Apple’s Secret Tax Revealed: iPod/iPhone Accessory Ripoff!!!

Posted in apple on November 14, 2008 by starik100

Third-party manufacturers speak out in big investigation: Hush-hush deal for exclusive chips and licensing fees of up to 10 percent per gadget is making basic products like iPhone video cable cost up to 10 times more! “If we didn’t have to pay Apple for the dock and auth chip, we could have made a much better speaker the same price,” says a source.

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Apple’s NVIDIA-based MacBook Airs arrive early, get unboxed

Posted in apple on November 14, 2008 by starik100

Apple Store online customers are reporting Friday that their NVIDIA-based MacBook Air notebooks have begun arriving almost a week early. Included are some unboxing notes and photos.

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Apple’s next-gen MacBook Pro casing design revealed

Posted in apple on November 14, 2008 by starik100

AppleInsider: “People familiar with the ongoing development of the new 15- and 17-inch professional notebooks are now confirming that an image of an unfamiliar and deconstructed Apple notebook enclsoure published by a Chinese blog on Saturday is in fact that of an authentic next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro shell.”

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