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Apple Expands Build-to-Order Configuration Options on Retina MacBook Pro [Updated]

Apple today quietly expanded the available configuration options for the Retina MacBook Pro, now offering a full slate of individual upgrade options on the base model that starts at $2199. Previously, customers who opted for the base model were locked...

Published 07-31-2012 11:31 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Ready to Finish Shutting Down MobileMe Over Next Few Days

As of June 30, Apple officially discontinued MobileMe , the company's previous suite of online services that has been replaced by iCloud. But while the MobileMe services went offline as of that date, the company has continued to allow MobileMe users...

Published 07-31-2012 6:24 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Amazon Cloud Player Upgraded with Scan and Match, 256 Kbps Audio

Amazon today announced a significant upgrade to its Cloud Player music service, bringing iTunes Match-like "scan and match" technology to assist users in making their entire music libraries available in the cloud. The upgraded service also mirrors...

Published 07-31-2012 5:12 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple's Opening Court Statement Focuses on Samsung's Radical Shift in Phone Design

While court documents filed in relation to the high-profile U.S. legal battle between Apple and Samsung have yielded a treasure trove of images of prototypes and concepts for iPhone and iPad designs, the court case is just now getting underway. Reuters...

Published 07-31-2012 4:15 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Mitt Romney to Announce Vice Presidential Pick via iPhone App; Obama Campaign Releases New App

With less than 100 days to go until the Presidential Election in the United States, the candidates from both major parties have released several iPhone apps to connect with voters and volunteers -- and Mitt Romney says he will make a very major announcement...

Published 07-31-2012 4:03 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Jonathan Ive on How Apple 'Nearly Shelved' the iPhone

Yesterday, we reported on an appearance by Apple design chief Jonathan Ive at the UK Trade & Investment department's Global Business Summit on Creative Services in which he talked a bit about Apple's design philosophy and its focus on making...

Published 07-31-2012 2:03 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Hulu Plus Now Available on Apple TV

Apple has quietly launched a Hulu Plus channel on Apple TV this morning. We've first received a report from one Apple TV owner who first found the channel to appear this morning and have since been able to confirm it ourselves. We've found that...

Published 07-30-2012 11:03 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Media Event All But Confirmed for Mid-September, iPhone Launch Likely [Updated]

Following a report from iMore earlier today claiming that Apple will hold a media event to introduce the next-generation iPhone and the "iPad mini" on September 12 ahead of September 21 availability for the new iPhone, AllThingsD reports that...

Published 07-30-2012 6:49 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Jonathan Ive on Design and Apple's Focus on Great Products Instead of Profits

Wired UK reports that Apple design chief Jonathan Ive participated in a keynote session today at the UK Trade & Investment department's Global Business Summit on Creative Services in which he offered up some of his thoughts on the creative process...

Published 07-30-2012 6:03 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Former Apple Ad Man Slams 'Genius' TV Spots as "Landing With A Thud"

Ken Segall was a creative director at TBWA\Chiat\Day and worked with Steve Jobs for years, including at NeXT and Apple. He wrote a book about his experiences called Insanely Simple that posited "Simplicity" as the driving force behind everything...

Published 07-30-2012 4:15 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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More Early iPhone and iPad Prototype Designs Surface in Samsung Trial Documents

Last week, we noted that documents filed as part of the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung had revealed a few images of early iPhone prototype designs, including some that revealed similar design to what ultimately appeared years later as the iPhone...

Published 07-30-2012 2:07 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Hands-On Video of Next-Generation 'iPhone 5' Enclosure

Following the publication of high-resolution photos of what has been claimed to be the enclosure and a number of internal components for the next-generation iPhone, Macotakara posts a hands-on video of the same parts. The video gives a good idea of how...

Published 07-30-2012 12:16 AM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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More Rumors of Late September iPhone Launch with Details on iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad

iLounge offers a summary of various tidbits of information it has learned about Apple's upcoming iOS devices. In line with fresh claims from iMore about a September 12 media event to introduce the next-generaton iPhone and iPod nano as well as the...

Published 07-29-2012 11:48 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

Apple has announced that OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) downloads have exceeded three million in four days, "making it the most successful OS X release in Apple's history". "Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion...

Published 07-29-2012 10:45 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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iPhone 5 and iPad Mini to be Announced on September 12th with iPhone 5 Release September 21st

iMore reports that they have heard that the next generation iPhone, new iPod nano, and all new 7.85" iPad mini will be announced on September 12th. They also pinpoint the actual launch date for the next iPhone as September 21, 2012. iMore has heard...

Published 07-29-2012 10:18 PM by MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

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Apple Expands Build-to-Order Configuration Options on Retina MacBook Pro [Updated]

Apple Ready to Finish Shutting Down MobileMe Over Next Few Days

Amazon Cloud Player Upgraded with Scan and Match, 256 Kbps Audio

Apple's Opening Court Statement Focuses on Samsung's Radical Shift in Phone Design

Mitt Romney to Announce Vice Presidential Pick via iPhone App; Obama Campaign Releases New App

Jonathan Ive on How Apple 'Nearly Shelved' the iPhone

Hulu Plus Now Available on Apple TV

Apple Media Event All But Confirmed for Mid-September, iPhone Launch Likely [Updated]

Jonathan Ive on Design and Apple's Focus on Great Products Instead of Profits

Former Apple Ad Man Slams 'Genius' TV Spots as "Landing With A Thud"

More Early iPhone and iPad Prototype Designs Surface in Samsung Trial Documents

Hands-On Video of Next-Generation 'iPhone 5' Enclosure

More Rumors of Late September iPhone Launch with Details on iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad

OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

iPhone 5 and iPad Mini to be Announced on September 12th with iPhone 5 Release September 21st