iPad, the latest from Apple
Apple Inc.’s chief executive Steve Jobs, on Wednesday unveiled the latest and the most hyped gadget from Apple, iPad!
iPad, a touchscreen tablet computer is the latest buzz from the highly innovative company which has shaped up many trend setting products in the two and a half decades.
After innovations like the Macintosh computers, iPod, itunes, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone, The App store, the Cupertino, California based company has now come up with the latest iPad, half inch thin, the slimmest tablet with 9.7 inch diagonal screen and 1024×768 display resolution.
The device shall have 16 to 64 GB flash storage, built in speaker and microphones, accelerometer and compass. It offers 10 hours battery with one month standby.
New iPhone launched
The new iPhone, called the 3G S, went on sale in the US on Friday. The other countries which saw the simultaneous haunch of the comparatively less hyped new model included Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
For the new customers signing a two-year contract with AT&T for the newly launched 3G S, it would cost them $199 or $299 depending on the memory capacity. Compared to the 3G, it has a faster processor and an upgraded camera.
However, on the day of the lunch, the Apple’s servers failed to cope with the over load of new customers trying to activate their phones. On the other hand, people already possessing the iPhone tried to install a software update adding to the pressure.
What helped the company in easing the activation process was the company’s plan to earlier take online pre-orders for the new phone. Also Apple had already released the software update for its existing customers two days prior to the launch of the new product.
Skype coming to iPhone, BlackBerry
The internet telephone unit from eBay Inc., Skype, is now coming soon to your iPhones and Blackberry! Skype has announced its plans on Monday to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in a couple of months, till May.
For Apple’s iPhone, Skype plans to launch the service on Tuesday at the CTIA annual mobile showcase in Las Vegas.
With an aim to multiply its users, Skype is trying to make a move forward by offering its services on the smart phones. They currently have more than 400 million users. The company has been offering schemes like cheap and sometimes free calls made using its computer application.
The Chief Operating Officer of Skype, Scott Durchslag, expects that their application will mange to gain popularity on Apple’s popular iPhone. He is pinning hopes on Skype’s most feature-rich mobile offering to appeal to both their new and existing customers.
“The No. 1 request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone. There’s a pent-up demand,” Durchslag stated in a prior interview
Skype will launch its services for Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry devices. The company has already announced its services for Nokia phones and for Google’s Android based and Microsoft’s phones Windows Mobile smart phones.
Apple’s new 4-gigabyte iPod shuffle
Apple Inc. on Wednesday announced their small 4 gigabyte iPod, the newer version of the Shuffle that Apple claims is the smallest digital music player till date.
The new third-generation Shuffle is a slim aluminum rectangle less than 2 inches long. It takes only half the space as the second generation version however with the added feature of double music storage space i.e. up to 4 gigabytes. Apple achieved this jaw-dropping form by removing most of the buttons from the body of the USD 79 device. Those were instead built into the headphone cord.
The new device also has an added feature called VoiceOver, which can, at the push of a button speaks the song and artist name or rattles off play lists that the owner has loaded onto his device.
The first-generation Shuffle launched in 2005 could hold about 240 songs whereas this improvised third generation device can carry 1,000 songs.
The new Shuffle available in silver or black aluminum with a shiny stainless steel clip is expected to go on sale on Thursday. Joswiak added that Apple’s own earphones will be the only option for early buyers; however other companies are in a process to come up with compatible headphones as well as adapters for regular headphones.
Apple granted the patent for iPhone touch-screen controls
US electronics giant Apple Inc. now has its grant for the patent for its iPhone touch-screen controls sanctioned by the government.
Driven by the phenomenal success of the Apple’s product many companies including RIM, Nokia and Synaptics were in the line of launching a similar product of their own. However, winning the patent for its iPhone, Apple has legally succeeded in its attempt to halt its iPhone competitors from using the similar technology and there by restricting their efforts to come up with refined iPhones.
US Patent 7,479,949, which was issued on the 20th of Jaunuary, has been awarded to “(Steve) Jobs et al” for a method of “detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display” to command computing devices. The good news was followed by the company’s official announcement of their all-time high quarterly profits, a day later.
“We think competition is good. We are ready to suit up and go against anyone. However, we will not stand for having our IP ripped off and will use whatever weapons at our disposal”, said the elated chief operating officer Tim Cook, hailing the iPhone as ‘Apple’s intelectual property’.
Apple Stays Confident Despite Recession Fears
The current global financial crisis has seen some if the biggest names on Wall Street collapse like a house of cards. But the worst financial situation since the Great Depression of the 1930s has apparently had no impact on the fortunes of Apple Inc which continues to launch premium products at premium prices in a market battered by the meltdown.
Ably led by Steve Jobs, Apple last week introduced a revamped line of notebook computers as well as a new wide-screen display monitor. The only concession that Mr Jobs seem to have made to the present frugal times was to have brought down the price for the entry-level MacBook from $1099 to $999. however the rest of Apple’s notebooks continue to enjoy the premium pricing of $1299 to $2499.
Industry-watchers and investors are now keenly awaiting Apple’s earnings report for the quarter ending September 30 which will reveal how far Apple has managed to take over the PC market share from Windows. some analysts like Yair Reiner from Oppenheimer & Company expect Apple’s sales of desktop models to rise by 13% to 4.3 million in 2009 fiscal year and notebook sales to grow by 12 % to 6.76 million while others believe that if the recession in the American economy is severe enough, no one can be fully inured from its effects.
New Versions of MacBook and MacBook Pro Hit the Stores
Newly launched laptops from Apple Inc, the MacBook and MacBook Pro are ready to hit the Apple stores in anticipation of the hectic holiday shopping season ahead.
Both the MacBook and MacBook Pro come with an aluminium enclosure and have a black screen covered end to end with glass but while MacBook has a 13-inch screen, the Pro comes with a 15-inch version. The LED backlighting in both models is quite bright which makes them usable in outdoor bright conditions.
While the previous model of MacBook Pro had most of its ports on the left side, now both the models have the ports on one side only. However the MacBook Pro comes with a larger 85-watt adapter whereas the MacBook has a smaller 60-watt adapter. One of the new features of these two laptops is the clickable glass trackpad. Along with this is a new set of supported multi-finger gestures which can be configured by the new trackpad preference pane or the new Trackpad Control panel.
The new MacBook weighs 4.5 pounds and is half a pound lighter than its previous version while the new MacBook Pro is slightly heavier than its predecessor. Both the new MacBooks are compatible with iPhone headphones. The new MacBook Pro comes with two separate graphic subsystems, one which uses more energy and is more powerful, the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and the other NVIDIA GeForce 9400 M which is less powerful but uses less energy and is the one included in the new MacBook.
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