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According to “Engadget” , The iPhone should get a 3G feature next year . Engadget has asked AT&T ’s CEO “Randall Stephenson” he said:  “You’ll have it next year,” The remark was made at a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara. He didn’t say how much it could cost admitting that Jobs and Apple “will dictate what the price of the phone is.” However, it wouldn’t surprise us if fits back into the $599 slot.

Source :Engadget

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I know its a bit too late but I wanted to share with you some pictures. Here are a set of pictures of Leopard installation screen!

Here are also pictures of the unboxing of Leopard.

And finally, here are pictures of my Macbook Pro undergoing a Hard Drive transplant.

Enjoy and as always, comments and suggestions are always welcome!

According to 9to5Mac.com, some touch fans were able to modify the USB connector to act and add Audio in or Mic functionality to the touch. Skype + Wifi Hotspot = Phreeeee Phone Calls. If this actually works and is feasible to manufacture we might see some Mic or headsets for the touch soon.
Source : 9to5Mac.com

new web-only advertisement from Apple that has appeared on a number of sites, including News.com, Engadget.com, and PCMag.com.

The Apple advertisement features “Mac” and “PC” as played by Justin Long and John Hodgman in a web ad composed of two separate components. The first is a traditional 720×90 pixel horizontal leaderboard at the top of the page as well as a large vertical rectangle on the right side of the page feature the actors.

The Register is reporting that according to a manager at Spain’s Telefonica cell carrier, Apple has plans to drop a sexy 3G iPhone on the world in May. Translated from the Spanish, the exact quote from the manager is:

When iPhone will be launched in Spain? Telefonica expects it on May.

Will Telefonica release a 3G iPhone version on May?
Yes! They expect it.

Nothing is confirmed yet so don’t take our word for it .

Power Boz: Well Well well, so far, Leopard fairs well.  I did have issues with installation but I got over it with a quick hard drive swap.  First the installation was hell.  Halfway through the installation and the system stops.  Restart and redo the installation and the same thing happens again, crash.  So I figured let me delete the resident bootcamp partition and use the whole hard drive space.  Finally the installation went without the a hitch.  I got Leopard up and running in about and hour.  Everything was flawless until I got the black screen of death.  The dreaded kernel panic.  Restart again and the computer went to hell.  It was slow and very weird.  Mail crashes constantly but that is another story.   So I went to Hawalli and after about an of searching I found the hard drive I was looking for.  Went back home and popped open my Macbook Pro and swapped the drive out.  Reinstalled everything and it went smoothly from there on.  Networking is simply amazing.  It finds all the computers on the network and was able to see and receive and send files.  I didn’t try printers yet but that is next on the list.  The networking preference panel has changed dramatically.  It takes a bit of getting used to but is a lot more informative and more powerful then before.  Wireless networking is bad on a Macbook Pro because of the Aluminum casing.  Spaces is perfect.  The transition from one space to another is fast and smooth.  The application assignment works perfectly so even if you start an application in space one that is designated to run in space two, it automatically goes to that space.  Everything is snappier and faster.  Stacks is good but a bit over rated.  Finder is faster and more productive with cover view. Preview, iCal and other iApps are just better and faster.  So far Leopard is perfect.  It has a lot of features that are under the hood but nothing really significant on top.  As we said before, Leopard is an evolutionary release and not a revolutionary one.  It is feature filled and geared for developers with lots of development only features.  So far it is solid.

G-Funk : I’ve had no issues during installation. the process went smooth with no issues what so ever. Installed it on 3 macs that I own in my household (Family Pac) and they are running fine. The only problems I’ve faced are bugs with the initial version of leopard (10.5) like wireless access points not responding . screen share. back to my mac.. time machine etc… After the upgrade to 10.5.1 most of those issue disappeared and all is fine and swell . No problems to mention to date except for some enhancements I’d like to enable for better performance and stability.

Alongside the Mac OS X 10.4.11 & 10.5.1 updates today, Apple also released a new beta of Safari for Windows as detailed in this tech note.

The latest Safari beta for Windows incorporates a number of stability, performance and security improvements. A number of new features are detailed as well, including:

- Includes an additional font smoothing option (”standard)
- Adds International text input methods
- Adds cookie management
- Adds spell checking and grammar checking
- New keyboard shortcuts

Apple also incorporated Safari 3 with the Mac OS X 10.4.11 update, bringing the final version of Safari 3 to Tiger users. Apple first released Safari for Windows in June at WWDC 2007.

Safari 3.0.4 for Windows can be downloaded from Apple.

Apple released the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update today through Software Update:

The 10.4.11 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Tiger and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. This update also includes Safari 3, the latest version of Apple’s web browser.

Apple details the improvements in a support document. Improvements include:

- Includes Safari 3
- Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, Leica V-Lux 1, Olympus E-400, Olympus EVOLT E410, Olympus EVOLT E510, Canon EOS 40D
- Improves compatibility when using OpenType fonts in QuarkExpress
- Improves reliability when running VMWARE’s Fusion
- Improves support for using Image Capture to import pictures taken on your iPhone
- Improves syncing between iPhone and Yahoo! address books
- Addresses an issue copying files from a Mac OS 9 AFP sharepoint
- Improved reliability advertising an AFP sharepoint over Bonjour
- Addresses an issue which could prevent the use of port mapping when sharing your Mac’s internet connection
- Improves reliability when trying to authenticate to an AFP share using Kerberos
- Improves compatibility with third-party wireless wide-area network devices
- Improves reliability when mounting external USB hard drives.
- Adds support for Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000
- Addresses an issue in which selecting two rows of album art within the iTunes artwork Screen Saver may cause System Preferences to unexpectedly quit
- Includes updated Daylight Saving Time information for customers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States state of Indiana
- Allows the use of the special keys on aluminum Apple Keyboards to control Aperture slideshows
- Addresses an issue in which help content for some applications may be displayed in English when using the computer in another Mac OS X language
- Addresses issues with certain Apple Dashboard widgets: Unit Converter, Calculator, Stocks

Apple also incorporated a number of security updates.

Apple has released their first update to Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) today:

The 10.5.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

Apple details the improvements in this technote. Some highlights include:

- Allows password-protected accounts on AirPort Disks to show up on in the Finder’s Shared Sidebar.
- Addresses formatting issues with certain drives used with Time Machine
- Addresses a potential data loss issue when moving files across partitions in the Finder.
- Improves the reliability of Back to My Mac-enabled Macs appearing in the Finder’s Shared Sidebar.

Source :  Apple.com