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Friday

Most outrageous and actually useful gadgets

Canon X Mark I Mouse Slim
Price: $59.99

Canon's X Mark I Mouse Slim is a 3-in-1 overachiever with a beautiful identity crisis. It's a wireless mouse, a calculator, and keypad, all rolled into one hot mess. Sure, this featherweight (3.47-ounce) trybrid is innovative, but we can't imagine anyone lusting over one, except for laptop-toting traveling accountants and other professionals who regularly crunch numbers.

Warning: This nifty mouse-u-lator only gets along with laptops and computers tricked out with Bluetooth v2.0 technology, so be sure yours has the goods. The ambitious X Mark I Mouse Slim is available in black or white, and comes with a soft travel pouch.

Outrageous is the new black
What do you think? Would you open your wallet for any of these oddball, overachieving gizmos? We would definitely go for that geekalicious Star Trek bib and spoon duo, and some staffers miss having a discrete number pad when they're using a laptop, so the Canon X Mark I has some appeal. And none of us can resist iTree... it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.

Flashy Dr. Dre Beats Studio Headphones Swarovski Light Rose Limited Edition by Crystal Rocked
Price: approximately $882.00

It's time once again for Dr. Dre to make his presence felt. Trust us, you've never been on a ride like this before. The West Coat rapper-producer's latest blinged-out Beats Studio headphones rock 43,000 precision-cut Swarovski crystals, and each and every one sparkles in all its pink lemonade-colored glory.

And they're just as fancy on this inside. They bring the noise with high-definition powered amplification and exterior noise cancellation. Fill your ears with the same caliber music The Doc himself demands, and wants you to hear it in. That is, if you're willing to shell out the big bucks. (If not, Dr. Dre's Diddybeats Monster Earbud Headphones should break you off for a lot less paper; they cost about $149 or so.)

Pink's not your color? No worries. These insane headphones come in white, black, and red Swarovski crystals, too. Plug the included 4-foot-long Monster Cable into your iPhone or BlackBerry (or dozens of other audio devices) and sit back, relax, and strap on your seat belt, just like the good Doc says.

Star Trek Enterprise baby spoon Light-Up Feeding System
Price: $24.99

Boldly go where no liquified carrot has gone before! Helping your new life form transition to solid food can feel like the final frontier...not to mention a very messy one that you and your wee geekling can traverse together with a little help from Star Trek Enterprise Light-Up Feeding System.

Dinnertime distraction be darned. If you've passed along your love of Star Trek like a good Trekkie, your baby won't be able to resist the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 replica spoon. Gently dock it in your babe's adorable face station and you'll successfully one-up the tired "open sesame" feeding trick.

The set's durable bib stands up to baby drool and flying food debris, but how are its flashy embedded LED flashing lights activated? By engaging the lightweight, dishwasher-safe spoon Enterprise spaceship, of course. Resistance is futile. Your oatmeal will be assimilated.

ONEDOF Turntable
Price: $150,000

The ONEDOF, short for One Degree of Freedom, is more than a few degrees overpriced, but worth every penny. (That isn't a typo. It really costs $150,000!) If you're serious about your vinyl collection, and seriously loaded, this luxury precision turntable just might be music to your audiophile ears.

Gilded, gorgeous, and dreamed up by one very talented NASA aerospace engineer, the slick ONEDOF record spinner is certainly dreamy to look at. And it's even dreamier to listen to. It better be, right?

It's the first turntable in the history of the phonograph to feature a self-centering aluminum alloy platter with non-resonant liquid suspension. Translation: It wipes out virtually all acoustic distortion and makes vinyl records sound amazingly crisp and clear. Everything about this 50-pound musical heavyweight sounds (and looks) incredible to us, including the outrageous price tag.

iTree iPhone dock by KMKG Studio
Price: $15,000

Ever had the urge to stash your iPhone in a tree? Well, what are you waiting for? For a cool 15 grand, KMKG Studio will cut down and carve you your very own iPhone-charging iTree.

No, it's not pulp fiction; iTree is the real thing, turning any tree of your choice (cherry, poplar, or spruce, for example) into a one-of-a-kind audio art installation. In fact, if you want, you can even trek into the forest with KMKG's carpenters to hand-pick just the right one.

Once hollowed out and sanded, your fresh-cut iTree is trimmed with phone charging hardware and top-of-the-line speakers, hold the leaves. The final product is an acoustically awesome stump of functional art which you might even be tempted to hug.

iTree isn't the greenest or most practical charging choice, nor is it affordable. Still, its cool factor is undeniable. Got an iPad? There's an iTree for that, too.

New Halloween Haunter For iPhone 4 / 4S


What we got here is only treat for all iPhone 4/4S crazy case right now, as Halloween draws near it is a wonderful time to change your usual iPhone~case into special Halloween custom cases, just like those children wearing their Halloween costumes asking for candies or else you might be trick! But before you got tricked, head on after the break for the best iPhone 4/4S Halloween cases.

See more casing for iPhone 4 / 4s below:

Monday

Apple TV is coming

During the biography of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder was quoted talking about TV. here it is:

"I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use. It would be seamlessly synched with all of your devices & with iCloud. It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it"

Piper Jaffray Gene Munster has been disagreeing for an Apple TV effort that was more than a hobby for many months. Munster’s view is that an Apple TV is coming in late 2012 or early 2013.

Gossiping news is that "Did Steve Jobs break the code?" & more the fact is, After Steve's death, Apple is high-lighted to everyone all over the world. & Apple do not missed his plan. Whatever Apple's TV is coming & we know Apple's test. Hope Apple's TV will come with some different test.

Sunday

Android in advance on iPad

Apple’s iPad may finally be losing market share to Google Android tablets

Sales of tablet computers running Google’s Android software rose more than ten-crease in the last year, as new records suggest that Apple’s iPad may at last be facing serious competition.

Products made by Motorola, Samsung, Acer & others have been greeted with some critical acclaim but have failed to make a serious dent on the dominance of Apple’s iPad. According to analysis by plan Analytics, however, Samsung’s latest generation of Galaxy tablets has led a rise in Android tablet sales & pushed the iPad’s market share last quarter to 67 per cent, down from 96 per cent.

Android-powered tablet computers accounted for 27 percent of global sales during the last quarter, jumping from 2.3 percent a year earlier, plan Analytics said.

Saturday

How Much You Know Anout "The cloud"

When the Apple iPhone 4S & Amazon Kindle Fire tablet debuted this fall, the tech press blogged breathlessly about how these new devices harness 'the cloud.' Menacing as this hazy tech term may sound, the cloud is actually a regular part of daily digital life. In fact, gadget analysts expect this metaphorical cloud to envelop more of the world in coming years.

Cloud computing describes when a personal computer relies on distant servers themselves powerful computers & known collectively as the cloud for certain tasks & services, often in one of two ways.

The first: data storage. When you post a photo to Facebook, the company's servers hold on to that image. This lets you share the picture with friends, view it from any of your electronic devices, & even delete the photo from your PC without fear of losing it forever. The image lives in the cloud now.

The second common use is more forward looking. Those yonder servers can help your computer or phone do things that it is not powerful enough to tackle on its own. For example, iPhones & Android smart phones offer a free app called Google Translate. Speak into the phone [Excuse me, where's the nearest bathroom?] & within seconds the app will translate your sentence into any of 58 languages. Modern phones don't have processors powerful enough to translate your voice quickly & accurately. Instead, the app turns your request into a sound file, sends it up to the cloud, & lets Google's supercomputers do the heavy lifting.

Because of this dependence on far off servers, Google Translate & other cloud services only work when you have an Internet connection.

Samsung Galaxy SII ~ Update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich until early 2012

There are currently circulating a few rumors about the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung flagship Galaxy ~ SII. Accordingly, it is fairly safe get an update to the latest iteration of Android ~, however, can probably no longer be expected this year. This will at least have the well~connected blogger Gaurav Hasabnis (FoneArena) to find out.

On his Twitter account he spread the news that in January for Samsung Galaxy SII owners ready somewhat special. This act may be basically just the update to Ice Cream Sandwich. For in the same breath he mentioned that the GPU of the Galaxy SII 'Mali 400 "will be used in full. This is currently active in Android 2.3 only for performance~intensive games, in normal use, it lies dormant in the background.

Thursday

Closely-release of the iPhone 5

Closely-release of the iPhone 5 as of this review, there are still a lot holding onto their iPhone 4 & are nowhere just letting them go. Thus, it is imperative that this smartphone is always kept safe against the elements. Doing so often means that the phone is to be placed in a protective casing that will prevent breakage from accidents or misuse. Now, there are a lot of cases out there providing protection from the skinny to the bulky that will often cover most of the phone surface.

The case comes in a crimson-colored cardboard envelope that has a plastic clam-type enclosure that contains the case itself. The front of the package has the usual company logos & product name. While the middle part of it is emptied out so that the plastic clam-type enclosure is protruded to give a sense of how thick the case itself is. Turning the package to the back reveals the same company logo & product name & the same emptied space corresponding to the one in front. The rear part contains mostly information about the case itself, including features & accessories.

Contents
  • Aircraft-grade anodized aluminum frame case with stainless steel Allen head screws
  • Engineering-grade acetyl resin corner guards
  • Two (2) spare stainless steel Allen head screws
  • Allen wrench for installation
  • Microfiber cleaning cloth
  • Installation Instructions
  • Front & back Crimson anti-fingerprint film surface protectors

Wednesday

Google's New Smart Phone Can recognize Your Face!

Google's new innovation, The Galaxy Nexus phone includes face recognize unlocking, improved voice recognition, & touch sharing. In Hong Kong today, Google & Samsung introduced a new smart phone & operating system that could represent a potential rival for Apple's new iPhone 4S.

Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, which will go on sale next month, will be the most advanced smart phone from the Korean giant. It will also be the first phone to run Google's latest operating system, Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, following alphabetically from the earlier Gingerbread & Honeycomb.

The hardware includes a 1.2 gigahertz dual core processor, a 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED display at 1280 by 720 resolution, a five megapixel camera, HD 1080 pixel video, with one gigabyte of RAM & 16 gigabytes or 32 gigabytes internal memory. Depending on the region, it will support LTE or HSPA+, two 4G mobile communications standards. It has Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi Fi, as well as near field communication for payments & data sharing.

As for Android 4.0, rather a lot has been done to enhance the operating system. Google's Android director of user skill, Matias Duarte, showed off some of the new features. He began with the design of the new typeface, called Roboto. This is a sans serif font that was specially designed for small screens & to make it easier for the user to read text.

One of the most talked about features of Apple's iPhone 4S is the voice operated personal assistant, Siri. At the Hong Kong event, Duarte demonstrated text to type by talking into the Galaxy Nexus to send a text message: Hey, man. I'd love to talk right now, but I'm a little bit busy. I'll catch up with you later period, smiley face, with which the sentence ended with just that: a period & then a smiley face. The crowd of journalists gave him an ovation for that.

His attempt to show that Face Unlock, which is supposed to unlock the phone when it recognizes the user's face, did not fare quite so well. His partner tried to unlock the phone but failed, which is what was expected. When Duarte then put his face up to the camera, it still did not recognize him. He put that down to the bright makeup he needed for the event.

In defining what Android is about, Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice president of mobile, said: We want to do better than what people are referring to as smart phones today. So we take all the innovation that's available at Google everything we offer in cloud services and make it available on your cell phone 24 hours a day.

Analyst firm Gartner recently said that Android was number one in the second quarter of 2011, with 46,775,900 units sold (43.6 percent of the market). Symbian was second with 23,853,200 units sold (22.1 percent) & IOS was third with 19,628,800 units sold (18.2 percent).

Saturday

Look forward to mobile in 2012

According to research by Gartner, the application of mobile will be common 2012. The report covers aspects such as:

Impact on consumers & industry players
Revenue levels
Loyalty
Business models
Consumer value
Estimated market penetration


With the ever growing interest & use of smartphones leading to increasing numbers of Internet players in the mobile market, the mobile network operators [MNO] are seeing less & less influence. The focus has shifted now to individual publishers & developers who influence how users experience the mobile space.

There are most several ways consumers will use mobile in 2012 include:

Money transfer
With most payment services offering person to person transfers using Short Message Service [SMS], companies have signed up several million users within their first full year.

Location based services

Gartner guess that the LBS user base will grow globally from 96 million in 2009 to more than 526 million in 2012 a huge growth area proving the full potential for marketing strategies.

Mobile search

Overall still, the current the mobile user experience is more than clunky. Mobile search needs to improve to drive customer loyalty & drive sales & marketing opportunities. Keep an eye on all the main search engines making waves in the next 12 months with mobile search.

Mobile browsing

60 percent of handsets shipped in 2009 can browse the mobile Web, rising to approximately 80 percent in 2013. Organizations need to recognize the mobile web as a key part of most B2C strategies.

Mobile health monitoring

For example, IT & mobile telecommunications can be used to monitor patients remotely.

Mobile payment

Paying for goods & services over the mobile Web. This is possibly one of the biggest areas of mobile still to see mainstream uptake expect major services promoting mobile payment methods more & more.

Near field communication services
Near field communication [NFC] allows contact less data transfer between devices & terminals typically to pay for transport or to cash in a mobile coupon. Mainly regarded as the main driver behind mobile payment, this technology has a lot more potential for both technological & marketing use.

Mobile advertising

Gartner expects spending on mobile advertising to reach US$7.5 billion in 2012 from US$530.2 million in 2008.

Mobile instant messaging

Gartner thinks users really desire mobile messaging, especially in developing world markets. This presents an opportunity for mobile advertising & social networking.

Mobile entertainment: music
, video, TV, radio, Camera etc
Apart from ring tones & ring back tones, which have turned into a multimillion pound service, mobile music has so far has been disappointing. With the future of music, video and camera still seeming fragmented, expect new unique services to arise to offer new methods of listening, sharing & streaming music.

A new innovation Solar glitter "Sandia"

This new solar glitter [Sandia] can help a lot in energy sector. Solar systems made of tiny solar cells as small as a grain of sand could be the next generation in inexpensive solar energy options.

The tiny cells of the micro-systems enabled photovoltaic system have an efficiency of as much as 20 percent, & cost only $1.80 per watt peak as compared to $4 per watt peak in conventional systems. They can be mounted on a flexible material such as clothing or curtains, & many of the manufacturing techniques are already in place.

The tiny solar cells will also work more efficiently in partial shade, since each cell is separate. Solar cells do not function if any part of them is in shade.


Sandia researcher Greg Nielson, team leader on the Micro-systems Enabled Photovoltaic cell project, holds up a sample of the cells that won a regional Excellence in Technology Transfer Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium.

The Laundry POD


A portable environment friendly washer
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A New universal charging system for electric vehicles

The worldwide infrastructure of charging stations for electric vehicles[EV] may seem overwhelming, you know what would make it even more challenging? If each station had to separately cater to each make of EV on the road think of how many different styles of mobile phone chargers are currently out there, for instance, & then picture that applying to cars. Fortunately a consortium of automakers has developed the Combined Charging System that will allow any one vehicle to charge its batteries using a variety of different charging methods.

The system was developed by Germany's Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, & Volkswagen, working in partnership with America's Ford & General Motors.

It consists of a single interface on the vehicle, which is compatible with methods such as one-phase AC-charging, fast three-phase AC/DC charging at home & ultra~fast DC charging at public stations. This is intended to make EV development a less complex process, as vehicles won't need to incorporate multiple inlets, nor will their drivers need to seek out specific charging stations. Instead, all electric vehicles will be able to recharge at all stations.

The technology also features a charging communication system, along with an electrical & safety architecture, that will work with any vehicle using the system.

The Combined Charging System is being demonstrated at the 15th International VDI Congress & Exhibition [Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles], which takes place this Wednesday & Thursday in Baden~Baden. It should be ready for deployment in the auto industry by the middle of next year.

Ultrasound Help For Heal Broken Bones

Scottish doctors are using ultrasound to help speed the recovery of broken bones by stimulating bone regeneration through cell vibration. And the sound frequency & pulse rate of the ultrasound is different than that used on pregnant women, but the technology is the same. The transducer gets a coating of water based gel, & is then slipped into a strap that holds it on the break, stimulating cellular activity.

Doctors found that the ultrasound therapy can lower recovery time by more than one third.

Friday

Jesus Phones or iPhone 4S sale: Buyers line goes over crowed

Apple employees congratulate a customer, Today Friday morning during to buy an iPhone 4S store in London. Co-founder Steve Wozniak lined up on Friday morning for a chance to buy the iPhone 4S, the latest in the company's line of Jesus Phones, which includes many under the- hood improvements.

The lines, which drew thousands, were part exercises in tech commercialism & part homages to Steve Jobs, Apple's other co-founder, who died last week following a battle with pancreatic cancer. In New York, Apple fans created a makeshift memorial to Jobs that included flowers, photos, iPad boxes & apples [as in the fruit].

And in Atlanta, some people said they were lining up for the phone in part because of Jobs.
I wanted it anyway, but [Jobs death] made me sort of want it more because this is the last one I know he worked on, Dwight Hill, from an Atlanta suburb, said of his decision to buy the phone. I just hope the company keeps going in the same direction.

About 200 people had lined up in the wee hours of the morning in New York to buy the new phone, which has a faster processor & a digital assistant that responds to voice commands & talks back to phone owners, answering their questions. Long lines also formed in Asia & Europe as people waited for the phone.
In Silicon Valley, California, Wozniak, the Apple co-founder who, along with Jobs, helped create the world's first truly personal computer, sat in an armchair at the front of a line that began forming Thursday afternoon. He tapped on his iPad, sipped Diet Dr. Pepper & took photos with fans while he awaited the phone's release.

Tuesday

The Top Five(5): Most Expensive Colleges in America

1: Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y.

Pricey New York-area location & low, 9:1 student/faculty ratio make this 1,300-undergraduateliberal-arts college the nation's most expensive school.

Tuition: $45,212
Total cost: $58,334

2: University of Chicago

Brainiac Central on Lake Michigan comes with a stiff price, but places its graduates in the best professional schools in the country. The 65% of students who receive some assistance averaged $27,460 in aid.

Tuition: $42,041
Total cost: $57,590

3: The New School in New York, NY

This eclectic collection of colleges in downtown Manhattan — graduates include Donna Karan, Dr. Ruth Westheimer & Walter Matthau — vaults to the Top 10 thanks mainly to $4,000 in expenses for books, supplies & other costs like travel & meals. Average financial aid of $11,355 is low because of high number of foreign students who pay full freight.

Tuition: $37,610
Total cost: $57,199

4: Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis Costs have increased steadily at this Midwestern liberal-arts university in recent years. Half of 7,100 undergraduates receive some kind of aid; average amount is $23,963.

Tuition: $41,992
Total cost: $56,930

5: Columbia University in New York, NY

Manhattan campus insures this Ivy League research institution is always on the Top Ten list, despite a $7 billion endowment to help pay the bills. More than half of students get aid; average amount is $36,041.

Tuition: $45,290
Total cost: $56,681

Saturday

The last week of Steve Jobs

With time running out, Jobs was choosy about who he'd see to say goodbye.
Jobs Managed His Farewells !!

Over the last few months, a steady stream of visitors to Palo Alto, Calif., called an old friend’s home number & asked if he was well enough to entertain visitors, perhaps for the last time.

In February, Steven P. Jobs had learned that, after years of fighting cancer, his time was becoming shorter. He quietly told a few acquaintances, & they, in turn, whispered to others. & so a pilgrimage began.

The calls trickled in at first. Just a few, then dozens, & in recent weeks, a nearly endless stream of people who wanted a few moments to say goodbye, according to people close to Mr. Jobs. Most were intercepted by his wife, Laurene. She would apologetically explain that he was too tired to receive many visitors. In his final weeks, he became so weak that it was hard for him to walk up the stairs of his own home anymore, she confided to one caller.

Some asked if they might try again tomorrow.

Sorry, she replied. He had only so much energy for farewells. The man who valued his privacy almost as much as his ability to leave his mark on the world had decided whom he most needed to see before he left.

Mr. Jobs spent his final weeks — as he had spent most of his life — in tight control of his choices. He invited a close friend, the physician Dean Ornish, a preventive health advocate, to join him for sushi at one of his favorite restaurants, Jin Sho in Palo Alto. He said goodbye to longtime colleagues including the venture capitalist John Doerr, the Apple board member Bill Campbell & the Disney chief executive Robert A. Iger. He offered Apple’s executives advice on unveiling the iPhone 4S, which occurred on Tuesday. He spoke to his biographer, Walter Isaacson. He started a new drug regime, & told some friends that there was reason for hope.

But, mostly, he spent time with his wife & children — who will now oversee a fortune of at least $6.5 billion, and, in addition to their grief, take on responsibility for tending to the legacy of someone who was as much a symbol as a man.

“Steve made choices,” Dr. Ornish said. “I once asked him if he was glad that he had kids, & he said, ‘It’s 10,000 times better than anything I’ve ever done.’ ”

“But for Steve, it was all about living life on his own terms & not wasting a moment with things he didn’t think were important. He was aware that his time on earth was limited. He wanted control of what he did with the choices that were left.”

In his final months, Mr. Jobs’s home — a large & comfortable but relatively modest brick house in a residential neighborhood — was surrounded by security guards. His driveway’s gate was flanked by two black S.U.V.’s.

On Thursday, as online eulogies multiplied & the walls of Apple stores in Taiwan, New York, Shanghai & Frankfurt were papered with hand-drawn cards, the S.U.V.’s were removed & the sidewalk at his home became a garland of bouquets, candles & a pile of apples, each with one bite carefully removed.

“Everyone always wanted a piece of Steve,” said one acquaintance who, in Mr. Jobs’s final weeks, was rebuffed when he sought an opportunity to say goodbye. “He created all these layers to protect himself from the fan boys & other peoples’ expectations & the distractions that have destroyed so many other companies.

“But once you’re gone, you belong to the world.”

Mr. Jobs’s biographer, Mr. Isaacson, whose book will be published in two weeks, asked him why so private a man had consented to the questions of someone writing a book. “I wanted my kids to know me,” Mr. Jobs replied, Mr. Isaacson wrote Thursday in an essay on Time.com. “I wasn’t always there for them, & I wanted them to know why & to understand what I did.”

Because of that privacy, little is known yet of what Mr. Jobs’s heirs will do with his wealth. Unlike many prominent business people, he has never disclosed plans to give large amounts to charity. His shares in Disney, which Mr. Jobs acquired when the entertainment company purchased his animated film company, Pixar, are worth about $4.4 billion. That is double the $2.1 billion value of his shares in Apple, perhaps surprising given that he is best known for the computer company he founded.

Mr. Jobs’s emphasis on secrecy, say acquaintances, led him to shy away from large public donations. At one point, Mr. Jobs was asked by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates to give a majority of his wealth to philanthropy alongside a number of prominent executives like Mr. Gates & Warren E. Buffett. But Mr. Jobs declined, according to a person with direct knowledge of Mr. Jobs’s decision.

Now that Mr. Jobs is gone, many people expect that attention will focus on his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, who has largely avoided the spotlight, but is expected to oversee Mr. Jobs’s fortune. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania & the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mrs. Powell Jobs worked in investment banking before founding a natural foods company. She then founded College Track, a program that pairs disadvantaged students with mentors who help them earn college degrees. That has led to some speculation in the philanthropic community that any large charitable contributions might go to education, though no one outside Mr. Jobs’s inner circle is thought to know of the plans.

Mr. Jobs himself never got a college degree. Despite leaving Reed College after six months, he was asked to give the 2005 commencement speech at Stanford.

In that address, delivered after Mr. Jobs was told he had cancer but before it was clear that it would ultimately claim his life, Mr. Jobs told his audience that “death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent.”

The benefit of death, he said, is you know not to waste life living someone else’s choices.

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. & most important, have the courage to follow your heart & intuition.”

In his final months, Mr. Jobs became even more dedicated to such sentiments. “Steve’s concerns these last few weeks were for people who depended on him: the people who worked for him at Apple & his four children & his wife,” said Mona Simpson, Mr. Jobs’s sister. “His tone was tenderly apologetic at the end. He felt terrible that he would have to leave us.”

As news of the seriousness of his illness became more widely known, Mr. Jobs was asked to attend farewell dinners & to accept various awards.

He turned down the offers. On the days that he was well enough to go to Apple’s offices, all he wanted afterward was to return home & have dinner with his family. When one acquaintance became too insistent on trying to send a gift to thank Mr. Jobs for his friendship, he was asked to stop calling. Mr. Jobs had other things to do before time ran out.

“He was very human,” Dr. Ornish said. “He was so much more of a real person than most people know. That’s what made him so great.”

Reporting was contributed by Julie Bosman, Quentin Hardy, Claire Cain Miller & Evelyn M. Rusli.

iPhone 5 release date

Apparently all those frustrated by Apple’s failure to announce an iPhone 5 this week are punishing Apple by crashing its website with a flood of iPhone 4S preorders. Even with the specter of the iPhone 5 scoring a release date anywhere from four to twelve months from now, buyers went wild last night at the start of the iPhone 4S pre-order cycle, lighting up Apple.com to the point that the online store was overwhelmed with traffic. Users reported the same difficulty when they attempted to score the new iPhone through the official websites for iPhone 4S carriers AT&T, Verizon, & newcomer Sprint as well. In other words the iPhone 4S broke four of the world’s larger eCommerce sites just a few days after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs broke Twitter as the news broke the world’s heart. Even as Apple users paid tribute to Jobs across the internet & at Apple retail stores worldwide, iPhone 4S presales began at a more frenzied pace than the public’s initially dour reaction to the “seen that before” iPhone 4S on the day of its introduction earlier this week, with AT&T now reporting that it saw two hundred thousand preorders the first night (that’s not counting Verizon & Sprint, who have their own preorders), making the iPhone 4S already more popular on the carrier than the iPhone 4 was when it went into initial preorder mode last year. That’s even as others continue to stick with their initial stance that they’ll be waiting for the iPhone 5.

The rise of the iPhone 4S dictates that the iPhone 5 release date won’t be in 2011. Not on new favorite son Sprint. Not on uneasy recent partner Verizon. & not on old frenemy AT&T. But rest easy, it won’t be in 2012 either. The fate of the iPhone 5 now comes down to Apple’s strategy as much as whatever manufacturing or component issues which held it up in the first place, as Tim Cook & the company must not only contend with the passing of Steve Jobs a mere one day after the 4S unveiling, but also the fact that it can’t very well turn around & launch the iPhone 5 a few weeks from now even if it is ready; backlash from 4S buyers would off the charts. So while Apple hasn’t said a word about the iPhone 5 or even so much as spoken the words “iPhone 5″ at any point, here’s a look at what logic, circumstance, & common sense dictate are the practical iPhone 5 release date scenarios. Listed by date, & handicapped by the odds of each happening:

January whiplash>> This sees the iPhone 5 ready to go by January and, realizing that the iPhone 4S didn’t overwhelm anyone & opting to waste no time, holds a press event in mid January & gives the iPhone 5 a late January release date. Those who skipped the 4S will be thrilled, those who bought it in October will be more than a little ticked that their new iPhone just became obsolete three months later, particularly in light of stringent cell carrier upgrade pricing schemes. The iPhone 4S would also stick around as a bargain model, & would see a price cut of at least $100 as of the iPhone 5 arrival, leaving 4S buyers feeling not just disappointed but ripped off.

iPhone 5 sees five release date scenarios from rosy summer to 2012 fail

As the cadre of would-be iPhone 5 buyers turned to Steve Jobs for answers on its release date, he simply shrugged & talked about how great its software features are going to be once it shows up. His hype-fest merely served to ratchet up expectations & thus excitement for the next generation iPhone 5 while failing to give any real hint as to when it’s coming. As such, the question we get asked most often, “When is the iPhone 5 release date?”, is being asked even more frequently than when the week began. The answer: we don’t know. & neither does anyone else outside of Apple’s innermost posse. But here are five scenarios for its release, along with the realistic odds of each & the corresponding impact.

Very soon. The theory: Apple didn’t unveil the iPhone 5 this week because it wanted iOS 5 & the iCloud to get all the attention. Apple will hold a press conference next week & announce the iPhone 5 on its own. The reality: Not bloody likely. Why would Apple do something so strange?

August. The theory: iOS 5 needs beta testing & developer lead time, & Apple doesn’t want to roll out the iPhone 5 until iOS 5 is ready. Announcing the iPhone 5 this week would have hurt iPhone 4 & 3GS sales in the mean time, so it decided to hold off.

September. The theory: see the above scenario, except Apple decides to use its traditional early September iPress Conference to launch the iPhone 5. The reality: Feels like the most likely scenario.

Just before the holidays. The theory: Something about the iPhone 5 and/or iOS 5 is running late, & we mean late. But Apple is determined to get it to market before the holidays, so it’ll surface sometime not too long before November’s Black Friday shopping season launch. The reality: You’re getting colder. If Apple really were going to need to leave the iPhone 5 hanging for that long, it likely would have done some sort of interstitial model in the mean time.

Doomsday 2012. The theory: Apple decides to leave the iPhone 4 as the current model for more than a year & a half, unleashing the iPhone 5 in February of 2012 or so. The reality: aside from fouling up the iPad 3 launch, waiting this long for the iPhone 5 would be too poor of an idea for Apple to even be considering, particularly in light of the fact that it just unveiled iOS 5 which will apparently be ready for public release within months. Do you really see a scenario in which Apple either A) releases iOS 5 this year for the iPhone 4 but with no iPhone 5 in tow, or B) has unveiled iOS 5 now but with no intention to release it until the iPhone 5 is ready next year? Either scenario evokes the phrase “epic fail.” These are both nonsensical, which is why we expect to see the iPhone 5 this year. & because Apple almost never releases major new hardware any later in the year than early September, we’re betting on that scenario above. Here’s more on the iPhone 5.

What Are We Expecting from the iPhone 5

After Apple announced a media event with the slogan [Let’s talk iPhone], it is certain that the iPhone 5 launch is coming. There is a huge buzz surrounding the new iPhone & what will be included. Here are some things you should expect with the iPhone 5:

A New Design

At first, many people thought that Apple was going to keep the design of the iPhone 5 identical or extremely close to the iPhone 4. However, numerous pictures of new iPhone cases have been released, which in no way could hold the previous versions of the iPhone. Therefore, it is safe to say the iPhone 5 has been redesigned.

Faster Performance

To keep up with competitors, Apple most likely will be upgrading the RAM on the iPhone 5. We rely on smartphones extensively so it only makes sense that Apple would have upgraded the speed & performance of the new iPhone.

Better Camera

While Apple did improve the camera with the iPhone 4, it is expected that the camera on the iPhone 5 will be upgraded further. Many experts believe the screen will be larger, the camera will be 8 megapixels instead of 5, & the iPhone 5 will allow for full 1080p recording.

4G?

It is still unknown whether or not Apple will include 4G capabilities on the iPhone 5. However, if 4G is included, expect the iPhone to be larger. 4G requires a large amount of battery power & Apple has always been careful about battery life. While many people do want 4G on the iPhone, we will have to wait until the meeting to see whether or not Apple has included it.

Addition of New Carriers

Apple has slowly been extending its’ reach to new carriers. There is some speculation that Apple will include new carriers for the iPhone 5. Some rumors have indicated T-Mobile will be included, especially with AT&T trying to buy them. Sprint will likely be offering the iPhone 5 with an unlimited data plan, which AT&T / Verizon no longer offer.

iOS 5

Apple will definitely be launching the iPhone 5 with it’s new operating system giving us over 200 new features. You can see exactly what’s included on the Official Apple iOS5 page.

Voice Recognition

Apple acquired a voiced-based personal assistant service Siri last year & has not used it much at all, at least that we know of. Apple may be integrating this service on the new iPhone to allow for voice recognition.

If anything is certain, the new iPhone 5 should be much improved & better then previous models. Apple always seems to one-up themselves with each version & hopefully the iPhone 5 is no different.

 
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