What's New - Apr 15, 2009
By: Benjamin Martin - Revised: 2009-04-27 benIntroduction
What's new for the Mac in the previous month:
- General issues, workarounds and fixes
- New Software and hardware
- Software and hardware updates/patches
- Apple Inc. related news
Agenda
- What's New
- Puppet
- Andrew Shafer ~ Reductive Labs
- Drobo
- Jeff Nguyen ~ Data Robotics, Inc
iPhone OS 3.0
Reference:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5171796/iphone-30-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know
- Copy & Paste
- Spotlight search (across entire device)
- Mail, calendars, multimedia, etc
- 3G Tethering
- No carrier plans announced yet
- Landscape keyboards
- Multimedia messaging
- Support for CalDAV
- Bluetooth A2DP audio (speakers/headphones)
- Safari will store login credentials
- Note syncing with iTunes
- Peer-to-peer Bluetooth connectivity
- Interfacing with 3rd party peripherals
- Push notification
- VOIP APIs
- Audio recording APIs
- Multimedia APIs for tapping into iPod
Skype for iPhone and iPod Touch
Reference:
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/iphone/ - VOIP over WiFi only
- Free to Skype users
- $2.95 for unlimited US & Canada
- 1 million downloads in two days!
- I tried it out and it worked pretty well ...
Noteworthy
- AutoCAD returning to Mac
- iPhone 3.0 tethering can be activated by a hidden plist switch
- iWork 2009 released
- Minor hardware refreshes: Mini, iMac, Mac Pro & XServe
WWDC 2009
Reference:
www.apple.com/wwdc - June 8th - 12th
- Tickets available at bookstore
- Going fast ... WWDC will probably sell out again!
iLife 2009
Reference:
www.apple.com/ilife - iPhoto
- Facial recognition, GPS metadata, Facebook and Flickr integration, enhanced editing
- iMovie
- Precision editing, themes and maps, video stabilization, new titles/transitions/effects, library browser
- GarageBand
- Built in piano & guitar lessons, artist lessons, GarageBand Jam