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Magma has announced the ExpressBox 3T which is there latest product for expanding PCI Express slots externally. With this being one of the first Thunderbolt PCIe expansion slots with up to 10Gbps. You will be able to daisy chain not 1 or 2 Thunderbolt devices together but up to 6. It is geared toward video capture and editing, broadcast video, pro audio, communications, data acquisition but can be used for much more. Magma will start accepting preorder in 4Q(October 1st to the end of the year) with a price slightly under $1,000. If you are interested you can sign up on the company website to get more information.
According to MacRumors Apple is beginning to ship 27" Thunderbolt Displays to stores and resellers in the coming weeks. Customers should now be able to experience the display in person and hopefully pick one up. The new Thunderbolt displays add all the different connections in just one cable, including firewire 800 port, three USB ports, and is also able to carry audio over, and there is even Gigabit Ethernet. You will also be able to daisy chain another display to another which will allow you to run two displays at once off one cable. Apple showed off these displays back in July and are presently available for pre-order for $999
Are you looking to drastically improve your video capabilities on your iPad 2? Well if you are here is this perfect new product announced, the Makayama iPad 2 Movie Mount. It allows you to further enhance your video recording on your iPad 2 by providing you with tripod mount for stabilization, being able to add different lenses, wide and macro, and also be able to attach and external mic. It is available now for $69.95. Also video below.
Here it goes again. And I'm not talking about OK Go. Apple reportedly lost yet another iPhone prototype, this time it's likely to be the upcoming iPhone 5 by an employee at a bar called Cava 22 in San Francisco. Sounds familiar? That's because this has happened in a very familiar fashion with the iPhone 4 last year, which Gizmodo bought from someone who purchased it from the guy who found it at the bar for $5,000. I find it hard to believe that such kind of stupidity could happen twice. CNET reports that Apple has tried tracking their iPhone prototype but it is yet to be found. It's also reported that the iPhone 5 prototype has already been sold on Craigslist for only $200 by the person who found it at the Cava 22 bar. It isn't clear yet if the iPhone 5 prototype was disguised in an iPhone 4-like casing like Apple has done with the iPhone 4 prototype is has lost in the bar last year which was disguised inside an iPhone 3G-like casing.
At this time, the alleged iPhone 5 prototype is still roaming free in the wild and might even appear on the interwebs once the whole world finds out about this story. Yet again.
We've got our white and black iPhone 4s and iPad 2s, but where is our white iPod Touch?! Thankfully, we've got some hope with a brand new leak of what looks to be a white iPod Touch front screen panel that iFixit has leaked. September is fast approaching and that's generally the month when Apple refreshed the iPod line. At this point we don't know if Apple will announce a brand new and redesigned iPod Touch 5G, or only add a white model to the current lineup.
And just like that, Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, who has been with Apple for more than 13 years, has been appointed CEO of Apple. Steve Jobs will still be involved at Apple as the chairman of the board. Official press release has been announced by Apple today.
Here's Steve Jobs' official letter of resignation to the Apple Board of Directors:
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
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