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This week's top Apple news was highlighted by our review of iPhone OS 3.0 and news of the iPhone 3G S, but that wasn't all. Tidbits about Snow Leopard's fonts and other goodies made the list, as well as news about Safari and developer frustrations from WWDC.



One would think that this week, leading up to the launch of the iPhone 3G S, would be entirely taken over by iPhone news. As a pleasant surprise, that turned out not to be the case. Although our review of iPhone OS 3.0 topped the list and there were tidbits about early iPhone 3G S pricing and MMSes through AT&T, there was also news about upcoming changes in Snow Leopard, the Psystar lawsuit, and Safari 4. Read on to catch up:

Hands on review: iPhone OS 3.0 chock full of changes: iPhone OS 3.0 is out and it runs on all generations of iPhone and iPod touch. Ars reviews the OS and takes a look at what's in store. If you're not planning to buy a shiny new iPhone 3G S, you may find yourself quite satisfied with your 3G iPhone running the new OS.

Font changes coming to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: One Mac developer has discovered a few interesting changes to fonts that are coming to the next version of Mac OS X. Apple is planning to say goodbye to a long-time monospaced friend of Mac developers.

Good news and bad news regarding the new MacBook Pro: The good news: the new MacBook Pro's battery life is amazing. The bad news: the internal SATA seems limited to 1.5Gbps. Given that the battery life runs more than eight hours, though, that's bad news we can live with.

AT&T eases upgrade pricing for some early iPhone 3G adopters: If you waited in line all day for an iPhone 3G last July and have one of the pricier calling plans, AT&T will throw you a bone and offer you a full subsidy for an iPhone 3G S. If not, well, then nothing has changed.

More of those Snow Leopard "enhancements and refinements": If you've heard enough already about the new iPhone 3G S or the new iPhone OS 3.0 and remember a time when the Mac was the main focus of Apple, then we have some news for you about some more refinements coming in Snow Leopard.

Safari 4 downloaded 11 million times in 3 days since release: The final release of Safari 4 has been downloaded more than 11 million times, according to Apple. With a big chunk of that being Windows users, it seems as if the browser's adoption rates have gotten off to a good start.

Psystar owes Apple $75,000 while Apple moves to lift stay: The Apple v Psystar saga continues as Psystar admits to owing Apple $75,000 due to "litigation." Meanwhile, Apple has filed a motion to lift the automatic stay on its case against Psystar.

Devs given no chance to ask Apple about App Store rejections: App Store rejections continue to confound iPhone developers and Apple did exactly nothing to address the problems during a WWDC '09 session geared towards the app publishing process. Though there is some evidence that Apple is working internally to fix the problems, Apple should do more to communicate the problems and potential solutions with its developer community.


AT&T: Pay for SMS package on iPhone? MMS won't cost extra: MMSes on the iPhone apparently won't come with extra charges from AT&T, the company acknowledged in a PDF posted to its website—as long as you pay for a text messaging package, that is. The question remains: will a single MMS equate to more than one SMS?

Apple's Snow Leopard Up-to-Date program is now live: Get Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for (almost) free even if you have bought a Mac before Snow Leopard's release. With Apple's Up-to-Date program, you'll just have to pay for shipping if you have a qualifying Mac or Xserve.

Have a great weekend everyone, and enjoy your iPhone 3G Ses, if you have them!