The best of this week’s Apple updates « The BEST Apple Hardware and Software Reviews

Written By Justin July 4th, 2009

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Here’s the latest Apple updates from the hottest Apple sites.

Mike Schramm over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog delivers compares the iPhone to that of a BBQ, cleverly relating it to the upcoming holiday weekend’s main event. Read his post here.

Mel Martin at The Apple Insider loves GPS, reviews AT&T’s iPhone’s own Navigator.  With automatic rerouting, updated maps with no additional charge, real time traffic updates, fuel price searches and navigation to them and point of interest searches, it seems like a great buy for just under $10 a month. Check out his review here.

Arnold Kim at MacRumors.com tells us that Apple has published a patent application to deliver karaoke to the iPhone. Users will be able to sing along with their favourite songs and Apple willl let them know how they’re doing with real-time feedback. Read the full story here.

Eric Slivka at MacRumors.com tells us about Psystar, a manufacturer of Mac clones, and their current legal battle with Apple. Read the full report here.

Arnold Kim also tells us about reports of the latest app to be removed from the App Store due to nudity. Called BeautyMeter, it showed an inappropriate image of a nude minor.

Sam Oliver at the Apple Insider lets us in on the news that for the last two years, Apple has been looking to improve customer interaction with their touch-devices, and they have found new methods using fingerprints. Read the full story.

Neil Hughes at the Apple Insider fills us in on Apple’s work to fix the iPhone SMS exploit, which had a serious security flaw in the operating system. Check out the full story.

He also tells us about the iPhone’s overheating problems, which needs updated technology. See his full report.

Aidan Malley at The Apple Insider tells us that according to an AT&T company memo, the iPhone 3GS has broke records for any single day of retail sales in the company’s history. Read the full report.

Apple gives us the update on Mac for Science, which is designed to help scientists achieve faster, better results. Find out how the Mac delivers this here.

Rob Galbraith writes about the  new MacBook Pro’s  with their better displays; he reviews them here.

Arnold Kim also tell us about Apple dropping NVIDIA-based designs for their next iMacs and laptops, due to recent manufacturing defects. Check out the full report.

Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica tells us that Apple has won a multi-million dollar, four-year deal to give all middle and high schoolers in Maine a new MacBook. Read the full news.

He also tells us that Apple has now tweaked MobileMe, including improvements to Mail, Gallery, iDisk, and more. Check it all out here.

Jacqui Cheng tells us that Apple retail locations can now fix cracked iPhone screens in-house if you’re still under warranty. No need to worry if it slips from the palm of your hand – as long as it happens soon after you buy it. Check out the details here.

Victor Agreda, Jr. fills us in on four stories at The Unofficial Apple Webleg; he tells us about SMS vulnerability, new patent applications, trademark issues in China, and Facebook’s upcoming iPhone app. Read the full reports.

Steven Sande at The Unofficial Apple Weblog reviews iLaugh, a new app with a database of 50,000+ jokes for iPhone and iPod Touch. Check out his review here.

Katie Marsal at The Apple Insider tells us about Apple’s new in-the-box concept for iPods, iPhones, and other electronic devices, with a design to allow them to display demos in an unopened box. Check out her full report.