http://www.mactropolis.com Your Friendly Global Mac Community Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:03:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not sure if Rogers intentionally wanted this one to slip under the radar (lets keep customers on their current and more expensive plan!)... But they have started offering a new data and text messaging pack for iPhone 3G users (in Canada of course). The new plan comes in at $30 ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone/rogers-silently-offers-30-data-value-pack-for-the-iphone-3g/ From Synium Software, Screenium is a piece of software used to capture a video of your Mac's screen, known as a "screen cast". Screenium is an incredibly simple and easy to use application with lots of features, and I find it really fun. I haven't actually used the application for ... http://www.mactropolis.com/videos/review-screenium/ On June 11th 2008, Apple launched the App Store that would bring applications to both their iPhone and iPod Touch devices, with just 500 applications, 150 of which were free. (*Approximately 100 of which were flashlight apps). In just the first 30 days, Apple reported sales of a whopping $30 ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone-apps/app-store-hits-10000-apps/ It has been rumored that the iPhone push notification service, that the great Mr. Jobs promised for September just gone, is going to make an introduction in the 2.2.1 firmware, despite the fact that the 2.2.1 firmware beta hasn't even been seeded to developers yet. RussianiPhone.ru claims they have seen ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone/iphone-push-notifications-coming-in-221/ The incredibly talented iPhone-Dev Team have successfully got Linux running on the iPhone. They have used reverse engineering on the iPhone drivers to provide the option of two operating systems when booting the device -- using "OpeniBoot" gives users the option of booting to Mac or Linux when they start ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone/linux-comes-to-the-iphone/ After purchasing my new MacBook, I thought it was about time I started looking for decent a notebook stand. I'm always hunched over a laptop, and after a short period of time I get really uncomfortable. I started looking around for notebook stands and for a while I couldn't find ... http://www.mactropolis.com/hardware-reviews/review-mstand-by-rain-design/ It seems the Black Friday sales reductions are also going on in the iTunes App Store -- Pangea Software Inc have made some huge reductions to nearly all of their iPhone applications for one week only. Apps to receive reductions are: Cro-Mag Rally -- was $1.99 now $0.99 Billy Frontier -- was ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone-apps/pangea-software-iphoneipod-touch-apps-recieve-black-friday-reductions/ You may remember a few weeks ago I did a post on the Marware Game Grip. Well I liked the idea of the Game Grip so much that I decided I'd try it out, and today it arrived. First impressions of the Marware Game Grip upon opening is its quality -- ... http://www.mactropolis.com/hardware-reviews/review-marware-game-grip/ How many times has a letter landed on your doormatt with a speeding fine enclosed? Sometimes, you don't even remember passing a speed camera. Many of us have had expensive fines and points on our licence because we didn't see the camera in time, or didn't see it at all. ... http://www.mactropolis.com/iphone-apps/app-of-the-day-cams-ahoy-europe/ The UK advertising standards watchdog has banned an Apple advert for the iPhone 3G because they say people complained the advert was misleading with regards to the speed of the device. Apple's advert, showing the iPhone 3G load news pages and Google Maps, both taking just fractions of a second ... http://www.mactropolis.com/other-news/apple-made-to-drop-iphone-advert-in-uk/