The good news: The TomTom Car Kit is finally available for the iPhone. The bad news: Contradicting previous rumors, TomTom has stated that their recently launched TomTom GPS Car Kit will not add GPS capability to Apple’s touchscreen handhelds that do not have GPS chips of their own, namely the first generation iPhone and all […]
Month: October 2009
Should Apple end its exclusive carrier agreement with AT&T next year, it will likely mark the end of its estimated US$450 carrier subsidy for the iPhone, a new analysis has forecast. Per AppleInsider, analyst Brian Marshall with Broadpoint.AmTech said that the “sweetheart” carrier subsidy provided by AT&T for the iPhone would not be attainable with […]
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5.4 Update
Early Thursday, Mozilla.org released version 3.5.4 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 17.7 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes: – Fixed several security issues. – Fixed several stability issues. – Added the ability to re-submit crash reports (bug 378528). – After using Clear Recent History some SSL sites would not […]
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VMWare Releases Fusion 3.0
On Tuesday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 3.0 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]
Amidst Apple’s release of new hardware last week, the company apparently also quietly dropped the prices of additional RAM and processor upgrades on its MacBook Pro line. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s Australian online store, as of Monday, had cut prices on MacBook Pros by up to $700 AUD. The 17″ model, which previously sold for $3,999 […]