Apple Reseller to open in Maidstone

Stormfront are opening a store at Maidstone's Fremlin Walk in December.

As an Apple Authorised Premium Reseller, you will be able to try out the latest Mac kit and get some advice from people who know what they are talking about.

So, no reason to go to Bluewater any more.

Stormfront seems a rather unfortunate choice of name for a business, as it is shared by a white supremacist internet forum.

"All you can eat" iTunes

MacUser: Apple to offer "all you can eat" iTunes with premium iPods
In return for paying a premium price for iPods, Apple is set to offer customers unlimited access to the iTunes store.

Apple executives claim customers would be willing to pay $100 (around £50) extra for their iPod or iPhone if it gave them "all you can eat" access to the iTunes library for the "lifetime of the device", according to a report in the Financial Times.

The report also says that it is believed that Apple is considering a monthly subscription for iPhone owners:

who could have a $8 (£4) fee added to their monthly phone bill. Subscription customers would be allowed to keep "40 or 50" tracks per year, even after their subscription has lapsed.

Negotiations between Apple and leading record labels is currently taking place.

New goodies from Apple

At the Macworld Expo in San Francisco today, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled some new goodies from Apple.

First up is MacBook Air, an ultra thin notebook, which has been rumoured for some time. It is an amazing piece of kit featuring 13.3 wide screen LED back lit display, multi touch track pad, 2GB RAM, 80GB and is just 1.94cm thin. There is no optical drive, but as it is a wireless device, you won't need one much of the time. If you do need one, you can buy an external SuperDrive or use a new feature called Remote Disc, which enables you to access a CD or DVD on a remote Mac or PC.

You'll need to fork out £1,199 for the 1.6GHz machine, or if you are feeling particularly frivolous, you can spend £2,028 the 1.8GHz version with a 64GB solid state drive.

Other new stuff announced included Time Capsule – automatic wireless backup for your Mac, software updates for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iTunes Movie Rental (available in US only at present) and an updated AppleTV.