Apple just announce the much awaited iOS 6 in their recently WWDC, which also includes the announcement of the new line of Macbook Pro with Retina Display and refresh Macbook Air line.
So What's new with iOS 6? Let me highlight some of its new features.
Let us start with the new Maps, Apple replace Google maps and introduce their own mapping service with turn-by-turn navigation and live traffic information.
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As expected, Apple today issued invitations to the media for an event next Wednesday, March 7, where it’s expected to launch the next iPad.
The background shows part of an iPad screen, with a finger poised over the Calendar app, which is set to March 7. Most experts believe the iPad 3 will feature a higher-resolution screen, a faster processor — perhaps Apple’s first quad-core — and more internal memory
The event is being held at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco at 10AM PST on March 7, 2012.
With all the rumors and speculations, now it will be revealed what will the new iPad can offer.
The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Whether you’re majoring in molecular biology at a university, taking Spanish in high school, or just interested in European history, you now have a valuable tool to help you learn anytime, anywhere.
Free courses in a wide array of subjects
• Take free courses created and taught by instructors from leading universities and other schools
• See all assignments and updates from the instructor in one place, and check off assignments as you complete them
• Take notes and highlight text in iBooks and see them consolidated for easy reviewing in the iTunes U app
• Access course materials, including audio, video, books, documents & presentations, apps, and new iBooks textbooks for iPad
The world’s largest catalog of free education content
• Choose from more than 500,000 free lectures, videos, books, and other resources on thousands of subjects from Algebra to Zoology
• Browse collections from education and cultural institutions in 26 countries — including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, UC Berkeley, MoMA, the New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress
Price - FREE
Download iTunes U App now for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Are you a fan of custom desktop on your Windows Machine? what if I say that you can make your Windows machine look like an iPad, did I get you interested? If yes, then thy not try iPadian.
It is a Windows application that clones iOS user interface. It even have its own custom app store, complete with a few pre-installed iPad apps. With iPadian, you get support for full screen mode, access to resources which provide free music and videos, Webkit browser, Social Chat, Facebook notification support and much more.
This project is quite new, and it is likely to get better with newer versions. For now, it is a good way for Windows users to use some iPad features and applications with iPadian. iPadian is an open source application, which works on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
You can download it here: iPadian – iPad Simulator
