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Voices That Matter – iPhone Developer Conferance
Alright, so we got some big news for everyone who is reading this right now, we have just been contacted by the Voices That Matter iPhone Developer Conferance people who would like to offer all of you a sweet $100 discount for this years event in beautiful Seattle, Washington! I will be coming up from Arizona for it, along with possibly MxWeas. I would like to encourage all of you to come and hang out with us for the weekend (April 24 & 25). There is also a special for tickets ending on March 12th of another $200 off, so I think you guys got it pretty good! More info from them after the bump. Oh, and Erica Sadun is the technical chair this year, so you know, come.
Straight from the horses mouth:
Coming to you direct from Addison-Wesley Professional, which has published some of the leading books in the field, the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference is taking place April 24-25 in Seattle! This conference is designed for Mac developers looking for a succinct, easy way to get up to speed on the specific skills needed to build, test and distribute successful applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Erica Sadun, author of “The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook” is the event’s technical chair. She’ll lead an epic group of speakers at the conference including Aaron Hillegass, August Trometer, Suzanne Ginsburg, Erik Buck, Michael Daley, Joe Conway, Jonathan Rentzsch, Kevin Avila and lots of others.
At this unique event, you will:
• Learn the skills needed to build, test, and distribute successful iPhone and iPad applications
• Choose the session topics you need to become an iPhone and iPad development master
• Network with developers equally as passionate about this exciting platform and where it’s going
• Leverage your existing skills in a new and profitable way
SPECIAL SAVINGS! As someone that reads this blog, you can save $100 off the conference fee by providing priority code PHBLOGS when registering. Register before March 12th and save a total of $300 as this $100 discount is combined with the early bird pricing!
Late late late on updates…
Hi everyone, sorry for the delayed updates recently, everyone has kinda been busy with personal lives and so on and such forth. Quick note I wanted to make, we want to make this website a little more…”advanced”…then other blogs. Yes, we have been doing a lot of UIKit kind of stuff and we will do a little bit more, but that is only because, in order to write an iphone application, you need to be able to understand the process of sending your information etc out. I will be starting a relatively indepth tutorial on UITableViews, UITableViewCell customization and so on here hopefully this weekend, then we will start getting our hands a bit more dirty.
Regards,
Sj
New iMac, MacMini, Magic Mouse, and Updated MacBook
This morning, the folks up in Cupertino announced the new updated line of mac products (sans the Mac Book Pro). There was a lot of big news so lets start with what everyone wants to see first.
The Brand New iMac:
-The new iMac boasts a 21.5″ and 27″ monitor with IPS Technology, letting you get better resolution from every angle and an LED backlight. The resolution has also been boosted to 2560-by-1440 pixel resolution.
-The processing speed for the new line has also been drastically increased. We are looking at Core 2 Duo’s up to 3.33GHz for the 21.5″ models and Quad-Core’s of 2.66GHz (Core i5) and 2.8GHz (Core i7) for the 27″ model.
-Graphic cards have also been upgraded to 256MB ATI Radeon HD 4670 for the 21.5″ and a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850 for the 27″.
-From a memory stand point, the iMac now supports up to 16GB of RAM and an HDD of up to 2TB.
Magic Mouse:
-This is the latest mouse out of Cupertino and it is coming with a serious overhaul, we are talking about multitouch capabilities.
-It supports standard clicking, right-clicking, 360 degree scrolling on the surface along with screen zooming.
Mac Mini:
-The updates to this little guy start at the processing speed, which has been pushed up to a Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz processor.
-The Mini now allows for up to 4GB of RAM and a 500GB HDD.
-Graphics have also been upgraded, now shipping with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M card.
MacBook:
-A new unibody design (similar to the Pros) is now used, no other major upgrades have been mentioned.
(most images courtesy of APPLE)
Apple’s Rock and Roll Event
Apple announced all the new iPod and iTunes updates today, there was a lot to see but at the same time there were a few disappointments for the iPod development community.
iTunes 9
- Genius feature updated
- iTunes LP, this is the new iTunes metadata interaction, it contains lyrics, large images, chronology etc.
- Updated artist pages in the iTunes Store
- Interactive iPhone/iPod Touch layout editor
iPod Touch (no camera)
- Price dropped, most likely for the coming holiday season
- 8GB ($199) 32GB ($299) 64GB ($399)
iPod Nano
- New device, this one will contain, get this, a VIDEO CAMERA
- Anodized steel models, shipping today
iPod Shuffle
- Price drops for everything, 2GB ($59) 4GB ($79)
- Stainless Steel 4GB model for $99
- Shipping TODAY
iPod Classic
- Price cuts, starting today
Overall, not that much to celebrate, all that is notable is the Nano 5G and iTunes 9, which Jobs stated was just a “cleaner” version of iTunes 8 with a few tweaks.
iDevKit
September 9th Event
As we all know by now, the rumor is that Apple will be making some big announcements tomorrow. Word is that we may be looking at a new line of iPods, some new iTunes toys including possibly even iTunes 9. There could easily be some big news tomorrow so iDevKit will be posting updates as soon as they are released, stay tuned. I will post more up as I find out exactly what’s going on.
Regards,
sj
UPDATE: Event info is now available: iDevKit – Apple’s Rock and Roll Event