Because the MacBook Air doesn’t have a Firewire port — and Target Disk Mode doesn’t support USB — the Migration Assistant allows you to migrate your data over WiFi and Ethernet. The problem: it doesn’t work (at least for me).
Apple needs to make Target Disk Mode work over USB.
… the world could use Samsung Galaxy S hardware with a pure Android experience. Or at least, I could.
I think the Nexus Two or Nexus 2 could be the Samsung I9020.
The iPhone 4′s quick disappearance from the Chinese online store comes after all iPhone models became unavailable in Apple’s Hong Kong online store. Hong Kong was a popular source for grey market iPhones before the iPhone launched in China and has continued to remain a profitable option for smugglers due to lower taxation and thus lower prices in Hong Kong coupled with continued tight supplies in China.
I wonder what Apple was thinking when it allowed unlimited iPhone 4 purchases at its brick-and-mortar stores. Now there are purchase limits and ID requirements, but I guess not at Apple’s online store in China.
Engadget: RIM doesn’t seem to be having any problems making white versions of its wares. The BlackBerry Torch can be had in red or white in addition to standard black. These will be available on November 7th at AT&T.
There is speculation that Apple is having a hard time making white iPhone 4s because of the highly reflective glass back that interferes when taking photos with the flash. So I checked out the back of the BlackBerry Torch: it is ribbed and quite a bit less reflective than the iPhone 4′s glass back.
Apple’s online store in Germany is now selling both the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 unlocked and contract free, with the 8GB 3GS starting at the price of 519 euros and the iPhone 4 16GB and 32GB models costing 629 euros and 739 euros respectively.
Unlocked Phones are also now available in Apple’s four German retail locations.
How about some unlocked iPhone action in other parts of the world?
Source: ZDNet. TechRestore CEO Shannon Jean:
The screen is paper thin and it’s not inside a housing like the traditional screens. It’s in layers, it’s insane. I don’t think there’s ever been a screen like this used in a laptop. It’s very similar to a Sony PSP screen, where the LCD panel and backlight are separate pieces.
So Apple really is in the LCD cell business. Modularizing the LCD takes a lot of hands and time but the main purpose is to standardize. So you can drop it into different chassis. At times Apple can’t make use of standardized modularized LCDs, the 11.6-inch MacBook Air being a case in point. With an impossibly thin unibody display chassis Apple found a way to make the LCD itself thin: get rid of all the unnecessary standard parts.
Akihabara News: The MSI FR600 3D is a 15.6-inch 3D notebook PC sporting a 1920×1080 pixel format and LED backlight. The built-in webcam is 720p capable: we should expect notebook brands to move from 640×480 to 1280×720. I think 3D glasses are included.
There are a lot of 3D product announcements: TVs, monitors, notebook PCs, and even mobile phones. Are you going to get one? I’m not; I don’t want to fry my already-bad eyes. In Dvorak: 3D Bad For Your Eyes:
What happens is this: having each eye being completely blocked out thirty or sixty times per second is the equivalent of having a high-frequency strobe going off in your face. You’re probably aware of the danger this presents to epileptics and others: seizures, nausea, and fatigue are not uncommon.
Bloomberg: Motorola sold US$2 billion worth of handsets in the third quarter. Operating profits were $3 million. Of those handsets Motorola sold 3.8 million smartphones. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that all phones sold last quarter by Motorola were smartphones. I’m being very generous here. Motorola made about 79 cents per smartphone. Hmm…
CNN:
Frequent travelers may appreciate the convenience of the 11-inch MacBook Air, which can remain in a passenger’s bag when going through airport security, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman told CNN.
But the only thing we can expect the TSA to be is being “consistently inconsistent”. Here’s a suggestion from Darren Murph at Engadget:
In theory, you shouldn’t have to remove it from your backpack as you struggle to reach your gate, but if we had to guess, we’d say you’ll be ask to take it out and re-run it if you try.
Just take it out. Imagine the snickering from all the folks behind you when they realize they are being delayed because of your brand new Apple thingamajig.
Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 10-32 is a 32-inch LCD TV sporting a 1920×1080 pixel format and a LED backlight (edge-lit). Priced at €4,000. For that price I should expect a full LED backlight with amazing local dimming technology. The square frame on these BeoVision TVs from B&O are simple and elegant, just simplify further and make everything black including the polished aluminum frame.
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