Today is a great day for all us laptop/iPad/iPhone toting folks – today Starbucks is offering FREE Wi-FI. That’s right, all FREE (unlike their coffee). I just read a great article about how to protect your computer while using Public Wi-Fi HotSpots. Click here to read this great piece –

Public Wi-Fi Safety

And remember if you have any questions about the article, call GatorTec for help! 352.505.7582

Well, we have had the iPhone 4 for a week now and wow…wow! Let’s start with build quality – it is like the Lamborghini of cell phones. I’ve owned many phones over the years (along with other electronic devices) and this blows them all away. It feels solid and the lines look amazing. Well, lots to cover so we won’t stay on this any longer, but once you hold one every other phone will feel like a toy.

As for specs, most people have heard them already, but specs don’t necessarily mean much – real life performance does and the iPhone 4 performs great in real life. The camera is great, pictures are clear and sharp. Much better then previous iPhones and almost every other smart phone. Video again is very impressive – never thought you could shoot (and edit thanks to iMovie for iPhone) a HD video on a phone. The backlight is a welcomed addition to the phone. The screen is stunning, again it will make you look at every other screen and laugh. Every font looks like it is written on paper, no more having to enlarge every email or webpage. The speed of the new phone is amazing, apps snap open, webpages load in seconds, the camera shutter is super responsive. Oh yeah…FaceTime, let’s not forget FaceTime. Possibly one of the most revolutionary features of this phone. Yes, other phones have front facing cameras and do video chatting, but none are this easy to use. You simply call another iPhone user and press FaceTime and boom video chat! Super simple and easy – the way video chatting should be.

See this amazing video created entirely on an iPhone 4

Ok, onto iOS 4 the operating system of the new iPhone. It’s a big jump and brings lots of new features, the biggest (and most requested) multitasking! Lots of people don’t understand multitasking or how the iPhone does it differently then other phones, so lets take a minute and explain it. Many times you might be listening to music over Pandora or talking on Skype to a friend. In the past if your went to check your email or calendar the music or calls stopped. Not anymore, now those apps keep going while you change apps. The way this is so much different then other phones is that most phones handle multitasking by leaving the entire application open. This is fine, but very resource intensive on both the phones ability to perform well and have good battery life. Apple decided to find the most common features people wanted from their apps and only allow those features to run in the background. This saves battery and keeps your phone nice and fast. Next up is the unified inbox – if you are one of us lucky people with personal and company email accounts, you no longer need to check multiple inboxes, everything funnels into one. The new iOS now also has folders to better organize apps. Really cleans up your app pages. Although there are lots more features, we have to save some surprises for you when you get your phone So stop in any AT&T store and check out the new iPhone 4!

By the way GatorTec has a big order of new iPhone 4 cases coming in soon, with lots of new cases arriving every week! So stop in or give us a call!

Oh, and if you have an iPhone 4, click this link to FaceTime chat with GatorTec!

On Tuesday Apple released a major update to their MacMini (small form factor desktop). New specs are:

- 2.4GHz or 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 1.4″ thick Unibody enclosure
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M Graphics Card
- Built-in Power Supply
- HDMI port and Mini DisplayPort
- Removable bottom panel for easy RAM access
- Back ports include: Ethernet, FireWire 800, Four USB 2.0, SD card slot, Audio Line out, HDMI, Mini Displayport.

With these changes the base price of the Mac mini has increased to $699, but that includes more hard drive space, faster graphics and the features listed above.

On Monday Apple announced the new iPhone 4 along with iOS 4 (formerly known as iPhone OS 4). I think I speak for the whole GatorTec team when I say WOW! Apple once again has raised the bar on what people can do with a smartphone. Some of the new features of this phone will be front facing camera for video chatting, 5MP rear camera with flash (can also record HD 720p video), Apple A4 processor, better battery life, noise canceling second microphone, all glass body, plus a lot more.

On the software side of things, iOS 4 has really matured into a very powerful platform. It now features multitasking, unified inbox, folders for your apps and much more. With over 100 changes under the hood, this is a huge step forward.

The new OS will be available for free on June 21 for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G (not all features available on 3G) and on the newest iPod Touch. The new phones will ship on June 24 and cost $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB.

We are very excited about the new phones and will be posting reviews as we get our hands on them.

GatorTec is proud to be a Google Business Apps Reseller! What does this mean for our customers? Well we can now offer business grade email, calendar and contact options at a fraction of the cost of Exchange Hosted Solutions. With prices as low as $50 per user per year you can see why this could save your organization a lot of money. To learn more about Google Business Apps and see if this could be a fit for your company, call us.

Apple Computers today released an update to their MacBook line of laptops. The new specs are a faster processor -going to a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and a NVIDIA GeForce 320M Video Card. As before it has 2GB DDR3 memory, 250GB Hard Drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD/RW), 10-hour battery and a polycarbonate unibody enclosure. Starts at $999. Call us for any consulting help or visit apple.com/store to order.

Dell just launched a new 13.3″ laptop. It features a new Intel Core i5 processor, is 1.1″ thick and ships with an optional SSD hard drive. Features include tri-metal built and backlit keyboard. Prices starting at $1149. Call or stop in for more info.

Today Dell updated it’s Latitude 2100 line of laptops to include the new Intel “Pine Trail” processor. This 10″ laptop is built for students with a rubber outer casing and an anti-microbial keyboard. Prices start as low as $399. Call or stop in for more info.

Welcome to GatorTec – the reincarnation of SS Technologies. We are offering the same great service SS Technologies has for the last five years with even more choices for our customers. We will be posting frequent updates on this site with both news on our new store front coming soon to Gainesville as well as new product launches and helpful tips. So check back frequently for lots of exciting new things coming from GatorTec!