 Apple’s recently released iPhone 3G S
is at last generation phone. This new iPhone has attractive features. Everyone can like to buy this Apple product. If you’re Apple iPhone exiting user or new user, should buy it.
Because new iPhone to compared old iPhone not very faster. iPhone 3G S a faster processor and speeds graphics through hardware support for OpenGL ES 2.0. It operates two to three times faster than the first- and second-generation iPhone hardware. For example web pages often load slowly on the iPhone 3G. Processor speed is to blame for that, rather than network performance.
iPhone 3G S two new models hold 16 GB ($199) and 32 GB ($299). It’s video very fast capture and will a lot of storage fast. The camera also supports 3-megapixel images and more etc attractive features as like Voice Memos, Now you can share the 3G connection on your iPhone with your Mac notebook or PC laptop, With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3G S can point the way. Use the new Compass app, or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.
Apple iPhone will release on June 19, 2009. It’s announced the officially by Apple.
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 Apple recently posted a job listing looking for a Communications QA Engineer to work with its Mac Hardware Group. The listing indicated that candidates should have "in-depth knowledge of one or more Comms technologies," including "3G Wireless WAN." The listing has predictably added fuel to rumors that Apple plans to release MacBooks with built-in 3G networking.
AT&T's Glenn Lurie hinted earlier this year that he would be interested in offering a 3G-equipped MacBook to AT&T customers. Additionally, rumors last month hinted that MacBooks with internal 3G networking hardware might make an appearance at WWDC in June. And, of course, there's the indomitable rumor of a MacBook/iPhone-hybrid iTablet with built-in 3G to contend with.
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A report last week that Apple (AAPL) is preparing to slash prices on its entry level MacBook and iMac models has triggered a flurry of speculation about what the new price points might be.
According to AppleInsider’s
Kasper Jade, Apple sees the cuts — which could come in the next month
or two — as an “interim solution” to the growing popularity of
netbooks, those sub-compact laptops that Steve Jobs once dismissed as “a piece of junk” but which are flying off the shelves at $299 to $349 apiece.
For example Acer, whose Aspire One netbooks are Amazon’s
bestsellers, saw its U.S. market share grow 49.4% (to 13.6%) in the
first quarter of 2009, according to Gartner Research,
even as Apple’s share shrank to 7.4%, down 1% year to year. Mac sales
actually fell last quarter for the first time in nearly six years.
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 Net Applications has released its compiled browser use data for the month of April, and the news is pretty good for Apple. Despite an arguable small downtick in market share for the quarter as measured by unit sales, Net Applications shows the share of users using Safari or Mac OS X to surf the Web holding steady for the first month of this quarter. The iPhone OS platform continues to gain share online, while Windows and IE continue a slow but steady decline.
Net Applications recorded an 8.21 percent browser share for Safari for April, a hair lower than the 8.23 percent measured in March, but still higher than the 8.02 percent share from February. Both Firefox and Chrome saw upticks for the month, while Microsoft's browser saw a decline, even after the release of IE 8.
When measuring operating systems, Net Applications recorded a 9.73 percent share for Mac OS X—again, slightly lower than last month's 9.77 percent share. Apple has yet to officially crack the 10 percent mark, and it may have to wait for the economy to recover some before that will happen. Linux gained a tenth of a percent, as did iPhone OS, which is in fourth place behind Linux (in third) by Net Applications' reckoning. Windows saw another decline, and has been steadily declining for the past year.
 News source: Ars Technica
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 AT&T wants to remain the exclusive U.S. iPhone provider until
2011 and is pressuring Apple to extend their business arrangement that
is set to expire in 2010, according to reports. Apple is tight-lipped
about the talks and only will comment it has "a great relationship with
AT&T," according to the source of the story The Wall Street Journal.
It's
not hard to understand why AT&T wants to hold onto the iPhone.
Apple says it has sold 17 million devices since introducing the iPhone
in 2007, and the popularity of Apple's iPhone doesn't show any signs of
slowing. In the second half of 2008, AT&T says it nabbed 4.3
million iPhone subscribers, 40 percent of whom were new to AT&T.
With the
iPhone OS 3.0 launching this summer, and rumors swirling about new iPhone models, AT&T may see another influx of new customers before the fall.
News source: PC World
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 This week iPhone well hit 3.0 software versions. The iPhone 2.0 software update of July 2008 added. Apple has now had more than 20 months to grow and refine the iPhone. A bunch of interesting new features, there are still plenty of other features in iPhone 3.0.
Now we present our latest list of the 15 features we hope we’ll see at Tuesday’s iPhone 3.0 announcement events in Cupertino. Some of them are old standards; others are fresh and new.
- Systemwide cut/copy/paste
- Push notifications and/or background apps
- Landscape mode in every Apple app
- Improvements to Mail
- Sync notes and to-dos
- Better app organization
- Customizable tones
- Full Bluetooth support
- MMS
- Video capture
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Application data sharing and syncing
- Spotlight for iPhone
- Share Internet with a Mac or PC
- Voice dialing
News source: Macworld
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 Apple has added the remote control features of the new iPod shuffle. Those have now- standard earphones with an integrated remote that includes voice feedback and visual signals from an indicator light.
The remote features the same center click button and volume up and down toggle controls as the most recent generation of new iPods released last fall. The new remote features also work with the latest generation of unibody MacBooks and with iPhones and the second generation iPod touch, all of which are equipped with a special four-conductor headphone jack to support the control features.
News source: AppleInsider
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 In Wednesday, Reuters a wrong report
published. In the report saying the touchscreens ordered by the Apple
company measure 10 inches diagonally.
The Reuters outlet pointed to an unnamed source who said the Cupertino-based electronics maker "will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan."
The source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to the media, added the screens would come from long-time iPhone touchscreen supplier Wintek, which resides in Taiwan.
As was the case with the sources of a similar article
run Tuesday by Dow Jones, the insider speaking to Reuters maintained no knowledge of "what the final product would be."
Last fall, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs referred to the segment as a "nascent category" while adding that to the best of his knowledge, "there's not a lot of them being sold."
That said, he noted that Apple keeps a close eye on netbooks, and even went on to tease that the company has "some pretty interesting ideas" should the segment evolve into something bigger.
News source: AppleInsider
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 Macworld Expo will go on in 2010 without Apple's participation, but what will it look like? And will anybody show up?
We might get an idea Wednesday evening, when IDG World Expo plans to hold a town-hall style meeting open to Macworld attendees to solicit ideas for the future of the show. Apple stunned IDG in December with its decision to pull out of the show completely. It also pulled CEO Steve Jobs from his usual starring role and had Phil Schiller deliver what was widely considered one of Apple's most lackluster Macworld keynote speeches in years.
A handful of conference goers interviewed following Tuesday's final keynote address from Apple cautiously endorsed the idea of an Apple-less Macworld, but said a lot would depend on how the show itself is constructed.
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 Have you noticed that every day, or at least it seems, there are
hundreds of new applications to sift through in the iTunes App Store?
Apple has racked up 10,000 downloadable programs for its iPhone and iPod Touch. And many, if not most, cost no more than 99 cents. Great, right?
Well, not really, says developer Craig Hockenberry.
His argument: The proliferation of what he calls "ringtone apps" --
low-cost, high-interest applications that are shiny and flashy and not
terribly complicated and shoot their way up the top 10 list -- is
deterring the development of more advanced offerings.
Hockenberry's company, the Iconfactory,
has released three apps: Twitterific, which is free; Frenzic, which
costs $5; and Twitterific Premium, which costs $10. Twitterific, which
helps iPhone users Twitter better, is listed in Apple's Best of 2008.
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 Apple has quietly removed its recommendation from its knowledgebase that suggests that Mac requires anti-virus software. According to the BBC, the article posted on November 21 was an update to a 2007 entry. The company has received a PR nightmare after the article was quietly removed from its website.
“We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate. The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box,” explained Bill Evans, Apple’s spokesperson. “However, since no system can be 100% immune from every threat, running antivirus software may offer additional protection,” he added further.
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A Los Angeles real estate developer is suing Apple for patent
infringement over the way the iPhone navigates Web sites. The suit,
which was filed on behalf of EMG Technology, seeks unspecified damages.
EMG
Technology is a company that holds the patents of Elliot Gottfurcht,
the real estate developer, as well as Marlo Longstreet and Grant
Gottfurcht. The company claims that the iPhone infringes on patent 7, 441, 196- a patent that was approved only last month, after a filing process that began on March 13, 2006.
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 Google today launched Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch. The application is a near-complete port of Google Earth from Mac OS X. It takes advantage of the iPhone’s (and iPod touch’s) accelerometer, as well as iPhone’s GPS system.
The application relies on the Open GL-ES support inside of Mac OS X. The Google Earth team noted that only Android contains equal power in the mobile field. While Windows Mobile carries Microsoft’s competing Direc3D Mobile, it is crippled due to lack of drivers in devices, and lack of a comprehensive tool set.
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Apple is contributing $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, the California
ballot measure that would define marriage as only between a man and a
woman. The company's announcement today came as the fight over Prop. 8
grows hotly contested, with recent polls showing the race tightening.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said in a statement:
Apple
was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and
benefits to our employees' same-sex partners, and we strongly believe
that a person's fundamental rights-- including the right to marry --
should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as
a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is
therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.
Apple becomes the latest prominent Silicon Valley company to speak
out against the measure. Google's founders gave $140,000 to the "No on
8" campaign -- $100,000 from Sergey Brin and $40,000 from Larry Page,
the San Jose Mercury News reported today. The Internet company, based in Mountain View, Calif., had earlier taken the unusual step of publicly opposing the measure, which would ban same-sex marriage, saying it would have a "chilling and discriminatory effect" on many of its employees.
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 A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into a false report
that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack has been focusing on an 18
year old boy. The teen posted the rumor on CNN's iReport Web site and
sent Apple's market value down by some US$4.8 billion in an hour, according to Bloomberg.
The SEC has yet to determine the teen's motive behind the rumor, but
at this point it doesn't appear that he was attempting to manipulate
Apple's stock value for personal gain.
The bogus report about Mr. Jobs's health appeared on the iReport Web
site on the morning of October 3. iReport is CNN's Web site where
readers can post their own unverified news stories.
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 OpenOffice.org last week released the first version of its open-source application suite written for Mac OS X .
Although the organization's Web site is back online -- it was knocked offline for several hours on Monday
as demand exceeded server capacity -- the version now available is
bare-bones. Users can access the 163MB download installer, however.
OpenOffice.org issued a beta of its flagship suite five months ago
, but Monday's release marked the first final code from the open-source
project that doesn't require Mac users to install X11, a Unix windowing
environment.
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The next time Apple will have the opportunity to boost the processor specifications of its MacBook Pro line will be next spring, when Intel pushes out a final update to its Montevina platform consisting of two high-performance mobile chips, according to reports.
Apple's current MacBook Pros employ a "P" series, medium voltage (25W) P8600 2.4GHz chip at the low end, and a "T" series, standard voltage (35W) T9400 2.53GHz chip at the high end.
The T series chip costs the company roughly $32 less than the P series, according to pricing estimates published on the web, but runs slightly hotter. Apple also offers a build-to-order option on the MacBook Pro that lets customers choose a "T" series, standard voltage (35W) T9600 2.8GHz chip for a $300 premium. The chip costs the company roughly $200 to $250 more than the 2.53GHz variants, according to estimates.
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 The denial and removal of applications from the App Store has become a hot-button issue and adding fuel to the fire is news from over the weekend that Apple has blocked another program.
Angelo DiNardi’s MailWrangler aimed to simplify the lives of those using multiple Gmail accounts by allowing them to log into different accounts simultaneously and quickly switch back and forth between them.
Unlike the built-in Mail client, MailWrangler embeds WebKit and allows users to access their Gmail via the iPhone-friendly web interface. This allows access to various features that aren’t supported by the iPhone’s Mail program, such as starring messages, threading, and Google contacts. MailWrangler also offers advantages over using the iPhone's Safari web browser, specifically in allowing users to stay logged into multiple accounts without having to manually log in every session.
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Cupertino (CA) – Apple is recalling USB power adapters that shipped as part of the iPhone 3G package in the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico, and numerous Latin American countries. Apple customers who purchased the phone can exchange the adapter via web order or simply by visiting Apple stores beginning October 10.
Apple today indicated a design flaw in its “ultracompact” USB power adapters supplied with the iPhone 3G or as a standalone accessory, which can cause the prongs to break off and remain in the power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock. The company said that it has received reports of “detached” prongs but no injuries.
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Los Angeles (CA) – The effort of making legal digital media available to consumers in convenient ways across many devices has been an industry disaster defined by piracy paranoia, lawsuits, exaggerated copy protection policies, locked down technology platforms and corporate interests that mostly ignored consumer interests. Now there is a new industry organization that aims to come up with industry standards to enable consumers to acquire and play content across a wide range of services and devices. 16 key players from Hollywood and Silicon Valley are part of this initiative. Notably absent is Apple, which obviously has not much interest in creating an open media download spec.
In fact, the initiative announced late last week is especially seen as the result of built-up frustration how Apple ties down the digital media market with its iTunes Store, which is said to hold about 70% of the music download market and recently was listed as the largest music retailer in the U.S. – ahead of Wal-Mart. Part of the newly founded Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) are the content studios Fox Entertainment Group¸ NBC Universal and Warner Bros., technology firms Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, Sony, Toshiba and Verisign as well as distributors Best Buy (which today acquired Napster) and Comcast.
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 Apple has rejected an application called Podcaster from
being submitted to their App Store on the grounds that it "..assists in
the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the
Podcast section of iTunes."
The decision was clearly taken to block competition, as
Podcaster is superior to the desktop iTunes podcast system, in that it allows
you to download podcasts directly to the iPhone without synching to your
computer, a feature which iTunes does not
have. Not only that, but it would set a precedent: were a third party software
allowed on the app-store able to download music directly to the iPhone, there’s
nothing to say that competitors like say, Amazon, couldn’t add their own music
stores to the App stores, therefore directly competing with iTunes.
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 The last few major updates to iTunes have added everything from new
looks to the ability to watch movies and TV shows, download podcasts,
and get recommendations for iTunes Store purchases. It would seem that
all that could be done to Apple's media manager and player had already
been done. But it turns out that Apple still has some tricks up its
sleeve with iTunes 8. The latest version returns the sense of fun to listening to music on your Mac (or PC).
iTunes
8 isn’t a revolution in media players, but its new features, a new Grid
layout, Genius Playlists, the Genius sidebar, and a very nice new
visualizer, make an already capable application even more
indispensable.
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iPhone 2.0 brought a lot of cool features with it, but it also brought a lot of bugs. Performance was slow, calls dropped often, and the battery life was less than impressive—and that’s just off the top of my head.
Apple promised on Tuesday that the iPhone 2.1 update, released Friday morning, would save us all from the iPhone 2.0’s sins, but as it turns out, the software brings with it more than just bug fixes. Apple also took the time to sneak in a few new features along with its extensive mea culpa.
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Chicago (IL) – Not that Bluetooth is a sensational new feature. But
it is noteworthy that this feature, which has long been requested by
iPod touch users, has finally made it into the iPod touch. And
interestingly, Steve Jobs did not announce this new feature during the launch event and Apple’s iPod touch product page does not list Bluetooth as a feature of the device.
Apple says the new iPod touch
is the “funnest” iPod touch ever. A new design, access to the AppStore
with “hundreds” of games. It comes with Nike’s sports gear receiver
built-in, which appeared to be the most significant hardware change in
the device. It is not.
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 Sometimes, a situation is so fouled up that there is no polite way to describe it. Such is the situation with the tracking of iPhone App Store updates. The system is inaccurate, inconsistent, and utterly confusing. And that’s when it is working at all.
The situation is so messed up that it is difficult to present a list of symptoms. Instead, let me describe the shenanigans that occurred during my most recent attempt to update my downloaded App Store apps.
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Users looking to use their iPhone once again as a modem might be in luck, as a recent e-mail, allegedly sent by Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs, explains that the company is discussing with AT&T the possible upcoming release of a tethering plan for the device.
This means that the iPhone could be used by consumers to connect their laptops or computers to the phone’s 3G network and surf the Web. This rumor might just be accurate, as the service is already offered by AT&T for other phones.
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Most often, when Apple releases an minor update to one of its applications, such as iTunes, its purpose is to provide bug fixes and/or add some essential new feature. For example, iTunes 7.7 (released in July) added the code needed to permit syncing iPhones and iPod touches running the new iPhone 2.0 software.
A few weeks later, Apple released iTunes 7.7.1.
For this update, as is too often typical, all Apple would say
officially is that the update contained “fixes to improve stability and
performance.” Postings on the Web (as described in this TidBits article)
filled in at least some of the blanks. For example, we’ve learned that
the update apparently fixes a bug that prevented CDs from being ejected
while iTunes was running.
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NEW YORK - Style.com today announced the availability of its application for iPhone and iPod touch. This free app, available worldwide from the Apple App Store, displays the latest fashions from the runways of New York and Europe in amazing clarity straight onto a user's device.
"Fashion devotees will now be able to view their favorite runway shows from New York City and Europe in the palm of their hand just hours after they happen live," said CondeNet Editorial Director Jamie Pallot. "Style.com has always been about the point where fashion meets technology, and this new application for iPhone and iPod touch lets us deliver on that promise in a whole new way."
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Apple Inc. is readying a software update for the iPhone, fixing a security flaw in the device that gives unauthorized access to contacts and e-mails.
``We are aware of this bug,'' Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock said today in an e-mailed statement. She declined to say when the update would be available. Customers can avoid the problem by changing their settings, Bowcock said.
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