Rumors : iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 Coming Out In September

Every year Apple launches new iphone hardware with top notch industry design and upgrade the hardware specs to stay in the race with Android Powered devices. This year apple also updating  the hardware specs from single core (A4)  to dual core processor (A5).But many analysts  predicts that apple may unveil two iPhone models, an iPhone 4S and an iPhone 5.

This may be the speculation spreading around from many sources that we can expecttwo iPhones, both an iPhone 5 and a lower cost iPhone 4S, are now expected to be launched this fall, presumably alongside iOS 5.

Here are the rumors about the two new iPhone models

iPhone 4S :

• Lower end model aimed at prepaid and emerging markets
• Priced around $349 or lower (past reports suggest as low as $200)
• Unlocked
• No-contract required
• Pre-paid voice and data plans
• Hardware based on existing iPhone 4

iPhone 5: 

• Upper end model with contract subsidy, powerful CPU, and the latest features
• Dual-core A5 CPU borrowed from iPad 2
• Potentially larger 4″ screen
• 8MP camera

If this comes true, then Apple will Outplays the Smartphone war against Android Domination.

Where there’s smoke there’s fire, a new iPhone (or two) is definitely coming.

iOS 5 Beta 2 - Features and Changes

iOS 5.0 beta 2 was released yesterday and there have been a few new features spotted. Most of these are extremely minor changes, however there is one major feature that was turned on in the below


New Notification Lock-Screen Look

Not so much new, however it is a minor change. When your phone receives a notification it will display the most recent one as a bubble. Then, when the notification has been there for a minute or so, it turns into the bars like the previous beta.

WiFi syncing
This feature was a major one featured at WWDC ’11. Really, it works as expected with no errors. I restored my iphone last night and set it to WiFi sync; this morning, all my content was on it. It was truly amazing and is definitely the way of the future.

Crisper Font in Messages 

Messages application it has a new font looks a lot crisper. You can see a picture of that below.

iCloud icon changed

In iOS 5beta 1, the icon for iCloud in settings was originally purple. Not anymore, the purple icon has been replaced by the brushed aluminum one, and it looks a lot better.

This beta 2 update doesn't  have change log like we seen in beta 1....

Mac OS 10.6.8 released, gets your Mac ready to upgrade to Lion

Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.6.8, the eighth maintenance update for Snow Leopard that comes via Software update.

Expected Lion Release Date : July 14 2011

Where to get the Download: 

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple's support pages include: 
Download Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update (474.2 MB) 
Download Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo (1.09 GB) 

Download Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 Update (542 MB) 
Download Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 Update Combo (1.27 GB) 

Download Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard) (256.4 MB) 
Download Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard Server) (499.8 MB) 

Download Server Admin Tools 10.6.8 (255.9 MB) 

iOS 5 Beta Changelog - Part3

Continue from Part -2

40.New and updated tiny icons on Mail for Windows Live 

Mail, Gmail, Exchange etc.

41.Rich Text Editing in mail

42.System Wide Dictionary

43.Printing Support in Maps and Ability to Hide Traffic in Maps

44.You can set custom vibration tones for each contact, so when it vibrates in a specific pattern you know who’s calling.

45.The notes.app shows the number of notes made on the header

46.Create custom vibration for your contact,you can set the vibration style for contact

47.Set custom text tone for each contact.

48.Local Weather in Weather app

49.Reading list in Safari

50.The Usage screen now shows how much of the memory is consumed by each app.

iOS 5 Beta Changelog - Part2

Continue from Part1

26.Ability to Increase Quote Level in Mail Settings

27.Twitter integration on contacts

28.New Facetime option in Settings window. You can also set your facetime caller ID to be your email or your phone

29.New Private Browsing option in Safari

30.Ability to remove custom Website Data

31.Ability to toggle iMessage ON or OFF in settings.

You can now set how much time a message alert has to be shown again if you don’t respond to the phone when it notifies of a new message.

32.Separate settings for Music and Videos

33.Photo Stream-  Photos taken on your iPhone are immediately available on your other iDevices and computers running the iCloud client.

34.Toggle ON or OFF for Automatic Downloads and Setting to use Automatic Downloads only when the device is connected to WiFi

35.Purchase History in App Store.

36.iCloud Backups

37.If you tap and hold on a song name in Music.app, a popup shows all the details.

38.Ability to drag email address’ between fields while sending a mail in Mail.app

39.Mail notifies you before sending a mail if you’ve forgotten to put a subject line.                                          

40.New and updated tiny icons on Mail for Windows Live 

Mail, Gmail, Exchange etc.

iOS 5 Beta Changelog - Part1

Few weeks back Apple introduced iOS 5 the new software update for iOS to take OS into next level with 200 features.

Now its only available to developers as beta version.I just downloaded the developer version and spent couple of weeks to get the juice of the iOS 5. Lets go through the features 

1. Quick Camera launch from Lock screen

2. Swipe down from top of screen to see app notifications and the stocks and weather built into Notifications Center

3. iPod app is renamed to Music with new icon.

4. New Videos.app

5. iMessage -A BBM style messaging service. iMessage lets you send messages to any iMessage enabled iDevice over 3G or WiFi.

SMS bubbles are green in color and iMessage appears baby blue.

6.Newsstand for Magazines and Newspapers -Manages your digital newspaper and magazines and allows you to browse the iTunes Newsstand to download new magazines and manage subsriptions. A feature I am very much looking forward to as I love consuming magazines on my iPhone. 

7.Ability to Create and Delete Photo albums.

8.System wide Twitter Integration -A Twitter client is now fully integrated into iOS 5, which enables you to Tweet from almost anywhere in the OS and allows you to tweet your pics, links and location etc. .

9.Ability to edit photos

10.New Twitter keyboard with # and @ buttons.

11.New rounded buttons

12.Notification Center -Each app can have its notification centre options configured individually. Choose to have the app show in notification centre, how many items to show and weather or not to appear on the lock screen. An alert style can also be chosen from a choice of: None, Banners (the new style) or Alerts (the old style).

 

You can choose what applications to be included in Notifications Center

13.Ability to rename your device within the settings.

14.Over the Air Delta Software updates will automatically notify you when there is an iOS software update available and allow you to install it over the network without needing to plug into your pc or mac.

15.The Usage screen now shows how much of the memory is consumed by each app

16.Wireless iTunes Sync -syncs your iDevice with your iTunes library over WiFi anytime you are on the same network. 

17.You can enable or disable Voice Dial while the phone is locked in Security Settings

18.Ability to add keyboard shortcuts. Default one included “CUL” which expands to “Call you Later !” when you type it anywhere.

19.New Speak Selection option in Accessibility Settings

20.Ability to add custom vibrations

21.Ability to Set Left or Right for Mono Audio

22.LED Flash for Alerts

23.New Assistive Touch Settings

24. iCloud: Automatically backs up your Mail. Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Bookmarks, Notes, and Photos to to Apples iCloud service and makes them available to all your iDevices as well as your PC or Mac with the iCloud client installed.

25.You can create additional @me.com email address within the Mail settings