Apple picker This time, the regular overview of events from the past week brings you information about Retina displays on other MacBooks, the speed of SSD drives in the new MacBooks Air, a film camp for children organized by Apple or references to the series Lost in iOS 6
The 13-inch MacBook Pro is also to receive a Retina display in the fall (18/6)
At WWDC, Apple presented the new generation MacBook Pro with Retina display, but only in a 2-inch version. However, according to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, we will also see a 880-inch high-resolution model in the fall. Among other things, this analyst correctly predicted that Apple will introduce the MacBook Pro at WWDC with a resolution of 1800 × 17 pixels and that the XNUMX-inch MacBook Pro will be canceled.
According to Kuo, Apple wanted to introduce a smaller version of the MacBook Pro with Retina display now, but production would be too slow. The new 2560-inch MacBook Pro should have a resolution of 1600 × 400 pixels, it will have no drive and an SSD will be installed instead of a hard drive. Kuo also claims that the new MBP was supposed to have integrated HD 2000 graphics, which will be on Intel's Ivy Bridge processors. The price could go under the magical $XNUMX.
Source: zdnet.com
New advertisement for the new iPad (18/6)
Apple has unveiled a new TV spot called "Do It All" that focuses on the Retina display of the new iPad. Several different applications were given space in the traditional half-minute advertisement.
Send a note. Stay tuned.
Capture the show. Create a presentation.
Create a memory. Create a masterpiece.
Read something. Look at something. Learn something.
Make everything even more beautiful with the Retina display of the new iPad.
[youtube id=RksyMaJiD8Y width=”600″ height=”350″]
Source: MacRumors.com
The SSD in the new MacBook Air is 217% faster (19/6)
The MacBook Air has always performed well due to the SSD, but the latest revision raises its performance to an even higher level. The new SSDs in the updated MacBook Pro are 217% more powerful. This is shown by tests performed by the server OS X Daily. The read speed peaked at 461 MB/s, the write speed at 364 MB/s, which is a dramatic increase compared to the 2011 model of the thinnest MacBook, which reached only 145 MB/s and 152 MB/s, respectively. An interesting fact is that the SSD for the new MacBook Air is apparently supplied by Toshiba, while last year's models were supplied with drives from Samsung. However, the latter was probably not completely neglected, so we can now find it in new SSD models from Toshiba and Samsung.
Source: CultOfMac.com
LiquidMetal technology will be exclusive to Apple for two more years (19/6)
A filing by Apple revealed that it had secured exclusive use of LiquidMetal technology until February 2014. It extended the original deal from August 2010, where the company paid roughly $300 million for the exclusivity. Despite all expectations, we will not see products with this very durable metal anytime soon. According to dr. Atakana Pekera, who is behind the material's development, says it would take an investment of $500-$3 million and three years of development to bring LiquidMetal into mass production. The new iPhone will thus remain at most stainless steel. However, Apple has used the material experimentally, with some XNUMXG iPhones sold in the US having clips made of LiquidMetal to eject the SIM card tray.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Another iAds leader leaves Apple (June 19)
The so far not very successful iAds mobile advertising system received another blow. He was left by another of the main leaders, Mike Owen, who thus follows his other colleagues Andy Miller and Larry Albright, former employees of Quattro, which Apple acquired precisely for the purpose of creating iAds. The acquisition was somewhat of a virtue out of necessity, as the leader of mobile advertising, AdMob, was blown away by Google. Mike Owen is leaving for AdColony. iAds has not been doing well since its launch, Apple was forced to reduce the minimum investment for advertisers from the original million dollars to $100.
Source: TUAW.com
Apple is organizing a summer film camp for children (June 20)
As in previous years, Apple will hold summer film courses for children in its Apple Stores. These are free seminars focused on making movies using iMovie. The courses are aimed at youth aged 8-12 and include two ninety-minute weekend lessons. As part of the tutorial, kids take their own footage, then use GarageBand for iPad to create a specific musical accompaniment, and finally complete their artwork in iMovie for Mac. The third and final day of this film school is the Apple Camp Film Festival, where children present their creations to parents, relatives and friends.
There is a lot of interest in this unusual experience and free places are disappearing quickly. For now, applicants can only apply in the United States and Canada. The European, Chinese and Japanese Apple Stores are set to publish the course schedule and start accepting applications in the coming days. In Australia, lessons are not planned until September.
Source: MacRumors.com
App Store launched in 32 more countries (June 21)
As Tim Cook promised at WWDC, Apple launched its App Store in 32 more countries. This means that it is already active in a total of 155 countries around the world. Newly, the App Store can be enjoyed especially in African and Asian countries, with the exception of the European Ukraine and Albania.
Overview of new countries with App Store: Albania, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.
Source: MacRumors.com
Facebook hired a former Apple UI designer (June 22)
Facebook has a new product design manager. He hired ex-Apple employee Chris Weeldreyer, who worked at Cupertino as a UI Design Manager for eight years before leaving Apple about four months ago, for the role. According to his Facebook page, he started his new job on June 18 of this year. At Apple, Weeldreyer was involved in the creation of iWeb and Numbers, and is also responsible for several ideas and improvements that the company has patented.
Source: 9to5Mac.com
General Motors implements Siri (20/6)
At this year's WWDC, Apple presented, among other things, several changes and innovations regarding the voice assistant Siri, which is integrated in the iPhone 4S and will also become a useful addition to the latest iPad generation in the fall. A complete novelty in connection with Siri is the "eyes-free" function.
Thanks to this new convenience, drivers of selected car brands will be able to use their iPhone without a single look or touch. A button on the steering wheel simply activates Siri, and the driver will be able to use natural voice instructions to schedule an appointment, make a call, dictate and send a message or email, find a suitable restaurant nearby, find out the match score of your favorite match... Siri's possibilities are almost unlimited and surely there is no safer way to use a mobile phone in your car.
Scott Forstall also published a list of manufacturers that will implement the "eyes-free" function in their cars during the presentation of Siri's new capabilities. One of these manufacturers is the General Motors concern, and the management of this brand is said to soon present the first cars with the integration of this new service. The first cars to feature the eyes-free system will be the Chevrolet Spark and Sonic, and while it's unclear exactly when these specific cars will be introduced, Scott Forstall promises it should happen within the next twelve months.
Source: GmAuthority.com
In the Passbook there is a reference to the TV series Lost (June 20)
A server revealed a very interesting prank by Apple engineers CultOfMac.com. Introducing a brand new feature called Passbook that will be part of iOS 6, a fictitious ticket for Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles appeared in a video demonstrating the app's functionality. If the name of the flight sounds familiar, you're not wrong. Indeed, it is a reminiscence of the cult series "Lost", in which the passengers of this flight are shipwrecked on an island and thus begin their six-series long adventure.
Source: CultOfMac.com
Apple lost the dispute with Motorola (June 23)
Apple's current lawsuit with Motorola, where Apple is suing the phone maker, now owned by Google, for infringing four patents and Motorola suing Apple in return for infringing one patent, is likely to end in stalemate. Judge Richard Postner dismissed the suit, saying that neither company had sufficiently proven harm caused by patent infringement. After all, the judge had previously stated that it would be best if the companies licensed the disputed patents to each other. However, Apple is likely to appeal against the ruling.
I have a new Air with a new SSD and the stated SSD speed values only apply to Lion, in Mountain Lion you can hardly reach W:250 and R:350 :) It should be noted that it is DP4.
I also have MB Air mid 2012 and ML DP4, the read values are a little higher, the write is roughly the same. Maybe it will improve in the final version.
"However, Apple used the material experimentally, some 3G iPhones sold in
The US had clips made of LiquidMetal to eject the SIM tray
card."
It was not with the iPhone 3G but with the iPhone 4.
You are wrong, we checked with multiple sources, it was indeed with the iPhone 3G.
The part about SSD in the new MBA is a bit confusing, because you are talking about MB Pro there - apparently a mistake in the text.
Yeh, I also got a little confused while reading it :-)