We wrap up the week with more deals on iMacs, including $999 for a 22-inch 3.06GHz desktop computer from the Apple Store. Apple is offering four iMacs in all. PC Connection is selling another 21.5-inch 3.06GHz iMac for $1,099. Lastly, if you received a video camera over the holidays, you may be burning to share

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I hope you’ll never have to use these tips, but in the freak moments when you just can’t go back and pick up your iPhone because you have a plane to catch and you just realized you left your iPhone at home while parking your car in Lot B at LAX these steps might come

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I just got a new iPod touch, and I love it so far, but I’m still getting used to a few things, including typing on the touchscreen. Any tips to speed up my acclimation a little? We’ve been getting tons of these questions lately! We’ll answer a couple here since the holidays tend to add new iPhone and iPod touch owners to the ranks. You can find lots more tips and how-tos at maclife.com/articles/iphone and Apple posts tutorials at apple.com/iphone/how-to . The Shift key’s blue glow indicates that we are in Caps Lock mode. Typing on a touchscreen can take a little getting used to–if you’re missing the letters a lot, try aiming your taps at the left edge of the letters. That really helped us. Auto-correction gets better over time, and you can train it by tapping the little X next to wrong guesses, or turn it off altogether in Settings > General > Keyboard. To save a little time, you can tap Space twice in a row to automatically add a period to the end of your sentence and capitalize your next letter. This is called the Period Shortcut, and if it doesn’t work, head to Settings > General > Keyboard to turn it on. In that same Settings screen, you can enable Caps Lock mode, letting you double-tap the Shift key to enter the mode (the Shift key turns blue), and tap Shift again to exit.  

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Does anyone else remember the flurry of pre-iPhone rumors back at the end of 2006? Here we are three years later, and history almost seems to be repeating itself with a veritable onslaught of rumors surrounding Apple’s fabled tablet computer. Today, word is out that Cupertino is already placing orders for 10-inch tablet displays and glass panels. Everyone’s favorite Taiwanese rumor mill, DigiTimes , is now reporting that Foxconn subsidiary Innolux is now the primary supplier of 10-inch panels for Apple’s forthcoming multi-touch tablet, according to AppleInsider . Wintek, the current provider of the iPhone display panel, will also fulfill remaining orders for the panels as well. As usual, DigiTimes is citing sources directly inside Apple’s component suppliers, who are also reporting that the company has been “seeking solutions to strengthen the glass of the 10-inch panel” for the tablet, which has presumably contributed to delaying the launch of the device until the first quarter of 2010 as previously reported. In keeping with current rumors elsewhere, DigiTimes predicts that Apple could announce the new tablet device in January, with volume shipments to follow in March, based on analysis of Apple’s component shipping schedules. G-Tech Optoelectronics, an optical glass processing subsidiary of Foxconn, is reportedly hard at work at an unidentified method to strengthen the tablet’s glass surface, while optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial is also pitching in to supply components for such an effort. Just before the Christmas holiday, word spread that Apple had booked the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for an event on Tuesday, January 26, which has further fueled speculation that the mysterious tablet will be unveiled on that date.

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New Yorkers are used to having it all, but one thing they won’t be able to get — at least for now — is an iPhone from AT&T’s website. That’s the word from a number of tech sites over the weekend, as potential customers in the New York City area typed their zip codes into AT&T’s website and discovered that they were unable to purchase an iPhone 3GS at their location. Assumptions and rumors quickly spread across the Internet that AT&T had effectively cut off New York City in an effort to control data congestion, which is particularly bad in that area. Even Laura Northrup of The Consumerist was met with a similar reply during an online chat with AT&T online customer support: Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today? Laura: Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order one in my ZIP code. My zip code is 11231. (Brooklyn, NY) Is this true? Are iPhones no longer available in New York City? Daphne: I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone. Daphne: You don’t have enough towers to handle the phone. Laura: Thank you for your help. So the phone is not available to people anywhere in the city

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Another installment of "In Case You Missed It" because let’s face it, the last week has been madness. Driving anywhere in town took twice as long, there were lines everywhere stretching around the block, even at ice cream stores in Alaska, and people kept coming over to visit or asking you to come to their parties. We’d be surprised if you had time to update your Facebook status even. So join us in taking a gander at some of the hottest stories of the week. Features: – Setting Up Your New Mac: The First 25 Things You Need To Do – Because the holiday season is a time for new computers, including former Windows users finally turning away from the Dark Side of the Force, we’ve created a trio of helpful set up guides for noobs. This one is for the MacDaddy of Apple products, your basic Mac. – Setting Up Your New iPod: The First 25 Things You Need To Do – iPods aren’t just for music anymore. Game player, temporary portable hard drive, and (for iPod touch users) pocket computer, here’s tons of tips and tricks and apps to get you started. – Setting Up Your New iPhone: The First 25 Things You Need To Do – Our personal favorite, going beyond even the desktops and laptops, the sweet, sweet beloved iPhone. If you’re among the growing number of users who are done with all the toy cellphones out there, here’s just a tidbit of the things you’ll discover. How-Tos: – Create a Cheap Server Using the Regular Snow Leopard Install – Now that the noobs are squared away, here’s a little something meatier for Mac pros. Since it’s new computer season, don’t let that old Intel Mac end up in a landfill or at your grandma’s house. Instead, get some server goodness out of the old machine with this tricky set up using your Snow Leopard installation disc.

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Happy Holidays, everyone! Did you get a new Mac? Then, how about playing some fun Mac games? As usual, Mac Games and More has picked out a collection of games you might not have heard of, to play into the weekend. The games have a holiday-theme this week. Best Gift – Open up the holiday

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Section: iPod + iTunes , iTunes , Features , Gift Guide Wow, someone must really like you. After you are done thanking them for the $50 iTunes Gift Card, we can talk about some of your options for using your new-found wealth. Here are a few packages you may want to consider. Package 1: Shoot Everything in Sight Grab your iPhone and get to downloading the following first person shooters: N.O.V.A. (aliens – $6.99) Terminator Salvation (robots – $4.99) Modern Combat: Sandstorm (human soldiers – $4.99) Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum (Nazis – $0.99) Isotope: A Space Shooter or Meteor Blitz (spacecraft – $1.99) Resident Evil 4 (zombies – $6.99) Silent Hill: The Escape (anything goes – $0.99) Doom Classic (monsters – $6.99) Then give your tapping finger a rest by renting The Chronicles of Riddick ($2.99), Underworld Evolution ($2.99) and Van Helsing ($2.99). After tax, you will even have some cash left for songs. Package 2: Relax and Unwind The holidays are stressful. Wind down with: Sleeping Buddha – Relax and Sleep Meditation (album – $9.99) Zen Garden (iPhone app – $0.99) Zen Bound (iPhone game – $1.99) Everyday Yoga and Pilates (TV series – $8.99) The Secret Guide to Relaxing (audiobook – $9.95) iShatter Stress Relief (iPhone app – $0.99) After all of that, you should still have about 15 dollars left to spend on a movie or album that makes you happy. Package 3: Indulge Your Inner Trash Film Junkie The iTunes Store movie bundles make it even easier to have a digital film collection. For $50, you could get: The 50 First Dates, Anger Management/Big Daddy bundle ($19.99) The Dane Cook Collection : My Best Friend’s Girl, Good Luck Chuck and Employee of the Month ($19.99) Granted, they won’t make you think, but sometimes you just need a laugh. Also see our $25 edition . Full Story » | Written by Katie Gatto for Appletell . | Comment on this Article »

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  Mosspuppet reads a special custom version of The Night Before Christmas. And he’s been drinking. Mac|Life’s favorite technology journalist–some would say the only technology journalist–Walt Mosspuppet took time out of his busy schedule of praising the iPhone, making bold proclamations about his importance and hating on David Pogue to share with us a very special poem he wrote for the holidays. Bless you Walt Mosspuppet.    Note: The player is set to mute by default. Turn up the volume of the player before pressing play.      Made by Hoggworks Studios    

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If you’re looking for that last minute gift, an Apple Store is a fine destination. But if, like my hirsute Uncle Bob, your wrapping skills max out at wadding a clump of disintegrating newspaper around your gift and entombing it in an impenetrable, inch-thick layer of duct tape upon which you’ve written your season’s greeting

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