British broadcaster Sky has announced that its new Internet-based, on-demand TV service Now TV will be launching on Android and other platforms tomorrow. Competing with the UK’s LoveFilm and the recently-launched Netflix, Now TV promises customers an “easy and commitment-free way to enjoy amazing movies, instantly.” The first round of content will be taken from Sky’s library of movies, with Sports and other TV content due to be added over the next few months. Movies will be available to view for a one-off fee of between £0.99 and £3.49, or view unlimited movies with a Sky Movies Pass for £15 per month. To sweeten the deal, Sky’s giving users a free 30-day trial of the Movies Pass, similar to what Netflix currently offers.
The service launches on PC, Mac and “selected Android smartphones” tomorrow, likely Ice Cream Sandwich onwards, with other platforms including Xbox and iOS begin added later in the year. The “selected” part may set alarm bells ringing, as Sky operates a similar policy for its Sky Go streaming service, which so far has the Android app for that service limited to just a few handsets, with no support for Android 4.0 and above.
Given Sky’s comprehensive library of content, though, it certainly has the potential to become a major player in the on-demand TV world.
After an odd introduction by Siri, which wasn’t as funny as the classic Mac and PC, but still pretty good, the keynote was ready to start. The keynote kicks off with a much more witty it seemed Tim Cook who highlighted the usual year on year overview of progress and numbers, then a video showing just how powerful iOS devices and Apple devices in general have been around the world, highlighting those with disabilities such as the blind.
Notebooks
MacBook Air
Phil Schiller came on stage set out to updating the MacBook line, starting with the MacBook Air. The Air updates were spec only, bumping up the processors with new Intel Ivy Bridge, up to 2GHz now of Dual Core i7, turbo boosting up to 3.2GHz, and now 8GB of RAM. Flash storage has also been bumped up to 512GB. USB3 was another addition to the MacBook Air, but added in their own way by integrating the USB3 and USB2 in to their own ports, and the MacBook Air finally get the FaceBook HD camera. The MacBook Air also, at least in the US, gets a price reduction of $100 across the line.
Next were some updates on the MacBook Pro, starting with the Ivy Bridge processors up to 2.7GHz Quad Core i7, up to 8GB of new 1600MHz RAM, and powerful NVidia Graphics up to 1GB graphic memory. Whilst the 13 and 15 inch were noted, no information was noted on the 17 inch, in fact its now gone. Only a 13 or 15 inch MacBook Pro.
With a big introduction of mystery, Phil introduced, not replaced, but introduced the next generation MacBook Pro in an old standard way, on a rotating board, how oldskool Apple. The MacBook Pro is visibly thinner, as thin as the thickest part of the MacBook Air, but with all the performance that makes it Pro. The big update to the next generation MacBook Pro is the display, even with a 0.71 inch thin computer, they’ve still managed to pack a Retina Display with resolution on a 15 inch display of 2800×1800, thats 220ppi! I think its fair to say this is gonna be a massive breakthrough in the computer industry. They showed of Final Cut Pro with a full 1080P pixel video able to be played in the thumbnail whilst editing, this is just incredible. One thing I do find weird is its the first Mac notebook that doesn’t say its name on it, except on the bottom. Spec wise its Pro, whilst there is no disc drive, it does have powerful Quad Core i7 processors up to 2.7GHz, up to 16GB RAM, NVidia graphics at 1GB, and whilst it only supports Flash Storage it does support up to 768GB, and features 7 hours of battery life. Port wise it has 2 Thunderbolts, 2 USB3s (1 on each side), headphone, SD Card slot and an HDMI port. Whilst Ethernet and Firewire 800 weren’t included, Thunderbolt port adapters were noted.
Apple mentioned some features coming in Mountain Lion, whilst we tried to be impressed we have to say this is going to be another sadly stale version of OSX. You can check out all the features in Mountain Lion by checking out Apples Mountain Lion website. Things not previously announced were the new Safari, which copies Google Chrome by combining the search field and the address bar as well as iCloud tabs which shows all tabs open on other Macs or iOS devices on your network. One interesting addition to the keynote was the introduction of “Racer OSX”, which strongly resembled Top Gears The Stig. Playing a racing game, which The Stig .. I mean Racer OSX, beat him at. The most important information was that Mountain Lion will be released in July at the lower price of £19.99, and free to all those who purchase a Mac from 11th June 2012.
Scott was introduced to announce iOS 6, with an additional few banta against Android including how a terrible 7% of Android users actually have the latest version. Followed by an overview of how iOS 5 has been doing. Then the big guns, the release of iOS6 with allegedly 200 new features.
Siri
Siri can now do so much more, Siri can find a restaurant, sports information from Football, Pretend Football (American Football), Rugby and more. You can also FINALLY launch apps using Siri. It also integrates with applications like Yelp and OpenTable to find and reserve dinner at a restaurant for example. It also works with movies to find information about them, where shown and even to watch one. Local Search now finally works outside of the US. Social integration also works within Siri too, post to social via Siri. Apple have also gone one step ahead by asking car manufacturers, 9 of which say they will, to build in a Siri button with their cars. Many more countries were announced too, including multi-languages for multilingual countries. Siri is also now available for the iPad.
FaceBook
Apple have now, as they did with Twitter, integrated FaceBook in to the OS. Allowing you to share everything you could with Twitter, to FaceBook. You can also post general statuses, like now with Twitter, in the Notification Centre. Also integrated with Siri. FaceBook is also integrated with the Stores where you can Like content, and Content and Calendaring can also be synced across. The same similar integration is in Mountain Lion too.
Phone
Apple have gone oldskool again with this feature, by introducing a feature that was in Nokia Symbian phones and is in Blackberrys, where when you receive a phone call you can set a reminder or instant message back to the caller.
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb does what it says on the tin, prevents notifications, phone calls and more from alerting to your phone, which also has levels of customisation by setting “only” lists. They will also allow calls previously unallowed if they call you twice or more in under 3 minutes, i.e. emergency.
FaceTime
FaceTime will be the same old FaceTime, but now finally available over 3G, as well as unification of Phone Number and Apple ID.
Safari
Features previously announced like iCloud tabs coming to iOS, as well as Offline Reading List, where you can add stories to read later, but now it will download and cache it to read offline. Finally you can now upload photos from Safari on standard websites with standard upload controls. Full Screen support in landscape is also now available.
Photo Stream
An update was announced for Photo Stream too, you can now share Photo Streams with other iCloud accounts, which will share between yours and their iOS, Mac and PCs, comments and like also available.
Mail
Some new features of Mail were announced too. VIP Messaging was announced too, delivered mails from VIPs will get same notifications as Messages. Improvements also allowed to insert media easier and quickly. You can also open protected Office documents now too.
Passbook
A new app in iOS, Passbook allows you to collect boarding passes and tickets in to one application, allows you to have synchronised tickets too. Could this be Apple’s answer to NFC, or maybe a preview of an NFC upcoming iPhone.
Guided Access
Apple made some immense improvements to Accessibility features on iOS. New features include Single App Mode, meaning Home button doesn’t leave the app and controls are temporarily disabled, this is great not only for accessibility, but for tests, museums etc.
Maps
This was a major update from Apple. Maps has been completely re-written, completely abolishing Google’s services, but by the looks of things, its the best decision they ever made. The graphics look rich and graphic and very impressive. Local Search in the new Maps has over 100 Million business listings, Yelp integrations for businesses too. A Traffic service has also been introduced in the new Maps too, including updates on traffic too, even with anonymous updates from users. But one of the biggest features was Turn-by-Turn navigation is now finally available in iOS. Siri integration also included. Another feature introduced was a feature called Flyover, this is very impressive, it allows a completely 3D view of everywhere around the world, images recorded with aeroplanes and more, really really impressive, Google could learn a few from this.
Other features will later be announced in the “Fall” when iOS6 is finally released, a beta was released. Next iPhone definitely expecting in the “fall”.
Summary from Tim Cook, then the keynote ends. But whilst the keynote was going ahead, Apple did secretly update the Mac Pro, Apples beasty computer which hasn’t seen an update in a couple of years, with some pretty insane performance upgrades.
Mac Pro
The Mac Pro has been updated too and what a beast it has become, you can check out the specs yourself, but bare in mind the Mac Pro can be customised all the way up to 3.06 GHz 12-Core Processing Power, 8 RAM slots in the top model delivering up to 64GB of RAM, 4TB of Hard Drive space or 2TB of SSD space on RAID, up to 2GB of ATI Graphics, and dual disc drives. Incredible performance is now back in the hands of the Mac Pro. On the graphics side of things, the Mac Pro can out to up to 6 displays all with resolutions of 2560, 1440 resolution. A server addition has been released as well with similar spec configs. This is just insane and the best way for you to check out and geek out is on the Mac Pro website.
NOTE: This works for MacBook Air 11 and 13 inch (all generations) AND the Mac Mini generations without a disc drive.
Upon purchasing a MacBook Air, review coming soon, I thought it would be useful, for those who don’t know where to find them, to post the links to the dedicated software for Windows PCs to use Remote Disc, and how to do in for other Macs.
Apple have today surprised us all … OK not all of us, but anyway, have updated their MacBook Pro lines spec wise now with some pretty nice offerings for the same price, lets have a look!
13 inch
The 13 inch Macbook Pro saw a pretty cool spec update.
The machine remains a purely Dual Core system but now supporting i5 standard with i7 on the top range model. The MacBook Pro now features the Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4GB DDR3 of RAM standard with 500GB standard on the base model and 750GB on the second.
You can now configure the 13 inch MacBook Pro up to 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 (dual), 8GB DDR3 RAM, 750GB is the max HDD, but you can add up to 512GB of SSD if you want to spend alot.
All 13 inch models come with the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and 7 hours of battery!
15 inch and 17 inch
The 15 and 17 inch models have an interesting update in the fact that Intel’s Quad Core i7 is now standard across the board, with 2.2GHz on the base 15 inch, and 2.4GHz on the others standard.
The base 15 inch model also features a dedicated AMD Radeon HD 6750M featuring 512MB of dedicated graphics or to save on power you can use the Intel HD Graphics 3000. 4GB DDR3 RAM standard across the board again.
Graphics go up a notch on the top 15 inch and the 17 inch using the new AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB dedicated graphics, and again you can optionally use the Intel HD Graphics 3000 to save on some power.
The 15 and 17 inch model can be configured up to 2.5GHz Intel Core i7 (quad), 8GB DDR3 RAM, 750GB HDD with 5200RPM or 7200RPM for an extra £40, and same SSD options at the 13. And the overpriced display options.
INSTRUCTIONS: To launch Safari 3.2.3 on OS X, simply unzip the file and launch the file. For users on 10.6 or 10.7, right click the Safari after unzipping and click ‘Show Package Contents’, then ‘Contents’, ‘Mac OS’, then double click ‘TrueSafari’, Safari 3 will then launch on 10.6 and above this way. We recommend making a shortcut for TrueSafari. Safari 3 running on 10.6/10.7 requires Terminal open. This software will not run on OS X 108 Mountain Lion.
Steven Paul Jobs, known by most as simply Steve Jobs has passed away aged 56. Steve Jobs had been suffering difficulties related to Pancreatic Cancer over the past few years.
Apple have issued a statement as well as an Apple.com tribute saying;
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.
If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com
Apple also released a written statement about the sad news;
We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.
His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.
Flags flew half down at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, sad times for the tech industry.
Apple's discreet Event invitation, doesn't say much, or does it....
Apple iPhone Event Announced
Confirmed by Apple through invites, the upcoming October 4th Event that had been cerculating around the rumour-mill for a while has been confirmed to be taking place in the form of a simple Apple invitation.
Around this time of the year is usually where we expect to hear about updates to Apple’s iPod line, and the trend with that, a new version of iTunes. But this year things have kinda gone a bit different, for instance we don’t have the new iPhone we’d normally have by now, and whats the deal with the Mac Pro, who knows!
The definitely happening.
We don’t like to make predictions, but we’re gonna try anyway, wish us look eh! I suppose the ‘definitely gonna happen’ we can tick off are;
New iPhone (Whether iPhone 4[S], iPhone 5, or some are saying maybe both)
Minor updates to the iPod line
iOS 5 released, or imminent release date announced.
iCloud launched alongside iOS 5.
The not so sure abouts.
The not so sure of is of course which iPhone, or “iPhones” as rumoured earlier, we’re gonna get. Will we get an iPhone 4S, essentially the iPhone 4 with beefed up hardware, kinda like the transition from 3G to 3GS. Or will we get the full blown new iPhone 5. Some are even saying we may get both. Personally I think they’ll just be one device, might be because of the “1″ on top of the Phone icon on the image, who knows. Whichever iPhone it is, I’m hoping simply for a 64GB version, although some rumours are saying 16 and 32 may remain the only options, which will be a real letdown if it is.
I’d like to see a new version of iTunes, whilst iTunes 10.5 has been used in beta to test iCloud, I’d like to see iTunes 11, new releases of iTunes have been the trend around this time of year, and iTunes still needs that well needed redesign around the edges.
As I mentioned earlier, the Mac Pro. The Mac Pro is very in need of an update, why have you even left it this long Apple, come on!
Summary
Long story short, its great that the event is finally here, just a week from now we’ll know all thats happened. The event will take place at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino at 10AM (6PM UK Time) next Tuesday, and of course a massive indepth blog from us will be right there on cue.
Apple has always been about the Macintosh, even if the iOS and iPod world maybe what they are more known for, I always feel that the Mac will always be Apple, but I’ve also felt Apple is shying away from the Mac. Whilst OS X Lion is good, it still feels like the “Mac” is leaving OS X, whilst some of iOS elements in Lion make it more useful and better to use, I do feel like the whole iOS meets OSX isn’t a good thing, but if anyone is gonna manage to persuade otherwise it will be Apple. Suppose we’ll all see.
One thing that I don’t quite understand is the real, sometimes major, timeframe between Mac updates. For example, the Mac Pro hasn’t had an update in an entire year, which for a Pro computer that supposed to have the best ever things a computer can, is quite rubbish really, but it seems that that maybe changing and Apple could be re-inventing the Mac product line.
Apple recently got rid of the entry level “MacBook” line, but according to Japanese site Macotakarabriefly reports that Apple is planning to introduce an entirely new Mac product to its lineup. According to a rough translation provided with the original Japanese version, the product is said to be “absolutely different from current products” and potentially set for introduction by the end of the year.
According to anonymous source in Asian supplier company, Apple seems to be preparing project to release new Mac line-up which is absolutely different from current products until end of this year.
Though this source does not told in detail, this new Mac line seems to be clearly different products from current ones, so new product name could be given.
Macotakara has a mixed track record when it comes to Apple rumors. The site made news last December with its rendering of the iPad 2 case showing off a new, larger speaker that did in fact appear in the shipping version a few months later. The site also correctly reported on the iPad 2 media event and launch timeframe and introduction of Final Cut Pro X and third-party Thunderbolt devices. The site was incorrect, however, in its claim of Toggle DDR 2.0 memory for the MacBook Air.
Grand Theft Auto is probably Rockstar Games most recognisable title they have, and whilst playing them on the Mac using Cider was about bearable for high spec Macs at the time, when they finally came to DVD for the Mac last year it was great to see Rockstar on the Mac platform.
But DVDs are so yesterday to Apple, so hello Rockstar on the Mac App Store right? Well, yes basically. According to an IGN Report Rockstar Games has announced it will be bringing the full GTA trilogy to the Mac App Store.
The move has begun already with the release of Grand Theft Auto 3 for the Mac for $14.99 USD or for us UK folk £10.49. GTA Vice City and San Andreas will be released August 25th and September 1st respectively.
But Rockstar Games aren’t new to the Apple App Store, neither is GTA for that matter, Rockstar Games released GTA: Chinatown Wars for iOS in early 2010, which later got iPad support and now has free Lite versions.
Either way, we can wait to go to the good classics, either way though, like with the DVD releases, my Cider version of GTA San Andreas still runs pretty a-ok on my 21.5″ iMac running Lion.
All GTA titles for the Mac will be the same $14.99 / £10.49 and require Snow Leopard or Lion, for obvious reasons.
Apple have, after many was noted to be shipping to Apple Stores, released Mac OS X Lion in physical form. But seen as Apple doesn’t seem to be a fan of the optical disc anymore, the physical version comes in the form of a USB Thumb Drive.
Advantages of USB Thumb Drive version of Lion
Advantages of this version of Lion is that the version of Lion is on the USB Drive. The USB Thumb Drive features a “full” version of Mac OS X Lion, this means that users with Leopard will actually be able to install Lion on their machines without a Snow Leopard upgrade (providing the machine meets system requirements), but the upgrade will be similar to that of Windows XP to Windows 7, in the form of the update must be done by wiping the hard drive and doing a complete install.
Whilst the world hasn’t left the disc behind just yet, it is much better to have an operating system on a USB Drive for basic reasons such as its much more robust and USB Drives can transfer much quicker than DVD meaning the installation of Lion may even be quicker due to this, plus, if you drop a USB drive on the floor, you can just pick it up with no worry, try doing that with a disc … well, don’t but you know what we mean.
Now I know what you’re thinking, why is the USB version much more expensive than the version that is still available in the Mac App Store for the same £20.99.
Well, first of all its a USB drive and shipping needs to be done, although this is probably not what you had in mind.
The main reason is that the version of Lion on the drive is different than that on the Mac App Store. The version of Mac OS X Lion on the Mac App Store is an “Upgrade Only” version, meaning you require Snow Leopard, and, the biggest problem is you can’t do a clean install. This version of Lion is the “Full Version”, meaning you can still do an upgrade if you so wish (providing you’re running Snow Leopard), but you can also do a clean install, which means your qualifying Macs running Leopard for example, can just jump on board to Lion, be it in the hard drive wipe form.
If you’re wondering if your Mac qualifies for Mac OS X Lion, here’s the requirements again
MAC OS X LION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2GB DDR2 or DDR3 RAM
One of the following Intel Processors: Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Xeon. (Core Solo, Core Duo not supported)
7GB Available Disc Space
Apple obviously recommend a Mac with some source of Multi Touch. Trackpad, Magic Mouse etc.
So there you have it. Apple Mac OS X Lion, now available in physical form.
Apple today unleashed Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 to the world. So get that Software Update running if its not already.
The update is generally a bug fix update and also a very small update weighing in at just 17.4MB, which is small for Apple, which lets be honest, thats a good thing. In my testing I’ve not found that many bugs with Lion, but ones I have noticed are actually in the notes which is a great thing to note.
The update addresses the following;
Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion
For more detailed information on this update, and others, see Useful Links at the bottom of this post.
Apple also released a dedicated version of 10.7.1 for the newly released MacBook Airs and Mac Minis fixing the following to those;
Resolve an issue where MacBook Air may boot up when MagSafe Adapter is attached
Resolve an issue causing intermittent display flickering on MacBook Air
Resolve an issue that causes the SD card slot in Mac mini to run at reduced speed with SD and SDHC media
Apple have also released a dedicated version for Mac OS X Server users on Lion, which amongst other things improves the reliability of Apple File System and a version specially for the Mac Mini fixing issues around that machine only.
Apple never released 10.7.1 for Developer testing, but Developers have had 10.7.2 beta versions including iCloud support for quite a while, and with the release of 10.7.1, its only a matter of time until we see not only 10.7.2, but iOS 5 and maybe a new Apple phone to crave.
Ah Apple, love em or hate them you can’t ignore them, and today Apple made a team of updates all at once. Mac OS X Lionfinally got released for the bargain price of £20.99, Apple unleashed new MacBook Airs and Mac Mini updates, stopped selling the white MacBook, released a new 64-bit capable version of iTunes for Lion, and released new Cinema Display. Toadd to that Apple have record revenue, Apple is one tasty fruit to bite off at the moment.
OSX Lion
I’m writing this blog using Mac OSX Lion, so that says something I suppose, the OS is very smooth for a release version, don’t get me wrong, Apple have prepared very highly for this release, its got its own version of Safari andiTunes, a heap of iLife updates were released recently that amongst other things fixed bugs on Lion, all supporting the full screen mode of course, so Lion is a solid update right?
Well, you could say that, I mean, I have no real problems so far. I got a notification saying that Camouflage wasn’t compatible with Lion, which is odd because it still works after clicking out that warning. The OS itself does feel very smooth, been playing around with a few of the visible updates and yes, there isn’t many, but its twenty quid for godsake. But both my Macs have been performing better since the update, so what can I say eh!
It may seem unrelated but Adobe Flash performs far better on my lower spec MacBook than it did in Snow Leopard and that could be due to new frameworks and codecs in Lion which Adobe blamed for Adobe Flash “issues”.
But this isn’t a review, just a first impression, and my first impressions are, go for it, its smooth, no problems to note, although scrolling might be a shock at first, but if you’re old fashioned you can toggle it back to normal in System Preferences.
MacBook Air
Apple today also announced an update to the MacBook Air line, and quite a solid update it is too, now starting at $999 (£849) just like the white MacBook, which … hang on a minute, where’s it gone? Yep, the MacBook Air now replaces the white MacBook, but hey, its still a pretty fast machine, minus the Firewire and SuperDrive. The 13 inch model of the MacBook Air now standard with 4GB of memory!
Here’s what they’ve got to offer you.
As you know Apple offer two MacBook Air models in two screen sizes of 11 and 13 inch, here’s what they’ve got to offer you;
11 Inch Model;
Apple MacBook Air 11 inch comes with a FaceTime HD Camera, Thunderbold I/O with support for dual display and video mirroring with video out to 2560×1600. Includes 2 USB Ports, 1 ThunderBolt Port, Magsafe and Audio In/Out port.
Base Model = 1.6GHz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 2GB RAM, 64GB Flash memory, Intel HD Graphics with 256MB shared
Top Model = 1.6GHz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 4GB RAM, 128GB Flash memory, Intel HD Graphics with 384MB shared
Apple MacBook Air 13 inch comes with a FaceTime HD Camera, Thunderbold I/O with support for dual display and video mirroring with video out to 2560×1600. Includes 2 USB Ports, 1 ThunderBolt Port, Magsafe and Audio In/Out port as well as an SD Card slot.
Base Model = 1.7GHz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 4GB RAM, 128GB Flash memory, Intel HD Graphics with 384MB shared
Top Model = 1.7GHz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 4GB RAM, 256GB Flash memory, Intel HD Graphics with 384MB shared
The new Mac Mini update makes the mini desktop tower as it were twice as powerful with the new Sandi Bridge processors and features the all new ThunderBold I/O. The Mac Mini Server also ships with Mac OS X Lion Server. TheMac Mini also features an array of I/O including a Power Port, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, HDMI, ThunderBolt, 4 USB, SD Card Slot, Audio in and out ports.
The Mac Mini comes in three stock models, the base model, a second higher end model and a server configuration. Here’s what each option has to offer.
Base Model = 2.3GHz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 2GB RAM, 500GB 5200rpm HDD, Intel HD Graphics with 288MB shared
Top Model = 2.5Ghz (dual-core) Intel Core i5. 4GB RAM, 500GB 5200rpm HDD, ATI Radeon HD 6630M with 256MB graphics
Apple also released a new version of iTunes software for Mac OS X Lion. The update is the first time iTunes has not only been a native cocoa application framework for Mac OSX, something Apple have been touting everyone to adopt since Mac OSX introduction over 10 years ago, but it is finally in 64-bit!
And based on what we’ve seen it actually seems to run quite well too.
You can download iTunes 10.4 as a beta for Snow Leopard and Windows here!
So quite a heap of updates from Apple then. Phew, we finally got through them. Won’t be long till iCloud is upon us and the eventual release of iOS5 and whats happened to the iPhone 5, only time will tell eh!?