Wednesday, April 13, 2011

iGeneration iPad 1.0.1 is Available




An update of iGeneration iPad (1.0.1 ) is available for free download on the App Store. It brings bug fixes.

- External links displayed a blank page.
- Panel A does not miss / Favorites cannot be retracted if they were firing on the panel containing the list of items.
- In the browser websites: Repositioning the navigation arrows and added a refresh button.
- In the menu of sharing: adding a command to open the article in Safari Mobile.
- The line breaks were not included in the comments.
- Some very long url overflowed windows comment.
- Pinching to zoom did not work in external web pages.
- There were some bugs in the menu and shared with Twitter.
- Small corrections have been brought into operation the input panel comments.
- The Easter egg was discovered, it was removed.

In future update the display of quotes on the homepage which are sometimes truncated will be corrected. An updated version of the iPhone with several functional improvements is still under development.

7 million iPad sold in the second quarter




Expecting the announcement of Apple's expected next week, analysts are scrambling to estimate the number of iPad sold in the quarter that began December 26, 2010 and ended March 26 2011. As always, Fortune has listed the various analysis and estimates range from 8.8 million iPad for the most optimistic to 5.13 million for the worst. The average trend totaled 6.32 million iPad, first as last generation. According to one study, it is between 4 and 5 million iPad 1 and iPad 2 were sold between 2 million and 3million.

Another study shows that once the demand is higher this year. On a sample of 2000 people, 28% say they will probably buy an iPad 2 in the future. That is 40% more than the first iPad on the same sample of user representative.

synchronization feature Wi-Fi for iPod



Apple would test a synchronization feature Wi-Fi for its iPod for two years now, and consider the use of carbon fiber to improve transmission. Cult of Mac says that Jobs is pushing to integrate such functionality in portable music players, a way to revitalize technically. And probably also cling to the next line services that are ready to Apple. Fire Zune Microsoft already offers this type of wireless synchronization.
Apple would be difficulties in developing a system that can combine several criteria: reliability and signal strength, design of the player and autonomy. The source said that several of CoM materials and design have been tested, but with modest results. The use of contrast in the carbon fiber to the cabinet would have improved things significantly.

Prototypes have been made with the iPod Classic and the previous nano, but that is not the ideal or standard of what engineers want. However they do a lot of progress, "said the informant.

Apple has filed patents involving carbon fiber and in particular how the color (which would be fine in the context of a family of iPod) and last month it has secured the services of a specialist composite materials, which ran for 13 years a manufacturer of bicycle racing, a pioneer in the use of carbon fiber.

The iPhone4 arrives in India



The schedule launch of the iPhone4 in India has always been very offbeat, since Bharti Airtel and Aircel have just now signed agreements prior to the distribution of iPhone in India 4. No date has yet been announced marketing.

Airtel is the first Indian operator (and the fifth in the world), and then Aircel is the seventh. Airtel and Aircel manages GSM/3G network, which means they will market the iPhone 4 even than we have in Europe. MTN, MTS, RCOM BSNL, Virgin Mobile (Tata) Idea are also operate their CDMA networks, although some of these operators also have GSM/3G networks. Apple is in talks with at least two CDMA operators in India
The iPhone has never taken off in India particularly, because of its price in open market, 480 € without subsidy for iPhone 3G 8 GB, facing a gray market that sells almost 20% cheaper. Then the lack of network; that is the deployment of 3G in India, it is now only growing.

Monday, April 4, 2011

OpenDNS and Google DNS slow your iTunes Store and Apple TV



According to Joe Maller, if you find your downloads from the iTunes Store or the Apple TV a little slow, perhaps the fault of the DNS servers you use. Google DNS or OpenDNS are often faster than the DNS provided by your ISP, but their actual operation may cause problems with the iTunes Store.

Apple has indeed hired the services of Akamai and Limelight, systems, content distribution servers that have around the world: you download and the server nearest to you, and the mass downloads is spread over a vast network.

It is quite possible OpenDNS and Google DNS, central services, direct all their users to a single same data center of NSC, causing them to overload and thus slower speeds. The problem is not confined, moreover, not to the iTunes Store means any service using a CDN discriminate against users based on their geographic location will have this kind of problem with Google DNS and OpenDNS: it will be for example the case of YouTube or many services software downloads, including one built into Mac OS X.