Chủ Nhật, 8 tháng 5, 2011

iPhone 5 Sunday Coffee Break: Are You Cloudy On “The Cloud?”

You’ve heard a lot about the iPhone 5 getting “cloud storage,” but is all this talk of clouds a bit foggy for you? Join the first in a new series of free-flowing Sunday discussions — dubbed the “iPhone 5 Sunday Coffee Break” — to share your thoughts and impressions on cloud computing, and what it will mean for the iPhone 5.
Among the many rumored iPhone 5 features out there, the one that confounds and confuses people the most is the rumor of “cloud memory” or “cloud storage.” Even if you’re not an IT professional, you’ve probably heard the term cloud computing bandied about, particularly when it comes to business solutions and internet technology. But for as much as multi-billion-dollar corporations are looking to tap into this elusive “cloud computing” technology, its benefits extend past the business world, offering some groundbreaking capabilities for the likes of mobile computing devices alla the iPhone 5.
So, what is cloud computing?
The simplest way to explain it is like this: “the cloud” is a term used to describe when a user (whether it is one person or an entire organization of users) have access to shared reasources on systems other than their own. In this way, instead of being limited by whatever your computer’s storage capabilities are, you instead have access to vast amounts of storage on mega-sized data centers, while still having instant access to the data and files.
A very Appl’ish example is the old iDisk and newer MobileMe, which allows you to store big files on Apple’s data center. I continue to use it to store large, uncompressed music audio files that are notoriously mammoth and suck up hard drive space quickly.
iPhone 5 and The Cloud
 Obviously, cloud storage on a home computer is convenient for exponentially expanding storage capacity. But mobile devices can benefit even more from cloud storage, since it allows the device’s design to remain lithe and streamlined, negating the need for battery-sucking onboard storage components. In this way, a cloud-ready iPhone user could tote around major data with them without needing a fanny pack-mounted hard drive tethered to their iPhone.
The good news is that the iPhone 5g is most likely getting this cloud thing.
There are plenty of reports out there that corroborate this claim: Apple’s eco-busting (just kidding) purchase of a huge data center in North Carolina, garnering of the catchy “iCloud” domain name and mentioning of iCloud in recent developer preview code for Mac OS X Lion, and a dandy report from our friends 9to5Mac that Apple and Verizon have been chatting about doing future iOS updates (ostensibly for the iPhone 5) over the air (OTA) — meaning that users will no longer have to plug into a computer to do their updates.
In this way, the cloud approach to storage and computing begins to fulfill Steve Jobs’ dream of mobile devices like the iPhone5 and iPad  that could truly replace the personal computer; if they no longer need to interface with a computer for anything, they indeed become standalone mobile computing devices.
But if all this cloud computing banter is just too esoteric for you, there’s one very straightforward way to look at it from the perspective of the iPhone 5: look for the iPhone memory capacity to bump up from 16/32 GB to 128GB, or maybe even 256GB. That’s a lotta iTunes!

You probably know more about the cloud than I do. Or, maybe you don’t. But it’s Sunday, so sit down with your cup of coffee and join the morning’s discussion about the cloud and how it may impact the iPhone 5. Feel free to let us know your coffee brand, too. I’m drinking Equal Exchange Organic Breakfast Blend — it’s great!
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Thứ Tư, 4 tháng 5, 2011

iPhone 5 Rumors Give Way to iPhone 6 Rumors

We’ve heard a lot of rumors about the iPhone5 lately, from camera specs to release dates to ultra-thin mockups. But if you think you know all the scuttlebutt about Apple’s future plans, you’re not looking far enough ahead. Already, the rumor mill is churning for the iPhone 6–no, seriously. According to Japan’s Nikkan newspaper, the iPhone 6 will feature a new kind of LCD display with “low-temperature polysilicon” technology, allowing for a lighter, thinner phone that consumes less power than its predecessors. (Expect Apple to call it the “Insanely Great Super Retina Display” or something similar.)

As AppleInsider explains, a so-called “p-Si LCD” allows manufacturers to put optical sensors, signal processors and other circuits directly on the glass substrate. This would save space inside the phone body by reducing the size of the display’s thin-film transistor.
Sharp will reportedly begin mass production of the screens next spring, ahead of the iPhone 6 launch in 2012.
But that’s all there is to report for now, and I would strongly advise against worrying about what kind of phone Apple is going to release in a year and a half, or whenever the iPhone 6 arrives. This industry’s moving fast, and promises of “thinner, lighter and faster” don’t amount to much.
Having said that, if the iPhone 7 doesn’t create holograms, levitate, teleport, and cook my dinner, I’m going to be hugely disappointed.

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AT&T Rep Says No New iPhone 5 In June or July

We’re getting more and more reports all the time which suggest that we wont be seeing the iPhone5 until September. At the moment it looks like it’s set to be revealed at Apple’s music event in September instead of at WWDC.
Now we’ve got an unverified report in from an AT&T Customer Care member representative who says that Apple has officially confirmed with the carrier that there will be no iPhone 5 in June or July, breaking the normal iPhone refresh cycle.
This report came from a reader at Macrumors who was inquiring with AT&T as to why his upgrade was pushed back 5 months.

As part of a response outlining AT&T’s criteria for determining upgrade eligibility dates, the agent reportedly offered the following statement as fact:
Apple has informed us that they do not plan to release the iPhone in the June to July timeframe, though there will be a newer version in the future. Unfortunately, we have not been given a release time for the new phone. We will release this information on our website when it is available to us
Of course we can be rather skeptical of any of these rumors. Generally customer care reps will not have that much information regarding new product launches, but it does tie in with all the other rumors we’ve had to date.

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Thứ Ba, 3 tháng 5, 2011

iPhone 5 to come in ‘standard’ and ‘pro’ flavours?

Apple could be set to offer a double whammy of smartphone goodness this year, with news that the Cupertino massive is to launch two versions of the iPhone5.
The iPhone Download Blog is reporting that the new iPhone will come in two variations: standard and pro.
Now the iPhone Download Blog isn’t the first to send rumour and speculation skipping off hand in hand in Apple land, but it seems that this specific piece of information came from an insider who believes that Apple is stocking up on phone components of differing quality.

The components being ordered won’t fit into one iPhone so it is thought that consumers may be able to buy either a budget iPhone or one which has better components inside.
Alternatively, the differing components could be used in the new iPod touch that Apple is rumoured to be working on – which fits better than a complete strategy change from Jobs’ lot.
It is still thought that the iPhone launch will miss its annual June release in favour of a release sometime in September – a date usually kept for the launch of new iPods.

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iPhone 5′s Future iOS Being Tested At Apple

iPhone 5 news has been quite dry for the past couple days. The biggest iPhone 5 related news from the past couple days was the fact that people on Twitter were joking around that Obama was going to announce the iPhone 5 and not Osama Bin Laden’s death.
However, here is the closest thing to iPhone 5 news that we could find that will hopefully satisfy you all until some real good news comes out; which is inevitable as September (or even June 2011 for all we know) approaches.
Apparently Apple is already testing the upcoming operating system upgrade for iPhones; the iOS 5, which will be featured on the iPhone5 when it is released. The fifth generation iOS is being tested internally across all of Apple’s major products, including the iPhone 4, iPods and both iPads. There have also been no reports pointing at Apple having app developers tinkering with the new operating system as we definitely would’ve heard something about it by now; but definitely will when the time comes.

According to the same sources, Apple is also testing iOS 5 on the iPhone 3GS which is also interesting since it dissolves reports that Apple would no longer support internal upgrades for anything older than the iPhone 4.
We’ll definitely be getting MUCH more information about the iOS 5 upgrade (which will definitely shed some light on the what to expect from the iPhone 5) at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in June where they’ve advertised that they would be highlighting the future of Mac OS and iOS; a possibly hint at the final version of 10.7, Lion and iOS 5.
This all furthers the case that Apple will not be releasing the iPhone 5 until Fall 2011, since it would be far too late to be testing the operating system for an iPhone 5 that would released in about a month (on time with previous iPhone releases).
Now lets hope that some more interesting news pertaining to the iPhone 5 picks up in the coming days or else we’ll have to resort to making garbage rumours and news up like some other iPhone 5 websites ( you know who they are).
Catch up on some iPhone 5 news that you might’ve missed here

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Thứ Hai, 2 tháng 5, 2011

Apple Building Two iPhone 5 Models for Release This Fall

Apple is reportedly building two iPhone5 models for a scheduled fall release.
According to an employee of an Apple part supplier, there is reason to believe that the iPhone 5 will actually be two devices: a ‘standard’ and ‘pro’ model.
Previous rumors have said that the iPhone 5 would be a significant redesign of its predecessor, and we’ve also heard rumors that the iPhone 5 will end up being only a slight evolution of the iPhone 4.
Due to the extensive amount of NDAs our source had to sign to work with Apple, he could not give us very many details. He does believe that Apple is going to build two iPhone models, which he referred to as a ‘normal’ and a ‘pro’ version.
Our source says that Apple is ordering components of similar function, but some of them are the very best of what you can get right now.
While the rest of the ordered components are just the standard versions, Apple is also ordering better quality components of the same function. Our source says that both types of components wouldn’t go in one device together, which makes him believe Apple is up to something with a ‘pro’ version.
We believe our source is reliable regarding this information. On top of that, we have also heard from an inside source at Apple that the iPhone 5(s) will definitely not be released until Q2 of this year. Apple’s internal revenue forecast for the next business quarter is the lowest it’s ever been, which means no new iPhone(s) until at least August or Septembe
According to our inside source at Apple, the company is making plans for the next iPhone announcement in the fall after the “Back to School” season. The next iPhone announcement will take place in the exact same time frame as Apple’s music and iPod event has in the past.
This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard about a fall iPhone announcement, and we believe our source has only helped confirm that news.
Recent rumors of an iPhone 4S have suggested that the next generation iPhone will only be a slight redesign and focus more on internal hardware. We’ve heard that the next iPhone (whether it be two devices or one) will be a global device capable of running on all carriers.
Perhaps Apple will keep the ‘normal’ version of the iPhone 5 as a carrier-specific device, and introduce a global phone with upgraded specs as the ‘pro’ version.
[The above image is merely a concept and not the real iPhone 5.]

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