Watch Apple iPhone 5 Full Media Event
Apple has just posted the full video of this morning’s media event where Tim Cook and other Apple execs unveiled the iPhone 5, iPod Touch, iPod nano, Earpods, and announced release dates for iOS 6 and a redesigned iTunes.
You can watch the entire presentation on Apple’s website here.
Timeline of Tim Cook’s First Year As Apple CEO
If you wonder what Apple’s been up to under Tim Cook’s tenure. Check out the below timeline to find out yourself:
Microsoft Unveils a New Logo Since 1987
After 25 years, Microsoft has unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate logo. The new logo, which incorporates a multicolored Windows symbol in addition to the “Microsoft” name in straightforward, lighter type, is intended to “signal the heritage but also signal the future — a newness and freshness,” said Jeff Hansen, Microsoft’s general manager of brand strategy.
The new logo features the name “Microsoft” in the Segoe font — a font Microsoft owns and has used in its products and marketing for several years. The font also figures prominently in the new Windows 8 user interface.
Its not surprising that Microsoft got inspired by Apple in this time around, the new logo font Segoe is a clone of Apple’s Myriad Pro font which is used in Apple’s various products as the one typeface.
Microsoft New Logo Inspired by Apple’s Typeface
Interesting that what they ended up with reminds people of Google’s Chrome browser logo colors as well.
Google Chrome Logo
Apple All But Confirms 7.85-inch iPad Mini Rumor
Reports from The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and New York Times claim inside knowledge of Apple’s plan to release a smaller, less-expensive iPad model for release later this year.The new iPad, iPad mini, will boast a 7.85-inch form factor and cost “significantly less than the latest $499 iPad”.
The company is developing a new tablet with a 7.85-inch screen that is likely to sell for significantly less than the latest $499 iPad, with its 9.7-inch display, according to several people with knowledge of the project who declined to be named discussing confidential plans. The product is expected to be announced this year.
This comes as no surprise after a series of purported iPad mini engineering samples that were leaked and included side-by-side comparisons with the current third-generation iPad.
Purported “iPad mini” engineering sample
iPad mini is expected to compete against Google‘s recently-announced $199 Nexus 7 Android tablet as well as Amazon Kindle Fire and the upcoming Windows Surface featuring Windows RT.
To have a look at what you expect from the new iPad mini, which actually close to 8-inch than 7-inch diagonal, here is a good represtation from @trojankitten
7.85-inch iPad compared to other popular 7-inch tablets