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iFixit.com has taken apart the iPhone. They are posting a picture by picture guide that shows the internals of the phone. Click HERE to go to the site.

Finally . The day we all been waiting for has come upon us, The Gadget we all dreamt of owning is coming on sale today. Apple and AT&T have been stocking it’s stores with iPhones since yesterday to cope with the demand of the first day of sale . People have been camping in-front of Apple stores to be among the first to get one .

Apple’s not being stingy like AT&T… okay, maybe not as stingy. But according to a new announcement this morning, the company said that it will limit people’s purchases of the iPhone to two per person on launch day, not just one. As expected, they are first come, first served.

All 164 of Apple’s retail stores will be open on Friday to sell the iPhone from 6 PM (launch time) all the way until midnight. The fact that they plan to stay open that long gives some people a glimmer of hope that maybe stock numbers won’t be as sparse as everyone fears. Of course, that could be a totally misleading, optimistic hope, but hope nonetheless.

And as usual, beginning Saturday, Apple will be offering all-day (free) workshops to learn about the iPhone. Customers will also be able to sign up for One on One personal training for the iPhone.

iTunes 7.3 is listed as a requirement for the iPhone but has not yet been released by Apple. Reportedly, the new version of iTunes will allow you to convert any song that is available on iTunes into a ringtone with the “Make into Ringtone” feature. The cost for this service is $.99. It’s not clear, based on information available, whether or not CD-ripped songs can also be easily converted or this is specifically an iTunes Store feature.

When a song is selected for conversion, a “garageband like” interface comes up to allow you to pic the 30 second clip you want.

Apple’s iPhone is still scheduled to hit stores this coming friday (June 29th) . And USAToday had their hands on an iPhone and did a short review about the most anticipated device . Here’s the video :

We’ll be watching the release closely . so stay tuned .

I Have always been a supporter of Open source software and as usual this is another open source software review. I know most of our readers have shed the Microsoft curse and are using products like NeoOffice and AbiWord. OpenOffice.org have just released an Alpha edition of their OpenOffice which is ported to Aqua. This edition is not meant for full time deployment, rather, it is a test release to iron out kinks and performances issues. After using this product for several hours I have found it to be quite unstable and at times temperamental. It does, however, looks good and is faster then NeoOffice when it comes to load times. What was very weird is that the cursor is far away from the last letter typed and it is very hard to know if it is a space or just the letter between the cursor and the letter. When I quit the program it crashed but that is noted on the release notes. Over all, the OpenOffice suite looks great but needs some time to come a long and iron out all the kinks and quirks in it. If you are the adventures type I suggest you give it a test drive and see how it fairs on your Mac. A word to the wise though, don’t use it for critical documents because it is not yet mature enough.

Some Known Issues:
* You cannot print
* PDF export does not properly work as thetext won’t show on the page right
* Starting OpenOffice.org from a shared folder does not work
* Copy and paste does not fully work
* OpenOffice.org will crash after quitting
* Some text is not drawn in places like Impress
* Impress will not recognize multiple monitors

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Apple released a link to an iPhone guided tour video . the video runs about 20min and shows the main features of the iPhone and home to use them . Links of the download page was distributed through email by apple and AT&T early today . You can download and watch the video from apple by following the LINK.

Apple also redesigned it’s iPhone page with new layout and info .

Apple released the follow up Beta version of it’s browser “Safari” today . It contains some fixes that occurred on the the previous version, The new release marks both versions for Mac & Pc , You can find the changes for both platforms below :

Changes in Safari 3.0.2 for Windows beta:
- Latest security updates
- Improved stability
- Fixes for text display, non-English systems, and start-up times

Changes in Safari 3.0.2 for Mac OS X beta:
-Latest security updates
-Improved stability
-Improved WebKit support for Mail, iChat and Dashboard

You can download your copy right HERE

As we approach the iPhone release (8 days away), there have been increasing reports of iPhone sightings. We can never be sure about the legitimacy of these reports or photos, so they are provided for interest’s sake.

The photo above was reported to be taken at an airport .

Another one was reported to be taken in a train .

Apple has issued an update pertaining to Apple TV. The small media hub has been given the ability to browse YouTube contents right from the comfort of your seat. To get the update, click on the settings menu and then Update Software option.

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Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.4.10 update through their software update. According to the update some enhancement have been made to USB devices as well as camera support:

The 10.4.10 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running Mac OS X Tiger. This update includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies:

- RAW camera support
- Mounting and unmounting external USB devices
- Support for 3rd party software applications
- Security updates

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n305533.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798.