Opening of the Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC 2012 keynote Apple chief Tim Cook took place on Monday, June 11. First, according to tradition was announced some statistics, designed to reflect the success of Cupertino. The store applications App Store has 400 million accounts, 650, 000 applications, of which 250,000 - for the iPad, the total number of downloads exceeds 30 billion
Almost immediately after that Phil Schiller introduced a newline of MacBook computers , transferred to the processors Intel Ivy Bridge. New MacBook Air received a 2-core chips with up to 2 GHz and 3.2 GHz mode Turbo Boost, up to 8 GB of RAM and SSD of 512 GB. Among other features - USB 3.0 and FaceTime-camera with a resolution of 720p. Sales of notebooks began June 11, the initial value of 11.6 "model starts at $ 1000, and 13.3" version can be purchased at $ 1,200.
Upgraded and laptops MacBook Pro, they also have processors Ivy Bridge: 13 "version - a dual-core chip, and 15" - 4-core speeds up to 2.7 GHz, the ability to install up to 16GB of RAM. An innovation was the graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB VRAM and increased productivity by 60% compared to the previous generation. Cost of 13 "MacBook Pro models start at $ 1,200, and 15-inch - from $ 1800.
The big event was the announcement of a brand new model - MacBook Pro next generation . The company has embodied in it a new vision of what should be a portable computer. Apple calls it the best "poppy seed" of the people she has ever created.
A distinctive feature is the fact that he has almost no ports, and the shell thickness of 1.8 cm, ie, corresponds to the widest part of the MacBook Air. The weight of the device - little more than 2 kg. The device is equipped with a display Retina, which at a diagonal 15.4 "has a resolution of 2880 × 1800 pixels, that is 220 pixels per inch. Technical characteristics of the whole performance was repeated 15 "model MacBook Pro, except for replacing the HDD to the SSD of up to 768 GB. The base model will cost $ 2,200 with a 256 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM and 2.3-GHz dual-core processor.
The next announcement - OS X Lion Mountain . The main innovation - deep integration iCloud. After logging into your account is setup and synchronization of all applications that support this technology. Among the new applications submitted messages, reminders and notes, and cloud synchronization has been extended to the documents. The company has integrated new notification center section, which contains system messages and notifications. The next important innovation was the voice typing, which is available now even in Microsoft Word. The cost of the update to OS X Mountain Lion with Lion and Snow Leopard - $ 20.
Was presented and the expected new version of the mobile platform Apple. Demonstration iOS 6 Scott Forstall spent. In iOS 6 also has been introduced 200 new features, starting with the technology of Siri, which has improved functionality and an expanded database of sports, cartography, filmography (with the ability to search and view the trailer). Another important feature - a deep integration of Facebook, of which there were a lot of rumors so. Social service is built literally everywhere, along with Twitter. Among the functions of telephone text mode appeared to answer an incoming call with the preset messages. Was implemented as the mode of "Do Not Disturb."
Improved features FaceTime, which can now make video calls, not only through a network of Wi-Fi, but also through cellular communication. Respond to calls FaceTime can be from any device with a customized user account - iPad, iPhone, Mac or MacBook Pro when a call comes in on the iPhone. Renewal was also subjected to a browser Safari, which occupies, according to Apple, two thirds of mobile traffic. There iCloud tabs and lists for Offline and Full Screen Reading view in landscape format.
As anticipated in the rumors, Apple introduced its ownmapping service instead of Google Maps with support for turn-based navigation to determine the most convenient routes, taking into account traffic and road surface, with the integration of Siri and excellent 3D-display mode of cities of different points of the globe.
Video of the conference WWDC 2012 will be available for download through the official channel of podcasts Apple in the coming hours. Some users are experiencing problems with downloading large files via iTunes immediately after presentation Apple, so you can watch it on a special page of Apple , however, in the worst quality.
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