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Steve Jobs to take stage at WWDC 2010 to deliver June 7 keynote

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Rumors,

Apple announced earlier this morning that Steve Jobs will be doing keynote duty at WWDC 2010 on June 7th. Things will kick off at 10:00 AM Pacific time, and all signs point to the introduction of the next iPhone (iPhone Pro? iPhone HD?)

iPhone OS 4.0 SDK beta 4 released

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Software,

For all you iPhone and iPad devs out there, you can now head on over to the iPhone Developer Portal to grab iPhone OS 4 beta 4, which Apple just released, alongside beta 4 of the SDK. The software build is 8A274b, while the SDK build is 10M2252. Apple is right on time, continuing to deliver iPhone OS 4.0 betas about two weeks apart from each other, every other Tuesday. It should drop down to weekly releases sometime soon here, what with the iPhone Pro rumored to make its debut sometime next month.

Apple releases updated MacBook: 10 hour battery life

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop,

Hot on the heels of another leak out of Taiwan, Apple has made public their newly updated MacBook, highlighted by a built-in 10-hour battery. The design hasn’t changed—it’s the same unibody white polycarbonate enclosure, but on the inside it now has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and an NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics chip. The other major features are unchanged, like the 2GB DDR3 RAM and 250GB hard drive. Pricing remains the same, right at $999.

All that’s left now is that sorely-needed MacBook Air update. You can pick up the new MacBook now.

iPhone Pro to get 960x640 IPS display, 512MB RAM, 1GHz processor

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Rumors,

The folks over at DigiTimes are reporting a bunch of specs for the yet-to-be-announced iPhone Pro (iPhone HD?), which should be available sometime next month. Current word on the street is that the phone will boast a 960x640 high-resolution IPS display with fringe field switching. If this turns out to be the case, then the 3.4-inch display will pretty much be one of the most impressive screens seen on a phone, and things like direct sunlight will be less of an issue—definitely one advantage over OLED. The actual display is said to be about 33% thinner than what you’d find in previous generation iPhones, including the current iPhone 3GS, which leaves more room internally for a larger battery. The phone should also rock a 512MB memory module from Samsung, which is double what you’d find in the 3GS right now. Lastly, DigiTimes is saying that the processor will bea 1GHz Hummingbird model, and not the Apple A4 chip. We’ve heard so many conflicting reports on that one, and really, the whole thing has yet to be confirmed by Apple—so just take the whole thing with a grain of salt.

Apple is expected to reveal the next iPhone at WWDC 2010 on June 7th.

AT&T bumping up upgrade eligibility dates in prep for iPhone Pro?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Corporate News, Handhelds, Rumors,

A few days ago we were hearing whispers that AT&T might be bumping up the upgrade eligibility dates for current iPhone customers in anticipation of the next model (iPhone Pro? iPhone HD?) At the time, I logged in to my account, and saw that my upgrade date had not changed, and that it was still going to be sometime in July. Earlier this morning I logged in again, and as you can see, my upgrade eligibility date is now June 23, 2010. The only reason I could see AT&T making this change, which they’ve been doing on a massive scale for current iPhone owners, is so that they will be able to get upgrade pricing on the next model. The benefit there of course is they get to lock them in for another 2-year contract at a time where the iPhone may be coming to other networks. Either way, this is definitely a step in the right direction, compared to last year’s AT&T iPhone upgrade debacle, where the company caved to subscriber pressure for upgrade eligibility to the iPhone 3GS from the 3G.

iWork for iPad 1.1 update details

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Productivity, App Updates, Apple, $9.99,

Apple has just updated their iPad iWork suite to version 1.1. All three apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) see feature additions and bug fixes. Here’s the rundown:

Pages 1.1

Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
Toolbar and ruler are now available in wide-screen landscape view
Documents automatically fit to page width in landscape view
Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
Improves reliability when exporting Microsoft Word documents
Addresses issues with exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word
Fixes an issue with text wrapping in Microsoft Word after exporting a document with a frame around an image
Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word
Resolves an issue with scrolling after inserting and playing a movie

Numbers 1.1

Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, - Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
Improves reliability when importing Numbers ’09 spreadsheets
Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting spreadsheets previously imported from Microsoft Excel
Fixes an issue when formatting a table pasted from Keynote or Pages
Addresses an issue where formulas did not properly update when dragging and dropping cells
Fixes an issue with applying a new style to a table in a template after an Undo

Keynote 1.1

Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
Added the option to show additional alignment guides at smaller intervals
Improves reliability when importing Keynote ’09 presentations
Improves reliability when importing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting presentations previously imported from Microsoft PowerPoint
Fixes an issue preventing access to some table cell color fills in landscape mode with an external keyboard

Bleeding Edge TV 346: Apple iPad Case review

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, Accessories, Apple, Features, Podcasts, Product Reviews, Videocasts, Videos,

When Apple launched the iPad, they knew that users would need some sort of accessory to use with the device that would make it easier to type on and use as an entertainment consumption device. That said, they released the first-party Apple iPad Case in the hopes of providing that relief. The Apple iPad Case serves three purposes in our minds—first, it provides a layer of protection. It’s soft, and it keeps the screen covered when you are transporting it around. It isn’t the most protective cover you can get, but it serves the purpose. Secondly, it acts as a stand that lets you comfortably type on the iPad. In fact, it’s so comfortable that we wrote our entire 4,000 word iPad review on the iPad itself, using the case to prop it up. Lastly, the Apple iPad Case also let’s you stand the iPad up vertically in the landscape orientation. This lets you use it to view content like videos and such, without having to hold onto the device.

We give you a look at the iPad case, and give you our opinions as well, in this episode.

Apple readying software fix for iPad Wi-Fi issues

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Handhelds, Software, Wireless / WiFi,

Hey, looks like Apple is finally owning up to those iPad Wi-Fi connectivity issues that a bunch of people have been having. Rather than asking people to turn off dual-band mode on their routers (although we’e found that this certainly does help in the meantime,) Apple will be releasing a fix as a software update for the iPad. Of course, we have no timeframe for when we will see it, but we are thinking it will have to happen sooner rather than later, now that both the Wi-Fi model and the Wi-Fi + 3G are both out and about, selling in droves. They won’t want that issue hanging around for too much longer, since without Internet connectivity, the iPad becomes a fairly useless device. Yeah, I said it.

Printing “will come” to iPad says Steve Jobs

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Handhelds, Rumors,

Many iPad users have lamented the fact that you can’t just print directly from the device. Well, one user decided to email Steve Jobs about it, and it appears that Jobs answered him, as he has taken to doing in recent months. As it pertains to iPad printing, Steve simply said “It will come.” Certainly makes sense, as many users are buying iPads to use as their primary device when on the road, and printing support is sorely missed, especially in the enterprise field.

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