Note: Our apologies for the inaccurate title/url, we assumed they would do a release today and didn’t catch the title before publishing -ed
After 22 months of development, Apple has finally released the next major version of Mac OS X: 10.7 codename “Lion”.
First the availability details: new Macs will come with Lion preinstalled, but everyone else will have to get it from the Mac App Store. That’s right, no discs, no retail boxes of any kind.
We do expect them to continue making USB restore drives available to Mac buyers, and there will likely be a way to create one if needed.
Developers will get a “preview” version today, with customer availability in July.
Pricing is $29.99 this time around, and once bought you can install Lion on all of your App Store “Authorized” Macs. Read more
iOS 5 unveiled, to be available later this fall
Credit: Engadget
As expected, Apple revealed the next major upgrade to their famous mobile platform during the WWDC keynote this morning.
First, availability: iOS 5 will be available as a developer seed today, with general availability later this fall.
It will be compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2, third and fourth generation iPod touch. It will be free for owners of all those devices.
Today, they walked through some major features of the new operating system.
Notification Center
This is an overhaul of the existing notification system in iOS which is in charge of telling you about missed calls, text messages, Push notifications and other events.
Previously, notifications would pop up over whatever you were doing and could not be reviewed at a later time if dismissed. Read more