Apple iPad mini 2 and iPad Air go official

The new iPad Air (not iPad 5) is officially unveiled along with iPad Mini 2. The big news, of course, is that the mini model now has a Retina display.

Apple iPad Mini 2 Key Specification

• 7.9" with 1536 x 2048 pixels
• 1.3 GHz dual core A7 chipset with ARMv8-based Cyclone cores with M7 motion co-processor
• PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
• 16/32/64/128 GB internal memory
• 5 MP back facing camera
• 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
• 331 g / 341 g (Wi-Fi + Cellular)

The TouchID rumors didn’t pan out and the mini 2 has a regular Home button. The Apple iPad mini 2 runs iOS 7 out of the box with color options of Silver & White and Space Grey & Black. As usual there will be Wi-Fi and 3G/LTE versions.

The Apple iPad mini 2 will be available in November starting at $399, which is notably higher compared to the $339 starting price of the first iPad mini last year.

The Apple iPad Air brings a new name, new design and more power. It received the new Apple A7 chipset along with the M7 motion co-processor. The other major upgrade is the design – it's based on the iPad mini and has narrower bezels (43% smaller) that make the tablet easier to handle.

The tablet is 20% thinner and now measures just 7.5mm, thinner than the iPad 2. The weight also went down big time - from 653g to 469g.

Apple iPad Air Key Specification

• 9.7" IPS LCD screen with 1536 x 2048
• 1.3 GHz dual core A7 chipset with ARMv8-based Cyclone cores with M7 motion co-processor
• PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
• 16/32/64/128 GB internal memory
• 5 MP back facing camera
• 240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
• 469 g / 478 g (Wi-Fi + Cellular)

Color options are Silver and white and Space gray and the Apple iPad Air will be available on November 1 starting at $499.

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Sony unveils QX lens cameras for Androids and iOS

Along with Sony Xperia Z1, Sony also unveils 2 new lens-style cameras, QX10 and also QX100. Both have their own optics, image sensor batteries, memory card slots, zoom controls and shutter buttons and can use an Android or iOS device as viewfinder. Pairing is done with NFC if available then the image is streamed over Wi-Fi.

Sony Cyber-shot QX10 Key Specification :

• 18.2 megapixels
• 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) Exmor R™ CMOS sensor
• BIONZ image processor
• ISO 100 - 3200
• 25–250 mm F3.3 - F5.9 G Lens
• 1440 x 1080 (30 fps) video recording
• 62 x 62 x 33 mm
• 105 grams

Sony Cyber-shot QX100 Key Specification :

• 20.2 megapixels
• 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) Exmor R™ CMOS sensor
• BIONZ image processor
• ISO 160 - 6400
• 28–100 mm F1.8 - F4.9 ZEISS Lens
• 1440 x 1080 (30 fps) video recording
• 63 x 63 x 56 mm
• 179 grams

The new Cyber-shot QX100 and QX10 lens-style cameras will available later this month for about $500 and $250, respectively.

Apple announces iOS 7 at WWDC 2013 Keynote : new look, Siri, multitasking, toggles and more

UPDATED : Not all iOS 7 features will be available at all iDevices especially the older generation. source from GSMArena

Sadly only iPad 2 get the least features which is iTune Radio.

In case you miss out last night keynote from Apple WWDC 2013, fear not! We are here to cover the brand new iOS 7 improvement compare with previous version.

New look

After 6 version on iOS, finally the 7th iOS version revamp a brand new UI. Apple decided to use flat design on both icon and also UI elements. All system icons are redesigned around a standardized grid to unify the look. It also features an animated wallpapers (not a live wallpaper in Android) and there's a dynamic parallax effect between the icons and the wallpaper as you turn and tilt your phone.

Multitasking

Finally a real multitask from iOS! Apple claim the new multitask system allows apps to update much more often, while not wasting battery.

Enhanced Siri

New UI which is card-based UI and new services to provide answers to your questions (Twitter, Wikipedia and Bing, take that Google). The new Siri also capable of controlling your iDevice (increase brightness, turn on Bluetooth) and it offers a new lively voice (both female and male) for English, French and German.

New Notification Center

The notification center seem a total revamped and it offer alot info such as birthdays, weather, upcoming events from the calendar, stocks and even some info for tomorrow. Notification center will show up on the lockscreen and once you dismiss a notification, it goes away on the other devices too so you don't have to see the same notification multiple times. Pretty good!

Toggles

I am very sure Android user familiar with toggles. To access toggles, just swip up from the bottom of the screen. The toggles able to control screen brightness and the music player, the new AirDrop feature, and AirPlay along with some app shortcuts, including a flashlight toggle.

New camera UI

As much as I like simplicity, the new camera UI in iOS 7 is totally simple! Clean and nice. The new camera features four modes – regular stills and video, square photos with color effects (hi, Instagram) and panorama.

New Photos Gallery

The photo gallery has new UI too and provided automatic Geo tagging now. It sort your photos based on where and when you took them with automatically putting a title to the album. Zooming out shows new auto-generated albums for multi-day trips and zooming out even further groups the photos in years.

Updates on Safari

The Safari browser for iOS has new 3D UI for switching tabs and you're no longer limited to only 8 tabs. The browser now features a single smart search filed rather than having two fields - one for URL typing and another one for initiating Google searches. Another features is allowed you swipe from the sides of the screen to go back and forth through your browsing history.

New App Store

Well not visually new but the new app store now allowed automatic apps update and also suggest apps based on your location.

Facetime

The new facetime now available audio only option.

AirDrop

No NFC? No problem. Got AirDrop! It uses a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection to share stuff with other nearby user.

iTunes Radio

The music player get revamped too to iTunes Radio.

Weather

Looking on the weather very quickly remind me of HTC weather. Anyway the new weather allowed yout o check forecast for the next five days. You can check the weather of one location or all of them at once.

iOS 7 is available for the iPhone in beta today (If you're developer). In the Fall, iOS 7 will be available on iPhone 4 and later, iPod touch 5th gen, iPad mini and iPad 2 and later.

So what do you think the new revamped iOS 7? I like the UI alot. Simple and nice. However I still love something more customizeable especially on my main home screen.

Check out the full promo of iOS 7

Apple announces iPad 4th generation and 7.9-inch iPad mini

Apple event just happen this morning and as we expected we get to see iPad mini as well as new macbook. However we are quite surprise to see iPad 4th generation is ready to replaced the 6 months old New iPad. Lets take a look on the spec

iPad 4 Key Specification :

• 9.7 inches Retina 1536 x 2048 pixel display
• A6X silicon with quad-core graphics
• 5MP Camera with 1080p HD Video Recording.
• 9.4mm thickness.
• 1.4lbs.
• 10 hours of battery life still. 9 hours on 4G.
• Lightning port
• LTE

Basically the 4th generation iPad has similar spec and also physical design with New iPad except it running latest A6X processor that promised twice performance of the New iPad and also new lightning port that appear in iPhone 5.

Pricing stays the same as its predecessor, with a 16GB WiFi version for $499 and a 16GB model with cellular data on board costs $629.

iPad mini Key Specification :

• 7.9-inch LED-backlit IPS screen with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels
• Apple A5 chipset, 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor
• PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics
• 512MB RAM
• 5MP (iSight) rear camera (1080p)and 720p front-facing camera
• 16/32/64GB
• Lightning port

The iPad mini has exactly same spec with iPad 2 except the camera and latest lightning port.

The Apple iPad mini will go on pre-order next week with market availability scheduled to start on November 2. The base model costs $329, with the 32GB and 64GB version going for $429 and $529, respectively. The Wi-Fi+Cellular model pricing starts at $459 for the 16GB.

So are you excited with this new product? Share with us :)

iPhone 5 VS iPhone 4S : Worth an upgrade?

Let's say you have iPhone 4s and you are tempted to upgrade to iPhone 5 but worry you will spend more. Here a comparison chart between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S.

So, will you get iPhone 5? ;)

Apple iPhone 5 goes official

Hey yo! I hope you guys have a very exciting moment when iPhone 5 was launching this morning. Yupz iPhone 5 packed with A6 chip processor and iOS 6 is official! The design exactly same like the leaked pictures.

iPhone 5 Key Specification :

• 4-inch Retina display with a resolution of 1136x640 pixels (326ppi)
• A6 chipset
• 8megapixel camera and front camera can record 720p video
• 16GB / 32GB / 64GB internal memory
• iOS 6.

There are still alot unconfirm spec such as the A6 chip clocked at what speed and the battery capacity which said exceeded previous iPhone 4S. The new iPhone is thinner - 7.6mm and lighter - 112 grams than its 4S counterpart.

The pre-orders for the iPhone 5 starts on September 14 and stock available on September 21 if you live in USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Singapore or Hong Kong. 22 more countries will join the fun on September 28, while before the end of the year the iPhone 5 markets number will grow up to 100.

So, will you get it? ;)

Apple releases iOS 5.1.1 update

Apple released iOS 5.1.1 today for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

It is just a minor update that focuses on bug fixing rather than adding any new features.

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The New iPad will come Malaysia 20 April!

Finally, the New iPad is coming to Malaysia on 20th April, this friday!



Malaysia is part of 12 new countries that will receive the new iPad on that day which include South Korea, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The actual pricing for the new iPad in Malaysia is not confirm but the press release listed them at RM 1,531 (USD 499) for the 16GB model, RM 1,837 (USD 599) for the 32GB model and RM 2,143 (USD 699) for the 64GB model.

As for the iPad Wi-Fi + 4G model, it will be priced at RM 1,929 (US 629) for the 16GB model, RM 2,235 (USD 729) for the 32GB model and RM 2,542 (USD 829) for the 64GB model.

However, we are not sure whether the Wi-Fi + 4G models will actually be offered to Malaysian consumers since our telcos are yet to activate or fully deploy their LTE network.

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iOS 5.1 available over the air now

Yupz, the new iOS 5.1 is available today via OTA! However do keep in mind that you may experience issues with its download. If you get an error message just keep trying or leave it for tomorrow as the Apple servers are probably having trouble coping with the high initial demand.

iOS 5.1 Changelog

• SIRI support Japan language.
• Enable to delete photos from Photo Stream in iCloud.
• The lockscreen camera shortcut is now constantly visible on the lockscreen.

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Santa use iPhone 4S

A new ads promoting iPhone 4S



Siri, you are cool! But maybe not in Malaysia yet ;(

iOS 5 finally gets an untethered jailbreak

Oh hey finally there is a Untethered Jailbreak for IOS 5. It will available for public soon.

The video below are from the Chronic Dev Team that demonstrates a working untethered jailbreak solution.



The exploit is available on both iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1, so there shouldn’t be any problem jailbreaking either of them.

The hacker promised to test the jailbreak solution on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (which he doesn’t have) as soon as he get the chance, but everything should work fine on Apple’s latest iDevices.

The untethered jailbreak isn’t ready for public use just yet and there’s no exact timeframe given for that happening, but it shouldn’t take too long.

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iPhone 4S will available in Malaysia on 16th December via Telcos

It is hype! A perfect Christmas present for yourself or love one isn't? Our three main lovely telco, Maxis, Celcom and Digi will be bringing iPhone 4S to Malaysia. Celcom will be the first among other telco to offer iPhone 4S.

Celcom will be bringing iPhone 4S on 16th December. However Celcom havent release the pricing and registration.

if you are Maxis user, you can register you interest here. The pricing is not available yet but definitely by 16th December Maxis will start release it.

Digi doesn't miss out the party too however like Celcom, it doesnt have any pricing and registration to begin with. Not even the date of releasing.

We'll wait for the pricing release by them soon. Stay tune!

iOS 5.0.1 available as an OTA update

Finally Apple release iOS 5.0.1 to fix some numerous bugs and problem.

The changes in iOS 5.0.1 are :

• Better battery life.
• Reappearance of the multi-touch gestures on the original iPad.
• Improved voice recognition for Australian users using dictation.
• Fixed bugs with Documents in the Cloud.

The update is now available as an Over The Air (OTA) download and weighs in at 44.6 MB.

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Apple promise will fix battery life issue in iOS 5

I bet you know alot people complaint about the battery life in their iPhone, especially iPhone 4S that running iOS 5. It has been more than a couple of weeks now but Apple refused to comment on the situation, until now.

However apple has admit the problem and promise to release a software update in a few weeks to solve the issue. In addition, Apple already included iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers. On version 5.0.1, battery life will be improved. In addition, multitasking gestures in the first generation iPad, resolved bugs with documents in the Cloud, improved voice recognition for Australian users using dictation and other security improvements also included.


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iPhone 4S vs. Samsung Galaxy S II Drop Test

Interesting isn't? ;)

Have you upgrade to iOS 5?

Well if you havent time to do it! iOS 5 updae is now available via iTunes. The update brings lots of new features including the Notification center, the location-aware Reminders, iCloud and iMessage to the iOS compatible devices such as the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4, the iPod Touches (3rd and 4th gen) and of course, the two iPads.

iOS 5 changelog :

iOS 5 Software Update


This update contains over 200 new features, including the following:


• Notifications
◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Center
◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen
◦ View notifications from lock screen
◦ Slide the notification app icon to the right on the lock screen to go directly to the app


• iMessage
◦ Send and receive unlimited text, photo, and video messages with other iOS 5 users
◦ Track messages with delivery and read receipts
◦ Group messaging and secure encryption
◦ Works over cellular network and Wi-Fi*


• Newsstand
◦ Automatically organizes magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
◦ Displays the cover of the latest issue
◦ Background downloads of new issues


• Reminders for managing to do lists
◦ Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
◦ Location-based reminders when you leave or arrive at a location for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4


• Built-in support for Twitter
◦ Sign-in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
◦ Add location to any tweet
◦ View twitter profile pictures and usernames in Contacts


• Camera improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Double click the home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
◦ Volume Up button to take a picture
◦ Optional grid lines to line up shots
◦ Pinch to zoom in the preview screen
◦ Swipe to camera roll from preview screen
◦ Tap and hold to lock focus and exposure, iPad 2 and iPod touch (4th generation) only support exposure lock


• Photo improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Crop and rotate
◦ Red eye removal
◦ One tap enhance
◦ Organize photos into albums


• Mail improvements
◦ Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts
◦ Indentation control
◦ Drag to rearrange names in address fields
◦ Flag messages
◦ Mass mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Customize mail alert sounds
◦ S/MIME


• Calendar improvements
◦ Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
◦ Tap to create an event
◦ View and add event attachments


• Game Center improvements
◦ Use personal photos for your Game Center account
◦ Compare your overall achievement scores with your friends
◦ Find new Game Center friends with friend recommendations and friends of friends
◦ Discover new games with custom game recommendations


• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S


• Multitasking Gestures for iPad
◦ Use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen
◦ Swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar
◦ Swipe left or right to switch between apps
• On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant


• Software updates available over the air without tethering


• iCloud support
◦ iTunes in the Cloud
◦ Photo Stream
◦ Documents in the Cloud
◦ Apps and Books automatic download and purchase history
◦ Backup
◦ Contacts, Calendar, and Mail
◦ Find My iPhone


• Redesigned Music app for iPad


• Hourly weather forecast


• Real-time stock quotes


• Wireless sync to iTunes


• Keyboard improvements
◦ Split keyboard for iPad
◦ Improved autocorrection accuracy
◦ Improved Chinese and Japanese input
◦ New Emoji keyboard
◦ Personal dictionary for autocorrection
◦ Optionally create keyboard short cuts for frequently used words


• Accessibility improvements
◦ Option to light LED flash on incoming calls and alerts for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
◦ Custom vibration patterns for incoming calls on iPhone
◦ New interface for using iOS with mobility-impairment input devices
◦ Option to speak a selection of text
◦ Custom element labeling for VoiceOver


• Exchange ActiveSync improvements
◦ Wirelessly sync tasks
◦ Mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Improved offline support
◦ Save a new contact from a GAL service


• More than 1,500 new developer APIs


• Bug fixes


* Normal carrier data rates may apply. Messages will be sent as SMS when iMessage is unavailable, carrier messaging fees apply.

iPhone 4 VS Samsung Galaxy S II VS HTC Sensation XE

With iPhone 4S announced, how it'll facing it's strong rival, HTC and Samsung? Here is spec comparison of iPhone 4S together with Samsung and HTC current flagship phone, Galaxy S II and Sensation XE.

I would say iPhone 4S still worth to get though we actually expected much from it. So what do you think?

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Let's Talk iPhone Summary

Well i just finish reading all the live blog of the long awaiting Let's Talk iPhone! So, what news? Here are the summary what they presented to us.

• New Apps - Cards.
• iOS 5.
• iCloud.
• Find My Friends.
• iTune Match.
• Updated iPod Nano.
• White Version of iPod Touch.
• iPhone 4S.
• Siri apps.

Yes you hear me! Only iPhone 4S announcement! No iPhone 5! Oh well, lets get moving.

Cards

With this apps, you can make your own greeting cards. You pick the pic, Apple prints it out and even mail it automatically and you'll even get a push notification for when the card is delivered. $2.99 for a card in the US, $4.99 elsewhere in the world.

iOS 5

top 10 features :

• There's notifications, visible from the top by swiping down.
• iMessage pushed to all iOS devices.
• Reminders app, which will bug you when you're near what you need to do.
• Twitter integration.
• Newsstand.
• Quick access to camera on lock screen and use volume up to take a photo.
• Game Center, updated to add photos of friends, achievement points, friend recommendations.
• Safari updates - strips out all the junk and pulls things into a single, readable page.
• Full tabbed browsing is coming to the iPad.
• Mail updates now, adding rich formatting. Indentation, moving addresses around, flagging them.

Oh btw now you can get wireless iOS updates, no need computer. iOS 5 will officially drop on 12th October!

iCloud

Basically is a storage for you to store and backup all your contact, calender, document, apps, song, pics and etc and have ability to share across other devices.

Find My Friends

Stalker anyone? ;P Find My Friends can quickly and easily see the locations of those who've opted to share their location with you.

iTune Match

iTune Match scans your library, adds all the good stuff that iTunes has to add, and uploads anything that isn't in iTunes already. You can stream your entire library by just tapping on it, playlists too. It'll cost $24.99/year.

iCloud is free for iOS 5 and Lion users. 5GB of online data free, but you can buy more if you want. iCloud ships on October 12th, iTunes Match goes live at the end of the month, but only on US.

Updated iPod Nano.

What new on iPod Nano?

• Come with 7 new colors.
• Multi-touch display can be displayed with big icons, instead of an array of four.

• Improved fitness experience.

• 16 new clock faces.

• $149 for 16GB and $129 for 8GB.

White Version of iPod Touch.

What new on iPod Touch?

• iOS 5 with icloud.
• iMessage.
• White Color!
• 8GB is now $199, 32GB for $299, 64GB for $399. Available on october 12th. PRICE DROP!

iPhone 4S

 

What new on iPhone 4S?

• Same design with iPhone 4.
• Retina display.
• A5 chip, 2x faster than before, with dual-core graphics, which are said to be seven times faster than previous iPhone.
• Better battery life - eight hours of 3G talk time. Six hours of browsing, nine on WiFi. 10 hours of video, and 40 hours of music.
• New antenna design - intelligently switch between the two antennas between transmit and receive.
• download speeds are now twice, 14.4Mbps versus 7.2 on the iPhone 4.
• Support GSM and CDMA.
• 8MP camera (60% more pixel, backside illuminated CMOS sensor, five element lens,30% sharper with f2.4. Enabling face detection and 26 percent better white balance.).

 

 

• 1080p video recording, image stabilization, with temporal noise reduction.

Siri App

Well you can now talk with your phone..using Siri..Sound a little bit foreveralone..Well there are few demos like "What is the weather like today?" Siri responds: "Here is the forecast for today." Siri will have ability to search route/location, read your SMS, read up all your calender event and browse wikipedia/dictionary.

 

iPhone 4s will be available on October 14th! Oh by the way,Infinity Blade 2 will be available on 1st December.

 

Aurthur Note : No iPhone 5? iPhone 4s not as impressive as expected. In addition, do you think Siri apps will work well in Malaysia? I doubt :P The only thing that can catch my attention on new iPhone 4S is the camera. Now main question is, when iPhone 4S gonna launch in Malaysia?

For those who wanna stream video of the event, feel free to click here.

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