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The iPhone 3GS  is the 3rd iteration of Apple’s smartphone success, which completely revolutionized the market for smartphones. It features an improved 3-megapixel camera with autofocus and video capture. The phone also contains a built-in digital compass and advanced voice control features.

The iPhone 3G S isn’t really a new phone, it’s an update, but probably the hottest update of the year. It seems the same as the previous model. It shares the same shape and external controls, but the 3GS iPhone is unique in several respects. You can get the memory size in black or white, and the iPhone 3GS display sports a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, which should attract less fingerprints and smudges.

Currently, the iPhone 3G is not far behind. In fact, the user interface is still struggling-Off of its rivals. The speed increase comes in the form of a more powerful processor, Apple reported that general users will see 2x increase in 3G handset. This speed comes thanks to a faster processor, increased memory and new graphics chip.

The iPhone 3GS includes support for Nike + iPod, which integrates the iPod with the sensor, which is placed inside Nike running shoes. It is used as a pedometer to track distance and pace. It also support the new iPhone OS 3.0 update from day one. The OS 3.0 is a significant update that promises 100 new features, including long-awaited gems such as multimedia messaging, stereo Bluetooth, voice recorder, and cut, copy and paste.

Text entry is quick and responsive, the new MMS features bring it up to date, email, calendars and contacts are all is well managed, making the iPhone is a pleasure to use. Displaying good and fast, the screen is sharp and bright (but not the best at everything). New features like the compass and the voice control to make it a little easier to use.

Multi-touch first came to the iPhone and iPod touch, then the MacBook Pro, and now Apple is putting multi-touch into it’s latest mouse, the wireless Magic Mouse. The mouse has no scroll wheel in motion, only one button, which depending on how many fingers are on the mouse, perform different tasks.

The Magic Mouse is included with its new  iMac desktops, but you can purchase it separately for $69. Just don’t confuse it with the Mighty Mouse, because although they’re the same price, the differences end there. The Magic Mouse gets a face lift aerodynamics and also supports the implementation of touch sensitive gestures. New users should expect to spend some time to adjust to how close and “no buttons” design. We suspect that many Mac users will hail the Magic Mouse and its multitouch functionality as the first in the next generation of input devices.

The Magic Mouse has a very slim profile compared to other mice, even the Mighty Mouse before, only 0.75 inches tall. It is also designed for both left-and right hand users, and can be activated through the System Preferences.

At the bottom of the mouse uses laser tracking Magic on older optical technology, however, does not work on glass surfaces as new mice from Microsoft and Logitech. Also on the bottom surface has two plastic bars that minimize contact with the mousing surface and a switch on / off. Slide down a small plastic tab to access the battery compartment.

The multi-touch functionality covers the entire upper surface of the Magic Mouse. The gestures of wonderful work in all applications, especially with the boost activated functionality for the move. Drop the mouse and you’re beaten by the page, like an iPhone. Swiping two fingers left or right to move through pages in Safari or Firefox, and browse through album art in iTunes.

The market research firm IDC says that Apple will unveil its long-awaited tablet device late next year. In the newly released “Top 10 predictions” Report for the year 2010, IDC analyst Frank Gens, said that the endless rumor is true: Apple iPad “will premiere during the year.
The iPad a tablet computer Apple announced on 27 January 2010. This 0.5-inches thick, weighs 1.5 kg and has a 9.7-inch IPS capacitive multitouch screen. It is powered by its own 1GHz processor, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and is available in 16, 32 or 64 GB of Flash storage. Additional features include an accelerometer, a compass, speaker, microphone, 30-pin dock connector Apple and 10-hour internal battery.
The music player is a hybrid, the style as a cross between the iPhone interface for iTunes and iPod full desktop. Interestingly, Cover Flow seems to have more or less died off. The photo library app looks a lot like iPhoto, only adapted for multitouch finger input. YouTube is available in the form of applications, iPhone style, which can play 720p HD video formats. The iTunes video content is played on special applications, such as the iPhone, but can also play in HD. Movie codec support otherwise the same as the iPhone, which is very limited.
Standard applications come pre-loaded device includes a mobile Web browser, Safari, E-book reader application called iBooks, calendar application, two panels of electronic applications, contacts, notes, Google Maps, Media Player, Viewer photos, iTunes Store and the App Store to load third party applications and games. Existing applications for iPhone will focus on the screen at its native resolution of 480×320, or can be run in extended mode, when an application has been increased to fit the screen.

The iPhone from Apple is twice as popular as comparable smartphones among young’uns and adults. This is a survey conducted by analysts in the mobile advertising company AdMob, who scored a total of 963 iPhone, Android OS, WebOS and users of iPod Touch users on its demographics and usage patterns. Survey of the denial of the initiative to send users on their mobile devices.

According to the statistics, 14 percent of people in the iPhone was 55 and older, and only eight percent of users of Android and seven percent of WebOS were in the same age group. In addition, iPhone users under the age of 17 made up for 13 percent of the sample, while Android and webOS users of the same age made up for less than 10 percent combined. Apple could do especially well if its young demographic IPod Touch (65 per cent of iPod touch users were under age 17) iPhone update time as well.

It is difficult to say just how accurate statistics to represent the whole smartphone user population. Similarly, without a series of RIM’s BlackBerry devices, is even harder to see the whole picture. However, the figures, at least users are representative of AdMob advertising network, and it seems that at least a little strange that the top and junior age for both Apple. Teenagers are likely to use the device as a status symbol, while phone use could facilitate the hand in attracting adult population. However, twice that of other smart phones? Let us know what you think.