How Mac OS X changed Apple

How Mac OS X changed Apples world in Ten years

Ten years ago today and Apples [AAPL] first full public version of Mac OS X went on sale worldwide to a gleeful reception as thousands of Mac users attended special events at their local computer shops all across the planet. I was at one such event in Central London. What we didnt know then was that Apple was preparing to open up its own chain of retail outlets, nor had we heard Steve Jobs use the phrase, iPod. Windows was still a competitor, and Google was still a search engine. These were halcyon days, when being a Mac user meant belonging to the second team.

When Apple had goodwill

Way back in 2001, the UK event saw journalists from across the tech press attend retailer, Micro Anvika. Over 400 people turned up late at night to see some of Apple UKs top dogs put Apples new pussycat through its paces (Forgive the clumsy proximity of these analogies).

Mac OS X is the most important software from Apple since the original Macintosh operating system in 1984 that revolutionized the entire industry, said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement released at that time. We cant wait for Mac users around the globe to experience its stability, power and elegance.

There was a lot of excitement. Dont forget that Mac users had been loyally hanging onto a platform in crisis. We needed a new OS to help stave off falling market share; wed seen Jobs abandon the licensing arrangement for Mac clones and wed been through the painful Performa period.

Life had been tough, until very recently when things began to change, with the arrival of the iMac, the iBook, and the PowerMac G3.

Steves NeXT step

Despite the success of those machines, we all knew Mac OS needed to change for the new Century. In recent years wed been avidly reading and researching Apples own attempt to develop a new OS (Copland); wed followed the companys brief flirtation with Jean-Louis Gasses BeOS OS and the eventual Hosannah moment as Steve Jobs rode back into town on the back of his little futuristic NeXT-based analogous donkey. Stretching the analogy a little, Jobs was even accompanied by his very own band of disciples, including familiar names such as: Nancy Heinen, Jon Rubinstein, Bertrand Serlet, Avie Tevanian, Jean Marie Hullot and many others.

What was special about NeXT? It certainly wasnt its commercial success, though it had some, but its pioneering work trail-blazed the whole notion of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces. Apple even made an attempt to create its own object-oriented OS with the Taligent project, which began in 1989. And failed.

Now NeXT was at Apple, work really began. Perhaps someone somewhere has a copy of the Apple turnaround road map. But even at this stage Jobs had decided the company would move to implement the NeXT OS, would develop a retail presence with a series of highly stylized stores (the NeXT offices were also fabulously arty), would introduce new concepts in computer design.and would eventually run on Intel processors.

The NeXT OS was ported to both PowerPC and Intel processors in Apples labs under the code name Rhapsody. There were a bunch of development tools (Cocoa) while Apple also built an environment called Blue Box (Carbon, now defunct) which delivered backwards compatibility to the OS, allowing older applications to run.

Better than all the rest

This was a very important event. Apple now held an advanced OS everyone including Microsoft had tried and failed to emulate; it also meant Apple had a future ten-year plan, and a product to market strategy that should ensure that, at least at first, no Mac user need be left behind.

It is worth noting Apples execution in all of this. Take for example the move to field a succession of well-received iMac and iBook computers in advance of the OS X release. This was incredibly smart because it both built the companys profile while also ensuring that when the OS launched there was an existing ecosystem of technologically-compatible Macs which could run the OS, immediately boosting adoption.

And oh, what an adoption rate we saw. On my way to the London launch party back in 2001 I came across an Italian Mac user banging on the door of a Micro Anvika branch. I need it! Let me in! I have to have it! he yelled as he hammered at his magic portal. I gently sympathized with him and pointed out that the Micro Anvika branch he needed to visit was ten minutes walk up the Tottenham Court Road.

The lost but Mac-passionate Italian reflected everyones excitement. Fabio De Rosa, a freelance graphic designer, said: I had to be here. Its an historic moment. I eat, breathe and sleep Mac.

A historic moment

Inside the shop a rapt audience of Mac users, developers, retailers and Apple staff stood to attention as Apple UKs popular and charming MD, Mark Rogers, modestly delivered a presentation which showed us what the OS could do.

The early release was quickly condemned for being a public beta, we all understood that change had to come, and it was exciting to be part of it. The need to add features including DVD playback and CD burning as well as ironing out a few wrinkles (cough: kernel panic, anyone?) meant Apple didnt begin shipping OS X as the default OS on all Macs until the release ofMac OS X 10.1, Puma.

March 24, 2001 was still a good start. Simon Smith, Micro Anvikas Macintosh manager, told me: I think OS Xs features are great, its very easy to use. It will be excellent for first-time buyers, but has so much to offer to advanced users. Its the applications we are waiting for.

Apples then PR manager, David Millar, said: We expected a good turnout, and everyone Ive been talking to has been a professional designer, Web animator or programmer. We have an audience of professionals here.

Event attendance was excellent around 500 people showed-up that evening that may not sound like many people at all, in these days of retail store queues for every Apple launch, but this was thepre-iPod world, people. Things really were different then. Sales of the OS were to coin a phrase insanely great. Similar events in other countries saw Mac fans produce OS X-shaped cakes. There was a real energy across the Cult of Mac.

Developers, developers

Fast forward just four months to July 2001, and Apples VP Worldwide Developer Relations, Ron Okamoto, said: In a short amount of time we have seen incredible growth in our developer community and the number of Mac OS X applications now tops 1,000. Every major Mac software company sees a huge opportunity and is bringing applications to Mac OS X, while new developers are helping broaden the applications available to Mac users around the world.

Today and we see each successive release of OS X causing Apples Mac audience to grow, not shrink. When Apple stormed into Sonys world with the introduction of the iPod a few months later in October 2001, Apples fortunes really began to transform.

The PowerPC problem

Apples OS couldnt hide some legacy disadvantages. The new operating system was more advanced than anything anyone else had to offer, (bar perhaps some breeds of Linux at the time), but it still ran on slow, under-powered Power PC machines.

Despite all the claims to the contrary, Apples sales seriously suffered on the conception that PowerPC computers were slower and less capable than their Intel competition. Things had to change and, as was planned from the beginning, on June 6, 2005, they did. Thats when Apple announced a move to Intel processors, a transition it completed by August 2006.

The later move to introduce an iPhone in 2007 (though an earlier attempt to make a 2005 launch of an Apple mobile device was shelved at the eleventh hour) consolidated the position. It also meant Apple now offered a version of a NeXT-based operating system for both Macs and mobile devices.

Whats coming next?

From the OS to the platform to the eventual widening of the platform to include both mobile and desktop products, the recent ten-year history of Apple is inexorably linked to the OS it turned to after the nineties doldrums almost destroyed the Cupertino firm.

Were looking at the eighth significant OS X release in the next few months, Lion, which should offer some elements of unification between the iOS and OS X. Theres still some bugs to iron out though, particularly the problem with ACLs (Access Control Lists) inside the Finder. Hopefully departing ex-NeXT Mac OS chief, Bertrand Serlet, will be able to fix this before he leaves.

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Mac OS X - Business

history br main article history of x br x is based upon the mach kernel certain parts from freebsd s and netbsd s implementation of unix were incorporated in nextstep the core of x nextstep was the object oriented operating system developed by steve jobs company next after he left apple in 1985 while jobs was away from apple apple tried to create a next generation os through the taligent copland and gershwin projects with little success br eventually next s os then called openstep was selected to be the basis for apple s next os and apple purchased next outright steve jobs returned to apple as interim ceo and later became ceo shepherding the transformation of the programmer friendly openstep into a system that would be adopted by apple s primary market of home users and creative professionals the project was first known as rhapsody and was later renamed to x br x server 1 x was incompatible with software designed for the original and had no support for apple s own ieee 139 4 interface firewire x 10 x included more backward compatibility and functionality by including the carbon api as well as firewire support as the operating system evolved it moved away from the legacy to an emphasis on new digital lifestyle applications such as the ilife suite enhanced business applications iwork and integrated home entertainment the front row media center each version also included modifications to the general interface such as the brushed metal appearance added in version 10 3 the non pinstriped titlebar appearance in version 10 4 and in 10 5 the removal of the previous brushed metal styles in favor of the unified gradient window style br description br box artwork for x left to right cheetah puma 1 jaguar 2 panther 3 tiger 4 leopard 5 and snow leopard 6 br x is the tenth major version of apple s operating system for macintosh computers previous macintosh operating systems were named using arabic numerals e g 8 and 9 the letter x in x s name refers to the number 10 a roman numeral it is therefore correctly pronounced ten tn in this context though x ks is also a common pronunciation br x s core is a posix compliant operating system os built on top of the xnu kernel with standard unix facilities available from the command line interface apple released this family of software as a free and open source operating system named darwin but it later became partially proprietary on top of darwin apple layered a number of components including the aqua interface and the finder to complete the gui based operating system which is x br x introduced a number of new capabilities to provide a more stable and reliable platform than its predecessor 9 for example pre emptive multitasking and memory protection improved the system s ability to run multiple applications simultaneously without them interrupting or corrupting each other many aspects of x s architecture are derived from openstep which was designed to be portable to ease the transition from one platform to another for example nextstep was ported from the original 68k based next workstations to x86 and other architectures before next was purchased by apple and openstep was later ported to the powerpc architecture as part of the rhapsody project br the most visible change was the aqua theme the use of soft edges translucent colors and pinstripes similar to the hardware design of the first imacs brought more texture and color to the user interface when compared to what os 9 and os x server 1 0 s platinum appearance had offered according to john siracusa an editor of ars technica the introduction of aqua and its departure from the then conventional look hit like a ton of bricks however bruce tognazzini who founded the original apple human interface group said that the aqua interface in x v10 0 represented a step backwards in usability compared with the original interface despite the controversial new interface third party developers started producing skins for customizable applications for mac and other operating systems which mimicked the aqua appearance to some extent apple has used the successful transition to this new design as leverage at various times threatening legal action against people who make or distribute software with an interface the company claims is derived from its copyrighted design br x architecture implements a layered framework the layered framework aids rapid development of applications by providing existing code for common tasks br x includes its own software development tools most prominently an integrated development environment called xcode xcode provides interfaces to compilers that support several programming languages including c c objective c and java for the applentel transition it was modified so that developers could build their applications as a universal binary which provides compatibility with both the intel based and powerpc based macintosh lines br the darwin sub system in x is in charge of managing the filesystem which includes the unix permissions layer in 2003 and 2005 two macworld editors expressed criticism of the permission scheme ted landau called misconfigured permissions the most common frustration in x while rob griffiths suggested that some users may even have to reset permissions every day a process which can take up to 15 minutes more recently another macworld editor dan frakes called the procedure of repairing permissions vastly overused he argues that x typically handles permissions properly without user interference and resetting permissions should be tried only when problems emerge br as of 2009 x is the second most popular general purpose operating system in use for the internet after microsoft windows with a 4 5 market share according to statistics compiled by net applications in contrast it is the most successful unix like desktop operating system on the internet estimated at over 4 times the penetration of the free linux x is available in a variety of languages including english japanese french german spanish portuguese and italian br compatibility br software br the apis that x inherited from openstep are not backward compatible with earlier versions of these apis were created as the result of a 1993 collaboration between next computer and sun microsystems and are now referred to by apple as cocoa this heritage is highly visible for cocoa developers since the ns prefix is ubiquitous in the framework standing variously for nextstep or next sun the official openstep api published in september 1994 was the first to split the api between foundation and application kit and the first to use the ns prefix apple s rhapsody project would have required all new development to use these apis causing much outcry among existing mac developers all mac software that did not receive a complete rewrite to the new framework would run in the equivalent of the classic environment to permit a smooth transition from 9 to x the car bon application programming interface api was created applications written with carbon can be executed natively on both systems carbon was not included in the first product sold as mac os x mac os x server now known as mac os x server 1 x br mac os x used to support the java platform as a preferred software package in practice this means that applications written in java fit as neatly into the operating system as possible while still being cross platform compatible and that graphical user interfaces written in swing look almost exactly like native cocoa interfaces traditionally cocoa programs have been mostly written in objective c with java as an alternative however on july 11 2005 apple announced that features added to cocoa in mac os x versions later than 10 4 will not be added to the cocoa java programming interface br since mac os x is posix compliant many software packages written for the bsds or linux can be recompiled to run on it projects such as fink macports and p kgsrc provide pre compiled or pre formatted packages since version 10 3 mac os x has included x11 app apple s version of the x window system graphical interface for unix applications as an optional component during installation up to and including mac os x v10 4 tiger apple s implementation was based on the x11 licensed xfree86 4 3 and x11r6 6 all bundled versions of x11 feature a window manager which is similar to the mac os x look and feel and has fairly good integration with mac os x also using the native quartz rendering system earlier versions of mac os x in which x11 has not been bundled can also run x11 applications using xdarwin with the introduction of version 10 5 apple switched to the x org variant of x11 br hardware br for the early releases of mac os x the standard hardware platform supported was the full line of macintosh computers laptop desktop or server based on powerpc g3 g4 and g5 processors later versions discontinued support for some older hardware for e xample panther does not support beige g3s and tiger does not support systems that pre date apple s introduction of integrated firewire ports however the ports themselves are not a functional requirement mac os x v10 5 leopard introduced october 2007 has dropped support for all powerpc g3 processors and for powerpc g4 processors with clock rates below 867 160 mhz mac os x v10 6 snow leopard supports only macs with intel processors not powerpc br tools such as xpostfacto and patches applied to the installation disc have been developed by third parties to enable installation of newer versions of mac os x on systems not officially supported by apple this includes a number of pre g3 power macintosh systems that can be made to run up to and including mac os x 10 2 jaguar all g3 based macs which can run up to and including tiger and sub 867 160 mhz g4 macs can run leopard by removing the restriction from the installation dvd or entering a command in the mac s open firmware interfac e to tell the leopard installer that it has a clock rate of 867 160 mhz or greater except for features requiring specific hardware e g graphics acceleration dvd writing the operating system offers the same functionality on all supported hardware br powerpc versions of mac os x prior to leopard retain compatibility with older mac os applications by providing an emulation environment called classic which allows users to run mac os 9 as a process within mac os x so that most older applications run as they would under the older operating system classic is not supported on intel based macs or in mac os x v10 5 leopard although users still requiring classic applications on intel macs can use the sheepshaver emulator to run mac os 9 on top of leopard br applentel transition br main article applentel transition br in april 2002 eweek reported a rumor that apple had a version of mac os x code named marklar which ran on intel x86 processors the idea behind marklar was to keep mac os x running on an alternative platform should apple become dissatisfied with the progress of the powerpc platform these rumors subsided until late in may 2005 when various media outlets such as the wall street journal and cnet reported that apple would unveil marklar in the coming months br on june 6 2005 steve jobs confirmed these rumors when he announced in his keynote address at the annual apple worldwide developers conference that apple would be making the transition from powerpc to intel processors over the following two years and that mac os x would support both platforms during the transition jobs also confirmed rumors that apple has had versions of mac os x running on intel processors for most of its developmental life the last time that apple switched cpu familiesrom the motorola 68k cpu to the ibm motorola powerpcpple included a motorola 68k emulator in the new os that made almost all 68k software work automatically on the new hardware apple had supported the 68k emul ator for 11 years but stopped supporting it during the transition to intel cpus included in the new os for the intel based macs is rosetta a binary translation layer which enables software compiled for powerpc mac os x to run on intel mac os x machines however apple dropped support for classic mode on the new intel macs third party emulation software such as mini vmac basilisk ii and sheepshaver provides support for some early versions of mac os a new version of xcode and the underlying command line compilers support building universal binaries that will run on either architecture br software that is available only for powerpc is supported with rosetta though applications may have to be rewritten to run properly on the newer os x for intel apple encourages developers to produce universal binaries with support for both powerpc and x86 there is a performance penalty when powerpc binaries run on intel macs through rosetta moreover some powerpc software such as kernel extensions and system preferences plugins are not supported on intel macs some powerpc applications would not run on intel os x at all plugins for safari need to be compiled for the same platform as safari so when safari is running on intel it requires plug ins that have been compiled as intel only or universal binaries so powerpc only plug ins will not work while intel macs will be able to run powerpc x86 and universal binaries powerpc macs will support only universal and powerpc builds br support for the powerpc platform remains in mac os x version 10 5 such cross platform capability already existed in mac os x s lineage openstep was ported to many architectures including x86 and darwin included support for both powerpc and x86 although apple stated that mac os x would not run on intel based personal computers aside from its own a hacked

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Desktop important reviews - Apple Mac Mini MB463LL-A Desktop - Shopping

Design: Retaining precisely the identical features since the earlier Apple Mac mini, the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A is nonetheless the aluminum lunch box using the bright plastic material cover. This ultra compact casing provides a slot loading optical disc generate near to the the front part but adds many additional connections than before. This minimalist design and design is nonetheless the smallest and most space-saving desktop pc within market and should go nicely with any color plan you have in mind.

Specifications: The Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A's now sports activities a additional effective 2.0GHz Intel main two Duo processor with an integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU. while it only has 1GB worth of SDRAM it tends to constitute for it by utilizing speedier 1066MHz DDR3 memory. The difficult disk remains to be instead small at 120GB in comparison to comparable PC desktops but its Gigabit Ethernet 802.11n wireless connectivity additional than tends to constitute for it. It retains the slot loading dual layer digital video disc burner near to the the front with one another with among the probably the most effective energy usefulness ratings within market. This time near to the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A is driven over the Mac OS X v10.5.6.

Features & Performance: while short on features and storage space ability the brand new Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A's new GPU allows it to help two LCD's at just one time but you'll should get both two adapters for the mini DVI and mini Displayport ports or monitors that will help these connections. many thanks to its terrific looks, HDMI port and wireless connectivity it fits swiftly into any residing space using a HDMI capable HDTV while its Mac OS is nonetheless as uncomplicated to produce utilization of as ever. the brand new desktop provides upgrade options for just about any dedicated PCI-e small sized pictures card with one another with an additional difficult disk drive. All in all, if you've often been frustrated by common exclusive computer systems or if you've at current fallen in adore with Apple, the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A could possibly be the best suited complement for the multimedia necessities and has the upgrade options supplied to expand in to a much bett er gaming and storage space rig.Design: Retaining precisely the identical features since the earlier Apple Mac mini, the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A is nonetheless the aluminum lunch box using the bright plastic material cover. This ultra compact casing provides a slot loading optical disc generate near to the the front part but adds many additional connections than before. This minimalist design and design is nonetheless the smallest and most space-saving desktop pc within market and should go nicely with any color plan you have in mind.

Specifications: The Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A's now sports activities a additional effective 2.0GHz Intel main two Duo processor with an integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU. while it only has 1GB worth of SDRAM it tends to constitute for it by utilizing speedier 1066MHz DDR3 memory. The difficult disk remains to be instead small at 120GB in comparison to comparable PC desktops but its Gigabit Ethernet 802.11n wireless connectivity additional than tends to constitute for it. It retains the slot loading dual layer digital video disc burner near to the the front with one another with among the probably the most effective energy usefulness ratings within market. This time near to the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A is driven over the Mac OS X v10.5.6.

Features & Performance: while short on features and storage space ability the brand new Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A's new GPU allows it to help two LCD's at just one time but you'll should get both two adapters for the mini DVI and mini Displayport ports or monitors that will help these connections. many thanks to its terrific looks, HDMI port and wireless connectivity it fits swiftly into any residing space using a HDMI capable HDTV while its Mac OS is nonetheless as uncomplicated to produce utilization of as ever. the brand new desktop provides upgrade options for just about any dedicated PCI-e small sized pictures card with one another with an additional difficult disk drive. All in all, if you've often been frustrated by common exclusive computer systems or if you've at current fallen in adore with Apple, the Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A could possibly be the best suited complement for the multimedia necessities and has the upgrade options supplied to expand in to a much bett er gaming and storage space rig.

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Mac Mini Application Development - Computers - Software

Using a Mac mini for development

The much talked about - latest version of Mac Mini is out! With it rises the question once again, is a Mac Mini powerful enough to be used for application development purposes?

The official Mac Mini page flaunts the technical specifications of the product proudly. With fully loaded features (mentioned below), Mac Mini isquite the bang for the buck.

I believe the current Mac Mini is powerful enough for development of iPhone apps.I did some research on Google to see what people around the world feel about mac mini application development and the answers i found are pretty much straightforward.

Not all answers were this positive. Some also opined that :

"I'm using one for iPhone development - it's my first mac. I run it headless and connect to it using logmein.com. Wish I had sprung for the 2GB of memory; 1GB gets bogged down when I have xcode + a dozen Safari tabs open."

However, one thing was for certain.Hit across a couple of software companies in India too which are experts inMac OSX developmentand it took me a couple of more google searches to find out that Mac Minis are the best for iphone app development when you have a constrained budget or you dont want to incur large costs getting a Mac.

Some of the India based offshore companies who specialize in iPhone and iPad Development services for Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Fortune companies, have perfected the ability to work efficiently on Mac to reduce the development costs.

Mindfire Solutionshas been working in this area for about 8 years now. Theirteam of iPhone developers with their wide experience iniPhone application development and iPad application development has created a strong track record in the latest phone platform - Apple's iPhone. Mindfire's iPhoneexperts have very good knowledge-rich experience in iPhone application development,and their deep expertise comes as much from experience as from passion. Mindfireis acknowledged as the4thBest iPhone Application Development Company by Best Web Design Agencies.com, an independent rating agency which ranks service providers periodically. Similarly there are other software companies in India which offer iPhone services on a Mac Mini.

What do you feel?Will the Mac Mini be a successful platform for building iPhone apps given the robustness which is being built into it with the latest version? Will the Mac Mini be a welcome choice for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and would see an inrush into Mac application development?

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Analysts say Amazon will impact iPad tablet PC dominance - Technology - Electronics

Taiwan's Digitimes upstream supply chain news website quoted sources as saying that Amazon is predicted to launch in October this holiday season, the long-rumored tablet pc. This 7-inch product supply by Quanta Computer. Also, Amazon will begin in the first quarter of 2012, large-scale output of 10 inch andriod tablet by Foxconn OEM.

Amazon will launch a Tablet related news seriously isn't uncommon, really shines is the measurements the goods delivery date and exact information.

If Amazon can succeed, it sports an impact on Ipad from apple. In the event the tablet with all the Android mobile phone computer, will assist the machine achieve a firm foothold inside Tablet PC market. Although Galaxy Pc tablet Samsung Android system, but outside it are classified as the product mixed reviews. HP recently gave up using their own webOS system TouchPad.

As outlined by available information mindset, Amazon use Nvidia's Tablet processor. Although Amazon does not determine the ten inch Tablet PC might be more powerful than seven inches, nevertheless it comes with this possibility.

Amazon is definitely to emulate P & G's approach: cheap razor holder, but charge higher prices within the blade. Be capable of launch low-cost Amazon Kindle, hence the price of the Tablet computer can be all-around price range, or possibly a slight loss, providing they can generate income with all the software. The organization also wants users to get products on Amazon.com this commodity, which may also attract revenue. Ebay model creates the Kindle become the world's hottest e-reader, and therefore expected the iPad tablet PC market position in an impact.

Before price dropped to $ 99, HP TouchPad was dominant already in the market from the iPad has made significant progress. Amazon is additionally possible for taking a comparable approach with HP, so pricing is not going to close using the iPad. You possibly can set prices near break-even point, one example is, $ 300, to draw users.

U.S. financial website(Benzinga) in May this season have explored the opportunity of the Amazon Pc tablet, and ways in which the price of the product's dominant position around the iPad a direct impact. He wrote: "Android Tablet production costs low, so Amazon for $ 399 can less expensive costs even launch the Tablet computer. Another strategy is always to sell for the hardware, and then sell to obtain content and applications profits can be ultra-low prices Amazon Tablet, and digital content to obtain through income. Remember, the Amazon Kindle is extremely successful in advertising revenue, it's not necessarily hard to suppose they will often likewise use this model again. "

When you keep using the Amazon prior to "P & G Mode", the Pc tablet companies are no reason to never succeed. Jeff Bezos,Steve Jobs and Tim Cook team led by Apple can be defined as the identical thing: one low-priced sale of hardware, but software and network shopping to earn money; the opposite side will be as much as possible through all the products develop the highest profit.

Although recent reports that Apple will dramatically improve in the third quarter iPad 2 shipments, but there might be the first time within the company hit the market real opponent. Even though the iPad currently holds 90% business, but soon it's possible to slow up the dominant position can be an end. However, consumers may still keep buy iPad, in fact, Apple's "halo effect" is very powerful.

You should buy them inside tablet stores or online. This short article originated from the wholesale electronics shop-Chinaewidow.net, please indicate the foundation if retweet, thanks a lot!

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The top 10 reasons about why we refused to buy ipad2 - Business

IPad2 has assured, for apple products are always have two kinds of sound. One is praise, one kind is abuse, are two extreme attitude. We saw in the iPad 2 upgrade also, is there any calm down consider, apple iPad 2 really suits you? IPad 2 is worth buying? IPad2... Literally speaking... Is the product of several small improvement, but it's really incredible, just a little strange...

We know that if we change color, in desktop put a droplets of pictures, get it faster, plus two pack cheap camera holes, then get it flat point... People will like played chicken chicken frozen as.

You know what I like most iPad2 what aspect of this release? That is, I can continue to wear me this black is tight shirts ~ I think it collocation pure white background breathtaking!

IPad2 isn't it incredible? ! Yes! Whether you will be my this a bit delicate exotic attracted deeply, then believe pronunciation of words? I said all Of course! Mock Ive British accent (...) Many customers will say: "what am I to do? I just bought generation iPad!!" To you, I want to say: "FXXX off you go one side play egg!"

IPad 2 actually making what wrong, why were so many taunt? Must have good reason for you, the following author enumerates not purchase the iPad 2 top 10 reasons, let you see iPad 2 face, to determine whether you really want to buy iPad 2.

No Retina screen user experience not beautiful IPodtouch4 in iPhone 4 and all use pixel density in the retina screen more than 300ppi, while in ipad2 but still retained 1024 x 768 132ppi screen, visual sense of the difference and iPhone 4 and obviously touch 4, was called iPod person intolerable!

Apple iPad 2 graphics processing claimed nine times doubled its capacity, can manage iPad 2 retinal screen resolution requirements, but apple is not satisfy you. Legend iPad 3 will adopt Retina screen, and iPad 2 also just a transition products. Already in the two product lines used in the retina screen iPad, after not use affirmation is not reasonable. The requirements for screen resolution of more than all other iPad 2 expectations, and maintain the original resolution screen is certainly won't let consumers buy it!

Some say that capacity, which then we can only say this kind of situation will continue on the screen, because apple supplier, samsung, LG, etc, are also in launch its own tablet computer, the screen would be more and more tight, demand for the arrival of the Retina screen really is slim. Expanding sent no USB no SD card

Almost every paragraph apple portable products don't support TF, expand, you buy SD card, not how much capacity is much, this may expand capacity is to make people feel like crap. All of the expanding functions need to add the fittings can realize with apple.

Join the dt-mini - USB interface and expand card slot are not so difficult, but Steve jobs is no compromise, just don't let consumers comfort. To this function can, to buy apple accessories, buy the ipad later, you will find that still need more QianDeHua.

Consumer's god, apple seem reluctant to take reason "god" the request, the product is still so close, the fuselage Dock outside except 3GSIM small mouth, is the card slot, TF card than SIM much smaller size, and will not affect the whole product appearance design, but just to let you to buy accessories, so never join. Ugly speakers outside ruined apple put style

Ipad2 did lighterand more thin, airframe thickness only 8.8 mm, weight reduction to 601 grams, flat back and iPodtouch4 is very much alike, but located on the bottom of the speaker is really ugly, lost original apple style. Touch 4 airframe thickness only 7.2 mm, iPad 2 airframe thickness 8.8 mm, have a space can be designed a more beautiful outer put horn interface, but the second generation at the back of the interface is really let a person can't compliment, ugly acme.

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Ipad tilbeh

Wish to to get iPad accessories, but you do not have sufficient money to purchase? This is often the position that a heap of individuals are in. When all, you spend shut to 99 kroner or additional on your tablet. It will be robust to travel out and get a large quantity of accessories to customise the planning and performance.

If you know how to go looking out and get iPad accessories for cheap you may be abundant higher off. The most effective technique to attempt and do this can be typically via the internet. After you search on-line it is straightforward to save lots of money for several reasons. Range one, there's a abundant bigger choice than at native stores. This means you may compare many options and eventually decide on the one that the majority closely fits your budget.

Another thing to think about is that this: low price iPad accessories will still be of the best quality. Some individuals suppose that purchasing cheap suggests that that their item is going to collapse soon enough. This will be not true. If you purchase a reputable product from a reputable manufacturer you will be happy with the sturdiness within the long run.

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Millions of people across the globe use iPhones, shows recent market reports. Creating a perfect opportunity to develop and sell iPhone apps and games to a huge audience and make money online. But to make use of this wonderful opportunity one should know how to develop useful iPhone applications. There are various ways to build iPhone apps and games. People can even hire experienced application developers to create an application. But it is sure that it will cost more than creating something themselves. Expert Apps developer, Mike brings a free to try application development course where people can learn how to create iphone apps even if their programming knowledge and developing skills is zero. Course details can be found at the web portal

At present several individual entrepreneurs and small business owners are going behind the blooming industry of apps development where millions of consumers are waiting to buy useful applications and games for their iPhones. IPhone application developers have got more popularity in the market these days; since people who are looking forward to put some extra features in their iPhones need various applications. As the market of the iPhone grows dramatically, the demand of the iPhone applications is also going on increasing. Writing iPhone apps is something anyone can do, but one should know how exactly it is. With the free to try course offered by Mike, now anybody can develop iphone apps and make good amount of money online without knowing programming or coding.

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Carefully Backup iPhone Data when iTunes Fails - Computers - Software

iPhone is a great multimedia mobile phone which you can also recognize as a smartphone. This mobile phone is not only a mobile phone but also various features that makes it most desirable gadget for every person who want the best technology and products in their palms. With its huge flash memory ranging from 8 GB to 32 GB that is capable to store hundreds of videos, songs, files, movies and all other things that are supported by iOS (an operating system used in iPhone and other iDevices. The latest version of iPhone called iPhone 4 has lots of features and the latest addition to this is the white iPhone 4 which is released on last week of April 2011.

But a similar condition that lays on all iPhone models is the iPhone backup process. It is necessary if you want to keep a copy of the files that are presently on your iPhone and you also want to see them later on. iPhone backup process is traditionally done by iTunes which is a proprietary application created by Apple.

Using iTunes you can copy major data present on the iPhone like address book, applications, settings and preferences, calendar accounts/events, call history, camera roll, mobile me, map data, SMS, mms, voice memos and trusted sites. The backup is created on the computer and if you prefer then you can burn the data on a Disk too which you can use later. To protect the backup, you have the option to encrypt backup file and this will help access to only authorized users.

It generally takes few minutes to backup iPhone data if you already sync and created backup earlier as it will sync and update the backup file. But if you encounter that it is taking several hours then it means either there is the problem in iTunes, backup file or the iPhone data present on the iPhone. At this situation waits for a while and check if the problem is solved or not. If the problem is not solved then you should use iPhone backup software to create fast, secure and perfect iPhone backup on your computer.

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iPhone Application Development

Most mobile app development companies work with their clients to get in and understand the requirements and needs that their businesses have in mind. Market research is conducted on various demographics to come up with innovative apps which are relevant and timely. iPhone application development is trendy nowadays and a host of companies have sprung up to aid in mobile app development.

Companies are concentrating on application software for PDAs or mobile phones. Some apps come prepackaged within the handsets while most apps are installed later. Almost all mobile development companies create applications for all types of mobiles including iPhone 4, Blackberry models or Nokia handsets. Android OS Mobile apps development and iPhone apps development is in great demand in the market today.iPhone is one revolutionary product from Apple which has reached a crescendo in popularity. Almost everyone is talking about it and has gone crazy about it. iPhone Application Developer is actually living upto its reputation and providing more and more features with the latest iPhone 4!

Ever since Apple introduced iPhone, iPhone app developers have rushed in to cash in on the apps and add to the existing App store. With the recent release of the ultra cool iPad 2 and iPod Touch, the buzz and interest generated has risen up tremendously, boosting development costs as well as profits in return.

Developers have to be well informed about the current tastes of the market and should really know what the people want in their iPhones. Good applications get listed on the App store and if marketed well, nothing can stop the app in the App store to get sold more than once!

There are many interactive and interesting iPhone game applications for children but the adults have gone crazy on them too (Angry Birds, for example). The animation and layouts are simply mind-blowing while the concepts are absolutely stupendous

The latest banking applications are extremely sleek and user-friendly and actually reduce the hassle of actually going to the bank for performing financial transactions. Social Networking apps capitalize on the social trends and offer apps which are interactive and can be shared with friends and the like. You get all types of social sites integrated within the iPhone like Facebook, Picasa, Twitter and others. iPhone application development is changing the world as we know it drastically!

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iPhones are a single of today's most wonderful inventions. This is a line of smartphones that gives far more sophisticated connectivity and computing engineering than other handheld devices. It really is developed and marketed, and as this kind of, controlled by Apple, Inc. iPhone versions has four generations, the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, as well as the newest, iPhone4. This system is now among the position symbols of today's youths. When you are keeping one particular, meaning you are well-off. But iPhones are by no means full without applications. And Apple Application software program is there whenever you desire to fill-up your new iPhone or if you simply wish to make the one particular you've right now even better. Just not too long ago, time.com released its checklist of 50 best iPhone Applications 2011.

Between people outlined are common game titles this sort of as: Angry Birds, Scrabble, Crops vs. Zombies, Doodle Jump, Fruit Ninja, Lower the Rope, Pictureka, Wurdle and Geodefense Swarm. Life style Applications may also be between the favorites like Amazon, Epicurious, Mixology, Paypal, Retail outlet Savvy, Mint, Internet MD, Drop it! And Spring Pad. iPhones are by no means complete devoid of the New music and Photography applications these as Mog, Pandora, Soundhound, Bloom, Camera+, Photoshop Express, Hiptamatic, Instagram and Colorsplash. And what greater way to define a system than its Amusement and Social programs like Netflix, IMDb, ESPN Score, Instapaper, Kindle, PulseNews, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Goal, Skype, Foursquare and Bump. Other applications which are preferred by a lot of iPhone consumers are About the Go applications like kayak, Yelp, Planet Lens, Weather Channel, Open Table, Wikipedia, Hopstop, Close to Me, Google Earth and Zipcar.

The applications listed over are available possibly at no cost or for any expense in App Retailer, a digital software distribution platform also developed and taken care of by Apple, Inc. Given that the discharge of iPhone in 2007, revenues have already been generated not only from iphones but additionally from software softwares downloaded and accessed by iPhone customers. From 2009 to 2010 only, Apple App Retailer has created far more revenues than its competing programs software program like Blackberry App Planet, Google Android Market and Nokia Ovi Retailer. In an update dated January 22, 2011, there's previously more than 10,000,000,000 downloads up to now for a lot more than 350,000 available applications. Amongst paid apps, Apple, Inc. declared in 2009 which the Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D by Activision Publishing was the number one among the applications that had probably the most quantity of downloads. Totally free apps, Google Earth was only second to Facebook which had one of the most downloads.

Apple has also in depth ratings for which an application is established as to what age group it is suitable for. Apple charges the programs determined by their material and iPhone will block objectionable programs inside the iPhone's configurations. Applications that incorporate no objectionable supplies are rated 4+. Applications which will incorporate themes not suitable for young children below the age of 9 is labeled as 9+. Even though applications which will have infrequent gentle language, regular or intense cartoon, fantasy or reasonable violence, and mild or infrequent mature or suggestive themes, and simulated gambling which can not be ideal for youngsters under the age of twelve are rated as 12+. And applications that contain materials that aren't ideal for ages under seventeen are rated as 17+ and may only be downloaded by iPhone consumers who're seventeen many years previous and previously mentioned. A message of confirmation will seem asking when the client is seventeen a long time aged or mature when buying the applications.

For most iPhone consumers across the planet, the software software package you have determines how neat your iphone is. And thankfully for all of them even though, iPhone Applications 2011 has all that to give you that "coolness".

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Make Your Website More Popular with iPhone optimized Version - Web Design

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For optimizing your website with iPhone you have to create page layout so that users can clearly see the content and images of your website. Also reduce the non essential graphic. Use only important images for your iPhone optimized website. So that it can not contain all the bandwidth of the mobile phone or iPhone. Also mobile phones do not support Flash. So remove all the Flash related things on your website. All these essentials things you have to set in your mind when you are creating or making iPhone optimized website. iPhone application development services are provide all those things. You can generate more and more traffic through your mobile optimized website. If your website is not optimized then it will take more time to loading which will frustrate your customer and this will effect on your business as well as traffic rate also. Nowadays people using their iPhone for visiting their favorite websites and get enough amount of information about it. So this will cle ar that you can make your website more popular with iPhone optimized version. This technique provides all the essential and important information to your clients about the website and increases the traffic rate of your website. Also optimized website is search engine friendly which will help you to increase your Google rank.

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Accesorios of iPhone - Technology - Cell Phones

Accessories of iPhoneAll iPhone models include written documentation, and a dock connector to USB. The original and 3G iPhone also came with a cleaning cloth. The original iPhone included stereo headset (headphones and microphone) and a plastic spring to keep the unit upright for charging and synchronization. The iPhone 3G also includes a headset like a SIM eject tool (the original model requires a clip). The iPhone 3G includes SIM ejector tool and a headset review, adding volume buttons (does not work with previous versions of iPhone). The iPhone 3G and 3G is compatible with the same dock, sold separately, but not the original spring model. All versions include a USB adapter, or "wall charger", which allows the iPhone to charge from an AC outlet. The iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G sold in North America, Japan, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru include an ultra-compact USB power clable.

The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPhone running an operating system called IOS (before the iPhone OS). Core is a variant of the same operating system is Darwin in Mac OS X. Also included is the "Core Animation" software component of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. Along with the PowerVR hardware (and the iPhone 3G, OpenGL ES 2.0), is responsible for motion graphics interface. The operating system takes up less than half a gigabyte. It can handle packages and future applications from Apple, as well as third party developers. Software applications may not be copied directly from Mac OS X, but must be written and compiled specifically for IOS. Like the iPod, the iPhone is managed with iTunes. Early versions of the operating system version 7.3 or later required, which is compatible with Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.10 or later, and 32-bit Windows XP or Vista. [93] The launch of iTunes 7.6 expanded this support to 64-bit versions of XP and Vista, and a solution has been discovered by previous operating systems 64-bit Windows. Apple provides free updates for the operating system for the iPhone through iTunes, and major changes have historically been accompanied by new models [96] These updates typically require a new version of iTunes -. for example, the 3.0 update requires iTunes 8.2 - but the iTunes system requirements have remained the same. The updates include security fixes and new features. For example, the 3G iPhone iPhone 3G users initially experienced dropped calls until an update was published.

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How To Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4 With GEVEY SIM Ultra - Technology - Gadgets and Gizmos

You can still unlock iOS 4.3.4 on iPhone 4 with Gevey Sim running on iOS 4.3.4.Those who has updated thier iOS firmware to iOS 4.3.4 on iPhone 4 can still have advantages.It is a latest iPhone 4 unlock sim that permanently unlocks your iPhone 4 at any baseband either running on firmware iOS 4 or iOS 5.There is no need to dial emergency dialing number 112 with GEVEY SIM.It supports the following Basebands 1.59,2.10,3.10,4.10 and 4.10.1. Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4 Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4.You must have following things in order to unlock your iPhone 4:Your iPhone 4 must have jailbroken running on iOS 4.3.4 firmware.GEVEY Ultra unlock sim. Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4 Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4You can find below step by step guide to unlock your iPhone 4 with GEVEY Sim Ultra:

Step 1: First,you will need to remove your sim card and slice it as it fits in Gevey package.Step 2: Now you will need to Launch Cydia and add this"cydia.furiousmod.com" and find "FuriousMod" app and install it.When you have installed it a messege will pop up "No sim card installed".Dont worry about it,Ensure to switch your iPhone OFF before going to next step.Step 3: Now you have to keep GEVEY sim alongwith your own sim on the top.Switch your phone on and wait 45 seconds till you mobile gets signals.For getting 3G you need to change it to Roaming mode and select Data Roaming.Viola! you have successfully unlocked your iPhone 4. Unlock iOS 4.3.4 On iPhone 4Apple has just pushed out iOS 4.3.4 for the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch. And thankfully, we have cooked custom PwnageTool bundles which allows you to jailbreak any device (except for iPad 2) running iOS 4.3.4, and at the same time preserve your baseband for an Ultrasn0w unlock later on.

We have tested and can 100% confirm that they are working. Keep in mind that the jailbreak is tethered for now, in other words, if your device loses power or restarts then you would have to boot it into the jailbroken state again. No matter how annoying it may sound, but its better than having no jailbreak at all.

Cydia, running on iPhone 4 GSM, iOS 4.3.4

The neat thing about PwnageTool is that it allows you to preserve your iPhone's baseband, which aids in unlocking your iPhone later on using Ultrasn0w unlock. In this guide we'll show you how you can jailbreak your iPhone on iOS 4.2.4, preserve your baseband and unlock it with Ultrasn0w, let's get to it!

Things you'll need:

PwnageTool 4.3.3iOS 4.3.4 firmwareiTunes 10.3.1Mac OS XPwnageTool bundles for iOS 4.3.4tetheredboot utilityImportant note:

There is no unlock for iOS 4.3.4's baseband, hence do not hit the update button in iTunes if you rely on a carrier unlock.Your baseband will be preserved during the whole process.This jailbreak is semi-tethered.Hacktivation is fully supportedModify PwnageTool

Step 1: Download the custom PwnageTool bundle for iPhone 4 from this link. (Please DO NOT hotlink this file. These bundles have been created by Redmond Pie. Credit the original source. Thanks)

Extract the .zip on your desktop, and inside it you should see a .bundle file. For this guide we're going to use the iPhone 4 bundle, you should choose the one that applies to your device. Move the .bundle file to your desktop.

Step 2: Download PwnageTool 4.3.3 and then copy it to the /Applications directory. Right click on the PwnageTool icon and then click on Show Package Contents. Refer to the screenshot below if you're having confusion:

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Twitter will hold the iOS 5 integration seminar - Business

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Twitter spokesman Jason Costa (Jason Costa) in talking about these two activities, said there has been a lot of ecological system, Twitter would like to take the opportunity to the analysis of the main points with developers, including the latest development platform Twitter, facing opportunities in the field, key is focus on Twitter integration of iOS 5. Twitter platform will accept developers team members on the questions.

According to the report iOS 5 will be on iPhone 5 in October 4 to the release. So 10 October, the London meeting will be issued for the first time for iOS 5 talk publicly about the activities of the iOS 5 integration.

In the previous and iOS 5 Twitter related activities, participants were asked to is apple developers, and a general is on the apple WWDC during congress of Twitter at its headquarters in San Francisco. The activities of the application form and invitation is no marked must be to apple developers. This suggests that the meeting in secret regulations without constraints and iOS 5 Twitter discussion of the depth of their integration and application development impact.

According to recent history, in these activities held apple time of the also have a voice in order to ensure its conference held first. It also suggests that iOS 5 will be in 10 October, on or before launch. Traditionally, apple will be held in the conference within a very short time is providing the latest version of iOS software, the earliest than related conference will introduce hardware product launch time a week earlier.

Beijing time on September 25, news, according to foreign media reports, Twitter has plans in San Francisco to take the lead in two games held outside developers activities. The two games, called "developers afternoon tea" the activities will be from October 10 and October 12,, were held in London and New York. Two field activities focus on Twitter and apple is the upcoming iOS 5 integration. It also suggests that iOS 5 will be in 10 October, on or before launch.

Twitter spokesman Jason Costa (Jason Costa) in talking about these two activities, said there has been a lot of ecological system, Twitter would like to take the opportunity to the analysis of the main points with developers, including the latest development platform Twitter, facing opportunities in the field, key is focus on Twitter integration of iOS 5. Twitter platform will accept developers team members on the questions.

According to the report iOS 5 will be on iPhone 5 in October 4 to the release. So 10 October, the London meeting will be issued for the first time for iOS 5 talk publicly about the activities of the iOS 5 integration.

In the previous and iOS 5 Twitter related activities, participants were asked to is apple developers, and a general is on the apple WWDC during congress of Twitter at its headquarters in San Francisco. The activities of the application form and invitation is no marked must be to apple developers. This suggests that the meeting in secret regulations without constraints and iOS 5 Twitter discussion of the depth of their integration and application development impact.

According to recent history, in these activities held apple time of the also have a voice in order to ensure its conference held first. It also suggests that iOS 5 will be in 10 October, on or before launch. Traditionally, apple will be held in the conference within a very short time is providing the latest version of iOS software, the earliest than related conference will introduce hardware product launch time a week earlier.

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Unlock Mac ios 4.3.1 - Business

Sn0wbreeze 2.Some is now designed for Windows customers to jailbreak the new ios 4.3.One particular running about iphone 4, Device, iPad as well as ipod touch. Just like PwnageTool for Mac pc, Sn0wbreeze jailbreak is also connected for all devices, which means you will need to boot into a jailbroken state each time you reboot your gadget.

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Cydia in iOS 4.Several.1

Regarding Mac customers, we have previously covered considerable tutorials on how to jailbreak iOS 4.Several.1 using PwnageTool:

* How to Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on iphone Four * How to Jailbreak iOS 4.3.A single on iphone 3GS (New and Old Bootrom) * How to Jailbreak iOS 4.Three.1 upon iPad * The best way to Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 about ipod touch 4G along with 3G

Be aware:

* Sn0wbreeze 2.4 supports Ultrasn0w unlock for basebands (01.59.Double zero / 2008.26.2007 / 05.12.07 Per 05.12.01 And 05.13.'04 / July.15.00) * ultrasn0w is NOT suitable for the folllowing basebands (02.Ten.04 And 03.15.01 / 2008.10.01 And 05.14.02 / 05.15.'04) * iphone Handset users could upgrade to be able to 06.20.00 baseband now under Opens section inside Expert. * Modernizing your iphone 3GS baseband to the July.15.Double zero iPad baseband compromise to unlock May lead you to lose your current GPS! * There isn't any unlock for the stock iOS 4.3.One particular yet. In case your iphone relies on an unlock, Tend not to update to be able to stock the new ios 4.3.1 yet. * Sn0wbreeze can be a tethered the new ios 4.3.A single jailbreak for iphone, iPad and ipod effect.

Creating Customized iOS 4.Three or more.1 Firmware Upon Windows

Step 1: First up, download all the required resources and data files to your Glass windows desktop:

* Obtain and install iTunes Ten.2.A single for House windows. * Download Sn0wbreeze 2.4 with regard to Windows. * Acquire iOS 4.Three.1 with regard to iphone, iPad or perhaps ipod touch.

Step two: Start Sn0wbreeze, go through the next "blue" colored arrow to proceed.

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Step 3: Select the necessary firmware .ipsw file for your current iOS device by simply clicking on the actual "Browse" button.

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Step 4: Sn0wbreeze will now identify the selected IPSW file. Once done, go through the next "blue" coloured arrow to carry on.

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Step 5: Now select the "Expert Mode", then "Build IPSW" option to start off creating your custom firmware.

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Note: If your iphone uses unlock, proceed simply by selecting "Baseband Preservation Mode" choice instead of "Expert Mode".

Given that building custom firmware may take time, you can optionally play Pac-Man video game to wipe out some time.

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Step 6: Sn0wbreeze will greet you with the subsequent "Done!" message when the custom firmware continues to be successfully created.

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Action 7: Right now follow the onscreen actions to enter DFU function using Sn0wbreeze:

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* Hold Energy and House buttons with regard to 10 seconds * Today release the Power button nevertheless continue having the Home option for 10 more mere seconds * You system should be in DFU function

If you have followed the steps correctly, you will get the following message from Snw0breeze

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Restore the new ios 4.3.1 Custom Firmware Using iTunes

Stage 8: Start iTunes, click on your iOS gadget icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and keep Left "Shift" button on the key pad and then select "Restore" (Not "Update" or even "Check for Update") button in i-tunes and then launch this button.

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This will make iTunes prompt that you select the position for your customized firmware 4.Several.1 report. Select the needed custom .ipsw report that you produced above, and then click "Open".

Step 9: Now relax and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will include a series of automatic steps. Remain calm at this stage as well as don't do anything ridiculous. Just delay while apple itunes installs the modern firmware 4.Three.1 in your iOS device. The iOS device display screen at this point will likely be showing the progress bar indicating installment progress. As soon as the installation is completed, your iOS system will be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.1.

Starting in Connected Mode

Final but not minimal, since there is absolutely no untethered jailbreak for the new ios 4.3.One yet, we will have to trunk it in a tethered jailbroken condition. To do this, we will make use of a power on Home windows named "iBooty" since shown within the steps down below.

Step Ten: Run iBooty pertaining to Windows and choose your iOS system from the dropdown menus.

Note: iBooty can be extracted for the desktop (iBooty-for-4.Three.1) right after running Sn0wbreeze Only two.4 about Windows.

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Action 11: Now hit the particular "Start" button along with follow the instructions on screen to enter your own device in DFU mode:

iBooty-4.Three.1 (1)

* Hold Energy and Property buttons regarding 10 seconds * Today release the ability button yet continue having the Home button for 12 more seconds * You device should now be in DFU setting

Step Twelve: Once you are directly into DFU mode, iBooty will do its thing and after a short while, your iphone, apple ipad or ipod contact will be kicked in a jailbroken tethered mode around the latest the new ios 4.3.One !

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Apple - iOS 5 - 200+ new features for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch - Computers - Mobile Computing

Notification CenterAll your alerts. All in one place.You get all kinds of notifications on your iOS device : new email, texts, friend requests, and more. With Notification Center, you can keep track of them all in one convenient location. Just swipe down from the top of any screen to enter Notification Center. Choose which notifications you want to see. Even see a stock ticker and the current weather. New notifications appear briefly at the top of your screen, without interrupting what you're doing. And the Lock screen displays notifications so you can act on them with just a swipe. Notification Center is the best way to stay on top of your life's breaking news.

NewsstandA custom newsstand for all your subscriptions.Read all about it. All in one place. iOS 5 organizes your magazine and newspaper app subscriptions in Newsstand: a folder that lets you access your favorite publications quickly and easily. There's also a new place on the App Store just for newspaper and magazine subscriptions. And you can get to it straight from Newsstand. New purchases go directly to your Newsstand folder. Then, as new issues become available, Newsstand automatically updates them in the background -- complete with the latest covers. It's kind of like having the paper delivered to your front door. Only better.

RemindersA better way to do to-dos.Next time you think to yourself, "Don't forget to...," just pull out your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and jot it down. Reminders lets you organize your life in to-do lists -- complete with due dates and locations. Say you need to remember to pick up milk during your next grocery trip. Since Reminders can be location based, you'll get an alert as soon as you pull into the supermarket parking lot. Reminders also works with iCal, Outlook, and iCloud, so changes you make update automatically on all your devices and calendars.

TwitterIntegrated right into iOS 5.iOS 5 makes it even easier to tweet from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Sign in once in Settings, and suddenly you can tweet directly from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube, or Maps. Want to mention or @reply to a friend? Contacts applies your friends' Twitter usernames and profile pictures. So you can start typing a name and iOS 5 does the rest. You can even add a location to any tweet, no matter which app you're tweeting from.

CameraCapture the moment at a moment's notice.Since your iPhone is always with you, it's often the best way to capture those unexpected moments. That's why you'll love the new camera features in iOS 5. You can open the Camera app right from the Lock screen. Use grid lines, pinch-to-zoom gestures, and single-tap focus and exposure locks to compose a picture on the fly. Then press the volume-up button to snap your photo in the nick of time. If you have Photo Stream enabled in iCloud, your photos automatically download to all your other devices.

PhotosEnhanced photo enhancements.Turn your snapshots into frame-worthy photos in just a few taps. Crop, rotate, enhance, and remove red-eye without leaving the Photos app. Even organize your photos in albums -- right on your device. With iCloud, you can push new photos to all your iOS devices. So if you're taking photos on your iPhone, iCloud automatically sends copies to your iPad, where you can quickly touch them up before showing them off.

SafariEven better site-seeing.iOS 5 brings even more web-browsing features to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Safari Reader displays web articles sans ads or clutter so you can read without distractions. Reading List lets you save interesting articles to peruse later, while iCloud keeps your list updated across all your devices. On iPad, tabbed browsing helps you keep track of multiple web pages and switch between them with ease. And iOS 5 improves Safari performance on all your iOS devices.

PC FreeIndependence for all iOS devices.With iOS 5, you no longer need a computer to own an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Activate and set up your device wirelessly, right out of the box. Download free iOS software updates directly on your device. Do more with your apps -- like editing your photos or adding new email folders -- on your device, without the need for a Mac or PC. And back up and restore your device automatically using iCloud.

MailYour inbox is about to receive some great new features. Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts. Create indents in the text of your message. Drag to rearrange names in address fields. Flag important messages. Even add and delete mailbox folders on the fly. If you're looking for a specific email, you can now search in the body of messages. And with iCloud, you get a free email account that stays up to date on all your devices.

CalendarGet more perspective on your schedule with year view on iPad and week view on iPhone and iPod touch. Tap to create an event and drag to adjust the time and duration. Add, rename, and delete calendars directly from your device. And view event attachments without leaving the Calendar app. iCloud lets you share calendars with friends and family, and it keeps your events in sync on all your devices.

Game CenteriOS is the world's most popular gaming platform. With iOS 5, you can get your game face on with even more Game Center features. Post a profile picture. Meet your match with new friend recommendations based on the games you play and the players you already know. Discover new games without leaving Game Center. And size up an opponent on the spot with new overall achievement scores.

Wi-Fi SyncWirelessly sync your iOS device to your Mac or PC over a shared Wi-Fi connection. Every time you connect your iOS device to a power source (say, overnight for charging), it automatically syncs and backs up any new content to iTunes. So you always have your movies, TV shows, home videos, and photo albums everywhere you want them.

Multitasking Gestures for iPadiOS 5 includes a few new moves and shortcuts to help you get around even quicker on your iPad: Using four or five fingers, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, pinch to return to the Home screen, and swipe left or right to switch between apps.

AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2Wow your audience in the board room, classroom, or living room. AirPlay now supports video mirroring. Which means you can wirelessly -- and securely -- stream whatever's on your iPad 2 to your HDTV via Apple TV. Everyone in the room sees exactly what's on your iPad display up there on the big screen -- even when you rotate iPad from portrait to landscape or zoom in and out on photos.

AccessibilityiOS 5 comes with innovative new features that make it easier for people with mobility, hearing, vision, and cognitive disabilities to get the most from their iOS devices. iOS 5 works with specialized hardware accessories. The LED flash and custom vibration settings let you see and feel when someone's calling. And improvements to VoiceOver include custom element labeling. These are just a few of the ways iOS 5 continues making advances in the field of accessibility.

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What is iOS 4.3? following a full explanation of iOS 4.3 - Technology - Information Technology

Since its appearance on 2 March last, Apple has also released the latest operating system called iOS 4.3.In addition, Apple also has released several new applications for iPad 2, such as the application iMovie, iLife garage band.it is definitely on the latest operating system has a few changes or additions.

iPad 2 will ship with iOS 4.3 on March 11. On the same day, the owner of the iPhone is compatible,IPAD and models of the iPod touch and iPhone GSM version 4 will be able to download the updated IOS for free.

Here are some things you should know about Cisco iOS 4.3 and new applications from Apple;

iOS 4.3 will be compatible with any device?

iOS 4.3 will be compatible with the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 (GSM version), and third-generation iPod Touch model and the fourth.However, iOS 4.3 is not compatible with the iPhone 3G is running IOS 4.0, even without the iPhone features such as multitasking and 4 versions of CDMA (Verizon).But why iOS 4.3 does not support the four CDMA iPhone? According to Apple, the iPhone 4 versions of CDMA does not make her debut to get the iOS 4.3on the same date with the GSM version, so that the CDMA version will not start on March 11,but did not rule out that the iPhone 4 CDMA version will also get support for iOS 4.3 in the near future.

Full Support To AirTV

Since the iOS version 4.2, our audio and video files on the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone contained in the computer can be sent to the AppleTV.In iOS version 4.3 support was given to the content on the website for transmission to the AppleTV.Fix for Airplay will allow third-party video application stream to Apple TV.Developers need to upgrade their applications to take advantage of new Airplay video output,so you'll have to wait until the benefits of your favorite application supports this feature.

Digital AV Adapter

After install iOS 4.3, will I be able to output HD video of the iPhone, iPod touch, or IPAD original by using the Digital AV Adapter?Apple Digital AV Adapter will let you connect your device to display IOS HDMI for video out.Apple Digital AV Adapter works with dock-connector port on the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4, and fourth-generation iPod touch,letting you view HD-quality video output to external screen. However, when used with iPhone, iPod touch, or IPAD original,adapter does not support mirroring systemwide and limited to showing video of the application that explicitly supports video output,such as photo and video applications and applications Netflix. In addition, the video is limited to 720p resolution. (When used with 2 iPad,adapter lets you mirror anything, including the Home screen, and supports resolutions up to 1080p.)

Navigation Multitouch Gestures

Navigation few touches with the hand movements using 4 or 5 fingers at once. This will reduce the use of the Home Screen.We can close the application and return to the home screen by pressing all the fingers on the application. To access Fast Dock Switcher App,no need to press the Home Screen twice. Simply by sliding the screen from bottom to top. If you want to switch between applications,simply shifted from left to right or vice versa.

How Home Sharing my work on iOS devices?

After you create Home Sharing, which requires you to enter Apple ID and password, you should see the other shared librarieson the right network to your local Wi-Fi in your iOS iPod device applications, or Music Videos and applications.

What's the deal with iMovie to iOS? If I buy iMovie for iPhone, do I have to buy a new version again?

Apple iMovie $ 5 for iOS is universal in the iMovie update iPhone applications native to the sameonly with a new name and adding new features. Users who buy the original iMovie for iPhone will accept this as a free updatewhen the application was released on 11 March.

Will iMovie running on my original iPad? How to share project-can transfer my project between IPAD and my Mac?

An updated version of iMovie is now working on the iPad, too. According to Apple's iMovie for pages iOS and Apple's PR department,unfortunately, iMovie will not work with original iPad. iOS devices only supported the iPhone 4, fourth-generation iPod touch, and iPad 2.And while you can share between your iPad project, iPhone 4, and fourth-generation iPod touch using iTunes

What about GarageBand? What equipment can not be used?GarageBand for iOS has the virtual touch instrument, and the ability to connect with real instruments. Unlike iMovie,Apple GarageBand $ 5 for iOS is really an IPAD application, although you can share your project from your iPadto the Mac so you can continue to work with the song that is currently being made on the desktop. But we do not know if this application workswith the previous version of GarageBand application?

Can you connect a real instrument for the IOS device to use with GarageBand application?

With the help of third-party accessories such as Apogee Clock $ 99, you will be able to connect with a real guitar you directly to the iPad 2(As well as the iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, or Mac). We're checking with Griffin Technology, and IK Multimedia to see whethertheir cable-GuitarConnect Cable and iRig, each will work with iPad 2 or not.

Apple is also a new design on the App Store Updates page and There is an increasing Safari, the browser default IOS operating system.but one thing is still in doubt about this operating system is, whether the iOS 4.3 supports Flash?

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How Mac OS X changed Apple

How Mac OS X changed Apples world in Ten years

Ten years ago today and Apples [AAPL] first full public version of Mac OS X went on sale worldwide to a gleeful reception as thousands of Mac users attended special events at their local computer shops all across the planet. I was at one such event in Central London. What we didnt know then was that Apple was preparing to open up its own chain of retail outlets, nor had we heard Steve Jobs use the phrase, iPod. Windows was still a competitor, and Google was still a search engine. These were halcyon days, when being a Mac user meant belonging to the second team.

When Apple had goodwill

Way back in 2001, the UK event saw journalists from across the tech press attend retailer, Micro Anvika. Over 400 people turned up late at night to see some of Apple UKs top dogs put Apples new pussycat through its paces (Forgive the clumsy proximity of these analogies).

Mac OS X is the most important software from Apple since the original Macintosh operating system in 1984 that revolutionized the entire industry, said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement released at that time. We cant wait for Mac users around the globe to experience its stability, power and elegance.

There was a lot of excitement. Dont forget that Mac users had been loyally hanging onto a platform in crisis. We needed a new OS to help stave off falling market share; wed seen Jobs abandon the licensing arrangement for Mac clones and wed been through the painful Performa period.

Life had been tough, until very recently when things began to change, with the arrival of the iMac, the iBook, and the PowerMac G3.

Steves NeXT step

Despite the success of those machines, we all knew Mac OS needed to change for the new Century. In recent years wed been avidly reading and researching Apples own attempt to develop a new OS (Copland); wed followed the companys brief flirtation with Jean-Louis Gasses BeOS OS and the eventual Hosannah moment as Steve Jobs rode back into town on the back of his little futuristic NeXT-based analogous donkey. Stretching the analogy a little, Jobs was even accompanied by his very own band of disciples, including familiar names such as: Nancy Heinen, Jon Rubinstein, Bertrand Serlet, Avie Tevanian, Jean Marie Hullot and many others.

What was special about NeXT? It certainly wasnt its commercial success, though it had some, but its pioneering work trail-blazed the whole notion of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces. Apple even made an attempt to create its own object-oriented OS with the Taligent project, which began in 1989. And failed.

Now NeXT was at Apple, work really began. Perhaps someone somewhere has a copy of the Apple turnaround road map. But even at this stage Jobs had decided the company would move to implement the NeXT OS, would develop a retail presence with a series of highly stylized stores (the NeXT offices were also fabulously arty), would introduce new concepts in computer design.and would eventually run on Intel processors.

The NeXT OS was ported to both PowerPC and Intel processors in Apples labs under the code name Rhapsody. There were a bunch of development tools (Cocoa) while Apple also built an environment called Blue Box (Carbon, now defunct) which delivered backwards compatibility to the OS, allowing older applications to run.

Better than all the rest

This was a very important event. Apple now held an advanced OS everyone including Microsoft had tried and failed to emulate; it also meant Apple had a future ten-year plan, and a product to market strategy that should ensure that, at least at first, no Mac user need be left behind.

It is worth noting Apples execution in all of this. Take for example the move to field a succession of well-received iMac and iBook computers in advance of the OS X release. This was incredibly smart because it both built the companys profile while also ensuring that when the OS launched there was an existing ecosystem of technologically-compatible Macs which could run the OS, immediately boosting adoption.

And oh, what an adoption rate we saw. On my way to the London launch party back in 2001 I came across an Italian Mac user banging on the door of a Micro Anvika branch. I need it! Let me in! I have to have it! he yelled as he hammered at his magic portal. I gently sympathized with him and pointed out that the Micro Anvika branch he needed to visit was ten minutes walk up the Tottenham Court Road.

The lost but Mac-passionate Italian reflected everyones excitement. Fabio De Rosa, a freelance graphic designer, said: I had to be here. Its an historic moment. I eat, breathe and sleep Mac.

A historic moment

Inside the shop a rapt audience of Mac users, developers, retailers and Apple staff stood to attention as Apple UKs popular and charming MD, Mark Rogers, modestly delivered a presentation which showed us what the OS could do.

The early release was quickly condemned for being a public beta, we all understood that change had to come, and it was exciting to be part of it. The need to add features including DVD playback and CD burning as well as ironing out a few wrinkles (cough: kernel panic, anyone?) meant Apple didnt begin shipping OS X as the default OS on all Macs until the release ofMac OS X 10.1, Puma.

March 24, 2001 was still a good start. Simon Smith, Micro Anvikas Macintosh manager, told me: I think OS Xs features are great, its very easy to use. It will be excellent for first-time buyers, but has so much to offer to advanced users. Its the applications we are waiting for.

Apples then PR manager, David Millar, said: We expected a good turnout, and everyone Ive been talking to has been a professional designer, Web animator or programmer. We have an audience of professionals here.

Event attendance was excellent around 500 people showed-up that evening that may not sound like many people at all, in these days of retail store queues for every Apple launch, but this was thepre-iPod world, people. Things really were different then. Sales of the OS were to coin a phrase insanely great. Similar events in other countries saw Mac fans produce OS X-shaped cakes. There was a real energy across the Cult of Mac.

Developers, developers

Fast forward just four months to July 2001, and Apples VP Worldwide Developer Relations, Ron Okamoto, said: In a short amount of time we have seen incredible growth in our developer community and the number of Mac OS X applications now tops 1,000. Every major Mac software company sees a huge opportunity and is bringing applications to Mac OS X, while new developers are helping broaden the applications available to Mac users around the world.

Today and we see each successive release of OS X causing Apples Mac audience to grow, not shrink. When Apple stormed into Sonys world with the introduction of the iPod a few months later in October 2001, Apples fortunes really began to transform.

The PowerPC problem

Apples OS couldnt hide some legacy disadvantages. The new operating system was more advanced than anything anyone else had to offer, (bar perhaps some breeds of Linux at the time), but it still ran on slow, under-powered Power PC machines.

Despite all the claims to the contrary, Apples sales seriously suffered on the conception that PowerPC computers were slower and less capable than their Intel competition. Things had to change and, as was planned from the beginning, on June 6, 2005, they did. Thats when Apple announced a move to Intel processors, a transition it completed by August 2006.

The later move to introduce an iPhone in 2007 (though an earlier attempt to make a 2005 launch of an Apple mobile device was shelved at the eleventh hour) consolidated the position. It also meant Apple now offered a version of a NeXT-based operating system for both Macs and mobile devices.

Whats coming next?

From the OS to the platform to the eventual widening of the platform to include both mobile and desktop products, the recent ten-year history of Apple is inexorably linked to the OS it turned to after the nineties doldrums almost destroyed the Cupertino firm.

Were looking at the eighth significant OS X release in the next few months, Lion, which should offer some elements of unification between the iOS and OS X. Theres still some bugs to iron out though, particularly the problem with ACLs (Access Control Lists) inside the Finder. Hopefully departing ex-NeXT Mac OS chief, Bertrand Serlet, will be able to fix this before he leaves.

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