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Apple today sent out a series of bulk acceptance or temporary rejection letters to registered iPhone developers who applied last week for the company's paid iPhone Developer Programs. During the iPhone Software Roadmap Event held last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained that the program would be available to a limited number of developers at first, a message that is repeated in the email. U.S. applicants received an e-mail stating: "Dear.

This week's Ask iLounge topics: About Skip Count, iPhone alarm clocks, 5G firmware updates, Cleaning up after a library move, Syncing new playlists to iPod nano, Authorization of multiple iTunes Store accounts

Apple today sent out a series of bulk acceptance or temporary rejection letters to registered iPhone developers who applied last week for the company's paid iPhone Developer Programs. During the iPhone Software Roadmap Event held last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained that the program would be available to a limited number of developers at first, a message that is repeated in the email. U.S. applicants received an e-mail stating: "Dear.

This week's Ask iLounge topics: About Skip Count, iPhone alarm clocks, 5G firmware updates, Cleaning up after a library move, Syncing new playlists to iPod nano, Authorization of multiple iTunes Store accounts

Apple appears to be experiencing a widespread shortage of 16GB iPhones, based on checks at multiple Apple retail stores, as well as a report from German iPod publication iFun.de. Ten U.S.-based Apple retail locations contacted by iLounge yielded only one store with the higher-capacity model in stock, while Apple's online store currently lists a 5-7 business day shipping time on the 16GB model. According to iFun (Translated link), T-Mobile Germany.

Finally, the iPod classic ($30), iPod touch ($30), and iPhone ($30) versions of one of the coolest-looking iPod nano cases -- Speck's ArmorSkin -- have arrived. Each version is a little different from the others, with the iPod classic version having the most in common with its nano predecessor: classic comes with a hard plastic front shield, a grid textured rubber back and side casing, and an insert to make the 160GB classic-sized case fit the smaller.

Reuters - Lou Reed is lashing out at new modes of audio technology, saying that "people have got to demand a higher standard" than current MP3 music files.

Reuters - A cover of a song written by a composer who's now 73 and performed by a singer who died more than 10 years ago may not sound like the ingredients of a top-selling download. But when the straw that stirs is "American Idol," throw out the recipes.