Archive for the ‘Web Broswers’ category

IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features

April 8th, 2010

Today, Apple hosted a special ‘Sneak Preview’ presentation of the next generation iPhone Software.

“iPhone OS 4 is the fourth major release of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re delivering over 100 new features, including multitasking, folders, a unified inbox, deeper Enterprise support, and an iPhone version of our iBooks reader and online iBookstore.”

IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features iphone os preview icon multitasking20100407 IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features iphone os preview icon folders20100407 IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features iphone os preview enterprise20100407 IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features iphone os preview icon ibooks20100407 IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features iphone os preview iads20100407

 
 
 

During the keynote, Steve Jobs shared the stage with Scott Forstall, Senior VP of iPhone Software. Forstall hit on the key background APIs that allows iPhone OS 4 to handle the load of multitasking, and while the technology is there, I just don’t feel impressed by the idea or its execution. I hope this is a switchable function of the OS, but I doubt that it will be.
» Read more: IPhone OS 4 Announces Multitasking, Still Misses Key Features

No comments »

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Events, Mobile, Press Release, Technology, Verizon, Web Broswers, iPhone

Tags:

Short Comings of Apple’s Tablet

February 4th, 2010

As I’m sure you’re already aware, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, announced their latest creation, their rendition of a tablet computer – the iPad. As with all of Apple’s hardware announcements, the whole technological world is up in arms about this new “magical” device to come from the Cupertino-based company.

Despite the “majestic” stance Apple seems to have, we all have to remember, they’re just another technology company. Sometimes flawed by design aesthetics or lack of through hardware testing (as with the MagSafe Power Adaptor or Apple TimeCapsule), Apple does have a tendency to leave out the most obvious of hardware features. » Read more: Short Comings of Apple’s Tablet

No comments »

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Apple iPad, Mobile, Technology, Web Broswers, iPhone

Tags:

Is iPad OS 3.2 really the new iPhone OS?

January 30th, 2010

When Steve Jobs first displayed Apple’s new tablet computer, dubbed “iPad”, one of the first thoughts to cross my mind was “Is this a preview of the next generation iPhone OS?”

While the new device is claimed to be running a modified version of the iPhone OS, I speculate some of the features of the iPad OS (aka: 3D Dock, iBooks, new versions of Calendar and Contacts, and others) might find their way over to the iPhone and iPod touch devices.

Engadget reported early Friday morning, that the iPad OS has been ‘jailbroken’ to run on the iPhone and iPod touch, however after watching the included YouTube video, the “iPad OS” is simply a hacked iPhone with an applied springboard theme applied. Here’s the link to the Engadget report. » Read more: Is iPad OS 3.2 really the new iPhone OS?

No comments »

Posted in Apple, Apple iPad, Mobile, Technology, Web Broswers, iPhone

Tags:

Apple’s iPad Tablet Computer

January 28th, 2010

Apple’s Attempt at a Tablet Computer

"Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.” ~ The Wall Street Journal

Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.
— The Wall Street Journal


Today, Apple’s CEO and co-founder, Steve Jobs, took stage to announce a new their latest product, something to ‘fill the gap’ between the smartphone and laptop market, a niche market filler. Apple named this “mobile Internet tablet device” the iPad… they should have named the “iFail”.

The Apple-based tablet is quite an interesting device by itself, but the name is just – wrong. “iTablet”, “Apple Tablet”, or “MacBook Touch”, or whatever, would’ve been a better choice for the device. The iPad name, however, really doesn’t strike or appeal to me. There’s no “wow” factor with the name that makes it a cool, or an attractive name. » Read more: Apple’s iPad Tablet Computer

No comments »

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Apple iPad, Events, Life, Mobile, Technology, Web Broswers, Websites, iPhone

Tags:

Browser Wars: Google Strikes Back

October 14th, 2008

Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. Over the past few years, these browsers have become common names for web browsers on both Mac and Windows systems, with Apple’s Safari arriving to the Windows platform in June 2007.

Both Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox have been big players in the recent browser wars. While Internet Explorer has been losing ground to Firefox over the past few years, the browser wars have appeared once again; this time it’s a battle between FireFox and the other guys: Apple Safari, Opera, and now, Google Chrome. Google Chrome Logo

Google Chrome hit the web browsing market on September 2, 2008 for Windows XP and Vista, and was welcomed as an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 browser. The open-sourced WebKit HTML-engine and a Google-built JavaScript engine, dubbed “V8 JavaScript”, help power the Chrome browser. » Read more: Browser Wars: Google Strikes Back

No comments »

Posted in Apple, Featured, Google, Life, Microsoft, Technology, Web Broswers, Websites