Apple patents a new generation of Smart Connector

In the autumn of last year, Apple introduced the Tablet PC iPad Pro, which became the company's first device with a special connector Smart Connector, which is intended to connect an external keyboard. According to a new patent published by the US Trademark Office, Apple is developing a new generation of optical connector, which may appear in future models iPad, iPhone, MacBook and other corporate units. According to the disclosure, a connector is practically not released and the housing can serve not only for connecting external accessories, and charging.

Apple wants to Smart Connector new generation has been virtually invisible. In the patent states that the connector consists of many invisible holes through which will pass the optical signal. By using such a compound can not only connect external accessories or perform exercises, but also to perform data transmission, consuming less power than in the case of Bluetooth.

The patent states that such an optical connector can be universal for all of Apple technology, including the iPad, iPhone, MacBook, iMac, as well as various accessories: docking stations, keyboards, game controllers, holographic projection systems, heart rate and other monitors.

Source:  patentlyapple.com

Apple iOS 9.3.1 fixes an issue with reference to the iPhone and iPad

After installing iOS 9.3 users are faced with several challenges. For older devices began to hang on the activation step, but soon Apple released a patch that fixes the problem. Another  mistake was the system hangs when you click on links in Safari, Messages, Mail, and other proprietary programs. Last night and this problem has been fixed with the release of iOS 9.3.1 update that is now available "on air".
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Users who installed iOS 9.3.1, report the problem to hang when you click on the links really disappeared.

Source:9to5mac.com

Apple iPhone SE equipped with a battery larger capacity than the iPhone 5S

Apple has introduced the iPhone SE just 10 days ago. During this time, the unit managed to make out , as well as to test its performance in popular benchmarks. However, until now remained secret information about iPhone SE battery capacity. Today, and this information has been disclosed. So, the new smartphone from Apple, which has received modern hardware "stuffing" and the design of the iPhone 5S, set the battery capacity of 1624 mAh.

Recall, the iPhone 5S was the battery at 1560 mAh, while the iPhone 6S is set larger capacity battery - 1715 mAh. Comparable figures of autonomy of operation (in hours) are shown below:

As you can see, iPhone SE on many criteria surpasses the iPhone 6S in battery life, not to mention the iPhone 5S.

Source :  phonearena.com

Dash-i expand the internal memory of your iPhone or iPad with 200 GB

One of the drawbacks of Apple mobile devices, many users find the inability to extend the built-in storage with a memory card. To solve this problem will help accessory called the Dash-i, which debuted on Kickstarter. The device has a metal housing and is a conventional card reader that connects to an iPhone or iPad via the connector Lightning. With the help of iOS-devices owners can use them with microSD memory cards up to 200 GB.

Dash-i also allows you to transfer any data from the device to the memory card and vice versa. Additionally, through a special application to music, photos, movies and other files can be opened directly from a memory card without transferring them to your smartphone or tablet. This can be useful on the road, to record on a memory card movies or music, leaving the smartphone space for photos.

It's also used for transfer file from iphone to ipad.

Developers offer regular version Dash-i, which has only slot for the memory card, as well as model Dash-i Plus, allowing at the same time using an accessory to carry out mobile device charging.

Source: geeky-gadgets.com

Apple iPhone SE compared to the iPhone 5S in the multitasking test

As is known, the new iPhone SE externally is a copy of the iPhone 5S, but in terms of specifications - the flagship iPhone 6S. The iPhone SE installed dual-core 64-bit processor A9 and 2 GB of RAM LPDDR4, in last year's models. iPhone 5S, by comparison, received A7 dual-core processor and only 1GB of RAM type LPDDR3. Resource 9to5Mac decided to compare how much influence the doubled amount of RAM in everyday use smartphone.

it was decided to test devices to check the behavior when opening a large number of tabs in Safari. As expected, iPhone SE copes with this task much better than its predecessor. iPhone 5S started much faster to reload your open tabs, while the iPhone SE held them open in memory. The increased amount of RAM also allows more applications to run in the background.

Apple updates the list of legacy devices

Every year, Apple has released a lot of new products. At the same time part of the already previously released devices obsolete. For such devices, the corporation has a special list. It receives the device, which have been withdrawn from the production of more than five years ago. Today the list of outdated "apple" gadget added two MacBook models and one Xserve.

In fact, the translation devices in the category of obsolete means that the company ceases to official support and repair service.However, as practice shows, such products can still copes with its tasks.

As for computers, which are now added to the list of obsolete, among them were 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro, released in 2010, and Xserve sample 2009.

The complete list of older models can be found on the official website of Apple.

A source: ubergizmo.com