OS X Mountain Lion Will Be Released Tomorrow, July 25

According to Apple’s Q3 2012 , OS X Mountain Lion will be released to the public tomorrow, July 25.

Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote: “We’re thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter. We’ve also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion tomorrow and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we’ve got in the pipeline.”

The latest version of the Mac OS will port a number of key features from the iOS platform to Apple's desktops and laptops, bringing all devices a step closer to unification in terms of user experience. We collect five features from v3 that are set to be included.

1. Twitter integration
The popularity of Twitter has already led to Apple integrating the social networking site into its mobile OS. This will now be extended to Macs and make it quicker and easier to share posts. Users will be able to tweet from native apps such as Safari, Quick Look and Photo Booth and a host of third-party apps are also expected to include this functionality. Anything that removes extra steps is always a good thing.

2. iCloud syncing
Apple has noted that Mountain Lion has been developed with the iCloud in mind and users will find it easier to set up and sync content between devices using their Mac. No details have been given about how this will be made easier.

3. Gatekeeper
With the increased use of apps on Apple desktop OS, the firm is keen to plug any potential security holes. Apple will launch the Gatekeeper app, a security feature that allows users to monitor apps that have been downloaded and installed on a Mac.

Users will be able to install apps from any source if they wish, or lock down their system so that only vetted apps from the Mac App Store will be usable.

 

4. Messages and Notifications Center
The Messages app will replace the iChat client and enable Mac users to send unlimited messages, photos and videos to any other Mac or iOS device over the net. Messages will also retain support for other popular IM clients including AIM, Jabber, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk. Lion users can download a beta version of Messages from http://www.apple.com, and give it a test-drive.

Mountain Lion also introduces the Notifications Center to the Mac interface. This dropdown menu will include alerts such as emails and friend requests. It will be interesting to see exactly how this dropdown bar is triggered on Mac devices, though. On the iPhone and iPad it is activated by a swipe of the touch screen. The inclusion of the Notification Center could be an indication that Apple may be planning to add touch screens to its OS X-based devices.
5. Airplay streaming
OS X Mountain Lion will bring AirPlay Mirroring to the Mac platform. Users will be able to securely stream 720p video streams over wireless from a Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV. This will be particularly convenient for users who are using MacBooks and want to view multimedia content on larger screens, and is likely to boost sales of Apple TV.

Mac users can buy an upgrade to the new OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store on Wednesday for $19.99

Apple introduces ios 6 – Coming this fall

iOS is Apple’s operating system for their mobile devices. It debuted in 2007 with the release of the first iPhone, but has since been extended for use with the iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV. iOS’ user interface relies on users’ direct manipulation of the product screen with multi-touch gestures, including swipes, pinches, taps, and reverse pinches.

iOS 6 gives you more features to make the things you do every day even better. It’s coming this fall, and it’s free and easy to upgrade wirelessly on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch — the moment it’s available.

For iOS 6 features click here

http://www.apple.com/ios/ios6/

Apple’s new iPad to go on sale from 8am on Friday 16th .

Apple has announced that the new iPad will be available from 8am on Friday, 16 March.

The iPad will go on sale from 8am local time in various regions including the UK, France, Hong Kong and the US, meaning UK buyers get a chance to own the device several hours before their American cousins, but hours behind those lucky Australians.

The first batch of online orders are still due to arrive by 16 March, the same day as the iPads go on sale in store. However, by 9 March, only two days after the tablet went up on the Apple site for pre-orders, Apple had pushed back the shipping date to 19 March.

From 23 March, the new iPad will be available in a whole range of other countries, including Ireland, Italy, Mexico and New Zealand.

The full list of countries where the iPad is available at 8am Friday:

• UK
• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Singapore
• Switzerland
• US
• Puerto Rico
• US Virgin Islands

Apple launches new ipad

New iPad Features Retina Display, A5X Chip, 5 Megapixel iSight Camera & Ultrafast 4G LTE

Apple today introduced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, featuring a stunning new Retina  display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight  camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G connects to fast networks worldwide, including AT&T’s and Verizon’s 4G LTE networks, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. Beginning today, iPad 2 will be offered at an even more affordable price starting at just $399.

The new iPad’s Retina display delivers four times the number of pixels of iPad 2, so dense that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels when held at a normal distance, making web pages, text, images and video look incredibly sharp and realistic. The 3.1 million pixels in the Retina display are more than one million more pixels than an HD TV, and with 44 percent increased color saturation the new iPad displays colors that are unbelievably richer, deeper and more vivid. Movies are now capable of playing at full 1080p HD-resolution, delivering an incomparable viewing experience on a mobile device.

The powerful new A5X chip with quad-core graphics was specifically designed by Apple to deliver a fast, responsive user experience while supporting the incredible Retina display. With double the graphics performance of the A5 chip, the A5X provides a superb balance between performance and power efficiency so users can enjoy all the benefits of the stunning new display while experiencing a smooth Multi-Touch™ interface, immersive gameplay, incredible visual depth and all-day battery life that iPad is known for delivering.

The 5 megapixel iSight camera features advanced optics for taking stunning pictures and recording full HD video. Backside illumination allows you to take great photos in low-light conditions and a new video image stabilization feature removes the bumps and shakes typically seen when filming with a hand-held device. Images can be enjoyed on the large Retina display, then edited, enhanced and easily shared with friends and family using the built-in Photos app on iPad.

iPad Wi-Fi + 4G with built-in next generation 4G LTE has the most comprehensive support for fast networks worldwide including HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA, and now both CDMA and GSM iPad users have the ability to easily roam internationally. The world-ready iPad delivers blazing download and upload speeds so web pages load incredibly quickly and email with large attachments can be sent and received easily. Personal Hotspot can be used to share the fast network connection on your iPad with up to 5 other devices using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB**.

With iOS 5.1, the latest update to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, the new iPad has a number of new features and enhancements including: a redesigned Camera app with video stabilization technology; the ability to delete photos from Photo Stream; support for dictation in English, French, German and Japanese; and Personal Hotspot. iOS 5.1 also works seamlessly with iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services including iTunes® in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that works seamlessly with your iPhone®, iPad, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content and push it to your devices. When content changes on one of your devices, your other devices are updated automatically.

The new iPad also supports dictation, another amazing way to get things done just using your voice. Instead of typing, tap the microphone icon on the keyboard, then say what you want to say and the new iPad listens. Tap done, and iPad converts your words into text. You can use dictation to write messages, take notes, search the web and more. Dictation also works with third-party apps, so you can update your Facebook status, tweet, or write Instagram captions.

Apple also introduced the iPhoto app, along with major updates to iMovie ,and GarageBand, completing its suite of iLife apps for iOS. iLife and the iWork apps, Pages, Keynote and Numbers, have all been updated to take advantage of the new iPad Retina display. iPhoto includes breakthrough Multi-Touch features so you can use simple gestures to sort through hundreds of photos and find your best shots, enhance and retouch your images using fingertip brushes and share stunning photo journals with iCloud. iMovie now gives you the ability to create amazing Hollywood-style trailers as you record HD video, and GarageBand introduces Jam Session, an innovative and fun new feature that allows a group of friends to wirelessly connect to play instruments and record music together live on their iOS devices.

iPad runs almost all of the over 585,000 apps available on the App Store, including more than 200,000 native iPad apps, from a wide range of categories, including books, games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The iTunes Store® puts the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store at your fingertips with a catalog of over 20 million songs, over 90,000 TV episodes and over 15,000 movies. The new iBooks® 2 app for iPad lets users experience an entirely new kind of ebook that’s dynamic, engaging and truly interactive. iBooks created with Apple’s new iBooks Author offer gorgeous, fullscreen ebooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more.

Pricing & Availability
The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white on Friday, March 16 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for either AT&T or Verizon will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPad will also be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands on Friday, March 16. Customers can begin pre-ordering their new iPad today, and the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a more affordable price of $399 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just $529 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.

iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6 are available today as free software updates. iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are available today for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store (www.itunes.com/appstore). Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available today for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store. Updates are available for free to existing customers. By the end of March iPad will be available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Source : Apple , SAN FRANCISCO―March 7, 2012

Apple should deliver ten expected features to ipad3

Are you curious to know about iPad 3 features ??

[ Ref : Dan Worth, Khidr Suleman from v3 collects features ]

Apple is expected to disclose the next version of its iPad tablet, V3 has drawn up a list of the some of the key features we would like to see brought to the device.

Apple facing its first serious threat in the tablet market in the form of the Asus Transformer Prime, which recently trounced the iPad 2 in our head-to-head review, the firm no doubt has several tricks up its sleeve to wow the punters and reclaim its number one position.

Some of them are :

1 ) iOS 5.1 with Siri and Flash -

Apple has a habit of launching devices with fresh software and it wouldn’t be surprising to see iOS 5.1 debut on the iPad 3. We would hope to see this include Siri and support for Adobe Flash.

Siri is the personal voice activated assistant that was launched with the iPhone 4S and allows smartphone users to dictate emails and text messages as well as set appointments and reminders. The software is also able to answer questions by searching the internet, and provided us with much amusement with some of its comical answers too.

Additionally, although HTML5 is now accepted as the standard for web browsing, almost all websites have yet to make the transition and still use Adobe Flash to display video content.

Despite all the good points of the iPad, nothing is more frustrating than trying to view a video on a site only to be greeted with the “Please download Adobe Flash” message.

2 ) Add a micro-SD card slot

The lack of any removable storage has always been one of the problems with the iPad range as it means that users have always had to connect the tablet to a PC or Mac to move content.

Apple has gone some way towards reducing the iPad’s dependence on iTunes by allowing users to sync content wirelessly between devices through iCloud. But this still requires an internet connection to function properly

3) Include NFC functionality

The iPhone 4S was widely tipped to come with near field communication (NFC) functionality but Apple pulled this from the specification due to concerns about the lack of infrastructure in place. Since the launch of the 4S, there have been a number of devices that now boast NFC functionality.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the most high-profile and has made good use of NFC, with its Android Beam content sharing feature.

It would be interesting to see how NFC would be used on the iPad 3 – as we can’t really imagine that you’d pay for your lunch at Pret by tapping it at the checkout.

4) Quad-core processor and more RAM

Apple to beef up the iPad 3 with a chipset to rival the Nvidia 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor that is included within many Android tablets.

The iPad range has always had very smooth performance when compared to its Google-based rivals, and putting a quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM inside the iPad 3 would make the device faster than Usain Bolt.

Enhanced specifications are likely to improve other features too, such as multi-tasking, as well as boosting the internet and gaming experience.

5 ) Revamped 8in model with Retina display

Although nothing is confirmed until the launch of the iPad 3, the internet is buzzing with rumours that Apple has cut the size of the display. The screen size being touted around the rumour mill is 8in and this is plausible for a number of reasons.

Firstly, Apple is expected to port over the much lauded Retina display from the iPhone 4S to the iPad 3. However, enhancing the resolution to this level on the 9.7in display will no doubt add a substantial amount to an already costly device.

By reducing the screen size, Apple will be able to offer users an enhanced viewing experience without adding too much to the price.

6 ) Include a Thunderbolt port

The high-speed connectivity that was introduced in the latest MacBook Air range allows users to transfer data much faster than before. Thunderbolt allows data to move at 10Gbit/s in both directions.

This makes it up to 20 times faster than the commonly used USB 2.0 interface and up to 12 times faster than with FireWire 800.

Although mainly restricted to Apple devices, Thunderbolt is set to make an appearance in the forthcoming Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook and could be standard on machines much like USB. We would be surprised if this wasn’t included in the iPad 3.

7 ) Add 4G support for superfast mobile broadband browsing

While 4G networks are not yet in place in the India they are springing up in locations across the globe, with the US market in particularly seeing numerous roll outs of networks that can enable high-speed services.

As such, it would be no surprise if Apple were to include the ability for the iPad 3 to run on LTE networks, and would help ensure the tablet was keeping pace with some of its core rivals, such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Samsung which has LTE capabilities in the US market.

8) Better camera components

One of the major new elements Apple touted with the iPad 2 was the inclusion of both front and rear facing cameras – components clearly missing from the first version of the product.

However, V3 thinks it is fair to say users were underwhelmed by the quality of the snaps, which lack the high-quality finesses of some of the more basic smartphones on the market. The iPad’s cameras are not a patch on the iPhone’s hugely impressive snapper either.

9 ) Guarantee a portion of profits go to Foxconn employees

Apple’s use of Foxconn employees to assemble its shiny gadgets has always been an issue, with mass suicide threats and explosions at the plant causing headlines around the world, and in recent weeks this scrutiny has increased yet again.

10) Keyboard docking accessory as with the Asus Transformer Prime

Using the touch screen keyboard on tablets such as the iPad is a slow and frustrating affair, and although Bluetooth keyboards are available, none of them are able to provide the cohesive experience of the hybrid Asus Transformer Prime.

V3 would love to see Apple offer a proper dock for the iPad 3, as it would be invaluable for use in conferences and meeting to type notes, could potentially extend battery life and would almost certainly remove the need to carry around a laptop ever again.

Thanks to

Dan Worth, Khidr Suleman

V3 networks

Mountain Lion (released today as a developer preview)

Ever since Apple released OS X Lion, its desktop operating system started the long trek towards iOS, Apple’s other, more popular operating system. With the next version of OS X, Mountain Lion (released today as a developer preview), OS X will prowl even closer to its iOS cousin.

The ninth major release of OS X, Mountain Lion introduces great features inspired by iPad, re-imagined for the Mac. With Game Center, Notification Center, Documents in the Cloud, new sharing capabilities, advanced security features and so much more, you can build the most innovative Mac apps ever.

For more details :

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/16/mountain-lion-os-x-ios/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook

https://developer.apple.com/technologies/mountain-lion/

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Nokia, still the market leader???

iPhone leaps to third place in

mobile market.

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the third hottest mobile phone maker worldwide at the end of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation.

Apple vaulted over South Korea’s LG and China based ZTE in the mobile phone market rankings, IDC said.

Nokia remained king, shipping 113.5 million mobile phones in the final quarter of the year to claim nearly 27 percent of the market.

Samsung was second with 22.8 percent of the market, or 97.6 million handsets shipped.

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter which ended on December 31, giving it a market share of 8.7 percent.

A total of 427.4 million mobile phones were shipped in the final months of 2011 in a 6.1 percent increase from the same quarter a year earlier, IDC said.

“The mobile phone market exhibited unusually low growth last quarter, which shows it is not immune to weaker macroeconomic conditions worldwide,” said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker.

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