iPhone 4 is Fantastic

I tried out the new iPhone 4 today and found it great, the new retina screen is crystal clear and the processing speed is lightning fast.

The iPhone screen is so clear that the apps look like they are blurry and of poor quality. the camera on the front of the iPhone has good resolution and the camera on the back with its flash is amazing. 

The buttons are round and the back of the phone is flat, making it more square. It has two microphones which work together to reduce back round noise. I instantly wanted to buy one although i didn't have the money. 

The queue at the Apple store was massive, and stretched almost the length of the street.

The new Mac Pro

The new Mac Pro can come in 4, 6, 8 or 12 core processors.


It has the most up to date graphics card and can get up to 8TB of storage. You can get maximum 32GB of RAM with the eight slot the Mac Pro has. It has bluetooth, 802.11N networking and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. You can get a Magic Trackpad for the Mac Pro, it is just like the iPod touch or iPhone touchscreen.

Early bird buyer

The new iPhone 4 release date is on the 30th of July, tomorrow, but one store just forgot. The Allphones store in Campbelltown assured one customer that he could buy an iPhone today and sold two to Arselle Torres. An hour after selling the iPhones the store realised that they weren't supposed to sell any iPhones today. They sent him messages asking him to return the iPhones for any amount of money he wanted (to a degree), but he decided to keep the iPhones instead of waiting till tomorrow.


More info at SMH.com

Internet address shortage

Every internet connected item in the world has its own unique identifier called an IPv4 (Internet Protocol) address.

No two devices have the same IPv4 address. But, there is a problem, there are only about 4 billion IPv4 addresses in the world and almost all of them are used up, there are only 232 million left and with the growing population of computers and mobile phones, all of the IPv4 addresses will be gone in under a year. That is why some internet experts created a new identifier, IPv6. IPv6 is a much longer IP address and will be able to accommodate TRILLIONS of IP addresses for EACH person.

To give you an idea, an IPv4 address looks like this: "192.168.3.8" and an IPv6 address looks like this: "2001:0db8:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7334" , it is much longer and the world will never run out of IPv6 addresses. Although; the switch is proving quite difficult as some ISP's are reluctant to make the switch to IPv6 as it is quite difficult. This can cause a problem as the world's internet could ground to halt, it could be like another Y2K where it could have caused mayhem worldwide. Most internet companies are making the switch.

More info SMH.com

iPad not so cool

Keeping cool is getting hard for Apple's iPad. there have been accounts where iPad's have shut down and said "iPad needs to cool down before you can you it" when used in direct sunlight. One person is suing Apple because their iPad does not live up to their expectations. The normal operating temperature is 0° to 35° C but when put in sunlight it overheats which has caused many problems for new iPads.

More info at CNET.com

Zen Magnets

Zen Magnets are little super magnetic spheres that link together to create shapes, both 3D and 2D. They are very fun to play with and are quite amazing. They come in sets of 72, 216 and 1728. This is the 1728 set.

iPod Touch Mic/Headphone Splitter cable

I recently made a cable that you plug into your iPod Touch and splits the audio jack into two pieces, one for mic input and the other for headphone output.

Although it was difficult to make and quite time consuming, i found it very successful and recommend it to anyone wanting to plug a professional quality microphone into an iPod Touch.

I got all the parts at jaycar electronics, even the 4-conductor jack. it cost me about $12 to make.

It requires precision soldering and about 2-4 hours.

The idea came from another blog (which i have put a link to down the bottom), so i thought i should put more info about how good it was.

Required:

4 pin-conductor plug 3.5mm

4-core wire (length depends on how long you want it to be)

Mono input socket 3.5mm

Stereo input socket 3.5mm

6mm Heat shrink tubing

Resin cored solder

Soldering iron

Wire cutters

All rights go to Jesse Rutherford

More info at Benttronics.com

iPhone 4 going out of contact

There has been a number of problems with signal strength on the new iPhone 4 as the steel band on the edge is the antenna for the phone. When the antenna comes in contact with someone's hand, it greatly reduces signal strength which causes call drops and message delays.

Apple is giving out free bumper cases to iPhone 4 users to limit contact between the hand and the antenna.

Info from SMH.com

iPhone 3G ruined by new apple update

The iPhone 3G has been ruined by the new update which has made it slow and unusable, apple has released a revision to fix it but that has not done anything to help. Apple is blocking people from downgrading and people are beginning to suspect that apple is doing this deliberately to make people buy the iPhone 3GS or the iPhone 4.



Some have discovered how to force downgrade the iPhone 3G at this link is how.



Info from SMH.com

iPad is getting a camera, or has a camera...

There has been rumour about the first gen iPad already having a slot for an apple iSight camera when a repair service found a slot in the frame for a camera.

There will definitely be a camera in the 2nd gen though as pcworld states.