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Only few hours seperates us from the opening Keynote of Apples WWDC09, Lines are being formed as we speak and fans are eager to know what apple is going to show up it sleevs, New iPhones , New Hardware, Snow Leopard… etc, rumors are everywhere but only time would tell which ones are going to be true.
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25 years to date. Apple introduced the Macintosh, the computer for the rest of us. Jan 24 1984 was the date it came out. Here are some classic Mac ads from back in the day :
And Also when Steve Job first introduced it :
We’ve come along way, and we have a long road ahead 
Apple Just posted the video stream of the Keynote it held yesterday at Macworld 2009 SF.
You can watch the Video stream from apple site (Here)
UPDATE:
You can also download the Keynote Via iTunes (Here)
Our forum Member “aljawad” posted some insite pictures of that event on the forum that can be viewd (Here)
Okay.. Let’s put those rumors to sleep and see what apple has up its sleeves ! . We have a Live video channel update from the folks at tDL below where you can follow the announcements as they happen. In addition, we have a Live Chat Room with (webChattr) where you can chat with other Mac Fans all over the world to talk about the latest announcements . Not to mention that we will post up All Major announcements on the site as well.
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UPDATE :
Our Form member “aljawad” just posted his first set of pictures from the Keynote (HERE)
He also posted
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LIVE VIDEO From tDL : ( LIVE FEED ENDED )
(Photos Courtesy of our forum member “aljawad” )
Update!
New iLife 09 Coming out late January.
New iWork 09 available today.
Leopard + iLife + iWork Package also available for $169
New App for iPhone and iTouch to control your keynote presentation that works over Wifi.
iWork.com Beta To be released
New Macbook Pro 17″ with 8 hours battery life, Unibody design, Faster C2D Processor available late January for $2799
iTunes Music is DRM-Free starting today and you can download music over 3G on your iPhone.
Thats it! We will be providing an analysis of MacWorld 09 keynote Later and also stay tuned for more photos and tidbits from our forum member and great contributor aljawad!
Night! Power_boz, and G-Funk!
Each year, before every Macworld, rumors start to fly here, there and everywhere, all about what apple would bring out, new devices, software and all that hype we mac geeks drool for. we’ve managed to summer them in this post.
New iMac and Mac Mini – NVIDIA Based
While there has been talk about these updates for months, the most convincing evidence actually came from Apple themselves. The latest versions of Mac OS X were found to include references to NVIDIA-based iMacs and Mac minis. The NVIDIA chipsets were just introduced into Apple’s notebook line and promise faster graphics hardware for these new models.
17″ MacBook Pro – Fixed Battery
New reports released in the past few days have revealed that Apple will be releasing the new 17″ MacBook Pro as early as Macworld. Aside from adopting the NVIDIA chipset and aluminum unibody design, the most notable change that was first reported by 9to5Mac is the elimination of a removable battery. Instead, Apple is said to have chosen a slimmer but longer-lasting battery that is not replaceable, as in the MacBook Air.
iLife ’09. iWork ’09 – The Cloud
9to5Mac indicate that Apple is going to make a major effort to turn portions of their iLife and iWork products into Internet services. This would allow some or all of iWork and iMovie to be accessed from your web browser and possibly your iPhone. Critics of the move, however, point to the problematic launch of Apple’s MobileMe web-services.
iPhone and iPhone Nano
We’ve reported earlier about it and also posted photos of cases after both XSKN and Vajacases posted teasers and case designs on their sites about a new iPhone Nano. This fact by itself may not have generated so much interest, but both sites also provided links and photos to iPhone 3G cases in May before its release.
Cinema Displays / Mac Pros / Home Media Server
Despite an early rumor that we might see new LED Cinema displays at Macworld 2009, there has been no other confirmation. While it seems obvious that Apple will be moving towards LED across all their displays, no one seems to have heard if Tuesday will be the day. Desktop customers may have to wait a little longer. Mac Pro-suitable processors will be released in the first quarter of 2009 but may not be available in time for a Tuesday release.
Snow Leopard
Probably the most anticipated rumor of all, everyone is waiting for Phil Schiller to take the stage and show the new features of the next Mac OSX release (Code Name Snow Leopard) .
Though some other rumors are all other the net and mac sites, but only time would tell which would come true. We’ll all know what apple has up it’s sleeves tomorrow.
Join us for a Live coverage of the event Jan 6th @8PM (Kuwait Time).
( Photo courtesy of our forum member “aljawad” )
Apple have released it’s new iPhone firmware update V2.2 today, which included the following updates and new features:
- Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View*
- Public transit and walking directions
- Display address of dropped pins
- Share location via email
- Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
- Enhancements to Mail
- Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
- Improved formatting of wide HTML email
- Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
- Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
- Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
Unfortunately , it looks like that there is no new Languages support (i.e Arabic) , even though apple just announced the release of the iPhone 3G in Egypt !
People who own officially unlocked iPhones un-jail-broken and does not care about arabic support can go ahead with the upgrade through iTunes, others would have to wait for the Jail-breaking tools to accommodate this new update.
Link : Apple
In related news.. Apple has released an update to iTunes to version 8.0.2. The update is available in your Mac OS X software update.
iTunes 8.0.2 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
- Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers.
- Fixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS X.
- Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.
Notebook Breakthrough
Steve held the Apple Event on 14th of October where he introduced a couple of new things. Here is a summery of the event.
Steve and Co talked about how the design and the manufacturing process evolved. They specifically highlighted the unibody design in which a single piece or aluminum is carved to create a single body frame to increase rigidity and reduce cost as well as protect the environment.
Key features are:
-Unibody enclosure made from a single piece of aluminum
-Glass Multi-Touch track pad with no buttons
-One, Two, Three, and Four finger gestures
-New Nvidia Graphics chipset 9400m 5x faster graphics and Nvidia 9600M GT Combined so the user can select the level of performance wanted.
The screen is LCD LED which provides instant on capabilities as well as save a considerable amount of power. The complete top lid is laden with glass from the inside as to provide a crisp color and depth. Another feature that is introduced is the Mini-Display Port that provides connectivity for a variety of screens and outputs. It can drive DVI, VGA, and video outputs depending on the cable you purchase. Apple also did away with the mechanical latch and instead opted for the magnetic latch which is similar to current model Macbooks. You also get the super drive, the Mic, and the built-in iSight camera and also a backlit keyboard. The new models ship with a 2.4 GHz with 3MB L2 Cache or 2.53 GHz with 6MB L2 Cache with and option to upgrade to a 2.8 GHz with 6MB L2 Cache, 2 GB DDR3 Ram or 4 GB DDR3 Ram, 250GB or 320GB Hard Drive with an option to upgrade to Solid State 128GB Hard Drive. What is interesting to note is that you can also swap the Hard Drive and the Battery just like the Macbook so people who need to upgrade their drives later can do so without voiding the warranty and without going to an Apple Genius.
New Macbook Air
Steve also updated the Macbook Air with better graphics. The new Air, which ships in early November, will come with an Nvidia GeForce 9400M Graphics Chip. Two models are offered:
-1.6GHz or 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1066MHz frontside bus
-2GB RAM
-120GB SATA Hard Drive or 128GB Solid State Hard Drive
-Nvidia Geforce 9400M Graphics
-New Mini-Display Port
New Macbook
Steve, before introducing the new Macbooks went ahead and reduced the price of the white, plastic, macbook to $999.
Then he unveiled a new Macbook which is exactly a Macbook Pro but is 13.3″ in size. Everything from the housing, the keyboard, the Graphics chipset, to the screen is exactly the same as the Macbook Pro. They are offered with either a 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 160GB or 250GB Hard Drive, Nvidia GeForce 9400M Graphics Chipset, and the 2.4GHz model has a backlit keyboard. The Glass Multi Touch track pad is also included as well as the LED LCD Display with instant on. We also get 5 Hours of Battery Life.
New Screen Display
His holiness also, and finally I might add, introduced a new Display. The LED Cinema Display comes in 24″ and supports a resolution os 1920 by 1200 pixels, 16.7 million colors, 178 Degrees viewing angle for both Horizontal and Vertical, and 1000:1 contrast ratio.
It also comes with three connectors. A Mini Display port to connect your laptop, a Universal MagSafe to Charge the laptop, and USB2.0 to connect to its iSight camera, USB hub, and Stereo Speakers.
The Event in its entirety is available online for your viewing pleasure. Watch this event and pay close attention to the design and the manufacturing process that was used to build these notebooks. Click Here to Watch The Event!
Source and Images: Apple.com
Just Like the “Lets Rock” event that took place this past tuesday, rumors are out that apple will be holding a notebook event this coming Oct 14th ? could it be true ? we’ll have to wait and see.
كما كان حدث ” لتس روك ” الثلاثاء الفائت , هنالك اشاعات تحوم حول ان ابل ستعقد حدث للنوتبوك في 14 أكتوبر القادم , هل سيصبح حقيقه ؟ كل ما علبنا سوى الانتظار .
Apple “Let’s Rock” event was held today and its primary focus was iPods. As expected, new iPod all over.
حدث ابل “لتس روك” حصل اليوم و كان مركزا حصريا على الايبود. كما هو متوقع تم طرح منتجات ايبود جديدة نوعا ما.
iPod Shuffle
iPod Shuffles got new colors but otherwise remained the same in terms of storage.
ايبود شفل
ايبود شفل تحلى بالوان جديدة ولاكن السعة والشكل تمت على حالها بدون تغير.
iPod Classic
The Classics got only a single capacity of 120GB and still come with the same design and the same two colors, black or white. The Genius playlist was also added to it. The price for the Classic is $249
ايبود كلاسيك
تم تحويل سعة الايبود كلاسيك الى سعة واحدة وهي ١٢ جيجا بايت فقط و بنفس اللونين وهما الابيض او الاسود. تم تزويد الايبود بنظام الجينيس بلي لست و سعره هو ٢٤٩$ دولار.
iPod Nano
The Nano how ever was totally redesigned and now sports a longer shape with longer screen and an accelerometer to know when the thing is tilted. The Nano is offered in 9 different colors with either an 8GB or 16GB flash drive. It also offers a Genius feature which creates a play list of similar songs, and when you shake it, it shuffles your songs. Finally a nice curved design. Prices are $149 for the 8GB model and $199 for the 16GB model.
ايبود نانو
الايبود نانو نال الكثير من التحديثات فقد تم تغير التصميم كليا. الشاشة اطول و تم تزويد النانو بحساس متسارع و جينيوس بلي لست. اسعر النانو هي ١٤٩ دولار لسعة ٨ ج ب. ١٩٩ دولار لسعة ١٦ ج ب
The Touch
iPod Touch was also updated with all new Firmware 2.1 and also has a built-in speaker and volume controls, Nike+iPod support, Genius playlist, and better battery life. Three capacities are avaliable with 8GB costing $229, 16GB for $299, and 32GB for $399.
ايبود توج
تم تحديث الفرموير الى ٢.١ مع بعض الزيادات و هي سماعة مدمجة مع متحكم جينيس بلي لست و بطارية افضل. السعر هو ٢٢٩ دولار لسعة ٨ ج ب. ٢٩٩ دولار لسعة ١٦ ج ب. و ٣٩٩ دولار لسعة ٣٢ ج ب.
iPhone
His holiness Steve introduced iPhone firmware 2.1 with the following features:
-Bug fixes
-Battery Life
-Faster iTunes Backup
-Fewer dropped calls
The update will be available on Friday of this week.
ايفون
قام السيد ستيف الموقر بطرح فرموير جديد للايفون وهو ال ٢.١مع التحسينات التالية
-تصليحات
-عمر اضافي للبطارية
-باك اب اسرع عن طريق الايتون
سيتم طرح هذا التحدي يوم الجمعة
iTunes 8
The iTunes software is updated to 8 and offers support for HD TV, Genius playlist, and is available today from the Apple site.
ايتون
تم تحديث الايتون الى الاصدار الثامن فهو الان يدعم برامج الاج دي و جينيس بلي لست و يمكن التحديث من موقع ابل
Source and Images: Apple.com
Source and Images: Macrumors.com
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