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Macworld 2008: Macbook Air

Ken Allen — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:13 +0000

All the Rumors were true, the Macbook Air has been released today at Macworld. Boasting a weight of 3 pounds, .76 -.16 inches in size from front to rear, a full size backlit keyboard, 13.3-inch display, mult-touch gestures for the trackpad, iSight built in, 1.6GHz (1.8Ghz optional) Core 2 Duo , 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD (64GB SSD Optional), 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, USB 2.0. Mini-DVI, and a 5+ hour battery life. The Macbook Air has no internal optical drive, but can “borrow” optical drives from other devices, or Apple has an optional USB optical drive for a respectable $99.

Apple also went more environmentally friendly by cutting packaging size down 56%, making circuit boards Bromide and PVC free, and taking mercury out of the displays.

The Macbook air can be pre-ordered now in Black or White, and can be seen in stores in 2 weeks at a respectable $1799. Hit the cut for more images of the MacBook air.

iPhone GPS Dongle

Ken Allen — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:50:29 +0000

Navizon had a great idea providing jailbroken iPhones with an ability to emulate GPS through tower triangulation, but it only gave somewhat accurate information. Partfoundry has developed a working prototype dongle for the jailbroken iPhone that provides real time GPS locationing with an accuracy of 16ft-32ft using the SiRF Star III chip. It’s sleek look definitely goes well with the iPhone. Though the dongle makes the iPhone a bit bigger, it can always be removed and used when needed. The dongle will be available from February 2008 at a respectable $89. Be sure to check the working prototype video after the cut.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY8OxHeNKfY[/youtube]

[Via TUAW]

Land Rover LRX Concept using iPhone for more than just audio

James Allan Brady — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:32:31 +0000

Sure, there are 2 iPhone docks inside this concept vehicle, on in the center console next to the driver, and one in the removable speakers in the rear, but I’d be willing to wager that by the time this thing hits production one or more of them will be missing. But, the coolest feature, the iPhone when placed in the center console can be used as a key to start the car.

Word is there will be several other touch screens throughout the vehicle, the iPhone (or two) is just going to be one of the many. This new LRX is a 3-door coupe SUV (weird sounding, but it looks so good).

Concept cars are so bittersweet because they are a genius convergence of all the latest technology in the auto industry, but they rarely, if ever, make it to production even half as nice as they were when they were a concept car. Oh yeah, by the way, I guess our own Vincent Nguyen will be at the Detroit Auto Show next year where they are unveiling this work of art.

iPhone at the heart of the Land Rover LRX Concept [via slashphone]

Flash on iPhone: Ask Apple

Ken Allen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:47:20 +0000

After an Adobe Support Engineer was asked when the iPhone and iPod touch would support flash on Mobile Safari, a response concluded that the wrong company was being asked. It doesn’t look like an update with Flash is near, but possibly a member of any of the iPhone dev teams can hack it up.

I personally think that Google bought exclusivity of flash video’s for YouTube on the iPhone, taking away any thoughts of flash for Safari on the iPhone, not allowing you to browse other flash video websites other than YouTube. We’ll have to wait and see how this plays out. There is flash somewhere in the iPhone as it’s running the YouTube app, but not being used for Safari. Hopefully Apple has future updates with the iPhone allowing Flash to run with Safari.

[Via Adobe]

Distributed media made neat with iPort in-wall docks for iPhone

Chris Davies — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:19:30 +0000

Lucky enough to have an iPhone and a house networked for sound and video? Looking for a way to access all that media goodness trapped inside your iPhone on the big-screen TV and through the sexy speakers you paid so much for? Well, iPort – makers of swish in-wall docks for Apple’s PMP products – have upgraded their range to be compatible with the iPhone. What that means is you can have a clean, professional looking iPhone hutch in your living room wall and, from the comfort of a control panel in the sauna, access all the clips of dancing cats you’ve been collecting and storing on your cellphone.

Compatibility with distributed media stalwarts Crestron and AMX lets you use any of their remote control range – from a simple IR blaster to a swanky touchscreen panel – to control and access the media stored on either an iPhone or iPod. The upgraded iPort range starts at $200 for a basic in-wall dock, but if you want the two-way control you’re looking at upward of $800 a piece.

iPort [via SlashGear]

BMW Group Integrates iPhone Into Large Part Of Its Line

James Allan Brady — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:28:36 +0000

BMW has announced that its 1, 3, 5, and 6 series’ lines will be sporting iPhone connections. They will also equip the X5 with the technology too.

BMW was also the first to integrate the iPhone into its vehicles in the US. The launch will come at the Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13th.

So if you have an iPhone and are very proud of it, you could go buy a BMW they make some pretty nice vehicles. Or if you are in the market for a vehicle that implements the iPhone there is also the story we ran a while back about Audi integrating the phone into their high tech in-car media solution.

BMW and MINI Vehicles Equipped for Apple iPhone [via TheNewsMarket]