioned no release date for that.
Some background on the iPlayer: It's an app by the BBC allowing users to download and watch any program aired, but only after its been broadcast. Check it out at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta.
It's progress, but it'd be better to see a Mac port delivered alongside the Windows one, or at least an expected release date.
★ 0 Comments. | By Skippy, 6:02 PM
