Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Watch Apple and Apple Pay 30 years after the first Macintosh – Reuters

             


                     
                 


                     
                 

             

 
                     

30 years ago, Steve Jobs showed the world the first Macintosh in Flint Performing Arts Center, in Cupertino, California. This Tuesday, the company turned to revolutionize the technology market with two iPhones, a payment system, Pay Apple, and Apple Watch, the product that clearly marked the presentation started by Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

                 


                      iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. These are the latest models smartphones presented under the reign of Tim Cook . These are devices with larger than the last iPhone 5 screen, thinner in thickness (6.9 and 7.1 mm), with higher resolution and information processing due to chip A8. 6 The iPhone has a screen 4.7-inch, 1334 by 750 pixels. The Plus comes with 5.5-inch, 1920 by 1080 pixels.

The two smartphones have integrated the chip A8, making iPhone 50 6 times faster than the original iPhone, since the A8 has a strength of 25% faster processing. The successors of the iPhone 5 have an energy efficiency of over 50%, allowing, for example, a greater response of the devices if the user is playing.

According to the vice president for Marketing Apple, Phil Schiller, who presented the features of both iPhone 6, these smartphones has more sensors and a barometer, essential for applications for the exercise and health . Equipped with a coprocessor M8 second generation, can detect levels of altitude and distance. Both come with the iOS operating system 8, which will be available for downloading from 17 September. The iOS has 8 Health application, which allows you to aggregate all health information of the user and that is supported by HealthKit platform that enables other companies to integrate their services with the health system from Apple.

Another new feature is the ability to make calls via wifi , with Apple promising great quality called when the usual conditions phone connection are scarce. The iPhone 6 have a camera with 8 megapixels and twice as fast auto focus system that the iPhone 5 Through a system of

image stabilization is possible to get good night and moving, this also for video images.

With a larger size, the iPhone 6 can be operated with one hand and the screen allows a larger keyboard and a way to visualize the most comfortable messaging.

iPhone 6 is released with a price $ 199 to version 16 gigabytes , $ 399 (46 GB) and $ 499 ( 128 GB). Pre-orders can be made starting next Friday and on 19 September the distribution in the United States and in eight other countries (Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan). Apple provides that iPhones are present in 115 countries, including Portugal, by the end of the year.

The big news for the iPhone 6 is the payment system Pay Apple, What makes the two versions of smartphone authentic mobile wallets, for now, only in the United States, by American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

Apple Pay has NFC (Near Field Communication), which is being adopted as the standard for mobile payments systems, and a system of Pass Book where the user can store virtually all credit cards. The usage is simple: just place the iPhone near a payment terminal, confirm the transaction via the Touch ID and the purchase is made. In the event you lose your phone, you do not need to cancel the credit cards. Just use the Find My iPhone and suspend payments to the smartphone .

Apple Watch, more personal technology The presentation
won another breath when Tim Cook said Apple “loves to make the most personal technology” and on the big screen at the Flint Center came the iWatch, or better, the Apple Watch a wearable device design with simple, rectangular lines, and versions in aluminum and gold 18 and 24 carat. Will be launched on the market in early 2015 with a base price of $ 349.

Connected to the iPhone, is completely customizable, has a sapphire screen, one of the two toughest materials in the world after diamond, and works from a small digital runs, similar to that used to hit a clock, which is zoom of the images on the screen and allows you to navigate the applications in Apple Watch without compromising their screen display, touch sensitive.

                 
 
                 
             


                 

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