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All New iPod Shuffle 2010

The small and cute iPod shuffle has got even smaller, it is a beautiful piece of work which boasts of the following features:

VoiceOver Kit -

VoiceOver Kit for iTunes is a free download and enables your iPod shuffle to speak in 25 languages and tells out

  • Song name
  • Playlist name
  • Battery status

Capacity -

  • 2GB flash drive
  • Stores data via USB flash drive

Battery and power -

  • Up to 15 hours of audio playback
  • 80% charged in 2 hours; fully charged in about 3 hours

Apple iOS 4.2

The iOS 4.2 was released in the Keynote and it has the following features:

This update is mainly centered towards the iPad which was kind of neglected in the last update, this time Apple has made sure that iPad gets all the goodies which an iPhone user has enjoyed all this while

  • Brings Multitasking to the iPad
  • Apples AirPlay, which is Apple’s redub for AirTunes, with the important addition of being able to stream music and video to your i-device over WiFi (with an iPad even acting as host for the new Apple TV)

All New iPod Nano

All new iPod nano, with a totally revamped with Multi-Touch is designed to be easy, intuitive, and fun, giving a whole new feeling to fun.

It has a 1.5-inch color display with 240-by-240 pixel resolution, which although is pretty small yet powerful and elegant.

Features:

  • Multi Touch
  • Custom Home Screen
  • FM Radio
  • Rotation of the screen any side you want to

It has a tiny Display of:

  • 1.54-inch (diagonal) color TFT display
  • 240-by-240-pixel resolution
  • 220 pixels per inch

Playback:

  • Up to 24 hours of music playback when fully charged

All New Apple iPod Touch

An all new revamped version of the iPod Touch was being displayed today by Steve Jobs.

The Main Features:

  1. Face Time – Which brings Video calling to iPod Touch with the help of a front facing camera.
  2. Retina Display- Same as that used in the iPhone which revolutionized the whole display industry. Which is a 960 by 640 resolution which makes everything look life like.
  3. Stunning HD video Recording with the help of a Back camera with a high-definition camera on the back - HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio; still photos (960 x 720) with back camera

Apple Keynote Sep 1 2010

The following were released today by Steve Jobs on Sep 1 2010

Lineup of iPods:

  • iPod Shuffle – hasn’t changed much
  • iPod Nano – All touch, multi touch, and the size of a match box with a clip
  • iPod Touch- Front camera, Retina Display, back camera with HD video recording, thinner than never before and many more

iOS 4.2

Apple TV – With rates and sizes slashed to almost 1/4 th the previous

iTunes 10- this revamped version of the old iTunes which is coming with a new logo has also got a all new music social networking application inbuilt called the “Ping”

6 Useful How To’s for Safari in iPhone

Given under are 6 useful iPhone tips which are very useful in the daily safari browsing, these might be some basic tips but are very useful in the daily life of an iPhone user.

These tips are pretty basic but are not known by many iPhone users and they struggle to do some basic stuff in the browser like:

Saving an Image, to scroll up to the top, to know the link of the website in the linked text . . . . etc

Hope these tips are useful in browsing Safari better and easily.

WWDC 2010 announced June 7th to 11th

Apple has announced the World Wide Developers Conference, for the year 2010 on the dates June  7th to 11th held in SanFrancisco this year.

The Conference is being said to be “The Center of the App Universe” which indicates that the conference and Apple are focussing on iPhone OS-based devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

The conference which is held every year by Apple to give out something new and make life more interesting for the Tech Freaks.

The Pre conference discussions makes it more interesting and one to look for as Steve Jobs always has something up his sleeves for the world.

Apple iPad Specifications and Price

Apple and Steve Jobs have released the much awaited Apple Tablet which is named Apple “iPad” there were a lot of speculations and gusses about the design of the device. But eventually it was out on 27th Jan 2010.

Steve Jobs unveiled it by his own hands.

The Apple iPad has the following Specifications:

Dimensions:

  • Height – 9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
  • Width – 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
  • Depth – 0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
  • Weight – 1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model, 1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G mode
  • Screen: 9.7-inch LCD screen

iPad is iFail

The much anticipated  iPad was supposed to be the biggest release by Apple in the beginning of 2010, Everyone was stuck to the computers on 27 and it was finally “Released” from the hands of Steve himself.

There was a lot of Expectations form the device, but it let us down very badly. Lets see where the iPad went horribly wrong.

No Multi Tasking:

Apple Media Event Jan – 26, 2010

Apple has announced a Media event to release its products in its typical and trademark manner, hope we can see Steve Jobs again in his Blue jeans and Black tee, and bring out another Gadget of the decade for the next 10 yrs.

As read in Appleinsider.com

“Apple has reportedly scheduled a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010, for a major product announcement.”

The expected announcements for the 2010 Media event are:

  • The most anticipated Apple Tablet.
  • The subscription plan for video content on iTunes.