iPad mini and next iPhone tipped for September 12th reveal

Specs and case parts for the next iPhone continue to leak out, and now iMore has it on good authority that the next iteration of Apple’s smartphone will be announced on September 12th. As is often the case with Apple’s announcements, the product will follow soon after, hitting retail shelves on September 21st. iMore’s sources also indicate that the iPad mini will be shown off at the same event, although no launch date was provided for the tablet.

The latest report falls in line with recent rumors that Apple has bumped up the reveal of the latest iPhone from October to September. It also marks the first time we’re hearing of an iPad mini announcement, and the timing is certainly interesting. Reports have suggested that the iPad mini would make an appearance later in the year, and it looks like Apple may want to hold one big blowout event detailing multiple products rather than spacing out the announcements. iMore believes that the redesigned iPod touch may also feature at the event.

New iPod Touch Expected to Share iPhone 5 Looks

The latest smart phone in the iPhone line is expected to unveil at the end of this year, and most likely it will be called iPhone 5 or the “new iPhone” if it follows the same naming convention as the iPad. For the latest iPhone, people are expecting a smart phone that is much thinner than its predecessors are and preferably with a large 4-inch screen and a smaller dock connector. However, according to some rumors, it is not just the iPhone that is getting all these qualities. As these rumors go, the latest iPod touch may have the same features as well, that is a larger screen and a thinner body.

According to a Japanese blog, Macotakara, Apple plans to give the iPod touch the very same 4 inch display that it is going to be putting in the latest iPhone, which will not only match their looks, but give a completely new look to the iPod touch as well. As for the internals of both of these devices, they are much different. Since, the iPod is not a smart phone, so it will most probably have the A5 processor from iPhone 4S as its debut in the media device. As for the back side of the iPod touch, it is going to be a new as well. How new to be exact? Well, it is said that the new iPod touch will have aluminum back, which will be available in two front casing choices of black and white.

How to Connect Your iPhone or iPod to your Factory Car Stereo

If you would like to use your existing car stereo to play music from your iPhone or iPod it is actually easier than you might think.

There are 2 ways you could make this connection. The easiest way will be if your car stereo has what is called and Auxiliary jack on the front. It looks just like the headphone jack on your Apple iPod or iPhone and is normally labeled AUX. If your car is fortunate enough to have one of these inputs you will only need one inexpensive cable to connect it. The cable you need is a 1/8" to 1/8" Stereo TRS cable. Connect one end to the Apple product's headphone jack and the other end to your AUX jack. After this you will need to change the source on your stereo to AUX. Now you are ready to go!

The 2nd way is a little bit more difficult to install but still should only take about an hour. The product you will need is called iSimple. It connects to the antenna part of your stereo and has the advantage of also charging your iPod.

15 Best iPod Touch Apps

We always try to brig best apps for iPhone possessors but that does not mean we don’t have a list of best apps for iPod Touch owners. In fact there is quite impressive apps for iPod touch users as well, some of which we are listing below.

So now you can do great stuff besides listening to your favorite music on your iPod touch. Enjoy!

Keynote
It’s the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. Keynote gives you even faster ways to create, more captivating ways to present, and smarter ways to share. You can almost hear the applause already.

AppBox Pro
Secure Essential Multiple Toolkit. The World’s Most Popular and Attractive, Efficient, Useful Tool Kit on your iPhone/iPod Touch

iPod Touch : 10 Cool Productivity Apps For Offline Use

With 100,000+ apps in the App Store, we can find apps for a variety of uses, such as turning your iPod Touch/iPhone into a professional camera/photo editor (for iPhone), an external hard drive, a reference book, or a radio, yet productivity apps that integrate with Google services, which are free and which we can use without Wi-Fi are harder to find. Not every place we are in will have Wi-Fi, especially if we are on-the-go or commuting a lot. That’s when apps with offline capabilities come in handy.

Two productivity apps that come natively on the iPod Touch/iPhone can be used offline: Calendar and Mail. Updating the native Calendar app with an entry in your iPod Touch/iPhone and seeing the same updates on your GCal has been possible thanks to Google Sync, which also syncs your Contacts and Gmail from your Google Account. Since the Mail app downloads your Gmail messages, you can read them offline, and sync the read messages when you get a Wi-Fi signal.

Productivity, however, encompasses more than just using the e-mail and calendar functions. Some people may need task management apps, better note-taking systems, the ability to edit documents or read their feeds. Check these apps to help you stay productive on the road!

Note: Not all apps are completely usable offline, because for some, you have to gather and save your information when you’re on Wi-fi so you can enjoy it during offline mode.

Apple's iPad: China's debut, lacking the fireworks

The release of popular Apple products in China have previously been marred by rowdy shoppers and crowds that were difficult to control -- but the new iPad has so far has told a different story.

On Friday morning, approximately 40 customers waited in line quietly outside the Apple store in Beijing's high-end Sanlitun shopping district. Within a cordon and with security staff and reporters to keep the shoppers company, the doors opened at 8 a.m., two hours earlier than usual, without any incidents.

IT worker, Sun Xufei, who was the first in the line of shoppers waiting outside the Shanghai Lujiazui Apple store said: "I very surprised that there is no line. I thought there was going be a long line so I came over a bit earlier to pick it up."

That doesn't sound like a standard launch of any popular Apple product. However, the low-key launch of the latest iPad model in China proved to be free of the chaotic scenes that has plagued the technology giant's previous product debuts in the lucrative Asian market.

But what did Apple do to ensure the improved behavior of adoring fans?

The company introduced a pre-sale reservation system that required all customers to register their interest in the device before being able to buy the flagship model. Priced from RMB 3688 ($579), the reservation system appears to have been a success -- no large queues and no chaos. However, it has also gone further than that; restricting "scalpers", the independent sellers that buy in bulk and resell to make a tidy profit.

Apple ordered to run adverts stating Samsung did not copy iPad

An Apple iPad, left, and a Samsung Galaxy tablet.

Apple has been ordered to take out advertisements in major newspapers – including the Daily Mail, the Guardian and the Financial Times – pointing to a UK high court ruling that says Samsung did not copy its iPad, the Bloomberg news agency is reporting.


It said the order came from Judge Colin Birss in a ruling on 18 July following his 9 July ruling in which he said that Samsung did not infringe Apple's patents because the American company's device was "cool" but Samsung's "are not as cool" even while they were "very, very similar" viewed from the front.

Birss's order apparently followed comments made by Apple after his first ruling, when in a statement the company said: "It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong and, as we've said many times before, we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."

Apple iPad Mini Could Be As Thin As iPod Touch, May Cost Between $249 and $299!

 With the tablet market exploding every day, there’s lot of speculation if Apple will launch a smaller iPad model. Recent reports have revealed that Apple is likely planning to release iPad Mini – a smaller iPad with a 7.85” display.

The latest report reveals that the iPad Mini tablet will be far less slimmer than the grand-sized iPads. It is being reported that the iPad Mini is just about 7.4mm thin, which is just over 0.1mm in thickness when compared with the iPod Touch.

If reports are anything to go by, the brief list of iPad Mini specs we’ve known include a 7.87” Retina Display with about 5.3” of width, probably a pair of dual cameras (front and rear), a powerful processor and iOS 6 under the hood.

If launched, the iPad Mini could be a real threat to several Android tablets available in the market today. It could also threaten the sales of Google Nexus 7, which is by far the most powerful 7-inch Android tablet that comes for just $200

Apple iPad is in its third generation and has easily managed to sweep the ground off several Android tablets put forth by leading hardware manufacturers. It is still the only tablet that stands as a benchmark for comparing the performance of other tablets even though it lacks in some features that other tablets boast about.

12 really useful iPad tips and tricks

With great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor and a Retina display, the new iPad is the world's best tablet device.

It's also fully capable of running the latest version of Apple's iOS operating system and great apps like iMovie and GarageBand.

Here we present 50 really useful iPad tips. We cover everything from customising your Home screen through to getting more from built-in apps like Mail and Safari.

The vast majority of these tips will also work on the original iPad and iPad 2, so owners of any generation of iPad shouldn't feel neglected.

For 50 more iPad tips, check out a new iPad app called 100 Tricks & Tips for iPad 2, brought to you by our colleagues on MacFormat.

1. Create folders

iOS now supports folders. To create a folder all you need to do is tap and hold on an app until they all start to jiggle, then drag the app over another icon and release.

Your iPad will create a folder with both the apps in. The folder will be named according to the category of the apps it contains, but you can rename it as you like.

2. Access all running apps

Double-clicking the Home button shows you all the apps that are running on your iPad in a bar along the bottom of the screen. To switch to a running app just tap on it here in this bar. Just swipe the screen downwards to remove this bar.

How to upload ipod touch video to computer

One of the advantages of an iPod touch over previous models is that you do not need to be at a computer in order to load your iPod with music, podcasts and videos. With an iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store account, it is easy to purchase content directly from your iPod. This new feature prompts many users to ask how it is possible to copy those videos off the iPods back to their computers for future viewing. Thanks to the user-friendly interface of the iPod touch and iTunes, this process is fairly simple.

1 Open iTunes on your computer and enter the Music Store. Choose "Authorize Computer" from the menu to confirm that your computer is authorized to copy videos off your iPod onto your computer. If prompted for the Apple ID and password you created with your iTunes account, enter it and then click "Authorize.2

Turn on your iPod touch and connect the USB cable to the dock that is located on the bottom of the iPod. Connect the other end of the cable to a USB port on your computer

3 Allow the computer a few moments to recognize your iPod. The left hand side of your iTunes window should list your iPod under "Devices" once it has been recognized. If for some reason your iPod does not show up in this list, unplug it and reconnect.

4 Look for a dialog box to appear on your computer screen, asking you whether you want to transfer purchases to the iTunes Library. Click on the "Transfer Purchases" button to comply. Be sure not to click on "Erase and Sync" at this point or the contents of the iPod touch will be replaced with the computer's iTunes Library.

Two apps keep your iPhone and iPad data private

While the free Find My iPhone app can remotely wipe the data on a lost or stolen iPhone or iPad, a pair of $2 apps prevent prying eyes from viewing contact info and other sensitive information on an iPad or iPhone without having to erase everything.

Nothing beats having access to all your files, e-mail, and contacts almost anywhere you go. Just reach into your pocket for your iPhone or your bag for your iPad and connect to an available network.

The easier the data is to access, the harder it is to protect. This week AT&T unveiled its service that prevents data, voice, and text-message access to iPhones and iPads that owners report to the company as lost or stolen, as CNET's Roger Chen reported last week.

Reactivating the device requires a call to AT&T customer support. The company asks that people use the free Find My iPhone app (which also runs on iPads) to wipe the device remotely before it is deactivated.

I wrote about Find My iPhone in a post from last August that also describes how to assign passcodes to specific iPad apps, switch from four-digit passcodes to passwords, and set your iPad to wipe its data after 10 failed log-in attempts.

In addition to locking and wiping your iPad or iPhone remotely, Find My iPhone lets you play a sound on the device or send it a canned message.

Send a message to a lost iPhone or iPad and play a sound to the device via the free Find My iPhone app.

(Credit: Screenshot by Dennis O'Reilly/CNET)

iPhone 5 To Have Samsung Exynos 4 Based Quad Core Processor

iPhone 5 Mockup

Another exciting rumor for Apple iPhone fans. This time, it’s not about concepts, redesigned case, or a larger display. This time its about the processor that the next generation iPhone might be equipped with.

Android smartphones like Galaxy S III and HTC One X feature quad-core processor and to compete with such smartphones, Apple would likely also use something powerful (read: quad-core processor).

iPhone’s biggest competitor is the Samsung’s flagship phone, which is Galaxy S III, powered by a quad-core processor. This smartphone has already received extremely positive reviews on the web.

A new rumor by a not-so reputed source, claims that Apple’s next generation iPhone can be powered by a similar processor as the S III. This rumor comes from DigiTimes and therefore it should be read with caution.

According to their sources in the industry, Apple is expected to release its next-generation iPhone built on Samsung’s Exynos 4 quad-core processor. Apple might name the new processor ‘A6 processor.’

If this news turns out to be true, then this would be the first time that the iPhone would be powered with a better processor when compared to iPad. In fact, this would be the most powerful processor to date. Of course we can also expect Apple’s marketing team to use the term “This new iPhone is xx times faster than iPhone 4S”.

My Blog on Apple Products Starts!

Glad to be here open my blog about apple products at Google's blogspot. Actually I decided to write something about Apple products one year ago on Apple features, the using tips of its products. But for some reason, I don't have much time for it. Now I finally get the time to do this. I myself am a huge Apple fan, now are using my iPhone 4S, iPod touch 4th, and plan to get the iPad 2. For the expression for Apple products, I think they are creative products,easy to use with its never out of date design.I would like to share the Latest news and popular apps about iPhone,iPad,iPod touch. Also using tips when we run into problems at using Apple products.