Two Things I Hate About OS X Lion

There are many things that I think are fantastic about OS X Lion. I love Mission Control for all my apps and I love all the touch gestures that make my Macbook that much more enjoyable and easy to use. But somethings really bother me about OS X that just makes me scratch my head and wonder what the heck is Apple doing. First thing is iBooks and really I shouldnt be wondering where this is on my Mac. Not having iBooks on my Mac is like not having iTunes either. You could argue there is no need for iBooks on a Mac, but if you want to use that logic then if you buy a song its only for your iPod and not your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Where is this app at? If Amazon can have a kindle on the Mac, then why cant Apple make iBooks for the Mac? I would love to be able to read my books on my Mac that I have purchased, just saying Apple!! 

iBooks suggested icon for  Mac.

Another thing that really bothers me in the world of OS X is that there is no iMessages integration what so ever. Let me ask you something, have you ever wanted to use or have used the iChat app, especially after FaceTime became a dedicated app? If your like me, probably not and I believe Apple is missing gold here as well with this. Take that boring messaging app and turn it into iChat for the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac. Update the chat display within the messaging app on IOS, and build it into the iChat app with FaceTime, and iCloud mail. All the communication in one app for all your contacts. Sounds like a great idea to me, so if someone like me can think of this, whats stopping Apple from doing something similar? Hmmm 🙂

So there you have it. If anything breaking goes down today or the rest of the week I will have it here. Anyways, dont forget to like us on Facebook @GuessingTheApple and follow us on Twitter @AppleGuesser. Also, when our Facebook page gets 100 likes, one person will win an iTunes gift card and the same goes for this blog. Once this blog gets 100 followers, one lucky fan will get a 15$ iTunes gift card. Peace Apple Nation and dont forget to get your friends to follow our blog and like our Facebook page.

iBooks 2.0, What it mean?

Well, I have to admit, the nerd inside me was extremely pumped up for todays press conference that unveiled iBooks 2.0 and interactive textbooks now in the bookstore in iTunes. This is going to change the world as we know it, I guarantee that it will. Early this morning around 10 am eastern time in New York City, Apple announced the news that many of us had been speculating for weeks after Apple announced there would be an education press conference. What I am really hoping is the success of these textbooks are phenomenal and drive others to creating eTextbooks for Apple and maybe one day college students will only have to go to one place for all their eTextbook needs on Apple’s iBookstore. Coming from a college student, trust me, this would be flat out amazing indeed. So are most of my textbooks I need are in the form of eTextbooks, but I have 6 apps I use to find 6 books.

iBooks 2 with eTextbooks comes to iTunes and IOS Devices everywhere. So where is iBooks on the Mac?

Stop me if this sounds familar, “cough, cough” iTunes…… Seriously, look back to what Apple did to the music industry. Obviously, Amazon does a wonderful job as well know days but look back to 2004 or 2003, iTunes was the one stop shop for all your music needs. I am hoping that the eTextbooks take off for Apple and maybe textbooks will be the next music phase with Apple. Ah, only a wishful college student like myself can dream, but its a realistic dream and its a dream I believe can come to light in a very short time.

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I just want to show some love to all of you guys that stuck around even after I took a long break. So what am i getting at? Well, if i can get 50 votes in the monthly poll and 50 fans to follow, people that have followed me will be put into a random drawing for a 15$ iTunes card. Not only that, if you like GuessingTheApple on Facebook and it gets 100 likes, one person will randomly be selected to win a 15$ iTunes card. So go out there and try and win potentially 30$ of iTunes money just for being a fan. As always follow me on twitter @AppleGuesser and like us on Facebook @GuessingTheApple. Peace Apple Nation, Happy Thursday! And remember, upgrade to IOS 5.0.1 if you want to jailbreak in the imminent future. PEACE!