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The GM for the new iOS4 was released at the WWDC keynote on monday. Now this was great news for developers and what is even better for the rest of us is that GM is meant to work without UDID activation. However you do need the iTunes 9.2 Beta which is only for Mac so sorry to all those windows users.
Go over to GumballTech to find out more.
See that? That's right. iWork on the iPhone and this screen shot confirms it. Stuart Miles at Pocket-lint spotted this in one of the iPhone 4 screen shots. It says "Open in 'Keynote" while viewing an attachment in Mail. Now this should work like the version on the iPad. You an attachment in the mail, and if you have iWork installed you can open it in the iWork suite. However, this has been replaced by a shot saying "Open in iBooks." Well this means that the iWork Suite should make its way across the iOS 4 devices. We will probably hear about this closer to the public iOS 4 launch on June 21st
Source: Engadget
Today, just after the WWDC keynote, the newest version of Apple's webKit browser Safari has been released for the masses. Earlier today a press release was published You can download the new Safari here.
Apple's new Bumpers are one of the new accessories for the new iPhone 4 that will be available on June 24. Bumpers are made out of rubber and molded plastic and come in six different and vibrant colors - white, black, blue, green, orange and pink. It's not clear if the Bumpers only cover around the iPhone 4 or will also protect the back. There are cut outs for the metal buttons all around. No price announced yet.
Update: Price was announced, $29.
Well this year's WWDC was very entertaining. Alike the Google I/O conference, the keynote was plagued by technical difficulties. Including the WiFi not working which made Steve make everybody turn off their Wifi. Even though we did not see any updates to the Mac Pro, Mac Mini, Apple TV or the iTunes streaming service, they did announce (to nobody's surprise) the new iPhone: Dubbed the iPhone 4. And that was what this keynote was all about.
Any way lets start from the beggining. At 10:01 PST Steve Jobs got out on stage at the keynote of WWDC. So Steve starts talking about the iPad and how successful it has been. The main facts include that one sold every 3 seconds and there are 8500 iPad apps in the app store. So then he starts to talk about iBooks, and that it has 22% of the eBook market and 5m books downloaded in the first 65 days. Also there is a new feature in iBooks. A PDF reader.
So with that stuff out of the way, Steve talks about the iPhone app store and how it has over 225,000 apps and that there is a 95% apps approved. After, Steve invites up CEOs of several companies to announce their iPhone apps. These include Netflix, Activision and Zynga who make FarmVille. So that means there is going to be an iPhone Netflix app, a Guitar Hero app and a FarmVille for iPhone.
Then Steve talks about how the iPhone has 3 times amount of Market share than Android with 28% of US market share.
However this is when Steve talks about the new iPhone. iPhone 4. And Steve says that the iPhone is "the biggest leap since the original iPhone." So lets go over the main features
It will have up to 32Gb of storage.So then Steve just goes over iPhone OS 4 which is now named iOS4 because the iPad also runs the software. Also he then talks about iAds.
Then, there is one more thing. Video Chat (To much applause). Steve called Jony Ive on stage with the front-facing camera.
Facetime is only from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 and only on WiFi. However Steve said that they are working with Carriers for 2011 3G facetime. Yes he said "Carriers."
So what will this cost?
Well it will be $199 for the 16Gb model and $299 for the 32Gb. The same price as the 3GS. And a really good thing from AT&T is that if your contract ends in 2010, you're eligible for an iPhone 4 upgrade.
The iPhone 4 will be released on June 24th in US, UK Germany, France and Japan and the iOS4 will be released on June 21st.
See all the info on the new iPhone Here.
Engadget has received some leaked pictures of the new Apple multitouch Magic trackpad peripheral (official name not known yet). It looks like it's wireless and will connect via bluetooth to your iMac, Mac Pro or even your Macbook. The trackpad looks exactly like Apple's Wireless Keyboard except it has a multitouch pad of course and from the looks of it, it's most likely made out of smooth glass just like the current Macbook and Macbook Pro's. It's no doubt that Apple will officially release this new device at the WWDC keynote today, that will most likely be a huge success.
Source Engadget
Tomorrow, Steve Jobs will get up on stage at the keynote of WWDC and announce all the new products from Apple. Even though this year's WWDC has been sort of spoiled by the Gizmodo iPhone leak, it should be interesting to see what he will announce.
1) iPhone 4G/HD: If this doesn't get announced I'll eat my hat! This is almost certain to be announced. With the Gizmodo and vietnam leak this is going to be a sure bet that it will look like this. The main features supposed to be on the new iPhone is a front-facing camera, a higher resolution display, longer battery life, 1Ghz A4 processor, thinner profile and bigger storage.
2) Apple TV: This has goon a while with out an update so WWDC is a prime time for it. This also has had some leaks but this time from engadget. According to their source "think of an iPhone but without a screen." Also their source says that it will have the same internals as a the new iPhone, i.e the 1GHz processor, but only 16Gb of flash storage. However, it supposed to have cloud storage and streaming capabilities. Other features include 1080p output and an impressive price tag of only $99!
3) Mac Pro: Similar to the Apple TV, the Mac Pro has gone almost a year without an update. However this could be because Apple was waiting for the new 6-Core intel processors to put in the flagship model. This would mean that the Mac Pro could have up to 12-Cores!
4) Mac Mini: Alike the Apple TV and Mac Pro, the Mac mini has gone a while without an update. Not much to expect, except faster intel core 2 duo chips, more RAM, bigger hard drive and might be a little cheaper.
5) iTunes Music Streaming: Ever since Apple bought the music streaming service, Lala, there has been much speculation about a music streaming service from Apple. And with Apple shutting down the Lala servers on May 31st, WWDC would be the place it would be announced.
Even though there isn't a live video stream of the event, there are many places where you can get live text feeds. Here are some places you can find them.
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