In addition to unveil a slew of fresh computer hardware on Tuesday , Apple also announced version 3 of iBooks , its read app for the iPad and iPhone . We ’ll have a full review soon , but in the meanwhile , here are some former imprint from our initial hands - on experience with the app . The most prominent new features are iBooks ’s new scrolling theme , newly incorporate sharing choice , and an Amazon - inspired , iCloud - power bookshelf ....
Now that Apple has unveil its long - awaitediPad mini , we can see where it match within the full small - tablet market based on facts , not rumors . There are a slew of Android - based tablets with screens in the 7 - in range . Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Google(manufactured by Asus),Samsung , andToshibaeach have a tablet that sizing . How does the iPad mini compare with them ?...
Even though the unveiling of a little version of the iPad waswidely anticipatedheading into Tuesday ’s media effect , Apple still managed to storm more than a few people with theiPad mini — though perhaps in ways that not everyone was hop for . First , there was the iPad mini ’s price tag . set out at $ 329 for a 16 GB model , the iPad mini is perceptibly more expensive than the comparably sized pad of paper that many see as its main rivalry ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Tuesday was avery busy solar day for Appleand we in the Macworld Lab were ecstatic to see the Mac so well constitute . Luckily , we did n’t have to wait long to get our hired man on a new13 - inch MacBook Pro with Retina display . We tested the $ 1699 standard conformation model , which has a 2.5GHz dual - core Core i5 processor , Intel ’s integrated HD Graphics 4000 , 128 GB of ostentation storage , and 8 GB of RAM ....
Our Verdict Apple’s15 - inch Retina MacBook Prohas a job : OS X does n’t allow users to well take full advantage of the Retina display . Specifically , OS X does n’t provide a mere , quick way to flip between the many supported screen resolutions ; in increase , the Retina display supports higher closure than OS X provides access to . Fortunately , several developers offer package tools to define this trouble , and the one I ’ve come to favor is Inertiactive’sQuickRes ....
Our Verdict Loren Brichter create Tweetie , the incredible iPhone app that finally became the official Twitter app . He contrive pull - to - refresh . And if you had require me what form of app he might release as his long - wait follow - up to Tweetie , boy , I never would have reckon . Now I fuck the response , and I ’m as pleased with the result as I am surprised by it : It ’s Letterpress , a word game with a healthy serving of scheme to go along with it ....
Our Verdict In some ways , Thunderbird16 ’s open - source descent are a blessing . This free email client from the makers of Firefox — aid by a legion of consecrated military volunteer coder — pop the question more add - ons and customizable feature of speech than Apple’sMail 6 ( ) or Microsoft’sOutlook 2011 ( ) . But exemption and flexibleness have their drawback , too : Thunderbird look and works like a putz construct by commission ....
A finding by the U.S. International Trade Commission that Samsung infringed Apple ’s letters patent would lead to less choice and higher prices for consumer , Samsung say Wednesday after an ITC judge issued a preliminary decision against the troupe . Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender issued apreliminary findingthat Samsung infringed four of Apple ’s patents , one relate to ware plan and three refer to applied science . The infringing devices let in models of Samsung’sTransform , Acclaim , IndulgeandInterceptsmartphones , according to the judge ....
As Apple prepares to start sell its new iPad mini , worker at a Chinese manufactory that manufactures the Cartesian product have been enduring chemical substance fumes , 12 - hour work shifts and so-called company mismanagement as they assemble the new gimmick . “ The working condition here are meth , there ’s no need to convey it up , ” say a 25 - year - old worker surnamed Wu ....
Apple made some stunning announcements yesterday , not the least of which was the quaternary - generation iPad . So , naturally , have the whining begin ! CNet ’s Roger Cheng says“To Apple : Thanks for making my ‘ new iPad ’ obsolete . ” Apple , I thought we had a deal . I buy one of your products , and I ’m guaranteed rough a yr feeling like I ’ve baffle the latest and greatest that Apple has to offer ....
Apple ’s mellow - settlement Retina showing now comes in another portable configuration , as the fellowship unveil a 13 - inchMacBook Prowith Retina presentation on Tuesday that complements the 15 - inch model introduced over the summertime . The 13 - in Retina MacBook Pro sports a show with a resolution of 2560 by 1600 pixels , a immense 4 - times increase over the 1280 by 800 resolution on the13 - inch MacBook Proreleased in June ....
Apple today unveiled a new iMac parentage - up at the San Jose California Theatre , right next doorway to Cupertino . Tim Cook , Apple ’s CEO , took to the level to announce the new desktop computers , which have n’t been updated since May 2011 . That ’s some time ago , so understandably , Mac users have been getting raring to get their hand on a new example with novel processor and update spectacles ....
At Tuesday ’s Apple Special Event , the party introduced a redesignediMacthat Apple older vice president Phil Schiller called , “ the most beautiful Mac we have ever made . ” While the intimate almuninum design remains , the new iMac is much thinner than its predecessor . The companionship reengineered the iMac ’s internals and display , and Apple allege the showing organisation is 45 per centum thinner and 8 pounds faint ....
