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MacRumors Story Archive - February 2009

  • • AirPhones Allows iPhone to Serve as Wireless Headphones
    Friday February 27, 2009 5:37 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • CBS Brings TV.com Content to iPhone
    Friday February 27, 2009 5:02 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • AIM for iPhone Updated, Moves to Ad-Supported and Paid Versions
    Friday February 27, 2009 2:51 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Blu-ray Licensing to Get Easier and Cheaper
    Thursday February 26, 2009 9:25 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Removes Old Non-Customer Reviews from App Store
    Thursday February 26, 2009 3:13 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone UK Sales Reach 1 Million Mark
    Thursday February 26, 2009 10:02 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Prepping OS X 10.5.7 Update
    Thursday February 26, 2009 7:12 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Practicality of Multi-Touch and an Early PowerBook Multi-Touch Keyboard Design
    Thursday February 26, 2009 7:12 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Shareholder Meeting Notes: Directors Reelected, No Change in Jobs' Plans
    Wednesday February 25, 2009 9:22 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Details Recent Enhancements to MobileMe
    Wednesday February 25, 2009 7:17 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Safari 4 Tips, Tricks and Special Effects
    Wednesday February 25, 2009 6:16 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple TV 2.3.1 Update Released
    Wednesday February 25, 2009 5:50 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple and China Unicom Bringing iPhone to China in May 2009?
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 6:59 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple and EMI Music Launch 'iTunes Pass' Short-Term Subscriptions
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 8:29 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Cha-Ching Coming Soon to iPhone
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 7:43 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Happy Birthday to MacRumors and Steve Jobs
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 7:30 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Announces Safari 4 Public Beta
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 4:47 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • DoubleTwist Beta for Mac Offers Easy Media Browsing and Sharing
    Tuesday February 24, 2009 2:40 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • New NVIDIA-based iMacs Imminent? More Hints.
    Monday February 23, 2009 12:39 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone on Verizon Rumor Revived
    Monday February 23, 2009 9:53 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Screenshots of Latest Snow Leopard Seed
    Monday February 23, 2009 9:27 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Best Buy Offering iPhone Discounts of as Much as $100 to 'Reward Zone' Members
    Sunday February 22, 2009 6:22 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Video of 'Leaked' Next-Gen Mac Mini?
    Friday February 20, 2009 1:32 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 'AppStore Secrets' : Price Drops, Usage and Ad-Supported Models
    Friday February 20, 2009 7:46 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Leaked Photo of the Next-Generation Mac Mini?
    Thursday February 19, 2009 12:37 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Discontinues 20" Cinema Display, Product Refreshes Coming?
    Thursday February 19, 2009 6:52 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Turn-By-Turn iPhone GPS App Already Available in iTunes
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 10:57 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • AT&T Again Selling $99 Refurbished iPhone 3G
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 1:23 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Notes from MWC: Copying iPhone, Offline Gmail, Turn by Turn GPS for iPhone
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 10:07 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • New iPod Touch Ad: 'More Fun'
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 8:47 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • 'Documents To Go' for iPhone Shown at Mobile World Congress
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 8:09 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple's Multi-Touch Designer Describes His Inspiration, More to Come?
    Wednesday February 18, 2009 1:57 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Evangelion Anime Franchise Coming to App Store
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 11:21 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases MacBook SMC Update 1.3
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 3:57 pm PST by longofest
  • • Android Market to Offer 24-Hour Return Policy on Apps
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 11:38 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • 17" MacBook Pro Disassembly, RAM, HD and Battery Access
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 10:38 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 'South Park' Application Rejected From App Store
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 9:01 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Tim Cook: 'Ideas' for a Netbook, iPhone Price Changes, iMacs?
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 8:53 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • 17" Unibody MacBook Pro Orders Begin Arriving
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 7:13 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • AMBER Alert Coming Soon to iPhone
    Tuesday February 17, 2009 6:39 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Microsoft, Symbian and Others Announce 'App Stores'
    Monday February 16, 2009 11:38 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Steve Jobs Writing an Autobiography?
    Monday February 16, 2009 11:31 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Smule Raises $3.9 Million in Venture Capital
    Monday February 16, 2009 1:07 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Nevada Casinos Watching for iPhone-Toting Card Counters
    Monday February 16, 2009 10:01 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • First Multi-Core Mobile Platform Demonstrated
    Monday February 16, 2009 4:02 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Customizable 4-Finger Multi-Touch Gestures Planned by Apple
    Friday February 13, 2009 10:04 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • MobileMe File Sharing Now Available
    Friday February 13, 2009 4:52 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Early Screenshots from the Mac Version of Google's Chrome Browser
    Thursday February 12, 2009 8:53 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases Security Updates, Addresses Safari RSS Vulnerability
    Thursday February 12, 2009 3:13 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Leaked Photos of Next Generation iPhone?
    Thursday February 12, 2009 11:20 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Retail Stores to Receive Facelift Highlighting Software?
    Thursday February 12, 2009 9:44 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Snow Leopard Adds Minor Often Requested Tweaks: Put Back, Stack Folder Navigation
    Thursday February 12, 2009 5:51 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • WhatTheFont Comes to iPhone
    Wednesday February 11, 2009 10:48 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • 'iTunes Replay' On-Demand Video Coming?
    Wednesday February 11, 2009 10:14 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • EmotiFun! Released: Apple Relaxing Policies on Emoji Enablers? [Update: Removed]
    Wednesday February 11, 2009 7:44 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Analyst Speculation on $99 iPhone and Higher Resolution iPhone 3G
    Wednesday February 11, 2009 1:01 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Core i7 (Nehalem) Based MacBook Pros Possible in Q4 2009?
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 11:13 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Mac Pro Xeon Processors 'Imminent'
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 11:05 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Releases MobileMe Control Panel 1.3 For Windows
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 4:38 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Nine-Year Old iPhone Developer Releases Application
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 9:41 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple Asked Google Not to Use Multi-Touch in Android?
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 1:31 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Amazon Unveils Kindle 2, eBooks for the iPhone?
    Tuesday February 10, 2009 12:53 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Surveying Apple TV Owners About Habits and Wants
    Monday February 9, 2009 6:28 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Issues Update Signaling iPhone Compatibility With AT&T's MicroCell
    Monday February 9, 2009 12:16 pm PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Google Sync Beta Now Available for iPhone
    Monday February 9, 2009 10:08 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Details of iPhone Negotiations Between Apple and China Mobile Emerge
    Monday February 9, 2009 7:13 am PST by Eric Slivka
  • • Apple to Integrate 'QuickTime Pro' Features into Snow Leopard?
    Sunday February 8, 2009 10:25 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Steve Wozniak to Compete on 'Dancing with the Stars' TV Show
    Sunday February 8, 2009 4:59 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • CSS Animation Coming to Safari, Already in iPhone. Less Dependence on Flash?
    Friday February 6, 2009 3:45 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple's iPhone TV Ads Boost Individual App Sales
    Friday February 6, 2009 2:41 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Addresses iTunes Crashing After Firmware 2.2.1 Upgrade
    Friday February 6, 2009 12:20 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Bans Facebook in Retail Stores
    Thursday February 5, 2009 11:52 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Snow Leopard to Include CoreLocation and Multi-Touch APIs
    Thursday February 5, 2009 7:00 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple's 17" MacBook Pro Shipments Delayed Until Feb 19th
    Wednesday February 4, 2009 5:42 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Google 'Latitude' Location Tracking Coming to iPhone
    Wednesday February 4, 2009 12:27 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • GarageBand '09 5.0.1 Update
    Wednesday February 4, 2009 12:19 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • New Snow Leopard Build (10A261) Seeded to Some Developers
    Wednesday February 4, 2009 3:34 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • More Evidence Apple is Shifting Towards Intel-Only Software Releases?
    Wednesday February 4, 2009 1:10 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone?
    Tuesday February 3, 2009 6:01 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Apple Updates Numbers, Pages, Keynote from iWork '08
    Monday February 2, 2009 8:14 pm PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Music Industry Fears Apple and is also Subject to iTunes Popularity Rankings
    Monday February 2, 2009 7:05 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iMac to Come in Both Dual-Core and Quad-Core Configs?
    Monday February 2, 2009 6:06 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • Mac Pro Suitable Xeon (Nehalem) Processors Due March 29th?
    Monday February 2, 2009 12:32 am PST by Arnold Kim
  • • iPhone Users Far More Likely to Download Games and Apps
    Monday February 2, 2009 12:17 am PST by Arnold Kim

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iOS 15.5 Features

Apple on May 16 released iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, bringing improvements for Podcasts and Apple Cash, the ability to see Wi-Fi signal of HomePods, dozens of security fixes, and more.

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iPhone 13 vs iPhone 13 Pro

New iPhones are out. Which one should you buy?

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M1 Pro vs. M1 Max

Read about the differences between these two new processors from Apple.

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14" MacBook Pro vs. 16" MacBook Pro

Figure out if the 14" or 16" MacBook Pro is the one for you.

• Apple Watch SE vs 7
• AirPods 3 vs. AirPods Pro
• Apple's Legacy Contact Feature
• One AirPod Not Working?
See more guides

Upcoming

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WWDC 2022
June 6–10

Apple's annual developer conference, where we'll see previews of iOS 16, macOS 13, and other updates, and potentially some new hardware.

Mac Mini top down
Mac mini
2022

New high-end model will move from Intel to Apple silicon.

iMac Pro 2022 27 and 24 iMac
2022 iMac Pro
2022

Apple is working on a redesigned version of the larger-screened iMac that could bring back the "iMac Pro" name.

MBA Mock White Front Blue
2022 MacBook Air
2022

The next-generation MacBook Air refresh coming in 2022 will see Apple introduce the biggest design update to the MacBook Air since 2010

• Apple M2 Chip
• 2022 iPad Pro
• AirPods Pro 2
• iPhone 14
• Apple Glasses
• Apple Watch Series 8
• iOS 16
See full product calendar

Other Stories

iPhone 14 Purple Feature
Striking Purple Color Coming to All iPhone 14 Models

2 days ago by Hartley Charlton

iPhone 15 to Switch From Lightning to USB C in 2023 feature
Apple's USB-C iPhone: When is it Coming?

5 days ago by Juli Clover

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No New Mac Mini Planned Until 2023

5 days ago by Hartley Charlton

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6 days ago by Tim Hardwick

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1 week ago by Hartley Charlton

 

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