iOS 4.2

The latest version of Apple's iOS Operating System is coming out in November. It will be for iPad and will bring the Much wanted features of iOS4 to it. (it will also be for iPhone and iPod Touch). The features include: 

- Multitasking

- Folders

- Unified Inbox

- Find text Feature

- Keyboard and Dictionary Enhancements

- Enhanced Enterprise Support

- Accessibility Enhancements

- Game Center

- AirPrint

- AirPlay

The AirPrint feature enables an iOS device to print to a wireless printer or a printer on your wireless network. This has been a much anticipated feature of iOS and it is now here. 

The AirPlay feature allows an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to wirelessly stream their currently playing song/movie/TV Show to play on their Apple TV. It can also stream to the AirPort Express base station with connected speakers. 

Games center has been brought to iPad as well, preparing it for ultimate gaming. 

iPod updates are here!

Apple announced the new iPod Touch 4th Generation on 1st September giving it almost iPhone 4 capability. It now features a rear camera, front facing camera, gyroscope, iOS4.1 and... a retina display. The rear camera has a shameful 0.6 megapixels but still supports HD video recording. Apple has done this because they could not fit the 5MP iPhone 4 camera in the extremely thin iPod Touch. The front camera supports FaceTime video calls with its microphone, it can call other iPod Touch 4G's and iPhone 4's. The retina display is an improvement for viewing webpages and photos. It provides 326 ppi screen quality and crisp text quality. another improvement is iOS4.1 which fixes minor problems and brings in Game center and iTunes Ping. The WiFi chip has been improved, enabling 802.11n signal as well as 802.11g,b,a. Apple also released a new iPod Nano, Shuffle and Apple TV. The Nano is now touchscreen and is square and smaller. The iPod Shuffle has found its buttons and become smarter, it now supports playlists and genius playlists. The TV is smaller and faster, and now streams content instead of storing it on a hard drive. Apple no longer sells the old iPod Touch, the Nano, the Shuffle or the TV. Prices are below (prices are in US$):

iPod touch

8GB $229  32GB $299  64GB $399

iPod Nano

8GB $149  16GB $179

iPod Shuffle

2GB $49

Apple TV

$99

Google rivalling Skype®

Google has released a new feature enabling users to make calls to landlines and mobiles. It is called Google voice and it lets people with a Gmail account to call phones for very low rates. it costs nothing to set up and gives you 10¢ US call credit to start. For 2010 only, people can call US and Canadian phones for free, even if they are in another country. The call rates are extremely low, much better than leading telecom services. Skype already has this feature, but doesn't have the low rates which makes Google a rival for Skype. The google voice feature requires the plugin which it gives you a link to download. At the moment you can only make outgoing calls, you can get an online number, but only in the US, they are bringing out full features for other countries later in the year. Google already has Google talk which is basically Skype in a web browser, it supports video as well.


Google Voice requires the Google Voice and Video plug-in.


Link (It can also be accessed from Gmail.)

Inside an iPad

Here are some photos of the inside of Apple's iPad. Apple also tries to conceal the names of the hardware manufacturers. 

Bluetooth and WiFi module

The screen taken out

The main chip housing the Processor 

Apple tries to conceal the hardware manufacturers

All the pieces

Main units

Transform an iPod Touch into an iPhone

A new add-on has made it possible to turn an iPod touch into an iPhone. A Chinese firm has created a device that gives some iPhone capabilities to an iPod Touch. The case, known as the Apple Peel 520 has a dock connector which connects to the ipod, a SIM card slot and an extended battery. It gives calling and messaging capabilities as well as extra battery life. The case costs $64  but don't get too excited, there are some things that you can't get such as ring tones. The case will be available online in the next few weeks. I would recommend just buying an iPhone 3GS instead of the case.


More info at SMH.com