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Apple Announces September 1, 2010 Music Event.

Just in case you’ve been waiting to get a new iPod, waiting for another week would be a good idea. Apple has sent out invitations to select few that don’t rhyme with bizmodo to a September 1, 2010 Music Event. The event will be held at Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater in San Francisco. The event starts at 10:00 AM Cupertino Time.

As usual some sites will be bringing live coverage from the event.

What do we know so far?

  • iOS 4.1 availability will be announced for iPhone and iPod touch; not the iPad.
  • New iPod line-up.
  • More FaceTime devices.

Other speculations:

  • The next TV (that’s Apple TV if you can’t see the Apple Logo).
  • The next iLife suite.
  • New iTunes software and services.

Crazy Speculations:

  • Rounded corner of something.
  • White iPhone 4.

Anyway, as usual check back for list of live coverage links here.

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Catching Up: Firefox, iOS, Flash, Bad Religion and Slayer.

When was the last time I posted anything here? It’s been quite a while. I want to post them now but I don’t remember most of it. Anyway here I go again.

Firefox 4 Beta 3 is out. It adds multi-touch supports for Windows 7. Download it here.

iOS 4.0.3 is available for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch; some exceptions apply. iOS 3.2.2 is also available for iPad. It includes the fix for PDF security flaw that is currently being exploited to jailbreak iOS 4.

Flash 10.1 Gala for Mac OS X is officially released. It adds support for hardware accelerated decoding for certain GPU’s.

Bad Religion new album “The Dissent of Man” is due out on September 28, 2010. The single “The Devil in Stitches” is now available for purchase and streaming. Get it at iTunes Store or Amazon MP3.

Slayer kicked off American Carnage Tour on Wednesday August 11th, 2010 in Glens Falls, New York. The American Carnage Tour First Leg features Megadeth and Testament.

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Apple seeds iOS 4.1 beta 3 to Developers.

Just a week after the seeding of iOS 4.1 beta 2, Apple release the third beta of the upcoming iOS 4.1. Details are still scarce due to something called NDA; not to be confused with National Dart Association.

Apple has decided to pull Game Center off iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3G.

iOS 4.1 beta 3 is available for:

  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPhone 3G
  • iPod touch 3rd generation
  • iPod touch 2nd generation

What is iOS 4.1 beta 3 performance like on iPhone 3G? We will find out soon.

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Magic Trackpad is now available at Apple Retail Store.

I stopped by an Apple Retail Store on Thursday and I saw Magic Trackpad available for demo and sale.

Naturally I picked up one, just to see if Apple can make a truly usable input device. Apple has not been able to create widely adapted mouse and trackpad products in the computer industry for the past 15 years. For sure the single button mouse is still the running joke about Mac computers.

I’m down $75.04 for the Magic Trackpad. Well, it’s a little price to pay for what many call as research.

So after 2 hours using this, I can say that it works exactly as unibody MacBook Pro trackpads. I personally have no problem using it, but personal experiences may vary.

If you’re used to using the Unibody MacBook Pro, you will have no problem using the Magic Trackpad. It is a much bigger trackpad than any MacBook Pros have.

I found out I can use it with another mouse for a more ambidextrous work-flow.

Magic Trackpad requires Bluetooth-enabled Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.4 or higher for all features.

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Apple Seeds iOS 4.1 beta, no updates for iPad yet.

UPDATE 2:
2:50 PM Cupertino Time, iOS Developer site seems to have problem. It might be hammered by developers trying to download the SDK and it iOS 4.1.

UPDATE 1:
Game Center now requires iOS 4.1, it was previously included in iOS 4 beta.

Apple has just seeded iOS 4.1 beta to Developers for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 2nd and 3rd generation. No update for the iPad yet.

Due to this little thing called NDA, information is still scarce. Not sure what changes are added into iOS 4.1 yet.

Developers can grab te iOS SDK 4.1 and iOS 4.1 for their iPhone and iPod touch at Apple Developer Center. As usual, each device running iOS 4.1 beta must be provisioned.

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Apple Store, Los Cerritos Grand Opening: The lines starts at 10:00 PM Wednesday night.

UPDATE:
a few hundred people already in line by 11:30 PM.

Apple Store, Los Cerritos is scheduled for Grand Opening on June 24th, 2010 7:00 AM. Los Cerritos Mall Management informed that the line will start at 10:00 PM on Wednesday night shortly after the Mall closes. Lines are set outside the East entrance of the mall near the California Pizza Kitchen. More lines are set right outside the soon to be open Apple Store. The Grand Opening of Apple Store, Los Cerritos coinciding with the launch of iPhone 4 is scheduled from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

The first 1000 customers get a free commemorative T-Shirt.

http://www.apple.com/retail/loscerritos/

http://www.shoploscerritos.com/

Apple logo is property of Apple Inc.
Thanks to Los Cerritos Mall Management for giving the permission to take the pictures.