So here are the results of my initial benchmark tests. The new iPad on LTE is faster than my new home Fibe 25.
iPad 2 3G – 5.78 Mbs download, 0.62 Mbs upload.
Bell Home Fibe 12 – 11.72 Mbs download, 0.65 MBs upload.
Bell Home Fibe 25 – 23.67 Mbs download, 7.14 Mbs upload.
iPad LTE 4G – 45.24 Mbs download, 4.10 Mbs
We here at iT Guy Technologies don’t carry the iPad ourselves.
The best way to get one if need one ASAP is to order it online (or call Apple Sales Hotline: 1-888-314-2525). I ordered one myself the day it was announce and it should arrive in a day or so (we had it engraved).
The iPad 3 (TriPad) are:
16 GB $519
32 GB $619
64 GB $719
16 GB w/4G $649
32 GB w/4G $749
64 GB w/4G $849
iPad 2
16GB $419
16GB w/3G $549
There are also refurbished iPads available from Apple.
Apple Sales Hotline: 1-888-314-2525
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If you find that your iPhone sounds are too loud, there is a workaround. Normally using the volume control buttons only adjust the ringer volume and has no affect on the “system sounds”. So if the internal volume is too high alerts will be annoying – for instance when you receive a text message alert or unlock the iPhone.
To fix it, open the iPod or Music app (formally iPod before iOS 5) and play some music through the speaker. No matter what the volume is currently set at, make a small adjustment. The system volume will be set to this new setting.
Must be a bug or an over site in Apple’s design, because as far as I know there is no other way to adjust the internal sounds volume. Perhaps some game you were playing boosted the sound (Bad developer! Bad!)
Beware of a phishing attempt to steal your Apple ID and passwords. An email that appears to come from Apple that says they are having a problem with your account. Apple would never ask you for your password in an email. The URL included takes you to and offer a Free Cheesecake Factory Coupons.
As a developer of iOS apps I regularly check the reviews on iTunes and App Store to get a sense of how apps are received. Fortunately my publisher client is not tied to adversing to produce their content – not to say that they wouldn’t enjoy advertising dollars but rather they see the iPad platform as a new medium for their message. What I do find troubling is that the new apps on the App Store are being blasted by negative reviews. This needs to be addressed because there is no way for a developer to rebut a bad review or to have a bad review removed.
Users are seeing the Newsstand Apps on the App Store, in iTunes and on their devices as free. However if they read the description – admittedly kind of hidden in the app’s description – they would find that most Newsstand Apps support paid content issues and subscriptions. The blame of this belongs to Apple and NOT the developers. The App store lists the price of the main app but does not display the cost of the subscriptions upfront, where it would be easier for users to find.
The other problem lies with the whole rating system that Apple provides. We have had over 50,000 apps downloaded and yet we have had less than 50 reviews of all of our apps. We’ve published about 25 apps among various clients. So the returns on the review process is pathetic and does not reflect what users think of your apps. The only measurable mechanism seems to be if users update the app as revisions are published. Also if you host some content on your web servers, statistics can be collect to indicate the use and repeated use of the apps.
New users do read the reviews and make decisions about whether to download an app. Negative reviews don’t help this cause. Most developers are small independent developers and very few are the actual mega publishers like Conde Nast. So the income generated from apps and development in general is meagre. It often barely covers the actual cost to develop apps. So please think twice before reviewing an app. The most valuable thing you can do is give a positive review of an app. The average developer is that guy sitting next to you on the bus. So if you like an app give it a positive review. This goes a long way to bolstering the developers confidence and supports the futire development of more apps.
The internet was started at the grass roots level and so in fact the whole personal computer industry. If users hadn’t spread the positive word about the original Apple computer then Steve Jobs and Steve Woszniak would not have succeeded – there would be no iPhone or iPad for you to read this story on your iPad.
Apple will eventually fix the problem with Newsstand 1.0. So in the meantime, read the apps description before you download it – caveat emptor applies to free apps as well. Sure if the app is craptastic go ahead and blast it but don’t write a negative review because someone is trying to make an honest buck.
Oh! There is one more thing…
Greeted by a standing ovation, Steve Jobs took to the stage at the annual Apple WWDC 2011 to lead the keynote on June 6, 2011. The weeklong Apple Worldwide Developers Conference takes place in San Francisco’s Moscone Center and is main platform for Apple to make new product announcements to a gathering of 5,200 developers, 1000 Apple engineers and VIP guests. This year Apple spoke about three new software products to enhance their hardware lines. The upcoming Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 aka Lion, the next iOS for it’s industry transforming hand held devices and the introduction, for most of us, to iCloud – which will transform how we work with, share and store or data, photos and music.
Steve Jobs, iCEO currently on medical leave from Apple, handed the task of introducing the new operating systems to his VPs, Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall. Schiller began with the Mac’s growth of the past few years pointing out that the Macs market had grown while the PC market actually shrank. He then went on to highlight the top ten, 250 new features in the Lion OS for Mac.
Building on the multitouch gestures available on all Macs, users can get a physical reaction to their work on the screen. Using pinch and swipe gestures users can zoom in and out and flick between photos, pages and even between apps. Having learned from the iOS devices, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is doing away with user interface and give users full screen apps.
Also borrowing from iOS is the Mac App Store, applications bought on the App Store are available across all devices connected to your Apple ID. The Launch Pad app brings iOS look and feel to the desktop with its iPad-like presentation of all applications. Apple is also doing away with file management chores, like saving and backing up by automating the process. Additionally, Versions will allow users to keep previous incarnations of working documents. Applications will resume where the user left off re-opening documents, tool pallets and even highlighting selected text if that’s how the user left the app. Apple will provide even easier Peer to Peer networking and file sharing further enhancing the Mac’s legendary ease of use. The most phenomenal aspect of the aspect is that Lion will be available for $29 USD.
Scott Forstall then presented the top ten features iOS 5. One of most notable is that notifications are moved to the Notifications Center app. Currently notifications disrupt the operation of the iOS devices. Users cannot hang up a phone call if a notification opens during the call. In iOS 5, notifications simply pop in and auto-dismiss to the Notification Center for later follow up. Apple is also cutting the tether between the PC and the iOS devices so that updates can happen “over the air” using Wi-Fi and iOS devices will be able to be set up without first connecting to a Mac or a PC. Another highlight is that the Camera app is now accessible from the lock screen so users can immediately capture an image. Additionally the “volume up” button can be used as the shutter making captures even more convenient. Forstall joked that users can “turn the volume up by pressing the shutter button.”
Perhaps the most significant announcement was saved for Steve Jobs – the iCloud service that will be available for free to users of all iOS and Mac devices. Ushering in the post-PC era Apple has demoted the PC as the center of the “digital hub” that they introduced ten years ago. Now that user’s devices have changed trying to sync across all of them is crazy making. iCloud accounts will allow users to automatically sync, contacts, calendars, as well as documents between their devices. Building on the new features of Lion and iOS the iCloud service seamlessly connects and tracks users purchases and creates 5GB of space for data and automated backups.
Oh and there was one more thing. iTunes Match and iCloud adds an unprecedented feature for $29/year. Apple will automatically upgrade user’s own ripped music to a higher quality AAC 256 Kbps versions. This is a really interesting feature an perhaps will calm the nerves of the record industry as they will get something for content that otherwise is uncontrollable. iCloud automated syncing, backups and document storage could be the salvation of user’s data or could increase the costs of internet services in general. iCloud’s success could be a great boon to Apple as it will increase sales of hardware and could change they way the market deals with cloud services.
iWork productivity applications are now available for iPhone and iPod touch, as well as iPad.
Keynote, Pages, and Numbers allow you to create and share stunning presentations, beautifully formatted documents, and powerful spreadsheets on the go, using Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch interface.
All three iWork apps are available on the App Store for $9.99 each. Existing iWork for iPad customers can download them as a free update.
The new iMac features next-generation quad-core processors and the fastest graphics ever in an all-in-one computer. It also brings Thunderbolt I/O technology to the desktop for lightning-fast data transfer. And a new FaceTime HD camera lets you make full-screen HD video calls.* All from a beautiful widescreen LED-backlit display that takes up just a sliver of your desk. It’s everything you want in a desktop. Now more powerful, more advanced, and even more incredible than before.
*FaceTime requires a FaceTime-enabled iOS device with a Wi-Fi connection or a FaceTime-enabled Mac with an Internet connection and FaceTime for Mac software (may require separate purchase). Not available in all areas.
Key Features
Why Mac
The new iMac is the ultimate all-in-one computer. Its Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors feature an advanced architecture and set new benchmarks for iMac performance. And fast discrete graphics processors now come standard in every iMac. The 21.5-inch and 27-inch widescreen displays are perfect for HD video, and the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse keep your desktop tidy.
Key Features
Why Mac
Pricing
Coming is August – the 2010 Mac Pro.
Choose your cores: 4, 6, 8, or 12.
The new Mac Pro offers two advanced processor options from Intel. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem†processor is available in a single-processor, quad-core configuration at speeds up to 3.2GHz. For even greater speed and power, choose the “Westmere†series, Intel’s next-generation processor based on its latest 32-nm process technology. â€Westmere†is available in both quad-core and 6-core versions, and the Mac Pro comes with either one or two processors. Which means that you can have a 6-core Mac Pro at 3.33GHz, an 8-core system at 2.4GHz, or, to max out your performance, a 12-core system at up to 2.93GHz.
Even faster standard graphics.
All-new high-performance graphics cards from AMD make Mac Pro graphics technology faster than ever before. Perfect for motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering, or animation, the ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory comes standard. It not only provides faster performance compared to previous Mac Pro standard graphics cards — it’s also faster than the top-of-the-line graphics cards in the previous generation.
Massive storage.
The Mac Pro comes with four 3.5-inch drive bays for an enormous amount of internal storage — up to 8TB when you install four 2TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives.1 Each bay provides its own independent 3Gb/s channel for fast access to data. And thanks to the cable-free, direct-attach installation system, adding (or replacing) hard drives is a surprisingly simple process.
Choose solid-state for ultimate performance.
New to the Mac Pro is the option to add up to four 512GB solid-state drives — or any combination of solid-state and hard drives.2 Solid-state drives have no moving parts and are capable of accessing data at speeds up to 230MB per second, which is up to twice the speed of hard drives. The result? Incredible performance on a range of data-intensive tasks, including up to 2x faster ProRes video encoding using solid-state drives compared with hard drives.
Expansion made easy.
The easy-access interior of the Mac Pro feels like the well-organized workstation it is. No rat’s nest of components here. You don’t need to turn the system on its side or struggle to reach into awkward spaces to make changes. Just remove the side panel for instant access to everything. Slide out the processor tray to add memory. Slide out drive bays to add storage. Slide a simple bar to change up to four expansion cards at once. And with plenty of I/O ports both front and back, you’ll have room for all your external devices
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