New and Noteworthy: Virgin Mobile selling ROKR (iTunes phone); Meet the Apple Pack Rats

Virgin Mobile selling ROKR (iTunes phone) Virgin Mobile has announced that it will retail the Motorola ROKR E1 phone, the first mobile phone with iTunes, beginning September 26th 2005. Graeme Hutchinson, sales and marketing director at Virgin Mobile, said: "The iTunes phone is a perfect fit for Virgin Mobile's customers who love their music and are keen to own the latest technology -- we think it's the most desirable gift you could find in your stocking this Christmas!" More.

Meet the Apple Pack Rats A Wired News article profiles users who keep every piece of Apple product packaging they've ever purchased. "Ryan Harne, a 20-year-old engineering student at Virginia Tech University, has gone so far as to display his boxes in his bedroom, tastefully backlit with lamps from Ikea. During the school year, the boxes for his third-generation iPod, PowerBook G4, Mighty Mouse and OS X Tiger sit at home with his parents. For the time being, he contents himself with a rear-lit Apple Pro Keyboard box dangling from the loft of his dorm room." More.

Previously on MacFixIt:

• Apple releases Java security update for Mac OS X 10.3.9
• iTunes 5.0 (#6): Another fix for album artwork not displaying; Sound distortion, dropouts; more
• Apple releases Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2 for Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger)
• StuffIt Deluxe 10.0: Incorrect unstuff times; other issues
• Special Report: Troubleshooting the iMac G5
• Toast Titanium 7.0.1 (#3): Delete old version of Toast for some problems; FLAC bug fixed; more

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