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wayne - who has written 261 posts on Macgasm.
I'm into everything technology related, particularly anything Apple related. I enjoy programming and tend to lean towards server-based technologies over client-based. You can contact me on twitter, via e-mail, or follow me on friendfeed.
iPhone 4 pre-order and AT&T’s royal screw up
As many have possibly read, AT&T managed to botch up the pre-orders for iPhone 4. Well, in my case, they screwed up royally. Let’s set the scene: Tuesday June 15th: Pre-orders are not being processed due to an AT&T error of some sort; whether it be a system down or networking errors or what have [...]
Continue reading...New Mac Minis: New Design, New Specs
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
When the Apple store went down bright and early (Around 7AM ET/4AM PT yesterday) everybody knew what was coming; iPhone 4 pre-orders. What most weren’t expecting were completely revamped Mac Minis. This was a completely quiet announcement. I didn’t find out about them until I opened up a new window in Safari and saw them [...]
Continue reading...AT&T is allowing eligibility transfers within Family Plans
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Tidbits has a scoop that those who are in a Family Plan, and are not eligible for an upgrade for iPhone 4, can transfer eligibility to or from another family member. This could be quite useful for those who may not want to incur the $200 premium for upgrading early. There are a few catches, [...]
Continue reading...wwrite Contest Giveaway Winners
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Macgasm recently ran a contest to giveaway 5 copies of wwrite for the iPad. The contest ran from June 1st to June 7th. @chrissycrue100 and @finalbroadcast have both won copies of wwrite for iPad. Please follow @waynedixon or direct message an email address and the codes will be sent to you. If you entered, but [...]
Continue reading...Apple iPhone 4 Pricing: upgrade and new contract
Monday, June 7, 2010
Today at Apple‘s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) they announced a new iPhone, dubbed iPhone 4. Some of the wind has been taken out of the announcement with the Engadget pre-announcement but this update has still added some interesting features. Just like its predecessors, the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS, pricing has remained the [...]
Continue reading...Apple updates iBooks with some new features
Monday, June 7, 2010
Apple has updated its iBooks applications. At its annual World Wide Developer’s Conference, Apple has announced some new features to its iBooks application that more closely mirror other e-reader applications. Currently, the iBooks application allows users to put purchased epub titles, from Apple’s iBooks Store, and non-DRM laden titles into the iPad application through iTunes’s [...]
Continue reading...iTunes Tip: Joining your audiobook files into a single file
Friday, June 4, 2010
I, like many, thoroughly enjoy my Audible account. Prior to joining Audible, I used to purchase some audiobooks on CD. The most notable of amongst my collection are my Harry Potter audiobooks. I own all of them on cassette as well as a bunch of them on CD. I’ve decided to re-listen to the entire series again. Since [...]
Continue reading...AT&T has changed the SmartPhone data plans
Thursday, June 3, 2010
AT&T has decided to modify their SmartPhone data plans on new contracts. This change does include the iPhone. This change is for only those who have new contracts that started as of June 7th, 2010. Here are the details for the changes. There are two plans that are similar to the iPad: The first plan, [...]
Continue reading...Barnes and Noble eReader for iPad
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Barnes and Noble has released their eReader for the iPad. The new release from Barnes and Noble joins the current crop of eReaders such as Amazon’s Kindle for iPad, Apple‘s iBooks, Good Reader, Amazon’s Stanza, and many more. While the Barnes and Noble iPhone App has been available for a while, the iPad version has [...]
Continue reading...Giveaway: wwrite for iPad
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
We here at Macgasm love giving prizes away. So, we decided to have another giveaway. This time, it’s for the iPad text editing application wwrite. For all of the information about the application, check out Gerard’s review of the application. To enter simply click here (this will open twitter). The twitter message will read: Macgasm.net [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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