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Apple last week instated a stay on new retail orders for MacBook Pros as it prepares to introduce the first significant updates to the professional notebook line in over a year. Meanwhile, AppleInsider has learned of the Mac maker's plans to adopt Intel's lower-spec'd Core i3 series of processors in some of its future offerings.

Apple halts retail orders for MacBook Pros ahead of new models

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Just in case there was any doubt regarding Apple's plans to not support the original iPhone with iPhone OS 4, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has now weighed in on the matter with one of his typically terse emails. MacStories reports that a Twitter user sent an email to Jobs asking about future support for the original iPhone, to which Jobs responded "Sorry, no."

Steve Jobs Confirms Lack of Future Support for Original iPhone

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Gaming enthusiasts who gobble up every tidbit of news they can about consoles, gadgets and titles didn't have a lot to digest Thursday when Apple revealed that the new iPhone OS 4 would include Game Center, a social gaming network. The news was just one feature mentioned in the overall update for the smartphone operating system; Steve Jobs' company certainly didn't unlock any new levels in the details category.

Apple's Game Center Tilts the Playing Field

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A change in the wording of Apple's developer agreement in iPhone 4.0 appears to block all efforts by third party platform vendors (including Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight) to shim or adapt their code to work as a native iPhone app. Rather than being a competitive blow directed at Flash however, it appears the real motivation is to support sophisticated new multitasking features in the new operating system.

Apple's prohibition of Flash-built apps in iPhone 4.0 related to multitasking

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Acquistions are one thing, and rollouts are quite another. This week, in the world of mobile advertising, Apple beat Google to the punch in its demonstration of new mobile advertising platform iAd as part of its iPhone OS 4 announcement. Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed developers how iPhone and iPad app users won't have to leave their apps to view ads that include features such as movie trailers and even games.

Apple Lobs First Grenade in Mobile Ad Wars

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Going up against Apple must be akin to facing heavyweight champion Joe Lewis in the ring -- you get hit with so many blows so fast that your best option is to lie down. Perhaps that's what Apple's competitors feel like this week. While they're still reeling from last Saturday's iPad's launch, Cupertino has announced plans to offer select guests a sneak peek at the next generation of the iPhone OS.

Apple Is About to Give the Competition Another Drubbing

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Apple is apparently not taking a breather following the iPad's high-energy launch. The company is inviting journalists to a press event on April 8 that will provide a sneak peek at the iPhone's next operating system, version 4.0. Following so closely on the heels of the iPad's Saturday release, the announcement on Monday took many by surprise.

Apple Yanks iPhone Out of iPad's Shadow