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The new iPod Shuffle comes with five brilliant colors crafted to its aluminum bodies. This new iPod Shuffle also comes in 2GB of storage capacity with up to 15 hours of music playback. The new VoiceOver function will tells you what you want to hear in 25 different major languages to choose.

Dimension
Height : 29.0 mm
Width : 31.6 mm
Depth : 0.34 mm
Weight : 0.44 gm

Power and battery
• Audio playback : Up to 15 hours
• Charging via USB to computer/power adapter
*80% charged in 2 hours; 100% charged in 3 hours

Audio
• Skip-free playback
• AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV

Check out on Apple official site for all new iPod line up.

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Maybe some of you already heard the news about the new sleek and smooth iPod line up made by Apple just recently, for those who are still in a morning blue mood, you might should keep reading.. lets take a look at what those Apple engineers have made so far to the new thinnest iPod Touch.

What’s new on iPod Touch?
• Face Time
• Retina display
• HD video recording + editing
• Game Center
• Two cameras

Dimension
Height : 111 mm
Width : 58.9 mm
Depth : 7.2 mm
Weight : 101 gm

Display
• Retina display
• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 960 px by 640 px resolution at 326 ppi

Power and battery
• Video playback : Up to 7 hours
• Audio playback : Up to 40 hours
*on fully charge

Sensors
• Three-axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Ambient light sensor

Camera + photos + video
• Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 fps with audio
• Still photos (960 x 720) with back camera
• VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 fps with the front camera
• Tap to control exposure for video or stills
• Photo and video geo tagging via WiFi

Check out on Apple official site for all new iPod line up.

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Have you ever heard about the story of the lost iPhone somewhere in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS but it was actually the prototype of the new iPhone 4G. Well, I would actually like to skip that story, you can check on Apple’s official site as the real iPhone 4 is now being reavealed..

The new iPhone 4 is said to be realeased sometime on July 2010 and is powered by the new mobile processor called the A4 chip which promising a remarkably powerful yet efficient. iPhone 4 comes with 16GB and 32GB and a choice of black or white color body which made from an alloy and said to be 5 x stronger than standard steel. As for the front glossy panels glass, the new iPhone 4 is made from the same type of glass that used in the windshields of helicopters and high-speed trains.. what a breakthrough technology!

What’s new on iPhone 4?
• Micro-SIM
• Stainless Steel Band
• Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera
• Camera flash
• Retina display with 960 x 640 resolution at 326 ppi
• Multitasking to run third-party apps

Dimension
Height : 115.2 mm
Width : 58.6 mm
Depth : 9.3 mm
Weight : 137 gm

Display
• Retina display
• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 960 px by 640 px resolution at 326 ppi
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back

Power and battery
• Video playback : Up to 10 hours
• Audio playback : Up to 40 hours

Talk time:
• Up to 7 hours on 3G
• Up to 14 hours on 2G
• Standby time: Up to 300 hours

Internet use:
• Up to 6 hours on 3G
• Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi

Camera + photos + video:
• Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 fps with audio
• 5-megapixel still camera
• VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 fps with the front camera
• Tap to focus video or still images
• LED flash
• Photo and video geotagging

I would prefer to go for Black iPhone 4 this time, which one would be your favourite?

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Since iPad’s interface is nearly identical in every way to the iPhone or iPod Touch UI, most people would say iPad is just a portable device made 3 x bigger than the iPhone and iPod Touch. Well, that is not entirely correct, once you get your hands on iPad, the feel will for sure changed.

Even though I haven’t got the chance myself to get close + live touch on iPad yet, but I know iPad is one beautifully designed piece of technology on earth ever made today. Based on lots of readings on iPad reviews and over 150,000 iPad apps that are ready and waiting today, here I summaries 7 peoples who should love the new iPad.

Yahoo Geeks

Who could expect Yahoo! will look totally awesome and brilliant on iPad. With Yahoo! Entertainment on iPad, news updates, interactive tv programmes, video feeds, you name it.. all become extra ordinary which makes millions of yahoo lovers would buy this iPad.

Book worms

With iBooks apps on the new iPad, it can be claim the first e-book reading experience with sensual learning or enjoyment of holding an actual volume in your hand. It’s something like a bookstore in your hands and imagine this, which school students could resist on reading their school books on an iPad? you tell me.

Game lovers

Those gamers are more into an sports racing game would definitely love the iPad. Not because of how the game title itself, it’s how they play the game with no steering to steer, no pedals to hold on your breaks pad and fuel, but there is only the iPad alone.

Movie lovers

No more watching your favorite movies on 3.5-inch iPhone and iPod Touch screen, now with iPad you can watch your favorite movies on a high-resolution 9.7” display. Watching HD movies and TV shows to podcasts and also music videos with up to 10 hours, makes iPad the perfect mobile cinema for you.

Comic lovers

Reading your favorite comic book with iPad is totally a lot new fun experience. Not just from reading, pinch to zoom on every comic page, now with Marvel on iPad you can browse hundreds of comics series, or buy comics instantly and even download single issues which makes you feel like part of the actions.

Wedding Photographers

iPad would be the most efficient media showcase for wedding photographers showing all their portfolios to customers like an instant. With your wedding portfolios displayed on an iPad top crisp screen, you would definitely a step closer to get book for their wedding reception. The colors on the iPad screen are vibrant and saturated, while blacks feel true and deep black which makes iPad is the best showcase you can possibly give your photo on a screen.

and lastly..

Bill Gates

Nahhhhhh.. maybe not!

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Not every designers out there owned an iPhone, wtf does designer need an iPhone for? Well, before that.. I’m quite sure this post will make you reconsider if it is the time for some good investment to buy an iPhone, or an iPod Touch would just fine for me.

One of the best things for designers for using an iPhone is that the mobility for designers (especially those who do freelancing) doing their job efficiently with the iPhone app, and it helps a lot especially those every hardworking designers.

Here I’ve named a few iPhone app that every designers should have..

TweetDeck Act as your mobile browser for staying in touch with what’s happening on Twitterc+ Facebook from your iPhone or iPod Touch. TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organized and up to date no matter where you are.

ConvertBot will helps you convert between over 500 units across over 20 categories including currency, time, length, and many more. It’s even smart enough to convert between mixed units like Foot + Inches, Pounds + Ounces, Minutes + Seconds. Converting units has never been more fun.

Cliq Cliq is the fastest photo sharing and upload support from Mobile Safari

Evernote lets you create notes, snap photos, and record voice memos that you can then access any time from your iPhone, computer, or the web.

WordPress for iPhone Lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress. Since there are tons of WordPress users, this app seems to be the favorites.

What The Font connects directly to MyFonts’ acclaimed font identification service, which has been helping customers pinpoint mystery fonts for 10 years. It works via Wi-Fi or the mobile phone network, so you can get your font fix right there on the spot.

MoneyBook is the simplest and elegant way to track and manage your business finances. Your budget at a glance, and expense tracking at your fingertips.

Momento act as your unique diary/journal writing app for iPhone which provides a quick and easy way to record appoinments + datelines throughout your day. Momento also connect with popular social web services, such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Last.fm, in order to collect and display your online activity as part of your diary.

DesignRuler is an accurate reproduction of the standard Graphic Design ruler - essential for anyone working in advertising line, newspaper and magazine Print Production. Business owners who advertise in any form of Print should also have DesignRuler

and the last one, of course one of my favorite app, Photoshop.com Mobile simply drag your finger to crop, adjust color, apply effects and a lot more photoshoping..

These are just few of tons of amazing iPhone apps available for designers out there and if you know of a few really good ones that made especially for designers or maybe for web developers, feel free to share them in the comments below!

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Starting as low as $499, you can get the latest technology by Apple. Steve Jobs has just unveils the new Apple iPad, one of a kind Multi-Touch screen on larger dimension. Similar to the revolutionary technology on iPhone, just on iPad the technology of Multi-Touch screen has been re engineered for its larger surface, which makes iPad an extremely precise and responsive device ever alive.

Comes with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, and available with an optional of wireless only (with built-in 802.11n) or wireless + 3G (with superfast data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps). Powered with the A4 chip inside, iPad is extremely powerful yet extremely power efficient up to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge.

Lets take a brief look on iPad specifications after the jump.

Display:
- 9.7″ (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
- 1024 x 768 pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed
TV and Video:
- 1024 x 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter
- H.264 video up to 720p, 30 fps
Audio playback: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Height: 9.56″
Width: 7.47″
Depth: 0.5″
Weight: 0.68 kg (Wi-Fi model) / 0.73 kg (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

and the most interesting part is, iPad also runs Windows..

Now this is what I call technology!!

Head to the official page here! or you like to see the video

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If you own an iPhone, here is something I would love to recommend..

Take a best photo with your iPhone, make some editing with the apps of your choice and send to Adorama iPhone Photo Contest which will takes you one step behind these cool list of prizes :
1 x $1,000 Adorama Gift Certificate
10 x Wacom Tablets (Bamboo Craft Pen & Touch)
15 x Canon Wireless Printers (Pixma MP560 Inkjet Photo All-In-One Printer)
25 x $50 Apple App Store Gift Cards
30 x $100 Adorama Gift Certificates

Don’t panic or over reacted as you have ample of time to send your best photos, this contest ends only by 22nd March 2010. Currently the voting round has started since 15th Jan while the judging round will start on 15th Feb. The rules are simple, the photo that you submit has to be captured from an iPhone, that’s it.

Browse all Adorama iPhone Photo Contest entries here!

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The latest 27″ iMac with Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is sounds really yummy..

Currently I’m working with 24″ iMac, but with 27inch iMac…only god knows what this machine capable of. The latest iMac comes in two sizes of 21.5” and 27” LED-backlit glossy widescreen. Which means these new iMac comes with huge resolution at 1920 x 1080 pixels for 21.5″ and 2560 x 1440 pixels for 27″ which both widescreen are TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display with IPS technology. Not to mention this new iMac now comes with new wireless Mac Keyboard + wireless Magic Mouse.. man! its no longer the question about how you handle it but can you handle it?

Storage: 500GB or 1TB (21.5″ widescreen) / 1TB (27 widescreen”)
Communications: Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
Connections and expansion: 1 x FireWire 800 port / 7 watts 4 x USB 2.0 ports / SD card slot
Graphics and video support:
21″ - NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or ATI Radeon HD 4670
27″ (w dual core processor) - ATI Radeon HD 4670 or ATI Radeon HD 4850
27″ (w quad core processor) - ATI Radeon HD 4850

I just couldn’t write anymore.. head to Apple official site for more detail specs

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As what the title says.. the 5th generation nano, iPod Nano has been announced yesterday and it will become more and more fun as ever with the new capability to capture video recording at 640 x 480 pixels, with up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio. Seems like somebody will get their Christmas gift a bit early this year..

Display : 2.2-inch (diagonal) TFT display
Resolution : 240 x 376 px at 204 pixels per inch
Size : 3.6” height, 1.5” width and 0.24” depth
Weight: 36.4 grams
Capacity : 8GB or 16GB flash drive2
- up to 2,000 - 4,000 songs (128-Kbps AAC format3)
- up to 7,000 - 14,000 iPod-viewable photos
- up to 8 hours - 16 hours of video

Read more specs at Apple.com

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The new upgrade Snow Leopard for Mac OS X claimed to be the world’s most advanced operating system today, hmmm.. what a statement!
I haven’t tested it yet myself, and not sure if Malaysia is now available for upgrade, but what I’ve been reading so far at Apple site, here is what to expect :

- Your Mac will get super fast + easier to use
- Built-in support for Microsoft exchange
- Super quick Time Machine backing up data to your hard drive
- Equip with better power of QuickTime X
- Multi layered system of defenses against viruses, malicious applications and malware
- Your Mac will get new friend call ‘Alex’ the VoiceOver in your Mac
- Includes full suite of developer tools
- Chinese character input

read more what’s new at Apple site..

Well, the upgrade features seems simple to me, I don’t know you all, maybe that’s why the upgrade will cost you just less than USD30. Just pity to those G4 and G5 Power Mac users, your operating system upgrades are long way done as Snow Leopard are available only on Macs with Intel processors.. the solution is, get an upgrade then!

to conclude, for me.. sure I will get my Mac upgraded to Snow Leopard when my new iMac 24” is ready

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