Month of November , 2007

UPDATEx2: Orange officially confirms the plans below. The unlocked version of the iPhone is priced 649€ 749€ (or $649 for the device without any contract commitment but working only with Orange SIM cards + 100€ to unlock it before the six first months after the purchase).

UPDATE: During an interview for the French radio Europe 1, France Telecom's CEO, Didier Lombard confirmed the information below. He added that as many as 100 000 iPhones are expected to be sold in France by the end of the year. Meanwhile, translated iPhone ads are airing on French TV since late last week.

France Telecom's mobile sbsidiary, Orange, will offer to its France-based iPhone customers similar subscription plans to those announced in other European countries, reports on the Internet confirm.

T-Mobile announced today it will sell unlocked iPhones in Germany for 999€ or nearly $1500.

Two new Apple ads appeared on the Internet this week. The first is a new "Get-A-Mac" ad which has only been seen as a banner on the Internet for the moment while the second is an iPod ad available on Apple's web site.

Apple has posted the first update for its newly released operating system iteration, Mac OS X Leopard.

Apple has posted a Firmware Update for the latest generation of iMacs.

Apple announced a new version of its consumer video editing software, Final Cut Express 3.0.

Apple has posted Security Updates, nimbered "2007-008" for both Client and Server versions of Mac OS X Panther 10.3.9.

Apple has posted updates for several of its Pro applications, including Compressor, Cinema Tools, Color, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro.

Apple has posted an update for, iPhoto, its consumer photo organisation and retouch software part of the iLife '08 suite.

Apple has posted an update for Mac OS X Tiger Client and Server, bringing it to version 10.4.11. An update for Tiger Server Admin Tools has also been made available.

Probably in an effort to boost its Mac sales for this Christmas, Apple posted three new ads for the "Get-A-Mac" campaign on its web site.

As planned, Apple introduced the iPhone in the U.K. and Germany last Friday. The first figures appear to be good for both countries.

UPDATE: It appears that both iPod Touch and iPhone new software have already been hacked (jailbreak).

Apple is expected to release updates for both Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard in the near future, several reports indicate.

Apple has posted an update for the hard drive of the iMac and the Mac Pro.

The Hard Drive Update 1.0 includes bug fixes and important updates for the following systems: