http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog A local slant on the Mac scene Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:31:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/303/iphone-3g-singapore-s299/ A recent hiring by Apple for "Handwriting Recognition Engineers" seems to have paid dividends in the latest iPhone SDK, which shows some sort of handwriting recognition software running. According to the post on the Chinese website, this is how Apple plans to integrate Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) input on the iPhone. As ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/300/iphone-to-write-in-chinese/ A Chinese website is showing off these pics. Not sure if these are real, or just mock-ups built using the latest information Apple has sent out to case manufacturers etc. Still, they look a damn site nicer than the last lot of supposed iPhone pics... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/298/is-this-the-new-iphone/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/296/3g-iphones-on-order-10-million-of-them/ An Industry source has let slip that Apple's iPhone will be coming to Singapore in September, under a deal with SingTel. Its widely expected that by the time it gets out here, the iPhone will be a revised version, presumably utilising the new 3G chipset to keep up with the ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/294/iphone-singapore-release-date-leaked/ Next time, we'll organise a proper Twitter feed... Much easier :)It's on like Donkey Kong! We'll update tomorrow with the facts... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/292/iphone-sdk-town-hall/ 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! http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/290/happy-24th-birthday-apple/ In case you've been in a coma for the last few weeks, 1am local time kicks of the infamous Steve Jobs keynote speech. One of the most interesting rumors doing the rounds is of a tiny Mac portable, called the Macbook Air.Other things of interest should hopefully include: OS X 10.5.2 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/288/mwsf-2008-get-ready/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/285/macheist-great-software-bundle-insane-price-2/ This is a scammy operator, the first we know of in the Mac software field!Visit this site on your Mac (or even on a PC!), and it will "warn" you that it has found: Privacy Invasion Personal Security Risks Vulnerable Data Theft Insecure Internet ActivitiesIt points to certain folders and files that ONLY exist ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/284/macsweeper-bullshit-software/ As devoted maniacs of all things Apple, we’d like to share what we consider are the Top 10 most useful Mac Apps. This list doesn’t include Microsoft Office, Adobe apps or any of theApps bundled with your Mac. Instead it’s focus is on freeware and shareware apps leveraging ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/282/our-top-10-mac-apps/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/281/new-mac-pros/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/278/dvds-to-come-with-itunes-mini-movies/ These new bad boys kick some serious Xeon Quad Core ass, ... running up to 5x's faster than our old G5 XServes. They're being installed into Equinix Data Centre on Monday, so we'll have two DC's on the go, and be able to fall over to the Equinix DC should ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/276/our-new-xserves-arrived-today/ 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, ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/275/its-offical-book-your-sick-day-now/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/273/leopard-declared-gm-announcement-today/ Apparently so. We called around everywhere, and NO ONE had stock apart from Harvey Norman @ Hougang! Skip fwd to 1.5hrs later, and we had our moment of lust during the unpacking pr0n! Skip fwd another 30 mins, and we had this bad-boy fully hacked six ways to Sunday, and ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/272/did-we-get-the-last-ipod-touch-in-singapore/ 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 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/271/ipod-touch-display-issues-surfacing/ Instead of forking out $50 - $100 to get your iPhone unlocked, you now have an open source alternative. Thanks to the hard working folks over at the iPhone Dev Wiki, there is now a software solution that allows you to sim-unlock your phone. Tutorials are still being developed but ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/268/iphone-unlock-for-free/ It's not often we "blow our own horn" on our blog, but this is an offer we thought all you 'Mac Heads' might be interested in. Is you sign up for either or "Start-Up" or "Business" hosting plans, then we'll put you in a draw with 9 other people, and 1 ... http://www.asiafasthosts.com/blog/266/sign-up-win-an-ipod-nano/