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Last fall, Apple had a lot of products to introduce: a new iPhone, two new iPads, three new iPods, and a few new Macs. Apple ended up dividing those new devices into two events: an iPhone + iPod event and an iPad + Mac event.
Without much occurring during the first half of this year, and even with the new iPhones launching this month, Apple still has a significant amount of products to still announce this year. Let's take a look at what's coming:
- Redesigned full-sized iPad (64-bit, looks like a larger iPad mini, likely no Touch ID)
- iPad mini with Retina display (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions have been in testing, likely no Touch ID)
- iPad mini without Retina display (version with faster, A6 processor has been in testing)
- MacBook Pros with Haswell chips, improved battery life
- Haswell Mac minis
- Final OS X Mavericks details, pricing (launch targeted for late October, but sources now say there's been internal chatter about a (very unlikely) push-back to early November
- Mac Pro tech specs, pricing, availability details
- Secret Mac-related hardware that nobody knows about coming as soon as late 2013
- New Apple TV hardware
- Redesigned first-party iOS 7 apps
- New iWork for Mac
- New iWork for iOS
- New Final Cut Pro
Could Apple announce all of this in one sitting?…
At Daring Fireball, John Gruber seems to believe that Apple will hold a single October event that focuses on both iPad and Mac announcements. However, I believe that Apple has too much in the pipeline to only hold a single launch event. Why would Apple want to mix the attention with one of its most important product lines (the iPad) with new Apple TV announcements, new Macs, new Mac software, and more all at one time?
Apple will most definitely send out the new iPads, new Macs, new OS X, new Apple TV to reviewers, and that would be a huge undertaking for Apple to expect reviews of all of those products to get accomplished at one time. Holding two events – at least a few weeks apart – would also be much more efficient for Apple from both supply chain and marketing perspectives. In addition, launching so many products simultaneously could overwhelm customers (and their wallets).
I think it makes far more sense for Apple to hold an event next month to discuss the new iPads, new iOS applications, and perhaps the rumored Apple TV. Then, when those products are out of the gate, Apple could hold another event to launch OS X Mavericks, the new Mac Pro, new iWork for Mac, new MacBook Pros, new Mac minis, and perhaps some bonus Mac-related hardware (a new Apple Display would sure be nice for the new ultra-powerful Mac Pros).
Apple has several products left in it for 2013, and it will be interesting to see how the announcements all play out. Perhaps the most exciting part is that Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised that we're in for an even bigger 2014.
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"Secret Mac hardware that nobody knows about coming as soon as late 2013″
Wait, please explain…
New monitors with Thunderbolt 2 I'd bet.
They would tie in nicely with the new Mac Pro
Secret Hardware is rumored from Nvidia.
I agree with Mark Thomson. The current Thunderbolt displays aren't even Retina. Now, with Thunderbolt 2 being able to transfer 20 gbps, I have a feeling that Apple will announce a new screen technology. Personally, I think it'll be some sort of 'Ultra HD/4K' display competitor, as professionals are already using 4K monitors. Something along the lines of double Retina display, with greater contrast (bright whites, and perfectly dark blacks), better colour reproduction, faster frame changing, possibly 4 colours (RGB + Y) and of course – Ultra Thin. The new display could also be LED as Apple hasn't ventured into displays with this technology as of yet. I do think it will be the next gen of the Thunderbolt Display – but there will be a lot more to it than Thunderbolt 2.0.
Thanks. I think given the new shape of the iMac from last year, there's a visual style to up date to. To be really transformative, if Apple took the same approach as the TV manufacturers and threw in curved displays. A 27″ Ultra HD display with a slight curve would be purely for Pros and thus concerns on volumes wouldn't really be an issue.
Some where down the line, when yields increase, I'd expect to see the Touch ID sensor wind up in the glass frame of an Apple device like a display, iMac and MBPr
It wouldn't be Unlike apple to just bump the MBPr spec quietly. They have just done it with the iMac. It may be that they do one every Tuesday on the run up to an event. MPBr in the next week or two, Mac Mini before or after that.
Then have an event about Oct 15th to announce Mac Pro and Mavericks ship date and that all devices bought between a window get mavericks. That can be reeled off my Phil in under 10 mins. Then new iWork and iLife versions demo – 30 mins.
That leaves up to 40 mins to cover iOS 7.1 on new iPads, iWork and iLife on iOS and an update to the Apple tv could even be an under the radar launch.
I see the sense for a Mac Event, but lets be fair, that's not what makes the most money for Apple any more.
Agreed. Apple only needs to highlight Mac hardware if it's been redesigned- spec bumps don't necessary merit any stage time. If the iMac refresh is any indication, Apple may continue to dribble out updates to Mac hardware over the next few weeks. MacMini very likely, and unless there's something dramatically different, MacBookPros as well. Thunderbolt2 looks like it will be exclusive to the MacPro for the time being.
That leaves the iPads, Mavericks (assuming it isn't launched before then), MacPro (which is likely going to be just an update on availability- this is the wrong crowd for demoing this machine), software (not counting FinalCutProX- it won't get stage time, again, wrong crowd) , and anything AppleTV related.
To recap just how much stuff Apple covered at last year's event:
00-10min: Updates
10-15min: iBooks 5min
15-25min: NEW 13″ rMPB and rest of Portable lineup.
25-28min: MacMini [refresh]
29-40min: NEW iMac
41-51min: iPad
52-69min: NEW iPadMini
69-73min: wrap-up
That's a lot of stuff, and it was only an hour and 15 minute event. I don't foresee an issue with announcing every thing else at one event. Apple doesn't generally launch products in November.
I don't know, I think it'll get stage time. The last spec bump (or silent refresh) was in February. I see Apple calling the Mac event, a 'Professional' event – with the announcement/release of the Mac Pro, MacBook Pro w/ Retina, iWork, Final Cut Pro and Mavericks (with Multiple monitor support – a feature aimed directly at professional users). Apple upgraded their PCIe speed by 50%, something important to professionals, so while I agree that they'll silently refresh the iMacs and Mac Minis – they'll use the MBP/MP to highlight this new technology. After all, at the WWDC this year, they did give a 'shout out' to the refreshed MacBook Pro from February.
what about a new aperture………….. some features missing here!
I'm curious as to why you say "likely no TouchID" on the iPad mini? Is this just speculation or is it based on anything? The iPad mini is currently the most popular of the two sizes, and the one that is best suited to actual work as opposed to watching movies etc.
Why would they introduce TouchID and then not put it on the mini, yet put it on every other device out there? It's not like the parts are expensive.
A TouchID on the new full size iPad would be great for multi user account in a family where the iPad is shared among children. Been able to have a application Documents folder by user would be great!
That's an iOS side thing, and I think if they were going to do multi-user accounts, it wold have been announced at WWDC in June. So if thats going to come, it won't be any earlier than iOS8 preview NEXT June.
– no need for separate events for software
– no need for event at all for updated MacBook Pros (they've done this before)
– no need for event for new OS X (also done before)
– new Apple TV hardware and new "secret" Mac hardware is speculation and may not even be real.
All that leaves is a standard iPad announcement, where they throw in news about a new iWork (and maybe OS X), and surprise reveal the Mac Pro (or possibly the "secret"), at the end.
Gruber is probably right on this one.
Most likely the hardware spec bumps will not be announced, since those are turning to more of a silent update. Mac pro specs and availability will probably not need an event, just a web page. Apple tv hardware is pretty speculative at this point (I know, all of it is, but this one has the biggest grain of salt). Which pretty much leaves an ipad event that also shows off the new iwork suite across all platforms. Including icloud. They could throw in the apple tv if it's just a refresh, but who knows on that one, I just wouldn't be that surprised about that one.
The Mac Pro will most definitely get a lot of screen time. Based off the fact of how much these devices cost alone! Not to mention how long it's been since Apple updated it. The Creative professional is Apple's foundation, they've been with them from the beginning. Just look at the WWDC from 2012! Apple spent a lot of time announcing the rMBP, and the crowd erupted! There is a real need to please the professional crowd, and a web page just can't do that. What's so bad about two events?
Exactly! Both the rMBP and the MacPro got stage time at WWDC. Thats Apple's professionally focused event.
This is an forum primarily to introduce new iPads. Pro gear might get a mention, but no serious stage time at a consumer focused event.
The MacPro had it big debut. All that's left is pricing and availability.
We know the new MacPro will have Thunderbolt 2. Is that ready yet? As for the rMBPs, we already have Haswell, 802.11ac, and PCIe…so what's the hold up for these machines? My guess is, the rMBPs will have Thunderbolt 2 as well, and Apple's just waiting for it to be ready.
I also say we'll get new Thunderbolt Displays, which will have Thunderbolt 2 and have their USB ports updated to USB 3 (at least that's what I'm hoping for!)
As for when…well, how exciting will the new iPad's be? We already know most, if not all, that's going in to them, thanks to the iPhone event. OK, so they get a new form factor. I think Apple's waiting for the iPad event to release the new MacPro/rMBP because most of the thunder is gone from the iPad event due to the iPhone event having already taken place.
Anyway, jus my $.02.
Unfortunately, if iMacs didn't get TB2, the probability of the MBP getting it this year is pretty slim.
I belief is that Apple thinks TB2 to be a "Pro" feature, thus the MacPro and MBP (or at least rMBP) will get it this fall.
Possibly, but I think the more important factor is CAN the "i" series chipsets run TB2? If not, then it's a non starter.
I completely agree with Jaime, that speed currently isn't needed in the consumer market place. If you look at current thunderbolt compatible devices, and they're all geared towards professionals.
iWatch too, even if like the earlier (circular) Mac Pro announcement, it may not be available for a while. This way, they stop people buying potentially inferior alternatives. I take rumours with a pinch of salt, unless logical/supported by tangible evidence (such as recent iPhones), but I did hear that they WILL announce the iWatch this year, but I'm not basing that on anything other than hearsay. Note that Samsung have announced they will launch a curved device this October, so the tech is obviously ready and they may have supplied Apple so they (Apple) can show something working this year, even if not avail until 2014.
Just a thought!
Apple is, traditionnally, very secret about their new products. The Mac Pro is the exception because, I think, the pros were to loud to ignore. They had to calm them and let them know they're still in Apple's plans. The iWatch will very likely have its own event because, well, its kinda big deal!
Folks, in the marketing world you have to divide, split up, everything into crunchable bits to let people accept what you want and to put prices higher than what it is really worth … that's what you call "the free market" … so why should Apple not apply what business is really doing, making a profit … as a customer of Apple products, I'm really convinced of the good products the deliver and I see forward to what will come in the future!
I'm getting so tired of Apple stacking their product launches just before the Christmas buying season. They used to stagger these announcements throughout the year and it was nice not to have to wait so long in between the announcements. It felt like they were consistently surprising us with new breakthroughs. I get that this sets them up to coast through the holidays without the added pressure of a CES-like event on January 2, but even Jobs knew it wasn't good to stay out of the media/public's mind for too long. One of Apple's greatest talents was the art of anticipation. Even though they are still delivering above and beyond my expectations, I just don't have that excitement I once had waiting for the next iLife or Mac Mini or even the iPod Hi-Fi. You can tell that Cook, just isn't that comfortable with marketing as Jobs was.
Why no mention in your article about a new Apple Aperture alongside new Final Cut Pro, new Mac Pro and new OS X Mavericks?
didn't we have macs and ipads at the same event last year?
so wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happens again this year
I really think there will be two events. One, the Mac event – which I think they'll brand as a 'Professional' event, announcing the Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, the Secret Mac tech (which I think will be an all new display technology in the Thunderbolt display), iWork, Final Cut Pro & Mavericks. Second, the 'iOS' event – more than iPads people! – announcing the iPad 5, the iPad Mini with Retina, (I don't think Apple will make a new mini without Retina), Apple TV & Redesigned first party apps, including iWork for iOS. I think the Professional event will be mid October – right after their earnings call – then 2 to 3 weeks later (in early November) the iPad event. I think Apple will want time to work out iOS7 bugs, redesign all of their apps (that aren't yet) and this will also give them more time to produce the quantity of iPads they'll need for launch – especially if they are going to put Touch ID in them.
I'd love there to be, but I just don't see it. The last time Apple had an exclusively Mac focused event was the Back to the Mac event in October of 2010- and that was primarily to introduce Lion, as well as consumer Mac software.
With the flexibility that Apple has to do live events whenever they like via the Mac/iOS ecosystem, I think Apple SHOULD be doing these kinds of highly focused presentations. But they aren't now, and I'm more inclined to believe that products like the MacPro and the new Final Cut will just get deep informational pages like Logic Pro X did when it launched in the Summer.
It would be one awesome Apple event if they did announce everything, but they would probably split it up over two events if they are really going to announce all that, but I would still love to to see this in one sitting.
Heavens, some Journo's have got short memories. Apple a couple of days ago 'sneaked out' a huge update to the iMac lineup, no fanfare, no BIG LAUNCH…
Find something interesting to write about boys & girls, or go to some memory enhancement classes, if you can remember to make the booking that is ;p
Can we please have a 'based only on speculation' tag for 'articles' like these? I mean, jeez…
Forget about christmas and new years eve, It's all about Apple Launch Days!!!!!!
If they want thunderbolt to live they need to
1. add outer GFX cards through a exterior case. Expnadibility and gaming on OS X would be the driving force besides the excellent PCs that MACs are.
2. bring HDD racks for bigger storage on Thunderbolt, and thunderbolt eand LAN enabled possibly synology outsourced NAS.
3. aTV (4K) with a ring for a remote. Full iTunes support for 4K video and True HD audio. aTV media player with more RAM and app market as well as full integration with MiFi devices and iOS devices. Speedier mirroring (less lag). Airplay 2.0 – enablinx miing on airplay 2.0 devices, and interruption, special effects on transition from different sources, pairing of multiple sources with or without effects (delay, atenuation, 5.1 7.1 airplay sound system), less hiccups in protocol execution etc.
4. new thunderbolt screens giving 4K reslutions at max quality IPS or OLED.
5. Cheapo Mac Pro. Support foor multithreading on most professional apps.
6. home surveillance systems apple made. Smart home systems apple made.
7. Updated and upgraded TimeCapsules (proper NAS and not this).
8. masterplan for OSx future upgrades – file system. Server systems.
9. Schoolroom management suite – teachers journals, mastering pupil's ipad in classroom. DLCs for Mac Book Author to enable online course creation, integration with modifyable parts of Schoolbooks – worksheets etc. New Tool for projects creation. In-Book- purchases. Write a book while selling it concept for independent writers.
if i was apple i'd get those announcements made already. holiday shopping is about to start and they already missed graduation/beginning of school year.
i know we are an apple family but if the new macbook pro/ipads don't come out soon we will look at alternatives…. in fact we are… we need to upgrade but won't before an new version…which gives us time to look around at other lower priced options (and there are a LOT out there)
time for apple to skip some hype and put out products.


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BEFORE UNH: Chris Pelcher spent the last two seasons with Iona College, playing in 35 games, including one start in his sophomore campaign, helping lead the Gaels to a 25-12 record. He posted 2.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while ranking third on the squad with 17 blocks. Additionally, he posted the third-best field goal percentage on the team with a shooting clip of .603 (38-63) from the field. As a freshman he appeared in 20 games, making one start, serving as a valued role player off the bench. Prior to arriving at Iona, Pelcher was the No. 45 prospect at the center position and one of the Top 300 recruits in the nation according to ESPNU's basketball recruiting website. He posted 19.6 points per game as a senior at Albany Academy, leading the Cadets to a 22-2 record along with a berth in the NYSPHSAA Section II Class AA championship game and a No. 17 ranking in New York State Class AA. Along the way he collected All-League, All-Section II and NYSSWA Class AA All-State Fifth Team honors. As a junior he averaged more than 18 points and 12 rebounds per game, earning All-Colonial Council honors for his efforts. In addition to basketball, he was a three-year varsity letter winner for the Cadets' football team and was an Albany Times Union All-Region performer at the tight end position.
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Last updated at 13:48, Thursday, 29 March 2012
THE exodus of nuclear workers away from Sellafield is about to begin – but first of all into Allerdale.
More than 200 staff will be moving into the Cattle Movement Centre at Workington – and a start will be made next month.
They will share part of the building with staff of the Rural Payments Protection Agency.
It is part of Sellafield's plans to cut down drastically on the number of cars travelling to and from the nuclear site.
There could be a reduction of a few thousand over the next few years.
Nine hundred are due to re-locate to the planned Albion Square office complex in Whitehaven.
Sellafield Ltd said yesterday: "We are in the advance stages of moving up to 220 office staff to the Rural Payments Protection Agency building in Workington, which will begin at the end of April. Longer term we plan to occupy the Albion Square office development in Whitehaven, which the NDA, Copeland council and Britain's Energy Coast are currently pursuing.
"We are committed to working with local stakeholders to help reduce congestion on the roads of West Cumbria and actively pursuing a number of different work streams which will have a positive impact in the number of vehicles accessing the site.
"We are currently undertaking our annual review of the single vehicle occupancy tokens."
Some staff hold tokens because of special working needs but by reducing the numbers it is hoped to encourage more car sharing.
As the Cattle Movement Centre is government owned (Defra), Sellafield Ltd will not have to pay rent but will cover the cost of essential services over a three year term.
Copeland Council leader Elaine Woodburn said the council were in discussions with Sellafield Ltd about the borough getting maximum benefit from Sellafield's staff re-locations.
Meanwhile a decision is awaited on whether the 'Sellafield Express' will run again.
The special train service from Carlisle to the site carried on average 75 workers during its six-week trial.
First published at 11:09, Thursday, 29 March 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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Moan, moan; get real! Dave; three quarters of the Sellafield workforce lives north of the site. Anon; 200 extra commuters into Workington isn't exactly likely to cause gridlock. Jar Jar; how exactly is moving workers off the site going to make it harder to get there? Darth; er ... last time I looked, Albion Square was in the town centre. But the moaners think the workers there won't spend any money! (see previous reports)
Ha- good luck getting into and out of Workington and Whitehaven at rushhour when the move happens.
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Writer Alan Spencer returns to TV with 'Bullet in the Face'Written by Jeff McGinnis | | email@example.com
In 1986, television viewers were introduced to a different kind of sitcom when a show called "Sledge Hammer!" debuted on ABC. The series, a wild riff on "Dirty Harry" and other authoritarian police dramas, was the brainchild of a writer named Alan Spencer, who was only 23 years old at the time. The series was canceled after two seasons, but it maintains a rabid and loyal fan following to this day.
Now, two-and-a-half decades later, Spencer has another certain cult hit on his hands with his new series "Bullet in the Face," which will air on cable channel IFC in a marathon Aug. 16 and 17. The show, about a psychotic criminal whose face is destroyed during a robbery and who is given a transplant from a cop he killed, has all the irreverent and intelligent humor of Spencer's previous work, but it has a willingness to go even further over the top than "Sledge" did.
In an interview, Spencer said that the original concept for the show came from talks with IFC, which had wanted to do an action comedy. A Canadian company had developed a concept, which was shown to Spencer in a presentation.
"They actually showed it to me and asked if I was willing to get involved," Spencer said. "You know, at first I was going to supervise other writers on it, and then I just ended up writing it myself. I wound up using very little — basically nothing — of the original concept, except one element of it being a German cop. That's literally the only part of it I used."
Of course, the "German cop" is now a former crook who's wearing someone else's face — just one of many extreme ideas that let viewers know "Bullet" is far from an average sitcom.
"I wrote the pilot and totally self-indulged myself. In Hollywood, the odds of getting a TV show on the air or getting a pilot made, I think they're up there with, like, being struck by lightning and winning the lotto and everything. And so I was pleasantly surprised when IFC told me they wanted to take it straight to series and wanted me to write all six," Spencer said.
It's hard for anyone familiar with "Sledge Hammer!" to view "Bullet in the Face" in isolation — in tone and subject matter, the two series seem like cousins. But Spencer pointed out that with "Bullet," he was able to take the humor to some far more extreme places than he could with a family-hour sitcom 20 years ago.
"Back in the '80s — when I did 'Sledge Hammer!' it was the end of the '80s — that was considered cutting-edge television at that time.
"And now, of course, you can see more extreme than, certainly, that. And it influenced some people, too — a lot of the people doing shows right now, certain comedy shows, that was an inspiration to them because that was considered so different.
"This is basic cable, and cable's known as being more adventurous, so basically I just approached this with — the constraints were off. I wasn't typing with handcuffs like I was with 'Sledge Hammer!' Those handcuffs were behind my back, which made it really hard to type," Spencer joked.
"We got away with a lot more. And for somebody who was working on a sitcom that was already getting away with a lot, it's kind of a kid-in-a-candy-store shootout."
The new series also showcases a wide range of influences from many forms of pop culture — the look of the show, with deep shadows covering most walls and an angular, oppressive look to almost every environment, borrows heavily from noir graphic novelists like Frank Miller.
"[I] wanted it to be a city that would be immersive, and people'd be wondering where it is, where it exists. And definitely the graphic novel world was an influence on that. I wanted it to have its own rules, and by having it be an international melting pot of crime, it also opened it up and anything can happen."
Spencer learned comedy at the feet of some of the grand masters — he counts legends like Mel Brooks and the late Marty Feldman among the people he has known throughout his life. He's quick to point out that he has known and learned from people outside of comedy as well, such as his friendship with the late Michael Crichton.
"What I was very proud of was when Michael Crichton saw the 'Sledge Hammer!' pilot, his wife (Anne-Marie Martin), who was the co-star, said, 'Isn't this silly?' And he said, 'This is the most intelligent thing I've seen in years.'"
Indeed, the idea that humor can (and should) have that level of sophistication is a theme that has remained strong throughout Spencer's career. "Bullet in the Face," with its lightning-fast dialogue and stinging satirical edge, is just the latest example of that.
"TV, in general, would always make you write beneath your intelligence. So one of the fun things about this is being able to write at a certain level, where you write something that attracts Eddie Izzard," Spencer said.
"You know, one of the things I always heard during the '80s is that we were 'subversive' in 'Sledge Hammer!' That people, a few years later, got some of what was being said, or got some of the references, because they were hidden.
"And in this case, we were allowed to be intelligent, because we're on a network that allows for it. So I'm grateful for that."
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The Aiken County Coroner's Office has identified a man who was killed in an overnight car crash on Outing Road as an Aiken resident.
The victim was identified as Ivory A. Kirkland Jr., 37, said Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.
No one witnessed the accident, Carlton said, which appears to have occurred about 12:30 a.m. At about 1:45 a.m., a motorist reported the overturned vehicle near 200 Outing Club Road, which is located off Vaucluse Road.
Kirkland lived on Outing Club Road, Carlton said.
The coroner said Kirkland was driving a Saturn four-door sedan, bearing a Georgia license plate.The Saturn appeared to have been traveling north when it left the highway and struck a drainage culvert on the right side of the road, Carlton said. The vehicle overturned, partially ejecting the driver — the only known occupant, Carlton said.
The Coroner's Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol still are investigating the circumstances of the crash, Carlton said, and toxicology results are pending.
This is the seventh fatal crash in Aiken County in 2013.
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I never got around to working on those switches yesterday, but today I've FINALLY found (thank god this has been delayed so much) nice black panel mount 3.5mm jacks!
Much nicer than the ones I was planning on using:
I also got my new switch (no chrome on the bezel) positioned, and leds re-worked to fit nicely.
Nothing major, but I feel that if I don't keep myself "updating" I'm going to lose interest playing the waiting game.
I am very happy now with that whole side of the case. I used to hate how it looked before I started getting these higher-quality prettier looking adapters/plugs/etc.. now I'm very happy with it.
Still waiting to hear back from the printing company how the laser cutting and printing test goes on my black brushed aluminum vinyl. I called the other day to give'm heck but found out Mr.Bossman was away for a week, then away at a conference, and thought he was waiting on ME, while I was waiting on him. End of the world type stuff.
Tomorrow I expect:
Shocks/springs so I will double up the suspension.
Steering assembly with the proper mounting to finalize my 4ws.
XT90 Battery connectors so I can start making the junction boxes.
6Channel radio to start incorporating all three radios in to the one system.
Second 5000mah 4s battery.
Gyro for the camera, I will finally know whether or not this whole system will work with camera gyro or not.
Other odds and ends.
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Dana White responded quickly to the user that the fight had been considered, but the Diaz camp turned the offer down:
@danawhite: @EDLEZGIN @TeamKhabib Nate turned the fight down
Nurmagomedov had previously been rumored to fight Gilbert Melendez, but the fight disappeared. So now it's still up in the air who the rising prospect will face next.
Nathan Diaz @NateDiaz209
F U Pay MeJohnson volunteers for Nurmagomedov fightNathan Diaz @NateDiaz209
@danawhite @ufc are full of shit I didn't turn down anything ...
Johnson volunteers for Nurmagomedov fight
Khabib Nurmagomedov is the fighter everyone is talking about this weekend, and he hasn't said or done anything. Yesterday someone tweeted to Dana White that they would like to see Khabib fight Nate Diaz. White responded that they turned down the fight, which prompted Diaz himself to respond it wasn't true.
Diaz's management claims they were offered the fight, but couldn't come to terms on the financials.
One UFC lightweight who is however ready to take the fight is Michael Johnson who is riding an impressive two fight streak over two of the UFC's veteran lightweights:
Well @danawhite if @NateDiaz209 don't wanna scrap with me I think the people want me & @TeamKhabib @ufc


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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett is auctioning off an all-you-eat tour of the See's Candy factory in California to benefit an education nonprofit there.
Bidding had already reached $30,000 by Monday, but it remains to be seen whether the final price of this auction will rival the annual auction of lunch with Buffett, which routinely tops $1 million.
The online auction that runs through Aug. 13 will benefit Communities In Schools of Los Angeles. It is being offered on the charitybuzz.com website.
Buffett said he'll teach the auction winner the proper way to eat a bonbon during the half-day tour. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate has owned See's Candy since 1972, and he spends hours munching on See's treats while answering questions at Berkshire's annual meetings.
Buffett did not immediately respond to questions about this new auction on Monday.
For more than a decade, the only time Buffett auctioned off a chance to meet with him was the lunch auction that helps fund the Glide Foundation's efforts to help the poor and homeless in San Francisco.
The winner of this year's lunch auction paid $1,000,100. That's a bargain compared to the previous five years when the winning bids all topped $2 million, including the record 2012 bid of $3,456,789.
This new See's Candy auction could affect bidding on the lunch auction. But then again, the winners of the lunch auction are guaranteed more time to talk with Buffett, which could help keep that event more valuable.
The lunch auction winners get to spend several hours asking Buffett questions about business, philanthropy and life.
The fine print on the candy auction site promises only a meeting with Buffett where the winner can take a picture with the renowned investor and get something autographed, so the candy tour may not offer nearly as much opportunity to learn from Buffett.
Investors all over the world watch what Buffett does and try to copy his moves because of his remarkable track record of success. Through the end of 2012, Buffett's Berkshire has delivered a compounded annual gain of 19.7 percent to investors — more than double the S&P 500's growth rate.
And Buffett, 82, has been gradually giving away his fortune since 2006. He plans to eventually divide most of his shares of Berkshire stock between five charitable foundations, with the largest block going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Buffett's Berkshire owns roughly 80 subsidiaries, including clothing, furniture and jewelry firms. Its insurance, utility and railroad businesses typically account for more than half of the company's net income. It also has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
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CEOh-Snap iPad Attack Edition -- Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Nintendo on Apple's Tablet
Prior to Steve Jobs laying into Google and Adobe, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Nintendo got their shots in on Apple and the iPad, and here's what they had to say:
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt: "You might want to tell me the difference between a large phone and a tablet."
Someone might want to tell him people are making Android tablets, or is he still using BlackBerry?
- Nokia social point-main Mark Squires: In a post titled, "A fruit confused", he takes issue with Apple calling itself the world's largest mobile devices business (measured by revenue). [via Nokia Conversations]
Fair enough, considering there are lies, damn lies, and statistics, but the title of the post... really?
- Microsoft director of product management in the developer platform, Brandon Watson: "developers of applications for the iPhone OS–which the iPad uses–are not making money. Developing applications for the iPhone and iPad is expensive, he said, because iPhone OS uses the Objective C language rather than Microsoft's more pervasive .NET platform. And Apple's control over the platform has alienated some people that make software for its products, he said." [via Technologizer]
Cue Windows Mobile millionaire dev and their 140,000 runtimes in 5... 4... 3... 2...
- Nintendo President Satoru Iwata: 'It was a bigger iPod Touch. I question whether those features would be enough to get people to buy new machines." [via NYT]
Never mind his own company just released a bigger version of their own, the Nintendo DSi LL... He's missing the same point many others are likewise missing. The iPad isn't just a big iPod touch. The iPad is a big iPod touch. That's its killer feature.
And yes, we'll be saving all these comments, and any others we come across, and looking back at them one year post-iPad launch to see if it works out any better for the competition than it did when the iPhone was mocked in 2007...
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CEOh-Snap iPad Attack Edition -- Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Nintendo on Apple's Tablet
Let's just see what the iPhone OS 4.0 has to bring to the table before we make assumptions. I believe apple didn't show it's hand yet and that we will see more of what the iPad has to offer. The omission of any camera is a letdown, and well we know how Steve feels about adobe so time will tell.
I thinks it's funny that Microsoft would say anything when they want to team up with Apple to take down Google. Come on Microsoft go's to Apple and wants Apple to use only Bing on on the iPhone.
Running scared I'd say. Or they've gone Ostrich and can't see the next revolution that's coming. Whether apple is right or wrong, time will tell, but alienating a few vocal developers over the folks who've grown the platform of available apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch and now the iPad to 140k can't be super unhappy.
And .NET platform, give me a break. I can't write .NET software on the Mac either, so is Microsoft alienating an important part of their market by not including a viable SDK on OS X?
Google and all the executives mentioned here in secret, if smart, are rethinking their product lines around this new tablet computing market that Apple has created.
They're forming their opinions based on the current OS and what was presented on Wednesday, which is entirely fair, but I have to think that a lot of the complaints against the iPad will be addressed with iPhone OS 4.0. Apple isn't stupid, and they obviously are putting a lot of emphasis on this product. There's a better than even chance that a lot will change either before the iPad is officially released or shortly thereafter with 4.0.
Also, I agree with your statement that it isn't JUST a big iPod Touch; it's a BIG iPod Touch. I agree that's it's best feature and the primary reason why the iPad might become my main computer for 95% of my computing activities.
As much as I Iike my iPhone I really like mis my PSP out all my portable devices since it had great game play and it was hacked with SNES NES Genesis and N64 all in one. I really loved that device. Possibly my favorite device for portable gaming I owned.
11th comment, sweet. Alright, I'm gonna give my perspective and I hope you can pick up what I'm about to throw down. For me, this device is fantastic. I want a device that has the convenience and portability of a laptop, without being a laptop. I want a device that just lays around my house, ready to be used whenever. I want this device for very simple reasons:
1. Browse the internet
2. Watch movies in my bed
3. Read my eBook collection (maybe even in the dark...Kindle?)
4. Manage my email
I am not looking for a device that allows me to Mr. Productivity with work crap, which is what a laptop is. I have a desktop and an office at work for that. I want something that is family friendly for my wife and smaller kids to play around on.
The iPad is not meant or being marketed towards the business minded, young entrepreneur. It is meant to be a simple, web browsing, game-playing, movie watching device that anyone can pick up and enjoy. And it is just that. I foresee this being in the homes of many, many people that don't really have the need for a full fledged laptop, such as myself and family.
Imagine having some friends over, wanna check out those hilarious YouTube videos? Bust out the iPad, no waiting for it to boot, it's always on. No having to watch from a direct angle, 3 or 4 people can hang around and watch it because of the IPS technology.
I don't know why more people aren't seeing this for what it is. But rather, trying to make it something it is not.
@chris @fathom614
I agree, I guess all apple really needed to do at the event was show developers what they should be coding for. I really do think and hope that apple is keeping the magic all wrapped up in v4.0 to make it an amazing launch.
In its current state i can't see it doing that well , but with the new OS containing ichat/multitasking/finder capabilities that would change completely.
I actually think the 9.7" screen would be sweet for mobile gaming.
(yes, the above was somewhat sarcastic...but the iPad is a major let-down with little to no sign of innovation in my option (unlike for example the Lenovo Hybrid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DYuVN6nuY), and I don't see how the tone of the original article was appropriate)
- nice name
- thank you! for being the ONLY FREAKING PERSON on the Internet that actually has some sense!
so many people have commented on here saying that the tablet is such a waste of a device and hardly anybody is appreciating it for what it is.
in short: I completely agree with you
But you have to take into account...these enraged comments are coming from Jobs own comment. This is the man that said netbooks aren't good at anything. Then basically introduced this as a netbook killer. So yeah. I'm not disagreeing with you, but just a little "look from the other yard" perspective.
I don't understand your analogy that it isn't just a big iPod touch but that it's a big iPod touch.
I don't know of many people who exactly wanted a big iPod touch. " gee man , I wish my iPod was 3 times as big, it would be soooo Awsome " no.
However , I feel that people wanted an even smaller mac , smaller than the MacBook pro but bigger than iPhones. I guess apple was right when they said they didn't know how to make a cheap mac under 1k that wasnkt crap. So they make a big iPod touch under 1k and it's still sorta like crap.
The other companies haven't hit the nail on the head when it comes to the fact that the ipad will not be another iPhone. This might see slightly more stardom than the MacBook air ; which is reduced to nothing at this point.
I want them in march to tell us the ipad was a practical joke and that it wil have 300 major features other than what we can experience on our phones and iPods but still come close to a mac.
While I'll agree that this iPad offers nothing I need... it's also true that I already have many other things I don't need — three TVs, several rarely-used appliances, two unnecessary vehicles, etc., etc...
I think many of us can look around our homes and see things we've bought that we don't need. Booze? Cigarettes?
So, I'll eventually either be getting this iPad or the next gen (unless a MacPad comes out first). It's reasonably worth $500 to have it when I'm at home and I don't have any real work to do on my Mac.
But it does need major improvements. Hopefully, 4.0 is all it needs.
"Developing applications for the iPhone and iPad is expensive"
Sigh. XCode is free. Visual Studio Pro is more than half a thousand dollars.
You can code .NET applications using C#, Visual Basic or J#.
@Andrew Lombardi:
I think there are a few .NET compilers for OS X but obviously the huge majority of .NET apps have been compiled by Visual Studio.
So basically, I think Google Chrome OS could kill this thing easily. I'm getting an Entourage eDGe because it is waaaaaay more innovative and useful. I can't stand electronics that don't serve a useful purpose. Chrome OS can beat this, and Android already has. Only thing this has on the two is looks and that is it. Also, the HP slate will probably be killer.
So tell me if I got this right...you want something that does less for more money.
I agree with what you are saying...the fact that you want something around the house for quick access to view/read stuff(coz that is more or less what you can do on the iPad). If the iPad was going for $200...then it would make sense. Jobs insulted netbooks claiming that Apple had something better. But honestly, I have a netbook and it does all what you(Saggyballs) want to do and more for less $$.
And seriously, what century are you living in if you still shut down your computer? Most netbooks can run for upto 8 hours of continuous usage.
So even though your points are valid...they aren't enough to justify the existence of such a device.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was arrested and charged with conspiring to have a romantic rival illegally arrested and manipulating a state grand jury to pursue criminal charges against the same romantic rival.
Judge Thornsbury is charged with conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of a victim identified as "R.W.," who was the husband of Thornsbury's secretary. In early 2008, the indictment alleges, Thornsbury began a romantic relationship with his secretary, identified as "K.W.," which she broke off in June of that year. After K.W. ended the relationship, Thornsbury instructed a co-conspirator to plant illegal drugs underneath R.W.'s pickup truck and then arranged for police to stop R.W. and search for the drugs. The co-conspirator tasked with planting the drugs backed out of the plan at the last minute, thwarting Thornsbury's scheme.
Thornsbury then tried a different approach, the indictment alleges. R.W. worked at a coal preparation plant, where newly mined coal was processed before shipping. One of the plant's functions was to remove scrap metal that had fallen into the coal during mining. Thornsbury learned that R.W.'s supervisors had given him permission to salvage scrap items, including drill bits, that were found amid coal at the plant, which were simply discarded if R.W. did not collect them.
Thornsbury secretly instructed a West Virginia state trooper to file a criminal complaint that falsely alleged R.W. was stealing the scrap material from his employer. The trooper resisted, telling Thornsbury that R.W. was allowed to salvage the scrap, but ultimately yielded to Thornsbury's demands, filing a false criminal complaint that led to R.W.'s arrest for grand larceny in December 2008.
In January 2009, a new Mingo County grand jury was empanelled, and Thornsbury decided to use it to pursue his campaign against R.W. As the county's sole circuit judge, Thornsbury was empowered to choose the foreperson of the new grand jury. He selected Jarrod Fletcher, Mingo County's Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, with whom Thornsbury co-owned a commercial real estate business and a wine shop.
By installing Fletcher as grand jury foreperson, Thornsbury was able to secretly co-opt the grand jury's authority and use it to victimize R.W. In January 2009, Thornsbury created a set of purported grand jury subpoenas that ordered various local companies, including R.W.'s employer, to surrender private documents concerning R.W. He had Fletcher sign these purported subpoenas and send them out in the name of the grand jury. Thornsbury planned to ultimately use the grand jury to charge R.W. criminally.
In March 2009, one of the recipients of Thornsbury's so-called subpoenas, identified in the indictment as "DBC, Inc.," asked for more time to respond. Thornsbury entered a court order denying that request, without disclosing that he himself had ghostwritten the subpoena or that he was disqualified from any participation in the criminal case against R.W.
Most of the companies targeted by Thornsbury's subpoenas handed over the documents demanded, believing that the subpoenas were legitimate. DBC, Inc., however, waged a legal battle against the subpoena it received and eventually discovered the deep business ties between Thornsbury and Fletcher. When DBC, Inc., publicly revealed those ties in a court filing, Thornsbury was forced to abandon his plan to use the grand jury against R.W.
Several years later, in 2012, R.W. was involved in an argument outside a convenience store with two other men. One of the men took a swing at R.W., and the other one drew a gun. The police were called, and the two other men were charged with assault.
Nearly a month after the altercation, however, the charges against the two other men were dismissed and R.W. was charged with assault and battery. Thornsbury, through a messenger, told the county prosecutor to ensure that R.W. received a sentence of six months' confinement, an extraordinarily harsh punishment even if R.W. had been guilty. Prosecutors in turn offered R.W. a plea agreement that would have confined him for six months. R.W. refused it, and on the eve of trial, the prosecutor dismissed the case, stating that after reviewing the evidence against R.W., he believed the prosecution was not in the interest of justice.
The indictment charges Thornsbury with conspiring to violate R.W.'s right against unreasonable arrest, guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and his right not to be deprived of his liberty without due process of law, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The indictment also charges that Thornsbury conspired against the companies targeted by the purported grand jury subpoena, specifically, against their Fourteenth Amendment right not to be deprived of their property without due process of law.
Thornsbury, 57, has served as Mingo County's sole circuit judge since 1997.


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It's a new year, time to make some changes. If one of them is a relocation, then it's time to put your best foot forward in your home. The most important thing to do when preparing your home for sale is to get rid of clutter. Come up with a house rule that for every new item that comes in, an old one has to go. One of the major contributors to the cluttered look is too much furniture. When a professional stager arrives at a home they often take away almost half of the owner's furnishings, making the house look much bigger. You don't have to pare down that drastically, but do take a hard look at what you have and ask yourself what you can live without.
There's a common belief that a room will feel larger and be easier to use when all of the furniture is pushed against the walls, but that really isn't the case. Furnish your space by floating furniture away from the perimeter. Move sofas and chairs into cozy conversation groups, and set up the pieces so the traffic flow is obvious. This will not only make the space more user-friendly, it will also open up the room making it seem larger.
If you have a room that is a place that just gathers junk, repurpose it into something that will add value to your home. The simple addition of a comfortable chair, a small table with a lamp in a stairwell will convert it into a cozy reading spot. Or lay inexpensive rubber padding or a carpet remnant on the floor of the basement and toss in a few cushy pillows. You now have a new meditation room!
One of the things that make a staged home look so warm and inviting is great lighting. Did you know that many homes are improperly lit? To fix this problem, increase the wattage in the lamps and fixtures. Strive for a total of 100 watts for every 50 square feet. It's best to have at least three types of lighting: ambient), task and accent.
Window treatments are another part of the lighting equation. They should be kept simple to allow lots of light in and to brighten up a room. Lighting has the power to make a room feel brighter and conversely appear much larger. When it comes to staging less is always the best option and clean lines is what buyers want to see. The more light you are able to bring in the more spacious the room will appear. Neutral tones work best for staging. Cream or white roman shades are also a good choice and you can add a dash of color with a ribbon trim you sew or glue onto the shade.
This is a lot of direction for one day. Go through your home today and start moving the furniture and getting rid of the clutter. Think about the curtains, and we'll talk again later.


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Step 1: Materials
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.X-Acto knife
.copper sheet (optional)
Step 2: Start Hacking
Step 3: Reconnecting The Wires
Step 4: Testing
Step 5: Finishing Up
can u explain it to me please!!!!!
You can also use a heat gun like what they use on model airplane monokote (and similar) heat shrink coverings (also used for stamp embossing). Here's one source (random search) http://www.hobby-lobby.com/heatgun.htm this has a removable concentrating nozzle that would work nice for doing wire heat shrink.


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£56m: shock gambling figures revealed
Last updated at 14:03, Thursday, 17 January 2013
MORE than £56million was wagered in Copeland in a single year on betting machines deemed the "crack cocaine of gambling", shock figures reveal.
The Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are touch-screen roulette and casino gambling machines, based in betting shops, on which it is possible to stake up to £100 every 20 seconds.
Statistics produced by the Fairer Gambling Organisation and betting industry data show Copeland has 55 FOBTs on which a total of £56,884,100 was gambled in 2011.
Adrian Parkinson, a consultant for Fairer Gambling Organisation, said: "The high stakes and speed of play have led to the machines being called 'the crack cocaine of gambling'.''
The organisation says the machines – which makes up 50 percent of the profits for betting shops – make the most money within poorer areas of the country.
Analysed by Geofutures, the figures reveal that of the top 50 unemployment blackspots, the profit from the terminals was more than £173million last year. By comparison, in the 50 constituencies with the lowest levels of unemployment, the bookies made just £44million.
In contrast to Copeland, statistics for the Workington constituency show it has 11 FOBTs with £11,376,820 gambled on the machines.
Mr Parkinson said: "We believe the only way to stop machine-driven proliferation of betting shops is to make the machines less profitable. So we recommend reducing the maximum stake from £100 down to £2, increasing the time between plays, and removing table game content.''
Richard Mottram, of Cumbria Counselling Group, said statistics revealed there was around 470 problem gamblers in Copeland.
"I have dealt with clients who aren't yet in debt but are worried they are spending too much, to those who are hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt,'' he said.
Gambling provides a "release'' for people, he said. "It is exciting and it is what people turn to when they feel helpless and down."
Over the past 12 months, the group had seen 53 new clients in Copeland and Allerdale. "We expect to see more problems with the internet and mobile phone gambling because they're so much more available,'' Richard said.
"Younger people are more prone to this and students are particularly vulnerable. That's because they're usually managing money for the first time; they're already in debt through the loan system; they've access to the right technology; and they may encounter peers claiming to have gambled successfully."
But he added: "It is never too late to get help, to turn a corner.''
Commenting on the claims by the Fairer Gambling Organisation, The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) said the idea that bookmakers targeted vulnerable communities was "false and offensive".
In a statement it said: "Like any other retailer, we locate our shops where footfall is high and rents are affordable.
"Betting shops have been located on our nation's high streets ever since off-course betting was first made legal in 1961. The betting industry would welcome an evidence based debate, but the research presented is misleading.
"We have always believed that customers have the right to decide how they spend their money. As businesses, we take our social responsibilities extremely seriously which is why we voluntarily contribute £5m each year for the research, education and treatment of problem gamblers.''
A Millom church leader has also called for more support to help gambling addicts.
Pastor Fred McKeown, who was addicted to both gambling and alcohol until finding faith at 22, is offering his personal support to anyone with a gambling addiction and hopes a gamblers anonymous service can be set up for Millom and the surrounding area.
"I know what it's like to gamble your entire wages away and have to go without because of the addiction,'' he said. "There is a great influx of ways and easiness to be able to gamble, more than ever before.
"And as someone who knows the effects and struggles of this addiction I believe there will be more people, because of the financial crisis, who are turning to other measures, like putting money in a slot machine or in an online casino."
Mr McKeown said he had seen first-hand how these machines can affect people on a low income. "If there had been the ease that there is now, I would have found it far more difficult to kick the addiction,'' he said. "At 14 I started skipping school and going in to a bookies and gambling every day of the week."
Anyone who would like support for their gambling addiction, can contact Pastor Fred McKeown at Millom Network Centre on 01229 719659.
And for further information from the Cumbria Counselling Group go to www.thecumbriacounselling group.co.uk or telephone 01946 820230.
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First published at 13:59, Thursday, 17 January 2013
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As a financial advisor, I think you will find that investing in guaranteed equity bonds, you will of had the full key features document and specifics of the product explained. It seems that some people are quick to jump on financial advisors when their personal choices go wrong. So many people make money and have regular guidance and advice from us and unfortunately all we get is bad comments.
You've got your beloved Labour Government to thank for the deregulation of gambling.
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Jony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS 7 interface
We've been hearing about Jony Ive taking a sand blaster to iOS 7 -- removing a lot of the heavier textures, gradients, shadows, and skeuomorphs that built up at Apple under Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall. According to what I've been hearing), iOS 7 will make fans of the richer design style cry. 9to5Mac's ace reporter, Mark Gurman, calls it Windows Phone-like, and what's more:
In addition to losing the complex interface design characteristics from earlier versions of iOS, Apple has been discussing and testing ways to add more 'glance-able' information and system options panels, like Notification Center, to the software. While it is still uncertain if Apple will end up including such new functionality in iOS 7, or how the Company will implement the potential addition, one of the early ideas was to implement the new panels via swipes from the left and right side of an iOS device's display. This would be similar to the gesture on Apple's Mac trackpads for accessing Notification Center in Mountain Lion, but what, specifically, the iOS gesture could access is uncertain.
Gurman also says that iOS 7 is code-named Innsbruck, and includes a full set of newly redesigned icons for the built-in Apple apps. As that suggests, and as I've heard as well, the base Springboard launcher and its grid aren't going anywhere any time soon, so those hoping for an entirely new Home screen experience will be disappointed. That's not to say there won't be, as Gurman alludes to in his post, that Apple won't introduce new or modified sliding panels like Notification Center to add to or enhance functionality, but when you hit Home, currently, you still see Home. That's important for the hundreds of millions of existing iOS users.
What it means for developers and designers, however, will depend on how they've built their apps to date. Those who have stuck to UIKit will get a lot of the new look, including all the new stock interface elements, "for free". Those who have replicated UIKit elements in order to change them more substantially will have to re-replicate them. Those who have completely customized their interfaces, and who want to fit the new aesthetic, will have a lot of graphics to redraw come WWDC.
Ironically, Windows Phone and Android went flat to overcome performance issues. Compositing, masking, and shadow effects takes cycles. Flat interface can be thrown around much faster. Yet, because they've done it more recently, and because it stands in stark contrast to the more elaborate 2007-esque iOS interface, it looks "new". Their constraints brought out a cleanness and modernness that became fashionable, and as a result made Apple look decidedly unfashionable.
It'd be tempting to call the move reactionary -- a new look by new management to deal with new tastes in the market -- but for that new management being headed by Jony Ive. Apple's senior vice president of design has tastes that are well known, minimalist and timeless. He values getting everything, every distraction, out of the way until only the essential nature of the object remains. Now we're seeing that vision, Ive's vision, in charge of software for the first time. That it's such a stark contrast, and likely a welcome change for many from the status quo, could simply be a bonus.
Check out Gurman's article for more on iOS 7's new look, and then come back here and let me know what you think. If Apple goes flat, should they go very flat?
Source: 9to5Mac
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Jony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS 7 interface
I still don't get the hate of a little graphical flare. I like the little graphics and animations but each to his own I guess.
Why do we want to go with a DULL UI? I don't get people with not liking something that looks nice with the extra eye candy? Why are we as a society becoming more and more dull, even though we have the technology now to be able to enjoy the extras without any lag? I hated the plane look of Android with no interesting animations within the OS itself, but now everyone wants to back track into the past and make it all look 2D again like it did when graphics first started being used in computers. WHAT GIVES? Just like they all want bigger phones that is just as big as the first cell phone and head phones that covers the whole side of their head. Hard to move forward when we keep going back to the past for designs.
Metro would drive me away.
The shine and rendering of menus and lack of flatness is why i went with ios and not the original android. I'm already bailing on windows 8 cause i hate that interface. I hope it is untrue.
Weird, apples minimilism, brushed metal, greys, the shine squared right with what i thought was attractive. But in the past year or two there seem to be some other changes that i honestly don't get, that aren't my style. Like art i'd never buy. Like the green of game center, the podcast app reels. But as for menus and buttons and stuff, i don't like the flat look of microsoft.
Microsoft Bob was way ahead of it/his time. It would be interesting to see what it could really do if it was created and released with todays computer technology.
About a flatter iOS UI I feel that Notification Centre is fine with its background, but do not flatten everything so it is too flat. I currently use a completely black background picture and looking in folders and NC it seems fine. Hopefully Ive and his team can find a happy-medium between 3D-esque and 2D. And bringing back the reel to reel for audio only podcasts in the podcasts app is a right step(My Opinion).
The happiest medium would be to simply allow the user to choose which settings they want to see.
A-fuckin-men dude. If i could say one thing to this Ive guy, it would be to let the user effing pick. I hate flat. but some people might not. to me it looks like my phone just went low-tech. to others it might be easier to read. SO JUST LET IT BE AN OPTION IN SETTINGS
nothing wrong with flatter, and that certainly doesnt mean it has a windows look or anything else. flatter is just another style that can have many of its own graphical flairs with a simpler, cleaner look.
instead of text bubbles, maybe we can get some foggy/blurry semi transparent backdrops to text. which i enjoy more. i doubt it will look like the mess that windows is. so im not worried. just excited to see what it turns out like.
I am new to ios and while I do like some of the more simplistic designs popular today (pure google is beautifull) and think apple is in for a redesign, I like the 3d elements used in ios. The realism of some of the apps gives each app a different look which makes the design less stale. There is also not really anyone NOT using the bare simple look so apple is different in that respect. I think apple should balance both simple and 3d and make some of the realistic designs more tastefull rather than eliminating them altogether. Otherwise designs between android, apple, Ubuntu, blackberry and Firefox will become harder to distinguish. I may have to post up some mockups in the forum of what i means :-)
No one wants to see windows 8 colored tiles anywhere near our beautiful iMac screens....period. Mininalism an ugly lazy design, plain and simple. Apple skeumophic and realistic designs are what separates Apple from the rest. Can it be done more tastefully and subdued, maybe, yes I think so. So yes, I, will crawl out of the woodwork to voice my opinion against completely lame design ideal of minimalism. Skuemophism and realism does make it easier to tell what going on the screen too.
"You went full flat, man. Never go full flat!"
Seriously I was looking forward to flatter design, much like some of the amazing new icon sets floating around the web these days, but never to the extent of full flatness like Windows Phone.
I don't think the skeuomorphism should necessarily be eliminated entirely, as some of it can look good and even be useful in some cases. I just think it needs to be toned down a bit; we could do without the fake textures and stuff like that. I'm looking forward to seeing what direction Mr. Ive is going to go with iOS and its design.
Considering how jerky iOS 3-6 have been on the 3g and 4g iPods, this may be a welcome change here.
Though the best option would be to allow personalization options for the user to decide what they want to see.
Can some one show the difference of what this would look like. It's like you are only talking to the tech heads.
It's about time they put some iOS interface style of the day, because it is always the same since the beginning, and from a list of applicable asked in bulk, there's really nothing.
This is one of the reasons that made me leave my iphone 5


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