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Feeling a little natural? Silva's CNC machined and hand assembled bamboo MacBook cases might do you some good. At $179.99 a piece, you MacBook Pro 13" or 15" can be carried in natural style. The leather handle is shaped to let you carry your MacBook around comfortably while the wool felt interior protects your MacBook. You can grab yours over at Silva.
The Uintah is ColcaSac's first shoulder bag, built with thick rugged hemp and lined with protective fleece to keep your stuff safe and sound. The Uintah shoulder bag is inspired by Jack Bauer from the TV series 24 and it's modified to fit both a MacBook or iPad. The Uintah is available now in a natural hemp color for $160.
Clamcase is finally shipping out to customers. The MacBook-like Clamcase features a full Bluetooth chiclet qwerty keyboard, a built-in rechargeable battery, power on off button, matte soft-touch finish and a 360-degree torque hinge system for a variety of viewing angles. You can get yours now at a special price for $119 or if you purchase an online Clamcase gift card, you can save some cash and get the Clamcase for $99. Hit up the source link for more.
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With Apple's return to the Mac after the mountain of mobile devices announced, it is meant to be a huge announcement. Starting at 10 am PST tomorrow, and the invite sent out to media last week, caused the entire internet to explode with predictions of what Apple is going to announce, and here is mine.
For starters, if you look at the invite above, you can see a Lion behind the Apple logo, which probably means that the next version of Mac OS will be announced as Mac OS 10.7 Lion, as all recent versions of Mac OS are named after big cats. Main features of the new version of the new Mac OS that have been floating around are touch screen support, drastic speed increases and subtle UI changes to stuff like the dock and the menu bar. The reason that touchscreen is in there, is because Apple has filed several patents about touchscreen iMacs and MacBooks, and this would be a great time for Apple to include some parts of iOS into Mac OS, i.e. the touchscreen aspect. Call me an Apple fanboy, but I cannot see what drastically new features Apple could add, as I think it is as good as it can get, yet we will find out tomorrow.
In terms of hardware, the rumours about the long overdue update to the MacBook Air are picking up again. These rumours are saying that the new MacBook Air will be smaller with a 11.6" screen, a new version of SSD that is similar to a stick of RAM that is supposedly really fast and even slimmer profile. There are also some rumours of the MacBook and the MacBook Pros being updated, but I don't think that will happen as the Mac laptops got updated around April, and the MacBook family usually have a refresh cycle of around 9-10 months. Alike the laptops, I do not think that the desktops will get updated as they got their refresh this summer.
So, not long to wait until we find out so stay tuned to the live blogs like Engadget's for all the latest stuff coming out of Cupertino. However, it is still not clear if Apple will be streaming the event itself, like the iPod event, so get ready for the Lion to come out of the cage.
Apple has just posted the live stream page. Check it out here.
Yes your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Apple is holding an event that is not about a mobile device! Weird huh? Anyway, what should you expect from this event? Well I presume Mac OS 10.7 Lion, hence the Lion in the background. No word on features but expect the usual speed increases and other stuff that is under the hood that we don't care about. In terms of hardware, I would put my money on a long over due update to the Macbook Air. Rumours say a 11.6" screen, more USB ports and a HD iSight camera. But, per usual nothing is certain till Jobs announces it on stage. And talking of the event, it starts at 10am PST on the 20th of October and hopefully it will be live streamed like the last Apple event.
Incase has release updated neoprene sleeves for Apple Macbooks in 15" and 17" flavors. The new Protective Sleeve Deluxe features an outside zippered pocket to store your iPhone, cables and/or power adapter. But wait, it doesn't stop here, if you're to lazy to take out your Macbook to charge it you can simply unzip the dedicated zipper that gives you access to your Magsafe port to charge whilst your Macbook sits all cozy and warm inside the faux-leather lined interior.
The Incase Protective Sleeve Deluxe still remains to be a form-fitting neoprene sleeve we all know and love. You can pick one up in black or white for $49.95.
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The mysterious "Magic Trackpad" that got leaked a day before WWDC, has apparently gotten FCC approval according to Engadget. This is because on the FCC approval database, there seems to be a brand new product from Apple that seems to be the "Magic Trackpad" that has been rumoured since the leaked images on June 6th.
A device known only by its model number A1339 is the culprit here, described as a "Bluetooth Device" used in conjunction with a MacBook without any associated filings for WiFi or WWAN networks. The ultra-rough label location diagram is definitely the right shape for the accessory, and what's interesting is that the test report was completed way back in October of 2009.
Another thing is that if you look very close at the leaked image of the device, there is the model number A1339, which means that that Engadget has probably got it found the right product in the FFC database.
The release date for the "Magic Trackpad" is unknown, but could be coming in the very near future given the timing of previous FCC approvals for other devices.
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