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  Apple refreshes its iPod lineup...but not really

  Publié: octobre 4, 2011, 11:50pm CEST par Tim Conneally

  According to data from market research firm NPD, 45 million iPods sold last year, and judging by this season's iPod refresh, unveiled on Tuesday, Apple isn't trying to change anything about its market-leading portable media players yet.

  
  The "New" iPod Nano is exactly the same size as the model that debuted one year ago, except for three moderate changes. First, it has a slightly new UI with bigger icons, and 16 more watch faces for users who wear their Nano on their wrist. Second, fitness mode can now be used without the Nike+ accessory, and can track steps with the built-in accelerometer. Third, the price has dropped $20. The 8GB comes in at $129 and the 16GB costs $149.

  

  The new iPod touch, again, shares the same measurements as last year's model, has the same 960 x 640 Retina Display, same three-axis gyroscope, and front- and rear-facing cameras with support for FaceTime and HD video recording.

  The 2011 iPod touch came built-in with iOS 4.1, and the 2012 models ship with iOS 5, which is where most of the differences come into play. Apple says the OS refresh brings a total of 200 new features to the platform.

  Unlike the Nano, Apple hasn't reduced the price of all of the iPod touch varieties. The iPod touch 8GB has been reduced to $199 (from $229), but the 32GB model remains $299, and the 64GB model stays at $399.

  And the 160GB iPod Classic has not been discontinued yet, despite what some had suggested because of Apple's removal of clickwheel games from the iTunes app store.

  
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  Adobe releases hardware-accelerated Flash 11 and Air 3

  Publié: octobre 4, 2011, 10:03pm CEST par Nick Peers

  Adobe Flash is a platform that is loved and hated in equal measure. Whether used to deliver video content or interactive games, Flash can be used to deliver a uniform experience across a range of platforms, providing it’s not iOS. The Flash player is a browser plugin that allows for the deployment of this content online and the move to version 11 has a strong focus on performance.

  Also updated is Adobe AIR, the company’s solution to freeing Flash, JavaScript and HTML app from the constraints of web browsers. The app has now hit version 3, and both releases offer greatly improved rendering to allow for smooth animations at a high frame rate.

  This is all thanks to the new Stage 3D architecture that takes full advantage of hardware acceleration and allows for the development of console standard games. In addition to high definition video, the software also promises optimization for 64-bit platforms and while the architecture is currently only available for Windows and Mac and some connected TVs, there is more to come.

  Adobe is hoping that the mobile version of Stage 3D will mean that it is possible to target not only the BlackBerry and Android markets, but also iOS. Among the other new features of AIR 3 are support for JSON, G7.11 audio compression and JPEG-XR. There is also easier creation of cubic Bezier curves and LZMA compression support to help reduce the size of applets.

  You can find out more by paying a visit to the Adobe AIR 3 review page or the Adobe Flash Player 11 review page.

  
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  iOS 5 update improves video conferencing for LifeSize

  Publié: octobre 4, 2011, 9:19pm CEST par Tim Conneally

  
  Today, Logitech's video conferencing subsidiary LifeSize announced that its ClearSea mobile video conferencing system is immediately available for iOS 5, and that it will offer support for the iPhone 4S in November.

  Last July, LifeSize announced it had acquired Italian mobile video conferencing company Mirial, who was building enterprise video conferencing solutions for consumer mobile devices. ClearSea is a product of Mirial's work and addresses the growing trend of "Bring your own Gear to work," also known as The consumerization of IT.

  We asked LifeSize if the new iPhone and update to iOS are major drivers for video conferencing, since in the last week, a few other companies have introduced new iOS-centric enterprise video chat apps, even though forward-facing video chat cameras have been a common feature in high-end smartphones for more than a year.

  "First, the quality. It's becoming possible to do high enough quality video and audio with hardware acceleration," said Rafi Anuar, product manager for LifeSize. "On the iPhone and iPad, the receiving end has been good for a generation now, but the sending side hasn't exactly been the best. We expect with the upgrades to iOS and the iPhone hardware that the send side is going to improve."

  "Secondly, and this is something that ClearSea excels at specifically, is standards-based interoperability," Anuar said. "Facetime ships with the device, but it's not compatible with non-Apple hardware or standard communications protocols like SIP and h.323. In fact, no other application can fit into that broad infrastructure today except LifeSize."

  LifeSize ClearSea supports Windows and Mac OS clients as well as Android and iOS, and is available beginning at $8,000 for 6 simultaneous participants.