A visit to the US online Apple Store this morning produced the familiar, taunting sticky note. Perhaps those rumors of new iMacs, Mac Pros and displays are about to come to fruition. UK readers are also reporting that their store is down.

Keep an eye on TUAW and we’ll let you know what’s new when the store re-appears.

Thanks to all the early risers who sent this in!

TUAWThe Apple Store is down originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Word Driven from Headlight Software, Inc. transforms a cherished car trip game into a fun iPhone application. You’re given three letters to work with (in the real world, you’d get those letters from passing license plates, but here they are automatically generated by the application) and must produce a word using each letter in the proper sequence.

The underlying dictionary seems pretty robust, handling nearly all the words I threw at it. At each possible completion, the application chimes to let you know you can submit the word as-is. If your word continues on further, you can keep typing, otherwise you can tap to submit.

TUAWFirst Look: Word Driven offers fun license-plate inspired game originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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File under “Oops!” Macrumors points out that Apple’s own Apple Store iPhone app gave a sneak preview of today’s product announcements.

We’ll dive in on the new gear (new iMacs, magic trackpad… and a battery charger?) in a few moments.

TUAWApple Store app scoops Apple Store on new gear reveal originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After some early morning downtime, Apple’s store is now back and featuring new iMac configurations. Full details are on the iMac technical specifications page. The new systems offer Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors (no more Core 2 Duo!) with improved graphics and new Magic Trackpad support.

The refreshed machines include dual core processors from 3.06 GHz up to 3.6 GHz, and quad core processors from 2.8 GHz up to 2.93 GHz. Hard drives go up to 2TB and the iMac also supports a drool-worthy 256 GB solid state drive option. Standard RAM includes 4GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM with four SO-DIMM slots, allowing up to 16GB. The 21.5″ model maxes out with a 3.6GHz Core i5 chip, and the 27″ tops out with a 2.93GHz quad-core i7 chip.

Graphic options on the new machines include the ATI Radeon HD 5750. The new machines add support for the SDXC memory card format as well.

Apple’s press release covers the new models’ speedy goodness.

TUAWiMac line refreshed by Apple originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today, Apple released the Magic Trackpad, calling it “…a multi-touch Bluetooth trackpad meant to work with your desktop computer.” It certainly resembles an oversized MacBook Pro trackpad (in fact, it’s 80% larger) perched atop the same battery case that’s on Apple’s Bluetooth keyboards. In fact, it sits at the same height and angle as the keyboard, so you can move back and forth easily.

When paired with an Apple desktop, it offers the same multi-touch gestures that laptop owners enjoy. Use it to swipe, pinch and scroll. Inertial scrolling on the Magic Trackpad reacts to the pressure and speed you use.

The surface is made of wear-resistant glass and, get this: the entire thing is also a giant button, so click away as you would with a mouse.

We first saw a trademark filing for the name back in February and FCC approval in July. Back in June, a leaked photo of what we were then calling the “Magic Slate” appeared, and many wondered if it would be revealed at WWDC ‘10. The Magic Trackpad is available now for US$69.

TUAWApple introduces the Magic Trackpad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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