Phil Schiller Announces the iPhone 5, Preorders Begin Friday, In Stores Sept. 21

Following a rousing introduction by CEO Tim Cook, senior marketing VP Phil Schiller takes the stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to announce the iPhone 5, which pretty much matches to a tee what has been leaked and rumored in recent weeks.

Wasting no time in a likely packed media event, Apple senior VP or market Phil Schiller has introduced the iPhone 5, which claims to be 18 percent thinner than the current iPhone 4S at only 7.6mm and 20 percent lighter than its predecessor.

As rumored, the iPhone 5 includes a new four-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio at 1136 x 640 resolution and a 326ppi Retina Display. "This is the monumental challenge we had," Schiller notes. "Can you make a phone with more features that is smaller and lighter? Anyone can make a bigger phone."

Schiller claims the iPhone 5 is designed for a user's hand, but the larger display will allow for a fifth row of icons to be displayed. All of Apple's built-in apps have already been updated for the taller display, while third-party apps yet to be updated will simply run as before with black bars taking up the extra space.

The iPhone 5 screen also includes 44 percent more color saturation and integrated touchscreen. "This is the most accurate display in the industry," Schiller boasts. "The touch sensors are integrated right into the display itself. We removed a layer and made it sharper. This is the world's most advanced display, and I couldn't be prouder of it."

Also as rumored, the iPhone 5 brings "ultrafast wireless" in the form of HSPA

View the Original article

Adobe Officially Announces Creative Suite 6, Creative Cloud, Preorders Available Now

After being teased since last fall, Adobe Systems Incorporated has taken the wraps off Creative Suite 6 and its new Creative Cloud offering on Monday, now available for preorder, including a special introductory offer for previous Creative Suite users.

Adobe Systems Incorporated officially announced four new Creative Suite 6 editions on Monday, in addition to the company’s long-awaited Creative Cloud, which includes not only everything CS6 has to offer but a variety of other cloud-based services, all for one low monthly fee.

Available within 30 days with preorders starting today, Adobe Creative Suite 6 has been streamlined into four editions: Design & Web Premium (previously offered as separate packages), Design Standard, Production Premium and Master Collection, which includes pretty much everything but the kitchen sink.

In addition to the all-new Photoshop CS6 which has been in public beta for several weeks, CS6 includes major upgrades to Illustrator CS6 and InDesign CS6 as well as a brand-new application, Adobe Muse, which allows designers to create and publish HTML5 websites without writing code. Web creation applications Dreamweaver CS6 and Flash Professional CS6 also see major improvements, and video professionals will also get plenty of new features with Premiere Pro CS6, After Effects CS6 and the new Prelude CS6 and SpeedGrade applications.

Perhaps even bigger than CS6 itself is the official announcement of Creative Cloud, Adobe’s new $49.99 per month subscription offering which not only includes all of the CS6 applications for Mac, iOS and Android but also new apps yet to come and all future upgrades for members with an active subscription. It’s a radical new approach for Adobe, who continues to offer traditional boxed and downloadable copies of its CS6 software as well.

Adobe Creative Cloud includes 20GB of cloud storage in addition to the Adobe Creative Cloud Connection software to allow syncing, sharing and storing of files across both mobile devices and desktop computers.

Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Adobe Creative Cloud will be available within 30 days, but preorders are available for both products starting on Monday. If you are a previous user of CS3, CS4, CS5 or CS5.5, Adobe is offering a special introductory offer on a Creative Cloud subscription for $29.99 per month -- a $20 per month savings for the first year (month-to-month options are also available at a higher price).

Follow this article’s author, J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter

 

Tags: NewsAdobeAdobe Creative Cloudcloud storageCS6introductory pricingMacnew featuresPhotoshop CS6upgrades Here's What You'll Get:The latest Apple news, reviews and how-tosThe hottest articles from MacLife.comYour recommended daily dose of awesome Also, send me e-mail announcements and special offers from Mac

View the Original article

Friday Recap: Nano-SIM Vote Delayed, Tim Cook Tops CEO List, Lumia Preorders

The weekend is here, and with comes the final installment of our daily recap for the month of March. But hey, don’t be sad or blue -- there will be plenty more tech news coming on Monday, when we jump head first into the month of April and see what new and delightful surprises the spring season might bring us. In the meantime, sit back and ride out the rest of March by catching up on the news for Friday, March 30, 2012.

Nano-SIM Standards Vote Delayed by ETSI Due to Apple, Nokia Bickering

AppleInsider is reporting that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ESTI) has chosen to delay voting on the new nano-SIM standard. A meeting to decide the fate of the SIM card’s future was held on Thursday and a vote was expected today, but a decision was made to postpone for

View the Original article