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Apple has released a video introduction to using the iPhone, below.
Based on what I’ve seen, it looks seriously droolworthy.
This is what cell phones are going to look like in five years, intelligently combining mobile features with music and Internet services. It’s too bad we’ll have to wait five years for something like this to [...]

 

 Getting Started With The iPhone: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Apple today updated its MacBook Pro line of notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, memory up to 4GB, and high-speed graphics. The new MacBook Pro is available in 15-inch models with a new mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display and a 17-inch model with an optional high-resolution display.
“With Intel Core 2 Duo performance, more [...]

Apple has announced June 29th as the debut date for its iPhone.
The iPhone combines three products — a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a cutting-edge Internet communications device. Based on what we’ve seen so far, it looks like it will redefine the state of the art of both mobile phones and [...]

 

 Apple iPhone [0:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Apple today launched iTunes Plus, offering DRM-free music tracks with 256 kbps AAC encoding, for audio quality almost as good as the original recordings, for just $1.29 per song.
iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, [...]

Industry analysts have found that 90% of the people they surveyed think that Apple’s iPhone is better than their own phone.
In a joint research effort between its Wireless Device Lab and Intelligent System Strategies program, Strategy Analytics explored the appeal of iPhone features, developed comparisons with current products, investigated the nature of the iPhone experience, [...]

Ann Summers, a UK sex toy site, is getting a massive load of free publicity courtesy of the lawyers at Apple.
According to reports, Apple lawyers claim that Ann Summers’ advertising for its iGasm iPod sex toy, right, is a blatant rip-off of Apple’s iPod advertising. Apple has sent a cease and desist letter, warning “We [...]

Apple updated its MacBook line today with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.
“The MacBook is a huge hit with customers, and is one of the reasons that Mac sales are growing three times faster than PC sales,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of [...]

Peter Kirn at the always awesome Create Digital Music reports that a reader has Ableton Live running successfully on Apple TV.
Apple TV is a new peripheral that effectively turns your HDTV into a giant iPod, letting you listen to or view iTunes content on your home theater system. Apple TV has also become a hot [...]

Apple today announced Complete My Album, a new iTunes service that lets you turn individual track purchase into a complete album purchase at a reduced price by giving you a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album.
“Music fans can now round out their music collections by upgrading their [...]

Peace Love Productions has announced its first collection of Apple loops, entitled Essentials Vol 1. There are 1,595 royalty free loops in 16-bit, 44.1kHz .aif format.
Genres include: Rock, Country, Folk, Ethnic, Hip Hop, Ambient, Trance, House, Techno, Happy Hardcore, and Jungle.
Essentials Vol 1 is available as a download and DVD for the price of $149 [...]

Apple today started shipping Apple TV, a new class of computer peripheral that turns your HDTV into a big screen iPod.
Apple TV connects physically to your television and wirelessly to a Mac or PC running iTunes. The device then lets you play iTunes content on your TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, podcasts and [...]

Cisco and Apple today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark.Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world. Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark.
In addition, [...]

Apple has patented (#7,176,374) a music synthesizer and a method of generating a synthesizer output with a constant beat.
In a nutshell, the patent covers a design that lets two oscillators be synced with a Hz difference that is constant across the range of the keyboard. If you tune (detune) the oscillators to be 6 Hz [...]

At the recent 2007 NAMM Expo, a trade show for the music industry, Behringer was displaying a prototype of its popular B-Control BCF2000 USB/MIDI Controller in white:

There’s been no official announcement about the product, but it’s designed to match the white cases of Apple’s iMac line perfectly. Our sources told us that the company hoped [...]

Apple today announced that the iPod shuffle is now available in five colors: blue, pink, green, orange and the original silver.
“iPod shuffle is the world’s most wearable digital music player,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “Music fans can now choose iPod shuffle in one of five brilliant colors, or [...]