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Looks kind of different right? Well after an impressive quarter of mac sales, Apple’s refreshes its all-in-one desktop monster has many new features. Firstly, the body has been made with Apple’s “Unibody” aluminum processing technology, thus making it thinner and stronger. Secondly, the glass screen cover covers the entire screen, it doesn’t just stop before metal, it goes all the way to the edge. The screen has been change from a 16:10 ratio to 16:9, thus making it better for movie watchers. This also means there are new screen sizes:
- 21.5-Inch
- 27-inch
The back is also Aluminum, But I’ll let Jonny Ive, Apple’s chief designer, explain that:
The specs are also changed, with Intel’s monster i5 and i7 quad core’s and new graphics card options:
Processor
- 21.5-inch and 27-inch models, one of the following:
- 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
- 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
- 27-inch models only, one of the following:
- 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
- 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores
Memory
- 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; four SO-DIMM slots support up to 16GB
Graphics:
21.5-inch model:
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
27-inch model with dual-core processor:
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory 27-inch model with quad-core processor:
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
And all the other iMacs stuff.and…. IT’S OUT NOW!
What do you think of Apple’s iMac Refresh? Leave a comment to respond!
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AT&T users with iPhones. How is your newfangled MMS doing? Have you noticed any Lag/Glitches? We have gotten several reports that there are some problems, especially with speed. Post in the poll if you have any of the things we describe.
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American iPhone users have been waiting for this day for 2 years, and now it’s finally here, iPhone and MMS together at last.
MMS is a wireless technology that allows sending media over SMS. This media includes Photo’s and Audio. This was released around the world with the iPhone 3.0 firmware update, but AT&T didn’t support it on launch.
AT&T’s network has been struggling to meet the needs of iPhone users. AT&T feared the network would be overrun by MMS data and did not allow MMS at first. The iPhone allows users to easily connect to the internet and get tons of data, and the iPhone app store is filled with Apps that require an internet connection. AT&T did not plan for this, and their network was overrun by Internet requests. Many users are complaining of outages and extremely slow connections, and are criticizing AT&T over their lack of preparedness.
AT&T spent millions over the summer to update it’s network so it can support MMS, and today, it reluctantly allowed MMS on the iPhone. Users will need to plug their iPhone into their computer, wherein iTunes will prompt you to update your carrier information. After the quick update, your iPhone will work with MMS!
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The iPhone app store is undoubtedly the greatest market for mobile applications. It has revolutionized how cellphone companies and software developers provide applications to their mobile devices, by making it worlds easier for users to buy and download mobile applications.
There have been countless stories of individual app developers earning over $200,000 in months, and software giants such as EA and Gameloft have been rushing to get more apps out for the iPhone. But this raises the question, is the app store all that good?
Well investors seem to think the app store is a make of break market for software developers. Vonage’s stock skyrocket 20% today after Apple accepted their iPhone application into the App Store.
Vonage has been a struggling VoIP service provider for many months, and investors believe that their iPhone app can revive their business. A 20% rise in a companies value means that investors think the iPhone App Store will make Vonage rich, because it has made many other people rich as well.
Is the iPhone App Store all it’s being made out to be? Leave a comment with your opinion.