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AT&T stores had iPhone 4s available for non-reserve customers nationwide, you know what that means. Much to everyone’s surprise, they sold out. It’s been hinted at a couple times before, but iWork for iPhone has reappeared on Apple’s site in some capacity. Boy Genius Reports got ahold of Apple’s internal documents regarding the antenna issues. Steve would like you to use multitasking the way it’s designed. Apple has begun to ship many of their Bumper cases to users. The rumor that will never die points to January 2011 as the time for the Verizon iPhone. Oddly, last year rumors put it at January of 2010.

Foxconn is rumored to be moving some of Apple’s production to other parts of China. They’ve also installed some nets to prevent workers from jumping. Apple added $10 HD movies to the iTunes Store. Speaking of HD, Apple is reported to be looking to expand into the TV markets. AppleInsider is reporting that iOS 4 will be available for the iPad in November. In patent news, Apple was granted patents for a host of things and filed a trademark for the iPhone 4 packaging.

In news you really don’t care about, but is more important than “Apple of My Eye” - Steve Jobs will be attending some conference you never knew existed. Finally, If you are feeling like a jackass and would like to be part of a Class Action Lawsuit against Apple for the iPhone 4, the folks at Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff (we’ll presume all major jackasses) would like to represent you.

Amongst all that excitement that was the time before WWDC, someone leaked pictures of a magical trackpad… yeah it didn’t happen. In addition to that rumor that didn’t come true, Nike and Polar decided to announce a heart rate monitor… in the middle of WWDC. Apple changed the language within its developer agreement to allow for third-party advertising, just not from Google or Adobe. Another final note from the keynote, seems Apple forgot to announce iWork for iPhone? HP is now offering printers that will allow you to print directly from your iPhone. Just hours after iOS 4 went GM, it was jailbroken. We should see iTunes 9.2 when iOS 4 goes public on June 21st. On the 28th, you will be able to pick up the next iPhone at Radio Shack. Microsoft was not so impressed with Safari 5. They also announced that they won’t be offering a 64-bit rendition of the next version of Office for Mac (2011) due out later this year. Finally, embattled Apple supplier Foxconn is giving amount even more raises and paying the families of suicide victims.

And… If you’d like to be the next Mrs. Daniel Feeney (or the first) – Mac dating site Cupidtino has gone beta.

Back to School season might seem far away to most, but the reality is that in the tech world it’s just begun. Given that the EDU market is… a huge one, it seems only appropriate that we at TheMacFeed give you our thoughts and tips regarding the hardware and software to make your life at school a tad bit easier. Hit the jump for our suggestions…

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Oh Pages. It’s an alternative to Microsoft Word, but then again sometimes it’s not an alternative. Sometimes it’s the application we want. Why? Because when those of us that don’t understand graphic design are trying to do graphic design – it really is the greatest only thing worth using. Here’s the problem. There is only so long you can keep using those same default templates Jumsoft thought that was a problem and tried to cure it and today we’ll look at their medicine to our ailments: Pages Template Pro.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, we assume you are reading this right before you start the alcohol consumption, so you may have to read it again tomorrow. (That really wasn’t that funny) Anyways, if you’d like to take a field trip to the Apple Store, you now can. Engadget found some some weird things going on at the Aussie Apple Store. Apple updated iWork’s page to include content regarding new features. Bye-bye InvisibleShield. iLounge is reporting that Apple is banning all protective screen covers from its retail stores. Cupertino has once again topped the consumer rankings for computer hardware, this time via Satmetrix. For the third time in two weeks, Apple is being sued by some tiny company for patent infringement. Oh yeah, the rest of the tech industry is joining them in court.

At least somebody thinks that the iPad won’t effect their business. Caris & Company believes that Apple’s desktop influence will increase in 2010. Canada’s ever-popular “iPod levy” might return thanks to a new bill. Sprint is now using the iPhone to sell its WiMAX router. Apple is now letting developers schedule sales within iTunes. Why do analyst make a lot of money? Was it really that hard to come up with: the iPhone will hurt Palm.

If you would like a cheesehead Steve Jobs to go along with your Irish ale, check here.

Tomorrow marks the start of IDG’s Macworld Expo. While we won’t be attending the Moscone Center, the obvious absence is a company from Cupertino. Staring in 1997, the Macworld Expo has proved to be a vital part of Apple’s strategy with Steve (for the most part) delivering a keynote that was normally considered to be one of the most important for Apple in terms of its yearly structure. A lot of things have changed since 1985 (the first Macworld Expo) and many wonder is 2010 the last? We hope not, some more thoughts after the break.

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Once again Apple decided that Wednesday was a day to shock the world. Ending decades of speculation, Apple announced its tablet, the iPad.

Most were wrong by all accounts. The basic stats are a 9.7″ IPS Display (which no one predicted) in a .5″ thick device that weighs in at 1.5 pounds. Storage ranges from 16GB to 64GB and the device packs 10 hours of battery life or a month of standby. Powering the device is Apple’s A4 chip at 1GHz which runs a modified iPhone OS. In addition, a speaker, mic, compass, accelerometer, Bluetooth and 802.11n are built in. The event highlighted many of the new features of the OS including, iBooks (Apple’s e-Book reader), a modified iWork and numerous games. The new industry’s presence was felt, Martin Nisenholtz of the New York Times showed off one of the many specific apps made for the iPad. Steve called the device the best way to browse the internet and spent quite a bit of time browsing it on the new device.

We correctly predicted that the iPad would be sold with the option of 3G and that comes via AT&T. Pricing starts at $499 for the 16GB iPad, 32GB for the $599 and $699 for the 64GB. The models with the 3G are $130 more, so: $629, $729 and $829. AT&T will provide 3G at either $14.99 for 250 MB per month or $30 for unlimited, as well as access to all of its Wi-Fi hotspots around the country, most importantly this all comes without contract. The iPad uses the new micro-SIM card and Steve says that international carriers will have deals in place in the June/July timeframe. The Wi-Fi only edition will ship in sixty days, while the 3G will ship in ninety.

The iPad is currently not available for purchase. That was all that was announced at the event that took the usual hour and a half. We will post more opinions later.

Props to Engadget for being the only ones with pictures of an actual leak, even if it was only 12 hours before.

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