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The iOS 7 GM is compatible with the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPad (third and fourth generations), iPad mini and iPod touch (fourth and fifth generations) models, and the OS download files are now available on Apple’s developer portal.
3 Hours to go now before the Apple Keynote and despite the fact from all accounts it’ll be a fairly lack lusture affair (see our predictions) the hype this time around is like nothing before.
12pm mid day here in the UK and as it stands Apple shares are floating around the $500 mark despite all the bad press from the likes of CNN that Apple’s problem is a lack of innovation. Let’s see how it plays out with 5 and half hours till the big keynote. I personally don’t expect any surprises.
Apple’s Campus Ahead Of iPhone 5S / 5C Keynote Banners Go Up. As always we’ll be passing our comments on the new iPhone’s and whatever surprises Apple may have in store.
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Not all 4G providers are the same and you’ll be surprised that o2 and Vodaphone 4g services wont work with the iPhone 5. Here’s a quick explanation why.
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Press invites have gone out for the 10th September Keynote where Apple are expected to at least launch an improved iPhone 5 and perhaps their “cheaper” iPhone 5c
Continue reading → Apple announces special event for September 10. iPhone 5c & 5s Launch?
OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 7 is available via Software Update. If you are not yet running a previous version of OS X Mavericks Developer Preview, get a redemption code from the Mac Dev Center to download it from the Mac App Store.
I’m probably the only person who doubt’s the iPhone 5c will be substantially cheaper given the fact that Apple has just launched their trade in program in the US but anyways, that iPhone 5c just cant stop grabbing the headlines, this time with a leaked manual.
Continue reading → iPhone 5C Manual Leaked In New Spy Photos
The next preview for OS X Mavericks has arrived. OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 6 is available via Software Update. If you are not yet running a previous version of OS X Mavericks Developer Preview, get a redemption code from the Mac Dev Center to download it from the Mac App Store
It’s been about 2 weeks since the release of beta 5, so Apple seems to be pushing things out early. Maybe to coincide with the rumours of this being the last release before GM release on September 10.
Continue reading → Apple Releases iOS 7 Beta 6 to Developers
Jobs, Reviewed by Steve Wozniak
In the discussion section of our Jobs review, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak weighed in with his own impressions of the movie—and how he and others were portrayed. What follows is Woz’s unedited take on Jobs:
I saw Jobs tonight. I thought the acting throughout was good. I was attentive and entertained but not greatly enough to recommend the movie. One friend who is in the movie said he didn’t want to watch fiction so he wasn’t interested in seeing it.
I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton’s own image of Jobs. Ashton made some disingenuous and wrong statements about me recently (including my supposedly having said that the ‘movie’ was bad, which was probably Ashton believing pop press headlines) and that I didn’t like the movie because I’m paid to consult on another one. These are examples of Ashton still being in character. Either film would have paid me to consult, but the Jobs one already had a script written. I can’t take that creative leadership from someone else. And I was turned off by the Jobs script. But I still hoped for a great movie.
As to compromising principles for money, I will add one detail left out of the film. When Apple decided not to reward early friends who helped, I gave them large blocks of my own stock. Because it was right. And I made it possible for 80 other employees to get some stock prior to the IPO so they could participate in the wealth.
I felt bad for many people I know well who were portrayed wrongly in their interactions with Jobs and the company. The movie ends pretty much where the great Jobs finally found product success (the iPod) and changed so many of our lives. I’m grateful to Steve for his excellence in the i-era, and his contribution to my own life of enjoying great products, but this movie portrays him having had those skills in earlier times.
Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10. One thing we know is that there will be a new phone but will it be an iPhone 5s, the New iPhone or the 5c. Personally I hope the 5c doesn’t come to fruition as it’ll be the iPhone 5 Chav edition.
The Disney Legends Award is presented annually to a person who has left a significant impact on The Walt Disney Corporation. This year, the late Steve Jobs received the honor, and last night John Lasseter accepted the award on Jobs’ behalf at the D23 Expo. Lasseter is the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar, a studio Jobs co-founded, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He created Toy Story and is arguably the most influential and iconic storyteller in the history of animation.
One thing you have to admire with Apple TV adverts is that it never stoops to mentioning the shortfall of other products, just concentrating on the one thing that matters when using a phone, the experience.
Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 7, which brings a number of improvements, changes, and bug fixes to the operating system, including newly redesigned Settings icons and a Control Center option that allows the feature to be disabled within apps.
iOS 7 beta 5 also offers a slew of minor interface tweaks and improvements that continue to make iOS 7 feel both faster and more polished. Our forum members have noted multiple enhancements that have been bundled into the release:
Settings – The icons in the Settings menu have seen a complete design, going from standard blue icons to a variety of square icons in various colors.
Control Center – Control Center’s settings now allow the function to be turned off while in apps, preventing Control Center from being accessed from the bottom of the screen while playing games or otherwise using apps.
Power Off – The slider bar that displays when the iPhone is being powered off has been slightly altered.
Twitter – The Twitter icon has been redesigned. Rather than a white bird on a blue background, it now depicts a blue bird on a white background.
Notifications – Banner notifications can now be pulled down to access additional information.
Phone – The icons that are displayed while a user is in a call have been slightly altered with the addition of circles around the icons. They also appear to be larger.
Accessibility Options – There are now On/Off toggle options under the Accessibility menu.
Boot Screen – When installing iOS 7 beta 5, many iPhone 5 users noted that the color of the boot screen matched their devices, with a white screen used for white phones and a black screen used for black phones. This differentiation appears to be limited to the iPhone 5 at this point in time as iPad owners and older iPhone users have not noticed the change.
Messages – In iOS 7 beta 4, Apple changed Messages to default to displaying the first name and last initial of a contact in a conversation. With beta 5, only the first name is displayed by default, though other options can be selected in the Mail settings menu (which is linked to Messages). To access the feature, go to Settings / Mail Contacts and Calendars / Short Name (under Contacts).
Additional features in iOS 7 beta 5 will be added here as they are discovered. Apple is likely to continue pushing regular updates for iOS 7, bringing minor performance boosts and changes ahead of the operating system’s public release, which is expected to come in the fall.