Remember that cool MacBook Pro with built-in 3G that one lucky surfer picked up on Craigslist? It got a lot of attention a couple weeks ago when it was listed on eBay, with bids in excess of $70,000. Unfortunately for its owner, Apple had the listing removed,...Apple Called: It Wants Its 3G MacBook Pro Back
Remember that cool MacBook Pro with built-in 3G that one lucky surfer picked up on Craigslist? It got a lot of attention a couple weeks ago when it was listed on eBay, with bids in excess of $70,000. Unfortunately for its owner, Apple had the listing removed,...Apple requests safe return of its 3G MacBook Pro prototype
We told you a couple weeks ago about the possibility Apple was testing 3G MacBook Pro designs back in 2007 after a prototype popped up on Ebay recently. After reaching nearly $70,000 in bids, it looks like Apple is stepping in and requesting the device be returned. A report from CNET today sheds a little...
3G MacBook Pro Prototype Had Magnetic ‘MagSafe’ Antenna
That awesome MacBook Pro prototype with built-in 3G that we reported on yesterday was removed from eBay at the request of Apple last night, after bidding reached a whopping $70,000. However, its seller has been posting further details of the device on the MacRumors...3G MacBook Pro prototype shows alternate history of mobile Mac
It appears that at one time Apple was exploring 3G-capable MacBook Pros. eBay seller Abhw752579 has listed a prototype 2007 Santa Rosa MacBook Pro with an integrated 3G antenna built in to the LCD screen. The eBay seller is not the original owner ...
OWC Represents “Voice Of Consumers” Usage Of Solid State Drives At Flash Memory Summit 2011
Other World Computing today announced it will represent the “voice of consumers” when several of its executives make presentations to Flash memory industry experts at the Flash Memory Summit being held today through this Thursday, August 11, at th...
Sprint deal moves LightSquared a step closer to entering 4G market
LightSquared has entered into a new agreement with Sprint Nextel that will allow the open access satellite/4G LTE broadband company to accelerate its deployment and stay ahead of the Federal Communication Commission's 2015 rollou...
Apple prepares for iOS 5 launch: iOS 5 beta 4 is the first over-the-air update (works on 3G!)
As Apple prepares for its official iOS 5 launch in the fall (likely in September), the company has unleashed their latest iOS beta as on over-the-air update. This over the air process will only work for those running iOS 5 beta 3. Apple warns that doing an OTA update will delete your photos and will...
To TRIM or not to TRIM (OWC has the answer)
Before we get started talking about TRIM and why you should or should not enable it, let’s just grab a little background, so everybody is roughly on the same page. When you simply “delete” a file on a traditional hard drive, it’s not really “...
Forget The iPhone 5, The Next iPod Touch Could Have 3G and VoIP
A very questionably sourced report claims that the next iPod Touch will join the iPad and iPhone and gain 3G data connectivity. That’s certainly always been the dream, and it would be enough for many iPhone users to ditch their cell phone contracts and go...iPhone Prototype Strengthens Rumors of a China Mobile iPhone 5
A photograph of an iPhone prototype running on China Mobile’s 3G TD-SCDMA network strengthen rumors that Apple is set to launch the device on the world’s largest carrier — possibly as early as September. A number of...Big bidding: Apple, Microsoft, RIM nab Nortel patents for $4.5 billion
The bidding war over the patent portfolio from bankrupt Canadian telecom Nortel's has ended. Google began the bidding on the collection of 6,000+ patents at $900 million, but Nortel announced today that the wining bid came from a...
10.6.8: The Little Update That Didn’t
Apple released the OS X 10.6.8 update last week. According to the Knowledge Base article on this update: The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability...
