Will Apple murder the iPhone?

Apple's primary concern right now should be coming up with a new device or innovation to kill the iPhone.That's the opinion of analyst Horace Dediu, who spoke along with Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster on a panel on the future of Apple, at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo."We're in uncharted territory," Dediu told the room, referring to Apple's remarkable pattern of growth over the past decade or more. "(Apple) has been able to constantly create new categories and self-cannibalize."

Dediu was talking about the way the introduction of the iPhone has slowly made the iPod obsolete, and how many -- including Munster -- believe Apple could be in the process of eventually phasing out its Mac line in favor of the iPad and perhaps something else that's yet to come.

Munster told me after the panel that he believes Apple completely killing the iPhone won't happen in the next 10 years, but Dediu thinks we may already be seeing the beginnings of Apple's plans for the future.

Dediu thinks a new input method could kill the iPhone, and that Siri could represent testing the waters for not just a new input method but also something much broader."A new input method begets a whole new platform model," Dediu said.

Translation: So far, iOS devices have been all about touch input, but Apple may feel like it's pushed touch technology about as far as it can and may have started looking toward other frontiers, like voice input.

Munster noted that in his analysis, Siri received a grade of "D," but Dediu believes Apple will continue to improve the voice assistant and the technologies that underlie it.

But Munster told me he agrees that iOS has become "stale" and Apple will have to continue to "evolve" it to maintain its astounding trajectory.

What do you think? Will the iPhone continue to evolve with new features to keep fans interested? Or must it be murdered by its creators in the name of progress?
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Portable iPhone lighting studio The Kick is a hit

There's a new product in the works that aims to turn your iPhone into an even more professional camera device.There is no shortage of apps that aim to turn the iPhone into a one-stop shop for all your digital photography needs.

Of course, every new iPhone has a more powerful camera but that's only part of the story. Thanks to the bevy of available apps, you can add filters, manipulate pictures, and edit your photos so you never even need to upload them to a computer.

But a new project called The Kick thinks there still needs to be one more critical component for photography enthusiasts to take their iPhone to the next level.Now up on Kickstarter, The Kick is a miniature lighting studio that offers bright lights whenever they need it. It also has various effects like strobes and rainbow effects. The iPhone acts as a remote control for The Kick.

Users who are interested in the concept can get a Kick Plus unit for a $99 investment on Kickstarter.There is also a Kick Basic unit for $89, but this version does not include WiFi features. Once the company is in full swing, it plans to offer Kick Basic for $100 and Kick Plus for $150. With 31 days left on Kickstarter, The Kick has already reached more than half of its $115,000 goal.

Of course, every time there is a success story on Kickstarter, Kickstarter is as much a part of the story as anything else. It has been such a great launching pad for so many fascinating new products. The Kick is just the latest example.

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Gandi Launches Gandi Basekit to Meet Growing Need for iPhone and iPad-Ready Sites

Gandi, a leading domain name registrar and cloud hosting provider, today announced Gandi Basekit, a free website creation tool for organizations, companies and individuals hosted by Gandi, allowing compatibility with Apple iOS devices. Now any Gandi customer can create sites that are clearly viewable on iPads and iPhones. Gandi Basekit is the latest in a portfolio of tools offered by Gandi free of charge in order to provide the highest quality experience for customers.

Gandi Basekit allows the creation of websites using HTML5 and CSS style sheets, which are essential to supporting good display of sites on iOS devices, which do not support Flash. Prior to the introduction of Gandi Basekit, customers needed to set up either a PaaS or IaaS system to achieve comparable functionality.

"To adapt to the massive influx of iPads and iPhones in the browser pool, Gandi is enhancing its services with tools for customers to respond to that market need," said Thomas Stocking, VP of U.S. Operations, Gandi.net. "Internet browsing is increasingly done via smartphones or tablets, and now it is more important than ever that sites not only display well on these devices, but are built with these devices in mind."

Key features and benefits of Gandi Basekit include:Ease of use for beginners: With the intuitive WYSIWYG interface, users can build pages without having to know HTML5 or CSS3. Preconfigured, customizable theme templates allow for a quick start.

Powerful for experts: Along with its simplicity and ease of use for the casual or beginning user, Gandi BaseKit provides tools that allow experts to directly edit the HTML and CSS code for their sites. Preset or user-supplied graphics and images can both be used.

Integrated social tools: Modern websites incorporate links to share interesting content via social media. Gandi Basekit includes tools that allow drag and drop installation of links to the most widely used social media sites.

Intuitive content management: Gandi Basekit also provides a drag and drop interface for editing block text, adding another block, repositioning an image or adding a submit button and a navigation menu.

Ecommerce integration: The Google CheckOut Widget allows you to use Gandi Basekit to quickly integrate internationally accepted payment functionality into your site.


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Apple updates Aperture for Retina display

Aperture, now at version 3.3, also offers better performance, a unified photo library that lets you seamlessly switch back and forth between images stored in iPhoto (version 9.3 or later) and Aperture, and new adjustment tools.

Retina vision
First and foremost, the new version of Aperture is optimized for the new Retina-display 15-inch MacBook Pro. The update allows you to see more of your image when it's zoomed in at 100 percent. For pros dealing with 30-plus megapixel images, this will make a huge operational difference on the laptop's small screen. The effect on small thumbnails is also a big deal. Aperture 3.3's thumbnails are greatly improved, and will likely save you time in your imaging decisionmaking, Apple says.

iPhoto integration
Many users take advantage of multiple programs when it comes to managing photos. Before Aperture, there was iPhoto, and even after switching, many people continued to maintain their iPhoto libraries and their edits in iPhoto. With Aperture 3.3, you can move images back and forth from your iPhoto library without having to import and export between them. Just open your iPhoto library in Aperture, and you're ready to work. Faces, Places, slideshows, albums, and Web sharing work across both applications.

White balance
Aperture 3.3 introduces a new way to correct white balance in your images. Very much like in iPhoto for iOS, this new Aperture version offers specialized white balance options for skin tones and landscapes. With modes like Skin Tone and Neutral Gray added to the standard Temperature and Tint controls, the program will provide better and more accurate color correction without a lot of distortion and tweaking.

Shadows and highlights

Aperture 3.3 has improved the Highlights and Shadows tool to work with even a wider range of images. The Highlights tool can recover even the most blown-out highlights, while the Shadows control is faster and easier to use and works with fewer sliders. A new mid-contrast control combines several advanced tools for single-slider control of flat-looking photos.

A newly updated and more intelligent Auto Enhance algorithm can act as a starting point for correcting photos. The control evaluates images and determines whether to correct white balance, adjust exposure, or add vibrancy, curves, or highlights and shadows. If you shot a perfect still, then the control knows enough not to make any changes.

Faster browsing of Raw images

Aperture 3.3 makes greater use of camera-generated embedded previews within Raw images to produce quicker, high-resolution thumbnails from your shoot. With the new version, there's no waiting around for previews to be processed before browsing, according to Apple.

More improvements

In addition to specific new features, Aperture 3.3 offers improved stability and performance. Smart image pre-cache improves the speed of browsing, while the application has been optimized to handle photo libraries of over 1 million photos and support for Raw images up to 30 megapixels.

A newly designed monochrome source list and toolbar icons remove interface distractions, so you can better focus on your images. And because so many photos are now shared online, Aperture 3.3 introduces a new unified Web Sharing view for all photos and albums that are published to Facebook and Flickr.

In addition, Aperture 3.3 supports AVCHD for videos, the Set Photo as Desktop feature (long available in iPhoto and elsewhere), and drag-and-drop functionality for the Faces feature. Facebook, Flickr, and MobileMe albums are now displayed as thumbnails in the main window when those accounts are selected in the source list.

There's also some minor terminology tweaks, a new preference that allows you to set the background brightness of the full screen browser, and a new manual option allows you to drag and drop projects to customize sort order in the Projects view.

The version 3.3 update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.
iPhoto gets an updateNot surprisingly, along with the Aperture update, which references iPhoto, Apple has also updated iPhoto to open libraries from Aperture 3.3 or later (among other things).

Like Aperture, the new version of iPhoto supports AVCHD video. Other improvements include a tweak to the Description field, which now automatically expands as you enter text; the ability to flag a photo in Magnify (1-up) view by clicking a Flag icon in the upper left corner of the photo; a new Export option allows you to automatically organize exported photos into subfolders according to event, and Keywords and titles are now preserved when exporting files with embedded GPS location data.

This article comes from:http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/software/3363308/apple-updates-aperture-for-retina-display/

Windows to beat Apple in smartphones: IDC

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Microsoft Corp. may be lagging rivals when it comes to the smartphones these days, but a new forecast released Wednesday predicts that the company’s Windows mobile software will overtake Apple Inc.’s iOS on such devices in four years.

Microsoft’s (US:MSFT) Windows Phone/Windows Mobile operating system’s share of the smartphone market is projected to grow from 5.2% this year to 19.2% in 2016, when it is seen becoming a distant second to Google Inc.’s (US:GOOG) Android platform, according to an IDC forecast.

On the other hand, Apple’s (US:AAPL) iOS is seen falling from No. 2 this year, with 20.5% total share, to No. 3 with 19% in 2016, IDC said. “Windows Phone 7/Windows Mobile will gain share despite a slow start,” the research firm added.

Those gains will come mainly from the strength of its partner Nokia Corp. (US:NOK) “in key emerging markets,” IDC said, although the industry researcher said the projection assumes “Nokia’s foothold in emerging markets is maintained.”


IDC also said it expects Apple’s operating system will “continue its impressive run thanks to strong iPhone 4S momentum in North America, Western Europe and Asia/Pacific, specifically China, this year.”

“Growth will moderate over the five-year forecast given the large installed base Apple has accumulated, which means more of its addressable market will be on replacement cycles,” the firm said.

“Underpinning the smartphone market is the constantly shifting OS landscape,” IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said in a statement. “Android will maintain leadership throughout our forecast, while others will gain more mobile-operator partnerships (Apple) or currently find themselves in the midst of a major transition (BlackBerry and Windows Phone/Windows Mobile).”

This article comes from:http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-06-06/industries/32070694_1_windows-mobile-smartphones-windows-phone

Helic Releases its VeloceRF Inductor Synthesis EDA Tool for iPad and iPhone

Helic Inc., the technology leader in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions for RF and high-speed IC design, announces the availability of its VeloceRF™ tool for Apple's iPad® and iPhone®. VeloceRF is an industry-acclaimed tool providing rapid modeling and synthesis of integrated inductors and transformers, with signoff accuracy for electromagnetic effects such as mutual inductance, skin effect and substrate losses.

VeloceRF for iPad and iPhone can be downloaded from the App Store(SM).
Helic aimed this to become a first-of-a-kind app, bringing the functionality of a commercial-grade EDA tool to a mobile platform. The app leverages the company's acclaimed inductor synthesis and modeling engine, which has been ported to the cloud, while providing an intuitive user experience on the iPad and iPhone.

Based on the reception of VeloceRF for iPad and iPhone by the IC design community, Helic will consider adding more functionality to the app. The initial version of VeloceRF for iPad and iPhone uses generic technology files for 65 nanometer and 28 nanometer silicon processes.

Helic will be demonstrating VeloceRF for iPad and iPhone, along with the company’s regular EDA products, at the forthcoming Design Automation Conference in San Francisco (4-6 June 2012). To arrange for a demo of Helic products please visit http://www.helic.com/demos.

iPad and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

About Helic
Helic, Inc. develops disruptive EDA technologies for RFIC and high-speed SoC design. We provide our customers with a comprehensive offering combining design tools, silicon IP and applications support, greatly reducing the development cycles of chips for wireless communications, broadband networking, PCs, tablets and other segments. We provide technology for rapid electromagnetics modeling, RF component synthesis, and signal integrity of silicon ICs and Systems-in-Package. Our solutions have been adopted by several major semiconductor companies since 2000.

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Apple iPhone 5: What We Know So Far

There has been no dearth of rumors and speculation about this upcoming device. Possibly the main reason for this is because the iPhone 4S was not a huge change from its immediate predecessor, so many iPhone 4 users did not feel a strong need to upgrade. This group is now looking ahead toward the sixth-generation phone from Apple to see whether it will be what they have been waiting for.

What to Expect
One aspect of the iPhone 5 that there's little room for doubt about is that it will include 4G LTE, giving it a cellular-wireless data connection significantly faster than any earlier version. There have been numerous reports to support this, but the best evidence is a statement from Verizon that every smartphone it introduces this year will have LTE, and this carrier will certainly offer the next handset from Apple. This would bring the iPhone into parity with many models running the rival Android OS, which have had this 4G technology since last year.
Apple's next smartphone is expected to run a quad-core processor, likely to be the Apple A6 chip. This would give it better performance for many tasks, and, again, would bring Apple into parity with Android. The iPhone 5 almost certainly won't have the A5X processor that debuted on the new iPad earlier this month. This CPU is no faster than the A5 CPU in Apple's current smartphone, but it adds a quad-core graphical processing unit for that tablet's large, high-resolution screen.

T-Mobile has pointed out that virtually all the wireless chips available today come with built-in support for its uncommon 4G frequencies, raising the possibility that Apple could add a fourth U.S. carrier to its list of partners. With the technology problem out of the way, the only hurdle would be these two companies coming to a business agreement, and T-Mobile is definitely interested.
The smartphone might not be called the iPhone 5. The third-generation iPad is called simply "iPad", and if Apple continues this practice its next smartphone will be just "iPhone".

A Mystery Wrapped in a Conundrum
Aside from these, however, there is contradictory evidence about every other aspect of this device. A topic of hot debate is whether it will have a larger display or not. An unconfirmed report that the iPhone 5 will have a 4.6 inch screen made headlines last week, but this was followed by a contrary report that indicated that Apple intends to stick with the 3.5-inch display that has been in all its previous models.

Some are predicting the iPhone 5 will have a bigger screen because of competitive pressure. Virtually all Android smartphones have displays larger than 3.5-inches, with some approaching 5 inches.

A related issue is the overall size of the handset. A significantly larger display would require a bigger device, though Apple would likely keep it thin. The issue with this is it goes against Steve Jobs' original vision for the iPhone as an easily-pocketable device. On the other hand, LTE can be a drain on the battery life, and a larger handset would have room for a bigger battery.
Another aspect that has been the topic of contradictory reports is the release date -- some are saying this product will be out this summer, others that it won't be introduced until the fall. From the original iPhone in 2007 until the iPhone 4, every Apple smartphone came out in the summer. That schedule was changed last year, however, as the current model debuted last October. At this point, there has been no definitive answer to what the schedule will be this time.

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