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Guardian asks insiders what will come at Macworld

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 10 2008

Everyone is getting into the game now it seems.  Now that a lackluster CES is over, all eyes are on Macworld.  The Guardian gets a few insiders to give their take on what will go down at Macworld.

All of the usual suspects are there:

  • Leopard 10.5.2
  • iTunes movie rentals/iTunes 7.6
  • SSD Drive based slim laptop, sans optical drive
  • 16Gb iPhone, $100 price drop on 8Gb – 3G was mentioned but doubtful
  • Tablet/Mac Touch/ iPad

Something we have heard very little of, but gets mentioned a few times is..

9to5mac.com site redesign

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 26 2010

Yes, you are at 9to5mac.  We’ve done a redesign!

Just a quick note here to announce that we’ve finally, after three years with the old design, had a chance to do some updates on the site. Besides the new look and feel, the page should load much quicker and look much better on small screens like the iPhone (and iPad!).

We’ve eliminated the news feeds along the left side but hope to make up for it with actively covering the interesting news stories and tweeting the ones that can be covered in 140 characters or less.  We’ve also made the stock news a bigger part of the site because we know a lot of you not only follow Apple, you’ve invested as well.

We hope to be able to celebrate the site’s rebirth tomorrow by carrying a live feed of the tablet launch.  We’re hoping to get video but might have to settle for audio only.  Please spread the word and join us for that.

Big thanks to Jonny Evans and the rest of the 9to5mac crew for putting up with all of the trials lately.

Thanks to Jason and Alex at Think Simply Web Design & Development  for all of their hard work on the redesign. If you need a reliable web developer (especially for Drupal) drop them a line.

http://www.thinksimply.com

Apple lifts VoIP over 3G limitation, iCall launches

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 27 2010

You can now make and receive VoIP calls over 3G on the iPhone (and iPad?!) according to iCall’s most recent press release.  Apple updated the terms of the SDK to allow VoIP calls over 3G even though some operators, like Tmobile in Germany, don’t allow VoIP calls on their network.  iCall also has push notifications, rounding out a pretty impressive specs list — one that finally makes VoIP a first-class citizen on the iPhone.  

Will Skype follow or tack on some more excuses?

Here’s why the iPad will be a success..

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Jan 27 2010

I spent way too much time playing with the iPad today. In fact, I’m still thinking about it and here’s why:  The browser is better than the browser on my MacBook.   It might be the best browsing experience out there.  By a lot. 

Not only is the browser really (MacBook Pro type) fast, but it is a much more natural way of “surfing”.  Instead of hitting your trackpad you just point to what you want on the screen.  There is no hand-eye coordination required.  It is the best of the iPhone’s pinch/scroll/zoom/resolution independence on a sufficiently large laptop caliber display.  If I want to go portrait?  Boom.

Make no mistake: Apple is targeting the uber-hot netbook market with this device.  What are you doing 90% of the time on a netbook?  Browsing.  And it isn’t even close here.  The iPad is on another level in browsing.  The only area where a traditional netbook shines is in typing URLs.  But in the hour of playing with the iPad, I rarely found myself longing for a keyboard.

Will the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK be released in March?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 27 2010

Earlier today, Steve & Co. announced that the wifi-only iPad would be “shipping within 60 days” and the 3G-capable models coming within 30 days after that.  That 60 day time frame puts us at Sunday, March 28th.  Looking at past product launches and store availability, we can see that the original iPhone was made available on a Friday, while the original iPod touch was made available on a Thursday.  Knowing Apple like we do (and using past availability patterns), we can assume that the iPad will most likely become available in stores on Thursday, March 26th or Friday, the 27th.  But why does all this matter?  Well…

The iPhone OS 3.0 SDK was launched on March 17, 2009 which brought MMS, Copy & Paste, and many other features.  A year earlier, the iPhone OS 2.0 SDK was launched on March 6, 2008 which brought Exchange support, Remote Wipe, and obviously the ability to program apps through the later-released App Store.  With the iPad SDK not being compatible with iPhones and iPod touch, one could make the safe assumption that Apple will release a new SDK (4.0?) sometime in early to mid-March.  That’s not it though…

Will the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK be released in March?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 27 2010

Earlier today, Steve & Co. announced that the wifi-only iPad would be “shipping within 60 days” and the 3G-capable models coming within 30 days after that.  That 60 day time frame puts us at Sunday, March 28th.  Looking at past product launches and store availability, we can see that the original iPhone was made available on a Friday, while the original iPod touch was made available on a Thursday.  Knowing Apple like we do (and using past availability patterns), we can assume that the iPad will most likely become available in stores on Thursday, March 26th or Friday, the 27th.  But why does all this matter?  Well…

iPad 3G in Apple's gallery

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 28 2010

The iPad 3G wasn’t pictured at the event but is in Apple’s gallery.  The difference is obviously the black patch on the back which also comes over the top of the device until it hits the screen.  The plastic allows for better 3G (and GPS?) signals to reach the internal antennas.  

It will be interesting to see how good Wifi access is on the regular iPad compared to the one with the plastic backing.  Keep in mind the iPod touch has a patch of plastic on its back to help the wifi signal reach the internal antenna.

 

iPod touch w/video camera shows up in Apple patent?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 28 2010

Patently Apple found a patent published today by the US Patent & Trademark Office, describing the functionality and use of a still or video camera in the iPhone and/or iPod touch (generally described as “a portable device”).  The patent, which was filed on June 5, 2009 (just 14 days before the unveiling of the iPhone 3GS), includes a picture of the portable device with a camera lens located on the back left side.  Obviously, the iPhone’s lens is located on the back right side of the device, which leads Patently Apple to believe that the device pictured is, in fact, the iPod touch. As many of you will remember, the iPod touch was believed to be gaining a camera last August, but strangely it did not.

This patent garners even more attention due to the recent discovery in the iPad SDK (“iPhone 3.2 SDK”) of a reference to taking a picture with a built-in camera (something the iPad doesn’t have).  As we know, Apple’s traditional iPod refresh season falls in August, though they did add more storage to the device in February 2008.

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The entire patent can be viewed here.

iPad will be

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 29 2010

This one from Setteb.it.  Tmobile.de, in their irrational exuberance for the iPad, posted a page with iPad pricing to their Website today but then quickly removed it. 

It is interesting that Apple is still selling these through the mobile carrier, since half of the product matrix doesn’t have 3G. 

Also, interesting that Tmobile has already begun rolling out their website as Apple said “they’re currently working out deals with providers”.  The site didn’t provide what rate the 3G plans would cost Europeans.

Full product matrix below:

Opinion: Man-purses are about to catch on bigtime

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 29 2010

Women are set.  Just throw your new iPad into your big-ass purse and be done with it. 

I’m planning to get Apple’s new gadget. The biggest decision is whether to wait for 3G or get one on March 26th. (Who are we kidding? I’ll be camping out at the Apple Store on release day).  The real question is: How am I going to schlep one of these things around? 

The point of the iPad is that I can take it places where my MacBook Pro doesn’t need to go.  I’m thinking weekend trips, vacations, coffee shops, etc. 

The Europeans are also set.  They have the European carry-all because there (in France at least) you need to carry your car registration with you everywhere and your driver’s license is the size of a passport. It’s socially acceptalbe and dare I say? hip. You can fit an iPad into one of those.

But what about us American guys? 

Fanny pack?  Negative.

Unless anyone has any better suggestions, it is looking like my only option for carrying one of these around is going Euro. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Apple working on chat client for future version of iPhone OS?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 30 2010

It certainly appears that Apple is working on and prototyping an instant messaging client for future version of iPhone OS. Text strings found in the latest iPhone OS 3.2 beta appear to reference “ChatKit” which was an Objective-C based IM client framework developed by Adium but since left for dead.

The strings found in the SDK reveal that a future IM client developed by Apple might allow users to send pictures (similar to iChat) and would have a similar interface to the included Messages (SMS and MMS) app on the iPhone. The triggering indication of Apple working on an IM client in this text string is the references to the phrase “Buddy Messages.”

While this possible future IM client similar to iChat, with the User Interface of the iPhone Messages app, is referred to within the SDK’s core files, there is no IM client on the iPhone OS 3.2 simulator. Apple may very well be working on an IM client to work hand in hand with their Push Notification system on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch but only time will tell if this ever happens.

Least important iPad feature: Digital photo frame

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jan 31 2010

This one slipped under many a radar, but if you were listening to the iPad presentation during the accesories rundown at the end, you caught that the iPad is also a Digital Picture Frame as well as all of the other exciting stuff it does.  You activate it from the lock screen with an icon to the right of unlock slider.  You can then play any of the slideshows you’ve set up in the photos app.  Neat.

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Michael Gartenberg on Apple's iPad strategy

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 1 2010

Michael Gartenberg distills Apple’s approach in introducing the iPad product down to a four-pronged strategy:

1. Define what your product does
2. Leverage what you’ve done before
3. Make your product additive to your ecosystem
4. Solve a problem, don’t be a feature

Having done these four things sets a foundation for a great product launch.   This is one reason why Steve Jobs has such great presentation success.  He believes in, has confidence in, and is generally excited about what he’s presenting.   Others take note. 

iPad has camera holes?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 1 2010

Two interesting pictures have crossed our desks today.  First we got a still image of Steve Jobs showing off the iPad with what looks like a small camera type hole on it.  I was at the event and the iPads I played with didn’t have holes for cameras (I really looked closely).  I wasn’t close enough to see the one Jobs was using either, but from other professional photos of the event, there wasn’t a camera on that iPad.

That being said, would it surprise anyone if Apple came in late and put in a camera on the high-end models?  Maybe the $130 extra for a 3G radio also includes a camera in the bargain?  Computerworld recently remarked that it was ridiculous to charge $130 for 3G+GPS  parts that were worth $10-$20.  A camera would close that gap some in many minds.

Note that Apple didn’t reveal the glass screen on the iPhone until five months after the initial announcement with a press release.

Next, Mission repair (via Macrumors), reports that they got a iPad frame (not unibody huh?) from somewhere and low a behold, it has a camera hole the exact same size as a MacBook camera.  They’ve even put a MacBook camera in there and it fits perfectly.  Remember though, that prototype iPods with camera holes and iPod frames were spotted last year before Apple released a camera-less iPod touch.


Top: iPad frame, Center: Camera, Bottom: MacBook Frame

HardMac has been receiving identical parts with identical camera holes.  Below.

Apple signs new iPhone maker, iPad component partners named

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 3 2010

Lots of insider slips behind the Apple curtain this morning, with news of an additional iPhone manufacturing contract, more iPad component makers named and rumours Apple’s moving to favour USB 3.0.

Pegatron Technology has reportedly landed a contract to undertake OEM production of the next-generation iPhone scheduled for launch later in the year, joining Foxconn Electronics which manufactures current iPhones for Apple, according to industry sources.

Skype talks iPad and VoIP over 3G

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 3 2010

Interesting. Skype today posted a video regarding updating the application to enable it to work over 3G.  This, shall we say, “flies in the face” of what they said a few weeks back when they blamed Apple for not allowing them to do VoIP over 3G.  Here’s Skype’s Peter Parkas:

Many of you have also been asking when we’ll release a version which allows you to make calls over 3G – the holy grail of Skype on the mobile, if you like. We’ve had a 3G-capable version ready for some time now, but Apple’s current restrictions mean that they won’t allow us to make it available on the App Store for the moment

Apple enabled VoIP over 3G over a week ago and VoIP application providers like Fring had Skype’s service working over 3G almost immediately.  Skype is still delaying their service and says it will be available “soon”.  But there is some good news: For the latest iPod touch and iPhone users (with faster ARM processors) Skype is enabling the SILK audio codec which allows CD-quality sound to be used on Skype-to-Skype calls.  We’ve made some SILK calls and the quality is night and day from normal calls.  This will work from iPhone3GS to iPhone3GS over 3G

Sling coming to iPhone over 3G

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Feb 4 2010

AT&T today announced that it would soon let Sling Player ($29 App Store) work on the iPhone (AND iPAD?!?!) over its 3G network.  AT&T had originally said that Sling would cause too much traffic to flow over its network, which might cause service disruptions.  

“Slingbox, which would use large amounts of wireless network capacity, could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from using the network. The application does not run on our 3G wireless network. Applications like this, which redirect a TV signal to a personal computer, are specifically prohibited under our [brand new]terms of service. We consider smartphones like the iPhone to be personal computers in that they have the same hardware and software attributes as PCs.

UPDATE: We’ve got the official press release from AT&T and pasted it below.  An exerpt: 

AT&T been been working collaboratively with Sling Media since December to test its revised SlingPlayer Mobile app, which has been recently optimized to more efficiently use 3G network bandwidth and conserve wireless spectrum. Optimization reduces the risk of the app causing congestion that could disrupt the experience of other wireless customers so, with that improvement, we will support it on our 3G mobile broadband network.