We all know that Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference has been finally started. Steve Jobs has also launched the most awaited iPhone 4. But what are the other updates from Apple? Check them out here, besides iPhone 4.
iPhone 4
It was finally revealed. The new iPhone is 24% thinner than the old model and is made from Stainless Steel and Glass. It has two microphones for noise canceling and integrated antennae to improve signal. The display has a new technology called a retina display, packing 326 pixels per inch. The display’s resolution is 960×640 as we had reported. iPhone 4 will be powered by the A4 chip, as we had reported. The new phone’s bigger battery and A4’s power management allows for a 40% increase in talk time to 7 hours, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music, 10 hours of wifi browsing, and a whopping 300 hours of standby time. The phone will come with up to 32GB of storage. The phone will also come with Quad-Band HDSPA/HSUPA for quick data transfers.The iPhone 4 will bring a whole new camera system to the table.The camera has a five megapixel sensor. The camera records HD video in 720p at 30fps. The camera also allows users to edit video on the phone. This is all possible through iMovie for iPhone, which allows users to send video via MMS, upload to Youtube, send video in emails and upload to MobileMe. iBooks coming to iPhone. Syncs wirelessly with iBooks on other devices. iBookstore on iPhone, becomes third store on the iPhone. The phone will be $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB. Comes in Black and White. The phone goes on preorder June 15th and goes on sale June 24th in the US. The phone will be on sale in 18 more countries in July, 24 more in August and 40 more One More Thing: Video Chat for iPhone. Also, Video chat for iPhone will be called Facetime.
■It works with either the front or rear camera on the phone.
■It appears to be WiFi only at this point.
■Works in portrait or landscape.
■It’s iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 only.
iOS4
iPhone OS4 is getting a new name: iOS4 which offers 1500 developer APIs and 100 new user features. Allows for “multitasking done right,” as Jobs said. This was a not-so-subtle dig at Google and Larry Page. Folders can be dragged to the dock. Folders are named automatically based on genre of apps, but can be renamed. Unified inbox comes to iPhone, as we mentioned at the iOS 4 launch. Google remains the default search but now Bing is an option as well as Yahoo. The final release candidate will be in developers’ hands today. 100 million iOS devices sold. Releases on June 21st for upgrading devices. Will support most features on 3GS, some on 3G.
iPad
The iPad has sold 2 million units in three months, despite only being on sale in 10 countries. Apple sells an iPad every three seconds. Apple plans to roll the iPad out in 9 more countries by July. There are over 8,500 native iPad apps in the App Store. There have been over 35 million app downloads on iPad, so approximately 17 apps per iPad. iBook is getting an update, despite selling 5 million books so far. 5 of the 6 biggest publishers in the US say that 22% of eBooks sold in the US are sold in the iBookstore. You can now take notes and mark pages in iBooks.
App Store
Apple supports two platforms, HTML5 and the App Store with 225,000 apps in the App Store, available in 30 languages. Netflix will be coming to the App Store for the iPhone for free. You can start on any platform and pick it up on any other platform. You can start movies on the iPad and pick up on the iPhone and any other combination thereof. Zynga will introduce Farmville for the iPhone. Activision is releasing Guitar Hero for the iPhone, which will include the ability to create custom rockers and post content to Facebook.
iAds
iAds keep you in your app. Main reason to have iAd is to help developers make money so they can keep making free and low-cost apps. Apple sells and hosts the ads, making it easy for developers. Apple has been selling ads for 8 weeks. Brands include: Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Target, Best Buy, Geico, DirecTV, Disney and others. Brands are working to create a compelling experience for iPhone users. For example, if you want to try to win a Nissan Leaf, you have to register through iAd. iAd comes online July 1st. Marketers have already bought $60 million worth of iAds, which equates to 48% of the ads sold for the second half of 2010.
iTunes 9.2
Apple is reportedly nearing the release of iTunes 9.2, with the developer beta now labeled a Golden Master seed. The new iTunes 9.2 includes a variety of new features and improvements, many of which are related to supporting devices running the new iOS 4, which will ship June 21 as a free update for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch. Developer report the release adds media sync support for the new iPhone 4, as well as support for syncing iBooks to other iPhone and iPod touch models running iOS 4 and the new iBooks 1.1 app.iTunes 9.2 also expands iBook app sync support to include the organizing and syncing of PDF documents, which the new version of iBooks will add support for alongside ebooks. The organization also adds support for the new Folders feature in iOS 4, and the new release also speeds up the backup process when syncing an iPhone or iPod touch upgraded to iOS 4. The release also adds general performance updates to make scrolling through lists of media significantly faster.
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