New iMacs are finally here! As expected they feature Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge processors and the new high-speed Thunderbolt port, which allows you to daisy-chain as many as six devices. There are two 21.5-inch models and two 27-inch models. They are all Quad-Core, include new AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, and have FaceTime HD Cameras.
In recent weeks speculation has grown over Apple’s seemingly inevitable move towards offering a cloud based service for music and other content. Just a few days ago it was confirmed that Apple had bought the iCloud.com domain from a Swedish company for a rumoured $4.5 million dollars – part of a portfolio of other cloud based names.
While I’m not sure I will have it enabled all the time, I love the idea of HazeOver. Created by Maxim Ananov, it’s a Mac App designed to help you focus on the task at hand, by dimming out any inactive windows.
Launched yesterday, 4oD Catch Up is an app that allows iPad users based in the UK to watch TV shows previously broadcast on Channel 4 and it’s sister channels. While the 4oD service has been available to view online for a couple of years it requires flash, so has never been accessible on the iPad.
Earlier today Apple confirmed in a press release that the iPad 2 will go on sale in twelve more countries, starting with Japan on the 28th of April.
You’re not supposed to be able to delete any of the preinstalled apps from an iOS device, but that doesn’t mean they can’t go missing every now and then. Sometimes it might be the result of an update that went wrong, or maybe something was disabled by mistake. However it happened, if one day you can’t find Mail, FaceTime, Safari, Maps, Notes, Camera, iTunes etc on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad then continue reading.
It’s pretty amazing to think that although the iPhone 4 was launched on the 24th of June 2010, ten months on you still can’t go out and buy a white one. While there have been countless false dawns in the past, it looks like the white iPhone 4 is finally here.
Although the iPad 2 was originally launched in the USA on the 11th March, and in the UK and other countries on the 25th March, up until a couple of days ago the online Apple store was still showing dispatch times of 2-3 weeks. The good news for anyone (like me) who didn’t take the plunge on launch day is that Apple finally seems to be catching up with demand.
My next major purchase will probably be a new iMac to replace my current ageing 2007 model, so I’ve been waiting patiently for any news regarding updates. Based on a report by 9 to 5 Mac hopefully I won’t have to wait much longer.