iPhone 5: With an all new design, the iPhone 5 is the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone. It has a thinner design, it is lighter, and it has a longer screen(4 inches) which is just right. The operating system it runs is iOS 6. Some other things are the new camera location, sapphire lens cover, new flash location, and many more. The iPhone 5 is the best iPhone that you can get. It has totally been redesigned and you should try it out. The iPhone 5 starts at $199.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
iOS 6
iOS 6: iOS 6 is the best iOS yet. It adds epic Apple Maps and Passbook. Apple Maps has great functions such as Flyover and Turn by Turn directions. Flyover gives a 3D view of the place that you are looking at. Turn by Turn directions gives you exact directions to where your destination is, just like a navigation. In Passbook you can store all of your passes and cards. Now with a VIP mailbox all of your important emails can be in one place. Shared Photo Streams have also came out. With Shared Photo Streams, you can share your favorite photos instantly. Guided Access has also came out. With this you can lock your screen on one app. You can get out of this screen with the password that you have set. Let’s say you have a phone call coming and you are busy. You can say reply with message. This means it will give a message of your choice to the person that is calling you. You can also add it to calendar. This means it will add it to calendar so you will remember to call back the person. There are 200+ features. If you have an iOS device, you should consider updating to iOS 6. iOS 6 is free!
iPad with Retina Display 128 Gigabytes
iPad with Retina Display 128 Gigabytes: The iPad with Retina Display can now be purchased with 128 Gigabytes. This is great if you want your iPad to function as a mini laptop. The 128 gigabyte iPad starts at $799.
iTunes 11
iTunes 11: iTunes 11 is out! iTunes has been improved with a totally new GUI which makes it much easier to do your work. It has all of the old features plus more. It has never been easier to organize all of your content. There is a whole redesigned player which makes work much easier. There is a much bigger view so that you can see all of your songs without having to scroll. There is a mini player so that you can still play and pause your songs when you are browsing the web. You can pic up where you left off on any device through iCloud. The best part is that it is free!
OS X Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion: The new operating system for Mac has came out and it is called Mountain Lion. It is only $20 on the Mac App Store It has many features. iChat has been replaced with iMessage. iMessage has google chat, iMessage, AIM, and Jabber. iMessage can also sync to your iPhone. If you have a Mac, you should update to Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion has all of these features just for $19.99 on the Mac App Store.
The New iMac
The New iMac: The New iMac has a much thinner design. It has all been consolidated into one great computer. If you look at the old and the new iMac you would be surprised. It comes in 21 and 27 inches. With a brilliant display, this is the best desktop in the market. If you want a desktop, you should consider this. The new iMac starts at $1,299.
MacBook Pro with Retina Display
MacBook Pro with Retina Display: The new Mac has a retina display. It has two thunderbolt ports, 2 USB 3 ports, Mag-Safe 2, and an SD card reader. It is very thin and light, so it is portable. This is a Mac that come in 13 and 15 inches. If you are looking for a Mac, you should get this Mac. It comes with all of the newest features. The MacBook Pro with Retina Display starts at $1,500.
Pod Touch 5
iPod Touch 5: The iPod Touch 5 is a great product for gaming. It is very thin and light. It also has an amazing 5 megapixel iSight Camera, and has beautiful a 4 inch retina display screen. The iPod Touch 5 also has a loop so that it doesn’t fall. It has all of the newest hardware so it can do as many things as the iPhone 5. It also has Siri so that you can just tell it what to do. It comes with the all new Apple Earpods that don’t fall out of your ear and have great quality sound. It runs on the Dual Core A5 chip.
iPad Mini
iPad Mini: The iPad Mini is another great product! With a great portable size, it is good for everything such as: a gift, for home use, and a great size to take wherever you go. It is perfectly sized for 7.6 inches. With this perfect size it can fit in one palm. At the same time, it is super light. The iPad Mini runs iOS 6. It has an inside and outside camera. It has everything from the regular iPad on a smaller screen. It is yet another great product for everyone. The iPad Mini starts at $329.
iOS 7
Apple unveiled iOS 7 at the WWDC Keynote. It is the most advanced operating system since iPhone. It will be supported on iPhone 4 and up, the iPad mini, the iPad 2, iPad with retina display, and both of the iPod touch fifth generation. iOS 7 is supported on a variety of devices but not all of the devices will be able to use every one of the features. The iPhone 4 will not be able to use panorama. The iPhone 4 and 4s will not have the filters in the camera. The iPhone 4 and 4s will not be able to use Air Drop. All of the iPad’s will not be able to use panorama and will not have the filters in the camera. The iPad 2 will not have Air Drop. Other than this there are a lot of features that all of the devices can use.
iOS 7 changes the look of every single app that comes preinstalled with the operating system. These new icons look much better as you can see below.iOS 7 also changes the UI.
iOS 7 introduces control center which can be accessed by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. Control center lets you access many features instantly. Control center lets you access Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do not Disturb, orientation lock, and change your brightness. Control center also has a music player in which you can move through the song, pause and play, skip forward, skip backward, and change the volume. Control center has Air Drop, Air Play, flashlight, timer, calculator, and camera. Control Center can be accessed from the lock screen.
iOS 7 has improved notification center a lot. Notification Center now can be accessed from the lock screen. Notification Center now has three tabs which are today, all, and missed. The today tab starts with the date, then a brief sentence on the temperature, then your next calendar event, then your calendar for the day, then stocks, and lastly you have a brief summary of your calendar events tomorrow. Receiving notifications has also changed. The alert is not transparent anymore. The notification that you see at the top of the screen now has a reply button.
iOS 7 introduces multitasking. Now the view of when you double-click the home button twice is much different. You can see the view of the app in Multitasking.
iOS 7 changes the look of Siri. Now it looks way better as you can see below. Siri shows sound waves as you talk. Siri has also been updated with many more answers so that Siri is much more useful.
iOS 7 brings AirDrop to iOS devices. AirDrop has been on the Mac but now it has finally come to iOS devices. AirDrop lets you share files over Bluetooth. Sharing files has never been easier. You can share the same file with many people at once if the devices are in your device’s Bluetooth range.
iOS 7 also introduces a new camera app. It is now four cameras embedded into one. It includes the video camera. the photo camera, the square camera, and the panoramic camera. You can switch through these cameras by scrolling through them. The new camera app also has nine different camera filters.
The weather app has also got a whole new look. It now has a picture of the weather in the background. These pictures are also animated.
Safari has changed a lot. Safari has faster and smoother scrolling. Safari also has full screen view now too. Safari also has a reading list so you can see webpages that are in your reading list when you are offline. Safari also has shared links, now you can share your links. Safari also has unlimited tabs that you can open. The way that you look through the tabs is beautiful.
The photos app in iOS 7 has changed a lot. You may not remember where did you take the photo, but iOS does. With location services iOS will remember where did you take the photo and will sort the photos.
The messages app has a whole new look. It looks amazing. It has a flat design just like the other apps.
The mail app’s look is also amazing. It also has the flat design. If you swipe on an email, then you can delete it. This is very helpful for cleaning up your inbox.
iOS 7 has a whole new music app. The music app has a beautiful now playing screen and it has iTunes Radio embedded into it. iTunes Radio is amazing. You can select a song and make iTunes radio play songs similar to that song. Or if you don’t like that song, then iTunes Radio will not play similar songs. iTunes Radio always will remember this. Over time iTunes Radio understands what songs do you like and will only play songs that you will like.
The new phone app looks beautiful. It has call, message, and face time blocking.
The lock screen now has an invisible slider
The home screen is amazing. As you tilt the device, the apps move with the tilt. In folders, now you can have unlimited apps. Also now you can lock the rotation in iPhone now too.
iOS 7 in the car is amazing. You can receive a text, dictate the reply, get directions, play a song, and call somebody or receive a phone call eyes free and on the screen in your car. All of the car models in the picture below are agreeing to add iOS in the car in their 2014 models.
Monday, February 10, 2014
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