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Firmware 1.1.4 has been released for the iPhone and iPod touch, but no one has been able to find any new features. Perhaps it gets the phone all ready for that sweet SDK who knows.

Stay tuned

“Google on Wednesday said it has seen 50 times more search requests coming from Apple iPhones than any other mobile handset — a revelation so astonishing that the company originally suspected it had made an error culling its own data.

“We thought it was a mistake and made our engineers check the logs again,” Vic Gundotra, head of Google’s mobile operations told the Financial Times during this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona…..”

Via AppleInsider <— story continues

You heard it right, point your Apple TV to “Update Software” to get this juicy update for free. New features:

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Apple has just released the long awaited 16GB iPhone, and a new iPod touch with a whoping 32 GB of flash goodness. Available for $499 each.

Get the 16 GB iPhone

Get the 32 GB iPod touch

If you think the MacBook Air doesn’t have enough ports for you then check out the AirCraft:

Via Flickr

Thinnest notebook in the world. It will be available in two weeks (starting at $1.799), but you can pre-order it now.

Via Engadget

“Apple has officially announced movie rentals for iTunes. The new feature will launch today with 1,000 available films by the end of February — prices will come in at $2.99 for a regular rental, and $3.99 for new releases. You’ll be able to begin watching your movie in 30 seconds, and will have the rental for up to 24 hours, during which time you can transfer the file to an iPod or iPhone and take it on the go. Additionally, you’ll be able to get HD rentals for just $1 more, respectively.”

Via Engadget

Time Capsule is a hard drive and Airport combined in order to make back ups wirelessly in your home. It will come in 500GB and 1TB configurations, and will feature 802.11n, as well as server grade hard drives. They will be $299 and $499, respectively. Available in February, pre-order now.

Via Engadget

• Maps: New hybrid view, same as Google Maps. Satellite imagery and street mapping available on a single view.
• Maps: Location triangulation. Uses nearby WiFi access points and GSM towers (on the iPhone, anyway) to roughly guesstimate your current location.
• Web Clips: Web bookmarks can now be saved as home screen icons, including zoom and location information.
• Home screen: Icons on the home screen can now be rearranged.
• Home screen: Up to 9 home screens can now be created and “flicked” between.
• SMS: A single text message can now be sent to multiple recipients; groups can be recalled for future use.
• iTunes: Movie rentals are now supported.
• iTunes: Support for lyrics.
• iTunes: Option to “manually manage” music and videos instead of synchronizing.

Via Engadget

“The guys over at 9to5Mac are making the case that Apple’s rumored ultra-portable will be dubbed the MacBook Air. Besides all the anecdotal evidence supporting their case, one of their readers discovered a machine identifying itself as a “MacBookAir” in a January 9, 2008 Adium usage log — 3 days before the “There’s something in the air” MacWorld banner was revealed. If true, it’s thought that the name could refer to the ultra-portable’s weight, WWAN capability, or even Wireless USB support.”

Via Engadget

This patent application shows the wiggle of the icons in rearrangement mode that we saw on GearLive’s video this past week, giving us yet another hint that 1.1.3 is real and other sources hint at it being released the week of Macworld (January 15-18).

So stay tuned………

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