Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Apple is trying to recruit swiss watchmakers to oversee its watch smart iWatch
Is there actually exist hour smart iWatch? At the moment it seems that this time the smart just a rumor and we have no way of knowing whether they really exist, but as the saying goes, where there is smoke, there is fire. Recently released report from the Financial Times confirms the existence of time so smart iWatch been taking a quote from Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, who served as head of the watch and jewelery company LVMH, and came to this quote.
I have contacted Apple with some of the staff I have - Ive seen personally e-mails.
But despite the reputation and size of Apple, it seems that there is not a lot of smart watchmakers who tend particularly to work with the company, at least thats what is being reclaimed from the reactions of some of the companies specialized in the watch industry. In the case of LVMH, has said Jean-Claude Biver that his staff refused the offer made to them by Apple.
It also appears that Apple is not alone here. According to the CEO of the company Swatch, there are many other technology companies that have decided to approach them to work on wearable devices, but also resisted those offers. The statement came as follows Executive Chairman of Swatch.
We have been in discussions did not proceed from us with many companies competing in the market for wearable devices today. However, we do not see any reason leads us to enter into any partnership agreement.
The reason is that unlike regular hours, the smart watch designed differently, and there are other problems such as ergonomics, battery life, who feel that the company Swatch progress made in this area should be protected. In fact, it is interesting to see that the companies specialized in the watch industry free to work with technology companies to develop smart watch.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Apple announced their brand new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
The American multinational corporation, Apple has announced their next generation smartphones, without any surprises, exactly as seen from a number of leaks in the past. At the companys scheduled Press Conference from United States, yesterday, came in, not just one flagship handset but couple of new smartphones as suggested in from the earlier reports.
Apple has named their new smartphones as iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, which is of course the bigger version, coming with a larger screen size. Th companys CEO Tim Cook, reasonably addressed their new announcement as, "the biggest advancement in the history of iPhone". The new smartphones are the firms largest iPhones ever announced till dates, accordingly Apple has still managed to maintain its thickness impressively thin, this time around designing its new releases as their iPods, unveiled lately. Indeed, the brand new iPhone 6 is just 6.9 millimeters in thickness and the new iPhone 6 Plus is measured just at 7.1 millimeters thick, which is way slimmer than the iPhone 5S, that had its depth dimensions marked at 7.6 millimeters.
The new devices features a thinner profile than its predecessors, incorporating their thinnest display yet invented, also attributing intuitively placed buttons on the sides, which is got revamped from their previous generation iPhones, where for this time the whole unibody chassis is made out of "beautiful" anodized aluminum, the Apple logo branding is precision crafted from premium high standard stainless steel, and especially the curve around the polished glass in front, is all adding the new successors more premier and luxurious finish and style, than ever before. The units will be available in Gold, Silver and Space Gray color options.
iPhone 6
The new iPhone 6 is the smaller version announced yesterday, yet being bigger than the previously debuted iPhone models, coming with a larger screen of 4.7-inches, which is embracing the new Retina High Definition display with IPS technology and LED-backlit widescreen Multi‑Touch of 1334 x 750 resolution pixels marked at 326 pixels-per-inch, 1400:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 max brightness, Full sRGB standard, Dual-domain pixels for wider viewing angles, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front, Display Zoom and Reachability.
In term of the new processors, it is again based on 64-bit architecture, featuring the new A8 chipset, that is built using the 20nm manufacturing process, making it 13% smaller in size than the A7 chipset, also with the newly introduced M8 motion co-processor, for better measurements on motion data, collected from sensors including the accelerometer, three-axis gyroscope and compass, providing the users with more accurately measured physical activity data. The new CPU is said to be 25% faster from their first generation iPhone devices and their processors, adding more 50% of performance boost on the units Graphics Processing Unit, when compared to the laterally announced Apple iPhone 5S. The phone also debuts a barometer on board for further measuring of the outer atmospheric pressure. The new iPhone 6 will ship in 16, 64 and 128 gigabytes of on board mass storage options.
For the camera there is an enhanced eight megapixels iSight camera on the back with five-element lens technology and 1.5µ pixels, auto-focus with Focus Pixels, having f/2.2 aperture, dual-tone LED flash lights named as True Tone flash for great low light shots, Hybrid IR filter, Backside illumination sensor, Sapphire crystal lens cover and auto image stabilization. You also get, auto HDR, improved face detection scene captures, better exposure control, Panorama photographs with up to 43 megapixels, Burst mode, tap to focus, photo geotagging and lastly Timer mode.
The phone is capable of shooting Full High Definition 1080p videos at 30 frames-per-second or 60 frames-per-second, Slow motion videos at 120 frames- per-second or 240 frames-per-second, time-lapse videos, video stabilization, Cinematic video stabilization, Continuous auto-focus capturing, video geotagging and your also able to snap photos while recording video at 3x zoom. On the front you get a 1.2 megapixels secondary FaceTime camera with 1280 x 960 pixels resolution, at f/2.2 aperture, Backside illumination sensor, auto HDR for photos and videos, again improved face detection, Burst mode, exposure control and 720p High Definition video recording.
The new handset continues holding Touch ID fingerprint sensor or biometrics reader interpreted into the traditional Home button of the smartphone, where can now clear-off your payments bills with the new Apple Pay in stores and in applications, also traiting the fresh Near Field Communication (NFC) sensors for the first time in an Apple device, providing users with more easy wireless payment options.
And now for connectivity, the new Apple manufactured iPhone 6 characteristics Bluetooth 4.0, Wi‑Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, GPS with GLONASS, UMTS/HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (for CDMA models only) and LTE Cat.4, network radio connections. As aforementioned, the sensors include, Barometer, three-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor. The phone supports nanoSIM and Lightning connectors, running iOS 8 straight out of the box, with a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery, giving you juice for talk time up to 14 hours on 3G, standby up to 10 days (250 hours) and 11 hours of video play back.
iPhone 6 Plus
And as said above, the iPhone 6 Plus announced late yesterday, is the companys first phablet smartphone, now coming down the Cupertino streets with an even larger screen of 5.5-inches, which is also based on the new Retina High Definition display with IPS technology and LED-backlit widescreen Multi‑Touch of 1920 x 1080 resolution pixels marked at 401 pixels-per-inch, 1300:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 max brightness, Full sRGB standard, Dual-domain pixels for wider viewing angles, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front, Display Zoom and Reachability.
In term of the iPhone 6 Pluss processor, you will find the exactly same 64-bit architecture based A8 chipset, built with 20nm manufacturing process, and then the new M8 motion co-processor, for more accurate measurements on motion data, of course.
Over the back sits an eight megapixels iSight camera with five-element lens technology and introducing Optical Image Stabilization, like never before, a 1.5µ pixels rate, auto-focus with Focus Pixels, having f/2.2 aperture, dual-tone LED flash lights named as True Tone flash for great low light shots, Hybrid IR filter, Backside illumination sensor, Sapphire crystal lens cover and auto image stabilization. The shooter also features auto HDR, improved face detection scene captures, better exposure control, Panorama photographs up to 43 megapixels, Burst mode, tap to focus, photo geotagging and Timer mode.
iPhone 6 Plus records Full High Definition 1080p resolution videos at 30 frames-per-second and 60 frames-per-second, Slow motion videos at 120 frames- per-second and 240 frames-per-second, time-lapse videos, video stabilization, Cinematic video stabilization, Continuous auto-focus capturing, video geotagging and your also able to snap photos while recording video at 3x zoom. On the front you get a 1.2 megapixels front facing FaceTime camera with 1280 x 960 pixels resolution, with f/2.2 aperture, Backside illumination sensor, auto High Dynamic Range (HDR) for photos and videos, improved face detection, Burst mode, exposure control and 720p High Definition video recording.
The new bigger sibling will also showcase the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, which is interpreted into the traditional Home button of the smartphone, alike the iPhone 5S, allowing payments with the new Apple Pay in stores and in apps.
Now finally for the new iPhone 6 Pluss connectivity options, theres Bluetooth 4.0, Wi‑Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, GPS with GLONASS, Near Field Communication (NFC), UMTS/HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (for CDMA models only) and LTE Cat.4, networks supports. The sensors on board for the biggest iPhone includes, Barometer, three-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor, just like the other phone. The smartphone also supports nanoSIM and Lightning connectors for charging, running customized version of iOS 8 on top, with the new landscape mode to take full advantage of the large display, a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery, providing users juice for talk time up to 24 hours on 3G, standby up to 16 days (384 hours), 14 hours of video play back and a mammoth 80 hours of audio playback.
For the anticipated availability and pricing news, the phones will begin rolling out of the Apple factories to the store shelves by 19th of this month with pre-orders opening on 12th of September. The iPhone 6 will come priced at 200, 300, and 400 United States Dollars, respectively for 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB models, on-contract. And as far as iPhone 6 Plus is concerned, it will set you back for, $300, $400, and $500 for the same storage versions.
Source: Apple
Monday, November 3, 2014
Reportedly Apple acquires Beats Electronics for 3 2 Billion
The news you just read from the above title is almost confirmed by a new video from the American Actor and Singer, Tyrese Gibson from YouTube and other sources. The American multinational corporation, Apple, Inc. has reportedly registered one of the companys biggest deal ever with another leading American producer of audio products and equipment, in the game, Beats Electronics LLC.
Beats being a company that was founded back in 2008 by the Rapper and and Hip-Hop producer Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records Chairman, Jimmy Iovine is reported to shift their offices from Santa Monica, California to Apples office in, Cupertino, California, United States.
As meant from the words, Apple is buying the music company for about 3.2 Billion United States Dollars, where the deal will include their makes of headphones and speakers along with Beatss new online music streaming service application, which is now said to be a part of firms own iTunes department. The official confirmations are said to arrive as soon as early next week. There wont be an awkward meaning at any terms if the news of Apples plans to buy Beats Electronicss Limited Liability Company comes true, as there has always been a great relationship between these both American tech giants, where Apple already sells genuine Beats products in their Authorized Stores, worldwide.
We also read that, executives from both Apple and Beats have met each other several time the previous year, which included meetings between Apples Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook, iTunes Vice President, Eddy Cue and Beatss Co-Founder Jimmy Iovine. And as intended from the below embedded video, this new acquisition of Apple over Beats will make, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, the worlds first Billionaire Hip-Hop producer.
Source: The Verge, my rnb (YouTube)
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Apple vs Samsung heated up in Australia
Two smart phone manufacturers, Apple Incorporated world and Samsung Electronics, engaging fight patent claims in a number of countries, but only in Australia are both involved in the Court "hot"
Reuters mentions the term hot tub to fight patent that refers to a number of expert testimony in court simultaneously or together in space--the testimony of a witness is not one by one as the General Court.
The practice of joint testimony that has become a commonplace sight in the court complex in techniques such as Apple patent dispute in Australia and Samsung.
Proponents of the practice it argues that testimony practices saves time and resources, in addition to prevent the experts hired by the plaintiff does not testify and excessive.
"I think in a case like this, the practice of joint testimony is the right approach," said attorney from the Office of patent counsel the Watermark Australia, Mark Summerfield.
Australia was one of the countries where Apple and Samsung involved patent claims. Apple accused Samsung has a number of function and design in imitation of tablets and smart phones.
Meanwhile, Samsung also accused behind the Apple for violating patents wireless transmission technology.
Testimony in the case of Apples mechanism Samsung changed the countrys judicial system in Australia is becoming more observant as well as courts in Europe and Asia.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Apple iPhone 5 Specs Review Manual
In this month (September, 2012), Apple will release their new gadget named Apple iPhone 5, this smartphone support for LTE technology. According to the information that we receive, this phone get a great response from Apple lovers, only in one hour, the phone sold out. In this post, we provide the specs review of Apple iPhone 5 and user manual for users.
Here is the Apple iPhone 5 specs, for the user manual, its not yet available for this time, please come back here later.
| GENERAL INFO | |
|---|---|
| 2G network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GSM A1428, CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429 |
| 3G network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - GSM A1428, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA A1429 |
| Announced | LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - GSM A1428, LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429, LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429 |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, September 21st |
| SIZE | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm |
| Weight | 112 g |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Type | LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 640 x 1136 pixels, 4.0 inches (~326 ppi pixel density) |
| Features | Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating |
| SOUND | |
|---|---|
| Alert types | Vibration, propriety ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5 mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
| Phone book | - |
| Call records | - |
| Internal | 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
| Card slot | - |
| DATA | |
|---|---|
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| 3G | DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP |
| Infra Red Port | - |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 |
| CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Primary | 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | Simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, videocalling over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G |
| FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| OS | iOS 6 |
| CPU | - |
| Messaging | iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email |
| Browser | HTML (Safari) |
| Radio | - |
| Games | - |
| Colors | Black/Slate, White/Silver |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| Java | - |
| Other features | nano-SIM card support only, Active noise cancellation with dedicated dual mics, Siri natural language commands and dictation, iCloud cloud service, Twitter and Facebook integration, TV-out, Maps, iBooks PDF reader, Audio/video player and editor, Image editor, Voice memo/command/dial |
| BATTERY | |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard battery, Li-Po |
| Stand-by | Up to 225 h (2G) / Up to 225 h (3G) |
| Talk time | Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G) |
| Music Play | Up to 40 h |
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Apple iPhone 4 16GB Black Verizon
At just 9.3mm, the iPhone 4 is thin as a rake but the front and back are 30 times stronger than the usual plastic. Reason - aluminosilicate glass, the stuff that windshields of military choppers are made of. The periphery is customized alloy, 5 times stronger than steel. Your accidental dropping wont hurt your pocket-communicator. The Retina Display packs in 4 times the amount of pixels (326 per inch) of iPhone 3, and makes the text and images slicing sharp. Thanks to the added 960 x 640 pixel screen watching of HD movies on the iPhone 4 becomes a gasp. When you become a shutterbug behind the iPhone 4 camera, you shoot 5 megapixel images and high-definition videos at 720p resolution, with the LED flash and autofocus that make things easier. Opt for the iMovie video editing software, and you become a movie maker. If you happen to have Wi-Fi around, the FaceTime feature gets you into true worldwide video chat and staying in touch becomes real personal. And all it takes to choose between the front and rear camera is a tap. The 3-axis gyro, when coupled with accelerometer, results in 6-axis motion sensing, and thats as good as it can ever get for gaming on a cell phone. With 7 hours of talk time (3G)/10 hours of video/40 hours of audio, the iPhone 4 packs in enough power to let you do fast multitasking and then some more.
The Product details:
- Dimensions : 2.5 x 0.5 x 4.5 inches ; 8 ounces
- Weight : 12 ounces
- Shipping : Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Tech Specs:
| New iPad for Verizon Wireless (iPad 3) | |
| General and Software | |
| Codes / Prices | 16GB $629 – 32GB $729 – 64GB $829 |
| Other names or variations | iPad 2 Plus - iPad HD – New iPad – iPad 3 |
| Form Factor | Candybar – Tablet |
| Operating System | iOS 5 |
| Operating System (download) | iOS 5.1 |
| Physical Keyboard | No – Virtual QWERTY |
| Announced | 7 March 2012 |
| Status Available | 16 March 2012 |
| Browser & Internet | HTML5 – Safari |
| Adobe Flash Support | No |
| Java | No |
| Display | |
| Size, diagonal | 9.7 inches |
| Display Resolution | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| Generalized Pixel Density | 264 ppi |
| Capacitive – Touchscreen – 16M colors LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology. Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating | |
| Connectivity | |
| WAN / Network 2G | CDMA 800, 1900 MHz |
| WAN / Network 3G | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A |
| 4G | 4G LTE – 700 MHz |
| Wireless LAN | 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 + A2DP – EDR |
| USB | Yes – Proprietary |
| Audio/Video Output | Yes |
| Audio jack 3,5 mm | 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack |
| GPS / Location Based Services | Assisted GPS |
| 30-pin dock connector port - Built-in speaker – Microphone | |
| Camera | |
| Camera Resolution (max) | 5 megapixels – 2592 x 1944 pixels |
| Camera secundary | 0.3 megapixels VGA |
| Camera Focus | Autofocus |
| Face detection in still images - Photo and video geotagging | |
| Media | |
| Audio Player | AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, Apple Lossless, WAV |
| Video Player | H.264, MPEG-4, Motion JPEG, MOV |
| Video Recording | 1080p HD – 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Video Recording Frame Rate | 30 fps |
| Video stabilization | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| Radio FM | No |
| Voice Recording | Yes |
| Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through with Apple Digital AV Adapter (sold separately) | |
| Processor and memory | |
| Processor / SoC | CPU: Dual-core Aapple A5X, Cortex-A9 – GPU: Quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4 |
| Processor Clock Speed | 1 GHz |
| RAM | 1024MB |
| Internal memory | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB |
| Memory Card Type | No |
| Memory Card Size Supported | No |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Digital Compass | Yes, Guroscope |
| Ambient Light Sensor | Yes |
| Power | |
| Battery Type | Built-in 42.5-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery |
| Wi-Fi up to 10 hours – Cellular data. network up to 9 hours. Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system. | |
| Divers | |
| Messaging | SMS – MMS - Email (IMAP, POP3, SMTP) Microsoft Eschange) – Instant Messaging |
| Games | Yes, downloadable |
| Color | Black , White |
| Phone Book | Yes |
| Organizer | Yes |
| Agenda | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Task | Yes |
| Notes | Yes |
| Voice memo | Yes |
| Predictive text | Yes |
| Watch | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Diary | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Document Viewer | Yes |
| Flight mode | Yes |
| Weight | 662 grams (1.46 oz) |
| Dimensions | 241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm (9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 in) |
| Package contents | |
| iPad | |
| Dock Connector to USB Cable | |
| 10W USB Power Adapter | |
| Documentation | |
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