MacRumors Archives - December 2009

• Next-Generation iDVD to Include Support for iTunes LP Creation?

Tuesday December 1, 2009 5:34 am PST by Eric Slivka 34 comments

• Psystar to Change Tactics and Sell Mac OS X-Ready Computers?

Tuesday December 1, 2009 5:53 am PST by Eric Slivka 250 comments

• Google Looking to Offer Paid Streaming TV Shows?

Tuesday December 1, 2009 7:40 am PST by Eric Slivka 52 comments

• First Intel Arrandale (MacBook Pro) Processors Due January 3rd?

Tuesday December 1, 2009 8:46 am PST by Arnold Kim 404 comments

• Fring Adds Video Calling to iPhone

Tuesday December 1, 2009 10:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 23 comments

• Psystar Agrees to Pay Nearly $2.7 Million in Settlement With Apple

Tuesday December 1, 2009 11:31 am PST by Eric Slivka 224 comments

• Consumer Reports Finds U.S. Cell-Phone Service Providers Lacking

Tuesday December 1, 2009 5:23 pm PST by longofest 45 comments

• Apple Considering Commercializing New iPod Touch EasyPay System?

Wednesday December 2, 2009 6:27 am PST by Eric Slivka 62 comments

• Psystar Halts Sales of Mac Clones, Plans Legal Appeal

Wednesday December 2, 2009 6:55 am PST by Eric Slivka 133 comments

• AT&T and Verizon Drop Lawsuits Over Ad Campaigns

Wednesday December 2, 2009 7:53 am PST by Eric Slivka 90 comments

• Steve Jobs Reportedly Intervenes in iPhone Application Approval

Wednesday December 2, 2009 8:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 35 comments

• Apple Tablet to Be Priced 'Shockingly' Low?

Wednesday December 2, 2009 12:04 pm PST by Eric Slivka 103 comments

• Time Inc. Also Working on Digital Content In Anticipation of Apple Tablet

Wednesday December 2, 2009 11:31 pm PST by Arnold Kim 108 comments

• Research Firm Predicts Apple Tablet, 300,000 iPhone Applications for 2010

Thursday December 3, 2009 5:38 am PST by Eric Slivka 88 comments

• Apple Postpones Frankfurt Retail Store Opening at Last Minute

Thursday December 3, 2009 5:58 am PST by Eric Slivka 65 comments

• China's Largest E-Commerce Store Has Sold Only Five iPhones

Thursday December 3, 2009 8:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 48 comments

• Google Releases Chrome for Mac Beta

Thursday December 3, 2009 10:10 am PST by Eric Slivka 291 comments

• Apple Nixes Support for New iPod Click Wheel Games?

Thursday December 3, 2009 12:19 pm PST by Eric Slivka 50 comments

• Apple Releases Java Updates for Snow Leopard and Leopard

Thursday December 3, 2009 12:43 pm PST by Eric Slivka 44 comments

• Doubts Circulate of a Verizon iPhone in 2010

Friday December 4, 2009 1:37 am PST by Arnold Kim 96 comments

• Motorola Invests in Acoustic Multi-Touch Company

Friday December 4, 2009 4:46 am PST by Arnold Kim 9 comments

• Apple Quietly Adds 3.33 GHz Quad-Core Option to Mac Pro [Updated: Xserve]

Friday December 4, 2009 5:03 am PST by Eric Slivka 193 comments

• Apple Obtains Rezoning on Second Cupertino Campus Parcel

Friday December 4, 2009 7:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• Microsoft Modifies European 'Browser Ballot' to Eliminate Safari's Advantage

Friday December 4, 2009 9:48 am PST by Eric Slivka 152 comments

• Apple Products Top U.S. Retail Desktop and Notebook Sales Lists

Friday December 4, 2009 10:37 am PST by Eric Slivka 65 comments

• Apple Looking to Acquire Music Streaming Service Lala?

Friday December 4, 2009 11:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 50 comments

• Apple Snapping Up 7-Inch Touchscreens Ahead of January Tablet Launch?

Friday December 4, 2009 12:07 pm PST by Eric Slivka 67 comments

• Apple Ordered to Pay Finalized $21.7 Million Patent Verdict, Hit With New Suit Over iPhone Camera

Friday December 4, 2009 12:43 pm PST by Eric Slivka 213 comments

• Apple Acquires Streaming Music Service Lala Media

Friday December 4, 2009 6:15 pm PST by Arnold Kim 179 comments

• Apple to Skip Intel Arrandale? Demands Alternative Chip?

Monday December 7, 2009 12:22 am PST by Arnold Kim 268 comments

• Source Speaks to Apple's Motivation Behind Lala Acquisition

Monday December 7, 2009 1:45 am PST by Arnold Kim 49 comments

• AT&T Releases 'Mark The Spot' Application to Track Network Issues

Monday December 7, 2009 6:22 am PST by Eric Slivka 101 comments

• New York Times Profiles Apple's App Store

Monday December 7, 2009 7:01 am PST by Eric Slivka 37 comments

• iPod Touch Seen as Building Base of Future iPhone Users

Monday December 7, 2009 9:33 am PST by Eric Slivka 87 comments

• Apple's Purchase Price for Lala: $80 Million? [Update: $17 Million?]

Monday December 7, 2009 10:51 am PST by Eric Slivka 43 comments

• Apple Removes Apps Due to Accusations of Shill Reviews

Tuesday December 8, 2009 2:47 am PST by Arnold Kim 73 comments

• Intel's Larrabee Graphics Chip Delayed Indefinitely

Tuesday December 8, 2009 3:33 am PST by Arnold Kim 35 comments

• Apple Rounds Up 'Top Sellers' and 'Best of' iTunes 2009

Tuesday December 8, 2009 4:14 am PST by Arnold Kim 12 comments

• News Publishers Launch Joint Venture Targeting Digital Content Distribution

Tuesday December 8, 2009 5:11 am PST by Eric Slivka 40 comments

• Bento for iPhone and iPod Touch Tops 100,000 Sales

Tuesday December 8, 2009 9:59 am PST by Eric Slivka 16 comments

• 'Dragon Dictation' Brings Voice Transcription to the iPhone [Updated]

Tuesday December 8, 2009 10:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 181 comments

• Apple Releases AirPort Software Update, Firmware Updates Addressing SuperDrive Noise

Tuesday December 8, 2009 12:31 pm PST by Eric Slivka 125 comments

• Speculation That Intel May Buy NVIDIA

Tuesday December 8, 2009 12:38 pm PST by Arnold Kim 36 comments

• More on Gaming: iPhone Games Group and Apple Seeking Video Game Artist

Wednesday December 9, 2009 1:50 am PST by Arnold Kim 39 comments

• Apple Reportedly Preparing to Seed Builds of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to Developers

Wednesday December 9, 2009 4:54 am PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• Analyst: Apple Prepping February Tablet Production Ramp Ahead of March or April Release

Wednesday December 9, 2009 5:04 am PST by Eric Slivka 185 comments

• Ustream Offers Live Video Streaming for the iPhone

Wednesday December 9, 2009 7:23 am PST by Eric Slivka 26 comments

• AT&T Addressing Network Performance in Manhattan and San Francisco, High-Bandwidth Users

Wednesday December 9, 2009 7:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 85 comments

• Apple Rolls Out Customizable Digital iTunes Gift Cards Via Facebook

Wednesday December 9, 2009 8:57 am PST by Eric Slivka 12 comments

• Apple Looking to Revive 'Think Different' Advertising Campaign?

Wednesday December 9, 2009 9:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 115 comments

• Analyst Predictions for 2010 iPhone: 70% Chance of Verizon, Battery Improvements, RFID

Wednesday December 9, 2009 10:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 88 comments

• Chrome for Mac Beta Nearly Matches Safari in JavaScript Benchmarking

Wednesday December 9, 2009 11:17 am PST by Eric Slivka 143 comments

• China Unicom Has Sold 100,000 iPhones Since Launch

Thursday December 10, 2009 1:36 am PST by Arnold Kim 35 comments

• Apple to Overhaul iTunes Service?

Thursday December 10, 2009 1:41 am PST by Arnold Kim 152 comments

• Foxconn Reportedly Receives Contract to Manufacture Next-Generation iPhone

Thursday December 10, 2009 5:18 am PST by Eric Slivka 28 comments

• Fallout From LCD Price Fixing Scandal Continues as Chi Mei Agrees to $220 Million Fine

Thursday December 10, 2009 7:16 am PST by Eric Slivka 28 comments

• 'Google Mobile App' Updated With Redesigned Results, Integrated Browser Functionality

Thursday December 10, 2009 7:50 am PST by Eric Slivka 8 comments

• IMDb Comes to the iPhone

Thursday December 10, 2009 8:05 am PST by Eric Slivka 54 comments

• Apple Patent Applications: Tamper-Resistant Labels for Hardware, Accelerometer-Based Menu Navigation

Thursday December 10, 2009 9:56 am PST by Eric Slivka 79 comments

• Apple Makes New Language Localization Options Available to App Store Developers

Thursday December 10, 2009 11:14 am PST by Eric Slivka 7 comments

• Apple Poached Lala from Possible Google Acquisition?

Thursday December 10, 2009 5:39 pm PST by Arnold Kim 80 comments

• 3Qi Screen Technology Shipping in Time for Apple Tablet?

Friday December 11, 2009 12:30 am PST by Arnold Kim 110 comments

• Apple Easing Up on iPhone Developers? Letting Private API Usage Slide Temporarily

Friday December 11, 2009 4:31 am PST by Arnold Kim 43 comments

• Apple Files Countersuit Against Nokia [Updated]

Friday December 11, 2009 6:23 am PST by Eric Slivka 179 comments

• Apple Patent Application Reveals Moldable Charging Dock for Media Devices

Friday December 11, 2009 7:29 am PST by Eric Slivka 60 comments

• Apple Looking to Acquire iCall?

Friday December 11, 2009 10:30 am PST by Eric Slivka 20 comments

• TomTom Introduces U.S.-Only GPS iPhone Application for $49.99

Friday December 11, 2009 10:58 am PST by Eric Slivka 53 comments

• Claimed Tablet Video Sparks Questionable Speculation of Apple Tablet

Friday December 11, 2009 11:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 165 comments

• Apple Rolls Out New App Store Look

Friday December 11, 2009 4:50 pm PST by Arnold Kim 72 comments

• Official Google Phone Coming in January 2010, Testing Now

Saturday December 12, 2009 12:57 pm PST by Arnold Kim 417 comments

• Sketchy Evidence of iPhone 3.1.3 and iPhone 4.0 OS

Sunday December 13, 2009 8:44 pm PST by Arnold Kim 54 comments

• Article Suggests iPhone is to Blame for AT&T's Network Failures

Sunday December 13, 2009 9:08 pm PST by Arnold Kim 256 comments

• 27" iMac Shipping Times Slip to Two Weeks Amid Screen Flickering Complaints

Monday December 14, 2009 5:23 am PST by Eric Slivka 157 comments

• Apple Set to Sell 10 Million iPhones This Quarter?

Monday December 14, 2009 7:32 am PST by Eric Slivka 49 comments

• 'TomTom U.S. & Canada' Price Temporarily Cut to $69.99

Monday December 14, 2009 10:48 am PST by Eric Slivka 42 comments

• Tesco Launches iPhone in UK Today

Monday December 14, 2009 11:01 am PST by Eric Slivka 33 comments

• Apple Wins Assortment of Advertising Awards in Adweek's 'Best of the 2000s'

Monday December 14, 2009 11:52 am PST by Eric Slivka 148 comments

• Details of Core i7-980X (Gulftown) Mac Pro Processors Leaked

Tuesday December 15, 2009 4:33 am PST by Arnold Kim 187 comments

• 64GB iPhone and 128GB iPod Touch Possible in 1st Quarter 2010?

Tuesday December 15, 2009 5:01 am PST by Arnold Kim 139 comments

• Autodesk Brings Smoke to Mac for High-End Video Post-Production

Tuesday December 15, 2009 6:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 64 comments

• Chrome Drops Safari Into Fourth Place Among Browsers

Tuesday December 15, 2009 7:14 am PST by Eric Slivka 202 comments

• Apple Releases Epson and Lexmark Printer Driver Updates

Tuesday December 15, 2009 1:08 pm PST by Eric Slivka 30 comments

• AT&T Unimpressed With 'Operation Chokehold' Proposal to Strain Cellular Network

Tuesday December 15, 2009 3:15 pm PST by Eric Slivka 246 comments

• Apple Wins Permanent Injunction Against Psystar

Tuesday December 15, 2009 5:40 pm PST by Arnold Kim 325 comments

• Apple Laying Groundwork for Advanced Mobile Web Apps?

Wednesday December 16, 2009 12:46 am PST by Arnold Kim 59 comments

• Microsoft Brings Bing to the iPhone

Wednesday December 16, 2009 5:48 am PST by Eric Slivka 47 comments

• Federal Trade Commission Files Suit Against Intel For 'Anticompetitive Tactics'

Wednesday December 16, 2009 6:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 118 comments

• Apple Updates 'MobileMe iDisk' iPhone App

Wednesday December 16, 2009 7:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• 'Pastebot' Brings Elegant Copy-and-Paste to the iPhone

Wednesday December 16, 2009 8:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 31 comments

• Prominent Analysts See iPhone With 'Two or Three-Year Lead' on Mobile Internet Market

Wednesday December 16, 2009 10:00 am PST by Eric Slivka 56 comments

• Apple Releases '12 Days of Christmas' iPhone Ad

Wednesday December 16, 2009 9:44 pm PST by Eric Slivka 24 comments

• Apple Working on 3D 'Hyper-Reality' Displays

Thursday December 17, 2009 12:42 am PST by Arnold Kim 61 comments

• Apple Patents: Tailoring Music Playback and Dynamically Prolonging Battery Life on iPods and iPhones

Thursday December 17, 2009 2:18 am PST by Arnold Kim 32 comments

• VideoLAN Considering Options for VLC as Mac Developers Disappear

Thursday December 17, 2009 5:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 200 comments

• Apple Rolls Out iTunes Movie Bundles

Thursday December 17, 2009 7:11 am PST by Eric Slivka 35 comments

• iPhone Finally Surpasses Windows Mobile in U.S. Smartphone Usage

Thursday December 17, 2009 7:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 70 comments

• AT&T Downplays Talk of Tiered Pricing for iPhone Data Plans

Thursday December 17, 2009 9:29 am PST by Eric Slivka 135 comments

• Intel to Unleash 32-nm Arrandale Processors on January 7th

Thursday December 17, 2009 7:50 pm PST by Arnold Kim 141 comments

• iPhone Claims 46% of Japanese Smartphone Market

Friday December 18, 2009 5:51 am PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• International Performance Seen Driving iPhone and iPod Touch Growth

Friday December 18, 2009 7:04 am PST by Eric Slivka 20 comments

• Apple Releases Xsan 2.2.1, Mail Services Updates

Friday December 18, 2009 7:47 am PST by Eric Slivka 1 comments

• 'Dragon Search' Comes to the iPhone

Friday December 18, 2009 7:56 am PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• Psystar Winding Down Business as Web Site Goes Dark

Friday December 18, 2009 8:48 am PST by Eric Slivka 300 comments

• Verizon Claims Network Ready for iPhone Should Apple Choose to Strike Deal

Friday December 18, 2009 11:45 am PST by Eric Slivka 283 comments

• Notion Ink Smartpad 10.1 inch Tablet Announced Ahead of CES

Friday December 18, 2009 3:24 pm PST by Arnold Kim 252 comments

• Reports of Psystar's Demise Appear Premature

Saturday December 19, 2009 9:56 am PST by Eric Slivka 231 comments

• WWDC 2010 Likely from June 28-July 2nd

Sunday December 20, 2009 11:11 pm PST by Arnold Kim 64 comments

• iPhone Developer Tapulous Captures Sales of Nearly $1 Million Per Month

Monday December 21, 2009 5:40 am PST by Eric Slivka 66 comments

• iTunes U Surpasses 100 Million Downloads

Monday December 21, 2009 5:58 am PST by Eric Slivka 7 comments

• Vodafone Set to Begin Offering iPhone in UK on January 14th

Monday December 21, 2009 7:02 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• App Store Success Reportedly Overwhelms Even Apple's Expectations

Monday December 21, 2009 7:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• 'MobileNavigator North America' Updated and On Sale for $59.99

Monday December 21, 2009 8:22 am PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• Steve Jobs Named World's Best-Performing CEO by Harvard Business Review

Monday December 21, 2009 9:07 am PST by Eric Slivka 182 comments

• Apple Releases Firmware Update to Address Screen Flickering on 27-Inch iMacs

Monday December 21, 2009 11:04 am PST by Eric Slivka 171 comments

• Apple Adds App Search Capabilities for Developers in iTunes Connect

Monday December 21, 2009 11:15 am PST by Eric Slivka 7 comments

• Magellan Announces GPS Car Kit for iPhone and iPod Touch

Monday December 21, 2009 11:55 am PST by Eric Slivka 33 comments

• Disney and CBS Signing on to Apple TV Subscription Service? Tablet to be a 'Multimedia Gadget'

Monday December 21, 2009 6:02 pm PST by Arnold Kim 130 comments

• AT&T Again Moves to Downplay Reports of Imminent Tiered Data Pricing for iPhone

Tuesday December 22, 2009 6:22 am PST by Eric Slivka 51 comments

• Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit Over iMac Screen Issues

Tuesday December 22, 2009 7:50 am PST by Eric Slivka 42 comments

• More Evidence of iPhone OS 4.0 Already in Testing

Tuesday December 22, 2009 8:08 am PST by Arnold Kim 79 comments

• Epic's Unreal Engine 3 Ported to iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS

Tuesday December 22, 2009 8:31 am PST by Arnold Kim 65 comments

• iPhone Tops List of Most-Used Mobile Phones in U.S.

Tuesday December 22, 2009 10:00 am PST by Eric Slivka 51 comments

• MagicPrefs Adds Functionality to Magic Mouse

Tuesday December 22, 2009 10:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 98 comments

• Apple Tablet Announcement as Early as January?

Tuesday December 22, 2009 6:29 pm PST by Arnold Kim 133 comments

• Next-Generation iPhone Set to Carry 5-Megapixel Camera?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 5:26 am PST by Eric Slivka 110 comments

• Apple Tablet With 7-Inch Screen to Be Announced in January?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 7:05 am PST by Eric Slivka 75 comments

• Google 'Nexus One' Phone Set for Invitation-Only Launch on January 5th?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 8:11 am PST by Eric Slivka 68 comments

• Apple Asking App Developers to Prepare for Large Screen Demos Next Month?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 8:34 am PST by Eric Slivka 203 comments

• Google's Acquisition of AdMob Delayed for Further FTC Scrutiny

Wednesday December 23, 2009 12:13 pm PST by Eric Slivka 10 comments

• HBO Releases Application for iPhone

Wednesday December 23, 2009 12:22 pm PST by Eric Slivka 15 comments

• Apple Special Media Event Scheduled for January 26th?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 12:41 pm PST by Eric Slivka 178 comments

• Jobs "Extremely Happy" with Upcoming Apple Tablet and a Surprise?

Wednesday December 23, 2009 4:20 pm PST by Arnold Kim 411 comments

• Apple's Research on Tactile Feedback for Touchscreen Keyboard Revisited

Thursday December 24, 2009 10:38 am PST by Eric Slivka 78 comments

• Apple Purchased iSlate.com in 2007. Apple's New Tablet Called iSlate?

Thursday December 24, 2009 6:42 pm PST by Arnold Kim 346 comments

• Apple 'iSlate' Trademark and What is a 'Magic Slate'?

Friday December 25, 2009 2:48 pm PST by Arnold Kim 260 comments

• Psystar Asks for Donations, Sells 'I Sued Psystar' T-Shirts

Sunday December 27, 2009 5:57 pm PST by Arnold Kim 187 comments

• Apple Placing Orders for Tablet Components? Connectors, 10-Inch Screen

Sunday December 27, 2009 8:54 pm PST by Arnold Kim 153 comments

• Another Buried Apple Trademark - 'iGuide' as Another Name or Service for iSlate?

Monday December 28, 2009 2:29 am PST by Arnold Kim 135 comments

• The 'iSlate' - Reviving an Old Name?

Monday December 28, 2009 4:05 am PST by Arnold Kim 83 comments

• Apple Looking to Expand Cloud-Based iWork Experience?

Monday December 28, 2009 5:09 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• AT&T Halts Online iPhone Sales to New York City Market [Updated]

Monday December 28, 2009 5:26 am PST by Eric Slivka 77 comments

• App Store Download Statistics Suggest Strong iPod Touch Holiday Sales

Monday December 28, 2009 7:19 am PST by Eric Slivka 45 comments

• Apple's Quarterly iPhone and Overall Sales Estimates Continue to Rise

Monday December 28, 2009 12:16 pm PST by Eric Slivka 92 comments

• iHologram - For Real This Time

Tuesday December 29, 2009 1:06 am PST by Arnold Kim 45 comments

• O2 Apologizes for Wireless Network Performance Issues in London

Tuesday December 29, 2009 5:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 84 comments

• China Unicom Passes 300,000 iPhones Sold

Tuesday December 29, 2009 6:02 am PST by Eric Slivka 10 comments

• Nokia Increases Scope of Patent Complaints to Include 'Virtually All' Apple Products

Tuesday December 29, 2009 7:45 am PST by Eric Slivka 486 comments

• iPhone Continues Strong Sales in France

Tuesday December 29, 2009 9:19 am PST by Eric Slivka 17 comments

• Google Nexus One Appears Set to Launch January 5th

Wednesday December 30, 2009 5:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 173 comments

• Apple Drops MacBook Educational Pricing to $899

Wednesday December 30, 2009 5:38 am PST by Eric Slivka 51 comments

• Reports of Possible Upcoming 8 GB iPhone 3GS Revived

Wednesday December 30, 2009 6:13 am PST by Eric Slivka 84 comments

• Apple January 26th Event 'Confirmed' by Internal Source? Focus on 'Mobility Space'?

MacRumors Story Archive - December 2009

Front Page Stories

Apple's New Mac Pro Begins Showing Up in Benchmarks

Apple Testing Expanded iPhone Repair Options Through Authorized Service Providers in Canada

Analyst Flip-Flops Again: Thinner iPad Mini in Late 2013, Retina Display in Early 2014

Apple Scores $30 Million iPad Contract from L.A. Unified School District [Updated]

Apple's Director of Patent Licensing & Strategy Departs for French Firm

Researchers Crack iOS-Generated Hotspot Passwords in 50 Seconds

Apple Adds WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, and More to Apple TV

Design Drawings Reveal Case Makers' Expectations for iPhone 5S and Lower-Cost iPhone

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