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Gigabit WiFi: 802.11ac
In recent news (past few weeks) 802.11ac has been popping up quite frequently.
802.11ac is the emerging standard for gigabit wifi. The standard is still a draft, but just like 802.11n, there are already products that support this “draft” standard. 802.11ac will support up to 6.9Gbps (and in lesser forms down to 433Mbps). It is sometimes being marketed as “5G” as the public has become used to the term.
Higher bit rates for 802.11ac tend to use multiple (up to 
antennas to get the full bandwidth.
Broadcom announced a full family of 802.11ac chipsets at CES.
How Can I Delete Photos from my iPhone’s Photostream?
I’ve gotten a few people asking this question. How can you delete photos from your Photostream?
In reality you can’t. You can “delete” the entire album, but not photos individually. This is because Photostream is meant to make your photos available on all of your devices.
I don’t agree with it, but that’s how it is.
You can, however, reset your Photostream if you want to remove all the photos (and start fresh):
- Go to iCloud.com
- Log in (with your Apple ID, probably your Email address, and the password you have to type every day on your iPhone)
- Click on your name in the top right corner to bring up the Account options
- Click on Advanced
- Click “Reset Photo Stream“
You can also turn Photo Stream off, if you want to do that:
- On your iOS device (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch)
- Open Settings
- Click/touch iCloud
- Click/touch Photostream
- Toggle On/Off
Hope that helps achieve whatever you wanted to achieve.
Help: My iPhone/iPad is SLOW, how can I make it FAST?
When you first got your iPhone it was fast, and now … not so much.
Sometimes it just takes a few seconds for the keyboard to start working, or for an app to work when you launch it.
What can you do to speed up your iPhone or iPad?
- Make sure you have the updated Firmware
Connect your device, and open up iTunes. Under devices, click your devices and click “Check for Update”. - You should regularly reset your iPhone
To restart the iPhone, you press and hold the power button (up top) and the home button for a few seconds. You will see it go black, and the Apple icon pop back up. - You should close out your apps
Yup, every app you ever opened is still “running”. If you double click your home button you’ll get the taskbar. You can scroll right to see all the applications you have ever used. To “close” the apps, hold down one of the apps until it starts to shake and gets that red sign in the top left corner. To close the app, tap that close button. Your apps will still be on your phone, and keep their data, they just won’t be stored in memory. I do this every few days to keep my iPhone going fast. - If all else fails .. you can reset your iPhone settings
Check out my post from a year ago, Help: My iPhone 3G or 3GS is slow, how do I fix it? It will tell you how to reset your settings to speed up your iPhone
That should at least speed up your iPhone or iPad a bit.
Apple Releases iOS 4.2
I’m a few hours behind the times, but it was released today.
Some features include:
- AirPlay
- Find My iPhone
- AirPrint
- Safari “Find in Page”
- iPad now supports iOS features that were available on iPhone (all platforms have same functionality now)
I’m excited about AirPrint (yes, I know, I am). I had heard it was only compatible right now with limited devices. This limitation was placed by Apple, and is not a limitation of the technology. Currently it only allows printing to specific HP printers. There are some alternate solutions for other devices, but I’d give Apple a few months and we should have a larger set of potential printers.
This applies to AppleTV, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.
Beatles, iTunes, iOS 4.2, Google Voice and Mobile Versions of Sites
Things have been happening very fast in the past week or 2, and wanted to review them.
Hopefully, I’ll be covering the following:
- Beatles on iTunes
- iTunes 10.1
- iOS 4.2 coming soon
- Google Voice
- Mobile versions of Sites
There’s a lot on my mind, and I haven’t written in a while. Today I get to catch up.
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Apple’s next iPad to include FaceTime?
According to AppleInsider, it may be a reality.
I’ve been saying since before the iPad came out, that it needs to have an inward facing camera. It would be the perfect video calling solution. Video phones have been selling for decades (albeit not selling well) at prices around or above the current iPad price points.
Add to that all the existing FaceTime compatible devices, and you have a perfect storm of video calling.
Based on the data in the AppleInsider article, the new iPads should be released no later than Q1 of 2011. I have a feeling it’s going to be January. The article says it may be before the holiday season, but I have a feeling Apple will want to benefit from the new iPod’s FaceTime for the holiday season, and not introduce a product that competes. The perfect time for Apple to launch a product would be right after those on the fence, buy the last one.
This year it’s my parents, who finally got an iPod touch 2 weeks before the new iPod Touch came out. I warned them…
If the iPad comes out with the inward facing camera, I’m finally in!
Apple TV: Why I believe in It
I’ve had an Apple TV for about 3 or 4 years now. The old one that is, and have been very happy with my purchase. I know it wouldn’t have had a major impact being it costs about $300 and to be useful, requires the end user to be pretty saavy with the setup. I think the new Apple TV is enough of a departure to possibly be a BIG thing.
iTunes 10 is Available, iPod/iOS/AppleTV updates!
I’ve been trying to download it all day, finally seeing it available at Apple.com.
Yesterday Apple announced some new features to iTunes 10, some new iOS builds (4.1 and 4.2), new iPod models, and a new Apple TV line.
I’m a big fan of the Apple TV, and am very excited to hear it’s getting an upgrade (and a huge price cut, I paid $300 and was happy to do so). I may finally be able to have one on every TV in the house — without feeling guilty about it.
Apple TV has been the viewing platform of choice in our house on and off. It’s so easy to rent a nice looking movie (sorry Netflix, but the quality is just much better on Apple in my opinion — but I love the free movies). With the news that TV shows will be rentable, suddenly that $150 a month cable seems more optional than ever.
At $0.99 (the rumored price of renting a TV show) that’s 150 tv shows a month. Bye bye cable! If only you didn’t have my internet connection.
Web development with the iPhone and iPad in Mind
In the very near future, I will be posting a series of posts on what you should/shouldn’t be doing to develop a website where the iPhone and iPad are a target demographic. jQuery will figure prominently in the series, as I’ve seen almost all websites now require work with jQuery (or anther AJAX platform).
Let me know if you have any specific questions / concerns, and I’ll be glad to answer them.
Some interesting things to think about:
- How are mouse clicks triggered? (It’s not as straightforward as you’d think)
- How are hover states triggered? (Hint: the iPad has a hover state, but it’s not what you think — remember you only have a single touch, no arrow following your finger)
- What types of gestures can we use?
- What special considerations must we make for CSS?
- What are the ideal screen dimensions? (this is easy, but remember we have multiple devices, and multiple orientations)
- What types of video can we play? (iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G and the original iPhone all have different specifications, it’s not that easy)
iOS 4 Scheduled to Release Today
The new Apple mobile operating system, iOS 4, is supposed to be released today. Historically Apple makes their moves at 1pm eastern (10am pacific). I wouldn’t be surprised to hear someone finds the link to iOS4 a bit early today.
As soon as it becomes available, I will let everyone know!
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