Apple has issued invitations to their upcoming media event entitled “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it”. As previously rumored, it will be held at 10:00AM Pacific time, on September 9th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. This has been the location of many September media events in the past, and is no exception this year.
There have been rumors suggesting that we should expect camera equipped iPods to be announced, with the unlikely possibility of the rumored Apple tablet being introduced.
What do you think Apple will introduce at this event? Leave a comment!
Gizmodo is reporting that Apple is currently working on more than the previously rumored 10-inch tablet. In addition to the 10-inch model there would also be 13, and 15-inch models. The same “100% reliable” source that provided this information also claims that one of the devices would run a full version of Mac OS X.
This source claims that the two touchscreen prototypes — made of aluminum, but on the shape of big iPhones — were in a factory in Shenzuen, China. One of them “was running Mac OS X 10.5.” When I asked, the source didn’t know if these were built for demonstration purposes, or if they were preproduction units. The company has a tight relation with Apple but “it’s not FoxConn.”
Ok, now it’s time for me to punch holes in this rumor.
First off, Apple only releases one version of a device at at time. There was only one version of the iPod from 2001-2004, and there is still only one version of the iPhone, but with multiple storage capacities of course. One could argue that Apple has released multiple sized notebooks at one time, but even then they are not launched with a mishmash of operating systems. Apple has one operating system for each of it’s product categories. Mac OS X for it’s computers, iPhone OS X for it’s iPhone and iPod Touch lines.
In short, this rumor is claiming Apple is going to dump several sizes of this mythical tablet on the market at once, with multiple operating systems. This something Microsoft would do, not Apple.
Mock-up courtesy of htootayzar.com.
Engadget is reporting that China Unicom has released a press statement officially announcing a 3 year Apple-China Unicom agreement. This announcement means the iPhone can now be sold in China, the largest mobile phone market in the world.
On 28 August, the Company and Apple reached a three-year agreement for the Company to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009. This will provide users with brand new communication and information experience.
Few other details were released about the deal, especially wether the iPhone will have certain restrictions, such as no wifi capabilities, as has been previously rumored.
What an exciting day for Apple, both the release of Snow Leopard and an announcement that they have a foot in the door to the biggest mobile phone market on the planet.
Snow Leopard is now available for purchase. You can purchase a single user copy of Snow Leopard for $29, a family pack for $49, and if you bought a Mac after June 8th, 2009 you are eligible to purchase Snow Leopard for $9.95 through Apple’s Up-to-date program.
Did you order Snow Leopard? Are you going to order Snow Leopard? Tell us what you think by leaving a comment!
Apple has released this support document outlining what applications are known to be incompatible with Snow Leopard, and which applications simply won’t launch in Snow Leopard.
Software restricted during installation and migration
During installation, Snow Leopard moves known-incompatible software to a folder named Incompatible Software at the root level of the hard drive. If you see this folder on your Mac, use the table below to check with the software vendor to see if any Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard-compatible updates are available.
Some of the know incompatible software titles include. Parallels v 2.5 and earlier, Norton Antivirus v11.0, and At&T Laptop Connect Card v 1.0.4,1.0.5,1.10.0, just to name the large developers. Most of the applications that are incompatible with Snow Leopard seem to be from relatively unheard of software developers.
Software restricted from opening
After installation if you try to open (“launch”) software known to quit unexpectedly, Snow Leopard will prevent the application from opening and you will receive a dialog notifying you of the incompatibility. If you see such a dialog on your Mac, use the table below, then check with the software vendor to see if any Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard-compatible updates are available.
Some of the big name applications that will not launch in Snow Leopard include: Parallels Desktop v3.0, Ratatouille v1.1, Aperture v2.1.1 and earlier, and Keynote 4.2.5. This apps will not even launch in Snow Leopard, so don’t bother. Personally I’m kinda surprised these apps don’t run, especially some of the Apple apps.
Apple’s Pro photo editing and management software, Aperture, has received an update, bringing the version number to 2.1.4. The update is 213MB in size and fixes the following:
– Addresses an issue from Aperture 2.1.3 that prevented the “Do not import duplicates” option in the import window to properly detect and filter out duplicate photos.
– Addresses an issue that caused JPEG images to be compressed when uploading photos to MobileMe, even when the “Actual Size Images” option was selected.
– Addresses an issue that could cause dust jackets to render incorrectly when switching between the softcover and hardcover options with the Stock Book theme.
This update is available from Software Update or you can manually download it here.
DigiTimes is reporting that Apple has contracted OmniVision to supply them 3.2 megapixel cameras for upcoming iPod models. We’ve heard other similar reports claiming that Apple will equip the next-gen iPod touch, and Nano with cameras. This is however, the first time we have heard of the iPod Classic also receiving a camera.
OmniVision has secured CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for upcoming Apple iPods, according to market sources.
OmniVision will be the sole supplier of 3.2-megapixel CIS products for new iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod Touch models which will be launched in September, the sources indicated.
Although no official date has been set by Apple, we have reason to believe this year’s music media event will be held on September 9th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
I say the iPod Touch gets a camera, the other iPods don’t.
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is redesigning the MacBook. The redesign would change both the exterior and interior of the notebook, making it look more modern while rebuilding the internals.
People familiar with Cupertino-based company’s plans say the 13-inch portables are presently undergoing an industrial design overhaul that will see them reemerge in the coming months with a slimmer, lighter enclosure and restructured internal architecture to boot.
Though details are few and far between, Apple is expected to achieve these markdowns through largely existing tactics, such as using lower-end components and previous-generation Core 2 Duo chips and architectures from Intel Corp. Battery life should receive a boost from cutting-edge technology that recently found its way into the company’s other notebook offerings, while high-end legacy features like FireWire connectivity are likely to be sacrificed in the tradeoff.
The Mac Security Blog is claiming to have received reports of a antivirus or antimalware features built into Snow Leopard.
They go onto explain that details are scarce, but the included screenshot shows a Safari user attempting to download a malware file. This of course raises questions of Mac security, and how serious Apple is taking any possible threats.
Personally, I think it’s a fake. If this was an included feature one would think Apple would have at least briefly mentioned it in their Snow Leopard features page. There isn’t even a “new security feature” or anything else ambiguous that might mean this feature is included in this release. We’ll just have to wait and see if I’m wrong when Snow Leopard launch this Friday.
Image courtesy of The Mac Security Blog.
Last week I explained how you can use the beta version of Safari 4 in order to have your tab bar at the top of your web browsing window. Another browser that has the same feature, plus a number of other ones unseen in other browsers, is Google Crome.
Chrome's minimal interface on Leopard
By looking at the Google Chrome website it would seem that the browser is only available as a download for Windows, but contrary to what the site might make you think, it is not hard to download the OS X version of Chrome. To use it, you need to get the “developer release,” which is available for download from Google here. Although the release is really intended for developers, there’s no reason why most people couldn’t use it for their regular browsing.
But, since it is a developer release, you will notice that a few things aren’t completely finished. At this point in development the browser is slightly lacking in plug-ins. The current release doesn’t include:
- support for Java applets
- support for QuickTime movies
- a built-in PDF reader
Two other drawbacks to be noted are that printing does not work at all, and many of the advanced preferences are disabled. But aside from that, this release of Chrome is extremely fast and very stable. It launches almost instantly, and it’s multi-process architecture means that a crash caused by one tab won’t affect the browser or any other tabs you have open.
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