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Onkyo E713 All-In-One PC Has Docks iPods (And iPods Only)

It's hard to describe Onkyo's latest PC as anything besides a little bit daft. The E713 is an all-in-one Windows 7 PC (with all the hideous matte gray plastics aesthetics of such) which prominently boasts a slide-out, built-in iPod dock that has been sillily mis-designed so it's mouth just isn't quite wide enough to slide [...:]

Hilarious Anime-Style Mystery Game "Phoenix Wright" Comes To App Store

Capcom's fantastic series of lawyerly anime adventure titles, the Ace Attorney series, have been delighting gamers on Nintendo's handhelds since 2001… and now the first game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is available to download through iTunes.
The iPhone version of Phoenix Wright is basically a direct port of the Nintendo DS version, with the lower half [...:]

Analyst: Apple Doubling iPad Production to 2.5M Units for Third Quarter

Apple apparently has gotten the message over repeated reports of iPad shortages. The Cupertino, Calif. company may double production for its tablet device to 2.5 million units per month by September, up from 1 million to 1.5 million expected for next month, one analyst said Tuesday.
In a note to investors, Sterne Agee analyst Vija Rakesh [...:]

Transmit User Sends Developers A Faux Design Award

Panic, the company that makes awesome applications like Coda and Unison, got a little surprise in the mail yesterday – a Faux Apple Design Award, sent in by an extremely appreciative user of their best-known product, Transmit.

User Michael Salbato sent a letter saying how disappointed he was that only iPhone apps will qualify for this [...:]

Buy A New Mac For School and Get A Free 8GB iPod Touch

It's that time of year again! Apple's throwing a bone (or, alternatively, trying to lock-in) green undergrads heading to college for the first time with their annual "Back to School" program, which nets eligible students a free 8GB iPod Touch (or $199 off any other iPod).
If you want to qualify, you have to buy a [...:]

Apple Filming Next-Gen iPhone Commercials Directed By "American Beauty" Director

With every new Apple product comes a new advertising campaign, so it's no surprise that Cupertino's already casting for a new campaign centered on the next iPhone. Now Engadget has confirmed it with their sources.
According to Engadget, the next iPhone commercial will be directed by American Beauty director (and mawkish paper bag enthusiast) Sam Mendes [...:]

Now This Means War! Yankee Stadium Bans iPads

Forget the escalating Apple – Google rivalry for a moment, the latest chapter in the war against Apple unfolds in New York: Yankee Stadium has banned iPads.Apparently their existing security restrictions prohibiting laptop computers extend to the new Handheld Wonder, leaving multitasking attendees all atwitter.
Good opportunity here for my hometown team (and legendary Yankee rival) [...:]

Wal-Mart Will Offer 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $97 With Two-Year AT&T Contract

In the ramp up to the official unveiling of the next-generation iPhone next month, megalithic big box retailer Wal-Mart is planning on slashing the price of Apple's 16GB iPhone 3Gs to just $97.
That's a $102 savings over the current price, and strongly implies that, next month, the 16GB iPhone 3GS will be [...:]

$99 iPhone 3G Phased Out Before Fourth-Generation iPhone Debut

This is unlikely to gobsmack anyone, but with a new iPhone right around the corner, the days of the $99 iPhone 3G are likely numbered.
According to Boy Genius Report: " We've heard that Apple has stopped shipping iPhone 3G 8GB units to AT&T stores and orders are not being placed for the device."
The most [...:]

Elgato EyeTV HD Records Television in iPad-Optimized Formats

The Elgato EyeTV HD DVR is easy to recommend to Apple fans who are serious about video: it's whole raison d'etre is to make it as easy as possible to transcode your high-defenition television content to watch on your MacBook, iPhone or iPad.
As a DVR, the EyeTV allows you to plug it into your satellite [...:]