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MacRumors Story Archive - December 2008

  • • iPhone (Nano?), Smaller Shuffle and Cheaper MacBook in 2009?
    Wednesday December 31, 2008 9:43 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Quanta to Produce Apple Netbook in 2009?
    Wednesday December 31, 2008 8:33 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iWork to Become a Web Application at Macworld?
    Wednesday December 31, 2008 8:04 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 30GB Zunes Failing En Masse
    Wednesday December 31, 2008 7:01 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • New Mac Mini to Launch at Macworld San Francisco?
    Wednesday December 31, 2008 5:02 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 'Large Screen iPod Touch Device' in Fall of 2009?
    Tuesday December 30, 2008 5:04 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Intel Launches Low Cost Quad-Core Mobile Processor and New Core 2 Duos
    Tuesday December 30, 2008 7:23 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • MacRumors and iPhone Alley 'Macworld Finale Bash'
    Monday December 29, 2008 10:35 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Vaja Also Hints at iPhone Nano?
    Monday December 29, 2008 1:00 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Developing a Home Media Server?
    Monday December 29, 2008 9:38 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Massive Christmas iPod Touch Sales Boost App Store Downloads
    Sunday December 28, 2008 3:07 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Snow Leopard Screenshots Show Little New
    Sunday December 28, 2008 2:57 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Christmas Holiday Boosts App Store Sales, iFart Mobile Triples Sales
    Saturday December 27, 2008 9:43 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • AT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone
    Friday December 26, 2008 5:42 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Wal-Mart to Sell iPhone Starting Sunday
    Friday December 26, 2008 8:28 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Multi-Touch Swipe Gestures for iPhone Keyboard
    Thursday December 25, 2008 3:48 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Best iPhone Games 2008
    Thursday December 25, 2008 12:38 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Holiday Discounts in App Store, List of Now Free Apps
    Wednesday December 24, 2008 6:37 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone App Store Sales for #1 Spot Revealed
    Tuesday December 23, 2008 3:07 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • More iPhone Nano Case Design Photos
    Tuesday December 23, 2008 8:24 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • New iMacs Shipping January 2009?
    Tuesday December 23, 2008 8:15 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Updates MobileMe Online Apps
    Tuesday December 23, 2008 6:06 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Mail Update 1.0
    Monday December 22, 2008 5:41 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Ambrosia Offers Six Game Mac Bundle for $19
    Monday December 22, 2008 1:09 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone Nano Concept Photo?
    Monday December 22, 2008 1:00 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • More Hints of an 'iPhone Nano' from Case Manufacturers
    Monday December 22, 2008 3:22 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Fake Mac Mini Images Circulate
    Monday December 22, 2008 2:18 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Evidence that Next iMacs and Mac Minis to use NVIDIA Chipsets
    Friday December 19, 2008 4:48 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Acknowledges 10.5.6 'Configuring Installation' Issue
    Friday December 19, 2008 3:46 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • BBC iPlayer Now Available for Mac
    Friday December 19, 2008 3:22 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows & Vista
    Thursday December 18, 2008 2:20 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Releases Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.4
    Thursday December 18, 2008 1:19 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Schiller to Demo Snow Leopard at Macworld?
    Thursday December 18, 2008 5:27 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • IDG "Completely Blindsided" by Apple's Withdrawal from Macworld
    Thursday December 18, 2008 5:20 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Researching Multi-Touch Skins and New Gestures
    Thursday December 18, 2008 4:43 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone Games: Rolando, SimCity, HydroTilt, Konami
    Thursday December 18, 2008 3:19 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple is Licensee and Investor of Imagination Technologies (PowerVR)
    Thursday December 18, 2008 3:02 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • MacUpdate Holiday Mac Application Bundle Ends Today
    Thursday December 18, 2008 12:15 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Pro Apps Updates 2008-005
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 2:12 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Had Long Planned to Leave Macworld
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 11:35 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Orange Loses iPhone Exclusivity in France
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 10:52 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • More Confirmation of Wal-Mart iPhone
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 10:48 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Reaction to Apple's Withdrawal from Macworld, Apple Expo Paris Cancelled
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 7:56 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Refurbished iPhones Available from AT&T
    Wednesday December 17, 2008 7:27 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple's Macworld Exit Due to Politics Not Health Issues?
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 4:23 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple: Jobs Will Not Present at Apple's Final Macworld Keynote
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 1:41 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Analyst Believes Apple Will Unveil Netbooks at Macworld
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 9:46 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iTunes Still Well Ahead of Amazon MP3 Store
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 7:39 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone 3G Unlocked, Software Release on New Years
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 7:31 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Mac Sales Flat in November
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 6:08 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Delivers Desktop MobileMe 'Push' Services with 10.5.6
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 5:17 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone Developer Success Stories Continue to Inspire
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 5:12 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Jailbreaking Tools
    Tuesday December 16, 2008 3:02 am PST by longofest
  • • Apple Releases Tiger Security Updates, Bonjour for Windows Update
    Monday December 15, 2008 8:08 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Revives Animated Holiday 'Get a Mac' Ads
    Monday December 15, 2008 7:37 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • New Mac Mini at Macworld San Francisco 2009?
    Monday December 15, 2008 5:26 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • IDG: Jobs Expected to Give Macworld Keynote [Updated: Uncertain]
    Monday December 15, 2008 10:04 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.6
    Monday December 15, 2008 8:39 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone Nano Rumors Revived in Otherwise Quiet Lead-in to Macworld
    Monday December 15, 2008 2:15 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Microsoft Offers Seadragon App for iPhone
    Monday December 15, 2008 1:11 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My Finger'
    Friday December 12, 2008 12:14 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPod Touch Gaming Ad Shakes Things Up
    Friday December 12, 2008 8:23 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Adds Top 100 App Listings Per Category
    Thursday December 11, 2008 1:50 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Imminent... Friday?
    Thursday December 11, 2008 5:24 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces
    Thursday December 11, 2008 2:07 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Removes Top 100 Listings from App Store (For Now)
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 1:52 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Firmware Updates for 'Late 2008' Portables
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 12:50 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • App Store Developers Debate Pricing and Marketing
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 9:49 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Movie Availability on iTunes May Be Temporary
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 9:29 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Latest Firefox 3.1 Beta Adds Multi-Touch Support
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 2:15 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Steve Jobs Personally Picks Songs for Apple iPod Touch Ads
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 12:52 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Newest MacBook Pro NVIDIA Chips Potentially Faulty?
    Wednesday December 10, 2008 12:30 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Microsoft Releases Office 2008 12.1.5 and Office 2004 11.5.3 Updates
    Tuesday December 9, 2008 2:38 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • OpenCL 1.0 Specification Completed in Time for Snow Leopard
    Monday December 8, 2008 10:22 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple's ARM Plans in 2009? NetBooks, Tablets, Other?
    Monday December 8, 2008 11:37 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Latest Mac OS X Seeds; Rosetta Becomes Optional in Snow Leopard?
    Monday December 8, 2008 9:22 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • $99 Wal-Mart iPhone Seems Unlikely
    Monday December 8, 2008 1:08 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Outputting iPhone Apps to a TV: Moto Chaser Demo
    Friday December 5, 2008 10:57 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Advertises 300 Million Apps Downloaded, Over 10,000 Apps in App Store
    Friday December 5, 2008 8:56 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • First Impressions of Apple In-Ear Headphones
    Friday December 5, 2008 6:14 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • More Vendors Downsizing or Withdrawing from Macworld SF 2009?
    Thursday December 4, 2008 7:21 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • MacUpdate Holiday Mac Application Bundle for $49
    Thursday December 4, 2008 1:12 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Proximity Sensors to Assist Multi-Touch Interface?
    Thursday December 4, 2008 12:37 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Wal-Mart to Sell $99 4GB iPhone?
    Thursday December 4, 2008 3:58 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Suggests Possible Conspiracy Behind Psystar
    Wednesday December 3, 2008 3:12 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Adobe Not Exhibiting at Macworld Expo San Francisco
    Wednesday December 3, 2008 12:15 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Latest Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Builds Still Have Work to be Done
    Wednesday December 3, 2008 2:54 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Developers Can Now Issue Free "Promotional" Copies of iPhone Apps
    Tuesday December 2, 2008 1:54 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Exploring Liquid Notebook Cooling Systems for Cooler Laps
    Tuesday December 2, 2008 10:16 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Psystar Working on Mac Laptop Clone, Apple Files DMCA Charges
    Tuesday December 2, 2008 10:02 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple In-Ear Headphones Finally Shipping
    Tuesday December 2, 2008 9:47 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Nokia's N97 Positioned Against iPhone
    Tuesday December 2, 2008 7:52 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Macworld San Francisco 2009 Registration, New Macs, 32GB iPhones?
    Monday December 1, 2008 6:50 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 1.1
    Monday December 1, 2008 3:31 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Offering Free Licensing of Mini DisplayPort Spec
    Monday December 1, 2008 9:52 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 10,000 iPhone App Icon Mosaic
    Monday December 1, 2008 9:39 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Safari Tops 7% Of Browser Market Share, Mac OS X On The Rise
    Monday December 1, 2008 9:20 am PST by longofest
  • • Simpsons Mock Apple
    Monday December 1, 2008 2:37 am PST by Arnold Kim

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• watchOS 11
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