Sunday, February 12th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Apple is investigating to bring new devices to market. On this occasion, the company has patented a touchpad, called “virtual keyboard 108“, which adapts to each of the programs that are available in the iMac user.
As recorded by the patent itself, this new keyboard would be a multi-touch surface connected to the computer through a cable or wireless, that change shape depending on the program or application that users open on your computer.
The keyboard changes depending on the connected device
If, for example, open a text document, the new Apple keyboard would take the form of a conventional keyboard, but instead the user opens an application to create music and wants to play the piano, the “virtual keyboard 108″ would become a piano keyboard.
These changes would be through a series of modifications in the sense that we perceive with your fingers through vibrations by touching one of the “virtual keys.”
In the patent, Apple states this new keyboard can be applied to other devices on the company as the MacBook.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 7:14 am
Lenovo took advantage of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this week to show the first tablets, diving and a rapidly growing market currently led by Apple iPad Galaxy Tab tablets and Samsung.
Executives Lenovo have advanced to be two of tablets that the company will present in CES. One of them could be LePad, As announced by the company and will be based on the Android operating system. Both are aimed primarily at the consumer segment; although the company plans to release include the possibility of ThinkPad tablet for business users.
Lenovo has been working on the design of tablets since last year but still has no product of its kind in the tender. While last year, also at CES, introduced IdeaPad U1, A laptop that included a detachable touch screen that could be used as a tablet. It initially planned to launch Lenovo IdeaPad U1 market in the second half of 2010, but finally the release was postponed.
According to data from market research firm Gartner, sales of tablets are growing at spectacular rates. The consultancy expects that in 2011 sold 54.8 million units.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Well, they have been quick to seek a replacement for the Xserve. Just few hours after announcing permanent withdrawal of the Xserve, Apple has released a new configuration of its Mac Pro Server call.
12-Core Processor
The characteristics of Mac Pro Server consists of an Intel quad-core processor at 2.8 GHz, 8 GB memory RAM, Two 1 TB hard drives and a license to Mac OS X Server, at a price of $ 2999. In addition, the computer can be improved to reach a chip “Westmere” dual six-core (12-core) Intel, 32 GB RAMAn additional Superdrive drive, card RAID and fiber optics and Apple Xsan solution for managing storage units.
With this, Apple has renamed its best Mac Pro as if it were a server and ended with the traditional concept, which is usually a machine whose dimensions allow it to fit in a “rack” of other servers in places like a data center, for example. From now on, for the boys from Cupertino, we can choose between a Mac Mini Server to control a relatively small network of computers or the Mac Pro Server for large, complex tasks.
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011 at 6:32 am
Kingston has introduced a new accessory for iPad, with users who wish to can increase the storage capacity of Apple tablet without complications, it is an external hard drive called Mobi SX.
The Kingston Mobi SX is an external hard drive that communicates with the iPad wirelessly, via a Wi-Fi and to ensure Security of information using WEP encryption, they keep files safe and allow you to watch streaming content without problems.
Mobi unit connectivity features SX 802.11 a / b / g / n and will be available in two versions that differ only in the storage capacity they offer: 16 GB and 32 GB.
Kingston has indicated that the record will feature a range of up to four hours in use or six hours in standby mode. You can start buying this external hard drive from the second quarter of this year and its price will be $ 99 (16 GB model) and $ 199 (32 GB model).
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011 at 12:39 pm
The history of Newton start when Apple launched the iPhone, the oldest of the place immediately thought Newton, the PDA sold by the Cupertino Company between 1993 and 1998 with features such as handwriting recognition, sending emails and faxes or a primitive version of tactile gestures that we use today by strokes made with a stylus.
Originally it was called Newton MessagePad, but the name of your operating system, soon became so popular that eventually encompassing both. Along with the above announcement, published in November 1993 Wired magazine, an article appeared which concluded I probably sound…
Messagepad 2000
“Like the original 128K Macintosh, the Apple Newton has its share of shortcomings, errors and limitations, but still remains an amazing device that heralds a major revolution in personal computing”
Apple Newton used the first four AAA batteries, which gave him not just a great autonomy. Rumors began two years before its release and Apple had it very difficult to meet the high expectations that had been generated. However, many think that was the apple company who sabotaged his own child to be relegated to a complementary role of the Macintosh instead of daring to push it as what John Sculley said, and then CEO of Apple claimed: the reinvention of personal computing.
For much of its development, Newton had a larger screen, more memory and powerful enough to tackle one of the possible uses for which it was designed: the “Scenario of the Architect” as it was called, in the Newton engineers to imagine an architect working in a fast and comfortable with his client doing sketches, refine and modify the house plans to blow stylus.
In the end the revolution was immediate and it was not until the arrival of iPhone in 2007 and to IPAD earlier this year when it was shown that both the technology and users we are finally ready for the next step.
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