No Ipad 3 until 2012

For those of you with a Ipad one, you may cry, and for those of you with a ipad two, you may relax. By the looks of things it looks like the ipad 3 will not be until 2012. After all, Steve Jobs said it was the year of the Ipad 2. Plus if you look at Apple has to release this fall, it doenes't make sense to release the Ipad 3 this fall. The Iphone 5 has to be updated first, and most likely that will be what Apple wants everyone to pay attention to for the Holiday season. Along with new ipods, there isn't a lot of room to market the Ipad in the same time. There is also the Mac Pro. although not as popular, it still needs a update. So Ipad fans, looks like its back to the waiting blocks. 

Iphone 5 Delayed till October.

As the fall comes closer, the rumors about Apple's plan for the fall get crazy and crazier. New rumors sugguest that Apple will be having its Media event in September to focus on the ipods, and then launch the Iphone 5 in October. If they will announce it at the media event is unknown. But it does make sense that they would want launch it sperate to increase sales. Also remember that fall is anytime between September 21 and December 21. So IOS 5 can come out as early or late as they want.

Apple kills MobileMe to make room for Icloud

Well it looks like MobileMe is finally being killed off to make room for Apple's new Icloud service. You will be able to transfer your mail, contacts and calendar dates from MobileMe to Icloud (you know, the important stuff) but the Gallery, Idisk and Iweb are being killed off in the next year.

Current users will be given a 20GB bonus to use with their icloud for a year, giving you a total of 25GB for online storage. Which isn't to bad. But it is sad to see MobileMe go, and the death of iweb.

Itunes 11 to receive overhaul in newest release

Itunes has been around for a very long time, and its lifetime, it has pretty much looked the same. With its grey and blue color scheme. The same sidebar on the left, and so forth. While it was ahead of its time back in the early 2000's, ten years later, it might be time for a change.

As many people know, Apple never keeps things the same for long, so many are betting that itunes 11 may be getting built up from the ground up with a new facelift.

Don't forget, that the icloud is coming this fall, so Apple is going to have to somehow put that feature in the new itunes 11, so that is something we can expect.

Itunes 11 may finally allow the ability to tag more then one genre tags and artists tags to songs. A improved Ping, taking notes from both G+ and facebook. Hopefully more options just in genreal, like to only play the audio for music videos in playlists and color change options. But if the wishlist gets to big, there is no way Apple can do it all.

Remember that old icon with the CD and green or blue music note? Seems like a long time ago huh.

MAC OSX Lion Review ~ The Lion Roars a mixed bag

Mac OSX Lion, it looked like it was going to be the best OS X yet,  with lots of new freatures. Since Snow Leopard was pretty behind the scenes, but did it deliver. Well, its a mixed bag. Well is what I liked and didn't like about Apple's lasted Cat. 

Mac OSX Lion Pros:

Mission Control ~ Although Apple kinda merged Spaces and expose together, they did it rather well. Its pretty easy to use the full screen Apps (which right now only contest of Apple's own apps, plus a few others) and have multiple desktops open at once. The Dashboard now has its own screen, so it no appears over your windows and desktop. Overall, a cool Lion feature. 

Full Screen Apps ~ Now the Apps can take up the whole screen, leaving you and the app just to work together. I find that it works great with Iphoto and ical when you need the extra space. Plus full screen Photobooth is fun to. 

The Log in Screen ~ Has been updated with a cleaner and nicer look. 

Mac OSX Lion Cons:


LaunchPad ~ Granted, the idea of mixing IOS and Mac OS sounded like a bad idea, and it kinda was. The Launch Pad is like organizing apps on your iphone, but brought to the desktop. But I find it kinda useless as the dock and Application folder on the dock work so much better, and its not like your opening apps that often that you need a LaunchPad for them.

The Bugs ~ It has been known that OS launch'es have always been kinda buggy in their frist release, but I think Lion is the worst out of them all. The worst bug I have is when I try to play a youtube video and the entire screen freezes, like, I thought that wasn't suppose to happen on your OS Apple.

Resume ~ This feature sounded pretty cool on paper, but now that I have seen it in action I can say that is more trouble then its worth. The problem is that you often keep a app open if your working on it, and close it when you want a clean stale. Take preview for example, I open a PDF to look it and close the app. Next time I open a new PDF file, the one I was reading earlier appears, so now you have to close the windows themselves when you want a fresh start.

The New Finder ~ When you open the finder for the frist time, you get this new thing called All my files, but I have found it doesn't work all that well and its pretty useless, since I know where all my files are located. Also, the user library folder has been hidden, and you now need a keyboard shortcut to access it. Plus the icons on the finder sidebar are now all gray, just like itunes. Overall, the new changes to finder are not up my ally.

So far, it seems like I don't really like Apples new OS Lion, but that might change over time if the bugs get fixed and some of the Resume options are made easier to access and control. But for $30 bucks, its super affordable and easy to download. So if you want to be on board the lasted OS, I would recommend getting it. But if you can wait, I would wait till the .1 or .2 release. 

Iphone 5 Predictions ~ 5 things that may come to the Iphone

The Iphone 5 seems to be everyone's mind, and since its the frist iphone not to be released at WWDC, many people are wondering what Apple has up their sleeve. Well its time to put on our future hats and see if we can predict what the Iphone 5 will be like. This is most likey going to be a good update after the disappointing Iphone 4.

1. 64 GB iPhone coming ~ With the Ipad and Ipod Touch already at 64 GB's, its only expected that the newest iphone will have its storage bumped up, since last year they kept it at 32GB. If its one thing Apple knows, it's that people want more space, and I'm sure Iphone 5 will provide, for the cost of course. 

2. 8 megapixal camera ~ Of course, we can expect the camera on the back to be greatly improved as well. Some rumors expect there to be a double flash, which would be cool. But considering that the camera feature in IOS 5 was improved, you can expect the camera will be that much better as well. Plus we can expect the front camera to maybe be in HD for Facetime, but this is a maybe as I know that would be hard on data rates. 

3. New form factor ~ With the problems of the athena with the Iphone 4, Apple is going to change the form factor just a little bit. I highy doubt they will make it thinner, cause its already pretty thin, but maybe they will make it curved. Also expect the screen to be a little bigger, as Apple is going to want you to enjoy your media on there. Hopefully edge to edge screen will be on the iphone 5. 

4. 4G speeds/LTD ~ If the Iphone wants to stay current with its Android brothers, then it will have to have 4G speeds. If it doesn't, that will be a whole other year stuck with 3G speeds, and with so many Android phones jumping on board already, I don't see Apple waiting on this.  But then its Apple we're talking about here.

5. A Navigation System ~ With IOS 5 coming along with the iphone, there has always been one thing missing from the Iphone, and that is GPS turn by turn directions as your drive. Like Android phones have had since Droid one. Although not as big as a issue, it would be nice if it was included.

Anyway, the Iphone Five is sure to rock our worlds. Not only does IOS 5 look like its going to be the best IOS yet, but I'm sure the new hardware will be pretty boss as well. One should start saving your money now.

Iphone 5 to be redesigned this summer

In recent internet talk, AppleInsider has heard a rumor that Apple may be redesigned the Iphone 5 this summer. The Iphone Redesigned would have a screen that went to the edges of the screen, creating a bit bigger screen space, and a new bigger home button that would have touch swipe features.

Iphone 5 Mock Up

In addition, Apple will be introducing a 126 GB model, which would make those people wanting more space to hold their large itunes Liberians happy.  (Iphone and Itouch storage has been stuck at 64 gig max for some time).

The Iphone 5 will also be a little bit thinner then the iphone 4, and maybe will have a laptop effect where one side is thinner then the other. 

Of course, there is always strong word that Apple is not doing a redesign this year. So take these rumors with a grain of slat. For putting in 4G would be a big thing that would get people to buy a Iphone just the way it looks now.  But it would be pretty cool to see the Iphone get another change in its design this year.

Macbook Airs to get released earlier then predicted

This is a interesting rumor I found, but according to Macrumors and Appleinsider, Apple is working on making a new Macbook Air for a release date of June. A bit earlier then previous rumors had thought the air would get updated this year.

The main parts of the update would be Thunderbolt, and intels new Sandy-bridge processors, as the ones in the current Macbook Air are getting a little old. So those hoping for a little more power to come with their Macbook Air will be pleased. You can also expect longer battery life, bigger storage options and all those little goodies to. As for a redesign, expect the Macbook Air to look pretty much the same.

If this is true, then Apple will have a busy summer. As the desktop line and current Macbook are due for some much needed refreshes as well.