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iOS devices refer to any of Apple’s hardware that runs the iOS mobile operating system which include iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Historically, Apple releases a new iOS version once a year, the current version is iOS 10. Here is the complete list of iOS 10 compatible devices.

iPhone 4 OS live

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Apr 8 2010 - 10:57 am PT
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We’re searching the interwebs for a live stream of today’s event and we’ll embed the best we find here (feel free to post live streams in the comments). If you are into the liveblog thing, I’ll be doing instant analysis at Computerworld.  Check the 15 iPhone 4 expectations here.

Or destroy the universe with the classic “blast from the past” 9to5mac livepanel for big screens.  (Old logo thrown in at no extra cost!)

Sorry no video feeds this time

Mac (not Pro) desktop with USB 3.0-Mini DisplayPort combo detailed in patent

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Apr 8 2010 - 9:49 am PT
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Before you get all emotional, remember that this is just part of a patent application:

This looks like a paired down Pro workstation with some of the same characteristics, but with notable exceptions:

  • Rounded edges like a Mini
  • Much smaller in size and shape
  • A new Mini DisplayPort adapter that would combine with USB 3.0 and have a new connector
  • This new adapter would also work with iPads and media players

Apple producing 5-7 inch, $400 mini-iPad for 2011?

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Apr 8 2010 - 6:18 am PT
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Digitimes quotes its own research arm in discovering that Apple is building a 5-7 inch mini iPad for delivery as early as the the first quarter of 2011.  The analyst states that the price of the new product would come in around $400.  The move would be more direct competition to Dell’s Mini 5-sized application and would also be more of competitor size and price-wise to the Kindle.

The post also mentions that the HP Slate is due this summer and will be manufactured by Inventec.  They don’t give it much of a chance to take on the iPad because Intel’s processors running Microsoft Windows 7 will run much hotter and drain the battery much quicker than Apple’s choice of ARM/iPX OS.

10 Expectations for iPhone OS 4 (Update: 5 more!)

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Apr 7 2010 - 11:31 pm PT
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Tomorrow’s sneak peak at the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad v4.0 (Can we just call these devices, as a group, iPX?  Novell won’t mind!) has a lot of expectations hanging on it.  No doubt Apple will surprise us with some technology we hadn’t even considered, but there are a few expectations out there.  Here’s a list of things I can think of:

1. Multi-tasking.  Of course the iPhone already multi-tasks with some of its own apps (music, email, phone, etc.) but developers are looking for Apple to allow some of their third party apps.  The most obvious are music apps like Pandora and Spotify as well as instant messaging/VoIP apps like AIM and Skype.

2. Printing.  Seems Apple has future plans, now would be as good a time as any.

3. iAds for developers.  It sounds like developers are going to have access to Apple’s Quattro service, perhaps directly from the SDK.  That will make developing free apps even easier.  Tomorrow?  Why not?

4. Video Chat.  We found the icons in the OS before Apple deleted them.  We know they are coming.  Apple might not mention this because no iPx hardware supports it yet, but there is a good chance we’ll see it in the next OS.

5. Some iPad 3.2 features like Bluetooth keyboard and the ability to save documents and sync them to your Mac might find their way to iPhones.  Also maybe watching Youtube HTML5 video embedded in websites?

6. Tethering.  Maybe, just maybe. Maybe Apple makes a way for AT&T to slow down tethering enough not to destroy its network.

7. Mapping in iPhoneOS is sorely lacking and one of the few areas Apple has fallen behind Android.  I’d like to see some more layering, voice search for car, turn by turn and anything else they can come up with from the folks at PlaceBase.

8. With more services like Brightcove and Vimeo offering HTML5 versions of their videos, Apple may have a solution similar to what they offer to embedded Youtubes. 

9. iWork is on the iPad, perhaps we’ll see some of iLife’s photo and video editing apps get touch versions.

10. It is probably too early but we could see new iPhone hardware, especially if it is needed to explain some of the iPhone 4’s new software (like video conferencing).

Some other stuff I just thought of/remembered:

– FM Radio Tx/Rx App

– A dashboard/homescreen 

– More Facebook integration (lots have said the invite looks ‘Facebooky’)

– unified inbox in Mail.app

– wireless syncing to the MobileMe cloud, which in turn syncs back to Mac

New iPhone ad – "Shopper"

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Apr 7 2010 - 8:39 pm PT
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Apple has released a new iPhone ad, based around shopping for a gift, fittingly called, “Shopper.”  The ad features only one actual app from the App Store, RedLaser ($1.99), compared to the typical three to four that Apple normally features in ads.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_IDvDMeQE&w=700&h=400]

30 months old is old enough for iPad

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Apr 6 2010 - 4:40 pm PT
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My kid is half this kid’s age and he loves the free Winnie the Pooh book, the Drawing Pad app,…and Youtubes of Fat Albert? Forgetaboutit! It’s no surprise that kids just over a year older are fully using iPads and can navigate the interface. They can really be considered consumers and part of the target audience. Yes, the interface is that easy.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4EbM7dCMs&w=700&h=505]

iPads going for as much as $5000 internationally

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Apr 6 2010 - 10:16 am PT
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TUAW notes today that some iPads are selling overseas on eBay for as much as $5000.  Obviously getting them to the far corners of the globe adds some value when they are only technically for sale in the US, but some of these costs seem a little outrageous.  Maybe if you live on a deserted island in the Pacific or are a Sheik in the middle of the desert, and cost is of little concern, $5000 isn’t a big deal.

You international folks can get iPads shipped pretty inexpensively with the markups usually being under $100 (outside of any customs charges) from eBay.  Apple plans to open up the iPad sales to other selected countries at the end of the month.  In Russia, you can pre-oder for $2000?

iPad issues: Wifi weakness, storage discrepancies, iPhone App suckage

Avatar for Seth Weintraub Apr 6 2010 - 8:47 am PT
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Overall, my experience with the iPad has been pretty good, but like all products, it has its faults.  Yesterday, TechCrunch outlined what many of us iPad early adopters had noticed.  Wifi range was significantly less than our Macs and even less than iPhones and iPod touch.  

Two reasons for this might be the antenna placement and power consumption.  

There are two Wifi antennas on the iPad.  One behind the glass on the lower bezel and one behind the Apple logo in the back.  The rest of the iPad ‘s aluminum is basically a wireless shield.  Compared to an iPhone whose backing is plastic, iPads are at a disadvantage right from the begining.

Also, there is the issue of power savings.  Apple touts 10 hours of video playback and they’re right.  The iPad has insanely long battery life, especially with that bright, beautiful display.  But Apple might have lowered the power to the Wifi cards in order to get those results.  The good news, if that is the case, is that a software/firmware update could add more power to the Wifi cards and increase range.  I’d like to see a manual/automatic setting which allows you to toggle between the iPad choosing its Wifi strength vs. users picking a power setting manually  

Skype updates for iPad: no Push Notification, no 3G, not even formatted for iPad

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Apr 5 2010 - 11:21 pm PT
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Skype updated their iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad app today to 1.3.1 with the below improvements.  

Tested with iPad, iPhone OS 3.2  Improved stability in the following areas: – When switching between tabs – During an incoming call with chat in landscape mode – When in landscape mode – During an incoming call when there is a camera/address book view visible – Handling unread chats – Corrected an alert about ‘unsupported platform’

“Tested with iPad” doesn’t mean it is actually formatted for iPad.  It still is iPhone-sized.  But that’s not the worst of it.

There is no reason besides some back door dealings with Verizon that they shouldn’t have 3G or Push Notifications working on the iPhone by now.  Need proof that they had quit developing for iPhone before the iPad was released?  Have a look at their blog:

We don’t yet know how our app will behave on the iPad. Some journalists who had early access have reported that the existing Skype for iPhone app works just fine on the iPad hardware. This is great news, but certainly doesn’t give us enough confidence to be able to announce and release an app today as we want to give you the best Skype experience possible.

Yep, no work on the iPad Simulator that comes with the starndard development kit.

Russ Shaw, General Manager of Skype’s mobile business in December 2009:

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.

 

Here’s Skype saying that their 3G version is coming “real soon now” over two months ago.   

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd9hNq4ZIqU&w=700&h=400]

So tell us again why there is no 3G or Push on Skype?

Fring does offer Skype over 3G.