At today’s highly-anticipated media event, Apple finally announced the tablet device they’ve been working for years and years, the Apple iPad, featuring a 9.7′ LED-backlit, IPS display (in-plane switching) with resolution of 1024 x 768 plus flash storage of 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB It should be no surprised to anyone that the iPad’s day has come, even though one could expect more or less!

Hardware
iPad equipped with a custom-designed yet low-power 1 GHz “Apple A4″ chip which gives very fast performance (reviewed by Gizmodo). It weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is 0.5-inch thin (slightly thicker than iPhone 3GS). First hands-on by Engadget and Gizmodo said: it’s lightweight, it’s thin, and it’s beautiful. The screen is crisp and gorgeous, feels like a giant iPhone

In terms of standard connectivity, the iPad offers Wi-Fi (802.11n) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, with 3G models also offering cellular data connectivity. All iPad models have an accelerometer, compass, speakers, a microphone, and a 30-pin dock connector. No USB, no camrea, no HDMI, no DVI, not even a Mini DisplayPort The iPad also offers a claimed 10 hours of battery life for viewing video, with 1 month of standby battery life.

Software
The iPad runs iPhone OS 3.2 with built-in standard apps for personal information management, including Address Book, Calendar, E-mail, Safari, Google Maps, and Notes. A special version of iTunes and iWork are on board to provide an optimized experience on the device’s 9.7-inch screen. Apple also unveiled new app called iBooks featuring a 3D virtual bookshelf with a user’s personal collection. It will contains a link to the iBookstore which allows users to purchase and download books from a variety of publishers.

Other apps can be brought from Apple Online Store, just like how you download and sync for iPhone before.


Note: there will be no multitasking at all, which mean no video streaming while you are working on iPad. No Flash too. And the iBooks app might work only in the US

Pricing
Depends on model and capacity, the iPad starts from $ 499. Models with 3G will be unlocked and will be able to use GSM micro SIMs. In the U.S., AT&T will offer two data plan options – $14.99 for up to 250MB/month and $29.99/month for unlimited data. No contract is required for either option, and free access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hot spots is included. Data packages for iPad users outside of the U.S. will by in place by June.

Accessories include dock, case, connection kits:

The iPad first edition is obviously neither a netbook killer nor a tablet for work, you are likely buying a big iPod Touch + Kindle indeed. It’s not a wow for me too. The next revision might have multitasking, but it’s yet to come. Personally I would feel my eyes now are on the 32Gb Wifi iPad ^^ Whether Steve’s true about ‘the most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price‘ or not, we need to wait till late March for worldwide availability to confirm

To those who are familiar with Apple style, today is another great Apple Tuesday The Cupertino based company just unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5′ and 27′ widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure

The 21.5-inch model, which begins at S$1,788 and carries a 1920×1080 display, offers Intel Core 2 Duo processor options running at 3.06 GHz or 3.33 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or ATI Radeon 4670 graphics card options. Pricing on the 27-inch model, which carries a 2560×1440 display, begins at S$2,588. In addition to the same processor options found on the smaller model, users can also select from a 2.66 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 or 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.

If you could recall, the 20′ and 24′ model were offered at S$1,688 and S$2,488 starting price, respectively. It looks clearly that Apple is not only revamping the iMac line but also lowering the price, just right before the holiday season! Imagine with almost same money, now you can own a giant display of 27′ all-in-one desktop with gorgeous LED high resolution screen ^^

Below is the New vs. Old ones:

Every new iMac features 4GB RAM (yahoooo ) and SD card slot. It also ships standard with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology pioneered by Apple on the iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpad.

There’s no scroll ball, no clunky wheel, no cord, and no visible button. Instead, Magic Mouse uses Multi-Touch technology to let you control everything with simple gestures. Its smooth, seamless design is ambidextrous, and it supports two-button clicking — without buttons.

Last but not least, as rumored, Apple updated the MacBook line with a new durable polycarbonate unibody design with LED-backlit display, glass multi-touch trackpad and a 7 hour battery life. The new design includes a non-skid bottom surface, and weighs 4.7 pounds. It contains a 2.26 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB HD and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics card.

Apple on the same day releases the upgraded version for Mac Mini, but I’m least concern about that Now it’s the time for considering … 21′ or 27′ … dual core or quad core … but one thing I’m pretty sure is the new iMac will be a treat for myself before Christmas :kiss:

The time has come for Mac OS X to be refined, and this month is marked on upcoming Friday 28 Aug 2009, the latest version of best Operating System on Earth starts shipping Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 will include refinements, both big and small, to a wide range of applications, processes and interface elements. I’m so eager to see the whole-new-technology and more responsive Finder, new look-and-feel for Stack and Dock, enhanced Quick Time X, leap upgrade for iChat, and more powerful Safari. Apple promises that Snow Leopard will deliver excellent system speed in a smaller footprint (freeing about 7GB after installation)

As the time I’m posting this, my friends already placed the order to get their hands on Leopard soonest. It’s expected that 5 million copies of Snow Leopard will be solved worldwide this quarter

Snow Leopard is available as an upgrade for users of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard for $29 as a single user license and $49 as a family pack. For users of Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and earlier, the Mac Box Set includes Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 for $169 as a single user license and a family pack for $229.

If you ask me about the latest Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2009), first time Steve Jobs did not lead the show – ever, I should say it’s an awe. The keynote give fulld details on release date of Snow Leopard, the next revision of iPhone, and also the re-branding plus price drop on MacBook laptop family.

1. To begin with, the long-time anticipated Mac OS X 10.6 (codename: Snow Leopard) is finally set to release in September 2009 For upgrading from Leopard 10.5, users need to pay only $29. Alternatively, a $49 family pack will also be available. Meanwhile, Tiger users with Intel machines will be able to purchase a Mac Box Set containing Snow Leopard, iLife ’09, and iWork ’09 for $169 for a single license or $229 for a family pack.

The next-generation OS featuring a streamlined installation process (45% faster and 6 GB smaller) and speed improvements for applications including Mail, Safari 4, and Spotlight. Snow Leopard also brings support for Microsoft Exchange Server to Mail, iCal, and Address Book. It’s equipped with new Quick Time X which aim to enrich the multimedia for OS X.

I’ve recently upgraded my blog to WordPress version 2.71 and did intensive changes to the look and feel. iCouple now portraits a new sleeker, simpler, cleaner, and more elegant Black-White theme, thanks to original free ‘Smoky‘ theme by SkinPress studio.

After one week of full attention to both back-end database and font-end GUI plus plugin-compatibility, I must say I’m satisfied with the new theme, knowing the tables and queries behind running just fine enough.

Let’s start with the summary on factors that contributed to the newly painted house