The latest from the tech world

Hello Every One, It has been a big week in tech with new products being released, here is a rundown on the major items.

Apple held their WWDC keynote this week, releasing details of their new products. They have unveiled the new Mac Book Pro, which now sports the famous "retina display", however this laptop once labelled as the "user serviceable laptop" is now moving away from that label.

Technology company "Ifixit" have already dismantled one, and noted that this latest model can not even have extra ram added, as the ram is now soldered in. The battery is glued in, making replacement risky of damaging near by components, and there are special screws used to eliminate removal of parts by just anybody. In short you need to decide what you want when you order, because the only part upgradeable is the SSD hard drive. With a 512gb hard drive fitted, It has a price tag of around $2800 which will surely eliminate "buying just to have the latest" buyers. Apples "tower" computers are only getting a processor upgrade this year.

The New IOS 6 mobile operating system has been announced, it will now contain more control of how you take your calls and respond to missed calls, free turn by turn direction function with traffic updates, 3d fly over mapping, and photo to emails, it will also bring Siri to iPad 3. However IOS 6 will not work on iPad 1, iPhone 3, and certain functions will not work on iPhone 3gs, 4, and iPad 2, so It would be wise to do some research before you upgrade to the latest system, and make sure you will actually benefit from the update. This is inline with Apples tendency to not look after older products and force the purchase of later models.

There will be an update to the Lion software to Mountain lion in July, this will add iCloud and its functions, safer downloading, dictation, and ability to for the computer to update while it is sleeping.

Still no word on the new iPhone, but the rumors are predicting a Sept/Oct release.

The SamSung Gallaxie S3 has been released, with a quad core processor, a 4.8 inch HD screen, and functions like smart burst, where it shoots off 8 photos and then chooses the best photo, it has Panoramic Picture where you hold the button on and scan the camera around, it then stitches all the photos together into one image in an instant.The phone also comes with the ability of the screen to know when you are looking at it, so it will stay bright until you are finished.

Windows8 is getting closer to public release, there is still a mixed reception to the trial versions of the release, with a lot of die hard Windows users not taking to kindly to the removal of the start button. Many claim that this is a tablet operating system and that business will bypass  Windows8 just like they did with Vista. With Windows XP on the countdown to end of support, Windows7 is likely to be the new Windows XP of the business and mainstream market. This will be very interesting to watch play out, as new products will come shipped with Windows8 once it is released, will we see the trend to "downgrade" your new device like we did when Vista came out.
So that's a small snippet of what the major players are up to, I will keep you posted