Apple new product rumours and general news

[Kid_Eternity]

Not sure about this...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Finally iOS gets reply to call with message, something I missed from my Palm Centro from 2009!

 

[editor]

That new MBP is very swanky indeed. Priced accordingly, of course.

Lovely machine but painfully expensive.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Passbook, although a crap name, is a clever way into the eWallet market...

 

[Crispy]

This is a pretty major iOS update

 

[Kid_Eternity]

This is a pretty major iOS update

Was just thinking the same thing while mulling the map sat nave crowd source thing...looks like Apple is finally feeling the heat of competition.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Apple has been flying over cities to build 3D photographic model

 

[Crispy]

Just like Nokia, over a year ago...

 

[Crispy]

Bastards! Not available for iPad 1

 

[Kid_Eternity]

But available on the 3GS? How does that work...??

 

[sim667]

Bastards! Not available for iPad 1

Tbf my iPad one struggles with ios 5, I'm not that bothered by not upgrading to six on the iPad 1

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I note the complete lack of an Apple TV announcement. Who would have thought it?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Or iMacs of Mac Pros (that some reckon professionals have being dying for)...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Tbf my iPad one struggles with ios 5, I'm not that bothered by not upgrading to six on the iPad 1

I am, because I develop iPad apps, so I'll have to write for 6 quite soon. I estimate my chances of being able to get a newer one through work at "ha ha", given my chances of even being paid these days.

 

[maldwyn]

£1,799.00 for the base MBP retina - on the bright side its comes with free postage.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Very pricey, one for wealthy photographers only then...

 

[sim667]

Ah bollocks, no retina on 13 inch ones...... I've been holding out to see what the updates on those were and they haven't bloody done any

 

[peterkro]

Fuckers appear to have discontinued the 17".

 

[Kid_Eternity]

How many people need a 17"?

 

[Crispy]

Hardly anyone, which is why they cancelled it.
Retina 13" is only a matter of time.

 

[peterkro]

How many people need a 17"?

Not that many obnov. but those who do love them to death,you can't beat screen size on a laptop and the physical size difference is minimal.I'm guessing a 17" retina is beyond current technology as well.They've been hinting at dropping the 17" for sometime.(hopefully enough people like them that the used value will go up,enabling me to buy 15" retina screen jobby and why oh why can't you upgrade ram on thenew one)

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hardly anyone, which is why they cancelled it.
Retina 13" is only a matter of time.

Seems that way. Looks a bit odd though the way they've sorta introduced a new line without dumping an old...

 

[Lazy Llama]

Or iMacs of Mac Pros (that some reckon professionals have being dying for)...

New Mac Pro's have been announced. No Thunderbolt though...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/apple-rolls-out-updated-mac-pro-lineup-with-faster-processors-n/

 

[Crispy]

Seems that way. Looks a bit odd though the way they've sorta introduced a new line without dumping an old...

Like when the plastic and metal MacBooks existed side by side

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Like when the plastic and metal MacBooks existed side by side

Yeah scratch my comment this like when they introduced the first MacBook Air, everyone talked about how amazing it looked but it's price was WAY too high. Now you can pick them up for just over 800 quid.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

New Mac Pro's have been announced. No Thunderbolt though...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/apple-rolls-out-updated-mac-pro-lineup-with-faster-processors-n/

Indeed. Why is an iMac consumer needs a thunderbolt port yet a professional doesn't?

 

[elbows]

Indeed. Why is an iMac consumer needs a thunderbolt port yet a professional doesn't?

Well thunderbolt is more useful for laptop & all-in-one machines that don't have space for extra drives, PCI-E cards, etc, and where the quest for thinness is slowly forcing more legacy ports to be provided by thunderbolt dongles.

However I expect if Apple gave much of a shit about the Mac Pro line anymore they would have bothered with Thunderbolt & USB3, and to have mentioned the new machines in the speech.

 

[sim667]

Retina 13" is only a matter of time.

But it's not now

 

[Lazy Llama]

They're released a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter at last - £25 a pop.

 

[editor]

I note the complete lack of an Apple TV announcement. Who would have thought it?

But...but....but the blogs all said it was coming!