tuaw.com is reporting that the iPod Nano (4th Gen) has received its latest update. For those who haven’t upgraded to the iPod Touch, here’s what fixes you got coming your way.

* Support for Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic (yeah, the ones we’ve been waiting for)
* Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
* Fixed instability issues when using Nike + iPod Sport Kit
* Added a setting to turn off Cover Flow when rotating iPod nano and a Cover Flow menu item under the Music menu
* When Shuffle setting is set to Songs, pressing play on a song in saved Genius playlist will now follow the Shuffle setting
* After playing a slideshow with TV out, Cover Flow album art is no longer distorted
* Waking iPod nano after hibernating no longer distorts photos
* Other minor bug fixes ]]> http://www.macseason.com/2008/11/18/new-update-for-ipod-nano/feed/ http://www.macseason.com/2008/11/12/rumor-iphone-os-v22-coming-next-week/ http://www.macseason.com/2008/11/12/rumor-iphone-os-v22-coming-next-week/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:05:38 +0000 John Vinson http://www.macseason.com/?p=459

According to iPhone Hellas, a reliable source informed them of an upcoming iPhone update. The 2.2 firmware should be coming November 21st, if you’re to believe the site and their reliable sources. I’ve been burned before from relying on solid sources so take this with a grain of salt.

Here’s some features for the 2.2 update from the website:

- New look for the Safari with the Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar
- Toggle On / Off to disable the auto-correction
- 461 Japanese emoji icons
- Support for new languages.
- Line-in audio is activated and can be used through the headphone jack
- Google Street View, Google Transit information - Routes public transport, Walking directions, Location sharing.
- App Store: ‘Categories’ now shows the icons of the applications instead of the list, In each page of the application has been added by a button ‘Tell A Friend’ & ‘Report A Problem’, Added the possibility of scoring the application when the user chooses to delete from the device, Added the possibility for direct downloading of podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

According to a MacWorld article we can expect to see no new Apple products before Christmas hits us in December.

Bill Evans, an Apple spokesman said this to MacWorld, “Our holiday line-up is set”. Short and sweet.

There had been rumors previous to this statement that led some to believe we’d see more Apple products. Some said we’d be seeing new iMacs, and iMac minis.

I tend to trust the spokesmen for cases like this. Unless they have something they want to surprise us with.

In the article it claims that Apple is keeping Opera from being released in their App Store. Here’s a quote from Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, “Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.”

Some people have come out in defense of Apple stating that Opera won’t work because of Javascript issues.

You be the judge.

“Blu-ray has already won the format war. Not only is there fully functional and mature support for Blu-ray in other operating systems but you can now rent Blu-ray discs from almost any rental chain. Blu-ray has become pervasive technology that is being widely adopted by consumers everywhere,” says Pedraza.

Several sales promotions such as no-cost processor upgrades and shipping discounts are currently being offered on the Psystar website.

It looks as though Psystar might cash-in on their product releases before their court hearing.

I’m not sure how many asked for it, but it’s coming our way. The streaming service offered by Netflix is making its way to Macs soon.

The “watch instantly” option for Netflix hasn’t been available to Mac owners in the past. I’ve never seen it as a big deal, mostly because the selection of streaming movies has been limited at best.

I find it kind of funny that it’s Microsoft Silverlight that will be responsible for letting Mac users watch the streaming movies.

The service will be put through beta testing, with only a few members chosen. If you happen to be one, let me know how it works out for you.

Those figures are just the actual iPhone itself. The 39% doesn’t include the subscription based revenue. Steve Jobs would later go on to provide interesting facts about the Q4 2008 iPhone stats:

- In Q4 2008, more iPhones were sold than RIM Blackberries

- Based on revenue, Apple is the #3 cell phone vendor.

According to a new “October the 14th” blog, the pricing of $800 is off. It’s actually going to be $899, if you’re to believe the image that they provide.

The first update is mostly only useful to our friends over in Japan. In an effort to boost popularity in Japan, Apple will be including emoji icons in this Firmware update.

For those in the US, the major upgrade will be adding Google Street View. So after the update, when you open up Google Maps, there will be an option for Google Street View.

One of the minor changes, or major depending on how much it annoys you is the Auto-correction change. It will now be optional, so you will be able to turn it off if it annoys you.

The article states that the toxic material is, benzene. It has been found that prolong exposures to benzene can up the risks for certain disease, and cancer.

Apple has countered the claim by saying there has been no substantial proof that there is anything toxic in the MacBook Pros. An Apple exec told this to MacWorld, “We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer,”.

Who knows where this story is going to end up.