Month of June , 2005

According to T3, an online gadgets related magazine, Apple is planning to release new iPod shuffles with storage capacity of 2GB and 4GB as well as a new 8GB iPod mini.

A MacBidouille reader ordered a Mac mini on the online Apple Store this week and while he was checking his order status today, he noticed that there was the following mention:

Engadget posted a picture of what it believes to be the design of the forthcoming iTunes phone that should be announced by Apple and Motorola imminently.

Apple has just released iPod Updater 2005-06-26 through the Software Update utility.

Along with the iPod updates, Apple has also silently added an new build-to-order option for PowerMac purchasers, they can now buy their PowerMac with a Radeon 850XT graphic card.

Apple has released a new line of iPods with color screen across the line. By the way, the iPod photo line disappears as it is merged with the iPod line.

Apple has closed its European online stores (DE, FR, IT, UK...), as it is usually the case before a new product release.

Apple has just released iTunes 4.9 through the Software Update utility and through its dedicated web site (Mac and Windows).

IfoAppleStore reports that Apple preparing the opening of a Store in the Kurfürstendamm section of Berlin.

As promised, here is the third last part of our "Developers speak out on the big switch" series (read also part I and part II), which is a collection of the comments from several big and smaller players of the Mac software industry, questioned on Apple's announcement to switch to Intel for its Macintosh computers.

Sources informed MacosXrumors that Apple and Motorola will launch the long awaited iTunes mobile phone as soon as on Tuesday, June the 28th.

Apple has sent invitations to the press and Mac-centric sites for an event that will take place on July the 7th and Apple will make product announcements during the event.

One anonymous report reveals what could be the technical specs of the next generation iBook line. Although the source's reliability cannot be verified, the information coincides with older reports and appears realistic enough to be considered.

ThinkSecret has posted an interesting article on Apple's Intel development kit that can be ordered only by Premiere ADC members since WWDC's announcement.

This week, Freescale (former Motorola's processors division), announced the upcoming release of the MPC7448 PowerPC G4 processor (see specs here) which will be available by October 2005.

Here's a quick catch-up with the latest Apple news:

Apple has filed the trademark "Numbers" on June the 8th, as notices AppleInsider. The description of the trademark is "computer software".

In a follow-up of our first article which cites developer's opinion on Apple's switch to Intel, here are some additionnal comments we received from developers.

Apple has dropped the single 1.8Ghz PowerMac G5 from its online store earlier today. The PowerMac was introduced about six months ago for $1499 and was the most affordable PowerMac on the bottom of the line.

As CNET News reports, Apple has filed a trademark for "Mactel" at the US Patents and Trademarks Office. The description of the patent is the following:

As notes MacRumors, according to an interview of Errol Morris, which had shot the Apple switch campaign ads, Apple is working on new ads promoting the Macintosh.

A MacBidouille's reader notes that the following was posted on Apple's Darwin x86 forums:

An unconfirmed report informs us that Apple plans to release Mac OS X 10.4.2 update as soon as tomorrow. The development of the update has reached final stage late last week, according to the source.

Today, Nokia has announced that it plans to use Apple's open source web engine (WebCore, JavascriptCore) for its next generation of mobile platform.

Following this Monday's keynote, MacosXrumors asked the opinion of some software developers about Apple's switch to Intel processors.

According to BetaNews, Seagate announced today, the release of the ST1 Series 8GB which is a 1 inch hard drive that targets the small devices market.

Here's a catch-up with some news that we didn't mention:

Apple has just made available through the Software Update utility a Security Update numbered "2005-006".

While announcing the switch to Intel, Apple also released some tools for developers such as xCode 2.1 that includes a new version of WebObjects as well, a guide to Universal Binary and a kit that bundles all of these with an Intel-based Pentium 4 based Mac running at 3.6Ghz.

According to Reuters, the Nihon Keizai business daily claims that Apple will launch its iTunes Music Store in Japan as soon as in August.

As reported by the press during the last two weeks, today Steve Jobs announced Apple's biggest strategy shift since the announcement of Mac OS X. Apple chose to scrap its ten year commitment with IBM and will begin a phased transition to the Intel architecture. The announcement was made by Steve Jobs during the WWDC 2005 opening keynote.

Apple has made available through QuickTime MPEG-4 video streaming, the video broadcast of today's WWDC opening keynote.

Today, Apple announcedduring the WWDC 2005 opening keynote that a public preview version of QuickTime 7 for Windows is available for download.

Apple has confirmed today, during the World Wide Developer Conference 2005 opening keynote, that it's going to switch to Intel's architecture in a phased transition that will last about two years.

We will provide live coverage for the World Wide Developers conference today on MacScoop.com. The event takes place in San Fransisco and starts at 10 a.m today.

Last week, we were sceptical about the rumours claiming that Apple was about to announce a switch to the Intel architecture for its Macintosh line of products. However, now we have our own sources confirming that these rumours are truth.

On Monday, Steve Jobs will kick off the World Wide Developers Conference 2005. An event that is usually subject of announcements and even strategy shifts. This year, we can say that Apple did not allow much information to filter before the event as it usually happens.

Anonymous sources claim that Apple is planning to introduce a new iPod shuffle with 2GB of storage and a display, while the 1GB iPod should remain without display.