Western Digital has introduced a new portable drive Firewire 800 connection and preformatted for Mac with HFS file system. With an added plus as a screen where you can view information on the building.

That information can be personalized, creating labels and see for example that we have stored all those videos, songs, photographs, .. . And if you wonder around the screen, it is powered independently and need not be connected to the computer to display the information. There are currently two models available, one of 640 and another 320 GB to a relatively higher price compared with only one USB 2.0 connection but many appreciate and value. Same for remote users to the Mac platform and the rapid adoption of USB 3.0 standard can be a bad choice but not the Mac user. Another plus incorporating the new drives from WD is a software encryption to safeguard data, something is wrong unless it is absolutely essential not by applications such as Espionage or use encrypted disk images. Vía | Western Digital still backs the Firewire 800 external drives in its My Passport More info | Western Digital

MacHeist returns to the attack with their application packages for Mac and this time with seven applications makes it really interesting for all audiences. The package consists of the following software: Flow.

An FTP browser with a design very similar to the Finder and with a lot of opciones.Riplt. From the creators of a program disk comes equally simple, equally beautiful but designed for shingles DVDs quickly and without losing tiempo.Clips. This program is a clipboard on steroids, a clipboard where you can store much information of any kind and genre in order to access it from a fairly interesante.RapidWeaver interface. One of the best programs to create websites easily and without having much knowledge is similar to iWeb and in fact is part of inspiración.MacJournal. A personal journal for your Mac in which to have your daily video, audio and text. CoverScout. Program to search for and add album art automatically to your iTunes library. Tales of Monkey Island. Little need be said of one of the most famous games in history, a classic that everyone should play. The package is priced at $ 19.90, or about 15 euro a very attractive price for all this software. As on other occasions are available all applications except Tales of Monkey Island and RapidWeaver, which are unlocked when you increase the number of downloads. More info | MacHeist In Applesfera | MacHeist 3 running

Belkin has launched a new range of products that will add the new USB 3.0 standard Mac And some say only some, because to access the course will be the replacement of USB 2.0 and possibly any version of Firewire, we need our computer has Express Card slot or PCI-Express. Accessories Belkin Express Card is a card and a PCI-Express which include two USB 3.0 connectors.

In addition to several cables ready for the new standard and high quality. Prices range from $ 79 cards and 39 of the cable. And so far are only the availability dates for the United States in April, and Canada in May. Something that limits the equipment that may benefit from them. Only the old generation MacBook Pro, prior to entry into the SD reader and the current MacBook Pro 17 “and leaving out the Mac Pro iMac and Mac Mini and the MacBook and MacBook Pro appointed with SD card reader. ( #) More info | Belkin In Applesfera | Mac Connections

It seems that although most people think that “Magic Mouse” is a name a little child, Apple thinks the opposite and is ready to bring new products under similar names. Now comes the turn of Magic trackpad, a name that has just appeared under the registered trademark of Apple Inc.

and reveals little or nothing about its use or performance. In the images accompanying the patent we can see a computer like a MacBook Pro trackpad using a large and active areas on either side, but what is even stranger is that the trackpad can work with an optical pointer, “Apple has created its own digital tablet? As always in these cases and rumor points to the new MacBook Pro could incorporate a trackpad similar to this, but for now are just that … rumors. Vía | TUAW (# ) In Applesfera | Next MacBook Pro could have improved the dual graphics cards

Tim Cook, Apple Chief Operating Officer, participated in yesterday’s session of questions and answers during the event Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference 2010 and although it made no new revelation offered some perspective on various topics related to the company as the Apple TV, the sales channels of the iPad or exclusivity arrangements with the operators among others. I leave you with the translation of their statements: Q: How are things with the Apple TV Tim Cook: It is still a hobby but we feel that there may be something there.

The model go-to-market is complicated and we have no interest in entering the TV market. Yet we continued to invest in the Apple TV and continue to do so. Have you completed all parts of the iPhone OS platform or there is more to come The word “complete” is not in our dictionary. We are always trying to innovate our own products obsolete again. The ecosystem and platform are really good and the foundations are already filled but definitely continue to improve. How to sell out the iPad We start with our direct channels such as online store and the physical Apple Store, agreements with schools, etc.. We will also strive to indirect sales channels as the “stores within stores” Best Buy (Ed.: In Spain the equivalent would be the spaces of Apple stores FNAC). Internationally we have a very good distribution program we will also use and eventually expand new channels. What are the advantages and drawbacks of the exclusive relationship with AT & T for the iPhone and iPad The simplicity and ability to work with the company in new features like visual voicemail original iPhone. For models with different operators, companies in some countries have a very “sticky” with customers so greatly enhances the sales potential. On top of the top ten in sales of the iPhone last year, five are countries where it is sold with a single supplier. Three of them contract and two that you can use other carriers at any time. In 2009, we added new carriers in France, UK, Canada, Singapore and Scandinavian countries. In every country sales have increased considerably so I think we made the right decisions. Yet I am not saying that it is operating in all countries. We are discussing things for each country. Can they match the price other carriers AT & T for the iPad The new tariff AT & T is truly revolutionary but I will not speculate on what other companies might do to join the party. Where do you think will be the expansion of outlets for retail From the beginning we have set our target to launch a range of between 25 and 50 new stores a year. We were both in the top of this range as at the bottom but we like the pace we carry. In 2008, the world began to crumble because of the economic situation and thought we should stop and wait for large properties entering the market. That was well and are ready to take advantage so we’re getting back the pace and this year we will be opening near the top proposals. Why develop your own processor for the iPad? Are we missing something? Apple has spent several years in the business of processor design. When we used the PowerPC architecture, Apple has personally designed the Northbridge and Southbridge chipset motherboards. It is not new to us. For the iPad, we thought we knew better than anyone the processor we needed and we were in the best position to do it ourselves rather than take on another company to not offer something that was not really exactly what we wanted. Ultimately, our goal is to make the best products in the world and making us put ourselves in the best position to do so. How would you describe the strategy of acquiring companies? Technology and talent. Usually small companies. We have considered some large companies but has never come to fruition. If we find a great interest we will not be shy about it but we will not do for it. This is not to get as much market share or income … just want to make the best products. Acquiring a company simply to increase our revenues would not be something we would consider. Is it possible that the company intends to become arrogant and all-encompassing People are our greatest asset and equipment Management devotes a lot of time thinking about how to recruit and retain top talent. We have said no to a lot of good products, great products even just to keep focused. This approach is so ingrained that the management team would never allow arrogance is anchored in the company. It’s not what we pretend to be. Focusing on people and ensure that work on a short list of things. That’s the magic of Apple … In short, I said, nothing particularly surprising but at least enlightened enough and plans to be stepped up at the opening of new Apple Store (to see if they fall at once for all first stores in Spain) or the strength to get the company to concentrate on what they do best while knowing that gathers under one roof, an increasing percentage of the design and implementation of hardware and software products, something which has clear advantages over the models followed by their competitors. As for Apple TV, only knowing it as a hobby is understood to be marketed in countries like ours without providing it with content in the form of television shows and movies on the iTunes store. Vía | AppleInsider and Macrumors

Apple has confirmed through the documentation included with the latest beta 3 development kit iPad tablet that uses the same graphics processor than the iPhone and iPod Touch, or As least one of the same family, the PowerVR SGX. According to the company, use OpenGL ES in the iPad is identical to it in other devices that operate on the iPhone OS.

A iPad is a device (using the processor) and PowerVR SGX supports the same basic capabilities that other devices SGX. However, because the processor, memory architecture and screen sizes are different for the iPad, you should always test your code in a iPad before launch to ensure that their performance meets your requirements. Initially there was some confusion about the hardware that Apple had actually been used in the iPad due to an erroneous report published by Bright Side of the News claiming that the company had used an ARM graph procesadro much less potent but definitely this was false. Apple is one of the biggest investors and licensees Imation Technologies, creators of the PowerVR SGX chip used in iPhone and iPod Touch 3GS third generation (the older models and the iPod nano Fourth-and fifth-generation use a version oldest, the MBX) and the new A4 processor that gives life to iPad is a design that incorporates a single chip main ARM processor and PowerVR SGX GPU to reduce consumption and improve performance. ( #) The PowerVR SGX family has different versions, each with more than ample capacity to meet the requirements of OpenGL ES 2.0 (as well as DirectX 10.1 Shader Model 4.1), and while Apple enjoys preferential treatment in respect its competitors, is also used in countless mobile phones and devices from brands like Sony, Samsung, Nokia and Intel among others. Precisely the latter uses the same version that mounts the iPhone 3GS known for manufacturing the Intel GMA 500 graphics processor used in an endless number of Netbooks among which include the Asus Eee, the MSI Wind or the Acer Aspire. The question now is whether Apple iPad A4 uses the same chip or on the contrary makes the leap to some of its newer versions such as SGX540 that doubles the performance or, even better, that SGX545 specifications leads further. Another candidate less likely but not impossible that he has also become associated with future iPhone 4G is the series 5XT (SGXMP), available in multi-core versions (from a single core to a maximum of 16) that would close certainly the door on any excuse imaginable for the long-awaited multi-tasking. In the end, and there is little to have an iPad in our hands and, more importantly, developers. After all, it is they who have the final word when it comes to pushing the limits of a platform and prove (or not) their true potential. Vía | MacRumors

If yesterday you talked about the elimination of more than 5000 applications from the App Store for its sexual content, today we bring you the explanations that Phil Schiller, vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple , is doom to the New York Times. According to Schiller, some developers have been sending “a growing number of applications with very questionable content.

It has reached a point where we were receiving constant complaints from our customers who find too demeaning and offensive content as well as parents upset with what their children were able to see .” When asked about developers affected by this policy change, Schiller said that while they remain concerned about what is best for developers, at the end “we must put the needs of parents and children first”. Ironically, not all applications are measured with the same brush and some such as Playboy or Sports Illustrated with girls in bikinis showing off the palm are still available. “The difference is that this is recognized companies that have already published this material in a format broadly accepted good ” not you, but I simply do not reassured by the words of Schiller and that they only once again take the light so biased criteria applied in the review process of applications. Are you famous? Perfect. Are not you? Pity. Did you develop a program that offers improvements to what we do? Oh, no, confuse our users. Do they girls (or boys) naked? Holy Virgin! Vade Retro! Really, was it necessary? “To preserve the innocence of our children? Nobody has told Schiller that the iPhone has parental controls? Already a bunch of pissed-off parents (after all their children learned to download some apps before them) can give a lot of fear, but seriously, I repeat, what sense does it have the ability to block adult content in our starting phone if there is no adult content gasp? Something does not make sense. The author of The New York Times ventures to raise the possibility that the launch of the iPad may have something to do with this change in policy. The Apple tablet may have two of its most important niche, probably most, families and schools, so this new outburst of purity could well send a clear message for parents and teachers: The iPad corrupt not to tender your Infants … unless you use it to connect to the Internet, of course. Vía | MacRumors

The holder of the news seems sensational, no doubt you are quite right, but not publish it if we did not know which is endorsed by the prestigious Mashable and supported by a job offer that Apple publishes jobs. apple.com.

The offer amounts to a position to seek cover in Cupertino for an expert and I quote the ad text “integrate the iPhone OS on new platforms.” And say Mayra G. K. (the oldest in the place know who I mean), “until I read here, now the rest of the world (Maquera, that is) we have to interpret these lines. ( #) Looking a bit more in detail we will also call for development experience under Unix platform, circuit design expertise and experience in mobile phones based on Unix, because clearly focused supply people for example who has worked as a developer for the same iPhone or Android. If we let ourselves be carried away by the rush, they are bad counselors, may interpret that Apple may want to open the iPhone OS to other platforms or other Unix-based phones. Big mistake, or rather, should it happen that Apple would be throwing away his philosophy that developed the software that runs on their hardware, hackintosh and Jailbreaks through. Without doubt the possibility that recounts the sensational headline and the previous paragraph can be produced, clear and also it can snow in the Gobi Desert. However, I would rather bet on the other possibility, is that those other devices that can integrate the iPhone OS, future devices will be developed by Apple. For me it makes perfect sense, but not opening the platform to be used by other phones or to compete with Android. Think What sense does that now appear HTC terminals, to take one example, the iPhone OS? I do not see much sense. We advocate freedom and how nice it would be an open platform and share with many terminals and open the possibilities of the platform and … okay, what about the practical business sense and ?. And what devices might be? We just have to get carried away by our imagination: An evolution of the Apple TV for example with a command to the Wii would have enough sense that it could host an adapted version of the iPhone OS or some other multimedia device that has yet to come, such as a multitouch iPod nano or a more basic model of the iPhone, why not an iPhone Nano. Or, if the iPad is your concept of “netbook”, may also consider making a kind of EEPC but with a multitouch screen. Although they may seem far-fetched ideas, I hope you see the sense in which I would like to holder, that are other Apple devices and not naturally imagine, so the company objectives are others who bet heavily on operating system that has given them so many benefits so far. I sincerely believe that this is the way that Apple wants to exploit in the future and has designed and planned a series of devices that will evolve along with the capabilities and potential that gives the iPhone OS platform. As Steve Jobs said in his day “Skate to where the puck is going), not to where it was” therefore I think Apple’s bet for the future is very clear, has a name: iPhone OS. Via | Mashable

Every time requires less time for the iPad appears on the shelves of Apple Store. And apparently the waiting time could be lower than expected, at least to be able to reserve the device.

Recently a rumor has appeared claiming that Apple may start opening iPad reserves this next Thursday, February 25. Such reserves would be for the model without 3G wireless, and of course the fact that accepting reservations and payments in advance does not mean that Apple will launch the iPad sooner than expected, which is the last week of March if we apply strictly the 60 days Jobs promised in the presentation. and Apple reservations allowed 3GS iPhone and for some of their computers, so that a system of pre-orders for the iPad would not be surprising, let alone if we must not sign any residence by purchasing the device. As for Spain, yet we know nothing about how to market the device. Vía | Macrumors In Applesfera | Who said iPad applications were big iPhone applications

Some time ago we did not know the evolutions of Shiira, a Webkit-based browser interface with a very original, very light and free. It seems that just launched a new version of the browser GUI improvements on previous versions.

While it is true that long since the launch and subsequent stagnation of this particular browser, it’s funny to see how their development continues today, hopefully soon launch a new version with more improvements and more innovative options as we had once used. Without going any further, Shiira was the first to implement the display of the tabs at the way he did with small catches from sites in itself a kind of dock. So far the ad has appeared on MacUpdate and I challenge you download it from there as on the official website of the Shiira project have not found a download link yet, even in the web version of the Japanese. Vía | Macupdate Official Site | Shiira project

The reward to Steve Jobs for his career in the computer world seems to be becoming a fashion personality of the year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, CEO decade in Fortune magazine, a candidate for man of the year in Time … and now Jim Henson Company granted the Celebration Honor for his career.

According to the official statement: Jobs has led the company to create the revolutionary iPhone, the App Store, iPod, iTunes store and [...] Macs Steve Jobs has continually broken molds new technologies that let you enjoy the current media formats easily and providing great tools for artists, photographers, musicians and filmmakers of all levels. Others who have received citations and awards from the Jim Henson Company are JK Rowling, creator of Harry Potter, Al Gore, Richard Branson and Shigeru Miyamoto, considered a genius by Nintendo. Looking at the pace of endorsements, Steve will have to buy more shelving for trophies, I’m afraid. Vía | Macworld More information | Press awards in PDF format

Gradually Apple continues to improve MobileMe service and the way is prepared for the arrival of a new team that will use its features. The updated service has meant little improvement to users except one, you can now access the service from an iPhone or iPod touch.

Has long commented on the problem posed Applesfera not have access to the iPhone or iPod touch to use certain features such as location of terminals from that option, even as we show you a simple way to solve this “problem”. But in the last update of the service Apple has slightly changed the web that we can see from a mobile device as it now shows information about the service and also allows us to access the online management but only in the ” find my iPhone “, personally I still get to understand why not leave a full access to the service. In Applesfera | Get the MobileMe web from iPhone and iPod touch

The carcass Rigid Case-Mate for iPhone is a great accessory to keep our computer protected at all times, but as always there are people who want more than a shell, its creators have allowed the user to give free rein to their imagination. In this form from a website dedicated to this we can create our own covers Case-Mate starting from basic design patterns and even adding our own motives.

Also allow us to choose between many designs already predefined and created by artists or even modify the designs of artists to our liking. The amount of customization is enormous, with a little good taste can achieve fantastic results using the web editor. The price of these custom covers is $ 39.99, about 29 euros, a high price if we are talking about a product tailor-made for us. Image | Unplggd More | Case-Mate

It seems that the whirlwind of news about possible features or functionality of the iPad is gradually calming down, maybe we have a little quiet until the day of its release. Applesfera But here we are another week trying to collect the most interesting articles of the Blogosphere speaking during these seven days.

Although we are still in February, without realizing we planted in the summer, and the operation must have reached bikini succeed if we look at palm beach. I am sure that everyone, in varying degrees, we have made our Christmas excesses, so have tried Viton application for iPhone and iPod touch Weight Control. With it we can control our weight and see our progress along the semanas.Apple last week launched a new version of Aperture 3, cataloging software and photo editing choice for many. If you do not master the language of Shakespeare, in the Aperture forum is you can solve and raise doubts in the everyday use of this wonderful program. Thanks to Oscar Lopez for Twitter is dirección.Desde Ibrica we get two interesting entries. In the first we explain how to configure the synchronization of the iPhone with iTunes to try to minimize the time of it. In the second, we speak of YubNub and how to integrate it with Automator or Quicksilver for quick searches Internet.Desde Journal Macquero just started a series of interesting videotutoriales on File Maker. This important tool for Mac will help you create powerful databases for your business, you should not miss any of their videotutoriales if you’re interested in learning this programa.Desde Maquecitos show screenshots using animated gifs, the evolution of all operating systems Apple throughout history. It is very interesting to see how it has changed the aesthetics of the OS that gives us so many iPhone satisfacciones.El Blog No I speak of Awesome Note an application for the iPhone very interesting that perhaps will encourage you to replace iCal calendar Mac OS X. In Makolaki point us to an article in Appleweblog where we are taught ways to release our Mac’s hard drive superfluous information. So here we come to the One More Thing this week. We remind you that if you wish to point out one item that has proved interesting to you, you have the contact form for that. Twitter can also Applesfera any link for inclusion in this weekly collection until next week.