Apple Releases iPhoto 9.2.1!
Other January 27th, 2012
Apple has just released an update to iPhoto boosting it up to v.9.2.1!
What’s New in iPhoto 9.2.1
- Addresses an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly on Macs with the 3ivxVideoCodec plug-in installed
This update weighs at 357.18MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 or 10.7.2!
iPhone best travel apps
Cell phones, Featured January 27th, 2012
For those who are traveling more than once a year, Apple and its fans developed a series of travel applications which are very useful and powerful. thanks to them, those who love to take a trip will have a new reason to buy for themselves this fantastic gadget. The best travel applications designed for iPhone are:
Travel Tracker with Trip It. Even if to acquire this application is pretty expensive, its price going up to 80 dollars on Apple Store, there are a lot of advantages to have it. It has a lot of implemented features, including the keeping of the past trips. Produced by the Silverware, a well-known company, the Travel Tracker application can get live flight status plus download and upload to Trip It directly to your iPhone.
For those who prefer something more faster and simpler, you can use only Trip It. But those who compared both applications said that to use them together is a great and useful experience. using only this one you won’t be able anymore easily forward an itinerary or do many other things that Travel Tracker does so well.
To find an essential place directly from your iPhone, you can use Around Me app, which also comes for free. You can easily find that essential latte, or a local equivalent and other conveniences like ATM/ banks, restaurants, pharmacies, retailers.
Even if it so simple, one of the best application that can be used by the iPhone users who are traveling a lot is the commonly The Weather Channel, which fortunately is for free.
Those three applications works also on iPhone 4 and are indispensable for anybody who needs to travel a lot.
Tags: iPhone 4 apps, travel
Touch Technology using both Finger and stylus – Manual Deskterity
Featured January 26th, 2012
There have been so many advancements happening each day. A new multi touch technology, which is known as Manual Deskterity. According to this technology, both stylus pen and the finger can be used as an input for manipulating simultaneously any kind of objects on the screen. To explain it better, you have the option of using several gestures utilizing your fingers and while doing this the stylus can also be used for editing, taking notes, cropping photographs etc. As a result of this, the touch screen is being used in a more natural way. At present this particular technology is at in its prototype stage.
Apple to ship OS X Lion on July 14th
Other January 26th, 2012
Earlier today, Apple seeded out their GM version of OS X Lion to developers. The Golden Master stage means that this is the version that the public will get their hands on of OS X Lion. You can Read More on the GM version of OS X Lion here. Click the “Read More” button below to find out more on when OS X Lion is going to be released to the public.
We have been told by reliable sources that Apple is ready to release OS X Lion on July 14th. This release will be on the Mac App Store retailing for $29.99 along with the OS X Lion server for $49.99. This July 14th release date also represents that the new rumored Macbook Air that is also set to be released on July 14th to come with OS X Lion built in. We can not confirm that the new Macbook Airs will be released alongside Lion but it makes total sense as Apple has always demoed or marketed OS X Lion on/with the Macbook Airs.
9to5mac stated that this release date can be of later of July due to late minute bugs. They also stated that this happened to iOS 4.2 last year. Apple ended up pushing multiple Golden Master versions of iOS 4.2 due to bugs until it was perfect for it to be released to the public.
The iPhone 4 antenna. Reception problem
Cell phones, Headline January 25th, 2012
All of you heard about iPhone 4, is the most recent and popular smartphone produced by Apple and all iPhone lovers has buy it. But the iPhone 4 has a reception problem, it will reduced if the user holds it in a certain way. So thats a big minus for the brand but Apple said that the problem will be solved in a “few weeks”, so we still wait for that.
Here is the letter from Apple which make reffer to the iPhone 4 antenna:
Dear iPhone 4 Users,
The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.
To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.
At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.
To fix this, we are adopting AT&T’s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone’s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.
We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.
We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.
As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.
We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.
Thank you for your patience and support.
Tags: iphone 4, iphone 4 antenna, iphone 4 reception problem
