As a marked contrast to yesterday’s post, Apple has shown the world how style and elegance is achieved through calculated effortlessness. This week the company opened a new store in Paris which is, I think, one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen. Even if it were devoid of the engineering delights contained therein, this architectural delight would satisfy the soul equally. Exquisite elegance and pictorial perfection past the break. Read more…
Some really interesting videos of when Steve Jobs took stage this week at D8 to answer questions from the Wall Street Journal and from the floor. Speaking about Flash Steve explains that when they took the decision to not include Flash on the iPhone OS when launching the iPhone, they spoke with Adobe, expressed their concerns about its speed and power consumption and asked Adobe to come back to them when they had a better product, they never did. He then goes on to say that whilst some users were disappointed nobody made too much of a fuss with the iPhone. When the iPad launched, Adobe were publicly outspoken about the exclusion of Flash from the iPad, regardless of the fact that they had not improved their mobile platform. In response, Steve published “Thoughts on Flash”. Here he mentions that Apple just got sick of Adobe trash talking their products even though they had failed to bring anything new to the table. The second video, after the break, aptly demonstrates just how passionate Jobs is about their products and is a real glimpse into why Apple takes some of the restrictive steps it does.
Oh and by the way, since launch, Apple has sold an iPad every 3 seconds! Read more…
According to Superiphone.cz, who are claiming that they have managed to get their hands on parts for the next-gen iPhone, the newest model will sport a dramatic increase in screen resolution. Microscopes in hand, the sire counted the screen’s RGB elements to figure out the resolution.
In case you were wondering, 960 x 640 is quadruple the number of pixels found on the current iPhone which sports a comparably measly 480 x 320 resolution. This increases the the new iPhone pixel density to 320 dpi. How d’ya like them Apple(s) Droid (265) and Nexus One (252)?
Just in case you still had doubts as to the origin of the device purported to be Apple’s next generation iPhone, as if you needed any more confirmation, Apple today officially requested its return by GIZMODO. After contacting the site informally at first, GIZMODO took the initiative to ask for a official request as proof of the device’s origin and authenticity. Read on for the full letter. Read more…
Whilst at first, many believed this to be a well designed fake, having been dissected and the story of its discovery fully unveiled it is clear that this is the real deal. The intricacies of the final design may differ slightly, but the improvements to this new iPhone, its internal components and new, iPad-esque design certainly offer a fantastic insight into what the new iPhone will offer. Read on for more pictures and a full list of imporvements. Read more…
The video shows a set of two plasma TVs set up behind a pair of windows, connected to a Mac Pro. The Mac is running Winscape’s software which controls the view seen from the windows by tracking the individual’s movement around the room using a simple IR sensor (in this case a Wii-mote). As the person moves around the room the view out of the ‘windows’ changes perspective accordingly. Read more…
If you have a hankering for seeing some multitasking in action on the iPhone, or maybe the implementation of folders, enhanced email, iBooks or any of the other features announced yesterday during Apple’s iPhone 4.0 keynote, well now you can. This may be more agony than anything else, considering that, unless you’re a developer, its not for you until this summer. Watch the entire presentation here.
Today’s the big day for iPhone fans in what has been an uncharacteristically vocal week from Cupertino. Obviously Apple’s media event to unveil their roadmap for iPhone 4.0 is invitation only however the GU team will be here with its very best copy-and-paste skills to bring you all the news as it happens.
Multitasking, exposé, redesigned home screen? Who knows. Its unlikely we’ll here any new hardware announcements today but we can only hope.
GU tip: Look out for the introduction of iAds and join us here at 5.30pm.
As if every Apple fanboy wasn’t already having the week of their life, Apple just went and unleashed this gem unto the world to literally turn the internet upside down with hysteria. Apple has announced an iPhone OS 4 event onApril 8th at 10AM PT for a “sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software.” So clear your calendar (as if you could possibly have anything more important to do) and check back here on Thursday for another GU Liveblog of the even as it unfolds. I’m going to lie down.
Opera Mini has been a long time in the making, almost two years in fact. We all knew this day would come and it is with some trepidation that we now await its prognosis. Apple doesn’t allow Apps on the App Store which replicate the functions of existing native applications, that includes Safari, which is a shame since the video herein suggests Opera Mini is super fast in comparison. Read more…
