Feasibility of New Solid Aluminum Manufacturing Process?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors.
Categories: Apple, Apple Rumors.
Businessweek spoke to some experts about the feasibility of Apple introducing a new manufacturing process and bringing notebook production in-house.

iSuppli analyst Kevin Keller believes that while short term costs would rise, there c...

Apple Shifting Tactics on Suppressing Product Leaks?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors.
Categories: Apple, Apple Rumors.
Nick Ciarelli describes a recent shift in Apple's strategy to suppress product leaks in an article at The Daily Beast.

But lately, there are signs that Apple?long the most secretive company in the tech world?has thrown in the towel...

Apple Has Already Reached 10 Million iPhone Sales in 2008?

Seeking Alpha summarizes findings by MacObserver forum members who have been compiling iPhone IMEI numbers into a public spreadsheet.

According to those numbers, it appears that Apple may have already reached 10 million iPhone sales f...

iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features: Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-Correction Off

Posted on October 6, 2008 by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors.
Categories: Apple, Apple Rumors.
It seems that Apple is taking further care in hiding new iPhone features in their beta releases. The most recent firmware beta seeded to developers listed "compatibility testing" in its release notes as the only change.

We've since he...

NVIDIA Powered MacBooks on October 14th?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors.
Categories: Apple, Apple Rumors.
TUAW believes that the upcoming MacBooks will indeed be powered by NVIDIA chipsets and will be delivered on October 14th.

A source tells us that Nvidia is showing off new MacBooks to their employees, and word is going around that the...

‘Brick’ Refers to the MacBook Manufacturing Process

9to5Mac finally puts an end to 'Brick' speculation and claims that 'Brick' refers to the new manufacturing process for MacBooks.

The MacBook manufacturing process up to this point has been outsourced to Chinese or Taiwanese manufactur...

Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over WiFi for iPhone with Skype Support

Posted on October 4, 2008 by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors.
Categories: Apple, Apple Rumors.
Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. I...

Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over Wi-Fi for iPhone with Skype Support

Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, and ICQ...

Fake Rumors of Steve Jobs Heart Attack Circulate

Last night, an individual started spreading fake rumors of Steve Jobs suffering from a heart attack. The story was posted to CNN's iReport "unedited" and "unfiltered" citizen journalism site and subsequently submitted to Digg.com.

The...

Apple’s Plans: New Products or Establishing Existing Ones?

Businessweek's Arik Hesseldahl raises some questions about what the strategic direction Apple will pursue in the next 6 to 24 months.

As obvious as the path to a tablet device seems now, I have trouble imagining the next obvious path ...