iPhone 5: Why Lightning connector rather than a micro USB?

Apple's decision to drop the old 30-pin connector and implement a new one, but still the owner, gave rise to a wave of discontent. We are talking about extra costs for users and detrimental to the environment.

It is obvious that Apple had to change the old connector into the fulfillment of devices becoming more compact and thinner. As for the 3.5-inch screen, the classic 30-pin connector was obsolete and need an upgrade. But instead insist on a proprietary design, Apple could make a move that would bring real benefits to users and do like most companies in the mobile phone industry - to adopt standard micro USB. Lightning connector is similar in size, so Apple would be able integrate it seamlessly in the case of iPhone 5.

Benefits of a universal connector for all mobile devices are major not just for users, who no longer have to throw money on chargers and adapters, and the environment. Companies would limit the consumption of natural resources used to build a large range of products of this type and landfills would not be filled with the plastic from the exceeded chargers.

We have understand Apple's preference for an proprietary connector if Lightning would provide the benefits of a particular technology, as it does Thunderbolt, which boasts ultra fast transfer speeds. The 8-pin connector present on the iPhone 5 is quite commonplace that probably has does not even have the benefits of USB 3.0 transfer.

Why Apple did not pass it to micro-USB? Well, we can not stop thinking about financial explanations. By launching the 8-pin connector Apple has created some new accessories and adapters that most likely, the user will purchase at not very small prices.

iPhone 5 vs iPhone 4S: Find out the strengths of the new Apple smartphone

iPhone 5 has made ​​official today entering the scene, armed with an array of advantages designed to determine the gadget enthusiasts to prepare their wallets. The success of the new model is almost guaranteed, both among users who ignored 4S model, waiting for a product that brings major changes to the iPhone 4, and among those who change their phone purchased just a year ago, attracted by a larger screen and several other upgrades.

Let's see what are the main innovations of the iPhone 5:

Thinner, lighter, of aluminum

iPhone 5 prides itself on exceptional look, anodized aluminum case, made with enviable precision being 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the iPhone 4s. We're talking about a phone with a profile of only 7.6 mm and a weight of 112 grams. Another major change is the addition of a new much narrower 8-pin connector, named Lightning, which replaces the classic 30-pin connector of 4S.

Higher Retina display, but not wider

The new Apple smartphone finally arrives with a display with a larger diagonal. It is a 4-inch Retina display, resolution 1136 x 640 pixels, 326 ppi, a screen that keeps the width of 4S display, but increased height, resulting in a more easier usage with one hand. In comparison, the iPhone 4S had a 3.5 inch screen, 640 x 960 pixels and 330 ppi.

Powerful A6 processor

iPhone 5 has a bigger screen which needs a more powerful processor - the new A6 chip. Apple did not provide many details about the configuration of A6, but it offers almost double CPU and GPU performance compared to the A5 processor on the iPhone 4S. Energy efficiency was also improved.

Faster 8 megapixel camera, with new features

iPhone 4S impressed through the iSight 8 megapixel camera pictures that offered extremely good for a smartphone. iPhone 5 camera comes with an even better, with 25% smaller and 40% faster with a more resistant sapphire crystal lens, panorama mode that captures images up to 28MP, enhanced stabilization and face detection for video. The front camera is now a FaceTime HD 1.2MP, with video recording capabilities of 720p.

LTE

To ensure ultra fast Internet access iPhone 5 introduces LTE and DC-HSDPA connectivity and dual band Wi-Fi with support for speeds up to 150 Mbps.

News does not stop there, Apple also introduced a new model of headphones, best known as Apple EarPods.

Apple launched iPhone 5. See what features has the new iPhone 5

Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, presented today the latest version of the iPhone smartphone. With a 4-inch display, A6 processor and the new iOS 6, iPhone 5 is certainly one of the most interesting devices introduced lately.

The newest model of smartphone launched by the company from Cupertino has confirmed rumors emerged in recent weeks by the specialized press.

Thus, the iPhone 5 has features like an A6 processor, an 8 megapixel iSight camera, 4-inch screen with a resolution of 1136 x 640, a new aluminum and glass design and 4G LTE connectivity.

The new smartphone will run the iOS 6 operating system, which can be downloaded for free from September 19 and will be available in black and white. iPhone 5 will be available in USA, France, Germany, Canada, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore starting with September 21. Apple also promised that iPhone 5 will be launched in over 100 countries by the end of 2012.

In terms of price, it will remain, at least in the United States of America, as iPhone 4S: $ 199 for the 16GB version, $ 299 for 32GB and $ 399 for a 64GB storage capacity.

The world went into the frenzy of the new iPhone 5. There are two days before the Apple event

Just two days before the official launch of the new iPhone 5, enraged fans and many others joined the frenzy to ensure that they put their hands on the new product from Apple.

After the iPhone 4S was welcomed with some indifference from the public, despite its commercial success, due to a perception of lack of improvements over the iPhone 4, iPhone 5 generates a real hysteria before launch.


For several months, specialty sites and others have speculated on the "leaked" pictures on the Internet in the production of the new phone, fans gave their opinions about what new features will be available and the media eagerly awaited official announcement of the company in California.

One of the most revealing aspects of iPhone 5 "fever" is the enormous increase in demand for companies that deal with buying used phones offering discount vouchers for new phones.

NextWorth, one of the largest receiving used phones in the United States, announced an increase in demand of 17 august to September 6 with 610% over the same period before the launch of iPhone 4S.

Steve Jobs did not engage in social networks because Zuckerberg did very well

Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs biography revealed that the Apple founder did not get involved in projects of social networks, because Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook did it very well.

In a discussion with several people in the field, Isaacson revealed that asking Steve Jobs - the outstanding person in Silicon Valley he comes first to mind? The answer was Mark Zuckerberg. On the other hand, Steve Jobs is an idol for Mark, he repeatedly said that he learned a lot from Apple founder.

Walter Isaacson claims that Jobs' admiration for the founder of Facebook comes from because of intuitive sense with whom Zuckerberg knew how to develop the social network.


In the past Apple has been involved in building Ping social network, but abandoned the project in favor of Facebook and Twitter, Jobs announced then that Facebook is so good that the world does not need other social networks.

As the two geniuses, they had a single problem - exchange transactions. When Apple came into the hands of the shareholders in the early 80s, Steve Jobs was forced to leave his company, coming back in 1996 only to rise the company at the current level. Facebook has made the first exit on the stock market this year, the event is called failure of the year after the shares fell from a baseline of $ 42 to $ 28, causing huge losses to players and investment funds.

How original is the iPod design? Striking similarities to 60 years old products.

The impressive success of Apple products in the past 15 years was primarily the result of its incredible design. It seems that Steve Jobs took inspiration from some products appeared on the market since 1950.

For example, the first iPod launched in 2001 by Apple, is almost identical to Braun T3 pocket radio, appeared in 1958.

A series of images with the German Braun products in 1950-1960 looks strikingly well with the Apple gadgets in the market.

Kindle Fire HD was launched. Amazon declares war to Apple tablets

The new Kindle Fire, launched by Amazon.com on Thursday evening in California, is a declaration of war, of the largest online retailer in the world, announcing that wants Apple customers from the tablet market, according to Reuters.




New products of the company have behind the impressive store content of the online retailer that offers 22 million movies, serials and TV shows, songs, apps, games, books and magazines. Thus, Amazon can afford to ask much less on his tablets because of the "special offers", advertisements that appear on its tablets when closed and promote products from the wide range covered by the retailer.

Amazon's new line proposed for the end of year and the holiday season starts from an e-reader Kindle for $ 69, with 6 inch e-ink screen, the version with advertisements. For the Kindle without the ads, applicants will pay $ 89.

New versions of Kindle Fire received the HD name attribute and will cost between 199 and 599 dollars. The cheapest models have a 7 inch screen that can cost up to $ 249 depending on memory capacity.

Models which are attacking the supremacy of the iPad is Kindle Fire HD with a 8.9 inch screen. A little smaller than their competition from Apple, Kindle Fire HD has some advantages that could tip the balance in their favor.

Amazon products are cheaper, offer similar storage, benefit of WiFi technology and top variants (499-599 dollars) are compatible with 4G LTE technology, internet subscription in their case is much smaller than the one for the iPad in the United States. Kindle Fire HD are thinner than Apple products have a superior sound system and use an operating system based on Android, considered by some experts to be better than iOS.

In comparison, Apple iPads start at $ 399, just above the top of Amazon products and get up to 829 dollars for top models.

“Their first Kindle Fire tablet was a device that said ‘See, we can tie all this together,” but it wasn’t a strong enough device. They're tying those two things together, and at a price that is very, very hard to compete with. It's going to push everybody else's price buttons - including Apple's." said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey.

The third product launched at the event Thursday night was Paperwhite Kindle e-reader, a e-reader with a screen resolution better than previous ones. The innovation of that Kindle is illumination, allowing its use without problems in bright sunlight. WiFi version costs $ 119, the receiving 3G connectivity will cost 179 dollars.

Amazon shares closed Thursday at New York rising by 2.1% to $ 251.38, a new record, showing a growth of 45% throughout the year. Exchange quotation is equivalent to 181 times the estimated earnings per share for the next fiscal year, compared to a ratio of 14 to 1 for Apple, and 15 to 1 for Google.

iPhone 5 - The premises of a success. 3 weeks until the launch

There are left less than three weeks before the launch of the sixth generation iPhone. The launch will take place on September 12, most likely at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino.

The new iPhone 5 will be the most wanted gadget ever launched, acording to the journalists from Business Insider. They made ​​a short documentary video about the huge success that it will have the new iPhone:



Source: Business Insider

Apple Cheapens iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S because the phones DO NOT SELL ANYMORE

Prices decreased by nearly $50. Discounts practiced by large U.S. retailers Target, Spring, Best Buy for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are now also adopted by the Apple stores.

It seems that Apple would advise staff to make $ 49 discount for customers who mention distributors lower prices from the stores. This rumor first appeared on Mac Rumors blog, which says that these discounts are not available for online sales.

Phone sales reported last month by Apple were not as significant as those predicted by analysts.

People don't buy iPhone phones anymore as they anticipate the launch of the next model, iPhone 5, which could be unveiled next month.

iPad Mini of 7" is expected in October

At the end of last year were first rumors of a smaller iPad. They were also linked to a iPhone with a 4" screen. Returning to the tablet, they spoke about a screen 7.35" for the iPad, turning the popular terminal even more portable. Rumors are back in April, when it was circulated the size of 7.85".

It seems that the future iPad Mini will be launched in October, using IGZO type panels made ​​by Sharp.

The question is why Apple delayed the launch of this product. Over time, Apple was first to introduce products for the consumption of primarily paid content. iPad is the best example. Last year, Amazon launched Kindle Fire, a 7" tablet, just good for reading books from the virtual library. This month, Google has released with the help of Asus the Nexus 7 tablet.

With a very low price, its purpose is the consumption of digital paid content on Google Play.

It is assumed that a future iPad with a 7.85" screen will enter the market in October, with a base price of $ 299. It would cost more than Kindle Fire or Nexus 7, but we should not forget that it has on it a Apple logo. Apple customers are used to pay more.

 It seems that Apple realized that a 7" tablet is more portable and easier to use for reading.

Steve Jobs would never have allowed this: Apple launches a controversial gadget

Apple, highly appreciated for iPhone and iPad, is preparing to attack a new type of consumers.

Apple will launch in October a new tablet smaller than iPad. The gadget will be called iPad Mini and will have 8 GB, said a analyst from Pacific Crest.

Future Apple tablet will be 7.85 inches and it will be sold for $ 299. It should compete with Nexus 7 made ​​by Google in collaboration with Asus.

 Analyst says Apple will block sales of iPad 2 to make room for new tablet and that, in the first quarter of next year, will sell 10 million units of the new model.

Rumors about a smaller iPad occurred ever since the Tim Cook took over Apple.

Humanity in mourning after the death of Steve Jobs - planet ISad

ISad is the word that best describes the death of Steve Jobs, the man who created the largest company in the world and forever changed the course of history through technology.

At Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, flags were lowered in the mast, and people laid flowers around an iPad, which had on it's display a picture of Steve Jobs. Jobs's death triggered an avalanche of sad messages on social networks and the San Francisco dozen people held a vigil in which they used instead of candles, light from iPhone displays, reports the Huffington Post.

The organizers have posted a message on Facebook, urging them to those unprecedented event "celebrating innovation" and do not necessarily commemorate one man. Most of those who came, young IT enthusiasts, said they were inspired by Steve Jobs. This despite the fact that some residents have criticized the initiative.

The U.S. Apple stores, many fans gathered to mourns Apple founder, says USA Today.

Steve Jobs death: the end of an era

People around the world and from all professional categories were moved by the innovative spirit promoted by Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs has become a symbol not only for those attached to the products he created, but also those for whom these products have become a way of living.

In Hong Kong, a logo created by a student in memory of Steve Jobs has become a hit on the Internet - the image represents Apple's company apple fruit that is superimposed Jobs's profile image, says Reuters.

Google, one of Apple competitors, has left aside animosities and posted on the search engine first page the name of Steve Jobs and his life years (1955-2011), with a link to the home page of Apple.

How Apple.com looks since Steve Jobs death

Steve Jobs, the visionary leader of Apple, has died at the age of 56.

Apple posted on it's first page a tribute for the man who reinvented the concept of phone or music player or even entertainment:

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

Steve Jobs is dead. What about Apple?

Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, died Wednesday night at the age of 56 after a long battle with ruthless pancreatic cancer, leaving behind a series of large-scale electronics. Throughout his career he has reinvented the concept of phone or music player and turned Apple into a giant worth 350 billion dollars.

With Apple's visionary leader's death, many are wondering what will be the fate of the company: it will continue the success or will they finally die immediately after "the man who changed the world"?

Considered as one of the best CEO in history, Steve Jobs handed his seat to Tim Cook in August and many analysts believe that Apple is, even then, very well positioned in perspective, writes The Huffington Post.

The death of Steve Jobs, however, leave behind some questions.

Will be Apple able to achieve success without Steve Jobs?

Jobs was known for attention to overseeing every step of product-development process, from conception to execution. Macintosch, iPod, iPhone and iPad all its quirky sensibility in terms of design. However, investors and gadgets users were used in last year with the idea of ​​a Apple company without it's visionary leader.

What will happen to Apple shares?

Jobs's health was seen as a problem for investors since 2004, when he was diagnosed with cancer, but this did not prevent the company markets evolve.

The shares were little affected in August when Jobs announced that CEO chair quit, but less affected in session after the official announcement of the death of Steve Jobs.

What is Steve Jobs leaving behind him?

Jobs is considered one of the greatest CEO in history, along with Henry Ford and other leaders of giant U.S. companies. One of his greatest achievements was that he returned at the management of the company for the second time.

After the company he founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976 and gave the world the Apple II and Macintosh, has just been fired by the CEO of his choice, John Sculley. When Jobs returned to the company, in 1997, Apple's chances of survival were questionable, but he managed to radically transform the company, pointing a success.

Over time, Jobs bought Pixar in 1986, which was then a kind of digital animation technology experiment. The company became at one time a true giant, and when it was purchased by Disney in 2006, Jobs became the largest shareholder of the entertainment giant.

The few critics of Jobs claim that Maintosh was just a bunch of technologies borrowed and that besides this, Apple has given the world just a glossy phone and a improved music player. But many people believe that its impact on society and our culture has been monumental.

Apple will change with the coming of Cook?

Even if Jobs and Cook are known for their perfectionism characteristic Jobs's successor seems to be more flexible in working with people. If Jobs was renowned as a tough manager, able to give them out to people after a discussion in the elevator, Cook has more communication skills and knows how to reach a consensus.

Apple iPhone 5 prototype have been lost in a bar from San Francisco

It seems that the incident from last year when an employee lost the prototype of Apple iPhone 4 in a bar before the official release, repeats. As strange as it sounds, is true. And the iPhone prototype was lost in May, announced Cnet.

According to sources, a prototype of iPhone 5 was missing from a bar. Apple says that the police was announced and would also identified at the same time the position of the device, but when they went to the address, the property owner denied careless found invaluable phone from Apple.

Apple employees have offered the man money if he would return the device, but it continued to deny that it has has the latest phone from Apple, IPhone 5. Moreover, police searched the apartment but found nothing.

In other words, Apple has not recovered the newest the prototype of phone and probably before its official launch, on specialized sites will appear first real images with the iPhone 5.

Video Parody:



Hitler gets angry when he hears that Apple has lost Iphone 5 prototype in a bar.

Shortly after an electronic site announced that Apple has lost the iPhone 5 prototype in a bar, a parody appeared on YouTube in which Hitler is very angry with this company inadvertently.

"They lost another one? What the fuck is wrong with Apple? Losing a prototype once is bad, but twice?" Screamed Hitler in the parody.

"They're supposed to be intelligent people. And then they get piss drunk and forget about secrecy" he continued.

Threat to Windows. Operating systems which can run in the cloud

Google said it is launching an operating system that all your data will be loaded into a personal account online. Apple came up with a similar system, iCloud.

The idea to put your data in the cloud is not new. Instead of physical hard disk, there will be a virtual cloud that will store your photos, favorite music, files and personal documents. That will happen with the launch of laptops that will work with Chrome OS operating system.

Steve Jobs presented ICloud, which will provide, for the beginning, a space of 5GB (about 400 pictures, books and documents and about 700 songs).

In fall, those who want a bigger cloud, to put more data online, can buy more space from Apple. Such data storage services already have Microsoft and HP.

Even if Chrome OS operating system that only works via the Internet has just been announced, there was already a pretty big competition, there are some programs more than five years.

Here are the most common: CloudMe, EyeOS, Glide and JoliOS.

All of this, at least with one year before Windows 8.

Nicholas Allegra, the hacker who cracked the iPhone system, start an internship at Apple

Allegra Nicholas, the young 19 year old better knew with his hacker name, Comex, who cracked iPhone's operating system, IOS, announced on his Twitter account that will start in September, an internship at Apple. He admits he expected more criticism from folks in the network of microblogging, but received plenty of congratulations.

Comex stayed behind many break of code and its most popular program is the tool called JailbreakMe.

Another known "tool" is Spirit. With these two programs, users iPhone and iPod Touch can run applications without downloading them from the official Apple store.


The first version was launched JailbreakMe in 2007. For several years, the creator application was unknown to the public. But Allegra details were disclosed earlier this month when the young man gave an interview to U.S. Forbes magazine. Allegra has 19 years, is living with parents in New York and studies at Brown University.

Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple

Apple announced the resignation of director and co-founder Steve Jobs, who is medical leave since January this year. Steve Jobs will be replaced by Tim Cook.

"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know", writes Jobs, in a letter to the board of directors and Apple Community. "Unfortunately, that day has come", he said.

After the resignation announcement, the company's shares dropped more than 5%.

Steve Jobs, aged 56, was medical leave since January, for an indefinite period. Two years ago he suffered a liver graft, and in 2004 was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Analysts say that Jobs's resignation will not influence too much the company's business, the former director can continue contribute to the development of the company, as he did as CEO.

Nokia is surpassed by sales of Apple and Samsung smartphones

Apple, followed closely by Samsung, surpassed the market share of Nokia's smartphones, worldwide, in the second quarter, according to market research conducted by Strategy Analytics.

Nokia, the market leader in this segment for 15 years, has fallen to 3rd in sales ranking of smartphone behind Apple and Samsung. Nokia declined in market share to 15.2% from 38.1 percent, but held a year ago, as consumers opted for more sophisticated operating systems developed by Apple and Google. As a result Nokia was forced to collaborate with Microsoft to produce Windows Phone.

In the future, Apple's success depends on keeping the iPhone launch, which, according to several sources on the market, will take place in September.

Samsung announced that profits fell, but sales of smartphones have increased. Samsung announced that it has sold 5 million units of the model Galaxy S II, only 85 days since it was on sale.

iPhone 5 triggered hysteria in America: one in three Americans want a Iphone 5, although it doesn't exist yet

Although, to date, iPhone 5 is more an unknown, most Americans want to own such a model.

According to a study conducted by pricegrabber.com, 35% of respondents (3,000 people) have said they will buy iPhone5 after that will be released, that 1 in 3 Americans will own the new model from Apple, wrote those at Huffingtonpost.

35% said they would buy iPhone 5 a year after launch, while 30% want it can use until the beginning of 2012. However even Apple competitors are not bad.

The number of people who say they prefer phones using the Android operating system is growing. A survey conducted during January to March 2011 show that 31.1% said they plan to buy a phone with Android, while 30% wanted their iPhone.

As new yet very little is known about iPhone 5. Rumors are saying that the new phone battery will last longer "life" and it could be launched at 5 September.