http://www.macspark.net Mac and iPod-related reviews, tutorials, and more from Mac enthusiasts and experts. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:50:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en iPhone 3G accessory reviews will start next week from our editorial team located throughout the US. We'll also have a first look at the Incase Slider Case for the iPod touch as well and a list of our favorite new apps in the App Store. http://www.macspark.net/2008/07/16/were-not-leaving-you-hanging/ Good 'ol Walt Mossberg appeared on the Fox Business Network today showing off his iPhone 3G demo unit from Apple. Video below. http://www.macspark.net/2008/07/09/video-walt-mossberg-on-fox-business-network/ The big three: Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, David Pogue of the New York Times, and Ed Baig of USA Today have all had a chance to get their hands on the iPhone 3G. Their reviews are located here, here, and here. I've included a video review from Walt ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/07/08/experts-weigh-in-on-iphone-3g/ As you may already know, last year MacSpark partnered with our sister site ConnectReviews to provide you with iPhone accessory and case reviews. This year, we're taking it up a notch with our coverage of the iPhone 3G launch on July 11th. We will be providing you with the latest reviews ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/07/07/macspark-iphone-3g-special-coverage/ Congratulations to #29 - Mark, who posted this comment in our BusySync giveaway post: Great program, just a little pricey for what it does. Don't worry if you didn't win, we have more giveaways in the pipeline that will be posted soon, so subscribe to the MacSpark RSS feed to keep up ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/07/03/busysync-giveaway-winner/ Apple has released its long awaited OS X 10.5.4 update for all Leopard users: The 10.5.4 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. Find more information about the changes in this update ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/30/apple-releases-os-x-1054-update/ Well, it looks like Apple has seeded iPhone 2.0 software build 5A345, iTunes 7.7 Beta, and iPhone SDK 8 to all of it's developers. The new version of iTunes has support for MobileMe and "Applications" in syncing. Discovered in the readme file for iTunes 7.7 is a description for a new ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/26/news-roundup-thursday-june-26th/ Last May at ConnectReviews, we reviewed SpanningSync, an application that keeps Google Calendar and iCal in constant synchronization. This time around, we're looking at BusySync. At first glance, BusySync has just as cool of a logo as SpanningSync, so we're doing well so far. Also, a quick glance at the price ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/26/sync-your-calendars-with-busysync-win-a-free-license/ There are plenty of cases available on the market today for the "world's thinnest notebook", from manila envelopes, to hard cases, to sleeves. Today we'll be taking a look at the Incase Neoprene Sleeve for the MacBook Air. Being a fairly simple case, we're only going to take a minute of ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/24/quick-look-incase-neoprene-sleeve-for-macbook-air/ There has certainly been an increase in watching TV on your computer within the last couple of years. Today we're taking a look at the EyeTV Hybrid from Elgato. The EyeTV Hybrid is a USB TV tuner stick similar in size to a flash drive, and has a simple coaxial connector ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/21/elgato-eyetv-hybrid-review/ Numerous sources (Engadget, Gizmodo, Mac Rumors) are reporting that the next version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, will drop support for the PowerPC architecture. A screenshot from the system requirements page of the developer preview seeded to developers this week at WWDC confirms this. What we don't know is ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/11/os-x-snow-leopard-says-goodbye-to-powerpc/ The fine folks over at MarketWatch took a chance to interview everyone's favorite journalist, Walt Mossberg after the WWDC keynote on Monday. He talks about some of the missing features still such as copy & paste and sending MMS messages. He won't give us his final take until he reviews ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/11/video-marketwatch-interviews-mossberg-after-wwdc-keynote/ If you missed the exciting WWDC08 keynote yesterday, Apple has now posted both standard- and high-definition streams of the keynote which covers all the announcements made from MobileMe to the iPhone 3G. We're kind of bummed that Apple had to edit out "It's a Small World" from the keynote (after ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/10/apple-posts-stream-of-wwdc08-keynote/ After the lengthy WWDC 2008 keynote, Steve Jobs found time to sit down and chat with CNBC's Jim Goldman about the iPhone 3G, availability in Russia & China, and more. Be sure to check it out, it's worth watching. http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/10/youtube-steve-jobs-wwdc-2008-cnbc-interview/ Apple has posted a quick overview of what's to come in the next version of Mac OS X 10.6 dubbed "Snow Leopard." Instead of focusing on new features, they'll be focusing on security enhancements and stability. The only new "feature" is support for Microsoft Exchange out of the box. An interesting ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/apple-posts-info-on-106-snow-leopard/ After a little sneaking around AT&T's corporate website, we discovered some new details on the new iPhone 3G data plans. Unlimited data & email for consumers: $30/month Unlimited data & corporate email for enterprise: $45/month Also interesting is the "GPS-enabled YELLOWPAGES.COM mobile application" which we didn't see today from Apple. Take a look ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/new-details-on-iphone-3g-data-plans/ Apple has posted the iPhone 3G television ad that debuted today at the WWDC keynote. You can view it at Apple's website here (QuickTime required, of course). http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/apple-posts-iphone-3g-television-ad/ In addition to the iPhone 3G, Apple also introduced the successor to .Mac - MobileMe. It's a new Internet service that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the “cloud� to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. There is also a guided ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/apple-introduces-mobileme-internet-service/ SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008—Apple® today introduced the new iPhone™ 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and ... http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/apple-introduces-new-iphone-3g/ Well, there you have it folks - Apple has just announced the 3G iPhone at today's WWDC keynote address. We'll have more info up shortly, including full specs and details... It comes to the US and other countries on July 11th - from $199 to $399. http://www.macspark.net/2008/06/09/breaking-apple-announces-3g-iphone/