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Riiight. As much as we'd love to believe that Apple is partnering with RIM to create some sort of "AppleBerry" device to play music, check email and cook our breakfast for us, we're going to refrain from getting too hyped up about this latest rumor. Just like most of the "juicier" (i.e., rather fanciful and completely unfounded) rumors these days, this one comes from an analyst. Peter Misek, who accurately predicted an RIM/Intel partnerships last year, is to blame for this one, and doesn't really seem to have a lot to back up the idea. He says some senior executives at Intel have recommended the idea, and a few other analysts think it's plausible, but with the tight control both RIM and Apple keep on their hardware and software, we can't really imagine this as the happiest of unions. We hope we're wrong, Peter, we really do.
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If you're the type who just has to be the first to have everything, then don't waste any time and rush over to Apple.com to pre-order your MacBook Air. Aside from the regular list of MacBook accessories, you'll have to decide if it's worth $300 to go from a 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo to a 1.8Ghz. The only other choice to ponder is if your also the SSD type. Sure, SSDs are faster and use less power than their spinning brothers, but at $999 -- and 16GBs less capacity -- it's a hard pill to swallow. Of course you can get the ultimate MacBook Air for $3,098 and while you're at it, go ahead and get an all but useless optical drive for $99 and what is almost sure to be a required accessory on any first gen product; AppleCare at $249.
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The well known and respected iPhone hacker Nate True has discovered some very, very interesting information concerning Apple's latest update, 1.1.3. According to Mr. True, the boys and girls in Cupertino have all but prepped the device's OS for native applications, altering the functionality of SpringBoard to display additional apps, changing the ownership of applications to a unified "mobile" user, and moving the location of preferences to the accompanying non-root directory. Additionally, SpringBoard now boasts widget support via a class called SBWidgetApplication. All of these technical and seemingly minor details will apparently make it easier for developers to create new applications for the phone, though Nate says they'll also break existing native apps in the process. All we ask is that developers get those NES and SNESemulators ported quickly and safely to the new system.
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Zut alors, big things are underway at RIM for BlackBerry users as Waterloo's finest prepare to roll out the big guns by way of an update during the first half of the year. We've got your features here friends, mail is set to see significant changes with both HTML and Rich Text support, which will enable mail formatting that supports the original fonts, format and even graphics. Mail search functionality is also being thrown in to peruse old mail, a contact availability feature for meeting requests, and presence features for IM that will add "click to call" and "convert to call" as well as advanced emoticons -- *wink*. Follow the read link to see the complete list.
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