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Apple renames iPhone OS 4 to iOS 4. June 7, 2010

Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Media, News, Resources, Tech, iPad, iPhone, iPod , add a comment

Appropriately, Apple renames iPhone OS 4 to iOS 4 since it is also available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

GDGT points out that Cisco owns the trademark “IOS” (originally Internet Operating System). It is the “iPhone” trademark all over again.

UPDATE: Cisco confirms that Apple licenses the trademark for IOS.

Speaking of which, iOS4 Golden Master will be made available to iPhone Developers today.

Posted from Lakewood, California, United States.

Apple WWDC 2010 Live Keynote Coverage Links. June 4, 2010

Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , add a comment

It is that time of the year again when Apple is hosting a Conference to its Developers. Yes, Steve Jobs will be kickstarting WWDC 2010 on Monday June 7th, 2010 10:00 AM Pacific Time.

Here’s an early list of the sites who would bring you the live coverage; it will be updated as more become available:

As usual, there will be sites providing some kind of live coverage of WWDC 2010 Keynote. I wonder if Gizmodo will be there after their failed attempt to extort Steve Jobs for access?

UPDATE: Brian Lam from Gizmodo claims that Apple won’t respond to their requests to attend WWDC. (via Daring Fireball)

Apple did not release iPhone OS 4 beta 5 which was expected on June 1, 2010. It is likely that Apple will show more of the iPhone OS 4 features exclusive to the next iPhone, what ever it called (iPhone 4? iPhone 4G? iPhone A4? iPhone Extreme Championship Editions?).

According to our telepath who probed the mind of an Apple Executive who is definitely Scott Forestall, the next iPhone (hardware) will not be available during the WWDC week. There will be auxiliary announcements related to the next iPhone, including Apple’s “reactions” to AT&T New Wireless Data Plans. Based on the telepathic source, Apple is planning to make the next iPhone available for sale between late June and early July. That’s June 25/26 or July 2/3 weekend.

Stay tuned for more links as they are made available.

Posted from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Brain Not Needed: Microsoft’s Bing is iPhone-bound in Apple WWDC 2010. May 29, 2010

Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Mac OS X, Media, Microsoft, News, Resources, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows, iPad, iPhone, iPod , add a comment

Previously on “Brain Not Needed”:

Steve Ballmer was going to make an appearance on Steve Jobs WWDC 2010 Keynote introducing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. A brainless analyst claimed that Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 supports native codes for iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X. Then the same brainless analyst retracted the statement.

It is more likely that Apple would be adding Bing search engine into iPhone OS Safari. It will not, however, replaced Google and Yahoo! search. Then again, since Yahoo! is also using Bing search engine. As long as Apple is not dropping Yahoo! search, Bing is making it to the iPhone Safari.

It is more logical for Apple to add Bing and Yahoo! into Safari search; for all platforms.

It is unlikely for Apple to remove Google from the approved search engine for the iPhone.

Posted from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Brain Not Needed: Ballmer at Apple WWDC and Visual Studio writes native codes iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X. May 27, 2010

Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, Microsoft, News, Rants, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows, iPad, iPhone, iPod , add a comment

Seriously, I need to get a job as a “Analyst” now. Think about the ridiculous amount of money people are willing to pay me for some random analysis I made up.

Steve Ballmer at WWDC? Unlikely.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to write native codes for iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X? Seriously? Apparently someone needs attention really bad. Writing Mac OS X apps in Windows, that’s making as much sense as giving Carlos Mencia his own show.

Don’t know what I’m ranting about? Ask John Gruber.

Brain Not Needed!

Posted from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Apple hints iPhone OS 4 and next iPhone release sometimes in early July 2010. May 4, 2010

Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Mac OS X, Media, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes , add a comment

According to an imaginary source who claimed to be an Apple Executive that is definitely not Phil Schiller, Apple is aiming for early July 2010 for the release of iPhone OS 4 and the next iPhone (dubbed as iPhone 2010). July 2nd might be a possible release date.

Apple is somewhat planning to announce the public availability of iPhone 2010 and iPhone OS 4 at WWDC on June 7th, 2010 in San Francisco.

In addition to iPhone OS, Apple is also somewhat planning to reveal a thing or two or five about its Mac OS X platform.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Upgrading from Leopard June 15, 2009

Posted by very in : Announcement, Apple, Applications, Apps, Leopard, Mac OS X, MacBook, Media, News, Resources, Reviews, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting , add a comment

Generally I avoid OS upgrade but this time I am giving it a try in a production machine.

Upgrading from Mac OS X Leopard to Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview on my MacBook Pro.

My colleague tested the upgrade on a MacBook Core Duo and it went smoothly.

I’ll see if the upgrade went smoothly on my MacBook Pro Core Duo.

P.S. I ordered another 320GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive for the MacBook Pro. It is still much cheaper than the 500GB 7200RPM notebook hard drive.

Western Digital Scorpio Black 320 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD3200BEKT

WWDC 2009: Apple Releases Safari 4 June 8, 2009

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Apple has officially releases Safari 4 and they are backing down from the top-of-the-window-automatically-resizable-tab.

Safari 4 is available for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista/7.

Get Safari 4 from http://www.apple.com/safari/.