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Poll: Are you spending $20 on new iPod touch apps?

by Nilay Patel, posted Jan 15th 2008 at 6:20PM


So while the iPhone and Apple TV got shiny new firmware updates and new features for free today, iPod touch owners will have to lay out $20 to get Mail, Weather, Stocks, Notes, and Maps -- five apps the iPhone's had since day one. That seems like a raw deal to us -- but then again, we're up to our necks in handheld devices that can check email and take notes. So what's it going to be, iPod touch owners -- will you be laying down a Jackson or what?


Are you shelling out to update your iPod touch?

Stevenote video now live on Apple's site

by Nilay Patel, posted Jan 15th 2008 at 3:21PM


You brought AOL to its knees, you took out the Apple online store, but now the true test: can the power of one billion fanboys take on Akamai?

Update: The answer was a quick yes -- but we're sneaky and figured out the direct link. Have fun, kids.

MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery

by Nilay Patel, posted Jan 15th 2008 at 2:38PM Breaking News


We sort of understood it with iPods, and we grudgingly accepted it with the iPhone, but the MacBook Air has a sealed, non-user-replaceable battery, and that means we're suddenly a lot less in love. We're digging for details on how much it'll cost to swap out -- and what Apple expects road warriors to do when their slick new ultraportable dies on the go, stick with us.

The MacBook Air SuperDrive

by Nilay Patel, posted Jan 15th 2008 at 2:09PM Breaking News

Apple may think it's over for optical media, but we have a feeling a lot of MacBook Air customers are going to end up spending the $99 on the external SuperDrive. The 1.06-pound USB-powered dual-layer burner is as slickly encased in aluminum as the Air itself, has a built-in cable and features 4X DL read / write speeds, 8x DVD±R, and 24x CD-R. No official word on availability just yet, but we'd guess it'll ship alongside the Air in two weeks. Interestingly, the specs say it requires a MacBook Air -- but we'll be recklessly plugging it into whatever we have handy soon enough, stay tuned.




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