Apple Released iOS 6
Apple has released iOS 6 for iPad and iPhone.The new OS will run on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5; the iPad 2 and third-generation iPad; and the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod touch. You can now update it for free by going to iTunes and do an update on your mobile devices.
New iOS 6 features include:
- new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover view
- new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings
- Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari® and Maps
- Shared Photo Streams via iCloud
- Passbook app, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.
Siri – This will be available for iPad. Better support for finding sport scores, restaurant by ratings and make reservations, get movie times and trailers, integration into cars called Eyes Free.
Facebook integration – Mark Zuckerberg will be happy with this. Post your photos, locations to Facebook. Notification Center will have Facebook post. Facebook events will appear in calendars.
Phone – updated with the ability to decline incoming call and setup reminder to call later or reply to message. Do not disturb feature will control which calls comes in. Lost mode send a phone number to your phone for the person who found it. Not good if it was stolen though.
Passbook app – collect boarding passes, movie tickets, etc.
Maps – No more Google Map. Apple’s own solution to mapping including 3D flyover, Siri integration, Yelp, traffic service and turn by turn navigation.
Mail – Insert photos and videos to mail. VIPs allows you to mark someone to be notified.
Facetime – Call over mobile. Unify Apple ID with phone number so that you can answer on your iOS device or Mac.
Safari – iCloud tabs sync with iOS device and your Mac.
Others – Clock for iPad, Game Center challenges, redesigned App Store, Alarm with song, email signature and more.
Apple’s Mountain Lion Passed 3 Million Downloads
Apple’s Mountain Lion OS X sale has surpassed 3 million since available on the Apple Store for $20 four days ago. Apple claims on their website that this upgrade for OS X has over 200 new features. We find this upgrade to be worth while with cool features such as changing filename on the menu bar, tweet from notification centre, copy files in screen sharing and more.
System requirements for Mountain Lion:
- OS X version 10.6.8 (Leopard) or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available disk space
Here are the Macs that qualify for Mountain Lion:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)>
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
Apple’s Mountain Lion Out This Wednesday
Apple has announced the next OS X, Mountain Lion, will be out this Wednesday. Apple has previously released the Golden Master build (Build 12A269) of OS X Mountain Lion to developers. It is rumoured that the next OS X Mountain Lion will cost $20.
Apple also reported revenue for the quarter just ended was lower than analysts had expected despite iPad and iPhone sales. Sale of iPhone as dropped 10% during this quarter. This is probably caused by the iPhone gossips where the new iPhone 5 is said to have a new dock connector.
System requirements for Mountain Lion:
- OS X version 10.6.8 (Leopard) or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available disk space
Here are the Macs that qualify for Mountain Lion:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)>
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
Apple’s Mountain Lion OSX Requirements
Apple has released the Golden Master build (Build 12A269) of OS X Mountain Lion to developers. So very close this OS will go on sale. It is rumoured that the next OS X Mountain Lion will be released on July 19 in the Mac App Store for $20.
System requirements:
- OS X version 10.6.8 (Leopard) or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available disk space
Here are the Macs that qualify for Mountain Lion:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)>
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
Apple’s Mountain Lion OSX Roars On July 19
Apple may release the next OS X Mountain Lion on July 19 in the Mac App Store. The software will cost $20.
Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
Apple New MacBook Pro With Retina Display Commercial
Check out the new Apple MacBook Pro commercial.
Over at WDDC 2012 today, Apple announces the new MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display 2880 x 1880, all flash storage and quad-core processors in a thin and light design. So this is not the MacBook Air enclosure users are wanting but at least it is still thinner. The new MBP will measure 0.71 inches and weighing 4.46 pounds.
The Retina display features the latest Intel Core i7 quad-core processors up to 2.7 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.7 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics, up to 16GB of faster 1600 MHz RAM and flash storage up to 768GB. Two Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 ports allow pro users to connect to multiple displays and high performance devices, and a new HDMI port offers quick connectivity to HDTVs. Also has Bluetooth 4.0, SD card slot, Facetime HD camera and more.
Also looks like there is no 17 inch upgrade with these new feature as it was not mentioned at all during WDDC 2012. Is Apple dropping this configuration?
The new MBP will start at $2199 and available in 5 weeks from now due to shipping delays.
Full info on Apple Press release
Apple New MacBook Airs And Mac Pro
Apple also updated MacBook Airs and Mac Pro other than the big announcements for the MacBook Pro, iOS 6 and Mountain Lion.
MacBook Airs will be updated with Ivy Bridge 2.0 GHz dual-core i7 CPUs, 8Gb Ram, 512Gb flash drive storage, USB 3, Thunderbolt, Facetime HD camera and 60% faster graphics with Intel Graphics 4000.
The Mac Pro line will be updated with 3.2 GHz Quad Core Xeon processor, 6Gb Ram, and the rest remains the same. Price starts at $2499. Apple will no longer sell the 8-core model. The 12-core model will feature 2x 6-core Xeons and 12Gb Ram. This model will cost $3799.
From Apple:
The 11-inch MacBook Air comes with a 1.7 GHz processor, 4GB of memory and is available with 64GB of flash storage starting at $999 (US), and 128GB of flash storage starting at $1,099 (US). The 13-inch MacBook Air comes with a 1.8 GHz processor, 4GB of memory and is available with 128GB of flash storage starting at $1199 (US), and 256GB of flash storage starting at $1,499 (US).
Apple Releases MacBook Pro With Retina Display
Over at WDDC 2012 today, Apple announces the new MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display 2880 x 1880, all flash storage and quad-core processors in a thin and light design. So this is not the MacBook Air enclosure users are wanting but at least it is still thinner. The new MBP will measure 0.71 inches and weighing 4.46 pounds.
The Retina display features the latest Intel Core i7 quad-core processors up to 2.7 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.7 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics, up to 16GB of faster 1600 MHz RAM and flash storage up to 768GB. Two Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 ports allow pro users to connect to multiple displays and high performance devices, and a new HDMI port offers quick connectivity to HDTVs. Also has Bluetooth 4.0, SD card slot, Facetime HD camera and more.
Also looks like there is no 17 inch upgrade with these new feature as it was not mentioned at all during WDDC 2012. Is Apple dropping this configuration?
The new MBP will start at $2199 and available in 5 weeks from now due to shipping delays.
Full info on Apple Press release
Apple’s Mountain Lion OSX Gains Siri, Facebook Integration And Cost $20
Apple has laid out some more details at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference for Mountain Lion OS X.
Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion will be available in July as a download from the Mac App Store for $20. Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
Full info on Apple Press release
Apple’s iOS 6 Features New Map, Siri For iPad And More
Apple has revealed at the WDDC 2012, the upcoming iOS 6 which has over 200 new features for their mobile devices.
New iOS 6 features include:
- new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover view
- new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings
- Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari® and Maps
- Shared Photo Streams via iCloud
- Passbook app, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.
Siri – This will be available for iPad. Better support for finding sport scores, restaurant by ratings and make reservations, get movie times and trailers, integration into cars called Eyes Free.
Facebook integration – Mark Zuckerberg will be happy with this. Post your photos, locations to Facebook. Notification Center will have Facebook post. Facebook events will appear in calendars.
Phone – updated with the ability to decline incoming call and setup reminder to call later or reply to message. Do not disturb feature will control which calls comes in. Lost mode send a phone number to your phone for the person who found it. Not good if it was stolen though.
Passbook app – collect boarding passes, movie tickets, etc.
Maps – No more Google Map. Apple’s own solution to mapping including 3D flyover, Siri integration, Yelp, traffic service and turn by turn navigation.
Mail – Insert photos and videos to mail. VIPs allows you to mark someone to be notified.
Facetime – Call over mobile. Unify Apple ID with phone number so that you can answer on your iOS device or Mac.
Safari – iCloud tabs sync with iOS device and your Mac.
Others – Game Center challenges, redesigned App Store, Alarm with song, email signature and more.
Full info on Apple Press release
