WWDC 2013 - The Highlights

1)

OS X Mavericks - 

Key Features:

- New Finder

- Multiple Displays

-App Nap

- Safari 

- iCloud Keychain

- Push Notifications

- New Calendar

- New Maps

Due: Fall 2013

2)

All New Macbook Air's

Features:
- Taking Advantage of Intel's Haswell CPU's, providing outstanding battery life (11'' = 9 hours, 13'' = 12 hours)
- Ships Today!

3)

Mac Pro

- 12-core Intel Xeon processor, 256-bit processor.
- ECC memory, 1,866MHz DDR3 memory. 60GBps performance.
- Flash storage, PCIe with 1.25GBps reads!
- "It's 10 times faster than any hard drive you could put in a Mac Pro before."
- "For those of you who use OpenCL, and you all know you should..." it's 7 teraflops of performance. 
- Supports 4K displays 
- Made in the USA

4)


iWork for iCloud

- MS Office cross compatibly 

- Full on web based experience via browser,

5)

iOS 7

Features:

- New Slide to unlock screen
- Icons redesigned
- Apple Apps redesigned
- Multitasking for all apps
- New Safari
- Airdrop
- Activation Lock
- New Camera Interface
- Siri (male / female - new languages, Twitter, Wikipedia, & Bing integration)
- Automobile integration (iOS Car - 16 manufacturers singed up to date)
- App store (new interface + and more importantly = Auto Update!!!)
- iTunes Radio

Coming soon on:

iPhone 4 and later
iPad 2 and later
iPad Mini


In-depth reviews to follow after the break...

2013 it begins!

In the next few hours, we will know what Apple have brought to the table, conservatives suggest that we'll get to see a glimpse of the new iOS and OSX 10.9, the imaginative among us shout for iWatchs, iPhone 5S's, and iPad Mini's with retina displays.

My predictions are more subtle, I take the same caution when making predictions as I do to adding salt to any meal that I'm making, hence I have compiled the following list:

1) iOS 7.0 preview
2) OSX 10.9 preview + intimidate download via app store
3) Updated Mac lineup with Intel Haswell chipset  

Everyone can agree that by this evening Apple will be selling something new on their website, what actually happens may be a different story.

Stay Tuned!
 

The new iPhone has a new number

The 5 and all its gory details:

Price (on contract)	$199 16GB, $299 32GB, $399 64GB
Processor	Apple A6
Memory	1GB (tbc)
Display	4-inch IPS 1,136 x 640
Pixel Density	326 ppi
Storage	16GB / 32GB / 64GB
Primary camera	8 megapixel AF with flash and f/2.4 aperture
Secondary camera	"FaceTime HD" at 720p
Video recording	1080p at 30fps
Cellular	GSM / CDMA / LTE
WiFi	Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0 (tbc)
Orientation sensing	Accelerometer, digital compass, gyroscope
Navigation	A-GPS, GLONASS
FaceTime	WiFi and Cellular
SIM standard	TBC
Battery life	Up to 8 hours talk time on 3G
	Up to 8 hours data on 3G
	Up to 8 hours data on LTE
	Up to 10 hours data on WiFi
	Up to 40 hours audio
	Up to 10 hours video
	Up to 225 hours on standby
Weight	112 grams / 3.9 oz
Dimensions	(TBC) x 7.6mm
Colors	Black / White

So it begins

Here we go....

Too big for its own shoes...

For a company that prides itself for its customer service, Apple may be slipping.

I am currently blogging from an Apple store which I have visited for the second time in just as many days, two apple employees have confirmed the problem that i am having with my ipad and both have suggested that a "Genius" will most probably replace my ipad for me, but two visits and an hour and half later I am still sitting inside the said Apple store waiting for a so called "Genius" (note my use of inverted comma's). The next available genius bar appointment is in 172 hours time (7 days and two hours time), the other option suggested to me by a blue shirt was to flick back and forth on the concierge page and hopefully when an appointment became available I would be able to book myself in.

Are we to agree.... too big for its own shoes??

Tick Tock...

The one with the iPhone 5...

The good people at All Things Digital have enlightened us to some pretty information that has got iPhone fanatics bouncing of the walls. October 4th 2011 marks the date where CEO Tim Cook get to step into that lime light that Jobs has been hogging for the past decade. What better way to make an entrance then with the reincarnation of Apple's most adored baby.

For now all we can say is watch this space.....