Year: 2007

Deals: DEVONthink Personal for 50% off today only

Posted by | Jul 2, 2007 | |

Today’s featured promo on MacUpdate offers DEVONthink Personal 1.9.9 for US$19.95 (50% off, retail $39.95). “DEVONthink is the solution for the digital age, the one database for all your documents. And it’s flexible. It adapts to your personal needs. Use it as your document repository, your filing cabinet, your e-mail archive or your project organizer. Collect and organize data from the web for a publication, enrich it with sound and movie files, and more.” DEVONthink Personal 1.9.9 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

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Apple updates Hot Deals site

Posted by | Jul 2, 2007 | |

Apple has updated its Hot Deals site with the latest offerings from Hot Deals for Developers, Apple Store Special Deals, B&H Photo Video, Gadget Locker, PowerMax, and Small Dog Electronics. Highlighted specials available now include:

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‘iPhone’s launch gives Apple’s Steve Jobs butterflies’

Posted by | Jun 30, 2007 | |

A story in USA Today reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has “butterflies” over the iPhone launch. “We wanted to make a phone so great, you couldn’t imagine going anywhere without it,” Jobs said in an interview Thursday. “That was our goal, and we think we achieved it. That’s why we have such butterflies in our stomach. We get to see Friday if people agree with us.”

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iPhone: The Missing Manual sneak preview posted

Posted by | Jun 29, 2007 | |

O’Reilly Media has released a sneak preview of iPhone: The Missing Manual, by David Pogue. “The iPhone’s finger-driven interface seems natural and obvious. But when you really think about it, making it seem that way was no easy task. There are no menus in the iPhone software, for example, and no checkboxes or radio buttons. Everything on the screen has to be big enough for a fleshy fingertip. On the other hand, the finger makes an outstanding pointing device; heck, you’ve been pointing with it all your life.

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