iPhone To Be Tethered This Week – It’s a rumor that’s been around the block and then some, but according to TUAW, the eagle is finally landing this week. They think it’ll come out as a press release announced sometime during the show. Previously published details put the price of the plan at an extra $30 a month, which’ll net you 5GB.
Best Buy Joins in Refurbished iPhones Game – First it was AT&T selling them, now Best Buy is jumping on the bandwagon, selling refurbished iPhones at a $50 discount. That’s with the standard two year AT&T contract, of course. Us Canadians are still stuck paying full price.
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone to Bring Your Living Room to Your Pocket – They said they’d do it, and now they have, at least in limited demo form. Six months after Sling Media told us all they’d bring SlingPlayer to the iPhone, they’re almost making good on it. Almost. They gave NewTeeVee staff a demo of the working product, but they haven’t submitted the App yet.
Picasa for Mac Receives Condemned to Death One Day After Its Birth – They just announced the official release yesterday of Picasa for Mac, and according to one internet publication, at least, today we’re hearing its death knell, courtesy of Apple’s new web features for iLife ’09. iPhoto specifically, has all kinds of Picasa-killing features.
Why Apple Announces Things on Tuesday – Gizmodo has a pretty neat article about the reasoning behind Apple only announcing new things/holding press events on Tuesdays. I won’t go into detail, but it has to do with the filthy, lazy print press folks and their prissy habits.
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