Apple Planning A Media Event For January?

According to company sources it seems that New York may soon be welcoming Apple to what is reportedly going to be a small scale media event to be held at the end of January. This will see Apple moving away from their usual home in Cupertino and San Francisco and sources close to the alleged event claim that Apple will invade New York towards the end of January in order to host an event that will have a media related announcement.

Rumors are already circulating that they might be going to announce the iPad 3 or an interactive television set. Perhaps it will be an update to iOS or more. The answers to these questions cannot be answered at the moment but like all Apple events there is sure to be something interesting and noteworthy to this event.

Some reports are suggesting that Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue will be attending and playing a big part in this event. Eddy Cue is in control of a large batch of Apple media units, which includes the iTunes Store, the iBooks store, App Store and the iAd network. Apple also has an office in New York where part of the iAd team work from.

Until an official statement is released we really don’t have any idea what this event is New York is all about but what we do know is that it will be eagerly awaited as are all the Apple events and I’m sure in the weeks running up to it we will see a lot more rumors and reports surfacing.

Esty The Online Handmade Marketplace Launches Native iPhone App

Over the years we have featured many wonderful creations from the Etsy handmade marketplace here on Geeky Gadgets. The Esty website specialises in allowing crafters to sell their creations which ranges from hats and jewellery to PCB toilets and everything in between. Generating a catalogue of over 11 million unique items from small businesses all over the world.

If you are a fan of the Etsy website and enjoy browsing its wares for unique gifts and creations you will be pleased to know that a new Etsy iPhone app has been developed and is now available to download from the Apple App Store.

The new Etsy app is free to download and has a clean user interface making it easy to find those unique gifts, allowing you to search for items either by price location or even publishing dates.

More information's:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/etsy/id477128284?mt=8
http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/11/16/app.works.for.sellers.as.well.as.buyers/

Retina Display will allow the iPad 3 to invade “mission critical” professions

Adoption of the iPad and iPad 2 by businesses has been well documented, but the expected bump in screen resolution on the iPad 3 will allow the device to be used in professional settings that demand a higher level of visual precision.

A higher resolution display would likely find rapid adoption amongst medical imaging professionals as well. Radiologists are currently allowed to use the iPad as a mobile diagnoses platform, but not as a replacement for full workstations. Higher resolution displays should expand the scenarios in which an iPad 3 could be used as the primary tool for making diagnoses.

Apple is expected to be first to a tablet to market with a Retina Display-type pixel density. By providing higher resolution imaging to professionals in medical, aviation, and other fields Apple could bolster its commanding lead in several business markets. It appears that Apple has been planning to adopt high-resolution displays since early 2011, but has had problems getting them built in sufficient quantities.

More information's:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/08/retina_display_for_ipad_3_would_enable_precision_required_for_pilots_doctors.html

New Apple iPad 3:

Apple Posts Fan Tributes To Steve Jobs

When Apple’s former CEO, Steve Jobs passed away recently, Apple posted a tribute page on Apple.com, and asked people to share their memories about Steve Jobs with Apple via email, the page has now been updated to include emails from Apple fans. Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by his passion and creativity. You can view some of these messages below.

And share your own at rememberingsteve@apple.com. Apple received over one million email messages, where fans shared their memories, though and feelings about Steve Jobs with Apple, and they have now posted a selection of the messages online which you can see over at Apple.

More information's:
http://gizmodo.com/5851258/this-is-apples-steve-jobs-tribute

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011:

Apple Turns On iTunes Match, Launch Imminent

When Apple announced iOS 5 and iCloud earlier in the year they also announced a new music streaming service which is called iTunes Match, and it will basically let you stream music that you already own from the cloud direct to your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

When Apple released iOS 5 earlier in the month, we were told that iTunes Match would launch in November, and now it would appear that iTunes Match may be getting ready to launch. Apple has now activated the option to turn on iTunes Match in iOS 5, which could mean that the service will launch soon, iTunes Match will only be available in the US at first and the service will cost $24.99 per year. We still dont have any information if iTunes Match will also be available in the UK and Europe at the same time as the US launch, we suppose it depends on whether Apple has managed to sign similar deals with the European record companies as it did in the US.

More information's:
http://www.razorianfly.com/2011/10/19/apple-activates-ios-5s-itunes-match-setting-launch-imminent/

Preview: iTunes Match on a Mac w/ live streaming and download: