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Apple Event Sept 1

2010 August 31
by macjeff

Christmas 2010 lineup is coming.  Expect new ipod’s and ipod touch’s.  Hopefully a new AppleTV.

iOS 4.1 Coming Soon

2010 August 22
by macjeff

Will address proximity sensor issue, iPhone 3g slowness issues, ability to turn off spell check, and ability to control volume and channel on bluetooth audio devices.  Also it will include all bug fixes in 4.01 and 4.02.

IPhone 4 Glass Hard to Break but Easy to Scratch

2010 July 30
by macjeff

iPhone 4 has special glass that is harder to break but many readers and clients report even change in your pocket can scratch it. And ladies, watch a diamond ring that can cut the glass while getting it out of your purse.

The solution is the front and back kit from www.powersupportusa.com. It has two antiglares for the front screen and clear for the back. They give you two in case putting on the first one becomes a learning experience. My phone dropped out of the change bowl on the airport security conveyer belt. It got all scratched up but luckily I had power support protectors installed. The scratches were on the protectors not the phone. I replaced the protector and good to go!!!

LetMeKnow ceases operations

2010 July 30
by macjeff

Andrew Christiansen started a company and iPhone app called LetMeKnow. This past weekend it ceased operations leaving users with subscriptions stranded.

We had paid a large sum of money to
Andrew to add push notification from this blog to our HotMacNews iPhone app. The project was never completed and our money was never returned. Our lite app was using his server to send broadcast pushes mainly for greetings like Happy New Year. That function had ceased.

But good news is we are in testing phases of our next update for Lite and Pro which will fix this issue and add many new features. News to Come!!

Safari 5.01 Now With Extensions

2010 July 30
by macjeff

Safari 5.01 is now out.  Along with bug fixes and security updates it now enabled extensions for all users.

My favorite so far is the google apps extensions which makes access to our calendar and mail very easy.

Check out and have fun downloading all extensions at

http://extensions.apple.com/