It is Saturday again, time for the weekend mood to set in and to help you along the way we have this freshly baked Apple round-up just for you. Apple has had a great week. Things went uphill from the very start when they reported their (through the roof) Q3 earnings and then we had the roster of new Macs to savour.

The rest of the week has been pretty small compared to those two things but they have been large enough to carry us through the entire week. And make no mistakes, we will still be hearing about the new Macs two weeks down the line and may be more.

Get to the other side for your piece of this delicious pie.

New iMacs, Now With Quad-Core Goodness

In case you have missed it, we have just had a huge new product line refresh from Apple. Hence we have a lot of new things to reckon with and the most exciting of them all are the new iMacs.

Apple has made sure that no one gets to complain about the amount of processing power and screen real estate that they get from these new iMacs till the next refresh. Three out of the four new iMacs have 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processors. The 4^th one is the 2.66GHz Core i5 toting quad-core iMac that we have been hearing about. I mean we’ve been hearing about the quad-core part. You can upgrade the thing to Core i7 at 2.8GHz.

4GB RAM is standard across the board and 500GB is the lowest storage and the three top models all have 1TB storage standard. RAM is a maximum of 8GB with the 21” models and 16GB on the 27” models.

Plus $16 gets you the new upgraded Aluminum Apple remote. The wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse combo comes as standard with every model.

New MacBook [White]

The New MacBook gets minor redesigns plus a whole new chassis. It now has the unibody design but in white polycarbonate. Besides, plastic is molded into shape anyway. The sharp edges are now gone (a personal peeve of mine) and have been replaced with rounded edges.

The display is now LED backlit and hence earth-loving and more energy-efficient. It has gotten the glass trackpad like the MacBook Pro models and also the integrated battery, which is rated at 7hours of juice. So what you are looking at is basically a white plastic MacBook Pro without as much power as its Aluminum brothers.

New Multitouch Wireless Mouse And Wireless Keyboard

Apple now has a wireless keyboard and a multitouch wireless mouse. As you can tell, the mouse is much more interesting.

The new Magic Mouse is a smooth piece of gear. It is a Bluetooth, aluminum housed mouse that has optical tracking, which enables it to track on almost any surface. What is more interesting is the fact this mouse has no physical controls. Instead, it has a multitouch surface and when you click it, the entire surface clicks with it – just like a MacBook Pro glass trackpad in mouse shape.

The mouse supports two-button mouse emulation, 360-degree scrolling and gestures. Apple says that one set of AA batteries will last you for months. And do I even have to say this – it looks über cool.

Oh – and the keyboard is a full keyboard and it is Bluetooth too. Does it work with the iPhone? Not yet.

New Mac Minis And A Server Too

Mac Minis got updated as well. They are slightly faster, have slightly bigger storage and they have a new sibling – the Mac Mini Server. The server edition is nothing but the higher Mac Mini without the DVD burner and with two 500GB HDDs. The Server comes with Snow Leopard Server.

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Read all about the new Macs right here.

Google Chrome for Mac Developer Preview

Good news – Google Chrome is finally available for the Mac OS. Bad news – it is only a developer preview. Good news again – that means the public release can’t be too far behind. This is like seeing distant palm trees instead of unforgiving sand everywhere. [read]

Verizon Testing CDMA iPhone On 4G LTE Network [?]

Rumor has it that Verizon has been testing out a CDMA iPhone on its 4G LTE network and it will soon be carrying the next version of the iPhone.

In that case, is that juvenile ‘iDon’t’ ad campaign meant to be an elaborate eyewash? Is it a huge corporate conspiracy/plan that we will one day get to know about in “iPhone: The Movie”? Would you watch such a movie? [read]

New Apple Get A Mac Ads – Broken Promises And Two More

As you would expect from Apple, the company has launched three new Ads that are specifically targeted at the Windows 7 launch. The most damaging of the lot has to be the ‘Broken Promises’ ad where progressive flashbacks show PC promising the same thing (not gonna have the problems of the previous OS) with each new OS release.

A lot of people say that they are getting tired of these ads but we all know that they work wonders for the general crowd. [watch]

Report States iPod And iPhone Might Take Over Handheld Gaming

DFC intelligence reports that if the current sales growth trends continue, then the iPhone and the iPod Touch might soon overtake the other handheld devices. We all know that that’s what Apple wants but toppling the PSP or the DS would be pretty a tough job. However, if killer new games arrive on iPhone OS, Apple might win after all. [read]

Boot Camp Will Support Windows 7 By The End Of The Year, But Not For Everyone

Microsoft has shared the Windows 7 development with a lot of people but it can be held for certain that none of that sharing has been with Apple. But that is no reason for Apple to be unable to bring out Boot Camp support for Windows 7 on all the Macs right now. Especially when the betas and RCs were so easily available prior to release.

So it is clearly a business maneuver on Apple’s part. They will eventually support Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate editions but even then you will have to have newer machines and at least OS X 10.6.

Sorry Leopard guys, you have to be white and spotted to join this party. Dalmatians not allowed.  [read]

Apple Wants Patent For Future Ad-Supported Version Of OS X

Apple has filed for a patent for what looks like an ad-supported version of the OS X operating system. Well, I guess if it is as subtle and contextual as the Google Ads, we might get used to it. But too much accuracy can become really creepy sometimes, you know? [read]

Psystar’s Rebelt EFI Will Allow PCs To Run Snow Leopard For $50

PsyStar, the completely crazy company that supplies us with endless Apple related WTF material, has done it again. After failing to gain much traction with their Darwin Universal Boot Loader for OEMs, they have now made the Rebel EFI. This piece of software allows you install a variety of modern OS’s on your machine, including OS X, for $50. PsyStar will even help you to do it and all it asks is that you obtain your copy of the OS you are using legally. [read]

Nokia Sues Apple

Nokia has sued Apple and has issued a very vague statement about why it’s doing so. Apparently, iPhone is using a technology to run UMTS, 3G, etc. that can only be licensed from Nokia. And Apple either did not ask them at all or the companies could not come to a deal. Whatever it is, Apple now has another lawsuit to deal with. But the vagueness might mean that Nokia is not completely sure about this either. [read]

Microsoft Mocks App Store For Having Too Many Apps! [WTF?!]

Microsoft used to mock the OS X for not having nearly as many applications as Windows has. Now Apple has 75,000+ apps in their App Store and Microsoft has about 100 apps in their Windows Mobile Marketplace.

Instead of trying desperately to catch up (which they actually doing), they release an ad showing two white-coats mocking Apple for allowing useless apps into the App Store to inflate the numbers. Microsoft apparently allows only the serious apps into their store. Sure Redmond, we believe you. Ahem, not.

Apple Sales Continue To Grow Through Q3 ‘09

This has been one of the biggest Apple stories this week and month. Apple has grown around 12% year on year in Q3 this year and it looks like Q4 is going to be another great quarter for it. So despite the bad economy, Apple is raking it in like nobody’s business. [Apple’s report] [analysis]

Hello and welcome to a brand new week. We are off to a great start here with great new rumors to tell you about, new gadgets being launched this week and a host of other things! So jump right over to the other side and get started, because you can’t start your week without catching up first!

Apple To Reveal Q3 ’09 Earnings Today

Although the analysts have already reported about what we should expect from Apple’s Q3 earnings for this year, we are yet to hear the official word on it. In the interest of full disclosure here – yes, I love Apple and no, I do not have personal motives behind reporting predictions.

That aside, Apple’s sales are expected to have continued to grow and the company seems to be overall bullish as of now. They are also about to launch a massive ad campaign to counter the Windows 7 launch, so watch out. [Read last week’s Apple round up]

Update: The Report Is here. It is better than we all thought – they have had nearly 12% year on year growth despite the soft economy. [read]

Verizon Testing 4G iPhone Despite Droid Ads [?]

As reported on a slightly annoyed tone, Verizon has kicked off an iPhone mocking ad campaign to sell its newest fleet entrant – the Motorola Droid. Now, there are reports from a relatively unknown blog that Verizon is actually double-dealing, in a way.

Apparently the carrier is involved in extensive testing of a forthcoming iPhone CDMA device on the 4G LTE network. The tests have been going on for a few months now but there’s no talk of a release date yet, the blog claims. This could get interesting if it is indeed true. [read]

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 Gets ION, Coming On 10/22

The coveted Lenovo IdeaPad S12, enriched with the wholesome graphics goodness of the NVIDIA ION chipset, is all set to launch on October 22^nd. But the launch will be in Japan only. This Atom N270 toting device already has other versions but it is this ION version that everyone wants and for obvious reasons. Let’s hope it gets to the rest of us soon. [read]

The First Ever Live Shots Of The HTC Dragon [?]

The HTC Dragon is the latest in a long line of rumored Android and HTC phones. However, those earlier rumors have proved to be accurate in the cases of the HTC HD2, the Motorola Droid and others. However, as new phones are released, rumorsville is left empty. Filling this void is this new HTC phone that supposedly has the same hardware as the HD2 but will be running Android. If a 4.3inch full touchscreen phone is not a dream Android phone right now, I don’t know what is.

Anyway, we have the first live shots of an obviously HTC phone, running a previously unseen UI with the Android OS. From the photos, it does look like a larger than average phone such as the HD2. We’ll keep you posted as more news filters through. [read]

Asus T91MT Multi-Touch Netbook Due This Week

Asus’ T91 convertible tablet netbook wasn’t an instant hit but it did break new grounds. Now we have the new multitouch T91MT (MT for multitouch of course). No one really knows anything about it yet but we finally have a release date for the thing – 22^nd October. It will come with Windows 7 Home Premium and will hopefully be a lot more exciting than the original T91. [read]

Vicon Revue Camera [SenseCam] Records Your Life Every 30 Seconds

The Vicon Revue, a licensed version of the SenseCam concept developed by Microsoft, is a nifty little device. It has a 1GB memory, a fish eye lens and a tiny form factor that is riddled with sensors to detect light, temperature and orientation.

The device was originally built for patient’s suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, to help them recall the events of their day. Vicon was licensed by Microsoft because apparently the demand was too great for Microsoft. Vicon will be bringing out the camera at £500 by this Christmas that will be primarily aimed at researchers. A consumer version is in the works and it will apparently be available in 2010.

The camera can take images at a pre-determined time interval, with 30seconds being the lowest. It also snaps pictures when it detects a person directly in front (through IR) and when it senses a new environment (through temperature sensors). Since the images are quite low in resolution, 1GB can hold up to 30,000 images. [read]

Texas Instruments Promises Super Low Voltage Bluetooth

Texas Instruments, the number 4 manufacturer of semiconductors worldwide, has developed something very interesting. They have been showing off a new chip that makes Bluetooth run at an incredibly low energy level, making it possible to run the system for a rather long time on a single button cell battery.

TI says that the chip, measuring about 6mm-squared, will run on that single cell for more than a year. This means it can be fitted into a number of handheld devices and make them exceptionally useful. So you can now have a TV remote that you do not have to aim and that works amazingly well.

However, the current Bluetooth technology is anything but energy efficient. So waxing all eloquent about it right now may not be such a god idea. [read]

Sony Has New 360º Display, Has No Clue What To Do With It

Sony has been displaying a new device that displays a virtual image in full 360º view. So you can see the image in 3D with your naked eye. No more weird glasses that give you a headache. The device is still prototype and Sony has no concrete plans for it right now.

It has very limited capabilities right now but hopefully it will make virtual 3D images a consumer thing in the near future. [read]

Lamp Bearing Rocking Chair Generates Its Own Power [Concept]

This concept reading chair has an OLED lamp attached to it and it generates it own electricity. How? It is a rocking chair and it generates electricity when you are rocking on it. Cool idea I say. There’s nothing like powering your own reading lamp. Hopefully it and similar products will go into production someday. [read]