Steve Jobs says MacBook Pro trackpad fix "coming soon"

Steve Jobs says MacBook Pro trackpad fix "coming soon": "

Getting a one sentence e-mail from Steve Jobs is the new getting a phone call from Henry Kissinger. Steve Jobs weighs in on trackpad clicking issue.

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(Via Infinite Loop.)

FireWire’s MacBook absence—inconvenience or fatal flaw?

Hate to admit I missed this on initial inspection. I was too busy plahying with the new glass trackpad sans button and admiring the beauty of this new machine. For this editor, the lack of Firewire is a deal breaker. (Sigh) - Tim Godby

FireWire’s MacBook absence—inconvenience or fatal flaw?: "The most-talked about feature in Apple’s new MacBook may be something that’s not there—FireWire ports. Peter Cohen weighs in on Apple’s decision.

(Via Macworld.)

DisplayPort: What you need to know

DisplayPort: What you need to know: "When it introduced its new laptops this week, Apple also introduced a new term to the vocabulary of Mac users—DisplayPort. Peter Cohen takes a closer look at this emerging industry standard and how it could benefit Mac users.

(Via Macworld.)

Rumor: Is the Apple TV being replaced?

From The Unofficial Apple Weblog. - Tim Godby

Rumor: Is the Apple TV being replaced?: "

Filed under: Rumors, Apple TV

We just got an e-mail from an anonymous Apple reseller, stating that they received an e-mail from Apple with instructions to remove all Apple TV displays and literature and to destroy them (which I assume means throw away the literature, send back the Apple TVs) by September 30, 2008 at 5 PM. Additionally, the e-mail says that there will be a webcast 'kick off' on September 30.

Incidentally, September 30 IS a Tuesday (and the last day of the September quarter), making all of this information, very, very interesting.

So, what does this mean? Could this potentially be the introduction of the Mini/Apple TV hybrid we've all been begging for? Is this related to the rumors of 'The Brick?'

I guess we'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out for sure. Hey, it's Saturday, so speculate away in the comments!

Addendum: In the comments and in some subsequent e-mails, we're receiving the impression that the licensing for the shows/images displayed in the literature has run out, and that the actual physical units may not be disappearing. Of course, that still leaves the issue of the webcast event on Tuesday...

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)

TomTom releases new management tool for Mac

TomTom releases new management tool for Mac: "

Filed under: Hardware, Software

Getting your dash-mount GPS unit and your Mac to talk to each other can be an exercise in frustration. TomTom's Mac client, while better than some of the other vendors' nonexistent Mac versions, has lagged behind the Windows version for a while -- I've been managing my TomTom GO through VMware Fusion rather than struggle with the Mac client. Now, a version of the TomTom client promising feature parity has been released, downloadable from the TomTom HOME site (direct link here).

The new 2.2.0 version does look a bit more like the Windows version, and seems to work fine for me; however, some have noted that you are now limited to a single backup of your device, rather than the multiple instances that you had before. Since a single TomTom backup can weigh in at 900 MB or more, I'm just fine with only one. The download is 31 MB and is freely available to TomTom users.

Thanks Rob

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)