I’m on jury duty today so new blog posts are going to be few and far between for me.. BUT.. it appears Steve Jobs will in fact be at the Apple Music Event being held this morning. Now whether he will actually take the stage or not remains to be seen but he’s been at least reportedly seen by Bloomberg News. Nice to see Steve up and around!!
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Written by flung on September 9th, 2009 with no comments.
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Apple today revealed their latest mobile phone, the iPhone 3GS. What’s the “S” stand for you ask? Speed.
Even though the 3GS looks virtually the same as the iPhone 3G, the 3GS ups the ante on the prior generation by increasing application speed, battery life, camera resolution, memory and more. According to Apple’s WWDC keynote announcement today, the faster processor in the 3GS increases launch times of popular apps from 2.1x (launching messaging), to 3.6x (opening an Excel spreadsheet). Of course, performance improvements will vary from application to application.
There’s also support for OpenGL|ES, which should improve graphical performance. And processing speed isn’t the only boost - the iPhone 3GS also supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA wireless connections. In addition to the speed hikes, the 3GS adds several new features not supported on the 3G. Battery life is also improved. Here’s a handy battery comparison chart from the guys over at Gizmodo:
There’s a brand new 3-megapixel camera, complete with auto-focus, auto-exposure, auto-white balance, low light and an auto-macro mode that can capture still images as close as 10cm away.
The camera can also capture video at VGA resolution (yawn) at up to 30fps. There was no mention of digital image stabilization, but the video does take advantage of all the auto adjustment modes that the still camera supports. You can even trim your video shots using a slick on-screen timeline interface.
There’s also a new voice control mode, which lets you not only voice-dial, but select tracks to play in iTunes, open web pages, and control other applications. Hopefully, they’ll open this up to app developers to leverage in their own applications. Also along for the ride is a digital compass, which at first doesn’t sound very exciting, but the addition of a magnetometer to the hardware will enable much greater accuracy in terms of understanding your bearing when in GPS mode - especially on foot.
Of course, the iPhone 3GS takes advantage of all of the features of the iPhone 3.0 OS, including cut-copy-paste, landscape keyboard, app store microtransactions, MMS messaging, stereo Bluetooth and much more.
The iPhone 3GS will be available June 19th in North America and Europe. The 16GB version retails for $199, and the 32GB version is $299, both with a new AT&T 2-year agreement. And if you’re looking for a cheap phone, you can now buy last years iPhone 3G for just $99 bucks. All models are available for pre-order now over on the Apple Store.
Beware the evil fine-print I just found on the Apple website: “Requires new two-year AT&T wireless service contract, sold separately to qualified customers; credit check required; must be 18 or older. For non-qualified customers, including existing AT&T customers who want to upgrade from another phone or replace an iPhone 3G, the price with a new two-year agreement is $499 (8GB), $599 (16GB), or $699 (32GB).” So if I’m reading that right, iPhone 1G upgraders like me could be screwed. My 2-year agreement on my original iPhone is up, and now I’m gonna have to pay $500 to $700 for a new one? I really hope that’s a typo, and people who are coming off of contract can get the discount too. I guess we’ll all have to wait until June 19th to find out.
Written by technabob on June 8th, 2009 with no comments.
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While it’s been several months since Steve Jobs took a medical leave from Apple, a new report out over the weekend states that he’s still very much involved in “key aspects of running the company”. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jobs continues to work on company strategies and product lines and was involved with the recent user interface enhancements unveiled with the iPhone 3.0 update.
Jobs is also supposedly involved with the development of new projects including new versions of the iPhone as well as a new Apple “portable device” - smaller than a laptop yet larger than the iPhone. Hmm.. all roads lead to a netbook like device?
And what about the future return of Jobs? Steve Dowling, Apple spokesman states “Steve continues to look forward to returning to Apple at the end of June.”
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Written by flung on April 13th, 2009 with no comments.
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I was cruising around checking out the finalists for the Washington Post’s annual Easter Peeps Diorama competition this morning, and came across this bit of Apple/Peeps humor by Sarah Kohari and Erin Mastrangelo - it’s Peep Chromatic. Be sure to check all forty finalists over at Peeps Show III and let us know your favorites.
Written by technabob on April 13th, 2009 with no comments.
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To many it seemed odd when rumors of the ailing health of Steve Jobs first started to circulate only to be flatly denied by Apple. With Jobs so integral to the company and the Apple brand, the mere rumor of a health problem for Jobs is enough to make investors and consumer nervous.
It wasn’t long ago that Apple finally had to admit that Jobs had a health issue that was severe enough that he had to step down for an undisclosed period as CEO of Apple. Now rumors are coming in that the SEC may be investigating Apple for possible legal infractions for not disclosing Jobs’ health.
According to some legal analysts, the SEC will have a hard time finding that Apple knowingly withheld information to mislead investors about Jobs’ health. Since a medical diagnosis can be vague and was only later proven correct, many see no legal troubles brewing for Apple over Jobs’ health.
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Written by Shane McGlaun on January 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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I’m on jury duty today so new blog posts are going to be few and far between for me.. BUT.. it appears Steve Jobs will in fact be at the Apple Music Event being held this morning. Now whether he will actually take the stage or not remains to be seen but he’s been at least reportedly seen by Bloomberg News. Nice to see Steve up and around!!
