“iPhone3G. Twice as fast. Half the price.”
Was there any doubt?
3G, GPS, sleeker, better battery life, US$199/8gb, 16gb white version(!), MobileMe, enterprise support, 3rd party app support, 70 countries …more details here.
It’s 3AM. Gotta sleep. Commentary later.
Don’t we all love it when a shipper delivers a box to our doorstep?
Well, some folk down under are beside themselves this weekend.
Australian Mac Community forum site MacTalk reports that they received a sealed box from Apple yesterday that is marked “Subject to terms of NDA. Do not open until Tuesday June 10th 2008.”
They suspect it’s a promotional iPhone 2.0 unit for display until supply actually becomes available. Other resellers across Australia (and presumably around the world) have received similar boxes under the same Non-Disclosure Agreement. This means the phone might not actually be available for purchase immediately after the WWDC announcement as initially hoped, at least outside the United States. Sigh.
(If it were me with the box, I don’t know if I’d have the restraint. Especially because I didn’t sign no stinkin’ NDA.)
Patience, patience. As they say in my country: dalawang tulog na lang.
Moscone West, San Francisco, a few days before the WWDC on Monday (Tuesday morning here in Manila.)
Expect every detail to be scrutinized, analyzed and speculated about to death until then. (Already, I’m wondering why they’ve dropped the “Mac” from “Mac OS X Leopard“. And “OS X iPhone“? I’ve never heard it called like that. Hmmmm…)
Apple released this week a long and exhaustive Leopard Security Configuration Guide consisting of recommended practices and tips on keeping your Macs, well, secure.
Strictly hardcore, it’s meant for the upper echelon of Mac geeks who are comfortable with Terminal and can understand the arcana of things like sandboxing, library randomization and modules with two-factor authentication systems.
I don’t think I’d try to try anything in it by myself, but it’s nice to know I have a copy. It’s like a rare library book from Hogwarts, and would be perfect if Harry was a Mac fanboy as well. Needless to say, tinkering with these spells is not recommended for ordinary wizards, not unless you know what you’re doing.
It’s a 3.4mb PDF download and you can get it here if you want to take a peek.
A quick look at the Table Of Contents after the jump:
The new version of Mac OS X, 10.6, will be known as Snow Leopard. Snow. Leopard.
Or at least that’s what Ars Technica seems convinced of. They also say it’ll be launched at Macworld 2009 in January, and will be Intel-only.
Previous speculation says that 10.6 seeds’ll be released to developers next week at the WWDC, in preparation for its release next year. As for changes, apparently it’ll be basically the same, except that it’ll be faster and more stable, rather than have anything really new or innovative. The report says this is because speed and stability are bigger concerns now that Apple’s firmly entrenched in smaller and more mobile gadgets that need these elements more than anything.
PowerPC users are expectedly crushed by this news. Our sympathies.
[UPDATE: Typo! As a bunch of readers immediately noted, I wrote the version wrong (10.5.6). Dunno what got into me - maybe because i was sneaking in this post as I was in a sales meeting. Heh. Serves me right! Fixed it already. Thanks, eagle-eyed MacADoodlers! You know who you are!]
