It’s been a long time coming for Chrome to show up on Mac and although not fully here yet, a developer preview is available for download now.  The 49.7Mb download gets you the clean, fast browsing of Google’s iteration of webkit.  If you would like to try it out just simply click the link after this sentence.

[Chrome For Mac]

  AT&T said it would finally be turning on MMS for US customers.  On mid-day Friday you will be able to update your iPhone with new carrier setting which will enable MMS.  This has been a long time coming and has been hampered by the overwhelming iPhone sales and underwhelming network capability.  Lets hope we have enough bandwidth for such simple messaging capability come Friday.

  We have not had a long time with Safari 4 in its full release and now there is an update that fixes some issues that Safari has with iPhoto.  There is also a Bluetooth firmware update for some Apple devices.  They are both available via software update.

  There has been an enormity of speculation regarding the next Apple products as usual, and although the picture above is just a concept, there is some recent news about many different Apple products coming to us in the near future that every Apple fan should know.

Snow Leopard has been a long time coming, or so it seems.  While the next iteration of OSX is just around the corner and in the same release cycle of OSX releases, the time we have sepnt thinking about it feels extended as to the Leopard release.  Recent news says it should be out by September due to the work remaining for Quicktime, Open CL and other essentials to the operating system.

The next Xserve will be available in June and will be updating the line of Mac Pro with Xeon processors.

The next iPhone will be fairly soon for this summer and have some sort of video integration.  We should see some hardware updates as well and could even see a dual-core processor.  Although doubtful, we could see the addition of a QWERTY keyboard similar to the Palm Pre, which would make many very happy.  There will be tethering as seen in iPhone 3.0 beta, but for an unknown cost at this time.  

There is much to look forward to and as always we will be here to help keep you informed of the latest and greatest Apple hardware and software.

[Hard Mac]

  A long time in the making and wrestling with record companies has finally paid off for Apple.  It seems Apple has finally won the battle of DRM-free downloads on the iTunes store.  

"The deal reported by sources speaking to CNET News.com would see Apple break its longtime insistence on a fixed per-track rate for songs and give in to frequent demands from Sony, Universal and Warner that would change the pricing depending on the popularity and recentness of a given song."

An announcement will probably be made tomorrow at the MacWorld Expo as one would expect.  To go along with such a deal are sources reporting that AT&T and Apple have reached an agreement which would allow us to further use our bandwidth we pay for every month on the iPhone.  This means we will be able to download iTunes songs via 3G and hopefully podcasts larger than 10MB, which most already are.

We hope to hear more details on this news and more tomorrow at MacWorld.

[via AppleInsider]

  Thanks to TUAW we have some of the fine points of the much needed refresh to the Mac Mini.  The first thing is that the Superdrive will be SATA, so you can either keep the drive or add a second hard drive as an option.  The next detail is that the Mac Mini will look more like the Time Capsule with a lip on the side which encapsulates the optical drive and provides for cooling, which eliminates the need for the vents on the back. The new Mac Mini will also be black and aluminum, like the current lineup of Macs.  It has been a long time coming for a refresh and we assume other details such as a core 2 duo, an Nvidia 9400M and the capability for more RAM.  In a few weeks, we’ll all know for sure.

[via TUAW]

  3M has released a new LED powered projector which can easily fit in your pocket and in the palm of your hand.  The MPro110 offers a VGA projection of up to 50 inches and comes in at less than a pound.  The projector accepts various inputs from a DVD, MP3 player or Laptop.  The MPro110 is available for $359.00 at your local electronics retailer.

I had some time to play with the MPro110 and although it was very small and portable, the screen resolution was not great in lighted room.  The colors were washed out and we assume would improve with the lights off. If you bring the screen to monitor size, at 17-19 inches, you get a decent picture.  The device was considerably hot, but not hot enough to concern, but may pose long-time reliability issues.  We could recommend this projector if you need something ultra-portable, but if you are looking for something with higher definition, you will want to look elsewhere.

[3M]

  Palm has had a long following and most thought a new update was never to be seen.  Today a new OS from Palm has broken cover and comes from Access of which previously bought PalmSource after the .com crash.  ACCESS Linux Platform is the generic name of the OS and offers a lot of potential and hopefully it lives up to it. The question is, is this too little too late.  The platform may be coming to Japan this year, but don’t hold your breathe as this has been a long time coming.

[via MobileBurn]

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