Mulberry will soon release an anticipated line for Apple products. Designed to house iPhones, MacBooks and MacBook Pros of varying sizes, it’s refreshing to see bags embrace the fact that we spend so much of our time with our computers and phones. The line allows you to be accessible and productive with you without looking like your lugging your office with you. Bayswater for 13″ Macbook (left) $1195. Daria Mini Messenger for iPhone (right) $250. You can view the full line here.
There’s a lot of speculation going around, but all signs point to the reality of an Apple Tablet being released, possibly in time for Christmas. This is essentially a large format ipod touch with wireless internet access. This idea is largely considered to be apples next huge sea changing idea and for good reason.
Building on the tremendous success of iphone applications, a tablet would provide a larger format app developers to work with. This could be used to display anything from a browser, keyboard, photo gallery, to a video screen that could display HD video.
We’re guessing this would probably be about as big as a small- medium sized laptop, maybe 13-15 inches. Apple is speculated to release this for about $800 subsidized by a multi year internet access contract, rumored to be partnered with Verizon.
Above is an augmented reality app named Layar. Augmented reality, takes the world as we see it, interprets it, then adds to it in some way. There is a lot of anticipation around the new iphone. The combination of GPS and the newly included compass mean that apps can determine position and orientation of the phone. Whether it’s a game or an innovative way of accessing information, the possibilities are pretty amazing. –Via Mac Rumors
Apple announced updates to its iPhone lineup at WWDC 2009 this year. All phones have been dropped in price (taking into account subsidizing from AT&T). A new model, referred to as the 3G S, now shoots video and gives you more control over camera focus. Additionally, you can edit (trim) video on the phone and share instantly. Available Friday, June 19. A new version of the iPhone OS for all iPhone users will be available starting on the 12th. Included in the update is the long awaited ability to copy and paste.
Your guess is as good as ours as to the legitimacy of this image, but it’s obviously getting some buzz. We found this on Doshdosh, but they make no mention of where they got it. As they mention, until Apple confirms this is real (highly unlikely) take it with a grain of salt.
Our guess is that this is an outsiders best guess as to what the next iPhone might look like. But that said, this may turn out to be a pretty good guess.
The new super teeny tiny iPod shuffle is easily the coolest edition to date. This version has no controls on the unit itself, the the new standard headphones have a built in button with pause, skip, and previous controls. It will also read you the names of your playlists, artists and song titles in it’s weird little OK Computer voice. It’s a little smaller than a usb thumb drive, made of the same metal as the mac book line, and holds 1,000 songs (about as much at the original ipod).
While we’re probably going to stick with our iPhone for the moment, this would make a great addition for running, snowboarding, or any physical activity where it’s only a matter of time before we drop the phone and break it.
We were a little underwhelmed yet again with the release of the Kindle 2 last week. While Amazon’s e-book reading device is light years behind the iPhone it still sports a hefty $400 price tag. Low and behold, Amazon has just announced that it is releasing an iPhone app which will allow you to read e-books (downloaded from Amazon.com) on your iphone. While this is obviously not going to replace a good paperback anytime soon, it is nice to have something entertaining to read when you suddenly find yourself having to wait around (doctors office, DMV, etc) with nothing to read.
The apple store updated its products this morning. Product lines seeing a refresh are the Mac Pro, Mac Mini and iMac. The Mac Pro now features a Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor. The Mac Mini now sports a much more capable graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M). The iMac now delivers a third more screen for the price.
Although not highlighted, the Macbook recieved CPU upgrades in it’s mid and high level models. Check out the Apple Store for more specs and prices.
A new set of aluminum MacBooks were the center of attention at today’s keynote. The laptops feature glass multi-touch trackpads, improved graphics performance and a seamless aluminum enclosure. Prices start at $1299. For those interested, the white MacBooks picked up a superdrive and had their price reduced to $999.
Your iPhone may be the worlds most effective all in one tool. Now thanks to the folks over at Shazam you’ll never again wonder, who did that song? As long as Shazam’s free iPhone application can record a sample of the song via radio or television (no singing), it can detect the song title and artists name. We did a little testing on our own and the app works great. We did test a few super obscure songs it couldn’t recognize, so nobody’s perfect.
