This is all a bit unusual, but it would appear that photos have leaked out of what is claimed to be a production like for the iPad 3 Retina Display.
Apple is reportedly working on new ways to detect liquid damage in its devices, with an aim to cut down on the number of false warranty claims that are made by its customers.
The Mac App Store is still in its infancy when compared to its older brother, the iOS App Store. Opened officially in January 2011, it celebrated its first birthday last month and has been an extremely successful outlet for Apple in those twelve months. The Mac App Store offers digital downloads of software in similar fashion to the iOS application outlet but contains software designed and developed for machines running Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later.
With the rumors still holding strong that the iPad 3 announcement event will happen on March 7th, the tension and excitement surrounding the proposed design and technical specifications of the new tablet is growing ever stronger. We all know that Apple product announcements are big news, but with the iPad growing in stature and popularity, the public attention for this launch is set to be at an all time high.
Of all the features of iOS hitherto, the Notes app has remained largely untouched, making for a nice, simple – if a little under-featured – note-taking utility.
When the iPhone 4 went on sale in June 2010, it appeared to be yet another flawless piece of engineering from the Apple design teams. The previous three releases had all featured a similar design to one another with the iPhone 3G and 3GS being practically identical. The iPhone 4 made a break away from the tried and tested iPhone form and featured an entirely new and beautiful design which comprised of two panels of hardened aluminosilicate glass and an uninsulated stainless steel frame.
The official iOS App Store has been open for business since July 2008, and in that time, it has passed a number of significant milestones including breaching the 100,000 available applications mark as well as dishing out billions of dollars to developers in the last four years. The popularity of the App Store has considered to grow as it gets older, with thousands of registered developers around the world submitting more and more free and commercial applications on a daily basis.
There has been much talk over the last couple of months regarding Apple's next tablet offering, in particular whether it will finally pack an uber-sharp Retina display.
Samsung chose the biggest advertising day of the year in the United States to debut their Apple mocking, Samsung Galaxy Note commercial which aired for the first time during Super Bowl XLVI. The commercial, which featured a number of blatant attacks toward Apple, featured possibly an ageing British rock band as well as quite possibly the biggest mobile phone I have ever seen, which even comes with a stylus. Yes, 2012 and Samsung are releasing top of the range smartphones with a pen.
Yesterday turned out to be a very interesting day in the world of Apple, with the company blind-siding the majority of Mac users and announcing the release of Mountain Lion, which is the latest iteration of OS X, and is set to be launched in the summer. The new OS is a continuation in the development of OS X and gives the most clear indication yet that the company is heading down the route of fusing OS X and iOS together.
