Apple Silently Discountiues The iPod Classic

Apple has quitely killed-off its iconic click-wheel iPod Classic today following the announcement of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch devices today. The iPod Classic was the last legacy handheld device that used an internal mechanical hard drive, a 30-pin Dock Connector and Apple's iconic click-wheel, which was a favorite among music hoarders for its large 160GB storage capacity and $250 price tag. It's more than likely that we will see larger flash-based storage capacity iPods being introduced in the iPod touch and iPod nano lineup very soon. Currently, customers have the option of choosing between 16GB, 32GB and 64GB storage capacities for the iPod touch, and only 16GB for the 7th generation iPod nano.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Apple Introduces OS X Yosemite

A year after the release of OS X Mavericks, Apple has announced its newest Mac operating system it is naming OS X Yosemite. The more simplified and flatter looking OS will be available to all existing Mac users as a free upgrade when it officially launches to consumers this coming fall. OS X Yosemite focuses on user convenience with deep iOS 8 device integration and seamless continuity transitioning from Mac to an iPhone or iPad, and vice versa. It also features app enhancement and new features like iCloud Drive, a Dropbox-like cloud storage service which includes 5GB of free storage (20GB and 200GB capacities will cost $0.99 and $3.99 per month) to store any file type and have it be accessible from any device, AirDrop now supports file transfer between Macs and iOS devices, as well as a smarter Spotlight searching engine that can pull search information from various sources on the internet and has a rich integration with iTunes and the Mac App Store, and much more.

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This Could Be What The iPhone 6 Looks Like

Here it is, the iPhone 6. Or at least we're 95% sure that this is in fact Apple's highly anticipated, larger iPhone 6. The leaked low-resolution photos are of what appears to be the redesigned rear aluminum shell as well as the larger screen size of the soon to be released iPhone 6, which were anonymously posted on Twitter today. The parts do look mighty convincing and are also said to be in the hands of Sonny Dickson, which was the first person that has leaked legitimate photos of the iPhone 5c and Retina iPad mini months before the official Apple unveiling. It is rumored that Apple plans to use sapphire glass for the iPhone 6's display for its superior hardness and scratch-resistance compared to Gorilla Glass. 

Other than having virtually no side screen bezel and a asymmetrical top and bottom portions, it looks like the iPhone 6 will be considerably slimmer than the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s while also adapting a near-identical design to the current iPod touch which features a flat aluminum back with pronounced beveled edges with a polished chamfer - also found on the iPad mini and iPad Air. It is believed that Apple will release two different screen sizes of the iPhone 6: one with a 4.7-inch screen and one with a much larger 5.7-inch screen. It's difficult to tell from these leaked photos what screen size this device has, but if we were to guess by comparing the Touch id home button to the width of the iPhone 5s, it looks more like a 4.7-inch screen.

The only reason why anyone would pass these off as fakes or possibly prototypes that will never see the light of day is because the rear aluminum shell of these leaked iPhone 6 parts does not have a plastic or glass surface for the wireless antennas to breathe through signal reception like the rear shells of the iPod touch and previous iPhones. From what we already know, it would be impossible for these antenna to pass signal through such a solid metal design. Although it could be that Apple has found a way to engineer a clean and flawless aluminum unibody iPhone design (or possibly one that is made from a different type of material) without having to ruin the fluid use of a single piece of metal. More photos after the break!

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Apple Discontinues The 15-inch MacBook Pro

Apple has silently killed off the 15-inch MacBook Pro and is now strongly pushing towards the future with its more powerful slimmer and lighter Retina-equipped 13-inch and 15-inch MacBooks. People looking to get an affordably priced 15-inch MacBook Pro will have to turn to the refurbished and used market, while Apple has made efforts to lower the price point of the new 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro down to $1,999 from last year's $2,199 entry price. The 13-inch standard MacBook Pro is still being offered for purchase with year-old specs, and is now the only remaining Mac to come with an optical drive. But for an additional $100, you can get an up-to-date Retina model with a super fast PCIe-based 128GB of flash storage which can be a compromise for some.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Watch How The Mac Pro Is Made From A Single Aluminum Billet

Apple gives us a fascinating first look at how the Mac Pro, which is assembled in the USA, is made from start to finish with the help of countless iMacs positioned at production lines. The Mac Pro will go on sale later this year in December starting at $2,999 for a 3.7GHz quad-core Intel Xeon E5 processor with a 256GB PCIe-based flash storage, dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics cards with 2GB GDDR5, and 12GB ECC RAM entry-configuration.

Apple Reveals The iPad Air & iPad mini 2 With Retina Display

As expected, Apple has unveiled a couple of new iPads today. The highly anticipated fifth-generation iPad has been rebranded as the new iPad Air, and sports an identical iPad mini-like design with a narrower bezel that is 20% slimmer and significantly lighter than its iPad 4 predecessor weighing only a single pound. As expected from leaked parts, the new iPad Air will be offered in two flavors, silver with a white front bezel and in Space Gray which is replacing the darker black slate color to match Apple's iPhone 5s offerings. Sorry, not glamorous gold matching iPads for you.

The new iPad Air features the same 9.7-inch IPS Retina Display as before, but comes with a few other new internal hardware improvements like a 64-bit A7 processor with an M7 motion co-processor with Open GL ES version 3.0 support for enhanced graphics making the iPad Air twice as fast as its predecessor, advanced MIMO WiFi technology enabling faster data rates nearly doubling the WiFi performance, and an improved rear facing 5-megapixel camera with better low-light performance plus a new dual-microphone array. Disappointingly, Touch ID remains to be an iPhone 5s exclusive for now.

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OS X Mavericks Out Now, A Free Upgrade For All Macs

Apple's latest OS X 10.9 Mavericks Mac operating system update is finally out, and it's available to download today for free via the Mac App Store. Apple is closing the gap on fragmentation with a big incentive, free OS X upgrades from here on out. With over 200 new features, one notable feature that Apple has revealed today was that OS X Mavericks is capable of increasing battery life performance on portable Macs providing up to an additional hour of battery life.

With OS X Mavericks, the Mac experience gets even better. It brings new apps to your desktop. Adds features you’ll love to use. And introduces technologies that help your Mac perform even better — while using even less power.

Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief