On June 6th, 2011 Apple Inc. announced some new software updates for summer and fallout the WWDC in San Francisco. The announcement was received positive and negatively. Apple, is getting ready to release it's new Operating System Lion in July. With 250 new features the apple team demonstrated ten of the new features. Lion is going to run and look like Apples IOS, which made a lot of people happy. Features including Full-screen apps, Multitouch gestures, Mission Control, Launchpad and Airdrop to name a few (apple.com, 2011). The ones I am most excited about is the muti-touch gestures and launchpad. With these features it will make my experience with my mac so much better. Beginning able to access my files and move through my mac so much ease brings tears to my eyes. I love my ipad and Iphone a lot and being able to see all my apps better in the launchpad app is going to help me access those applications much, much better.
The next announcement Apple talked about that almost made jump for joy is the all new IOS 5. This new operating system will make my Ipad 2 and my Iphone operate so much better and amazing! With this new update coming in Fall as well we IOS users will be getting the Imessage, newsstand, reminders Notification center, PC free and the new camera app(apple.com 2011).I am very excited to use Imessage. Like the blackberry messenger that is very popular, I will be able to text and chat with Ipad, Iphone and Ipod touch users just like Ichat. Being able to chat from my ipad to iphone and Ipod users is a wishlist come true. The new notification center is awesome. I am so excited to have the chance to get this new update. I had the chance to see in action today. It is very smooth running and it looks really nice on the phone. I am also excited about the new Iphone camera. Being able to edit my pictures on the phone is something I've been asking for since the IPhone 4 came out. Now I can have it on my IOS device without a third party app.
The last part of the keynote announcement was the introduction to the ICloud. I listened very closely to how the ICloud was going to work. I've been an avid user of Mobile Me and use it to the fullest. I am so glad it is going to be free to user but being able to keep all my device and my computer synced up all the time without a computer is amazing. This system has made it so you don't ever have to plug your device to a computer much at all. Streaming photos, syncing all devices through the cloud and pictures backed up for 30 days is going to be awesome.
With all the new software and updates coming soon, Apple has made themselves the talk of the town again. Although Consumers are a little disturbed they have to wait until fall for the Full force ICloud and IOS this will be a summer I want to get through quickly. The Tech world did have some positive things to say but weighed in on the negatives just as much. They are not happy as ouch with ICloud. They want it to do a lot more. They want it to stream music from the cloud, and back up photos longer than 30 days. All in all the consumers seem to be happy with IOS 5 and can't wait for it to be available for download. This will be a big new stop for apple for their Macs and IOS Devices. This is setting the bar for their Ipad users and those who have been looking for the computers to get better and their advices to do more so that they can be like having their computer. Apple has listened to their customers. This will raise the bar for the company and could also raise their stocks more too as well. Please check out the keynote podcast URL posted below.
