I had somebody asking me why none of their shipment of Mac Mini’s worked with their standard microphones. I wasn’t entirely sure either, so I had a look around on Google for some answers. I soon found the answer in the MacRumors forum.
“The Mac mini’s input is a line-level input, whereas the mic line on most analog headsets needs a mic-level input (to power the mic). The mini isn’t giving the mic any power, so it’s not going to work.
You need something to pull the level of that mic line …
Anyone who’s had the iPhone for any length of time knows about the beautiful 3rd party applications, and the way they work with the feature-rich iPhone platform. One of the most astounding API’s available to the iPod Touch or iPhone software is the location service. Using WiFi, GPS, and cellular data, it can pinpoint your location from virtually anywhere.
Obviously, there are already hundreds of applications that utilise this API, but the usage has been very different to predictions. Rather than creating enhanced map, or in-car navigation software, it has been …
Now, it is beyond doubt that almost anybody on the internet will have heard of the brand new iPhone 3G, and its release on July 11th. What people don’t understand anywhere near as well how will the iPhone actually impact our daily lives.
iPhone Prices - Pay & Go + Contracts
Update: Pay & Go delayed in the UK until November.
O2, on their website, appear to be keeping the original prices for the iPhone Classic, through the release of the 3G update. Although this is subject to change, I highly doubt it …
One of two things are going to happen. Either Steve Jobs is up to his usual tricks and is investing in ways to send those who follow Apple’s patterns off the trail, or MacRumours (and others) have got something right.
The sudden outburst of rumours are generally fuelled by the evidence spotted in the MacRumours forum. They noticed Apple’s recent purchase of www.me.com. This was recently followed by the acquisition of www.mobileme.com. I’m no expert, but it’s a safe bet that these domains cost a lot of money, as the …
Apple has always been a world leader, in terms of mixing technology with style, to the point that even Windows users find themselves envying the shiny white ’shrink-wrapped’ boxes, and the masterpieces inside them.
It feels like poking a marshmallow, yet it smells like a bin (if you go close enough).
Apple Wired Keyboard
The Apple Wired Keyboard is more widely preferred, thanks to its full set of characters (unlike its wireless sibling, it doesn’t lack the numeric keypad, or the ‘transition keys’ (which, I presume, are named after the periodic table).
It simply …