iMac with Retina 5K display

IMac27-Yosemite-Homescreen

Apple:

iMac with Retina 5K display delivers an amazingly immersive user experience. With a resolution of 5120 x 2880, iMac with Retina 5K display has four times more pixels than the standard 27-inch iMac and 67 percent more pixels than a 4K display.

That’s a lot of pixels in a 27-inch display.

The display on the new 27-inch iMac has been engineered for performance, power efficiency and stunning visual quality. iMac with Retina 5K display uses a precisely manufactured oxide TFT-based panel to deliver vivid display brightness from corner to corner. A single supercharged Apple-designed timing controller (TCON), with four times the bandwidth, drives all 14.7 million pixels. iMac with Retina 5K display also uses highly efficient LEDs and organic passivation to improve image quality and reduce display power consumption by 30 percent, even while driving four times more pixels at the same brightness.

Apple is saying that they had to invent a new hardware to accommodate the 5K display.

iMac with Retina 5K display starts at $2,499 (US).

Apple Special Event, October 16, 2014.

Apple Special Event October 16 2014

Apple Special Event for October 16, 2014 titled “It’s been way too long.” will commence at 10:00 a.m. Cupertino Time.

Apple is expected to announce:

  • New iPad Air and iPad mini
  • iOS 8.1
  • Apple Pay deployment
  • OS X Yosemite release date

Many people wants Apple to announce:

  • New Macs
  • New Apple TV

Go to Apple.com/live for the live stream. Assuming Apple had sacked the people responsible for September 9, 2014 live stream and replaced them with llamas.

Live Stream Apology

Rumors and Misdirections: Apple October 16, 2014 Special Event

Apple It's been way too long

On October 16, 2014 Apple will be announcing the followings:

  • OS X Yosemite release date
  • New iPad lineup
  • Apple Pay deployment
  • iOS 8.1

Apple is also rumored to announce:

  • New Macs
  • New Apple TV

This might be a misdirection from an Apple source, but it is too good to not mention:

  • New product with touch interface

There are a lot of cryptic information from firstnameatappledotcom to process, and some of them I won’t even mention here.

Mong Kok, Hong Kong: Democracy Protests and iPhone 6

Our correspondent has been spending the last two weeks in Hong Kong covering the Democracy Protests.

Democracy Protests in Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Protestors camping at the street of Mong Kok, Hong Kong.
(photo credit: Yogi)

While covering the protests, Yogi stumbled upon iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sold on the sidewalk Causeway Bay. An iPhone 6, presumably a 16GB model was sold for 6,500 HKD, roughly 830 USD.

iPhone 6 sold on sidewalk in Hong Kong

iOS 8: Wi-Fi Calls or iPhone Cellular Calls

iOS 8 brings two features that are mutually exclusive: Wi-Fi Calls and iPhone Cellular Calls.

Wi-Fi calling will be turned off to allow other devices to make and receive calls through your iPhone.

iPhone Cellular Calls or Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calls is currently enabled on carriers that support the feature, such as T-Mobile USA.

T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calls e911 Address

iOS 8 also enables Cellular Calls handoff to OS X Yosemite and other iOS 8 devices.