EFiX Talks About its Hackless Hackintosh

Posted in Technology, OS X Leopard, Programming, Apple/Mac by admin on the June 20th, 2008

MacLife.com has a nice article on the EFiX. The EFiX is a dongle solution that allows you to turn that PC at home into a hackintosh!

For as long as Mac devotees have been flaunting desktop superiority over their Windows counterparts, users on both sides of the fence have clamored for a way to install Mac OS X on a PC. On Monday, the wait may be over.

Dubbed “the best solution for running Mac OS X on PCs” and consisting of a device that is “neither a memory stick nor a thumb drive,” EFiX allows non-Mac users “to install Mac OS X straight from the original DVD without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything like that” is poised to free the PC world from the shackles of Vista.

Unfortunately, you won’t find one in any U.S. store. But the idea is intriguing nonetheless.

Looks like I’ll be scouting e-bay for this one.

Check out the article at MacLife.com

AT&T iPhone 3G $199/$299 Pricing Policy

Posted in iPhone, Mac Rumors, Apple/Mac by admin on the June 20th, 2008

macrumors.com is reporting on the subsidized iPhone pricing structure. Below is a summary from that article.

To Summarize:

  • iPhone 3G will launch in the U.S. on July 11th
  • $199 (8GB), $299 (16GB) represents subsidized iPhone 3G prices
  • If you are currently an iPhone AT&T customer or not currently an AT&T customer, you qualify for the subsidized pricing
  • If you are currently a non-iPhone AT&T customer, you will be subject to certain qualification criteria. AT&T’s “standard” upgrade criteria are posted here but may be subject to change.
  • If you don’t qualify, there will be a higher unsubsidized price for the iPhone 3G which will be announced before July 11th.
  • Speculation: While rumors have pegged AT&T’s subsidy at $325, it seems very unlikely that the unsubsidized price will be this high ($199+$325). Historically, canceling your existing mobile phone contract for the typical $175 early-termination fee would automatically qualify you for any future subsidized phones. As a result, we suspect the unsubsidized pricing will be about the same as the early-termination fee (about $199+$175 for 8GB).

iPhone App Marketing shouldn’t be a Field of Dreams.

Posted in Technology, Mac Applications, iPhone, Programs, Apple/Mac by admin on the June 19th, 2008

Peter Cohen over at Macworld has a sobering article for iPhone Developers. He argues that just because you build an iPhone App doesn’t mean users will flock to it. Peter is afraid based on conversations he had with developers at WWDC. That many iPhone developers are not devising ways to promote and market their apps beyond putting it on the Apple store.

Check it out at Marketing iPhone apps shouldn’t just be a field of dreams

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