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- New Apple Wireless Keyboard unboxed (and shipping)
Tonight is the night of new Apple product unboxing! First we had the iPod Touch unboxing and now we have Flickr user MischievousOne's pictures of her brand new Apple Wireless Keyboard (which, it would seem, is finally shipping though the one I ordered hasn't shipped yet) here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
I asked MischievousOne how she liked the new keyboard and she said, 'I also love the feel of the keys. I've got a black MacBook and I love typing on it. This is very similar to that, if not exactly the same. So far, I like it a lot.' Sounds about right to me. Any of you received your new wireless keyboard yet?Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/new-apple-wireless-keyboard-unboxed-and-shipping/#comments - iPhone vs. dog: 1 - 0
The sight of a poor, defenseless Nano getting smashed under a tire was bad enough but a dog versus iPhone story? Well, that's enough to bring a tear to the eye. Tyler Hall left his iPhone on a table recently while he took a shower and it seems his dog mistook it for a Snausage.
Luckily, Tyler pried the phone away from Gracie before she could totally destroy it and the ringer/speaker seems to have sustained the most damage. The screen protector did its job and when Tyler removed it, there wasn't a mark on the glass.Continue reading iPhone vs. dog: 1 - 0
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/iphone-vs-dog-1-0/#comments - iPod Touch unboxing
Filed under: iPod Family
No sooner do we get word that some Apple Stores have the iPod Touch in stock do we find some unboxing pictures (via our sister blog, Engadget). The pictures aren't the best but it will give you a good idea of what comes in the box (here's a hint: other than the iPod, not much. Am I the only one that misses the days when you got lots of stuff with your iPod? I feel like an old man, 'In my day iPods came with docks! And they had a FireWire port! And they were Mac only! You kids with your iPods and your touching.').
If those pictures leave you clamoring for more iPod Touch info check out the iPod Touch Feature Guide (yep, it is a PDF).Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/ipod-touch-unboxing/#comments - iPod Touch spotted in some stores
Filed under: iPod Family, Retail
An eagle-eyed and (understandably) excited reader let us know that the Apple Store Somerset in Troy, Michigan had a few iPod Touches for sale ahead of the September 28th ship date. A quick call to the store revealed Dan was right, they had 14 in stock but were already sold out.
The store employee said that some retail stores, particularly on the East coast, have been receiving shipments already. He said that though they're mainly designed to be floor models, stores have been selling them to customers as well. He says the rolling shipments are expected to continue until the 28th when all the retail shops will have them in stock.
The Apple Store employee added one last thought before the call was ended. "They're so worth the wait," he said.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/ipod-touch-spotted-in-somestores/#comments - Rig of the Week: Mac mini at sea
Filed under: Mac mini, Rig of the Week
We've seen lots of Mac mini based carputers, but now reader Matt sends us a link to this excellent Mac mini "boatputer" setup. Running MacENC navigation software, this Mac mini is hooked up to a GPS reciever, waterproof display and waterproof touchpad to give real-time marine navigational charts to Bob Etter, the enterprising sailor who built it. I think this nice piece of nautical Mac kit is clearly worth a TUAW Rig of the Week nod.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/rig-of-the-week-mac-mini-at-sea/#comments - Mac 101: change keyboard modifier keys with a Windows keyboard
Filed under: Switchers, Mac 101
You may recall that one of Apple's slogans when the Mac mini was released was BYOKM-bring your own keyboard and mouse. Well a lot of those keyboards will of course be Windows keyboards, and while they work fine on a Mac, there's one particularly annoying thing. For some reason the keyboard Windows key is mapped to the Mac Command key and the keyboard Alt key is mapped to the Mac Alt or option key. The reason this is a problem is that on a Windows keyboard the Alt key is right next to the spacebar (where the Command key is on a Mac keyboard). So if, like me, your keyboard shortcut muscle memory is to the key next to the spacebar then all your shortcuts get messed up on a Windows keyboard. Fortunately, there's a simple solution to this problem in the Keyboard tab of the Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane. There if you click on the "Modifier Keys..." button you'll be taken to a dialog where you can easily remap the keys. So to make a Windows keyboard work like a Mac keyboard just change the option key to the command key and the command key to the option key as follows:Continue reading Mac 101: change keyboard modifier keys with a Windows keyboard
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/mac-101-change-keyboard-modifier-keys-with-a-windows-keyboard/#comments - InformationWeek sums up Mac buying for newcomers
Filed under: Switchers
Mitch Wagner bought his first Mac in February of this year, and the 8-month gestation period has given InformationWeek's Mac blogger plenty of experience with his new platform of choice (and don't forget what "experience" really is); he's now realized that he can share this hard-won wisdom with other folks new to the platform. Hence, The Newb's Guide to Apple, a collection of the advice and buying guides from IW over the past year. In case you're wondering whether you should buy an iPhone -- Wagner says "I love mine, but you don't want to get one yet." OK, um, sure thing...
Despite the slightly deprecatory title (seriously, I don't know anyone who likes being called a 'newb'), Wagner's helpful links are worth a visit for new users and anyone thinking about a new Mac purchase. His piece on where to buy and find support offers a suggestion I hadn't heard before: try scifi and fantasy discussion groups, that's where the geeks are (he recommended SFF.net's Mac forum). Happy shopping!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/informationweek-sums-up-mac-buying-for-newcomers/#comments - Is the iTunes Music Store scratching and skipping?
Filed under: iTunes
Over the past couple of days, we've received reports here at the TUAW home office (located in the seaside town of Ocean Beach, MD; excellent taffy) of multiple download problems in purchasing music at the iTunes store. While the transaction completes as far as billing is concerned, the actual file downloads... don't. Users are getting connection errors and the file never seems to arrive. In addition to the reader reports, a couple of us have seen the problem firsthand.
There are several threads on Apple's discussion boards covering the issue, and most seem to converge on the suggestion that a large download queue may be behind the problem, or a single corrupt song that blocks further downloads. If doing a manual check for purchased and undownloaded music doesn't solve the problem, Apple's download support page for iTunes recommends submitting a problem ticket within your iTunes purchase history; this should allow the customer service agent to clean your queue and improve your download experience. For worldwide customers, the main directory for iTunes support is here.
For what it's worth, late Wednesday night I bought an album that downloaded cleanly and quickly, but obviously people's mileage is varying. With the level of attention brought to the iTunes store by the NBC withdrawal and the iPod product announcements, this is not the time for Apple's technical execution to falter; the iTunes Store didn't get to be the #3 music retailer in the USA by stalling customers in the checkout lines. We'll keep an eye on the trouble reports and see how things progress.
P.S. One year ago, the iTunes store was down for a good reason...
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/is-the-itunes-music-store-scratching-and-skipping/#comments - iPhone Assassin (and 100 other iPhone games)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, iPhone
Reader Silver sent us his site of iPhone games, basically just a big linklist of online web games for the iPhone. There are buttons there for voting and "favorites," but I couldn't get them to work. Still, if you're looking for a big lineup of what's out there to play, there you go.
And on that list, I found a pretty cool "game" that I'd never heard of before called iPhone Assassin. The concept is pretty interesting-- basically, you sign up on the web to play, and then whenever you see someone in real life with an iPhone, you call out that you've "killed" them, and then on the site, it tracks how many kills have been made and who's still alive.
Now, yes, it does occur to me that while the idea may sound good in theory, the execution (pardon the pun) leaves a little bit to be desired-- I do agree that most iPhone owners probably don't want maniacs running at them yelling about a kill. And yes, it's probably true that not many iPhone owners have actually seen this game yet, and so there are probably way too few people in on the joke-- more often than not, you'd have to explain the whole thing to anyone you assaulted on the street, and even more likely, they probably wouldn't be amused.
Still, for the easily amused like myself, the idea seems really fun. If they come up with a way to make it a little more secret (maybe a special phrase that you could drop), and a little more automatic (although I have no idea how they'd do that-- can you make iPhones "see" each other over WiFi or Bluetooth?), a real-life iPhone scavenger hunt might be fun.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/13/iphone-assassin-and-100-other-iphone-games/#comments - Ringtonator, a GUI for the ringtone hack
Filed under: Software, Hacks, Tips and tricks, Open Source, iPhone
Last night, Joe sent us a GUI app he put together for Cleverboy's ringtone hack we posted yesterday. Ringtonator is a drag-and-drop application that will turn any AAC file into an iTunes/iPhone ringtone, or vice versa.
One caveat-- while this program doesn't require a separate install of AtomicParsley, the application that makes the metadata edit possible, it does still require AAC encoding on the sound file-- Joe says he might add in mp3 to AAC conversion at a later date, but he doesn't really have to, as it's easy enough to figure out how to do that.
But once you've got the AAC file, just drag it onto this little wrench phone thing, and iTunes (the current iteration, anyway) will play nice with it. Thanks, Joe!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
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