Articles tagged 'mac'
Designing GitHub for Mac Jun 28 2011
http://warpspire.com/posts/designing-github-mac/
A really interesting look at how the design for GitHub for Mac came together.
CommentsApple of my eye Jun 8 2008
Tomorrow is the Apple keynote at WWDC in San Francisco, delivered as usual by Steve Jobs. As is customary, there has been a flurry of rumours regarding what may (and may not) be announced tomorrow, but it looks fairly certain at this point that there will be an iPhone upgrade announced. Whether it’s just the upgrade to 3G, or the fully featured, much rumoured iPhone 2 (with 3G plus supposedly other features like a front-facing camera for video-conferencing, slimmer design, better battery life, GPS and more), only time will tell. We’ll also have to wait to see whether any announced upgrade is available immediately or not, especially to us over here in the UK. Some seem to think it’ll be available in stores immediately, I think the safe money is on it being available within a week or so after the keynote. Currently iPhone supplies are scarce over here, so you’d think it wouldn’t be too long before the new model hits our shores.
One interesting rumour surfacing the last few days is that Apple are now open to carrier subsidies on the iPhone. Whereas previously the iPhone was immune to the type of “free phone with contract” deals so common over here, it looks like Apple may be willing to talk to mobile networks about subsidies to try and get the phone into more peoples hands. And even more interesting is rumours that say that O2 here in the UK may offer a free upgrade to the new iPhone model so long as existing customers agree to a further 18 month contract from the point of upgrade (in which case, I’ll be at the Apple store on Regent Street on Tuesday!), and that potentially they may even offer a phone not tied to a contract for a price of £269 (the handset price for the original iPhone). This will mean those on Pay As You Go over here will still be able to have the iPhone, simply by paying a one-off handset charge. How data charges may work on a PAYG model remains to be seen.
It’ll also be interesting to see whether O2, and other carriers around the world, stick with the unlimited data offered on their iPhone plans when the switch to 3G is made. Will unlimited data still be allowed, or will data sent over the 3G network be charged, or metered in some way?
Another big possibility tomorrow is some concrete announcements regarding the iPhone 2.0 firmware, and the AppStore, first announced back at the “iPhone SDK roadmap” a few months ago. Will it be online by the time Steve Jobs is done speaking tomorrow? Or will he simply give us an update on it’s progress, and a definitive launch date for later on in June? I’d love to see a new iPhone model with 3G/GPS, and the AppStore all launch tomorrow.
Despite all the rumours, there is only thing for sure – this time tomorrow, the rumours will be dispensed with, and the actual announcements will have been made.
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