Mac News & Rumours from Singapore

Apple has opened up operator discounts on the iPhone, and stated that it should be no more than US$199 for the 8GB model, and US$299 for the 16GB model.
So these are the MAXIMUM prices we should be paying. Of course the operators are welcome to try and “seduce us” with a more tempting price by [...]

Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney claims to have heard “from sources in Asia” that Apple has placed a 10 million unit order for 3G iPhones, according to an interview by the iPod Observer.
This order for 10 million 3G iPhones would reportedly be above and beyond the original 10 million Apple had planned to sell of [...]

Next time, we’ll organise a proper Twitter feed… Much easier
It’s on like Donkey Kong! We’ll update tomorrow with the facts…

24 years ago, you could have gotten your hands on this sexy little number for a measly $2,500. If you (or you Dad?) have on of these ‘bad boys’ in your basement, … now might be a good time to dust it off, and slap in on eBay!

MacHeist is a package of 10 11 fantastic Apps bundled together at an insane price. For every bundle sold, a portion of the proceeds goes to charity.Today they hit their target, and all the Apps in the bundle are unlocked, meaning if you purchase now, you get all the Apps straight away! Yey! Included in the [...]

Sure you create some major buzz in the middle of CES 2008, the Apple store went down for a while (well it’s a Tuesday!) coming back up to reveal a newly revised Mac Pro. These bad boys now run 8-cores standard, up to 3.2 Ghz each. From the press release the basic config includes:
two 2.8 [...]

An interesting find on a Family Guy (Blue Harvest) DVD - which is supposed to be released on Jan 15th (read: Keynote date), was and iPod compatible version of the movie, branded as a “Fox Digital Copy” file.
Apparently it needs iTunes version 7.6 to run, so no doubt Steve will announce that during his keynote. 

Add a new Mac to your Mac. Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard is packed with over 300 new features, installs easily, and works with the software and accessories you already have.
Choose a single-user license for home or office (SGD $238). Or if you have more than one Mac at home, choose the five-user Family Pack [...]

Sources close to the development of Leopard are saying the code for the upcoming OS is now frozen, and a Gold Master (GM) has been built and delivered to manufacturing.
The build is said to be mac OS X Leopard 9A581 - the previously hinted GM build released internally at Apple over the weekend.
Meanwhile, as I [...]

Seems the new iPod Touch has a display issue which is causing a “negative black” effect. This wouldn’t be the first time that Apple has had Quality Control issues.
We’ve had an Airport Express which died a few days past its 1 year birthday, a 23″ Apple Cinema Display which is now tinged RED around [...]