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  • REVENGE
    A working software unlock method for the iPhone has finally been released. This software has been in development by the company iPhone Sim Free, and after undergoing a long period of delays it is now available world wide. The soft unlock comes in the form of an iPhone application, which you must put on your phone and run. After running the unlock application, you may use your iPhone with a variety of GSM carriers provided you have a registered SIM card.
     
    In order to unlock your iPhone, you must first purchase a copy of the IPSF software from iphoneworldwideunlock.com for $50 USD. The unlocking process itself is fairly easy to comprehend, although neophytes might find it time consuming to go through all of the directions. You can read about the first unlocks to be carried out worldwide at Gizmodo. There seems to have been some initial problems with the first revision of the application, but those have supposedly been resolved.
     
    If any of you decide to purchase and run the IPSF soft unlock, please let us know how the process went for you! Also, early adopters beware! The open iPhone hacking scene has declared they will attempt to reverse engineer this software process and put out a free unlocker as soon as possible.
     
    Source: TheInquirer

    BREAKING NEWS: Scratch the above, a FREE iPhone soft unlock method has been created and confirmed according to Gizmodo. It appears that the requisite files are now online, and Gizmodo states a full tutorial will be written soon. Behold, the power of the scene!

    UPDATE: It appears the file is an iPhone application. I would suggest following the IPSF unlock guide, but instead of purchasing their software just replace it with the iUnlock application. Below is a temp-file mirror for the application; full instructions will be posted when available. A prelinimary guide is now available.
     
    UPDATE: The iPhone unlocker GUI application has reached mature status, and can now be obtained at one of the mirrors listed on either HaRRo's freeiphoneunlock site or below at unknown-files.net.
     
    NOTE: The following Unlock.app has had its iUnlock module replaced with the latest one as instructed on HaRRo's site. You DO NOT need to download the latest iUnlock and replace it manually.
     


  • REVENGE
    After announcing the new iPhoneless iPod touch together with a $200 price cut on the 8GB model, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has decided to apologize to early iPhone customers who had to shell out the original $599/$399 for an 8GB/4GB iPhone, respectively, and offers them a rebate of $100 iCredit to Apple Retail/Online stores if their iPhones have already been opened or have exceeded the 14-day price match policy.
     
    This move comes as a surprise for some since immediately after the price cuts, Jobs' take on the matter was:


    "If they bought it a month ago, well, that's what happens in technology."
    Now, in an "openiphoneletter", Jobs has seemingly reversed his attitude on the matter and offers these words of conciliation:


    "We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple."
    Conspiracy theorists say they've been calling Steve's hand all along, however, and some believe that the $100 rebate was planned "from day one" as a marketing strategy to win extra profits at launch and alleviate any fallout thereafter. But as for whether or not this move is really just "all marketing, people. Marketing.", diehard fanbois and collectors will tell you they don't really care. As one iFan put it:


    "If they told me at the outset the iPhone would be $200 cheaper the next day, I would have thought about it for a second — and still bought it," said Andrew Brin, a 47-year-old addiction therapist in Los Angeles. "It was $600 and that was the price I was willing to pay for it."
    [Makes me wonder who really needs the addiction therapy...]
     
    Source: MSNBC
     
    Also thanks to InsanelyMac member Lkr for catching this early in Reader News!
  • Paranoid Marvin

    iPod Roundup

    By Paranoid Marvin, in OSx86,

    Well, I think we can safely say that this has been a satisfying day on the iPod front!
     
    Here's how the iPod line stands at the moment:
     


     
    iPod Touch
     
    Revolutionary multi-touch interface
    3.5-inch color display
    Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
    Safari, YouTube, iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
    8mm thin
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 20/4.5hrs
     
    8GB - £199/$299
    16GB - £269/$399
     
     
    iPod Classic

    80GB (20,000 songs)
    2.5-inch color display
    140 grams
    103.5 x 61.8 x 10.5 mm
    2.5-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 30/5hrs
    £159/$249
     
    160GB (40,000 songs)
    2.5-inch color display
    162 grams
    110 x 61.8 x 13.5 mm
    2.5-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
    Battery Life for Music/Videos - 40/7hrs
    £229/$349
     
     
    iPod Nano
    2-inch screen (diagonal)
    320 by 240 pixels
     
    4GB (1,000 songs)
    Silver only - £99/$149
     
    8GB (2,000 songs)
    Silver, Blue, Green, Black and Red - £129/$199
     
     
    iPod Shuffle

    1GB (240 songs)
    Colours - Silver, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Red
    Battery Life - 12hrs
    £49/$79
     
     
    The iPod Classic seems to have fairly similar specs and dimensions to the Video iPod of old. Both the iPod Classic and the Nano sport a new interface. The iPod touch looks almost exactly like a phone-less iPhone. Perhaps it is running on the same (or similar) hardware and software?
    I have to say, a 32GB model of the iPod Touch would be nice, but that would be very expensive. The 16GB will be a fairly coveted piece of gadgetry this Christmas (I am £144 away from my own iPod Touch) along with the iPod Nano, which seems like a lovely little bit of kit!
     
    What do you think of the new iPods?
  • Paranoid Marvin

    Apple Media Event

    By Paranoid Marvin, in OSx86,

    Once again, it is time for us to wait quietly as Mr Jobs steps up for another Stevenote!

    The event starts 10am Pacific time (that's 1pm Eastern and 6pm UK time).

    Major rumors from this event are focused mainly around the iPod - which is in serious need of an update, as the original hard-drive based video playing iPods came out in October 2005. Admittedly, they have had some serious software improvements and slight hardware updates, but the iPod is starting to show its age. The iPod is expected to get at least a storage boost this time round. So speculation includes wi-fi, flash based storage and even over the air downloads. The feature we are most likely to see (let's face it, we've wanted this for a while) is a wide screen, perhaps with multi touch technology.

    In the iPod Nano corner, there is an expected storage boost and perhaps even the inclusion of video play back, as well as new colours.

    Other rumors include either the discontinuation or the update of the iPod Hi-fi and an iPhone ring-tone service on the iTunes Store.

    It's possible that the new iPods could run OS X, much like the iPhone.


    You can read the event on Engadget's live blog as Steve talks here. MacRumours also has a great live page, as well as links to all the other major sites.

    Might be a bit to late to get the requests to Apple, but what do you want to see today?
  • Paranoid Marvin
    Apple has finally started selling TV programmes on iTunes in the UK, quite a long time after they began in the States, admittedly. iTunes users in the UK can now download a selection of TV programmes, ranging from Lost, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives to Kim Possible and South Park.
    Prices are £1.89 for one episode (that's $3.81 at the current exchange rate), not too much to ask, but still more expensive than the American equivalent. There is, at least, a bit of a saving when you buy the whole series of a TV programme. Ugly Betty, Season 1, costs £32.99 on iTunes and the RRP for the DVD boxset is £40.00.

    At the moment, the selection is limited. It will be interesting to see if British TV companies like ITV or BBC jump onboard, as it is all American at the moment.

    The one thing we are all waiting for, however, is Apple to start selling films on the iTunes store over here!
  • EFI

    NBC pulling out of iTunes.

    By EFI, in OSx86,

    Well, after just a while ago with the whole Universal pulling out of iTunes fiasco, it seems that NBC is following the same path now. It seems that NBC and Apple are unable to come to a mutual agreement regarding pricing, which seems much more of a valid reason (albeit very greedy) than what Universal's excuse was....which was iTunes has a monopoly and is not allowing equal competition from other online music stores, especially when their (Universal's) catalogue was flourishing on the iTunes store.
     
    Currently, NBC's offerings go for $1.99 on iTunes (TV shows), and they wanted to double their gain on iTunes by asking Apple to charge users $4.99 per episode. Talk about being greedy, sheesh. Apple, as a result declined this, and has stated that other media companies, such as FOX, The CW, ABC and CBS are quite fine with $1.99 and are on the catalog still.
     
    Eddy Cue, who is the VP of iTunes, has stated this in reaction:
     

     
    Nevertless, the NBC aired shows will still be on iTunes up until the end of this year.
     
    Full press release @ Apple
  • EFI

    New Mac OS X Leopard 9A527 Gallery

    By EFI, in OSx86,

    Think Secret has recently posted screenshots of the new Leopard build, with in-depth menus and dialog boxes. You can check out the entire gallery here:
     
    http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a527/
     
    Notice how some of the icons have insane detail to them. For example, take a look closely at the "address book" icon, and you'll see the leather texture, as well as the texture of the side page flap perfectly detailed. It is clear that these icons were designed to be viewed in 512pix glory.
     
    Let's have a discussion. Visually, what do you readers think? Has Leopard shown clear signs of maturity over it's introduction build, as well as previous builds? What do you like about the UI, and what do you dislike?
  • REVENGE
    Dear InsanelyMac visitors:
     
    As you may have noticed, news stories on the Front Page have been dwindling in the past three weeks even though new news continues to be posted almost daily in the Front Page News forum. Sorry for the inconvenience, but recently there has been a major change in the way Front Page News is processed. News is now submitted via a small "Submit News" button near the top right side on the white bar and is only "posted" to the Front Page pending review from an administrator. In addition, as the news system is now separated from the IPB forum system, news stores posted in the FPN subforum will no longer be transferred to the Front Page, and the discussion of news stories will now take place via a comment system on the Front Page itself.
     
    It certainly feels as if this change came about invisibly to both regular members and the news team, and as we continued to write and post news stories uninformed of the new process, our posts began to gather dust unread in the Front Page News forum, while the Front Page itself remained devoid of new news stories for weeks on end. As soon as we learned of our mistake, we attempted to "break the silence" of Front Page News and submitted our stories via the new system; however, as this change has fundamentally altered our well established peer review and editing system [we no longer have it :censored2: ], our newly submitted news has not been posted to the Front Page in as timely a manner as we, the news team, or you, the readers, approve of.
     
    I apologize on behalf of InsanelyMac's news team for our oversight regarding the changes to the system, and again for the recent slowdown in news submissions. Please keep in mind, that the staff has been working tirelessly to improve your InsanelyMac experience, and there will be many hits/misses during the process [anyone remember the "new logo" we had for a while? ]. Regardless of the bumpy road ahead, we all believe that standing still is unacceptable, and continuing to move forward and evolve is the way to go. We need you, as members of this community, to provide us with a guiding light by providing feedback and suggestions for improvement. After all, this site would be nothing without you, those who are as equally "insane about Mac" as we are.
     
    -REVENGE
  • REVENGE
    The long running Mac native port of OpenOffice, NeoOffice, has released it's latest stable version 2.2.1, which now includes preliminary support for Microsoft Office 2007's new OpenXML/ODF file format. This is made possible via the integration of the 3rd party ODF Converter project's ODF Add-in software, and enables NeoOffice to read and write docx/xlsx/pptx files for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, respectively. Earlier news this year indicates that an official converter package from Microsoft won't be released until Office 2008 enters into retail channels. In addition, this edition of NeoOffice also features support for Mac OS/X Spellchecker and Address Book.
     
    Download version 2.2.1
    NOTE: Scroll down and either choose to donate or skip donation to proceed to the file.
     
    Version 2.2.1 feature-list
  • EFI

    Mac OS X Leopard 9A527

    By EFI, in OSx86,

    The verions seem to be coming pretty quickly as the day for going gold approaches. Apple has just seeded another build of Leopard to developers, this time it's 9A527. There seems to be only a short list of changes/fixes, when compared to the previous builds.
     
    Apple is still actively seeking developer input in certain key areas of the OS. They began this input in the previous build, and are continuing it onto this one as well.
     
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