No More iTunes!

Like every 16 year old in Silicon Valley wishes they could , Old man iTunes, at the ripe old age of 18, is being retired.

 

First introduced in the middle ages, I mean 2001, by the late Steve Jobs at Macworld, iTunes is reportedly being replaced next week with standalone Music, TV, and Podcasts apps when the new macOS  10.15 is unveiled at WWDC.

 

 

The Music App will be the utility for syncing and managing your Apple devices, and the user experience is said to be a much more intuitive and streamlined. Yay!

 

 

The WWDC opening Keynote is happening the Monday at 10AM PT, and you can likely expect to see announcements featuring updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. You can watch it streaming live on the Apple TV App or online on the Apple website.

 

 

 

 

Deals of The day Wednesday!

Feeling like today’s the day you need to get some?

 

 

Don’t worry, we got you! Here’s some lovely hump day deals to break up your week. Get some shiny new electronics in your hands, guys!

 

 

Get an Echo Input – Alexa device for voice controlling your speaker – Black for $19.99, down from $34.99 from Amazon

 

 

Get an Apple iPad (Latest Model) 32GB Wi-Fi – Space Gray for $249, down from $329, from Walmart

 

 

Get an Apple iPad Pro (11-inch, Wi-Fi, 64GB) – Silver (Latest Model) for $674.00, down from $799 from Amazon

 

 

Get a Google Home Hub 7″ Smart Display (Chalk or Charcoal) on sale for $79.99, for $67.99 with coupon code ALT12 with free shipping. Must be logged into your Rakuten account to use coupon code. Get it here.

 

Get a Apple AirPods with Charging Case (Latest Model) for $139.99, down from $159.99 from Amazon

 

 

Go on, get it!

 

 

New iPod Touch released today!

Apple just announced a new, 7th Gen. iPod touch with a faster A10 Fusion chip and a new 256GB storage option.

 

The device features the same design, color options, thickness, battery life and weight as the 6th Gen model, with a 4-inch Retina display, the same 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.2-megapixel front camera, home button (no Touch ID,) a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Lightning connector, and a single speaker and microphone.

 

However, with the new A10 Fusion Chip, Apple says the new iPod touch has up to two times faster performance and up to three times faster graphics compared to the previous-generation iPod touch, and allows support for Group FaceTime and ARKit on the iPod touch for the first time.

 

From the Source; Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Vice President of Product Marketing:
“We’re making the most affordable iOS device even better with performance that is twice as fast as before, Group FaceTime and augmented reality starting at just $199. The ultra-thin and lightweight design of iPod touch has always made it ideal for enjoying games, music and so much more wherever you go.”

 

You can get it on Apple.com with in-store availability at Apple Stores and authorized resellers starting later this week. Pricing wise, you’re looking at $199 for 32GB , $299 for 128GB, and $399 for the new 256GB option.

 

 

 

Memorial Day Apple Watch? Yasss!

Today, you can get a Watch Series 3 GPS – 38mm – Sport Band – Aluminum Case – for $199, down fro $279! Get yours!

Apple registers new iPhone models!

Ooooooh! It’s been discovered that Apple has registered ELEVEN unreleased iPhone models in the Eurasian Economic Commission database this week, including models A2111, A2160, A2161, A2215, A2216, A2217, A2218, A2219, A2220, A2221, and A2223.

 

Likely, these are the models that will be in the new iPhone line up expected to be announced, as per usual, in September 2019.

 

We’re probably not looking at anything uber fantastic in this refresh, but a slightly more advanced versions of the phone we saw released last year. (Which, I mean, still pretty advanced?) We should expect a 5.8 and a 6.5-inch OLED iPhone, and a 6.1-inch LCD iPhone.

 

The high end models might have an additional rear camera lens, there may be a complete removal of 3D touch, with an expansion of haptic touch instead, frosted glass back casing, larger batteries, larger RAM, and possibly the additional of new colors for the 6.1 model. Like hypercolor.

 

(Not really, the new colors are rumored to be Lavender and Green,  but wouldn’t that be rad? Or are we just showing our age?!)

 

We can look forward to seeing all the new software features that will be run on the new phones come June 3rd during the annual WWDC keynote – which features a unicorn on it’s media invite, btw – and the iPhones themselves are still obviously unnamed, although iPhone X1 and iPhone X11 are being thrown around the Apple Rumor tree.

 

Are you excited to see the new models? ( Hypercolor for the win)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who’s psyched for WWDC?!

Apple has just sent out media invites for the keynote event of the 30th annual Worldwide Developers Conference:

 

 

 

The WWDC keynote focuses on new software that will be released this year from Apple – iOS 13, macOS 10.15, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13, and although not typically about hardware, sometimes we do see fancy shmancy hardware unveilings – so there is a possibility of it.

 

 

If you were one of the lucky 5000 developers attending – you should be getting pretty pumped, having been given your ticket by randomly selection back in march, or if you’re one of the 350 students and STEM organization members attending – you’re also pretty pumped, having been given scholarships to go and stay at the event!  For the rest of us, you can catch the Keynote streaming live online at Apple’s website, or through Apple TV.

 

The keynote takes place at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Are you psyched?!

Surprise! New Macbook pro models announced

Happy Tuesday!! Apple celebrated their Tuesday with a surprise announcement and launch of new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models – the fastest Mac notebooks ever at the top of the line, featuring Intel’s 8th and 9th-generation processors.

 

Other new features include an updated keyboard, using new material in the keyboard’s butterfly mechanism that should cut down on issues like double key presses and missed key presses.

 

The display has 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide color gamut, and True Tone technology and the models are equipped with Apple’s T2 security chip, Thunderbolt 3 ports, and immersive stereo speakers like prior machines.

 

From Tom Boger, Apple’s senior director of Mac Product marketing:

 

“Whether it’s college students mastering a course of study, developers building world-class apps or video editors creating feature films, we’re constantly amazed at what our customers do with their MacBook Pro. Now with 8-core processors for an incredible performance boost, along with its stunning Retina display, fast storage, all-day battery life and running macOS, MacBook Pro continues to be the world’s best pro notebook and we can’t wait to get it into our customer’s hands to see what they do next.”

 

If you want to be one of those customers, you’re looking at a starting price of  $1,799 and $2,399, respectively, for the 13 and 15-inch models and you can get it into your hands right now through Apple’s online store, or later this week in retail stores.