Apple clarifies the new iPad battery overcharging non-issue
Apple does in fact display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged. Doing so allows devices to maintain an optimum charge, Apple VP Michael Tchao told AllThingsD today. “That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like,” Tchao said. “It’s a great feature that’s always been in iOS.”
Can we put #BatteryGate to rest now?
to be an actual “True Retina Display” a screen needs at least 573 ppi at 12 inches viewing distance or 458 ppi at 15 inches.
If you’ve ever wondered about the true definition of “Retina Display”.
Source: displaymate.com
How Apple.com will serve retina images to new iPads
A fairly understandable article showing that iPad 3 users will have to download both a standard version of an image set AND a retina version as well when surfing the internet. That can take a image’s download size from 500K to 2.13MB - and that’s Apple’s own home page.
Look how small iPhone screenshots are on the new iPad’s Retina display.
What Maps is iPhoto for iOS Using?
Update 3: John Gruber:
OK, what I’m hearing now is that Places still uses Google Maps, but the maps in Journals and slideshows are not using Google Maps, and are Apple’s own stuff.
When technology & counseling don’t mix.
Photo Uploading-iPhone App Shootout
Today I’ve been testing every iPhone camera app I own. Because the iPhone 4S’s camera is an 8 megapixel camera and capable of outputting photos at 2448x3264, Facebook can now handle photos up to 2048 pixels; and future iPhone’s & mobile devices will only increase their resolutions; I focused specifically on photo uploading resolutions between the different apps. My iPhone 4’s camera however is only 1936x2592 so that was my baseline. I tested Camera.app, Path, Instagram, Facebook, Camera+, Tweetbot, Twitter, Flickr & Pinsnap. I was pretty amazed at what I found.
Paperweights
Apple's Mountain Lion Reveal
Yes, Apple dropped a bomb yesterday with it’s pre-release of it’s new OS called Mountain Lion - which several people pointed out on twitter is a category or description, not a real breed. In fact, a Mountain Lion is the same thing as a Puma, which is the same thing as a Cougar.
Anyway. I don’t have much to say yet that Apple’s own website hasn’t already said. In fact, most people don’t. Unless you’ve paid the $99 yearly developer fee to download Apple’s beta updates they have no more clue than you or I what this new OS is like. So, I’ll just be quiet for now until I can get my hands on it. In the mean time, they’ll be plenty of others who’ll have their opinions.
The most challenging aspect of shooting store panels for Apple is the balance between the size of the file and the depth of field. Often the products [are] small enough that our depth of field is very narrow. In order for the product to appear entirely in focus, we have to shoot a number of focus zones, which are stitched together in post. This video is a stop motion video made from all of the focus zones that were shot for this iPod Touch. The number in the corner is the number of the focus zone. In the video you can see the progression of the focus march from front to back. For this left iPod Touch, it took 54 frames just to get the product to appear completely in focus.
Take note: The composited shot doesn’t include a few elements from the original photographs - such as the earbuds or the screen + glare.
UPDATE: Looks like the company completely deleted the blog post & accompany video off VIMEO. I guess Apple or someone didn’t like them sharing this much information.
Source: eschlimanphoto.com
iWatch by ADR Studio
While this is clearly some impressive 3D work, I believe Mr. Ive’s would never allow this type of UI - ever. It infuriates me when mock-up designers simply take the same interface as an iOS device, shrink it, and make it into something else. They call it their concept and publish it like they’ve just created some wonderful new product.
There is no way Apple would put the ‘slide to unlock’ gesture on such a tiny screen. Nor would they use such a complicated icon like the iphone on the homescreen to represent a function or status. I also don’t believe any respectable designer would waste so much screen real estate to a metal texture. In my opinion, these guys clearly don’t understand user interfaces or Apple at all.
UPDATE: It’s actually worse than I thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gOm_caoIq5A#!
Source: adr-studio.it
A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter
Remember back in October when after a rare “miss” by Apple (which was only a miss because analysts are stupid and lazy), the early signs pointed to the potential of a $40 billion quarter? Some thought that was insane given that Apple had never even had a $30 billion quarter before. Well, turns out that projection was a little insane — insanely low.
It’s a number so insane that it even destroys the $42.76 billion blow-out “whisper” number.
As for the early projections of 34 million iPhones sold — which again, some people thought were crazy — also low. Try 37 million.
But hey, Android is winning, right?
As for the other numbers. 15.43 million iPads. A record. 5.2 million Macs. A record. 15.4 million iPods. Not a record, but no surprise — this is the age of the iPhone.
Net quarterly profit was $13.06 billion. Again, holy shit.
That stock you were an idiot for selling after aforementioned “miss”? Up 10% now in after-hours trading, well past $460 a share. By far an all-time high, pushing Apple’s market cap well past $400 billion.
I’ll be listening to the call at 2PM PT and posting some follow-up thoughts on TechCrunch. Stay tuned.
Source: parislemon
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
Source: shaneguiter
