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This kid managed to unlock the iPhone and in this interview he explains a bit about how he did it.  I totally agree with his philosophy and I hope we see an unlocked iPhone soon in Kuwait. 

Thank you Saber for the Heads up!

Appleinsider claims that Apple will be holding a media event “in mid to late September” to unveil OS X based iPods — bringing OS X to its entire product line.

The rumor site expects “as many as four new models” many of which will utilize NAND flash memory, as well as the long awaited “full screen iPod”.
Sources in the Far East — where Apple manufacturers its digital music players — have recently vouched for sightings of a “full screen” iPod, which they believe will finally make its debut ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season.

Appleinsider also confirms that the leaked interface videos consisted of genuine material for use on a click-wheel based iPod, also bringing in features such as iLife ‘08 “Events”, and CoverFlow to the iPod interface.

Also, they teasingly mention the possibility of a new family of digitial devices due in 2008 also based on OS X. No details are available on these upcoming devices.

The upcoming iPod revisions have been the focus of many recent rumors, with the most recent Nano images pulled from various sites at the request of Apple Legal.

UPDATE: The event is going to take place on September 5th At 10AM pacific , the theme of the event is “The Beat Goes on” and it is believed that apple would intruduce the new rumored touch screen iPod .

After being sick for a couple of day and in pain, I decided to try and install Mac OS X Leopard on my trusty Macbook Pro and see how it fairs.  Since I had a lot of programs and data on my computer I did a backup and then proceeded to upgrade the system instead of a fresh install.  Havoc was awaiting me in the distance.  Mail failed miserably because I was using the httpmail plug in to get my hotmail account content on the computer.  Firefox was acting weird also.  Other applications refused to run or were simply acting weird.  Nothing changed in terms of looks except the menu bar on top.  It became more transparent and the Apple logo was a varying shade of gray.  The preferences change a bit but nothing noticeable.  After a couple of day of suffering and realizing that I wasn’t getting any work done because of applications freaking out on me, I decided to erase everything and start from scratch.  Of course, I backed up my user directory and proceeded to erase and install, fresh install.  That did wonders.  the wall paper changed to the green Leopard drop and things were looking better.  I setup Mail and things went flawlessly but the httpmail plug in did not work.  Firefox was a bit better but still gave me a headache.  What was surprising was all the apps were a lot faster when you start them up.  Skype was displaying its startup screen with the image all distorted and AdiumX worked like a champ.  safari is blazing fast from star to finish.  network drives were visible and brows-able a lot better then before, especially windows shared drives.   Wireless networking is better and a lot more stable when connecting to random access points or when moving from one place to another.  What can i say, i love leopard!  The preference pain for the networking and the sharing has seen some changes.  it is organized in a better way and simplifies configuration.  It also helps you and shows you what you need to do to see windows machines in the network panel in finder.  It also automatically connects as guest to windows shared folders without the hassle of having to mount each one you want.  Spaces is nice, but compared to VirtueDesktop it is lacking in features.  It is not graphically pleasing when it does its transitions but it is better suited then VirtueDesktop.  For some reason the help system is not working, or it works but there is nothing to be displayed.  Terminal finally got tabs and you can open many many terminal sessions with tabs.  It also has preset configurations to simulate sessions that is a lot easier to use and understand.  Sorry no tabs in finder yet and there seems to be no way to simply change the looks of OS X.  The Menu bad suggest and easy skinning option but I didn’t find anything that would change its looks. 
Preview has been revamped.  It is better, faster, and handles files accordingly.  PDF files look better in Preview then before.  The drawer shows the indexes and navigation is better too.  The overall look of Preview is different and better.
The cover view feature in Finder is, to me, eye candy.  I don’t get it, honestly, and it is quite useless.  It would, however, really shine if my future Mac came with a touch screen and understood gestures.
Overall, leopard seems quite responsive and fast.  It feels like its taking advantage of the new Core 2 Duo processors especially.  The interface is a lot more shiny and feels more bright and polished not dull and off which makes it look very different when you first start Leopard. 

Take a look at ThinkSecret’s Image Gallery of Leopard

Earlier in the day, Apple released a 32MB Keyboard Software Update v1.1.

In a brief set of release notes, the company said the software allows its new aluminum keyboard to take advantage of the special features.

Apple has released AirPort Base Station Update 2007-002 for Mac.

The 7.7MB download includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications:

- AirPort Utility
- AirPort Disk Utility
- AirPort Base Station Agent

AirPort Utility v5.2.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.x or later software supports the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n, AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express Base Station.

A barrage of software updates have been released right after the Mac event last Tuesday. 

• Mac Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.1
• iMac Software Update 1.0 - This update is for the new iMacs just released this week!
• iPhoto 7.0.1 - This update is also for iPhoto released this week!
• Aperture 1.5.4 Update - For compatibility with the new iLife 08 suite
• Front Row 1.3.1
• Boot Camp 1.4 beta
• Keyboard back-lighting
• Remote pairing
• New graphic drivers
• International keyboard support

• Macbook Pro 2.2/2.4 GHz Software Update 1.1

All software update are available through software update from the Apple menu.

The new iMac is available in 20″ and 24″ and the specs are as follows:

20″ 2.0GHz - $1199

20″ 2.4GHz - $1499

24″ 2.4GHz - $1799

The New Mac mini is an update and come with the the following specs:

1.83GHz Combo Drive:$599

• 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1GB Ram
• 80GB HD

2.0GHz Super Drive: $799

• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1GB Ram
• 120GB HD

Apple Store

iPhoto -

• Organize your library by events
• New calenders and books
• Tools
• Theme-based home printing

iMovie -

• Make Movies in minutes
• New Video Library
• Skimming and playing
• View and share
• Expanded format support

iWeb -

• Web Widgets
• Google AdSense and Maps
• My Album Pages
• Personal domain names

iDVD -

• New Themes
• Pro-Quality encoding

GarageBand -

• Magic GarageBand
• Multi-take recording
• Visual EQ

New in Keynote ‘08

• New text effects and transitions
• Action Builds - Ability to move objects along a path, slowly scale an image, and create simple animations
• Instant Alpha - Ability to remove an image’s background easily with a mouse click
• Voice-Over Recording - Ability to record your voice in a presentation
• Smart Builds - Ability to create animations by dropping photos into Keynote
• New Apple-designed Themes

New in Pages ‘08

• Writing and layout modes
• Change tracking
• Contextual Format Bar
• Automatic list formating
• New Graphics tools and new templates.

The New Numbers

• Intelligent Tables
• Interactive Print View
• Flexible Canvas
• Import and Export to Excel
• Charts, Images, Text Labels
• Customizable Templates

A person from the audience is asking about the Mac Mini and Tim Cook answered “We’re refreshing the Mac Mini today”