Posts Tagged ‘WWDC’
OS 10.7 Cometh
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Happy Monday, everybody. Now that another WWDC is come and gone and the bloggers and technophiles are lighting up the internets with their opinions, let’s review some of the high and low points of the upcoming OS 10.7 release.
Pro: The latest and presumably best iteration is going to be $29.99, which is a heckuva lot cheaper than expected.
Con: As indicated so far, there will be no hard copy or physical media version available. So you can’t burn the .dmg onto a disk or transfer it to your USB drive.
Pro: Because Lion is only available through the App Store, you can download it once with your iTunes account/Apple ID and then install on all your authorized machines without paying any additional charges.
Con: This means you have to register for an Apple ID and therefore be subject to future assaults on your consumer nature by Apple trying to sell you the new single featured on this weeks episode of Glee.
Pro: Improved multi-touch gestures which, despite Steve Jobs’ insistence that they’re not developing touch-screen personal computers aside from portable devices, seems to suggest that we’re headed in that direction. With the success of the iPad and iPhone and Mac OS performing more like iOS with each update, why not believe that notebooks of the future will basically be faster, more powerful iPads with built-in keyboards?
Con: if you don’t own an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch already, you’re probably going to have some adjustments to make in your understanding of how Mac OS works. So get ready. Mission Control, Launchpad and the Full Screen Applications features are a good way to put your toe in the water.
Pro: Airdrop. One more step in the fight against data loss.
Con: Again, no physical media, so you have to hear nerdy software engineers and programmers complain until OSXI comes out.
If you didn’t catch the conference, it’s worth going back and checking it out. The fact that Apple let everyone know exactly what was going to be announced ahead of time and what wasn’t going to be (*cough* iPhone 5 *cough*) created a different climate than the typical top secret guess-fest that WWDC usually takes on. Keep your ears open for release dates on 10.7 and the new iPhone, and have a great week friends.
Apple news. And baseball.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Hello again, everyone! It’s been a while, I know. But like Brian said, it’s been crazy busy here for the last few weeks. Now that doesn’t mean we don’t have time to take care of you, so keep sending your Apple gear and we’ll keep turning it around faster than anyone in the business. Did you take advantage of the coupon from Brian’s last post? I’m not using a coupon for anything, but I watched that video a few times. When your team has been the punch line of all of Major League Baseball for the better part of two decades, it’s nice to see some glimpse of progress. Sure, it’s only three weeks in, but the perennial basement-dwelling royals are tied for second in the American League, and that’s worth something. We’re all just hoping they can put off the choking and ten-game losing streaks as long as possible.
Onto Apple matters. Two big pieces of news today. First, apple.com has shortened the ship time for iPads purchased online. Hooray. So if you live more than a 1-2 weeks drive to your nearest Apple store, you can now get one conveniently delivered to your doorstep in record time. More importantly, it sounds like the iPhone 5 will be shipping by September at the latest. Look for the announcement at June’s WWDC, along with big developments in iOS and OS 10.7.
10.7 Lion. Coincidence? Rawr.
With the hints that 10.7 is going to run more like the iPad’s iOS, does that mean touch-screen MacBooks and MacBook Pros are on the horizon? Could be. We may find out in about six weeks. Enjoy your week, everyone. Watch some baseball. Go Blue.
Wowwy! What an iPad!
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
There’s not much for me to say here. Just take a look at this iPad that was sent to us for one of our Free iPad Diagnostic Services. Of all the iPads we have repaired since its release, nothing even comes close to the damage inflicted on this iPad. It looks like it was put on the racetrack here at Kansas Speedway and left there for an entire race! Ouch.
Luckily, after a thorough examination to determine what needs to be replaced in the iPad, one of our iPad techs was able to repair the device. We had to replace the digitizer, lcd, and backplate. Of course, this was all done within 24 hours once we received an approval on our ultra-low repair price (this was the 32GB version so the replacement price would have been $599 plus tax). The owner even allowed us to take a couple of pictures and blog about the repair. Now it looks good as new. Just take a look at repaired product below.
We are proud to show you that we can take an iPad that is in such a horrible condition and restore it to look good as new for much cheaper than it would cost to buy another iPad outright. Take a look at our iPad Repair Services to find the repair you need. And as always, while you’re here, you should check out our other repair services: iPod Repair, iPhone Repair, Apple Notebook Repair, and Sony PSP Repair. Right on.
(Edit June 14, 2010)
After repairing this iPad and sending it back to the customer, we decided to give him a call to check in and see how things were going. And guess what! He told us the whole story behind this busted iPad and encouraged us to share it with the world!! So how did this iPad get broken? I figured the best way to tell this story is…..by telling a story!! Here goes:
This is a story of a man, his wife, and an iPad.
This couple took a trip down to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, and the husband, addicted to his iPad, brings it with him.
After a few nights of fun, the wife gets ticked off that her husband is constantly using the iPad. After a few, no a lot of drinks, the wife is finally fed up with her husband and begins to smash the iPad on the ceramic tile floor repeatedly then begins to jump on it over and over and over while the husband is out. Little does the husband know when he walks into the room that this is going on. Oh the horror. His wife, clearly ticked off and inebriated just destroyed his pride and joy!
Here’s the kicker, later on that night the wife decides that she wants to play with the iPad and is upset at herself because of what she just did. Oh the bitter irony.
And so the story is told. Folks, there is a lesson behind this. If your loving spouse is fed up with the amount of time you spend on the iPad, never leave it alone with them!!
So, in my friend Eric’s words, HUZAH!!!!
Till next time,
It’s Developer’s Conference Day!
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Ah, yes. It’s that day once again. It’s been nice to have the quarterly updates and see the release of “revolutionary” new devices like the iPad over the last twelve months, but the June WWDC is officially the happiest day in the world of the Apple geek. I’m sure you’ve heard all the rumors, but let’s briefly review before Captain Jobs unleashes his keynote on us later today. Things you can expect to hear about today:
1. iPhone OS 4. Steve should dedicate a fair amount of time to the innovations of the latest iPhone firmware, and users have been clamoring for it for a while. Sounds like there will be some interesting new dynamics to how the iPhone will work, if the buzz is accurate. Could be fairly radical.
2. New devices! I know what everyone is excited about- that new wireless multi-touch trackpad thing! It could make the Wacom tab obsolete! And it looks like the wireless keyboard! Ok, ok. It’s kind of cool, but it’s barely a blip on the new device radar. Everyone knows there’s going to be big news about the fourth generation iPhone today. Based on the photos that Jason “#1 Most Wanted” Chen posted on Gizmodo, it’s definitely a development to get pumped about. The sleekest iPhone yet, this fourth iteration is already a welcome addition to the lineup thanks to so much internet hype and controversy. Plus THERE’S A CAMERA ON THE FRONT. Remember in Back to the Future II when Needles showed up on the TV phone and taunted Marty into making an illegal transaction and it was totally inconceivable that we’d one day have video phones and could see the people we talk to? Welcome to the future, friends. We’re five years ahead of schedule with the iPhone, but we still don’t have flying cars. This is heavy.
3. Other stuff. Possible but unlikely mention of Mac OS 10.7, a cloud-based iTunes to replace the beloved Lala.com, and an upgrade to the Mac Mini and Apple TV. Yippee, Steve. Now talk more about the new iPhone.
Be sure to log onto Engadget or MacRumors and follow along today at 10AM PST. Until next week, my friends.
Apple’s Going Places.
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Well well well. It has been quite the busy few weeks in Cupertino. Apple has been picking up properties like a game of Monopoly, no legal inferences implied. They’re all over the telecommunications and software programming world, acquiring companies big and small like the corporate giant that they are. Quattro Wireless and Siri are two of the more significant properties that are now under the Apple umbrella, and it seems that Apple’s position in the business world right now will grow these companies exponentially; there are rumors that Apple may be exploring other wide-scope media acquisitions soon. It seems only a matter of time before they have a radio and television presence as well. Maybe eventually you can have your very own robot Steve Jobs in your home. Creepy and awesome.
In December Apple also acquired Lala Media, owners of lala.com. This is a move we here at iResQ have mixed feelings about. First, it seems that Apple will release a web-based version of iTunes that functions like Lala at some point in the relatively near future, which is awesome. Unfortunately in the meantime, however, Lala is shutting down at the end of this month, which is sad. If you’re not familiar with how Lala works, sorry. You can’t check it out now because they’re not taking any new users. In essence it stores your iTunes library online so you don’t have to. And the tracks are cheaper. And you can listen to anything once for free before you buy it. So you see why this is disappointing. That is, until iTunes goes live online. Keep your fingers crossed.
Bigger news yet: Apple already sold 1 million iPads. They announced it Monday. Pow. And the biggest news of all: Apple is now officially the largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the U.S., surpassing Motorola for the first time this last quarter. And if those photos of the lost gen4 iPhone are legit, they won’t be losing their place this year.
Well, friends, stay tuned for more news as we get closer and closer to next month’s WWDC. Until then.
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