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Apple: "Exploding" iPhones succumbed to external pressure
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, iPhone
There's been much news of "exploding" iPhones lately. If you're unfamiliar with the story, the European Commission formally asked Apple to investigate a series of reports that users' iPhones were abruptly cracking and/or catching fire. According to the French periodical Les Echos, an iPhone in Aix-en-Provence, France, started to "crackle and pop like a deep-frier" before breaking violently apart.

This past Friday, Apple said that, in all cases, the iPhones in question were damaged by an "external force," not a faulty battery or glass screen:

"To date, there are no confirmed battery overheating incidents for iPhone 3GS and the number of reports we are investigating is in the single digits. The iPhones with broken glass that we have analyzed to date show that in all cases the glass cracked due to an external force that was applied to the iPhone."
It does seem odd that at least four cases have been reported in France in short order. Still, it's even stranger that iPhones would suddenly turn into Molotov cocktails. We'll keep you updated on this story.
TUAW Apple: "Exploding" iPhones succumbed to external pressure originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Talkcast reminder: 10pm ET Sunday, the Snow Leopard aftermath
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts

Last week, we spent almost the entire hour shaking our heads and making "tsk, tsk" noises over the FCC responses to the Google Voice imbroglio. You can download the show, along with all past shows, from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

We'll be back live tonight with a hearty helping of Snow Leopard goodness, including hands-on upgrade reports, favorite features so far, gotchas that have been discovered and of course, your calls and questions. Saddle up!

To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, or you can try out the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. Talk with you then!

Recording support for the talkcast is provided by Call Recorder from ecamm networks.
TUAW Talkcast reminder: 10pm ET Sunday, the Snow Leopard aftermath originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Three for three: Friday's trifecta of Snow Leopard upgrades
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, OS, Blogging, iMac, Macbook Pro, MacBook Air, Snow Leopard
If you joined us Friday night for the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard liveblog, you probably saw me say that I didn't have many issues with the upgrade. That's an understatement -- I think Snow Leopard is one of the smoothest upgrades I've ever performed with any operating system. You've probably already read the reports of fellow bloggers David Winograd and Mel Martin, which noted many similar findings.

During a four hour period after the delivery of my 5-install Family Pack by FedEx, I upgraded three Macs. The experience with each of them was slightly different, which is something you'd expect since all three are completely different models, but in each case the end result was essentially the same. All had about 10 - 15 GB more hard drive space than when I began, all were more "snappy" in terms of response, and the display looked crisper.

After surprising the FedEx delivery person with my HD video camera (yes, there's going to be an unboxing video coming later this weekend), I ripped open the box, pulled out the Snow Leopard box, pulled off the plastic, and then got the disk ready to go. I had done a final Time Machine backup of my MacBook Air just to make sure I had captured the last changes made on documents, so I plugged in the MBA's external SuperDrive and popped in the disk. I'm not exactly sure what I did after starting up the installer, but on the MacBook Air, I was asked to reboot the machine and then the installation began.
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TUAW Three for three: Friday's trifecta of Snow Leopard upgrades originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Snow Leopard nice touch: no more "Picture 1" files
Filed under: Snow Leopard
I've always been a fan of ⌘-Shift-4 for taking quick and easy screenshots on my Mac, even with such level-up options as Jing, Skitch, GrabUp and LittleSnapper readily to hand. What I wasn't a fan of, however, was the proliferation of "Picture 1," "Picture 2,"... up to "Picture N" screenshot files on my desktop. Not only was it tricky to figure out which Picture file was which (a task made easier with Quick Look), it was also reasonably likely that at some point I'd overwrite a Picture 1 someplace that I wanted to keep with a brand-new Picture 1 I just snapped and copied off my desktop.

It's certainly not one of the marquee features of Mac OS X 10.6, but there's one little Snow Leopard tweak that's already won my heart: no more Picture 1s! Screenshots to file created via the system key commands (⌘-Shift-3 or -4, add the Control key to capture to the Clipboard instead of to a file) now get a name that's quite a bit more descriptive, including the date and time of the capture. No more file name collisions, no more wondering which Picture is the one you took of that cryptic error message in the middle of the night. Viva Snow!

TUAW Snow Leopard nice touch: no more "Picture 1" files originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server pricing is good for business
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise, OS, Xserve, Mac mini, Mac OS X Server, Snow Leopard
In this morning's rush to figure out what had changed at the Apple Store, one of our readers pointed out that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server (US$499 for an unlimited license) was priced lower than Leopard Server (US$999 for unlimited users). While this is nothing new -- we've known about the price change since June -- it bears repeating.

For businesses with small, single offices to large enterprises with racks full of Xserves, Snow Leopard Server makes a lot of sense. That $499 license provides a lot -- a mail server (not Exchange-compatible, however), CalDAV server for group calendars, group-wide Time Machine backups to a server, a podcast producer, a wiki server, an iChat server, and the new Mobile Access Server, in addition to a plethora of other administrative and client management options.

Along with the Xserve, which I've found to be comparably priced to other enterprise-class servers, and the Mac mini, which makes a great little inexpensive headless server for small offices, Apple has created a set of powerful business tools. Considering that it's now half the price of Leopard Server, Snow Leopard Server is something that more system admins may want to look at, especially in Microsoft-dominated shops.
TUAW Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server pricing is good for business originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iPhone turns Pittsburgh man into Columbo, helps cops catch robbers
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, MobileMe
The MobileMe Find my iPhone service certainly paid off for a Pittsburgh area man. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that police said the man was robbed at gunpoint in Shadyside (a neigborhood on the east side of Pittsburgh, home to an Apple Store) by two men who asked for his credit cards and the PIN numbers.

Police say he turned over his wallet, PIN numbers, and his iPhone. Later the man used his computer and MobileMe to find the location of the phone, and police located the crooks at a gas station. Officers recovered a pellet gun, stolen ID cards, credit cards and cash.

Three men have been charged in the incident with device fraud, conspiracy, receiving stolen property and possessing instruments of crime. 2 of the 3 are also being charged with robbery.

The victim, not identified by the police, is probably a happy guy, and will no doubt renew his MobileMe subscription when it comes up.

One caution. If something similar happens to you, don't go chasing the thieves by yourself. Confronting criminals is serious police work & nothing for the amateur sleuth to try.

[Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and thanks to Sean for the tip]
TUAW iPhone turns Pittsburgh man into Columbo, helps cops catch robbers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple store back up; only minor changes
Filed under: Retail
The Apple Store is back up, with no major changes. It appears to have just been ~~a maintenance update~~ a chance for Apple to change out the graphics on the Mac images to indicate that new machines come with Snow Leopard. [Thanks to everyone who sent that in!]

An earlier post went out claiming that the store had come up with a new 2 TB Time Capsule and a price reduction for the old 1 TB model. This was a middle-of-the-night editorial error, and we apologize for the misinformation. The Time Capsule updates were actually introduced at the end of July.
TUAW Apple store back up; only minor changes originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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