Apple will be coming to China

Posted by: gracelim  /  Category: iPad, iPad Accessories, iPad News, iPhone Accessories, iPhone Apps, iPhone News

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Apple is now coming to China. It is true and reports coming in that the second biggest Chinese carrier will have the Apple iPhone 4 available on September 16th. Orders will have to be made online, and in advance, at least for starters.
The iPhone 4 that will land in China will still have the similar reception issues we know all the iPhone 4s launched anywhere else in the world.  China Unicom has actually prepared and will be subjecting all iPhone 4 buyers a complimentary case to alleviate those problems.
The online-only launch will ensure that we won’t be seeing any gigantic queues outside China Unicom shops, as has become customary whenever a new Apple product is released somewhere.
China Unicom, the exclusive provider of Apple’s iPhone in China, launched the 8G version of the iPhone 3GS on August 9. Caixin learned that the iPhone 4 is likely to suffer from the same issues related to signal reception in China, but China Unicom will be offering iPhone cases to customers as a free gift.

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Sumo goes high tech

Posted by: gracelim  /  Category: Utility Apps, iPad, iPhone Accessories, iPhone Apps, iPhone News

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Sumo wrestlers are one of the most huge people in the world who has the ability to fight well. Japan who has an ancient sport of sumo restling is hugginh the  latest high-tech, with its governing body set to distribute Apple’s iPad to wrestlers. Those who often struggle with smaller cellphone keypads due to their giant hands.

“We will hand out the newest iPads to all the sumo stables to swiftly communicate what we need to,” association vice chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama said.

The sumo organization said it will give out iPads to Japan’s 51 “stables,” or the clubs the wrestlers belong to, with the goal of improving communication among the roly-poly grapplers after some in the past had missed information sent by fax or telephone.

“We will hand out the newest iPads to all the sumo stables to swiftly communicate what we need to,” association vice chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama said.

The iPad tablet PC, which starts at 48,800 yen  and $570, in Japan is  likely to be chosen because a lot of stablemasters does not  use computers and wrestlers are not good at punching in messages on their mobile phones due to their enormous hands, Jiji news agency said.

Sumo is trying to overhaul its image after being rocked by a series of scandals. Scandals  includes an illegal baseball gambling racket, assault and drug use.

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Go techie with your books

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Recently Apple has made it possible for students to have an easy access to their notes for study purposes. Digital college textbooks have been dawdling to get off the ground, in part because of high prices and hardware distress. A

Now, a former Apple Inc. employee, Matt Mac Innis, is trying to wobble up the market with a new advance that taps into the iPad’s strengths.

His tech start-up, Inkling, is pioneering its first four full-length interactive college textbooks using its software platform. The software is designed specifically for Apple’s iPad—a marked departure from e-textbooks that are almost entirely just text that has been digitized. Inkling is one of a amount of companies serving textbook publishers rethink their titles for the iPad, eager to exploit its color, video, and touch-screen capabilities.

The four digital titles— McGraw-Hill Cos. best sellers in biology, economics, marketing, psychology—are expected to become available via the iTunes App Store beginning Friday. Prices will start at $2.99 per chapter and $69.99 for entire books, for a limited time. Thereafter, chapters will be $3.99 and books will start at $84.99.

The Inkling-based e-books make full use of the iPad’s color, video and touch screen. A biology text, for example, offers 3-D views of molecules such as DNA, video lectures, and interactive quizzes. Users can highlight text, take notes and share them in real time with other users, such as fellow students. Students can jump outside the text to Google or Wikipedia.

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No white iPhones in Uk

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A UK courier has confirmed that there would be no white Iphone in the Uk until the end of the year. Apple has also issued a statement on the white iphone saying it would be delayed until later this year.
“We wanted to let you know that there won’t be any white iPhone 4’s in the UK until the end of the year. If you’re happy to wait another few months we’ll let you know as soon as they’re back in stock. Want an iPhone 4 now?”
Alternatively, if you want it now, click here or visit your local Orange shop to get the iPhone 4 Black 16GB or 32GB today. Best wishes
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It is uncertain whether Orange has received official word from Apple that supplies should not be expected until the end of year or if the carrier is simply basing its claim on Apple’s public disclosure of a launch delay until “later this year”. In spite of much news, many possible white iPhone 4 customers have been holding out hope that the device might make its exterior earlier rather than later.

It is also undecided whether Apple would lurch white iPhone 4 launches as it has with other iPhone models and the iPad. In such a case, the United States would most probably be the first to see a launch, and so it is indefinite whether Orange’s “end of the year” claim would apply to all markets.

Apple has not officially recognized the reason for the white iPhone 4 delays other than quoting manufacturing challenges. Some sources have claimed that Apple is experiencing problems with non-uniform application of the white paint leading to light leakage from the device’s backlight through its back and at seams.

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Apple’s new T.V

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There has been news of an updated Apple TV recently which will head to market just a few months ago.  A trusted source affirmed that they will be releasing a $99 version of the set top box. This is a similarly sized and packed with internals akin to that of the iPhone 4 (A4 CPU, 16GB of flash storage), and will introduce new iTunes streaming services the box could take advantage of.  Other information on the projects was not very good. The box won’t be capable of handling 1080i or 1080p video. In its place it will only push out 720p clips. Stories has been circulating and for much inside discussion, that this has something to do with the A4’s inability to crank on higher resolution content.  In addition, the device will be getting apps and apparently an App Store entry, though it’s uncertain if there will be cross-pollination between iPad and iPhone / iPod touch offerings and new Apple TV applications.

Apple will be officially changing the name of the device to iTV.  Fascinatingly, that was the name of the Apple TV when it was originally announced by the company. Apple certainly has been creating a lot of innovations for their items to reach to its consumers. It’s certainly is not new for Apple to be creating this kind of device since it has been one of the most famous brand there is.

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