Remember Steve

One year ago this day, he left. I was having a visit in Beijing at that time. People over there felt sad when they heard this. They got connected with Steve through great products he created for everyone. In October last year, people in Beijing were getting the book about Steve in Chinese edition to learn more about him, his life and his products.

We are still using 1st generation iPad

It is still joyful to use 1st generation iPad. I found out the new iOS 6 will not work for original iPad. So, we have to stay with iOS 5 on our iPad.

Of course, we don't have those new things on iPad 2 and the New iPad. We like to see what iPad mini can offer this month and maybe get one.

Upgrade to iOS 6 and failed

I was trying to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 and failed. When restoring it to factory default with iTune, on the final step to restore firmware, I got -1 error. Went to local Apple store, they tried several times and got the same thing. They told me that it is time to upgrade to iPhone 5.

Now, my iPhone 4 is dead. I have to wait for a while to get iPhone 5 or get an iPhone 4S.

iPhone 5 is here

Very glad to see iPhone 5 is here.

ebooks in iBookstore

It is fun to read ebooks. iPad makes the reading more joyful since we can watch video, see photo shows, a lot of things from ebooks created by Apple iBook Author.

Here are some new ebooks written by Tony:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tony-xu/id509101132?mt=11

It is fun to watch animals and see places around the world through these ebooks.

New MacBook Pro and OS

Yesterday, Apple got it's WWDC. New OS and iOS 6 will come soon. New hardwares are coming, too.

Apple Smaller iPad

These days, people are talking about this Apple smaller iPad, a 7 to 8 inch model.

It will be great to get one as we see. We love and still use the first generation iPad we bought in April 2010. After trying Amazon Kindle Fire, we are considering to buy a smaller iPad when it comes. We will enjoy to use this smaller iPad with all the apps we got in last several years. We can use new features which are not available in our first generation iPad. This new smaller iPad will be easier to held with one hand. From our experience with Amazon Kindle Fire, the typing with the soft keyboard on pad of this size is not too bad. With the smaller and cheaper iPad, Apple will sell more iPad and benefit from it.

Really looking forward to get one in near future.