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Apple only produce quality products. I love what they have done to the portable music player industry. I have an iPod which I bought about a year ago (iPod Video 5.5 Gen). I have never been so satisfied with any other technological gadget. A friend of mine owns an Apple AirPort Extreme and he is more than satisfied with its performance. It is slick, small and does the job perfectly well. Apple AirPort Extreme is a wireless base station which is good for both personal use, business use and even for schools. Fifty users can connect using the AirPort Extreme Base Station using Wi-Fi technology (using IEEE 802.11 n standard). Apple AirPort Extreme also has three ethernet ports which can be used to connect computers to the network using Wires (using IEEE 802.3 standard). IEEE 802.11n is still on its development phase but it doesn’t pose a problem at all. EEE 802.11n is a good option because it can be used with all EEE 802.11a, EEE 802.11b and EEE 802.11g standards.

Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station also has a USB port which you can use to connect printers and hard drives. You can plug-in your external hard drive and share the space with all the computers connected to this network. For sharing your printer, you can use the USB 2.0 port and use AirPort Extreme Base Station power to print documents wirelessly. from any computers within your network. You won’t have to worry about any computer other than in your network connect to your network as the AirPort Extreme Base Station uses the industry standard encryption technologies such as WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP which will secure your wireless network from intruders. You will have to use a AirPort Extreme utility software to configure your Apple Router which is very simple and easy to use and after you have configure your AirPort Extreme, no one can connect to your network without entering the correct password.

Apple’s AirPort Extreme also includes a built-in firewall which will keep you safe from the dangerous world of the World Wide Web. AirPort Extreme’s built-in firewall is automatically turned on. This Apple Router works with both Mac’s and PC’s so there won’t be any compatibility issues with the computer platform or your WiFi card. The cost of an Apple AirPort Extreme is not that high, you can buy an AirPort Extreme for $180 plus there is no shipping cost. You won’t be disappointed at all, it works flawlessly. Here are some of the features found on an Apple’s AirPort Extreme Base Station:

• 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
• MIMO (Multiple In Multiple Out) smart antennas
• dual-band antennas for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies
• three 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports
• one 10/100 Ethernet WAN port
• one USB port
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA-2), 128-bit WEP encryption
• a built-in NAT firewall

You will find these items inside your AirPort Extreme box.

• AirPort Utility for Mac and Windows
• AirPort Disk Utility for Mac and Windows
• 802.11n Enabler for Mac³
• Bonjour for Windows
• Power cord
• Printed and electronic documentation

View Apple’s AirPort Extreme Router from all angles.

This is the perfect gadget if you have an older versions of iPod Nano. What better than playing all your songs on your iPod Nano for everyone to listen to. One bad point of any version of iPod is it being unable to play songs for more than one people. None of the iPods has a speaker so people can only use their earphones or headphones. You will need to buy an extra speaker that is compatible with your version of iPod and I can tell you, none of them come cheap.

For people who own an old version of iPod Nano, this is a golden opportunity. You can buy iHome iHM1B2 Speakers for iPod nano at CircuitCity. The iHome Portable Speakers works with first generation and second generation iPod Nano’s. Right now CircuitCity is offering the iHome Portable Speakers for iPod Nano on clearance sale. The price of an iHome Portable Speakers is just $10. The original price for the iHome iHM1B2 Speakers for iPod nano 1G/2G was $25, so circuitcity are giving a $15 discount on this item. Shipping cost for the iHome Portable Speakers is free. You can either choose delivery or in-store pickup option. Other shipping methods will cost you some extra money though. iHome Portable Speakers for iPod Nano features an SRS TruBass setting for dynamic bass response and great sound even though the size of the speaker is pretty small.

When iPhone first arrived in the market, it was on an AT&T network and to even activate the iPhone, people had to call AT&T. There was a huge mess up when the Apple’s iPhone was first released in the market. Since then, the price of an iPhone dropped quite dramatically and Apple also dumped the 4GB version of iPhone. Now an iPhone is available in two sizes, an 8GB version which costs $400 and a 16GB version which costs $500. These prices seems reasonable but there is a catch, you will need to subscribe to AT&T service which is quite expensive. At least a two year contract is needed. I have never liked what the mobile service providers have done. Locking a phone so that it just works on their network is a bit unfair. Since this started happening, people (mobile experts) started to look for a way unlock it.

It took not that long for mobile experts to crack the Apple and AT&T locking mechanism. The first iphone was unlocked on August 24, 2007 (according to engadget). Now people can use any SIM cards from any subscribers and use it on an iPhone without a problem. Nowadays, we can unlock almost all kinds of phones by using a software. Well some of these softwares can be used for free and some charge a small fee for unlocking a phone.

Well if you already have an iphone with an AT&T subscription or from any other mobile networks, you can ditch it right away and use any SIM card you like. There are some iPhone Unlock Service available online which will do the dirty work for you but they will charge a small fee. iphone-sim-unlock.com provides iPhone Unlock software for a fee of $29 which is a negligible amount if you consider the subscription fee you have to pay to AT&T. AT&T’s cheapest plan for an iPhone costs around $60 per month. So the price of unlocking an iPhone by using iPhone-Sim-Unlock.com is pretty low (half the cost of 1 month AT&T fee). There are locked iPhones from all the top mobile service providers and this software will unlock it all. It just takes around ten minutes to unlock an iPhone. There are only three steps you need to follow, 1st sign-up for iPhone Unlock service, secondly login and purchase the iphone unlocking service for $29 and then unlock your iPhone. Thats it, nothing else to do. Doesn’t matter what version of iPhone firmware you use, their unique software will unlock it for you. Even a bricked iPhone won’t be a problem. By paying a one time fee of $29, you will be receiving future updates and service for life. There are also exclusive iPhone wallpapers package available to use free of charge and another good thing about their service is, they provide 24 hour support to their customers.

MacBook is one of the trusted laptops on the portable computer market today and lots of people love the Mac environment even though it costs quite a bit more than other Laptops. One of the main reason’s people prefer to use MacBook with Mac OS is because there are very few virus and malwares that infect a MacOS unlike Windows systems. Apple’s most recent innovation in the laptop department is the Apple MacBook Air. The MacBook air is meant to be the thinnest laptop and Apple have done the job quite well. The design of the MacBook air itself is quite cool with lots of curves which makes it a very slick laptop.

There are quite a few innovations found in the new MacBook Air, for instance the TFT LED backlit screen. Even the battery on the MacBook Air is a bit different. Usually laptops use Lithium Ion battery to power itself but the MacBook Air has a Lithium polymer battery. One downside to the design of the MacBook Air is users cannot replace the battery themselves as it is located inside the casing, they will have to go to Apple to get it replaced. You can find the specifications for the MacBook Air Laptop below.

• 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache (optional)
• 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive
• 64GB solid-state drive and/or external USB MacBook Air SuperDrive (optional)
• 13.3-inch glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display
• Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
• Built-in iSight camera
• Analog audio output/headphone out (minijack), Built-in mono speaker, Built-in omnidirectional microphone
• Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking ( IEEE 802.11n) This is compatible with all A, B and G
• Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Integrated 35WHr Lithium polymer battery
• Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor which automatically adjusts keyboard lighting and screen brightness

The MacBook Air also has a track pad that supports the multi-touch function found in Apple’s iPhone. You will be able to pinch, swipe or rotate by simply moving your fingers on the track pad.

The MacBook Air comes with a pre-installed Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard which includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools. iLife ’08 Media Software is also installed in the MacBook Air which includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand. The cost of the MacBook Air starts from $1799. Only two specifications are available. The 1.8GHz version of MacBook Air costs $3098 which if you ask me is a bit to expensive. You can Pre-Order your MacBook Air here. You will receive the things mentioned below when you receive your MacBook Air package.

• MacBook Air
• Micro-DVI to DVI adapter
• Micro-DVI to VGA adapter
• MagSafe power adapter
• Install/restore DVDs

There has been a huge demand for the Apple iPod Touch and it was sold out the day it was released in the market. The price at the start was a bit high but still lot of people were buying if or waiting in line to buy it. The price of an iPhone at the time of its first release was $599 for I think it was an 8GB version. A couple of months after iPhone’s official release, Apple dropped the price of its iphones considerably by dropping the price of an 8GB version to $399 from its original price of $599. Apple also released a 16GB version at the same time and also released iPod Touch. A 16GB Apple iPhone was priced at $499 which is very reasonable considering the features and storage that it offers. Apple also released an iPhone clone and called it iPod Touch. iPod Touch looks exactly like an iPhone, the only difference between them is, you can’t make phone calls using iPod Touch. You can get an Apple iPod Touch 8GB version at Amazon.com for just $270 $280. This is a very cheap price considering the price at iPhone’s first release. You can purchase an Apple iPod Touch 16GB version at Amazon.com for $360 $369. I can now afford one but I would rather have an unlocked version so I will wait a bit longer for it. An Apple iPod Touch features include,

• MP3 and video playback
• Picture viewing
• Revolutionary multi-touch interface
• Gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display
• Music downloads straight from iTunes
• Websurfing using the built-in Wi-Fi

and lots more which you can view at Apple’s iPod Touch page linked above. The only drawback if I can say that is, an iPod Touch doesn’t have a camera and mobile phone features, on it otherwise it would be the full package. This sale might only last till the holiday season so go get one for yourself asap. Also you will get a free shipping from amazon.com

There is also another cool gadget for iPod’s and iPhones which I think most of us is trying to buy but its a concept design yet hasn’t been released. An iRing controller for iPod and iPhone would save a lot of battery life for you iPod and iPhones as you don’t have to light up the screen and the iRing controller would make it very easy to control your iPod and iPhone from your fingers. If anyone knows where I can buy an iRing, please let me know.

I was looking around some blogs and I found out about this cool give away. Redhotfranchises.com is giving away a free iPod Nano. To enter this content, all you have to do is post a comment on Redhotfranchises’ Free iPod give away post. That’s it, all you have to do is comment on their post and you will be entered on Redhotfranchises’ iPod Nano contest. This contest will be open till December 31st, 2007. Winner will be chosen at random. You will have a chance of winning an iPod Nano plus you will also be helping create awareness for The Global Fund. The Global Fund helps women and children in Africa who are affected by HIV/AIDS. This is all for a good cause. It doesn’t take that much time to post a comment so why not try it out. You might be the lucky winner.

For the wide sophisticated world and all time new technology demanding chaps, the Apple Inc. Has come up with its new brand iPhone which includes the those technology and features required for this generation of time. Beautifully designed by the Apple engineers, the iPhone comes in sleek black gloss look finish & a sophisticated glossy white colour. The phone is full with features though measuring 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm and weighting 135gms. The optimized Mac OS X runs this slim handset and includes full QWERTY keyboard. Fitted with wide 3.5 inch multi touch screen, the colour screen has higher resolution of 320 x 480 Pixels and has great visual. The iPhone has inbuilt 2 megapixel camera with camera settings which is capable of recording video and video playback with video controls. In this handset, the users can view their favourite movie/TV channel and listen to integral music player with Touch screen search which enables the users to search the songs with respect to album, artist, etc. The cell phone enables the users to send text SMS message, multimedia MMS message, E-mail, SMS Long and Visual voicemail. The users can download the Games and also enjoy the embedded games. The phone has ranges of connectivity which includes Bluetooth, USB, EDGE, Wi-Fi and Synchronization PC or MAC. The Safari Internet browser comes with a built in Google & Yahoo, Internet search functions and the users can also browse the HTML based internet pages. The Picture address book feature in this handset enables the users to also view the picture of individual as well as phone number. The iPhone works on Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GMS 900, GMS 1800 & GMS 1900) which automatically switches between the Networks. The phone comes with two range of memory-4 GB and 8GB.The phone provides the users with 5 Hours Talk Time of battery life in Talk, Video & Browsing while it provides 16hrs in audio.