Foul Tech Sours

For those that missed out on today's event at Apple HQ, out of boredom (and kindness) I have decided to provide a brief summary of the news announced at the apple event this afternoon. iPhone 5C The iPhone 5C, as mentioned in my previous blog entry , has the same functionality of the iPhone 5. The major difference between the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5 is how it looks physically.  Ideally, the phone is made of plastic, but technically, it is not a run of the mill, cheaply made, fragile, plastic phone.  Available in blue, green, yellow, red, and white, the solid plastic of the iPhone 5C is built around a steel reinforced frame. This phone will be released running iOS 7, which appears to have been designed to match the colors of this particular iPhone. Physically, the iPhone 5C is bold, clean, and sturdy. Although there was not a lot of discussion about battery life for the 5C model, the A6 chip is supposed to be energy efficient. According to Apple's website, the phone is...

At this point, I am pretty sure that most people are not unfamiliar with iOS: Apple’s mobile platform. Generally, from release to release, the platform has stayed the same, adding a few enhancements at a time.   On June 10, 2013, iOS 7 was publicly unveiled at the Worldwide Developer Conference. This version of the platform is supposed to go beyond the mere additions and enhancements we are used to seeing from Apple, and is supposed to introduce something “different”. Considering Microsoft’s flop after trying to be “different”, it is safe to say that people do not like change and “different” is a gamble. Although Apple hype beasts (that’s what I call them) might be excited to have an iOS 7 download party in the fall just because it’s new, some of us that are a bit more tech savvy (or have common sense anyways) might be a bit more skeptical before just upgrading from iOS 6 to iOS 7.   To prepare this group of people, Apple provided some of the major differences that users ...