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We are very excited to launch the next version of Appletell. We have rolled this new design out to Gadgetell and Appletell, and will follow-up with Gamertell in two weeks. Here is a rundown of what we were trying to achieve with the new site and some of the changes that went along with it.

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We are looking for a few new writers and figured that there may be no better place to look for Apple-heads than on Appletell itself. With our recent rapid growth we are in need of additional writers to provide regular, high quality, content for the site. To make the cut you must:

• have a strong pulse on the consumer electronics/tech industry—specifically the Apple side of things.
• possess unique/creative writing style.
• be a wizard in the English language (spelling, grammar, sentence structure).
• be able to contribute a minimum of 20 articles (200-400 words per article) per month.
• stay up to date on current news stories and have background knowledge on prior product launches.
• be willing to take an active role in the site including responding to comments and reacting to readers needs and hot topics.

To be considered contact us with “Appletell Blogger” in the subject at Jobs@Dabbledoo.com: please include 2-3 links to previous work (related to consumer electronics) as well as your resume – attachments will not be opened.

Want to put the external disk option in your iPod to good use? I mean, your iPod Shuffle, Nano, and 5th generation with with video models are all good as portable disk drives, right? So why let a good feature go to waste because of Apple’s closed system? With a new product called miShare, you can kiss the problem of file swapping between iPods goodbye. Simply attach one iPod on one end, and another on the other end, et voilà! The first iPod can now save the files to the second one on its hard disk, and vice versa. The only catch is that you have to add all the files, whether they be music, photos, notes, etc., via your PC because as mentioned previously, the data is only saved on the hard disk. But really, isn’t that forgivable given the convenience that this product brings?

miShare is available now for only $99.

Product [miShare] Via [CrunchGear]

On the heals of the iPhone’s geographic expansion in Europe, the iPhone is making it’s official entrance into Asia.

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) will bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines later this year (read, iPhone 2 with 3G speeds).

This is probably the only way to curb the massive knockoff problem that is currently going on in Asia. Further, a 2.5G iPhone is of no or little interest to countries and carriers with 3G networks.

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Ever imagine why it took sooo long to get tech integrated into the workplace? Dell tries to begin to explain the answer in the hilarious video featuring Olivia Munn and “the boardroom”. Burn it! (you have to watch to get the joke)

Now only if it was Apple…sigh.

Note that the store online status will change based on the current status. The store is down at the time of posting.

Happy Tuesday folks (for the third time).  It looks like the Apple Store is down this morning, so we’re waiting patiently for some product updates to show their faces.  The store has been down a few times this month so far, and has included such updates as Apperture 2, the 16GB iPhone, the 32GB iPod Touch, and a cheaper 1 GB Shuffle & new 2 GB model.  This update is most certainly a MacBook/MacBook Pro update.  We’ll hit you back in a bit when updates come through.

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To keep up with the demand for content thanks to uncle Steve J., we are looking for additional writers who are interested in keeping our readers plugged in to the Apple world. If you have a passion for everything Apple consider joining the team.

To make the cut you must:

• Have knowledge of the industry
• Possess a unique/creative writing style
• Be proficient in the English language (spelling, grammar, sentence structure)
• Be able to contribute a minimum of 20 articles (200-400 words per article) per month
• Stay up to date on current news stories

If interested send an email to jobs(at)dabbledoo(dot)com with your contact information, resume, and an appropriate writing sample (or links to past work). For more information visit our Appletell jobs page or our corporate Dabbledoo jobs page.

Ps. - We are also searching for additional contributors for Gadgetell and Gamertell.

Just a week after the last Apple store update for the iPhone/iPod Touch update, the store is down once again.  We can’t say for sure what changes are being made to Apple’s product lines - if any - but the Apple Store is currently showing the classic splash-screen.  Will we see a spec boost in the Macbook line - or the Macbook Pro line?

More to come as we find out what’s going on.  In the meantime, check out Appletell.