Stan's List

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Wait for the Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard release later this month before you write off the iPhone platform. Apple hasn’t shipped an SDK yet, not because Apple is evil, but because the iPhone is a Leopard device. Blackfriars’ Marketing writes.

AppleInsider: Apple’s new iPhone, which isn’t due to begin shipping until June, runs a version of the company’s Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” operating system slated to ship around the same time, a published report said Thursday. More …

This makes more sense of the delay of Mac OS X 10.5 due to iPhone.

With Gartner reporting that $897 million of last quarter’s revenue being attributed to the professional sector, as mentioned before, there are plenty reasons for IT to consider a Mac. Mac OS X 10.5 is soon to be released and Office 2008 will be announced in January. Both should continue generating attention for the Mac, as reported by InformationWeek. More …

IT at work does not have the authority, but we have fun.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog had a blow by blow description of the hack. The solution is not for the novice. To start with, the iPhone must be taken back to 1.0.2 and given SSH access. The fact is you will have a 1.1.1 iPhone unlocked. More …

Someone will create a GUI for this procedure.