Apple UK has kicked off a Power Mac G5 leasing offer. For a limited time, qualifying professional customers based in the UK can lease a G5 from as little as £54.93 per month over 24 months with no interest to pay. This offer is valid until December 31, 2003.
Read MoreApple has posted QuickTime 6.4, an update to its multimedia software that integrates “extensive” support for 3GPP, including video, audio, text, and native .3gp file format support. “The technologies in QuickTime 6.4 that provide these capabilities are enhanced MPEG-4 and H.263 video codecs, a newly enhanced AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) audio codec, an AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) audio codec, a 3G Text importer and exporter, and a user-friendly 3GPP export dialog to aid in the creation of 3GPP-compliant files,” according to Apple.
Read MoreAs noted in our live coverage of Apple’s music event, Apple’s iTunes Music Store has sold more than 13 million songs since its launch six months ago, making it “the number one download music service in the world” with 70 percent of the online music market. Apple also said today that in addition to music from all five major music companies, it now has content from over 200 independent music labels, and will offer more than 400,000 songs by the end of October.
Read MoreAs mentioned in Apple’s press event today, a new rock flavored iPod commercial is now available. The ad features the same style as the iPod print ads and hip-hop commercial that aired last week. The song featured this time is “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” by Jet. You will need QuickTime 6 to view the advertisement.
Read MoreAudible and Apple today announced that more than 20,000 hours of audiobooks and other spoken word programs are now available for download exclusively from the iTunes Music Store. Through iTunes, Mac and Windows customers can preview and download audio editions of best-selling books, magazines, radio programs and original shows, manage audio content alongside their music collection, and take their entire audio library with them on their iPod.
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