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March 12, 2010

Daily Deals: 3.06GHz 22″ iMac $1,399, $1,193 MacBook,$189 iPod Classic







We close out another week we three hardware deals. First up is a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo iMac with a 22-inch screen and lots of extra goodies from ExperCom, including 8GB of RAM and three years of AppleCare – all for $1,399. Next up is a deal on a MacBook powered by a Core [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 10:05

iPhone Weekly Digest: Internet Radio, A Mowing Game, A Musical Toy, And More






It's time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
This time, we review Air Assault, Bad Apples, Fire Drop Free, Ghost Capture – Free, Heli Rescue, Internet Radio Box, Sunday Lawn, synthPond Lite, Tiki Totems, and Titanic Rescue.

APP OF THE WEEK
Internet Radio Box: [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 10:05

Consumer Reports finds Apple's tech support best in class







This week, Consumer Reports published the results of their latest tech support survey, and no surprise here: Apple came out as the number one company in both laptops and desktops.
As usual, Consumer Reports asked 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with tech related dealings with various companies. At the end of the day, Apple scored [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 09:06

Barnes & Noble to try to compete with iBooks on Apple's own platform






U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble claims to be unconcerned about the iPad's threat against their own e-reader, the Nook. Indeed, they are so excited about the possibilities of the iPad that they are now promising iPad owners that they can expect to download their own free Barnes & Noble e-reading software just around the time [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 08:45

Is Apple Selling 20K iPads an Hour?







Did you buy an iPad when Apple began pre-sales this morning? If so, you weren't alone. Indeed, Apple may have sold 20,000 iPads per hour, leading one commentator to suggest the Cupertino, Calif. company was earning $10 million per hour on its new tablet device.
The estimate comes from Andrew Erlichson, CEO of Phanfare, a photo [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 08:44

iPad Buying Guide: Haiku Edition







Still confused about which iPad to pre-order? In collaboration with handsome Wilson Rothman, Gizmodo's lovely own Rosa Golijan put together this handy, haiku-ified iPad buying guide which — while thoroughly tongue in cheek — more or less lines up with my own feelings on the matter: if you're buying the iPad WiFi, there's little reason [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 08:23

Court: Apple Doesn't Own the Letter 'i'






For years, the letter 'i' has been a goldmine for Apple; apply the letter to an ordinary object and you have lines outside your door waiting to buy the gadget. Apple may have to find another letter now that an Australian trade court sided with a handbag maker.
IP Australia, the government board that watches over [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 08:03

iPad Order Confirmation Promises "Exciting" In-Store Event







Though a few early adopters have noted that the confirmation emails for pre-ordered iPads are slow, it looks like the in-store pick up option should be fun with some kind of launch fete in the works.
Via AleVH of Tech info team



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Published on March 12, 2010 06:42

Report: Apple, Nokia Courtroom Battle to Wait until 2012






The outcome of Apple and Nokia's dueling patent infringement lawsuits could wait until mid-2012 for a verdict from the international trade court. The two companies swapped lawsuits in 2009, alleging the other with infringing key technologies.
The three-year timespan for the U.S. International Trade Commission sets the stage for what Reuters has characterized as "the spectre [...:]



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Published on March 12, 2010 06:36

Reader Poll: Will You Pre-Order an iPad?







As we predicted, the iPad went on pre-order in the US this morning in the Apple store after a nail-biting world blackout.
Are you going to reserve yours today or wait? Which one are you getting? Buying your customer limit (2) at once?
Let us know the whys and wherefores of your purchasing decisions in the comments.



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Published on March 12, 2010 06:10

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