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pre-paid iphone 3g in europe

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:42:37 +0000

Network Vodafone Italia as the first reported prices for 3G iPhone without subscription. Without subscription does not mean without simlock. Phone will be founded simlock but it can be used with any card from Vodafone Italia network including pre-paid. Although there will surely be a way to get rid it:)
Prices are as follows:
499 € 8GB model – about $ 1697
569 € 16 GB model – about $ 1935
Prices are not low, but I knew that there will be such. In this light, for example, offers 3G iPhone 8GB for $ 899 looks very inviting. This information also brings good news for holders of existing models. Do not fear the price of your equipment does not fall as much as it seemed.

snow leopard – mac os x 10.6

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:42:39 +0000

According to the latest rumours, the Apple company is preparing to introduce a new operating system – Mac OS X 10.6, which will be called the Snow Leopard. At Apple’s official website the first information about the systemcan be found. First of all, the new Leopard will be even more integrated with Apple’s products and be far more secure than earlier versions.

The list of news, which is known that there will be in Snow Leopard:
– 64-bit technology-enabled RAM to 16TB, which means up to 500 times faster action;
– A new QuickTime X to handle the media;
– Manage MS Exchange 2007 (Mail, Address Book, iCal);
– OpenCL (ie Open Compute Library), by which it will use to calculate the graphics card (GPU), which has significantly improved the speed and quantity calculations;
– SquirrelFish – engine Java Script. This forces the Safari browser will work up to four times faster than today;
– Grand Central – a completely new technology, whose task is to manage several cores at once. Its operation will accelerate substantially all processes.

Snow Leopard is to be issued within a year, while rumors say that it is expected to be in January at the Macworld Expo.

New applications for iphone 3gpplications

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:36:14 +0000

During the conference WWDC 08 on Monday Steve Jobs and his associates presented some interesting applications that are already available or soon will be available for Apple computer equipment. Let’s see those most interesting. One of the most interesting declarations on new applications was the presentation of My eBay. Through this program you can be handling Store – the largest auction site. My eBay can help you find your item, watch and even more importantly – to buy. In addition, the application is completely free. Loopt. Shows the whereabouts of contacts on the map. Thanks to it you knew where your friends currently are. Application – also for free – will be available in App Store. Thanks to TypePad applications you will be able to handle your blog, and publish the photos taken by the iPhone’s cameras. For this program also you will pay nothing. Associated Press. Free application improving correspondence. Band. Now you can set up their own rock band and compose a real hits on iPhones. The application allows the band to compose and play music. Available instruments: piano, drums and bass, 12 octaves as well as for composing music. MLB.com. Something for baseball fans. Tables, results of matches, statistics, etc.

New 3g iphone

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:35:33 +0000

On Monday (9 June) representatives of the group Apple for the first time presented opportunities for the younger version of the iPhone. The official name of the second generation is 3G iPhone. The most important change, which introduces a new phone is full support for third-generation GSM network. The transmission of data in the HSDPA standard will take place at a speed much higher than allowed by the older version of the Apple phone. According to representatives of the group faster transmission of data, combined with changes in the layer of software will help to improve the daily use of iPhone’a as mobile Internet terminals.

Compared with its predecessor there has been little change in the shape of housing facilities, which has become slightly thinner and heavier. According to the announcement of apple a built-in battery is sufficient to 8-10 hours of talks in 2G networks, 5 hours of talks in 3G networks, 7 hours watching videos and 24 hours listening to music, and even 300 hours standby.

Like its predecessor, 3G iPhone is equipped with a touch screen. With the built-in phone technologies responds to the movements of the hand. The device has hit up for sale next month. According to official announcement on July 11 iPhone’a already 3G will be possible to buy, among others in the United States, Germany, France, Ireland and Switzerland. On the Polish market it also will be on sale later this year.

In the United States cheapest version equipped with 8GB memory is expected to cost $ 199, while a model with twice the memory – 299 dollars. Purchase iPhone’a 3G will bind to the signing of labor contracts with mobile network operator AT & T. You might add that even a year ago, sold under similar terms iPhone even cost $ 600. “Two times faster. For half the price” – as Steve Jobs claiming the new version iPhone.

External discs for macs

admin — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:36:59 +0000

Western Digital introduced on the market External Storage System (based on drives), designed for users of Macintosh computers (Apple). The system called My Studio Book Edition II contains two drives and can store 2 TB data.

Capacity 2 TB means that you can store in memory 571 400 digital photographs, 500 000 pieces of music, videos, high-resolution and a length of 240 hours, and DVD movies with a length of 880 hours.

The manufacturer claims that the memory of My Book Studio Edition II gets about 30% less power than similar external mass storage systems containing two drives. The device handles corporate software Time Machine (backup data) and can also work with the PC operating under the control of the Windows operating system.

My Book Studio Edition II does not include a fan, it works very quietly. Western Digital installs in memory interfaces eSATA, USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 The device supports the functionality of Safe Shutdown (data protection in the event of failure of settlement).

The memory costs U.S. $ 350 (1 TB), or $ 600 (2 TB)