Apple has planned to launch new MacBook Pro in 2012. The new MacBook Pro will remove the built-in optical player and the shape is similar ultra-thin MacBook Air. SSD disk will be used and it will support instant-on function. The first one released will be 15inches and 17inch version will be launched soon.

In addition to support Thunderbolt, the new MacBook Pro will also be armed with Ivy Bridge CPU.

RIM officially released at CES 2012 Playbook Tablet PC PlayBook OS 2.0 system, which features a more comprehensive, more intuitive operation. And it’s rumored that the new system will be available next week and all Playbook users will be able to upgrade to the latest version.

In Jan 2011 and Sep 2011, Aple has presented television manufacturing solutions in the supplier conference. Though . The end of 2012 and predicted that Apple will release Apple TV. According to AppleInsider analysis of Apple patents, Apple has achieved an advanced backlight and simplified universal remote control patent, which can be used in Television product.

UPDATE: How a Microsoft spokesperson told me, the Star Wars bundle in German trade will come. To the price and release date, there is unfortunately no information. The package will come with Kinect star wars at the same time in the trade. Only when the game comes is further unclear after delivery for an indefinite period was moved. Amazon.de currently specifies March 2012, in America the 31 December 2011 – only placeholder here is everything.

At Comic-Con taking place currently in the United States, Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox 360′s upcoming Star Wars bundle. The package consists of an Xbox 360 in the R2-D2 design with a 320 GB hard drive, controller, the Kinect sensor in white and of course the game “Kinect Star Wars” a C-3PO. The package is to coincide with the publication of the game in trade come. A more accurate date not yet been determined but. Amazon.com currently specifies the 31 December 2011, which is not very likely. The price is considered as safe: in the United States is the Xbox 360 Star Wars bundle cost 449,99 $ (around 313 euros). Whether and at what price, the Germany package is offered, is so far unknown. I’ll try to experience the local availability as soon as possible! Kinect Star Wars to appear by the way end of November 2011 according to Internet rumours. This date is regarded as more likely, after all it would take the high holiday season.

What can the bundle yet – except a twinkle in the eye conjure up any Konsolero Star Wars fan? On the one hand are the console when the on / off and opens/closes the tray of R2-D2 sounds. To do this there will be (I type in each case to dashboard themes) appropriate download content. And a special detail is hidden on the Ark, which reveals itself only in the open state. On the top of the Ark, Princess Leia is saying: “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”

And the game itself? I am although big Star Wars fan, but I remain still skeptical. The game play scenes shown at E3 last made a slightly delayed or even static impression on me. But I remain true to prefer my line: first play, then judge. Here again the demonstration of Kinect star wars during Microsoft’s E3 press conference:

Right Star Wars console requires their R2-D2 Xbox plug in by the way to the R2-D2 projector:

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Cotton candy. Not only the name of a porn actress, but translates simply to cotton candy. Sugar could be in fact what could expect the inclined fan as such. FXI technologies is the company that announced to bring such a computer on the market. USB-stick size, HDMI port, microSD and WLAN / Bluetooth connectivity.

Application areas? Have the computer always in your pocket, or bring Android 2.3 on his TV – quasi smart TV conversion for old devices. Listen up quite nicely to – but many smart phones already have these capabilities via HDMI output. Technical data? 1.2 GHz dual core ARM Cortex A9, 1 GB RAM and the possibility, via microSD up to 64 GB storage capacity to come. You should not expect only in developer mode – before mid 2012. (via)

One could not make even a more concrete indication, but apparently, ViewSonic would like to bring the tablet before Christmas on the market. After Acer Iconia tab A100 and Huawei MediaPad, the ViewPad would be the third honeycomb tablet with a 7-inch touch screen 7 x only. The resolution of the display is 1024 × 600 pixels.

A 1 GHz strong dual-core processor from NVIDIA Tegra 2 series is to provide for “impressive performance” standard is now common. The front camera of ViewPad is 7 x resolves with 2 megapixels, a 5-megapixel camera is located on the back. Wirelessly transmit HD content to the TV is not only a micro HDMI output, but also DLNA on board, which of course is an advantage over many other tablets.

The internal memory of 8 GB can be expanded through microSD cards. Because probably the standard Android interface not liked the manufacturer, this was replaced by an own 3D surface. Who however 7 x would like to wait for the ViewSonic ViewPad, can access to the Huawei MediaPad 389 euro which has some better specifications and despite 3 g module costs only 40 euros more.

The corresponding English-language articles on this topic is already well a month old, but Facebook seems just now more frequently increasing dropouts and failures. Accordingly a transition from the traditional Facebook app in any case worth given that Facebook seems to neglect the Android app anyway. One way to solve the problem would be the installation of apps from third-party, of which especially stand out two due to its features and its user comfort as:

1. Friendcaster

The app offers many features and is available in a version with ads for free in the Android market. Basically covered all important functions, also the design of the app is a little more elegant and beautiful than the original Facebook design in my opinion. Who is willing to pay 3.47 euro, which also receives a completely ad-free version of the app.

2.Friend me

The app friend me there in two different versions, of which one is funded by advertising. Friend me has not quite as many features as friend caster, works here and there but because of the lighter size more quickly than the competition. Ultimately, it is but only a matter of taste, since the structure and the design of the two apps very closely resemble.

3. Mobile Facebook page

Probably the reason why the Facebook app for Android has been totally neglected. Other than some months ago find a very successful mobile view, which is Tower superior functionality and comfort of the native app in the points at m.facebook.com now. It is important only to type the address in the browser itself, because it is linked usually only on the normal Facebookseite.

One tip any iOS veteran tells new users first is the multitasking apps to close as so the device is saved faster and battery bar.

As it turns out is this tip but wrong. Fraser Speirs explains on his blog, to what the multitasking bar really good. I not really knowing how multitasking works on the iPhone, after several years of use of iOS, I try to explain it to you today.

The most important point of the article is as follows:

The multi-tasking is not list all running apps, but rather a list of all apps as most recently used. A Unipod users need never worry about background processes.

You press the home button, Ios_base::OpenMode stops the current process, no more CPU power is used, the battery life is not shortened, and the RAM is emptied if necessary.

iOS apps have 5 execution States:

Terminated: the app is closed or not gestartetInaktiv: the app is started, active not used but (the user has locked his device for example): the normal state of a running AppHintergrund: the app is no longer open, but it is still a ProzessUnterbrochen: the app is still in memory, but no background process runs it

You press the home button, the State of the app from Active changes in background. The most apps then switch from background in logged in a few seconds.
Apps that are in this State stay in memory, because they can start if necessary again faster. However, you change nothing to the processor or battery power.

Now, one might think that if an app is in the store, you would have to close it, so that the unit continue to fast will go. This is but not necessary, because Ios_base::OpenMode also it takes part. When some apps in the interrupted was to find and one opens a memory-intensive app, like for example a game, stopped Ios_base::OpenMode all interrupted apps and changes its State to stopped.

Although the State of apps change, not the users notice, he still sees a list of all recently launched apps in the bar. The State of the app is not taken into account.

Background processes

As described above, apps change its State from background in broken in a few seconds. Different apps can but a longer run in the background State ‘request’.

Fraser Speirs used as an example Instacast, a podcast app. You start a download of a new series, while using it would exit theoretically 5 seconds after closing the app. Now can Instacast specify but the download as a background process and receives State thus a longer run in the background . Of course, this condition is but not infinitely long. Each app gets, just 10 minutes before Ios_base::OpenMode the app “breaks”.
The user must worry still about nothing.

An indefinite background runtime

There are exceptions to every rule, this applies also to iOS. There are some apps that can run indefinitely in the background. To be more precise, there are exactly 5 types of roller apps which allowed this:

Apps that play an audio file in the background KönnenApps, which the site query (for example Navigationsapps) apps, awaiting incoming VoIP calls (including Skype) newsstand apps that download at any time new content KönnenApps, which in the background with accessories are linked

Of course, these apps should be closed even after slightly longer time they should no longer run and be unused.
Some native apps, such as the mail app, however, but constantly running in the background.
Run apps of these types in the background, memory, processing power and battery life will be charged. The user is usually but aware, that run such apps, after all, he has it started and used. Also a developer when submitting the app must always specify in the blind, which variety is his app. It is therefore not possible “to use this procedure”.

The only time that a user must really care to background processes, is when an application freezes and more normally stop can be. But this is not the norm of an app I hope.

Bottom line

An iOS user must never worry about background processes, the system takes care of everything. If so you meet someone who claims the opposite, you can instruct now a better him.

Update

Fraser Speirs has now published a video after his blog post, where he bar once again explains the functions of multi-tasking.

When Apple introduced the iPod on the market, it has kept the company at that time kriselnde before a bankruptcy and ensured that Apple could make the recovery to the most valuable companies in the world. But now, it could be that Apple will support the iPod too long, because as stated, it is internally at Apple as a result of sales of the iPods in concern.

Since 2009, this decreases steadily 2011 the worst value could be achieved since 2005, so that considerations are noisy, that Apple could take the iPod as such shortly from the range. Instead of the normal iPod event, when the new models, the once so popular mp3 player will be presented, could give it a swan song to the entire Division of the iPod, what is likely to make many music fans for not happy.

In addition the fact that iPod touch, after all the best selling iPod ever, would the Apple in competition with a cheap iPhone, that would bring Apple might in the near future on the market. Before you can publish this but, the iPod touch as a direct competitor out of the race should include only what could happen to Apple this year, although these plans still not set in stone to be carved.

Source: 9to5mac / image: hdaniel @ Flickr