The New York Times: Apple to maintain the product of Steve Jobs release mode

The New York Times online edition on Monday columnist David Pogue David Pogue analysis article said that Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) is no longer, but Apple's new management to maintain the Jobs product release mode, the new system a lot of updates, in addition to the Ethernet interface device configuration, increase Siri voice function, leading the new trend of the industry.
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Perhaps Steve Jobs has left us, but to some extent, Apple can still keep him on the stage to show new features of the mode and sense of excitement that Apple is implementing this.
Monday morning in San Francisco, I saw Tim Cook Tim Cook, Apple's new CEO lecture topic in the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) made a brief comment to the beginning and end, he will be the actual product release to the other supervisor. WWDC is just like the Mac World Expo (Macworld Expo), Apple's use of such a conference to release new products.
Notebook
First of all, Apple released new MacBook Air, new models faster, higher storage capacity and supports both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, the price of previous models is $ 100 cheaper.
Apple also released a 15-inch MacBook Pro, it is equipped with a retinal display, lighter, thinner (2Kg, 17 mm), dual-microphone configuration to support better speech recognition. The new models of screen resolution up to 2880x1800 pixels, creating a maximum resolution of the laptop screen. Apple said that when video editing in Final Cut software, you can see every pixel in the 1080P HD video, and set aside 3 million pixels for toolbars and timeline.
In Mountain Lion,
Under a heavyweight product is a new generation of Mac OS X system in Mountain Lion, Apple has already demonstrated a number of features of the system, but the conference is still a surprise. For me, the most important thing is to dictate the input function. These years, in the text to speech function after landing the iPhone, iPad, after the Windows launch dictation, you can on the Mac speech can input function.
It uses the same technology as the iPhone voice assistant, voice sent to Nuance for processing, and voice into text, and then sent back to the Mac after a few seconds. In other words, this stage does not require any training, just need access to the Internet. No Internet, no dictation input function, I can not wait to try this feature.
Apple also released for the new notebook with a Mountain Lion, function: Power The Nap. This feature can make the Mac shut down or sleep to keep updated Internet data, you can receive e-mail, update your calendar, Photo Stream, software, etc.. Users to worry about battery life, but Apple says that this feature only consumes very little power.
Apple also announced that the time to market of the Mountain Lion: next month, priced at $ 20. You can from the old version of Snow Leopard upgrade to the new system can also be installed in more than one Mac on a system without a serial number or copyright protection.
the iOS 6
Apple finally announced the next-generation iPhone and iPad system the iOS, this fall it will support the iPhone 3GS or later models, the iPad 2/3, the fourth generation of the iPod Touch.
Voice assistant, Siri adds more features. If you ask the restaurant, Siri is will be listed in the results list, including every restaurant, with an average price of food types. It also integrated OpenTable applications, you can spot booking restaurants, Yelp application can provide the evaluation of each restaurant. You can also ask the film, sports, Siri can open the application, such as "angry bird".
Apple also said that the car manufacturers, including General Motors, BMW, Toyota, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Jaguar can add Siri button in the steering wheel, the function is called Eyes Free, allows the user to obtain information through the Siri and car navigation.
Siri will be new support for Spanish, Italian, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese, and landing the latest iPad.
The map may be the iOS 6 core application. Apple believes that now is the time to stop relying on Google and other map company licensing agreement. Written by Apple, a self-mapping application, which covers the whole world.
The map application includes real-time traffic information, these data from other iPhone users, Apple sent real-time, anonymous data so that Apple will know where the traffic jams. The user can also see the marks caused by the traffic jam icon, such as construction, accidents, etc.
Apple's new Maps application also provided the first sub-sections display (turn-by-turn) function, like a GPS device, but more intelligent, more query functions. Siri function has also been introduced into the map application, such as asking "Take me to the Empire State Building," Are we there there is no "Siri is will be replied" Relax, within 14 minutes reach.
If you are the greatest degree of amplification on the map, you can see the outline of the individual buildings. If you tilt the map will see an amazing 3D view. Satellite view, you can overlook the landmarks. Apple said they spent a few years time shooting in a helicopter flyover scenes.
The iOS 6 features:
- Facetime support the cellular network. Now you do not need to rely on Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular networks can use on your iPhone / iPad / Touch / Mac video calls.
- Photo Stream photo sharing. You can select specific photos to share with specific friends.
- E-mail. Mountain Lion, the system, you can set will be a specific contact for the VIP, the information will appear separately on the iPhone lock screen, you can also appear in the Inbox folder specially created.
- Passbook. The application can keep all of your electronic bills / barcode in one place. For example, boarding passes, movie tickets and store cards.
- Guided visit (Guided access). It can prevent the user leaves the application to enter. Apple said it is very useful for children with autism, teachers can take to manage the testing, to prevent the children to search for answers on Google.
In addition, Apple, there are two changes are not announced in his keynote address. First of all, the new version of the photo application Aperture and iPhoto, the two applications use the same database. In other words, the same photo can appear in two applications have the same classification, labeling and rating.
The second new Airport Express wireless Wi-Fi base station, it looks like the white Apple TV television set-top boxes, but the speed doubled to allow more simultaneous connections.
New Wave
Apple is leading the new trend of the industry, in addition they considered obsolete configuration:
- Remove the disk. Apple has closed the DVD project iDVD, and now also includes a new 15-inch notebook in addition to CD / DVD drive (an external DVD drive is still available). Apple believes that the future will be based on the online application.
- Removal Ethernet. The new Apple notebook is no longer configure the Ethernet interface (adapter available), full support for the Wi-Fi.
- Removal of the mechanical hard drive. Mechanical hard drive is a component of Apple's latest get rid of the newly introduced solid state drives faster and drop quiet, but also more expensive, and this is in need of improvement.
- Voice support. The Siri function is becoming increasingly powerful and increasingly compatible with Apple products, built-in dictation voice input, just log in to the Mac, Apple has not yet been completed.
Because Apple makes no mention of the conference on the iMac, the Mac Pro, many Apple analysts also wonder whether Apple desktop is dead. But Apple executives promised that the new models and new design in progress, may be released in 2013.
Overall, Apple Monday conference dazzling announced a lot of truly groundbreaking new features, some catch up, and some high hopes. These products table Mingku Ke and his team did not like Steve Jobs did create a whole new product line, but so far, they work very well to maintain the excitement of the outside world for Apple's current product line