http://interobs.com/revue/Apple Presse Apple Internet fr webmaster@interobs.com 2010-10-11 21:20:25 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW : Jeff Scott of 148Apps has finally revealed his App Hall of Fame project he started it up about a month ago, and asked a number of personalities around the iPhone iPad app scene including yours truly to nominate and then vote on a few App Store apps, with the eventual goal of inducting them into a Hall of Fame We made our nominations and voted a little while ago, and the first inductees into the store are now listed on the site Angry Birds, Flight Control, Doodle Jump, Shazam, Evernote, Plants vs Zombies, Pandora, Simplenote, the official Twitter app, Instapaper, Homerun Battle 3D, and Fieldrunners You've probably heard of all of those already, but that's the point the Hall of Fame aims to honor the very best mobile applications and games There will be 12 inductees honored every month going forward, so the collection should grow bigger pretty fast The nomination process is all done by the selection committee not the public , but if you want to follow along, you can sign up on the mailing list and have a chance to win some of the nominees for free every month It's a fun project the App Store has been around long enough now that some super popular apps have risen to the top, and this is a good way to keep track of the absolute cream of the crop over the App Store's whole life At the same time, I'm sure we'll see some interesting decisions in the months to come, so stay tuned for thatTUAW148Apps creates an App Hall of Fame originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44611.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44611.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 20:28:03 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's something to get your mind wondering this Monday afternoon Patently Apple is reporting that Apple may be considering integrating the MagSafe Power Port to its portable products, like the iPad The continuation patent, published on October 7th 2010 by the US Patent and Trademark Office, clearly depicts what looks like an iPhone iPod touch iPad with figure 62 revealing what appears to be a power connector This power connector, expanded upon in greater detail in further diagrams, depicts what appears to be, according to Patently Apple, a MagSafe Power Port And here at TUAW, we'll concur It does look remarkably like a MagSafe Power Port The MagSafe power adapter and port first introduced in 2006 and then quietly updated in April of this year , are designed to connect the power cable to your MacBook Pro Air magnetically, allowing for a solid connection, but providing an immediate disconnection if the power cord is strongly pulled on The idea is to stop your MacBook from flying off the table when you accidentally trip over the power cord I can't imagine Apple introducing a lone power port for the iPad, but I can see the advantage in adding the MagSafe's magnetic qualities to, say, the 30 pin connector currently used with all iPods, iPhones and iPads What do you think, readers I know I've yanked my iPhone off the desk by inadvertently pulling on the 30 pin connector cable A release mechanism like the MagSafe would certainly come in handy Apple first filed this patent in June of this year With this follow up continuation patent being filed in October, Patently Apple seems to suggest that Apple maybe trying to rush through the patent for an upcoming product release But, with patents, it's hard to know whether these ideas will actually see the light of day in released products It could just be another case of Apple securing its intellectual propertyTUAWApple considering MagSafe charger on iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44605.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44605.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 19:06:33 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'm sure that all of us have had this dilemma at one time or another You want multiple windows open on your iDevices, so you get 'em all going at once, laid out on the couch around you You're watching a movie on your iPhone and surfing the web on your iPad at the same time, and if you have to get up to go make more popcorn, there's a tendency to fumble all of the equipment What's a geek to do Julian Horsey from Geeky Gadgets came up with the perfect solution the iPad iPhone Connector Clip, a do it yourself project for making a clip that holds your iPhone snugly on top of your iPad so you can use them both simultaneously Using a 24 cm long piece of plastic U extrusion, scissors, super glue, a Dremel tool, and fast dry enamel paint, Horsey created a mount that will be particularly useful to those with jailbroken iPhones using MyWi for tethering of their iPads Horsey is quick to remind potential project wannabees that they can cut a few steps by finding plastic extrusion that's already in an H shape, thus eliminating the step of gluing the two U extrusions back to back He also points out that the same incredible technology can be used to connect two iPads or two iPhones together Me I'm looking forward to connecting four iPads together for a reading surfing watching tweeting experience like I've never had beforeTUAWFinally multi windowing under iOS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44591.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44591.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 18:33:56 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - One sign of the continuing popularity of Apple's product line is the fact that some people will go to extraordinary and illegal measures to procure the products That image at right It's from a security camera video showing a full size gray pickup truck with a diamond plate toolbox in the back backing through the front wall of a store TUAW has published a number of stories throughout 2010 talking about various burglaries, robberies, and smash and grabs targeting Apple Stores and other resellers The victim this weekend was Portland, Oregon based MacPac, which has been hit by destructive drive through theft five other times As reported by Portland TV station KGW, MacPac owner Randy Feldman and his staff had just finished renovating the displays in the store last Wednesday The criminals got off with display MacBooks, iPads, and desktop machines, but Feldman says his main concern might be losing an insurance company via MacObserver TUAWAnother 'smash and grab' hits Portland Apple reseller originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44586.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44586.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 17:20:54 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple has been awarded a trademark for the phrase, There's an app for that The tagline has been used to promote the App Store and iOS devices almost since their inception, and has really caught on From tech articles to jokes told around the water cooler, many people have adopted the phrase The trademark, which Apple filed for on December 4th, 2009, covers Retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks retail store services featuring computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics Congratulations to both Apple for their new trademark, and to me for avoiding a lame there's an app for that jokeTUAWApple trademarks There's an app for that originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44572.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44572.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 16:08:43 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Last week, during GDC Online in Austin, Texas, I saw a panel run by Newtoy's David Bettner Later in the week, Bettner himself met up with me to talk about the company and its popular Games With Friends titles for the iPhone Though the company is doing great with its own App Store games Words With Friends has over 10 million downloads and a surprisingly active user base , the first game that I asked about was actually We Rule Newtoy designed that one for Ngmoco, and it's become one of the pioneering freemium titles on the App Store, using in app purchases to fund a free to play Farmville style game Bettner told me that We Rule was the product of two companies, not just a work for hire It was a fun collaboration with Ngmoco, he said It was not the typical publisher developer kind of a relationship It was more of a collaboration of ideas The idea for mojo, the in app product that pushes We Rule's gameplay forward, actually drove the whole project, both from a design and a monetization standpoint It was a fantastic sort of thing where as soon as you use mojo on a crop, you're like oh, I get this now, Bettner said It's this magic thing that I can do to speed things up Players have been split on the use of microtransactions in App Store titles like that, but Bettner said the model very much appeals to iPhone developers the total lack of friction on in app purchases makes it easy to sell items in gameTUAWGDC Online 2010 Interview with Newtoy's David Bettner originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44555.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44555.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 15:15:13 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - AUDIOPRESS is a new app and free audio digest service available on iPhone that is designed to create a custom radio stations for you to listen to on your device You add AudioArticles, MyUpdates, Podcasts, and Radio Stations to a playlist, then the information is streamed to you on demand AudioArticles are professional audio recordings of print articles At the time I was testing the app, the AUDIOPRESS website showed only one source the Associated Press and that source wasn't working But the idea is great any time you want to hear short news bites, you listen to the channel and get the latest news in less than three minutes MyUpdates will be other, personalized audio updates There's only one source right now the local weather updates for US cities from the National Weather Service You can add the update to your list by city name, zip code, or current location, then receive a frequently updated, 15 second current weather brief and forecast Podcasts are podcasts You can either import your own podcast subscriptions from iTunes or add them from within the app I was happy to see that the TUAW Talkcast shows up in the list, and of course, I added it to my playlist There are a lot of different podcast categories available, with Mac Fanatics being one of them Cool Gallery AudioPress Screen ShotsTUAWTUAW First Look AUDIOPRESS for iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44543.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44543.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-11 14:29:00 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I visited IndieCade here in LA this past weekend, and I got to play some of the best indie games on offer over the past year There are a few more write ups on upcoming iPhone and iPad titles coming out later on today, but feelforit is one of the finalists that's already out for you to download for free on the App Store, so I suggest you give it a try Developer Chris DeLeon is quite a character he made an experimental interactive thing every day for 7 months for a game a day project Just loading up feelforit shows you what he's talking about interactive experiences that make you consider the world from a new angle That's exactly what feelforit does it offers up random puzzles that require you to tilt the iPhone or iPad to a certain place in order to line up colored lines in the right locations Even after playing around with the app for a while, I still feel like I have no acuity for it pardon the angular pun But DeLeon was right when he told me that you can't think your way through it You need to move the iPhone around until it feels like you're in the right place It's barely a game since there's no time limit or requirement there's just a reward once you've reached your goal It's fascinating, though, and even more so because it only uses the iPhone's accelerometer, not the gyroscope or compass Anyway, the concept is hard to explain, but just trust me and give the game a download DeLeon and his games are one reason that the iPhone and the App Store are so popular with indie developers they can easily release their experiences to a wide audience without having to worry about commercial pressure App Store customers should be glad to have them aroundTUAWTUAW's Daily App feelforit originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44532.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44532.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-10 22:41:12 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It's a very digital day today, so we're celebrating by starting the TUAW Talkcast 10 seconds later than normal to capture the true silliness of being fixated on digits The past week was pretty fascinating our very own Mike Schramm was bringing us loads of Apple gaming news from GDC Online 2010 in Austin, Texas, the Verizon iPhone rumor bubbled up again, iPads are showing up on the shelves at Target and Walmart stores, and Apple TV news continued to dominate our headlines We'll be talking about those and other topics tonight on the Talkcast, and we'd love it if you joined us To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser only client, the embedded Facebook app, or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client however, for maximum fun, you should call in For the Web UI, just click the TalkShoe Web button on our profile page at 10 pm on Sunday To call in on regular phone or VoIP lines take advantage of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like dial 724 444 7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 during the call, you can request to talk by keying in 8 If you've got a headset or microphone handy on your Mac or your PC, you can connect via the free Gizmo or X Lite SIP clients or by using the TalkShoe client's ShoePhone tool basic instructions are here We'll kick things off at 10pm ET 7pm PT See you there TUAWTUAW Talkcast tonight 10 00 10pm EDT on 10 10 10 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44482.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44482.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-10 20:35:08 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The retail footprint for the iPad has expanded dramatically over the past few weeks, with Target now carrying them and Best Buy expanding sales to all stores vs the original footprint that only included stores with Apple specialists Rumors of the Big Kahuna, however, have occupied the minds of would be buyers as noted last week, Walmart and iPad would be a match made in mass market heaven Over the weekend, rumors have gradually converted into reality MacRumors cleared the decks late Friday night with internal Walmart correspondence that indicated a 1,000 store launch in October with additional outlets coming online in November Later on, an eagle eyed Denver shopper snapped a picture of an iPad actually out on the shelves in a local Walmart For our readers outside the US who may be saying Target, Walmart, what's the big deal keep in mind that Target has about 1,750 outlets in the States, while Walmart has more than 4,300 Once the iPad rolls out across the full field as a Walmart offering, it will be front and center for the vast majority of US shoppersTUAWiPad already showing up on Walmart shelves originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44474.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44474.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-10 19:02:47 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - My girlfriend Danielle recently emigrated from the US to live with me in Wales Her move meant leaving behind family and friends, but most importantly she abandoned decent live coverage of her beloved Michigan Wolverines Here in the UK, our only broadcast option for college football is ESPN America with a paltry 75 non Bowl games per year In the first five weeks of the season, only two Wolverines game were broadcast, and one of those was two days after the game was played Even if you're prepared to go illegal and use bittorrent to download the broadcast, sports fans abroad still need to tiptoe around spoilers for anything up to a few days after the game Yesterday, just a few hours before the grudge match with Michigan State, she discovered ESPN Player the Flash based streaming service offers excellent coverage of college football games for 13 around 20 per month, and unlike many streaming options it isn't locked down to be US only Sadly, I couldn't find a DVI HDMI cable to show the game on my television, so she was facing the prospect of having to watch the big game on a small screen a 13 Macbook Pro, to be exact, complete with tinny speakers and optional lap cooking technology Hardly ideal Fortunately though, if there's one thing I know how to do, it's how to solve problems with too much technology So I jury rigged the system you see in the picture aboveTUAWMy Mac Setup Gameday Edition in the UK originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44473.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44473.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-10 15:04:31 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - On the last day of GDC this week, I heard from developer Anthony LaMantia, who had a new game named Moon'd that he wanted to show me We met up in the lobby of the Austin Convention Center, and I got to play around for a bit with his game, a platformer with a strange twist Instead of playing as a cartoony character like Mario or Sonic, you play as a 3D block and use left and right buttons along with a jump to roll the block around some abstract stages It's a weird setup, but it works The controls are a little flighty, but responsive, and the physics allow you to do some interesting things while moving around, like catching the edge of a block on a platform, or pushing a ball underneath you LaMantia said that the plot involves saving the cow that jumped over the moon, but I didn't see any sign of the cow anywhere except the title screen The stages involve getting your cube to the end of an area, or collecting a certain number of coins along the wayTUAWGDC Online 2010 Moon'd hands on originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44468.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44468.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-10 04:12:35 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Jailbreak limera1n was released today for 41 iDevice users in what appears to be a contentious situation in the hacking community Windows only, the new jailbreak is not expected to work with Apple TV or debut on Linux and OS X for a bit The previously announced dev team jailbreak, which was due out tomorrow, may be put on hold while the team works on revising their tools for the limera1n exploit rather than exposing multiple exploits that will quickly be patched Jailbreaking, while legal, is based on finding system weaknesses to allow hobbyists to inject code that will open their devices to full system read write access It is this full access that allows third party developers to customize the OS and install new applications and extensions Having looked forward to developing for Apple TV starting tomorrow, count me among the disappointedTUAWlimera1n jailbreak released, greenpois0n jailbreak delayed originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44460.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44460.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-09 20:05:46 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Add the New York Times to the chorus of reporting claiming the iPhone is coming to Verizon early next year The sources seem credible, even though there have been no end to rumors about our favorite phone making the trek to the big Vt With a good deal of dislike for ATT and its policies, it will be interesting to see if Verizon is more liberal about the various hiccups Apple has had with its current carrier It will also be worth seeing what kinds of concessions Verizon might get Apple to make it certainly seems like they'd want to load the iPhone up with crap ware and the Verizon music or video services Then again, Apple's holding most of the cards here, so if they do accept a Verizon deal, it'll probably be on their terms It's starting to look like iPhone Verizon may be the real deal, and instead of denials, both companies are now saying nothing Stay tunedTUAWJust about eveyone thinks the iPhone is coming to Verizon originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44451.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44451.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-09 15:09:38 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you're a writer and like trying out new software, October is turning out to be an awesome month We've got Word 2011 coming October 26, which I've been using for a few weeks It blows all other Mac versions of Word out of the water Following Word just a few days later is my personal favorite, Scrivener 20 The updates to Scrivener are going to be huge, and I think all the fans of Scrivener 15 are going to be knocked off their feet Then there's a recently released iPad app simply called Writer that introduces a revolutionary feature I hope most other desktop writing programs will incorporate one day But first, I want to start off by telling you about an OS X app called OmmWriter Dāna Brett first told you about OmmWriter almost a year ago, and I raved about it again just a few weeks later This was when OmmWriter had just been previewed as a beta The app was new, fresh, and novel no pun intended It only runs in full screen mode, and when you launch it you are put in the middle of a snowy field as relaxing, almost hypnotic music plays in the background The words you type seemingly appear floating in the fog of the winter landscape The picture and the music might seem like fluff, but it serves a very important purpose to create an intimate relationship with writers and their thoughts It isolates you in a way from the bells and whistles of you computer It succeeds overwhelmingly in doing this too, especially when you wear headphones as the application suggests you doTUAWWriters' software month OmmWriter Dāna originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44436.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44436.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-09 02:16:04 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you're anything like me you have lots and lots of information Endless folders and files are scattered about, and while Spotlight in Mac OS X is very helpful, it's not a perfect fit for every situation One solution I've found very helpful is Tags, from Gravity Apps Our own Brett Terpstra took a look at version 1 of the program back in January of 2009, and now the app has been updated to make it even more useful Click here to see what's changed in this new version Tags is a system wide method of tagging just about anything on your Mac for easy retrieval The real power comes from associating different file types that you may want to relate, like a web page, photo, contact and note The tagging easily takes place from within the application, and requires a couple of keystrokes Control Space bar brings up the tagging GUI, and Option Space bar triggers the search menu If those hot keys conflict with something else you use, they can be easily changed TUAWDrowning in information Tags can help originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44423.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44423.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-09 01:03:25 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Doing a lot of presentations from an iPad or other iOS device can be problematic if you work with a lot of different video devices One time you might be hooking your iPad up to a HDTV with a composite connection, the next to a standard definition projector using component video Buying Apple's Component AV Cable 49 and Composite AV Cable also 49 can be a pricey proposition, and you have to carry around two sets of cables Now Scosche has come out with the sneakPEEK II 60 switchable video output solution for iPad, iPhone, and iPods with a Dock Connector The cable provides both component and composite video connections, so it's possible to work with almost any TV or display The sneakPEEK II comes with a USB to micro USB cable so you can charge your device while it's showing your Keynote presentation or blasting your Netflix rental to an HDTV Remember, though the app you're using must support video out While you may still need the Apple iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter 29 on occasion while performing your road warrior duties, the sneakPEEK II looks like a good all in one solution for those other audiovisual situations you may encounterTUAWFirst Look Scosche sneakPEEK II audio video output solution for iOS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44420.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44420.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-09 00:03:04 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Nike has updated Nike GPS once again, this time with support for Facebook notifications Basically, users can request encouragement from their Facebook friends from within the app After enabling the option to get cheers from Facebook, runners can start their run while the app publishes the start of the workout to Facebook As readers choose to cheer you on, those status messages are pushed to the app itself That way, the runner can receive notes of encouragement while they're on the road Likewise, the app will publish the completion of the run to Facebook and Twitter, if enabled It sounds like a fun way to stay motivated, if that's your thing Version 2 0 of the free Nike GPS app is out now TUAWNike app upgraded with Facebook integration originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44412.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44412.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 23:08:41 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It seems like only yesterday that the iPhone 4 was released, but how time flies when you're having fun With the whole antennagate issue mostly behind us, most folks are just settling down to getting the best out of their shiny new iPhone After all, its only been around four months since it was released So, with that in mind, it's hard to believe that talk of the next iPhone is already in circulation Believe it or not, the rumor mill is once again churning out talk of Apple's next iteration of the iPhone the enigma that is affectionately dubbed the iPhone 5 TechRadar has compiled a roundup of some of the hottest rumored features that we may see in the iPhone 5 Here's a brief summary of what they report, but remember, it's only speculation Kicking us off, the iPhone 5 release is expected to be in June July of 2011 because that's the time cycle that other iPhone releases have followed However, iLounge has guessed that the next iPhone could be with us as early as January of next year even they admit this is hard to believe The reason for a January 2010 release of the next iPhone, simply put, would be to resolve, with new hardware, the now mostly blown over antennagate issue Next up, there's been talk of the iPhone 5 being equipped with Near Field Communication NFC technology, essentially turning the iPhone 5 into a digital wallet allowing you to make credit debit card like payments with the phone Apple has released a patent demonstrating such technology, but this was some time ago, so it's unclear as to whether Apple is planning this for deployment in the iPhone 5 Furthermore, the next iPhone is rumored to be evolutionary as apposed to revolutionary Similar to the design shift from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 5 will be akin to the iPhone 4, but a beefed up version Rumored specs are of a faster processor 12GHz , more memory and larger storage, and a 37' screen as apposed to the current 35' one on the iPhone 4 The iPhone 5 may also be made of a new material, perhaps some kind of alloy Oh, and of course, a revamped antenna And, a big one here note the sarcasm in my words , there's talk of the Verizon iPhone TechRadar reports sources that have handled Verizon iPhone prototypes, though, according to Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, that's not likely to happen Verizon fans, let's hope you don't get let down again Finally, TechRadar reports that at least one analyst believes the iPhone 5 will support LTE super fast mobile broadband in the US anyway , which will make the iPhone 5 a 4G phone Of course, this is all pure speculation and could amount to nothing more than a big whoosh of hot air But then again, the next version of the iPhone is coming Let the countdown beginTUAWiPhone 5 in the rumor mill originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44408.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44408.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 22:22:07 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I've been away at GDC Online this week, so I almost missed it, but a brand new Sonic the Hedgehog game that Sega is calling part 4, Episode 1 is out now for the iPhone This is a pretty big deal not only is this a brand new title in the Sonic series, but it's also not coming out for other consoles until next week, so Sega has actually premiered this game on Apple's iOS platform Early reviews on the game are terrific It's a 3D title that plays from a 2D angle, so this is old school Sonic platforming with brand new levels, graphics, sounds, and music Plus, there are two exclusive levels on the iPhone and iPod touch, so Apple is really getting some love from Sega here Of course, this is being labeled as a premium title, so the price of US 999 on the iPhone only version might provide a little sticker shock for players used to cheaper games Still, the title is selling for five dollars more on other platforms, so when you consider that you're getting this game early, as a native title, with exclusive content, the 10 price is about as justified as it's going to get But even if you don't go for the purchase, this will definitely be one to watch The app's currently number 3 on top grossing and number 11 on the top paid apps list, but a huge success here will mean a lot for both Sega's and other large publishers' strategies on the App Store going forwardTUAWSonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 now out on iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44405.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44405.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 21:12:01 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you've been waiting for SimCity to make its way to iPad HD format, you don't have much longer to wait EA Mobile has recently announced its game release slate for the rest of fall 2010 Along with FIFA 11, EA Sports NBA Elite 11, and others, the company will be releasing the iPad specific SimCity Deluxe HD The game will obviously feature a bigger, interactive display and an optimized HUD that takes advantage of the increased screen real estate Unfortunately, the price for SimCity is unknown, though it's expected to debut in November Other games on EA's slate include High Caliber Hunting, Battlefield Bad Company 2, and Heroes Lore Battlefield is a console style warfare simulation with 14 single player levels High Caliber Hunting sounds like your run of the mill hunting game and Heroes Lore is a Korean RPG featuring 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 battles It appears that you can expect some of these games to run around US 5 or so when they're released via MacNN TUAWEA Mobile announces fall iOS game lineup originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44400.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44400.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 20:13:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The essence of a role playing game is, well, playing a role Theoretically, you can play a tabletop RPG with not much more than your thoughts, a rule book or two, and some dice In practice, though, an entire industry is engaged in releasing products to make imagining and inhabiting fantastical worlds a multimedia experience Maps, adventures, miniatures, special dice, decks of item cards, and so much more are readily available The latest entry is a full featured iPad and iPhone app called Battle Map US 2999 , which is now available on your iPad or iPhone as a Universal app At 30 bucks, Battle Map is not cheap compared to most App Store offerings, but look at it against the similar Mac or PC program Dundjinni, which costs 3999, or the PC only map program called ProFantasy, which tops out at 605 for the whole shebang Of course, these programs can do a lot more than Battle Map can, but they've also been around for many years Perhaps in 2015, Battle Map will be as full featured In any case, other reviewers have called Battle Map geek heaven and a must have, so read on to see if these words of praise apply to you Gallery Battle Map AppTUAWApp Review Battle Map lets you create huge worlds in small doses originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44386.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44386.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 19:15:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'm pretty far from being a Luddite, but I've never understood the point of the Apple TV Even after its update to the newest version, I still don't get why this product exists Erica posted the reasons she and other members of the TUAW team feel the Apple TV is every bit as revolutionary as any other Apple product, but I disagree There are many things keeping the Apple TV from being an appealing product, not only for me, but for millions of other potential customers, too I've outlined five of those reasons below 1 Apple TV is a half trick pony I'd say it's a one trick pony, but that's what the old Apple TV was With its new rental only model, the Apple TV is now little more than an AirPort Express with video streaming For many users, that may be exactly what they've been looking for If you've got an iMac on the far side of the house from the big screen HDTV in your living room, Apple TV may be a good solution for you If you've got a MacBook, though, a US 99 Apple TV doesn't do anything that a 5 VGA cable won't do just as well Sure, there's the tantalizing possibility that Apple TV may run apps someday, but it's only a possibility I don't know about you, but I base my purchasing decisions on what a product can do today, out of the box Click read more to view the other four reasons I think Apple TV is still just a hobby TUAWFive reasons why Apple TV is still just a hobby originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44377.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44377.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 18:16:24 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Steve Jobs admitted it Apple TV is a hobby He has stated so more than once But there are compelling reasons to believe that the newly released Apple TV Mark 2 matters even more than its expected sales currently estimated at about a million devices per quarter might indicate Here are some of the points that I believe are why Apple TV matters Apple skipped PVR and moved straight to content on demand With the concept of a shared data cloud growing ever more important, a limited storage device that feeds on streamed content offers an exciting peek at our future Apple's rent don't buy model transforms Apple TV into a controllable point of entertainment device outside of the iTunes purchase and TiVo recording model that has dominated the last decade If you want to Netflix your entertainment, Apple TV provides that feature at a great price point, as well Click Read More to check out the other four reasonsTUAWFive reasons why Apple TV matters originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44371.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44371.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 17:45:54 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple has given final notice to those publishing content through the old Mac service A note was sent to MobileMe members today stating that as of the 8th November, web pages published using the obsolete Mac service will become unavailable Those publishing via iWeb will not be affected If you're one of those still going about things this way, fret not Your content will not be deleted Instead, you'll find your content stored on iDisk and, should you wish, you can re published your content through MobileMe tools, like Gallery Apple first warned of shutting down its legacy Mac services over a year ago A FAQ page pertaining to this can be found on Apple's support forums here It's certainly the end of an era, but bigger and better things have arrived Mark your calenders for November 8th and take a minute to remember just how far things have come Via TheLoop TUAWApple will discontinue Mac HomePage viewing Nov 8 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44363.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44363.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 17:05:56 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'll admit it was a problem that I had created myself I had moved my iTunes library from one computer to another Then I tried syncing it across two computers Add in a bunch of music from SXSW, along with other music given to me along the way, and before I knew it, my iTunes library was a 160GB mess Worse, it was overwhelming I never listened to any music because i knew that I was going to be frustrated by duplication and a bunch of songs that I didn't enjoy So a few weeks ago I declared iTunes bankruptcy I moved my Music iTunes library to my Desktop I launched iTunes while holding down the option alt key on my Mac and created a new library It was completely empty, and full of possibility Click Read More to see what I did to restore sanity to my iTunes databaseTUAWiTunes bankruptcy, step one The Great Purge originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44353.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44353.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 16:41:10 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple is rumored to be discussing music subscriptions with major labels that would bring unlimited, streaming music to its iTunes customers According to the New York Post NYP , Apple's VP of iTunes Eddy Cue has been in talks with major labels about a subscription model that would give customers unlimited access to music for a monthly fee Details are few and far between, but NYP's sources suggest that the monthly cost could be around US 10 15 They also suggest that label representatives are receptive to the idea, as single track sales have begun to decline Similar services like Rdio have gained a following by offering streaming and cached versions of favorite tracks for a small fee Rdio starts at 499 per month Spotify offers a similar service in the UK and is currently pushing for a US release TUAWRumor Apple pursuing iTunes music subscription originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44350.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44350.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 16:12:47 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Dear Mark Zuckerberg, You've made the the biggest social network on the planet, you've made quite a few enemies, and you've made Jesse Eisenberg into Hollywood's next Oscar winning megastar I know all this because I just saw your Mr Fincher's movie Now why can't you make a Facebook iPad app When you announced your Event the other day, I got excited and thought one small announcement might be an iPad app I wasn't the only one either But the event came and went, and while Facebook's new download feature is freaking awesome, an official Facebook iPad app would be pretty cool tooTUAWDear Mark Zuckerberg Where's the Facebook iPad app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44332.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44332.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 15:14:32 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Pocket Legends has been out on the App Store for quite a while now, but if you like me haven't seen it in a while, you might want to check it out again Spacetime Studios has been steadily updating the game, and the title they showed off at GDC Online 2010 this week was pretty impressive an instanced MMO, running in full 3D with three character classes, dungeons and loot, and almost all of the other trappings you'd expect from the genre This week, I got to sit in on both Cinco Barnes' panel about the studio and its up and down background I also chatted with the company's CEO, Gary Gattis, both about Spacetime's history and what it's done with Pocket Legends so far, and what's in store for the growing titleTUAWGDC Online 2010 Spacetime Studios and the making of Pocket Legends originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44314.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44314.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 14:14:42 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The quirky and fun Tilt to Live is one of the most loved iPhone games out there, according to its fans, and now, lucky iPad owners get their very own version of the title with Tilt to Live HD Rather than just a port, the big screen version updates the graphics and brings a new model into the mix It's a free download, which means you can try out the tilt controlled chaos at no charge, then pay a US 399 in app purchase for three new modes, plus a few new powerups and weapons to try If you're going to make your app iPad compatible, let's be honest the best way to do it is to just go universal, since no one likes re buying the same software for a new device But if you want to make a completely new experience, Tilt to Live HD does it exactly right, offering up the same thrills as the popular iPhone version, with the option for more If you somehow missed the game on the smaller screen, check it out on your iPad right nowTUAWTUAW's Daily App Tilt to Live HD originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44308.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44308.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 06:05:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - When my wife got a new 2009 MacBook to replace her dead 2007 model, one minor irritation I had with the new MacBook was that its wall charger no longer worked with my Early 2008 MacBook Pro That's no longer an issue today, Apple issued an SMC firmware update for 2007 2008 MacBooks and MacBook Pros which allows them to charge using the newer MagSafe adapters MacBook SMC Firmware Update 14 is available either through Software Update or via direct download, and is applicable to the following models MacBook 13 inch Late 2007 MacBook Pro 17 inch, Early 2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch Early 2008 MacBook 13 inch, Early 2008 MacBook 13 inch, Late 2008 The update weighs in at a paltry 178 KB, but it does require a restart I can confirm the update works as advertised, because my MacBook Pro is merrily whirring along while plugged into my wife's MacBook's MagSafe port Hooray for unexpected fixes via MacLife TUAWSMC firmware update for 2007 2008 MacBooks now available originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44266.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44266.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 01:46:27 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Joshua Hill aka p0sixninja has tweeted that a public iOS 41 jailbreak is imminent The jailbreak, codenamed greenpois0n, is due for release on Sunday, October 10th, assuming there are no last minute stumbling blocks This jailbreak leverages the SHAtter exploit developed by pod2g, based on a crash discovered by Hill and is expected to work on newer iOS 41 devices, including the refreshed Apple TV, iPod touch 4G, and iPhone 4 TUAW recently posted about a video created by the team showing the Apple TV jailbreak in action via Redmond Pie Thanks, DannyTUAWiOS 41 jailbreak due on 10 10 10 10 10 10AM GMT originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44260.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44260.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-08 00:05:17 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Hey Auntie TUAW, I just ordered my new Apple TV, and have a ton of footage in MKV, AVI, etc which probably won't work with iTunes, let alone my Apple TV What can I do to batch convert and import all my movies to iTunes, which will work with Apple TV and be as high rez as possible With all my love, AriTUAWDear Aunt TUAW Apple TV and oddball video formats originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44245.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44245.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 23:36:24 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Remember when Civilization IV came out, and Mac users had to wait nearly a year for the game to come to OS X You'd be forgiven for thinking the same thing would happen with Civilization V, especially since there's been no official word from either Firaxis or 2K on when the turn based strategy epic will make its way to the Mac According to Mac Rumors, however, the wait for an OS X compatible version of Civilization V may not be long at all they claim the Mac port may be coming sometime in the next few weeks The Mac has enjoyed a sort of gaming renaissance in 2010, with Steam integration earlier this year followed by many high profile titles finally making their way onto the platform The Civilization series is one of the biggest names in PC Mac gaming, so if it does indeed make it to OS X only a couple of months after its Windows debut, it's another hopeful sign that game developers are finally taking Mac based gaming seriously Civilization V requires registering with Steam, even if you bought a copy in a brick and mortar store If you've already bought the game for Windows, you might not have to purchase it again to play it in OS X so far this has been the case for other titles released through Steam's online store, but it may or may not apply to copies bought through other retail outlets Either way, I'll definitely be holding off on purchasing the game until after I finish my Master's thesis because Just one more turn very quickly turns into, Whoa, it's February already TUAWCivilization V coming to OS X soon originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44241.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44241.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 23:13:26 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - According to MIC Gadget, Apple is canceling online iPhone 4 orders in Hong Kong in an attempt to thwart would be resellers Recently, customers have either had their existing orders canceled or been prevented from placing new orders Many shoppers received this email from Apple Dear Apple Online Store Customer, Thank you for your recent Apple order To ensure that all customers are given the opportunity to acquire iPhone, we have limited the quantity available per customer Our records indicate that you've exceeded this limit for iPhone orders, therefore this order has been cancelled We apologize for any inconvenience caused Sincerely, Apple Online Store Customer Support That sounds like a message to someone trying to exceed Apple's one per customer limit However, MIC Gadget insists that their deep research revealed that all kinds of orders have been canceled, from new ones to those placed back in September, regardless of quantity or purchase history Last week, Apple Store security temporarily shut down a Beijing store that had attracted would be resellers who were buying iPhones 20 and 30 at a time, only to offer them to passers by right outside the store Within hours, the store re opened with the one per customer policy in place Grey and black market iPhone sales have been an ongoing problem in China, recently made worse by significant supply shortages, despite manufacturer Foxconn's best efforts Here's hoping a resolution can be found Via Mac Stories and MIC Gadget TUAWReport Apple canceling iPhone 4 orders in Hong Kong originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44239.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44239.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 22:45:45 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - There's no shortage of location based search apps One of my favorites is Around Me, but there are plenty of others Smith Micro has come up with its own search app that has some nice additions, and misses a few things too The free app, called Locality, uses Google searching to find the nearest restaurants, pharmacies, hospitals, etc It does that well, generating a list of places, or it can show them on a map One nice feature is an 'Events' function, so you can see things that might be of special interest around you Some things it found were local concerts, antique shows, and some commercial events like sales at local stores The app also features a selection of geo tagged photos They are provided by Panoramio, and it's a nice addition to this compact little app Sadly, the photos are only one way affairs You can see submitted photos, but you can't submit them from the Locality app Panoramio has a free app that lets you do this from your iPhone You can email the photos, or the app can give you directions to where the photo was taken which is a useful feature I'd like to see it do the same with pictures from your own camera roll Gallery Locality app screen shotsTUAWLocality app does location based search with a few twists originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44236.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44236.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 22:21:45 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - FaceTime is one of the most visible features of the iPhone 4, with much of the advertising for the newest iPhone showing off the emotionally rich video chat capabilities that FaceTime provides But if your friends are on another network or don't have an iPhone 4, it's impossible to use your phone to video chat with them Yahoo and T Mobile would like to change that T Mo announced earlier in the week that an upcoming Android phone, the HTC Slide, will come with two cameras arrayed much in the same manner as those on the iPhone The Slide will also provide video chatting with any other phone equipped with two cameras, including the iPhone 4 Since FaceTime is an Apple specific feature, how is T Mobile going to do this Through Yahoo Messenger The current iOS app doesn't appear to currently support video chats, but Yahoo 's admission that the capability would be available for the iPhone 4 indicates that an upcoming version will take advantage of the built in cameras Yahoo Messenger will not only provide video chatting with other mobile devices, but it should also make it possible to share some face time with Yahoo Messenger users on Macs and PCs as well It's expected that the HTC Slide from T Mobile will be available prior to Christmas, hopefully bringing the new versions of Yahoo Messenger for iOS and Mac OS X that will make possible video chatting for the holidaysTUAWT Mobile HTC Slide to provide non FaceTime video chat with iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44232.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44232.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 21:17:24 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - iLuv, makers of numerous accessories for Apple devices, have released their first stereo speaker dock system specifically designed for the iPad the iMM747 Built to accommodate your iPad's rather large stature, with a flexible docking structure that adjusts to fit your iPad, you'll be able to listen to your music, use your apps and watch your favorite TV shows and movies with orchestral tri component sound in a speaker dock With separate drivers for treble, mid range and bass, Howard Kim, the Sr Marketing Manager at iLuv, says you'll fill any room in the house with superb audio The iMM747 charges your iPad ultra fast, and syncs your iPad to iTunes while your iPad is still in the dock, too using a sync cable The iMM747 is also compatible with the iPhone iPod touch as well as just about every other iPod under the sun And for your old CD player, the iMM747 comes with an auxiliary line input for any device with a 35mm output socket Being that there's not much in the way of iPad speaker docks, if you're in the market for one, the iMM747 looks like it's worth checking out Available in early October, the unit is priced at US 14999 from the iLuv website via IPADMODO TUAWFirst stereo iPad dock available from iLuv originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44223.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44223.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 20:23:36 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Simple graphics, deep gameplay That's what the 2007 board game Wabash Cannonball promised and delivered The Winsome train game, with a small print run of around 300 copies we think , quickly sold out The game was then licensed to Queen Games and re released as Chicago Express This version sold well enough that an expansion pack was released Now, the game comes to the iOS market as an app called Wabash Cannonball US 499 It's got everything almost that the earlier, nearly identical games have, but it's all packed into a tiny screen maybe a little too packed along with a few digital friends to play against Very different from your normal iPhone time waster app, Wabash is a gamer's game, and it deserves attention The name might refer to a fictional train, but there's a lot of real gameplay here Read on for the full ride and to see if you'd like to hop aboard the Wabash Cannonball Gallery Wabash Cannonball iPhone AppTUAWApp Review Wabash Cannonball rolls in with a near perfect score originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44219.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44219.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 19:09:07 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - WINtA is probably the best brand new game that I've seen so far at GDC Online 2010 this week in Austin, Texas It's a title published by a group called OneBigGame, which is a nonprofit video game publisher They commission and publish games, which are created for free by luminaries in the video game field, and then they sell them to customers for money that goes straight to charities around the world Founder Martin de Ronde took the stage at GDC to allegedly talk about how to take an app from iPhone to the iPad, but what he actually did was show off this really amazing game and music platform, and he gave a road map to where the iPad version will eventually go WINtA stands for War is Not The Answer, which is what game creator Masaya Matsuura felt after September 11th, and that's what he wanted to transfer into game form WINtA itself is actually a rhythm game Matsuura is well known in the gaming community for making PaRappa the Rapper, which is a highly regarded PlayStation game known for pioneering the genre that eventually launched Guitar Hero and Tap Tap Revolution de Ronde approached Matsuura under the OneBigGame banner, asking if he would create a game to sell for charity, and with the help of Dutch developer Triangle Studios, Matsuura came up with WINtA The app will be out on the App Store for free later this year Check out more, including a video of the demonstration, after the breakTUAWGDC Online 2010 Hands on and preview of WINtA originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44208.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44208.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 18:37:53 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - In the professional guesswork that is estimating Apple's sales numbers, numbers are varying wildly about just how many iPads Apple has sold According to Philip Elmer DeWitt, the general consensus is that Apple has sold about 825 million iPads He's gathered quarterly estimates from many sources and compiled a list They range from 380 million iPads sold issued on September 28th by Brian Marshall of Gleacher Co to 60 million issued on October 1st by Robert Paul Leitao of Apple Finance Board As Philip points out, Apple sold 327 million iPads in the third quarter Apple will hold its 4th quarter financial earnings conference call on October 18th, and TUAW will be live blogging the event Check back then to get the real numbers Via MacDailyNews TUAWEstimates vary on number of iPads sold originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44203.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44203.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 18:10:31 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Yesterday afternoon on TUAW TV Live, I ran a 21 minute video that I put together that shows the features of the new Apple TV as well as the Apple Remote app for iPad This was part of a special TUAW TV Live episode which can be viewed in its entirety here focusing on the Apple TV Since many readers might want to see how the Apple TV works without watching the whole hour long TUAW TV Live episode, I've taken the liberty of posting two YouTube videos that show how the device works I also have some opinions on the device, which I'm glad to share I think version 20 of the Apple TV is a huge improvement over the first device in size, power efficiency, speed, price, and clarity Apple still needs to increase the number of video sources networks in particular that can be streamed from the device, and AirPlay won't go live for another month or so, but I already consider device the best 99 I've spent on tech equipment in 2010 Check out the video split into two pieces to fit onto YouTube on the next pageTUAWTUAW video review of the new Apple TV originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44196.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44196.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 17:15:49 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you are an iPhone gamer and haven't tried Epic Citadel yet, you're doing yourself a disservice Epic Games wowed the crowd at the recent Apple event with the free demo, showing an astoundingly beautiful virtual town running in full 3D graphics on the iPhone and the iPad Epic's Mark Rein is here at GDC Online 2010 this week to talk to developers about Unreal Engine 3 on iOS and other platforms he can't keep from showing off the game running on Android, even when you tell him that you work for an Apple blog and don't write about Android anyway , and I cornered him to chat about Epic Citadel and Project Sword, the game it's serving as a demo for My first question was what drew Epic to a platform like the iPhone in the first place the developer is known for titles like Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, which are big flashy titles that sell Microsoft's platforms, not Apple's Rein told me that it was The power of the hardware It was capable of doing what we wanted it to do in mobile That's always been our driving philosophy, is when we have platforms that are powerful enough to run our technology, and there's a good business case for supporting them, that we would TUAWGDC Online 2010 Mark Rein on iOS and Epic Citadel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44184.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44184.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 16:35:16 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Yet again, more analyst news regarding the iPad impacting laptop and netbook sales The Wall Street Journal is reporting that estimated sales of the iPad for 2010 have more than doubled to 11 or 12 million units sold this year, with 20 million iPads expected to be sold in 2011 which is still conservative according to some other analysts In contrast, the NPD Group estimates that sales of laptop units in the US rose by only 12pourcents in the first eight months of this year as apposed to a 30pourcents percent increase in sales last year for the same period On top of that, NDP Group reports that unit sales were down 1pourcents over July and August the peak back to school season for such sales Naturally, the WSJ points to the sluggish economy for such a shift The paper does also note that some shoppers are preferring to buy the iPad, even at a premium price, over cheaper laptops and netbooks, though the iPad represents only a fraction of portable computer sales overall The article suggests that the competition for consumers' dollars will become even more fierce with the emergence of competing tablet devices from other manufacturers later this year and next year But for now, there is still no doubt that Apple is leading the way with the iPad For the full WSJ article click hereTUAWAnalyst Sharp rise in iPad sales estimates originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44180.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44180.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 16:04:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - A mobile version of the first person platform game Mirror's Edge is already available for the iPad and iPhone, but the original version hasn't made it to the Mac yet Court documents from a lawsuit filed against Electronic Arts by Edge Games state that a Mac version of the original 'Mirror's Edge' video game is currently under development and is slated for release later this year Mirror's Edge has been available for the Xbox 360 and PS3 for almost two years now, and the Windows version came out in January of 2009 Like Portal and a few other high profile games that have recently released for the Mac, the availability of Mirror's Edge for OS X is definitely a case of better late than never Having recently played through the iPhone version of the game, I'll be curious to see how it runs on the Mac as long as the price is right for a game that's been available on other platforms for so long via Macgasm TUAWMirror's Edge coming to the Mac later this year originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44170.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44170.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 15:37:58 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Thanks to a couple of tips this morning, we note that iPhone 4 bumpers are once again available in the Apple Store online The cases, which retail for US 2999, were taken off the virtual shelves during the 'Antennagate' free case giveaway period, just expired Interestingly, Apple's product images for the bumpers all include a product that isn't on sale yet the legendary, much anticipated white iPhone 4 Thanks Mike and Marc TUAWApple Store restarts bumper case sales originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44164.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44164.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 15:13:38 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Seton Hall University located in New Jersey and Blackboard have developed the SHUMobile free app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad It's also available for Blackberry, Android, and Nokia devices SHUMobile provides a student portal to a wide variety of what Seton Hall has to offer In effect, it's one stop shopping for managing your education The app is quite well designed and provides eight categories at present, including A searchable phone directory Athletics, which allows you to drill down to each sport and break them into men's and women's teams, with a scrolling list of stories about each Also provided are options to search for game schedules and scores Listings of events of the day, which are broken down into the following categories Academic, Athletics, Campus Tours, Conferences, Exhibits, Film, Lectures and Readings, Performances, Receptions, Religious, Student Government, and Workshops A daily listing is provided along with an easy way to move forward or back by a day Choosing one brings up a screen with specific information on that event A pinch and stretch campus map that uses GPS to locate your position on campus A scrolling list of videos Seton Hall news broken into categories A searchable listing of 250 images of people and campus life The entire course catalog, which drills down to times, dates, instructors, and location TUAWManage your Seton Hall University Education with SHUMobile originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44157.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44157.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 14:46:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The last time I spoke with the folks at OpenFeint, we were all waiting for the arrival of Apple's official Game Center app and wondering what effect it would have on third party social networking platforms for App Store apps Now, of course, Game Center is out And despite the dire predictions of onlookers, OpenFeint is still rolling right along The network continues to offer functionality to developers above and beyond what Apple's official solution provides, and it provides cross platform services even outside of Apple's purview OpenFeint's VP of Marketing, Eros Resmini, met up with me here on the floor of the Game Developers' Conference going on this week in Austin for a quick chat about what he thought of Game Center's launch, how OpenFeint is doing with Apple's official network up and running alongside of it, and what's next for the service and the network Click Read More to read our interviewTUAWGDC Online 2010 OpenFeint after Game Center originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44152.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44152.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 14:24:56 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - At every one of these gaming shows it's GDC Online this week, which I'm at for TUAW , there's usually a game of the show that emerges It's something, either on the show floor or demoing behind closed doors, that everyone starts to talk about The buzz starts at parties and in the hallways, and then it carries over into panels and starts to crop up in those casual discussions about what you've seen this week But so far, the game everyone's talking about this week isn't even on display at the show Epic's Mark Rein even recommended Chillingo's newest title, Cut the Rope, to me It's a brand new game that's already making a huge splash this week as of this writing, it was number two on the App Store paid list , and it's all the rage among app developers and journalists here at GDC The phrase being passed around is Angry Birds meets Fruit Ninja, and those comparisons are apt The idea is that you guide a little piece of candy, by cutting ropes and manipulating other items in the environment, to a cute little monster that's hungrily trying to eat it Cut the Rope has the cute characters of Angry Birds and the fun, tactile interaction of Fruit Ninja all wrapped up into one extremely polished and shiny package For only US 099, you get four stages full of levels in a universal app, three stars to collect in each level to add replayability , and to top it all off, Game Center integration for achievements and leaderboards I'm not even that big of an Angry Birds fan, but I found myself giggling as I pulled off Cut the Rope's little puzzles I was very charmed by Om Nom, the little monster who just wants that hanging candy Cut the Rope has just barely gone live, and this is an app that is already getting into people's headsTUAWTUAW's Daily App Cut the Rope originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44148.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44148.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 02:28:43 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I've long been fascinated by the idea of using Twitter as both a social platform and a means of archiving my life on the web I've played with using favorites, searches, backup services, my own bots for archiving links and direct messages I know it goes against the grain of the original vision of Twitter, but it's grown to be something that really has the potential to be more than a flighty excuse the pun social network I haven't, however, really found a solid way to make Twitter work for me the way I think it could That seems to have changed today, with my discovery of Tweet Library for iPad Tweet Library is a Twitter client, but its main feature set revolves around archiving and organizing your tweets You can see your last few thousand tweets 3,000 tweets on import, which I believe is the limit of the API Ed , and you can search and filter your timeline, lists, favorites and mentions, as well as search all of Twitter When you run across words of wisdom, links of interest, general hilarity, or any tidbit you'd like to save, you can send them into custom Collections Create as many collections as you need, and let them serve as a means of organizing the flurry of information you come across on a daily basis You can archive and export your collections and timelines, too I won't list every feature here there are a lot of them , but I'll note that support for TextExpander and Instapaper is among a host of other niceties Manton Reece Riverfold Software , the developer of Tweet Library, is no stranger to TUAW, nor to polished and useful applications There's obviously a good bit of his heart and soul in this latest endeavor I've come across a couple of minor bugs in this initial version, but he's been very responsive and is already working on the next update with more features and fixes The app is priced at US 999 a bit pricey for the timid, casual Twitter surfer, but a solid investment for anyone who spends more time there than they'd readily admit If you fly with that flock, have a peek at Tweet Library on the App Store, and check out the website for screenshots and a short videoTUAWTweet Library for iPad makes Twitter useful originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44081.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44081.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-07 00:15:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - A few weeks ago, I had a chance to visit the Sonos offices in Cambridge, MA to speak with Jon Reilly, Sonos product manager, and get a demo of the ZonePlayer S5 and the iPad app free Sonos makes wireless home music systems, which we've covered here before I've also spent the last month with 2 S5 demo units I can say that it's a fantastic product that could not be simpler to set up and use With one in my office and one in my kitchen, my family has been rocking all month long The S5 and iOS controllers are a beautifully executed union of hardware and software that's as simple as it is powerful and just plain fun In fact, I'll be sad to ship these back Here's our full review of the Sonos S5 Gallery Sonos S5 Click the link below to read more, and to see a gallery of the iPhone app, the iPad app and the Mac desktop app TUAWTUAW review Sonos S5 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44067.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44067.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 22:58:50 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - AXA Insurance and Financial Services a company that just hired my son this morning has come up with a very creative iAd to introduce an app for their Belgium based auto insurance division Their advertising agency, Duval Guillaume of Antwerp, has created a story that integrates newspaper advertising with an iPhone The video explains it quite well, but the gist is that you come upon an engaging picture in print and are asked to place your iPhone on a blank space on the page which brings the story to life, and keeps eyeballs on the iAd for a full minute At the end of the iAd, you are brought to a link to download the free app which doesn't seem to be for the American market The app will allow you to handle car insurance claims This is really thinking outside the box and embeds a fast moving story right into the presentation I think the idea is quite impressive What's your take via 9to5 Mac TUAWFound Footage AXA Equitable presents an innovative iAd originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44059.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44059.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 22:58:50 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It's been out for a week, probed like a hillbilly picked up by aliens, and talked about on every Apple blog What is it The new Apple TV, of course Today's TUAW TV Live is going to focus on the newest member of the Apple family, with video highlights of the device in action You'll be able to see how the Lowtide user interface works, view the Apple remote apps for iPhone and iPad, and see how the device settings can be configured Once I'm done with the video tour, you're free to ask questions, speculate on the future of the Apple TV platform, and otherwise contribute to the chat How do you join on the fun From your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the read more link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool The chat tool allows you to join in on the fun by asking questions or making comments If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't keep your eyes on the road However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone by downloading the free Ustream Viewing Application iPad users haven't been forgotten, either, as you can tune in to TUAW TV Live on your iPad That link will send you to a non Flash page, although you won't have access to our chat tool And one final note if the show has started and you're seeing a previously recorded show instead of the livestream, you can always pop on over to ustreamtv tuaw to join the show in progressTUAWTUAW TV Live A focus on the new Apple TV originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16 55 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44058.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44058.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 22:30:10 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As many of you have likely heard, actor Tony Curtis passed away in his home last week at the age of 85, due to cardiac arrest Curtis was best known for his lead roles in movies such as Some Like it Hot and The Defiant Ones The late actor was put to rest Monday, the funeral being attended by family and friends It's reported that Curtis was buried with some of his most cherished possessions, including a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, a copy of his favorite novel and his iPhone I'm not really sure what's more surprising about Curtis being entombed with his iPhone that he's buried with it for eternity, or that an 85 year old man was so enamored with an iPhone that he or others felt it should remain with him How many people of that age even know what an iPhone is Unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before the jokes of Curtis calling from the grave are in full force via 9 to 5 Mac TUAWTony Curtis buried with iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44054.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44054.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 22:06:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Tango is a video and audio chatting app that does what FaceTime should have done It works on a 3G or a 4G network This free app was released last week and I have been testing it over the weekend It performs pretty much as advertised using it on my iPhone 4 You can make and receive calls over either a WiFi network, or over the cellular network Even better, the app works with a variety of Android phones including the Droid, HTC Hero, Evo and Nexus One so you're not stuck with just iPhone users When you get the app you register for a free account Your name and email address is all that's needed, and the Tango contact list will instantly display friends who have signed up Contacting them is as easy as clicking on their name You have the choice to do an audio only call or a video call Both iPhone 4 cameras are supported, and just like FaceTime, you can switch cameras while a call is on progress How well does it work I tried a call to an Android phone running Tango and it worked fine An acid test was a call from a friend visiting China He called me from the Great Wall, and the video was passable and audio was fine He said he was in an area with intermittent 3G and Edge, and his connection kept switching, but given the conditions it did work well If the Tango app notices network issues, it puts up a warning on screen Eventually the video locked up and the call dropped, but it was better than expected under challenging international conditions TUAWWant FaceTime on 3G Try Tango originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15 45 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44051.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44051.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 21:42:42 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will start manufacturing a Verizon ready iPhone by the end of this year, with sales to start early 2011 Based on the iPhone 4, the new phone would leverage CDMA technology instead of the GSM 3G mobile technology used by ATT Wireless telecommunications company Qualcomm will provide a key chip for the new device Sourced to people briefed by Apple, the WSJ story is thin on details but is published on a reputable site that usually doesn't stick its neck out on unfounded items If this report is grounded in truth, it indicates the end of ATT's exclusivity deal with Apple and the possible opening of the device in the United States for even further carriers This is a rumor we've heard several times beforeTUAWRumor Verizon iPhone to debut early next year originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15 20 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44048.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44048.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 21:13:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - A new iPhone 4 ad has hit the airwaves Rather than featuring FaceTime, which is now quickly making it into the mainstream on shows like Hawaii Five O, the new ad focuses on the Retina Display In the ad, the ability of the display to bring out the best of photos, movies, text, and games is vividly demonstrated on the highest resolution phone screen ever Seeing how other phone manufacturers are now using terms like our high resolution AMOLED display in their advertising, this is a smart move on Apple's part while they still have the lead in phone display technologyTUAWNew iPhone 4 ad touts Retina Display originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44040.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44040.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 20:27:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - When last week's episode of TUAW TV Live was being streamed, my Apple TV had just been delivered and I hadn't been able to do more than shoot a quick unboxing video After a week, I've had an opportunity to put the new Apple TV through its paces and find what I like and dislike about the new unit This afternoon, join me for a special Apple TV edition of TUAW TV Live I'll show you the device, how it connects to the world, and give you a detailed tour of the Lowtide user interface I'll also demonstrate the use of Apple's free Remote app in controlling the Apple TV, and then we'll open the chat room to discussion of the device It all starts at 5 PM EDT today here at TUAW Show up a few minutes early either here at TUAWcom, or visit the Ustream link below to watch either way, you'll be treated to a live video stream and a chat tool If you can't make it to the live show, all of the TUAW TV Live episodes are archived on our Ustream page so you can view them at your leisure TUAWTUAW TV Live this afternoon at 5 PM EDT The Apple TV episode originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44032.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44032.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 20:03:13 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We received a heads up from an Apple retail insider that Apple Stores are pulling all of the MacBook Air SuperDrives from shelves These drives are exclusive to the MacBook Air and Mac mini Server, and the removal of the drives could be a sign that the long awaited refresh of the MacBook Air is imminent Recent rumors have it that an upcoming MacBook with an 116 display might be the replacement for the MacBook Air We had a false alarm when the Apple Online Store was temporarily off line this morning, and that could have been nothing we didn't see any changes or work was being done behind the scenes to prepare for an upcoming announcement MacRumors is also reporting that supplies of the MacBook Air are getting very thin at Apple Stores Be sure to stay tuned to TUAW for any fast breaking news about a new laptop from Cupertino TUAWApple stores pulling SuperDrives, new MacBook Air imminent originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13 50 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44028.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44028.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 19:16:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As autumn approaches, an Apple Store in Chicago nears completion while another in Edinburgh is still in the planning stages In Chicago, a future Lincoln Park store got dressed up a bit with festive barricades Specifically, autumn colored leaves have been added, spelling out the words Lincoln Park Apple Store Text below the famous Apple logo reads A vibrant opening Fall 2010 Many believe that this store will open some time this month This isn't the first time Apple has decorated a store that's under construction In Boston the barricades resembled Fenway Park's Green Monster, and in Paris barricades depicted a luxurious theatrical curtain That's nice, as typically those things are an eyesore Meanwhile, plans are progressing in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Apple is reportedly in discussions with the city's planning officials to finalize plans for a new store's design, construction, etc In fact, Herald Scotland suggests that it could all be finalized within a few weeks Apple already has two stores up and running in Scotland TUAWApple Store news Openings in Chicago and Edinburgh originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44013.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44013.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 18:17:23 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Wow These days, it seems, if you're going to propose, popping the question needs to be done in a super creative, ultra romantic fashion Gone are the days of proposing to your love after a few drinks at the local pub or after a few too many at a New Years Eve party Both proposals I know of, both ladies said yes Apparently, If you're going to do it right in this day and age, you need to do it akin to the stratosphere that BB Bling did it in This guy took his girlfriend to the cinema where they watched their first movie together OK, nothing too special there , but after a few commercials, what appeared to be an iPhone commercial came on the screen However, it turned out to be a full blown music video proposal, written and performed by the groom to be Using apps from his iPhone, the song declared Bling's undying love for his stunned girlfriend, culminating in an on screen proposal Thankfully, she said yes, and the rest of the cinema goers burst into applause To to top it all off, the track is now available for purchase on the iTunes store to finance the wedding From all of us here at TUAW, we say well done to you, sir And congratulations to the happy couple Now, why didn't I think of that For all the juicy details, click hereTUAWFound Footage Using an iPhone and a movie theatre to propose marriage originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44003.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/44003.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 17:03:04 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Booyah first made a big splash on the App Store with the check in game MyTown, then they stepped over to Facebook to release a game called Nightclub City before returning to Apple's platform a little while back with a title called InCrowd Most App Store releases are known for their short development times usually around six months or less , but InCrowd might set a record As Booyah's Jon Parise explained in his panel at this year's GDC Online conference, Booyah created the app in just four weeks There were a few reasons for doing this First and foremost, the app is designed to work in conjunction with Facebook's new Places service, and because of Booyah's success with Nightclub City, Facebook granted them early access to work on and release an app for launch day just four weeks after development began While Parise didn't say it directly, his speech gave the impression that Booyah just wanted to try it could they really take an idea and turn it into a viable App Store product and brand in just four weeks' time That, as Parise pointed out, is just about the length of Adobe Photoshop's trial period In fact, one of their developers downloaded and used the expensive photo editor's trial all within the time of developmentTUAWGDC Online 2010 Booyah's InCrowd, or how to develop an app in four weeks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43986.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43986.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 16:06:02 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Good news for those wanting to purchase an iPhone 4in the US anyway Shipping estimates have improved from three weeks to between five and seven business days, according to Apple's US online retail store Improved shipping estimates usually indicate that Apple is catching up with consumer demand The iPhone 4 has been in high demand since its release in June, selling well over 15 million devices in its first three days of availability But supply is still short, especially with expansion into the overseas market According to AppleInsider, mobile carrier China Unicom was only able to meet about half of the pre orders placed by customers, with the rest having to wait until the end of October for their orders to be fulfilled Similarly, the iPad suffered high shipping times upon its release in April, with things only improving in August when Apple's standard shipping time of 24hrs was reached In the UK, the iPhone 4 shipping time is set at three weeks, while the iPhone 3GS can be shipped in one to two weeks, according to Apple's UK online retail store Personally, I've currently got an iPhone 3G with the mobile carrier O2 The contract has expired, and I'm now running on their Simplicity tariff I could upgrade to the iPhone 4 with O2 they seem to get priority stock , however, Tesco is offering the most cost effective contract for me anyway Unfortunately, though, they never seem to have any stock Tesco is offering a 16GB iPhone 4 on a 12 month contract at 35 a month The upfront cost is 229, but the overall cost of ownership is 649 With this contract, you get 750 monthly minutes, a 1GB monthly data allowance, and unlimited texts Alternatively, O2's 35 a month contract is for 18 months The upfront cost is cheaper, at 179, but the overall cost of ownership comes in at a much steeper 809 Worse still, with this contract you only get 300 monthly minutes and a 500MB monthly data allowance If I was to purchase a contract nearer the 600 minute a month point with O2 which is more like what I need , I'd have to pay 40 a month on an 18 month contract with the overall cost of ownership being 839 For me, it's obvious to go with Tesco's iPhone 4 contract Unfortunately, until stock supplies improve, I'm forced to hold onto my iPhone 3G Engadget has done a fantastic comparison of all the price plans for the iPhone 4 in the UK If you haven't got an iPhone 4 yet, and you live in the UK, it's well worth the readTUAWiPhone 4 shipping times improved originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43970.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43970.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 15:16:09 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Newtoy is the company behind the popular Games With Friends brand on the App Store, featuring Chess With Friends and the extremely popular Words With Friends If you're on Twitter, you probably already knew that Words With Friends was popular it's all over the service , but you might not have realized just how popular Newtoy's own David Bettner took the stage here at GDC Online 2010 in Austin, Texas for a panel and said that the game has had 10 million downloads so far That's allowed him, his brother Paul, and their cousin to take Newtoy from a company of three people working on laptops in a library though they admittedly had a lot of good experience as developers at Age of Empires dev Ensemble Studios to a 30 person game studio with a bright future in what Bettner calls turn based asynchronous mobile gaming And that stat isn't the only interesting one that Bettner shared Of those 10 million downloads, half have played the game in the last month The Words With Friends app has two million daily active users and five million monthly active users And of those users, 60pourcents were brought in to the game by their friends which makes for a very viral cocktail , and a whopping 40pourcents play the app ten times or more per dayTUAWGDC Online 2010 Newtoy and Words with Friends' 10 million downloads originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43961.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43961.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 14:02:00 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - One of the best reasons to come to a conference like GDC Online which I'm at this week in Austin, Texas is touching base with others in the iPhone and iPad community and sharing your favorite apps with each other I've been hooking as many people as I can on Pocket Frogs I just passed 50pourcents of awards completed, and the app just added Game Center integration in a new update , and my colleague Jeff Scott of 148Apps recommended Blue Defense Second Wave to me Blue Defense is a top down shooter with an iPhone twist instead of moving your ship around as it shoots down enemy ships in 2D, you tilt your iPhone or just touch the screen to aim a planetary cannon, taking out ships as they come to you The tilt interface is very intuitive, and there are even some fun multitouch functions You can split your fire by double tapping anywhere to create fixed aiming sights, or even grab and drag away from the planet to shoot a gigantic screen clearing gun This is actually the second version of the game, so there are multiple modes to get through, including two infinite modes that you can use to try and raise your score up on the game's leaderboards There are also lots of levels to play and medals to earn while doing so The graphics are 2D, with a simple but smooth and well designed look, and the Retina Display makes the game look great Blue Defense Second Wave is an excellent title for just US 199 It's also a universal build, so I bet it'll look even better on the iPad I've heard some other good app recommendations from the panels and attendees here at the show, so stay tuned all week for moreTUAWTUAW's Daily App Blue Defense Second Wave originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43945.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43945.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 13:10:41 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - In a ceremony commemorating California's SB 1395, the world's most well known liver transplant recipient and the world's only former killer future robot turned politician posed for photos Jobs and Schwarzenegger were at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Stanford, CA to mark the signing of the transplant bill into law Both men have been active sponsors of the measure, which establishes a live donor registry for kidney transplants and sets up a binary opt in opt out system for organ donation via the DMV While Californians were able to register as organ donors before when getting or renewing a driver's license, the new system requires that they explicitly choose to be a donor or not to be a donor Jobs received a liver transplant in 2009 he chose to register as a transplant candidate in Memphis, TN rather than in California in order to improve his odds of getting a donor organ in time to salvage his health In his remarks at the March announcement of the bill, Steve noted that 400 Californians died waiting for donor organs in 2009TUAWSteve and the Governator mark transplant bill signing originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43940.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43940.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 06:30:28 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The store's down We're not sure why if I had to guess, I'd say they're updating the listings for bumper cases, since those recently returned to the retail shelves , but we'll keep an eye on things and let you know what's new when it comes back Meanwhile, don't panic We want a new iPod nano, too, but you can surely wait a few more minutes until the store returns to normal In the United States, anywayTUAWApple Store is down originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00 18 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43893.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43893.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 06:08:16 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I first heard about DVDs in late March 1997, sitting in the back seat of a friend's car as her now husband explained this new video format that had just gone on sale weeks earlier Having just gotten my VCR, it was pretty hard to fathom picking up another piece of hardware anytime soon Within the next year, I saw DVDs appear at the local Suncoast and people gradually began taking to them The clincher Eventually, the price of DVDs dropped to where you were paying a cheaper price and getting better quality Consumers gravitated to the new format and the rest is history the DVD took off and never looked back The iPad It took off a lot faster CNBC has the story from Colin McGranahan, a retail analyst at Bernstein Research, who dug into the adoption rates McGranahan points out that Apple sold 3 million iPads within the first 80 days of launch By contrast, there were a million iPhones sold in the first quarter of release and only 350,000 DVD players sold in all of 1997 Keep in mind, when it comes to non phone electronics products, McGranahan says DVD players had the fastest adoption rate ever before the iPad presumably meaning new categories of gadgets The sales rate of the iPad after one quarter matches up with the DVD sales rate after five years The iPod's first year A similarly modest 375,000 devices sold Of course, the DVD player was fighting an established product in VHS, and the iPad had the iPhone and iPod touch not to mention the App Store to soften the ground for it but still, not bad for a product that some vocal critics gave lousy first reviews The original predictions of a million units sold in the first year seem remarkably conservative in the face of a likely run rate of 18 million iPads Granted, Apple does have a history of defying the odds Via MacDailyNews TUAWiPad adoption rate faster than DVD, says analyst originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43890.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43890.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 02:50:46 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Android users have been enjoying Google Goggles for a while now, the image recognition feature has made it over to the iPhone The first hints that GG would make the leap to iPhone came back in August, and we're glad to see it here now Google Goggles delivers the kind of visual product search and recognition features found in SnapTell now owned by Amazon and Kooaba While it's a separate app on the Android Market, on iPhone it's bundled in with the existing Google Mobile app As the video shows, with Google Goggles not to be confused with other, similar sounding technologies , you can use visual recognition to search for information with your iPhone's camera Note that since it requires an auto focusing camera, Goggles will only work on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 If you update your Google Mobile app, you'll see a new camera icon in the top bar The first time you tap it, you'll have to clear several screenfuls of instructions and accept a new version of the Google mobile usage agreement You can, at your option, have your image capture history saved to your Google account More details are available on Google's blog Get Goggling TUAWGoogle Goggles image recognition debuts on iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20 45 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43885.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43885.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 02:19:53 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - CEO Steve Ballmer is targeting this Christmas season to deliver Microsoft's Windows based tablet OS into consumer hands Website Electronista suggests that the HP Slate 500 will provide the most likely platform for the new system To that we say Zune No wait, we say No Comment TUAWNo Comment Microsoft looking at introducing its own tablet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43884.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43884.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 01:13:42 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'm here in Austin, Texas this week for the Game Developers' Conference, and Limbic Software's Arash Keshmirian kicked off the iPhone gaming track this morning with a panel about how the company found success with their TowerMadness tower defense game Limbic's story is similar to a lot of others that we've heard before the app released to little fanfare, but a few solid tweaks, strategies, and even lucky breaks after release led to lots of sales and lots of development lessons What really started the company, said Keshmirian, was when we decided to make the game free Like many other developers, he and his team found that having a huge audience is extremely important on the App Store Releasing a free version created opportunities for in app purchases and monetization through ads, and it even drove sales of the paid version of the app Keshimirian shared a number of other interesting facts about what they'd found on the App Store during development as wellTUAWGDC Online 2010 Limbic Software's route to App Store success originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43878.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43878.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-06 00:04:50 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - MarkdownMail lets you send email that has been formatted using John Gruber's Markdown syntax The newest version has been updated to be a universal app for iPad or iPhone iPod touch devices It's US 4 for new users, or a free upgrade for existing users The new version also fixes some bugs and updates to the latest TextExpander touch SDK The iPhone version looked good, but knew that I wouldn't want to use it scaled up on my iPad As soon as I saw it was available for iPad, I grabbed it The price has increased from 2 to 4, but hey, sometimes being an early adopter pays off Those who jumped right in showed the developer there was interest in the app, and that interest helped support the development of the iPad version I like the fact that it will preserve the Markdown formatting when sending rather than converting it to HTML before sending It also has a nice preview button to show how the text will look like when converted Despite the name, you don't have to email the file when done There is an option to have MarkdownMail convert your text to HTML and copy it to the clipboard right from the app I'm still putting it through the paces, but let me know if you have any questions So far it looks very handy for folks who like to write Markdown on the goTUAWMarkdownMail 20 now a universal iOS app, fixes a few bugs originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43866.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43866.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 23:16:58 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Given the minimal available output ports just HDMI and TOSlink optical audio on the Apple TV, it's no surprise that the low cost HDMI to DVI cables used in some home media setups aren't supported Unfortunately, if you're using HDMI converters or cables of the sort, you may be out of luck with the new device Your iTunes movie and TV purchases may be available to your Apple TV via Home Sharing, but unless the signal pathway between your ATV and your display is all digital and HDCP compliant, that content flagged as 'protected' by the content providers will not display While some DVI equipped TVs and HDMI DVI cables are HDCP savvy, most are not This isn't unique to the new Apple TV among Apple's products, by the way Try playing a rented purchased iTunes movie on a DisplayPort equipped MacBook Pro while a DVI monitor is connected you'll get bupkis Even the original Apple TV has HDCP control on the HDMI port, although in that case the analog outputs are available Even though Apple's specification is clear on the HDMI all the way requirement, it implies that unprotected content should play fine even if the HDCP checks are unavailable That's not what several users have discovered, per Ted Landau at Macworld, as they report wavy displays using HDMI DVI If you've been having HDCP driven agita with your new Apple TV, let us know below TUAWHDCP may spoil your Apple TV fun originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43863.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43863.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 22:31:27 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It seems we've been discussing Apple's upcoming, massive North Carolina datacenter for a long, long time since around May 2009, actually Word is that the 1 billion facility is nearing completion, meaning we'll hopefully see the fruits of Apple's labor very soon Here's one interesting item to come out of the story the company reportedly paid one family upwards of 17 million for their one acre lot Even having paid that amount for such a small bit of land, Apple could have come away from this having paid as little as 35k per acre While many people speculate that the new datacenter will support Apple's initiatives into streaming media, it's just as likely that it will be used for technologies Apple hasn't really dipped its toe into quite yet Social media could be one area, as we've seen the company testing those waters with Ping with questionable results Click the link below to see video of a helicopter fly over of the new facilityTUAWApple's North Carolina data center nears completion originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43854.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43854.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 22:31:27 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Sparrow is a free Gmail client for your Mac that was released yesterday and is still in beta Unlike MailPlane, which largely simulates the Gmail experience plus some powerful additions, the Sparrow client is designed to be minimalist As John Gruber Daring Fireball points out, the design for this Gmail client seems to be inspired by Tweetie for Mac The developers Dinh Vit Ho and Dominique Leca ignore the traditional email client stereotype and aim for simplicity in a way that is rather inspired Sparrow has just your mail, and nothing else Sparrow currently supports message threading as well as using multiple accounts In the future, you will be able to use other IMAP email accounts such as MobileMe as well as gain the ability to use Gmail labels It is free and available now, so check out the beta and let us know your thoughts via Daring Fireball TUAWBeta Beat Sparrow Gmail client for Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43853.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43853.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 22:02:42 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Arik Hessendahl over at Business Week reports that the new 2nd generation Apple TV model might cost 64 in parts compared to its 99 retail price If that number is anywhere near right then the margins on ATV are ridiculously low In comparison, Apple's iPhone gross margin was estimated near 60pourcents Apple could be seeing a generous profit from movie and TV rentals above basic sales, making Apple TV a potentially lucrative marketTUAWIn Brief Apple TV part cost pegged at 64 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43849.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43849.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 21:35:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Netflix has updated its iPhone app to support video out, but there is a caveat You need to have an iPhone 4 or a 4th generation iPod touch or it's no go Of course you'll need the component Apple AV Cable or the composite AV Cable Both are a bit pricey at US 4900 but they will do the job The updated app is universal, and there are unspecified bug fixes, so iPad and all iPhone owners that can run the app should update to this latest morsel I think the only thing missing from the Netflix app is management of the user queue There are some third party solutions like iRentMovie, which seems to have the most positive ratings at the app store, but I can't think of any reasons why the Netflix app itself shouldn't have this feature TUAWNetflix adds video out for iPhone 4 and 4th generation iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43846.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43846.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 21:11:56 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Capcom have announced that in early November an App Store near you will be graced with Capcom Arcade, featuring at launch arcade classics Street Fighter II, 1942, Commando, and Ghouls 'n' Ghosts IGN has a postitive writeup of a preview it played, saying that the touch based controls worked fine but it was disappointed by the lack of online play or leaderboards Capcom is promising these features in updates down the line, as well as an additional game every month Personally I find Ghouls 'n' Ghosts horrendously difficult with a proper joystick, let alone a touch interface Still though, our own Mike Schramm was impressed by iPhone version of Street Fighter 4, and the games will offer the option of adjusted read easier difficulty levels for iPhone play to reduce the number of expensive devices thrown against walls because of the first boss in GnG Anyway, touch screen controls aren't the clever bit The clever bit is how you'll be paying for this slice of retro goodness The app itself will be free, and come with a few tokens you can use to play the games a few times for free If you run out, you can buy more tokens, or just wait because you'll get a few free ones each day Eventually Capcom hopes you'll tire of the drip feeding and pay out for unlimited play of one or more of the games, although exactly how much you'll be paying for this priviledge they aren't letting on yetTUAWCapcom Arcade to bring retro thrills and clever pricing to your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43843.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43843.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 20:21:08 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - There's no denying that there are a lot of guitar apps in the App Store But how do you use them with your iPhone or iPod touch Usually, you put the iPhone onto a table or music stand, where it's apt to get fumbled the next time you try picking it up to look at lyrics Castiv has come up with a good solution put the iPhone or just about any other phone sized device right onto your guitar with a little gadget called the Guitar Sidekick US 2999 You clamp it on the neck of your guitar, and then use the iPhone as a scrolling reminder of lyrics, as a tuning tool, as a practice metronome, a recording device, and more Castiv and TUAW want to give one of these little wonders away to a TUAW reader To enter, just leave us a comment telling us which song contains your favorite guitar solo Here are the details Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada excluding Quebec who are 18 and older To enter, leave a comment with the name of the song containing your favorite guitar solo The comment must be left before midnight on Sunday, October 10th, 2010, 11 59PM Eastern Daylight Time You may enter only once One winner will be selected and receives a Castiv Guitar Sidekick valued at 2999 Click here for complete official rules There's some video of the Guitar Sidekick in action on the next page, so check it outTUAWGuitarists Win a Guitar Sidekick from Castiv and TUAW originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43837.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43837.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 19:22:58 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Citing an overwhelmingly positive response to last summer's pilot program, Mercedes Benz will expand its iPad program to all 355 dealerships across the globe In an interview with Macworld, Mercedes Benz Financial VP Andreas Hinrichs expressed his enthusiasm for the program The feedback was so positive we said, we need to push this out to all the dealers and take the financing process to a new level The program's purpose was to streamline the closing of the deal by eliminating the potentially deal killing walk away from the reality distorting, shiny new car and into the intimidating sales office as a former car salesman, I know the detrimental power of that journey Salespersons can also run credit checks and pull the latest incentives with the iPads, as well as take in returning lease vehicles Let us know if you see one of these in action If you're not in the market for a Benz but still want to enjoy some iPad powered automotive fun, check this outTUAWMercedes Benz's iPad program expands globally originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43826.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43826.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 18:13:03 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Plato said, Necessity is the mother of all inventions He must have been talking about the guys at One Block Off the Grid, which is a cooperative of sorts for buying photovoltaic solar panels at a group discount One of their staff members was running into issues trying to run Adobe After Effects on a slower Mac, so they had another staff member Kalvin build a fast hackintosh in the Amazon cardboard box that all the computer parts came in That price doesn't include the labor involved in putting it all together, and it originally had a rather odd power switch, which was a standard jumper stuck on the end of a plastic cable tie The computer itself has pretty good specs, with a 266 Intel Core i5 CPU, a 1 TB hard drive, 8 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM, and an XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 Graphics Card To run Snow Leopard on this computer, Kalvin used iBoot and MultiBeast As noted on the 1BOG blog, this procedure may potentially violate Apple's End User License Agreement for Mac OS X On the other hand, it's a great way to get a fast computer and not spend a lot of bucksTUAWFound Footage The 900 'Mac Pro' in a cardboard box originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43815.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43815.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 17:23:16 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Earlier this week, DigiTimes reported that Sintek Photonics was producing touch panels to be used in a touch based iMac, and that demo units had been shipped to Cupertino for testing Today, Sintek is denying the claim Once again DigiTimes has the story Barry Wu, VP and spokesperson of Sintek, has said that his company has not been sending capacitive touch panels to Apple for use in the iMac Of course we can't verify the validity of Mr Wu's statement, but there's no reason not to believe him, either Those hoping for a touchscreen iMac will continue to wait Via AppleInsider TUAWTouchscreen iMac Not so fast originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43805.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43805.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 16:21:52 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - This MacBook decal is great, and it looks like it would work well on your iPad, too though you might not get that glowing effect that makes it so awesome We've seen quite a few fun decals similar to this before, including some specifically for the iPad, some for the iPhone, and even some other great geeky ones But none have made such a statement about the ubiquity of computers lately, so we'll just post this one right here under No Comment Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do TUAWNo Comment Just what do you think of this decal, Dave originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43789.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43789.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 15:13:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - When up and coming iPhone company Ngmoco bought old school Mac game developer Freeverse, one of the big worries was whether the developer would continue to program games for the Mac But worry not Freeverse has released a sequel to its old Hordes of Orcs 3D tower defense game, and it's available now for both Windows and OS X The sequel brings new enemies into the mix, plus new towers and a completely overhauled user interface You've got spells to cast that affect all enemies, and there are six different game modes to play with that range from classic tower defense to capture the flag and maze defense The first one was a fun desktop variant on tower defense, and the sequel looks like it adds quite a few new gameplay and graphic elements into the mix The app is US 1995 for either platform, and it's available DRM free from Freeverse's site Even though we have Steam for Mac and more options than ever for Mac gaming nowadays, it's good to see the distinctly Mac developers still releasing new titlesTUAWFreeverse releases Hordes of Orcs 2 for OS X and Windows originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43770.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43770.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 14:43:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Drobo family of BeyondRAID storage devices has been very popular with Mac prosumers, creative professionals, and small businesses since the first product shipped in 2007 Slowly but surely, the company has been building up its product line Data Robotics now has three Direct Attach Storage DAS devices, the Drobo, Drobo S, and DroboPro a Network Attached Storage NAS device, the Drobo FS and a Storage Area Network SAN device, the DroboElite In a recent interview with Mark Fuccio of Data Robotics, he noted that customers were asking for a NAS device with more than the five drive bays of the Drobo FS, and they also wanted redundant network connectivity and a simple way to back up files offsite The result A new product that was announced this morning, the DroboPro FS The new product has the eight drive bays of the DroboPro and can be physically situated on a desktop or placed in a standard rack mount with an optional kit It has two Gigabit Ethernet ports, which can be used in either a standalone mode to connect to a different subnet or in a redundant network protection mode TUAWData Robotics adds the new DroboPro FS to the family originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43767.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43767.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 14:11:30 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Saving Private Sheep is a fun one, especially if you like Angry Birds and there are plenty of you out there who do Saving Private Sheep is another physics based puzzler This time, instead of throwing birds at pigs, you have to save sheep from wolves by tapping various wooden objects in a scene and blowing them up to try and land the pentagonal sheep safely on the ground It may sound confusing, but once you play the game which you can do in a free trial , it makes much more sense The game's 80 levels will have you exploding crates, breaking ice, dropping pulleys, tossing objects around, and trying to earn as many gold medals as you can by exploding as few items as possible as quickly as possible And the best part is that the game's on sale for just 99 cents right now It's not exactly the same as Angry Birds, but the game has a very Angry Birds style feel to it, so if you like that one, give this one a shot as wellTUAWTUAW's Daily App Saving Private Sheep originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43756.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43756.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 13:06:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Now, let's be honest the burgeoning tablet market is not a race But if it was, says analyst Chris Whitmore of Deutsch Bank, the iPad would be winning We're going to see quite a few tablet devices come to market before all is said and done, including the Blackberry PlayBook and products from manufacturers like Dell, Microsoft, and maybe even Google Even after those other tablets come out, Whitmore says the iPad's lead is going to be tough to overcome, if that's even possible We expect the slew of upcoming competition to fall flat from a user experience standpoint while struggl ing to materially undercut the iPad on price, Whitmore reported User experience is a no brainer that's something Apple has always done well, and it's arguable that the iPad is its finest hardware from an accessibility standpoint But price is something else Apple has made deals and even manufactured its own chip to create the tantalizing mix of performance and cost found in the iPad Other manufacturers will have trouble doing the same, especially with the lead Apple already has According to Whitmore, the App Store has also given Apple a head start on applications, deals with media companies have brought big name content to the platform, and a slew of competition versus Apple's one device strategy will create problems for anyone attempting to climb the tablet mountain That's not to say that there can't be another successful tablet, it's just that if anyone wants to have another iPad, they've got a lot of work ahead of them That's not surprising Apple has already reaped the benefits of its early grab at a tablet style computer, and there are much more earnings where those came from via MDN TUAWAnalyst Apple has created 'overwhelming' lead for iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43747.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43747.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-05 00:05:59 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We continue to keep track of Apple TV's hacking potential here's another quick update of the new hardware iFixit confirms that there's an on board Bluetooth chip The Broadcom BCM4329XKUBG 80211n Wi Fi Bluetooth FM chip on the Panasonic board is exactly the same as the one we found on the iPad iOS developer Matthias Ringwald tells TUAW that it shouldn't be hard to get his custom Bluetooth stack running on Apple TV once it's openly jailbroken I managed to hook the communication between BlueTool and BT chipset before, so I can record that exchange on iPad which sets up the Bluetooth chipset and just do a playback Chances are good Read on TUAWApple TV hacking update Bluetooth, white lists, ports, cables originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43693.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43693.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 22:21:44 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - While I wait for Movie Peg to make a little doohickey for my iPhone 4, Dan Provost and Thomas Gerhardt have been working on a doohickey of their own, called the Glif It will allow you to prop your iPhone 4 in a variety of positions for reading, typing with a Bluetooth keyboard, watching video and so on The neat part is that it's also a tripod mount Since the iPhone 4 shoots HD video, can attach it to your tripod to shoot then prop it up on a desk to review your footage Neat, eh The guys are looking for funding to get an initial run produced, and are looking for supporters For US 20, you'll essentially pre order a Glif while pushing them towards their goal of 10,000 we don't know what happens if you donate and they fail to reach their goal It's a cool looing device Good luck, guys Click here to watch a promo video Via Daring Fireball TUAWGlif would be an iPhone 4 stand, tripod mount originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43682.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43682.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 21:12:38 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's a clever re purposing of an older MacBook Matt of Enigma Penguin took it upon himself to convert the MacBook into a touch based tablet with interesting results After taking the MacBook apart and removing non functional hardware, Matt ordered a 3rd party touch screen Once it arrived, he removed the MacBook's original display and cut the lid to accommodate the touch screen After fiddling with drivers and other finalities, he's got thing thing up and running It's even using Ink, the Mac OS X input alternative Nice work, Matt It reminds us of the Axiotron ModBook, but of course this is much cheaper Via PC World TUAWHacked MacBook reborn as a tablet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43670.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43670.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 20:12:30 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The USA's largest shopping mall will be the setting of an epic retail battle as Microsoft opens a massive store mere yards away from an Apple Store Your Tech Weblog, a part of Minnesota's Pioneer Press, has posted some photos of the massive store to be It's directly across the hall from Apple Store Mall of America and much larger As the video above demonstrates, the store will be longer and apparently much deeper than the existing Apple Store All is fair in love and tech retail, as blogger Julio Ojeda Zapata points out, so may the best retailer win Microsoft has opened 4 retail stores in the US so far There are two in California, one in Colorado and one in Arizona This will be the first location in Minnesota Some have accused to Microsoft of copying the Apple Store's look and feel a little too closely Check out these photos and decide for yourselfTUAWFound Footage Apple Microsoft throwdown at Mall of America originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43664.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43664.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 19:20:22 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Business Insider is reporting that Adidas has dropped its plans for a 10 million iAds account The reason Apple's demand for near total control Citing two unnamed inside sources, Business Insider claims that Apple rejected three consecutive proposals from Adidas After the third rejection, the company pulled out Intent on making the best mobile advertising experience possible, Apple oversees nearly every aspect of an advertiser's campaign, and even designs the ads Adidas isn't the first to complain, but this story highlights the first big money pull out we've come across In August, the Wall Street Journal reported that other potential advertisers had grown frustrated with Apple's hands on approach At that time, only four of the 17 partners revealed at the program's start Unilever PLC, JC Penny, Disney and Nissan Co had launched ads Personally, I've only seen one ad for the Nissan Leaf We think John Gruber's advice for potential advertisers is best Get used to it Via AppleInsider TUAWAdidas kills 10M iAd deal originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43655.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43655.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 18:19:04 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - iLife, the software suite that is included on every Mac and is made up of iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD, hasn't been updated to a new version since January, 2009 That, of course, is making many of us in the Apple world curious about when the next version of the suite will appear on the market Many Mac pundits believe the next edition will be iLife '11, and we've already seen several of the rumored release dates fly past without sign of the new iLife Now some sharp eyed Apple fans have noticed that there's a book listed on the German Amazon site with the title iLife '11 Digital pictures, movies, music and more and a release date of December, 2010 The translated description notes that the suite is entirely 64 bit, and that iPhoto will receive integration with social networking iWeb has been rewritten from the ground up, and iDVD is no longer included with the suite There's mention of a new application, but no word on what the function or name of the new member of the suite will be The red banner on the cover mockup at left reads iPhoto, iMovie and more, with Apps for Mac, iPhone 4, iPod and iPad, which implies that iOS versions of the applications will be available as well At this time, of course, iMovie is available for iOS, and it would not be much of a stretch to assume that iOS compatible versions of the other applications could be developed After all, Apple made an iPad version of iWork available on day one The book is written by Uwe Nerger, who has no other published titles to his name That brings up the question how an unpublished author has been given access to a suite of applications that many published authors of Apple tomes have not seen Take this rumor with a fist sized grain of salt via AppleInsider TUAWRumor iLife '11 to be 64 bit, iOS compatible originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43646.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43646.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 17:07:45 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - You know that nice Cover Flow interface above that Apple uses on iDevices, in iTunes, and in Mac OS X An East Texas Federal Court has ruled that Apple infringed on patents held by Mirror Worlds, a software business started by Yale University computer science professor and Unabomber victim David Gelernter As a result, the court has ordered Apple to pay Mirror Worlds US 2085 million in damages The Time Machine interface, which shows a series of screen or application images receding back in time, was also part of the case filed by Mirror Worlds on March 14, 2008 As Mac Observer has pointed out, many of the Cover Flow and Time Machine concepts of showing files or album covers moving back and forth were in use by Apple in HyperCard stacks many years before Mirror Worlds received patents for the idea Whether Apple will appeal the verdict or not is unknown at this time Apple was granted a patent for Cover Flow in April, 2010, which makes this ruling even more questionable Mirror Worlds, LLC was disbanded in 2003 due to lack of sales of its software products Apple has not made any comments regarding the verdict or a possible appeal TUAWOuch Apple dinged for 2085 million in patent infringement case originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43637.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43637.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 16:14:47 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Now that the iPad is officially available at Target a discount department store here in the US , attention has turned to a suggestion that Walmart will carry the device before the year's end Back in May, Walmart's senior VP of entertainment for US stores, Gary Severson, told Blooomberg that he expected iPads to be on Walmart shelves later this year With about 2 months worth of holiday shopping time left not to mention calendar days for 2010 , the clock is ticking on Severson's suggestion As of now, there are five iPad retailers in the US Target, Best Buy, Micro Center, Amazon and of course, Apple Adding Walmart to the list would again greatly increase the number of customers who get to physically see an iPad just as they're strolling the aisles with holiday dollars in their pockets As Fortune reports, there are 2,815 Walmart Supercenters and 774 Walmart Discount stores in the US Keep your eyes peeled, Walmart shoppers TUAWIs Walmart the next iPad retailer originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43627.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43627.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 15:06:54 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - In a recent interview with The Telegraph, UK Prime Minister David Cameron described among other things his personal love of Apple's Macs, iPad and digital music I'm very proud of the fact that I've got an iMac and I've got a speaker remotely linked without a wire which I did myself I have all the music on the iMac The cool thing is that I now control my iMac from the iPad, to play out through the speaker but I have to admit I had a little bit of help from someone in IT on that I bought the iMac for Samantha her wife because it's very important not to use my HoC computer for music The best thing to do is to put all your music on to the iMac, and then you can sync iPods and iPads with it We're recently learned that iPads are popular with leaders in Washington, DC, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and elsewhere What will be most newsworthy is when these sightings aren't news just another person with his her computer Via Mac Stories TUAWMacs popular with UK Prime Minister David Cameron originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43614.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43614.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 14:04:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - There are lots of apps on the App Store for tracking numbers, like your weight, your golf score, and how many hours you've worked lately, but Dayta serves as one solution for all of those You can simply create stats however you like, and then track them to your heart's content You can export them out to CSV files, or you can browse and visualize them directly within the app, doing whatever you want with the raw data that you collect from day to day Plus, the app was just revamped, so now you get full Retina Display compatibility, lots of new enhancements and performance updates, and even the ability to tweet any data that you happen to input That seems like an excellent deal for US 199 Of course, if you already have a few apps set up for tracking the relevant data in your life like apps for your calorie intake or your car's gas consumption , that's a fine way to do it There are definitely apps on the store that will allow for more customization and more specialized tracking than Dayta But if you enjoy pulling in a bunch of raw numbers and have a few spare stats to check, Dayta might be able to helpTUAWTUAW's Daily App Dayta originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43604.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43604.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-04 13:17:25 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - This is it the rumors were true The last non Mac holdout of Valve's Source titles is Left 4 Dead, the zombie killing shooter featuring four survivors and a whole lot of undead, but that's about to change The official site for the newest Left 4 Dead 2 downloadable content, The Sacrifice, confirms that the game's sequel is coming to the Mac this very Tuesday, October 5th Left 4 Dead 2 will be released, as have all of the Source games, under the Steam Play banner That means if you own it on the PC, you also own it on the Mac, so all you'll have to do is download and start shooting zombies Anyone who buys the game on Steam will get all of the DLC for free, which makes for the original five campaigns plus the three DLC levels to play through That's an excellent deal for sure Unfortunately, the first game is not yet ready for the Mac apparently, it's taking Valve a little longer than expected to get it OS X compatible But Valve promises that when it is released, Steam owners will get the same deal all the DLC with the game itself That's good stuff Of course, with Left 4 Dead finally coming to our platform, which game will we be stuck waiting for next Civ V, where you at Thanks, Ben H TUAWLeft 4 Dead 2 coming to the Mac this Tuesday originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43598.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43598.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-03 20:18:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I've liked Pro HDR since it was first released The HDR technique blends two or more exposures to capture better dynamic range in difficult lighting conditions Apple provided some competition by building in HDR with the release of the iPhone 4 and iOS 41, but I still like the control that Pro HDR gives me both before and after the pictures are taken One of the big drawbacks to Pro HDR is that the location metadata and other picture information was not saved in the combined image, so location and other EXIF data was not available That meant the 'Places' feature from Apple wouldn't work Now that's fixed It was the biggest single complaint users of the app had Another advantage to PRO HDR is that it works on the iPhone 3GS and the 4th generation iPod touch, as well as the iPhone 4 It means owners of the 3GS haven't been orphaned at shooting great HDR pictures HDR works best for stationary objects like landscapes or posed photos If there is movement in the frame between the 2 images the process will fail HDR isn't for everyone, or for every situation, but used wisely it can create dynamic photos that would be difficult to get without some help from the HDR processTUAWPro HDR adds geotagging originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43538.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43538.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-03 17:05:44 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - October is here, and that means playoff baseball, turning leaves, Halloween pop up shops and new iPad retail outlets As we noted earlier, Target stores were targeted ahem to have the magical and revolutionary gadget on shelves this month sales begin today The iPads are only available in store, but accessories are sold on Target's website Target offers the iPads at list price, same as the Apple store however, later this month the retailer begins a separate promotion where holders of Target credit cards will get a five percent discount on all purchases That could translate to a nice break on iPad purchases Thanks to Steven for the reminderTUAWTarget begins iPad sales today originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43534.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43534.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-03 16:02:15 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - There's an interesting Randall Stross piece in Saturday's New York Times about the alternative timeline where Steve Jobs never resigned from Apple Given his legendary fussiness over every detail and his frustrating inability to get the NeXT hardware platform past the 'expensive curiosity' stage, Stross surmises that Jobs learned painful lessons about delegation and collaboration during his years at NeXT When he returned to Apple along with the NeXTStep operating system that formed the core of Mac OS X , he was far more ready to handle the challenge Do you think Steve would have failed to transform Apple if he had never left We welcome your musings belowTUAWIn Brief Jobs' journey through the wilderness made Apple Inc possible originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43533.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43533.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-03 14:04:56 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We covered a neat new productivity application called Alarms last week This week, we're excited to offer 10 licenses to our readers, and all you have to do is leave a comment for a chance to win one Tell us how Alarms would help you be more productive, or maybe what you're currently using to meet the same demands If you missed the coverage and explanation last week, be sure to check out Alarms helps with 'Productive Procrastination,' and then head to the Alarms website for more details Here are the rules and a link to the legal statement Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older To enter leave a comment about how Alarms would help your productivity The comment must be left before Friday, October 8, 11 59PM Eastern Daylight Time You may enter only once Ten winners will be selected in a random drawing Prize Alarms full license US 15 value Click Here for complete Official Rules Good Luck TUAWTUAW Giveaway 10 copies of Alarmsapp originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43530.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43530.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 18:06:00 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - iPhone and iPod accessory manufacturers seem to be coming to the realization that most households have not just one, but two or more Apple devices We've been seeing a number of products that allow charging of more than one iPhone or iPod at a time, and now venerable speaker manufacturer Altec Lansing is getting into the game in a big way with the Octiv Duo speaker dock US 99 The Octiv Duo has a wedge design that works both on open spaces like tables and in corners on desks or kitchen counters As you would surmise from the name, the Octiv Duo is designed to charge two devices at a time Those devices can be any generation of iPhone, iPod touch, or iPod nano, as well as the iPod video, color, and Classic models There's a third USB port on the side of the Octiv Duo for charging another device, so if you feel like charging your iPhone, iPod nano, and iPad all at the same time, you're set A unique, round, full function remote can be hidden away in a matching niche on the back of the Octiv Duo when not in use, and it serves as a way to control either of the docked devices But the real power of the Octiv Duo is apparent only when you install two special apps on your iPhone or iPod touch that provide extra functionalityTUAWTUAW Review and Giveaway Altec Lansing Octiv Duo speaker dock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43519.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43519.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 16:03:13 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - When we think about computer ergonomics, we usually look at how our monitor is positioned is it an appropriate distance from our eyes , where our keyboard is laid out in a keyboard tray or on our desktop , and if our chair height lets us keep our knees at a 90 degree angle In other words, computer ergonomics has always been about hardware ours and our machine's It's never been about the software That's got to change I find myself using my iPad primarily in landscape mode I do so because in landscape mode you can see most apps' menu items all the time like a complete list of emails in my inbox laid out next to the message I'm currently viewing in the iPad's Mail app Seeing everything at once is handy, but the thing is, I find holding my iPad in portrait mode to be much more comfortable and convenient because I can see more text on the screen Of course portrait mode has the drawback that many apps' menus are hidden from view and only accessible by an inconvenient drop down menu button that's almost always in the top left or right corner Why inconvenient What's the problem The problem is ergonopmics The drop down menu button is in a very awkward place to reach when your hands and thumbs are holding the iPad near the middle of the device Its location means that unless you have an incredibly long thumb and if you do, send us a picture , you'll need to move your entire hand just to tap the portrait view drop down menu button Wouldn't it be terrific if developers started utilizing a few pixels on the sides of the screen in portrait mode to let users access menus in an easier fashion I think so, and one major app developer does as wellTUAWLandscape or portrait It's all about software ergonomics originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43516.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43516.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 15:03:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's a little interesting weekend reading from Mark Sigal on O'Reilly about Apple's segmentation strategy Sigal does a huge overview of Apple's direction over the last ten years, and in the end, argues that Apple has shirked the conventional wisdom of marketing products horizontally making a special type of peanut butter for every customer, for example , and has instead segmented its products vertically creating one product for a particular use case an iPad for reading, an iPod for listening, and an iPhone for apps Apple is successful extremely successful, says Sigal not because it has become the biggest company in its various industries, but because it has thought carefully about how to sell products, and then sold them at exactly the right prices And even when it's not right, says Sigal, Apple never makes a move that isn't strong and confident anyway Even when the Apple TV is just a hobby, it's always just a hobby Sigal's point with all of this is that when Apple is doing what it does best targeting a specific market and overtaking it with quality the old rules of horizontal marketing and sales just don't apply Apple is fine with not having the market share on smartphones, because it's not chasing those old goals Apple doesn't add features or change products in a panic it added a camera to the iPod touch only when it was ready, and even then, it was careful not to make it better than the iPhone 4's camera and all of its selling points At any rate, Sigal's piece is a very interesting read It's a little heavy for the weekend, maybe, but well worth going through to provide some insight on just why Apple remains so popular and profitable, even when other factors seem to rise against it via MacStories TUAWApple's segmentation strategy and why it works originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43510.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43510.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 02:10:26 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - When you're visiting a city, don't you sometimes wonder what it looked like in past centuries That's the premise behind Time Travel eXplorer London, a new iPhone travel guide app from Visick Solutions, Ltd currently on the What's Hot page of the UK App Store There's a good reason for that popularity, since Time Travel eXplorer is a fascinating way to take a tour of London both in the present day and in the past No, the developers didn't figure out a way to integrate the iPhone with a DeLorean or power it with a Mr Fusion What the app does provide is maps with 750 points of interest, as well as 1,500 photos and 150 audio guides that are bundled into the app so that you don't have to rely on a cell phone signal to take advantage of them The tour information is provided by qualified Blue Badge guides, so you're getting accurate and interesting information The time travel bit comes in with maps of London from 1862, 1830, 1799, and 1746 The base Time Travel eXplorer London app US 299 includes a demo map from 1862, and you can do in app purchases of the old maps in their entirety for a few bucks per map Alternatively, you can buy a Pro version of TTX 899 that includes all of the mapsTUAWFirst Look Time Travel eXplorer brings old London to life originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43494.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43494.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 01:33:14 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Alphonso Labs reported today that their Pulse News Reader for iPad currently US 199 has been updated to version 20 The new version of the app addresses one of the major complaints about the original by allowing up to 60 news feeds to be added, with up to 12 feeds on each of five pages Organization of sources is much easier in the new version Each one of the five pages has a tab that can be renamed, so users can define each page by type for example, Apple, Food, News, and more The feeds are listed under each tab and can be dragged around to be placed in the order you would like to see them It's also easier to find sources when you go to add a source, there are tabs for featured and categories, both featuring sources that look good in Pulse Alphonso Labs calls this the Pulse Bazaar The app seems snappier than the previous version also, both at startup and while loading or refreshing pages I'm not sure if it's new, but it's possible to add both your Facebook and Twitter feeds to Pulse, with any post with a photo or link in it showing up in your Pulse list There's also support for Bump, so you can share feeds with friends who have both Bump and Pulse installed Sounds like a great update if you've had issues with the app previously, it's worth giving it another lookTUAWPulse News Reader for iPad 20 More sources, better organization originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43491.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43491.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 01:02:49 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you're a subscriber to the free ATT Navigator app and the associated service , then you'll want to load the latest update ASAP ATT Navigator v17i is the newest version of the TeleNav powered app, and it's now the first iPhone GPS navigation app that incorporates direct speech recognition As you can see in the video above, all you need to do is tap an icon, speak your destination, and the app will display appropriate destination addresses Tap one of the addresses, and navigation begins The new version also provides alerts for traffic cameras, works in landscape mode, and has a lane assist function that shows you which lane you need to be in before you get to an intersection When you need directions back to your home location, there's a new shake to go home function just shake the iPhone, and the app knows you want directions back home The free app works with a US 999 monthly service that appears on your ATT iPhone bill You can choose a monthly or annual subscription, and you can cancel at any time Note that navigation is only possible in areas where you have cellular data coverage, as the maps are downloaded on demandTUAWATT Navigator for iPhone updated, features direct speech recognition originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43489.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43489.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-02 00:04:20 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Last we heard, Facebook and the new iTunes based social network Ping were at odds with each other, with Facebook providing onerous terms and Apple trying to hook into the bigger network anyway But maybe they can still heal the rift Facebook CTO Bret Taylor told Silicon Alley Insider that he's very confident that the two networks can find some common ground Unfortunately, he didn't say anything other than that, so as for what kind of common ground they'll find, that's still up in the air But Apple would do well to enlist Facebook's help in their fledgling network, onerous as the terms may be Ping is an interesting network, as we've said, but given the lack of action that I've seen in my own little slice of Ping lately, bringing in some links and eyeballs from a more active and veteran social network seems like it would be worth the compromise via Cult of Mac TUAWFacebook 'very confident' it can work with Ping originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43485.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43485.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 23:11:54 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The folks at iControlPad can't seem to catch a break the design for the plug in iPhone controller was finally finished, but the creators are now backing off of that design Specifically, they're worried about Apple's lawsuit against Sanho, in which the battery manufacturer was sued for creating products that unofficially connected to dock connectors on iPhones and iPod touches Because the iControlPad was originally designed to plug right into the dock connector on the iPhone and presumably, its creators don't want to have to pay the Made for iPhone fee to officially license that hardware , it's got to be tweaked for Bluetooth support instead Fortunately, Bluetooth support was always an option, as there is a chip already inside the device But the software will apparently have to be worked on, leading to even longer delays in production At this point, it's hard to believe the product will ever actually get out the door in a mass market state But that doesn't mean there isn't still call for buttons maybe some enterprising accessory maker will pick up the gauntlet and run with it Since the iPhone was introduced, gamers everywhere have been asking for some type of external controls for iPhone games, and maybe the iControlPad's setback will provide some drive for someone else via Cult of Mac TUAWiControlPad using unlicensed dock connection, forced to go Bluetooth originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43477.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43477.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 22:36:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Did you miss out on Apple's free case program for your iPhone 4 If so, you're out of luck If you have reception issues with your iPhone 4, you can return it as usual, but at this point, Apple believes that everyone should know about the Antennagate issue, so there are no more free cases This also means that bumpers are back on sale While you could easily get a free one, they disappeared from Apple Store shelves, but as of today, bumpers are reportedly available again Unfortunately, they're still not for sale online, but presumably that will be fixed soon Word has it that they're heading back to the US 29 price point, too If you're buying an iPhone today or in the future, what are your plans for a case TUAWRumor Bumpers coming back to Apple Stores originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43467.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43467.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 22:08:57 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Nerds squealed with delight last night as the geekiest comedy on American television, The Big Bang Theory, featured a cameo by Steve Wozniac The Apple co founder played himself in a brief scene with the gang from the show Is that his daughter next to him at the table He was pretty funny and seemed comfortable on camera In fact, Steve is an old hand at TV by now, having appeared on Dancing With The Stars and My Life on the D List In case you missed it, you can watch it above sorry about the audio quality we'll keep an eye out for the official version Good job, Woz TUAWFound Footage Woz on Big Bang Theory originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43463.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43463.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 21:43:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Following quickly on the heels of the long awaited iPad Sonos app, there is now a new version of the free music controller for the iPhone The Sonos system provides a wireless music experience in as many rooms of a house as you want to put Zone Players and speakers or you can connect to an existing music system The new app, which appeared today, supports the popular Spotify service in Europe, and adds an additional 1000 radio stations that use the AAC format for streaming One thing missing is support for the iPhone 4 Retina display A Sonos spokesman says that is coming early next year The updated iPhone app has no GUI changes from the previous version If you're a Sonos fan with an iPhone, it's time to download this free appTUAWSonos updates iPhone app with more radio for everyone and Spotify for Europe originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43457.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43457.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 21:21:18 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I decided to limit myself to just a couple of hours of Apple TV hacking this morning as I have books that need writing, children who need feeding, a house that needs cleaning and, lord almighty, you wouldn't believe the laundry So again, this is going to be a quick update rather than an in depth exploration of all things Apple TV As you know, the 2nd gen iOS Apple TV has already been jailbroken While tools have not yet been released, you can watch a video posted earlier today showing command line access to the unit I do not have jb access so have limited my explorations to the tools I have available I used Kevin Ballard's superb Bonjour Browser to scan for Apple TV services At this time, there appear to be two First, there is the standard AirTunes raop service RAOP stands for the remote audio output protocol, which has been used for some time with Airport audio streaming There's a nice discussion of the protocol over at CocoaDev Second is a new Apple TV service called _appletv v2_tcp, which I am guessing offers video transport to augment the AirTunes audio elements I'm not sure about any of the service details but was able this morning to connect to the Apple TV server using standard Bonjour calls Beyond that, I'd have to communicate with the appropriate protocol, which apparently remains private at this timeTUAWApple TV hacking update AirTunes Bonjour services, DFU mode originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43455.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43455.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 21:21:18 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple's free MobileMe Gallery app was just updated, and the new version finally supports the iPad Other changes have been made to finally bring the app up to speed with iOS 4 and the iPhone 4 there's now support for fast app switching, and the app is now optimized for the Retina Display on the iPhone 4 Previously, users needed a MobileMe subscription to view friends' galleries now that restriction has been taken away for iPhone and iPad users The app looks great on an iPad, and if you have any photos stored in MobileMe galleries, you'll want to get this update as soon as possible Thanks to Michael K for the tip TUAWMobileMe Gallery app goes universal in version 12 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43454.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43454.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 20:09:13 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The iPad is a wonderful device to consider integrating into one's car Many have already gone the DIY route, mounting the device into a center console, for example However, not everyone's handy enough or brave enough to hack their cars to pieces for these things, so it's comforting when something more official comes around BMW recently displayed their answer to an official integration of the iPad in their cars, at the Paris Auto Show As Engaget puts it, the implementation is heinous But, to be fair, if the goal of this integration is to allow backseat passengers to use an iPad hands free, then what more can be done to fix it Integration of an iPad into a dashboard is one thing, but that's not going to solve the problem of passengers wanting to watch a video A dashboard mounted iPad is good for controlling music and following maps, but if you're using it to watch video, you've seriously got a screw looseTUAWBMW's official iPad integration heinous originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43447.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43447.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 19:09:21 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Logos, a cross platform Bible study program for Windows, Mac, and iOS, has been updated to version 4 To celebrate, they are offering some great deals on their base packages and upgrades at Logoscom Students should checkout their academic pricing as well There's a good overview of new features available on their website, including a list of 100 new features in Logos 4 Look for a more detailed review after I've had some time to live with the official release In the meantime, there are a slew of great resources available to show you around on the official websiteTUAWLogos 4 Mac released originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43437.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43437.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 18:18:55 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Austin City Limits Music Festival is going on next week in Austin, TX as is GDC Online, which I'll be covering for TUAW The festival has teamed up with Slacker Internet Radio and Seed Labs to spread the word and share some of the music from the artists performing there They've produced a free app to check out the lineup of artists at the show, as well as make your own schedule, see a map of the event, post your own pictures and stories directly from the show, and even use a virtual lighter if a performance moves you to do so You're on your own trying to get them to play Freebird, though Slacker Radio is also tied in to the app you can listen to an Internet radio station called Austin City Limits Radio, playing tunes and providing insight exclusively from the artists at the festival To celebrate, Slacker has offered TUAW readers some free subscriptions to the Slacker Radio Plus service, which is used in conjunction with the original Slacker Radio app That app is also free, but a Slacker Radio Plus subscription allows you to get song lyrics, get rid of the ads, skip songs whenever you want, and listen to your favorite stations offline We've got four one year subscriptions usually US 4799 each and three three month subscriptions usually 1499 to give away to seven lucky TUAW readers Hit the Read More link below to find out how to win your own, and if you're interested in the Austin City Limits festival, be sure to check out the free app on the App Store nowTUAWTUAW Giveaway Win a subscription to Slacker Radio Plus for Austin City Limits Music Festival originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43426.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43426.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 17:52:09 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Happy Friday, all As you might have expected, things are moving along quite rapidly on the Apple TV Jailbreak front Although we're still not close to a public release, it looks like things are moving apace This latest video demonstrates a 2nd generation Apple TV jailbreak using the iPhone dev team's SHAtter exploit installed via Pwnage tool It's really exciting to see how far the team has advanced I can't wait for the platform to open and people start developing custom software, themes, appliance plug ins frappliances , and other fun elements that are sure to make the updated Apple TV platform even more excitingTUAWFound Footage Jailbroken Apple TV 2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43424.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43424.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 16:16:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As noted by Laura at Engadget this morning, we had a FaceTime sighting on CBS's so old it's brand new reboot of the classic cop drama Hawaii Five 0 You can see in the screenshot here that a somewhat puffy looking Scott Cohen low camera angle from iPhone not all that flattering is engaging in a video chat with another character for the rendition in motion, CBS is streaming full episodes of the show here of course it's also available on iTunes, along with the original Jack Lord series We're always on the lookout for the uses and misuses of Apple products on TV and in the movies, so be sure to send us a note if you see something engaging or amusing TUAWHawaii Five 0 goes FaceTime on the small screen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43408.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43408.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 15:17:41 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's one we've heard before, and we're not talking about Troll Touch This time around, DigiTimes is reporting that Sintek Photonics is shipping touch panels to Apple for testing in iMacs The panels are supposedly about 20 in size, and the same projected capacitance type currently used on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch As Engadget notes, the image shown here was extracted from an unrelated Apple patent, and it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with this rumor, other than providing an idea of how it could be used Of course, Apple and most large companies patent all sorts of things that are never produced Would you want to hover your arm above that thing all day long I'm not sure I would Via Engadget TUAWRumor The touchscreen iMac may be in testing originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43396.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43396.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 14:29:29 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Personally, I'd like to have an FM tuner in my iPhone, but then again, I'm a radio geek, so I guess I'm in the minority According to a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association, more than half of Americans polled say they don't want an FM tuner in their cell phone That seems strange to me why would you not want that extra functionality The new iPod nano still has an FM tuner on board, so it must be pretty easy to get one in there Of course, if there's no demand for it, Apple's not likely to eventually include one in a future version of the iPhone If this survey is any indication, you'll have to try and get American Top 40 in podcast form Then again, there are some political machinations going on here, too the CEA also reports that over 80pourcents of Americans would be opposed to a government mandate on including FM tuners in mobile phones As big a fan of radio as I am, even I wouldn't support that one It's not the government's business to determine what features are in my cell phone But sure enough, that's what the NAB is pushing for, trying to require FM tuners in cell phones for emergency usage and information At any rate, politics aside and commenters, please be civil , I'm surprised that so few people are interested in having an FM tuner Sure, it's not cutting edge technology, but certainly there are still times that you just want to tune into the radio, right TUAWCEA survey Americans don't want FM in cell phones originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43378.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43378.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 14:29:29 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - This is an interesting app that could come in handy Battery Go is an app that's all about your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad's battery It'll give you all kinds of information about how long your battery will last, given either the charge it currently has or the charge percentage that you set it at If you want to see just how long your phone will last on standby, how much talk time you have left, or how much longer your video will play before the phone dies, Battery Go will tell you Of course, these are all just guidelines based on the battery specs Actual battery usage has lots of other factors involved, but as a rough estimate, Battery Go can help If you spend a lot of time away from a way to charge your iDevice and need some help budgeting out your power, Battery Go can do it Plus, the app is currently free to download, so even if you don't plan on using it, there's no charge to have it just in caseTUAWTUAW's Daily App Battery Go originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43377.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43377.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 02:04:01 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - WordPress for iOS has updated to version 26, which adds the ability to record video from within the app and upload it to a blog Other improvements include an overhaul of locally saved drafts, which brings it more in line with the web version including the ability to autosave while the post is being written Also, version 26 implements a full media library within the app WordPress for iOS 26 is a free download from the App Store and available now Via Macworld TUAWWordPress app now includes video recording originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43329.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43329.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 01:08:43 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's one submitted in the spirit of George Mallory with no comment Inventive soul Hexxeh has gotten the Chromium OS up and running on an iPad Chromium is the open source version of Google's Chrome OS After some effort and a bit of magic, Hexxeh has got it mucking about inside an iPad Don't expect lightning speed from this quick demo, and note the bonus tapping that the spiffy cursor provides We're not going to run out and try it, but we're glad enough to watch someone else do it Good work, Hexxeh Via Engadget TUAWNo comment Chromium OS running on iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43326.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43326.shtml interobs.com : 2010-10-01 00:19:29 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Finally Tonight's the night We first heard months ago that our own Steve Wozniak was coming to the nerdy sitcom Big Bang Theory, and tonight is the night that he makes his appearance We're still not sure how or why he'll show up, but tonight's episode is about scientist Sheldon trying to put his brain into the body of a robot, so maybe he'll consult the Woz for a little computing insight The show airs at 8pm Eastern and Pacific time, and 7pm Central, so either tune in or set your DVR to CBS to check it out And if you do watch the show live, Woz has tweeted that he'll be chatting along with viewers on the iPad's yaptv app, which is a free download from the App Store and I guess creates a chat room for shows while they're airing Should be a lot of fun we're looking forward to seeing how it all plays out TUAWReminder Woz on Big Bang Theory tonight originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43318.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43318.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 23:35:29 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Veni vidi hacki Just picked up an Apple TV this afternoon at the Cherry Creek Apple Store shout out to the guys there and while I haven't had a long time to play around with it hence the brevity of this post I have had a few moments of hands on testing to share with you Here are the basic highlightsTUAWApple TV hacking update PhoneView, ping, VNC support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43310.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43310.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 23:10:40 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Despite the iPhone's official release in China, a grey market continues to thrive So much so that shoppers are buying units from Apple for private resale in such large quantity, that Apple had to temporarily down the Beijing Apple Store According to MIC Gadget, the trouble started when Apple lifted the 2 per customer restriction at the Beijing store People were buying up to 30 iPhones at a time, which they would privately resell for a profit In fact, many were selling right outside the store Things got out of hand as the crowd quickly swelled and scuffles broke out between the mass quantity buyers and individuals looking for a single phone Security eventually shut the store down Within hours, the store re opened with a new policy Customers must show ID when making a purchase They may purchase only 1 iPhone at a time, which will be unboxed and activated in the store by an employee before the customer is allowed to leave This policy has now been extended to all four of China's Apple Stores Considering the high demand and extreme shortage of iPhones in China, it's understandable how a grey market develops This was an unfortunate circumstance Good on Apple Store security and management for addressing it in a timely fashionTUAWApple closes Beijing store temporarily to thwart iPhone 4 resellers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43307.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43307.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 22:04:14 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Those waiting on an update to Final Cut Studio may have to continue to do so, as a new rumor suggests it won't be released this year Quoting a source, Hardmac reports that the development of the next major update to Final Cut Studio has suffered significant setbacks and won't be available until 2011 Hardmac notes that the scope of the project has been reduced as well, and the unified interface is a casualty of that reduction The source says that differences between the team responsible for Shake and the team working on Motion are partly responsible, and representative of the overall difficulty in uniting all of the suite's applications Keep in mind that it's a rumor and not written in stone If it turns out to be true, it's bad news for FCS users who are jonesing for something new Via MacDailyNews TUAWRumor Final Cut Studio update delayed until 2011 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43296.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43296.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 21:41:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - If you thought yesterday's App Store sales were nice, you haven't seen anything yet For some reason, a whole bunch of terrific apps are dropping their prices this weekend, and Touch Arcade has put together a nice roundup TUAW Daily App choices Osmos, Archetype, Civilization Revolution, Secret of Monkey Island and its sequel and Hybrid 2 are all on sale for as cheap as 99 cents, as is Telltale's Puzzle Agent, Popcap's Bookworm and Peggle, and a host of other high profile titles Pretty crazy some of the App Store's most popular titles, including EA's Need for Speed series and Activision's Call of Duty Zombies games, are seeing the biggest drops in their lifetimes My best guess for the big drops is that the financial year 2010 ends today, and these companies are trying to pad out their mobile app sale numbers before or while the quarter turns over But whatever the reason, we consumers benefit if you've been waiting to pick some of these games up, now's your chance And I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this Companies, especially companies that have been premiering their apps as high as 999, are learning that dropping the price like this moves copies quickly, so as we move into the frenzied holiday season for gaming, we'll probably see more than a few big sales come down the pike Stay tunedTUAWDevelopers drop prices on super popular App Store apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43294.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43294.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 21:09:33 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Open First recently conducted a survey of 110 App Store developers to examine how much they've been earning vs their initial expectations Nearly half of respondents 48pourcents revealed that they're earning more than the expected The study was conducted between August 30th and September 10th, 2010 via online questionnaire, followed up by phone In the end, 78pourcents of respondents rated themselves as satisfied, very satisfied, or somewhat satisfied with the experience of publishing to the App Store, and 99pourcents said they'd continue to do so Of course, not all developers surveyed were happy A full 28pourcents said they're making less than expected Still, they must be hopeful, as nearly 100pourcents of participants said they'd continue to sell mobile apps through Apple Via Macsimum News TUAWiOS development More lucrative than expected originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43287.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43287.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 20:21:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple recently updated iTunes to version 1001 which, among other things, added drop down access to Ping, Apple's social network for iTunes customers, into your library Some of you like Ping more than others, and there are those in the latter group who are completely disinterested The Mac Observer explains how you can eliminate that drop down menu from iTunes 10 entirely The procedure is simple First, quit iTunes, launch Terminal and enter the following defaults write comappleiTunes hide ping dropdown bool TRUE Finally, quit Terminal and re launch iTunes Presto The drop down is gone The Mac Observer also describes how to restore the menu as well as how to re orient the control buttons in the upper left hand corner to a horizontal, rather than vertical, position Hop over to find out howTUAWHow to kill that Ping drop down in iTunes 10 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43282.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43282.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 19:12:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It took about a month but now you can fearlessly click on some of the news headings in the free Consumer Reports app and not have it crash A couple of weeks ago we reported that the app was unstable after an iOS 4 update As weeks went by, the app was not updated and had more crashes and explosions than an old Bruce Willis movie We gave the app a 'not recommended' and felt CR could do better than offer a highly defective piece of software Now they've finally done it The app no longer collapses when you select 'electronics', although CR says it has eliminated, for now, its Gas Prices info Hey, I like Consumer Reports, and am even a subscriber I find the reviews helpful, although I often differ with CR opinions on things I've owned and have experience with, like, oh, the iPhone maybe Anyway, the app now works, and I'm glad to put it back on my 'recommended' list Now how about an iPad version The iPhone version looks pretty fuzzy, and when you up scale it it's an eye burnerTUAWNation rejoices as Consumer Reports fixes crashing iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43273.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43273.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 18:05:20 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Hey, you With the 100 bill burning a hole in your pocket Why don't you do something useful with that Benjamin In this YouTube footage, photographer Enrique Pardo turns an ordinary 100 bill into a fashionable and expensive stand for an iPhone or iPod touch If you're cheap, you can always use a regular 1 bill for the same purpose, but where's the fun in that via Techi TUAWFound Footage The 100 iPhone iPod touch stand originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43260.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43260.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 17:47:58 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Now that the proverbial floodgates have opened at the App Store, we're starting to see some apps showing up that were previously denied entry Internet TV provider PlayOn was one of those companies that had tried to get their iPhone app approved months ago, but was told by Apple that their service needed to be a Web app instead The company complied with an HTML5 solution, but a native app wasn't available until now PlayOn Mobile is a free app that works with a subscription service 3999 for first year, 1999 after that or 7999 for a lifetime subscription to stream content from a number of providers to your device over Wi Fi or 3G Before you get too excited, though, note that you need to be running PlayOn PC on a Windows PC to get that streaming goodness on your iDevice there's no media server software solution for the Mac The PlayOn content providers include Hulu, MLBtv, Netflix, Comedy Central, CBS, MTV, TVcom, PBS, SpikeTV, and The Ultimate Fighter, as well as others Plug ins can be developed for PlayOn's media server to grab other content my personal favorite, The Food Network, is listed on there via MacNN TUAWPlayOn TV for iPhone finally approved originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43254.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43254.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 17:04:22 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Apple Press and Engadget bring us word that the Apple TV, when connected to iTunes via its mini USB port, pops up this restore this device dialog that will look very familiar to iPhone, iPod, and iPad users This is another step forward for would be Apple TV jailbreakers because it will give end users an easy way to inject custom firmwares onto their own devices without having to do any hardware modification So, to summarize we know it has ample on board storage for some apps, we know how to decrypt its firmware keys, we've seen the Lowtide interface loaded onto an iPod touch, and we could have a working jailbreak within days All this for a device that's been in people's hands for less than 24 hours It now remains to be seen what a planet's worth of keen hackers and developers can put together for us to play with Personally, I'm hoping for a port of Boxee and an iPlayer client What would be your dream Apple TV app TUAWApple TV jailbreak news USB restore mode discovered originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43242.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43242.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 16:03:36 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Being the huge Batman fan that I am, I couldn't pass this one up What you see above is an actual Batman style utility belt called the TDK Utility Pouch, modeled after the one worn in the last Batman movie But instead of compartments for gas canisters, audio bugs, or batarangs, this belt has a large pouch built specially for holding a cell phone exactly like the iPhone You can adjust the various pouches on the belt as you see fit, but the largest one is perfectly iPhone sized It makes sense the iPhone can do most of the things that the Bat computer can do, and what better tool to fight crime than a GPS, camera, and 3G equipped handheld device The Bat belt doesn't come cheap, though the prop company selling it wants 14900, and there are only 750 out there But if you want to really go all the way for Halloween or maybe start handing out some vigilante justice yourself though we can't legally recommend it , it might be the phone carrying accessory for you via Cult of Mac TUAWHold your iPhone in a Batman style utility belt originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43227.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43227.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 16:03:36 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have the worst memory I also have a bad short term memory This makes it tough to remember the things that pop into my head throughout the day, and it makes it especially hard to keep track of tasks and other actions that I must take I've wanted to use my iPhone to bottle these fleeting thoughts for years, but nothing on the App Store allowed me to do this without some sort of distraction Enter Captio, a new app from Ben Lenarts of Boonbits It's a small note taking application that allows you to capture thoughts, ideas, tasks, and other tidbits of information as they come to you You may say, But there are a million of those apps on the store, Josh, you handsome man Given, but Captio has one killer feature that everyone else has failed to deliver on nothing For example, here's how it works Step 1 You open the app Step 2 You type what you need to remember And that's it Your idea is in your email inbox That's what makes Captio so great You can add a quick photo before Captio whisks the idea out of your mind, but the feature is hidden quite well under the keyboard as not to distract you It's one fast app, too I don't mean that in the same way that reviewers normally say it, either Captio could outrun Usain Bolt strapped to a rocket cheetah My iPhone 4 loads it from a cold start in about a second, and it's even quicker when loading from multitasking memory If you're looking for something to capture everything you need to remember and capture it quickly , I highly recommend picking up Captio It's available now on the App Store for a fantastic 099 Just be prepared to break the news gently to your iPod icon, though he won't be happy to lose his spot on the dockTUAWCaptio The simple app that just might change your life originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43226.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43226.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 14:09:44 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - You may already know all about Weather HD the app made a nice splash when it was released early in the iPad's life But Vimov has just released it for the iPhone, and even on the smaller screen, it leaves quite an impression The idea is that instead of a tiny little icon or a big number telling you the weather, you get a full, bright screen of whatever the weather's like near you or what it's going to be like in an hourly or daily forecast The app is super simple on purpose, so if you're looking for full maps, video, or more detailed information, you'll have to go elsewhere I usually use the free Weather Channel app for more in depth weather updates Still, for just 99 cents, Weather HD is worth having around if all you need to check every once in a while is the temperature and forecast And heck, if you already bought it for the iPad, the new version is universal, so you've got iPhone and iPod touch support anywayTUAWTUAW's Daily App Weather HD for iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43204.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43204.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Movie Night Out is a fun and free little app that can help with that seemingly ever present question So what do you want to do tonight It's a piece of cake to use Just punch in what you want to do for your movie night maybe hit up some shopping, see the movie, and then grab dessert, or do dinner, check out an action hit, and then get coffee The app will automatically find some options for each of your choices and put together a schedule that will let you do all three You can check out information and reviews for all of the options, and even map out, share on Facebook or Twitter, or save your night for another time There's not really anything here that you can't find in other apps, but the smooth interface and fun randomization of your choices make the free app worth a download If there's an issue, the app probably depends on where you're looking I happened to try the app in the middle of Hollywood, and I'm pretty certain that if I tried it in a less populated place, there wouldn't have been as many places to go The schedules were also a little fast sometimes the app only offered 10 minutes to move from one place to another, even when they were a few miles apart maybe that's easy to do elsewhere, but not so quick in the middle of Los Angeles But nobody's really going to follow a schedule created by an app on movie night, right If you find yourself needing some new suggestions the next time you want to head out on the town, give this one a downloadTUAWTUAW's Daily App Movie Night Out originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43146.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43146.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - This morning we received word from Jesse Grosjean at Hog Bay Software that his new app, PlainText free, in app purchase to remove ads , is now available on the App Store It's one of several iOS text editors that feature support for Dropbox, so we thought a quick roundup of these apps was in order If you're thinking about joining me for NaNoWriMo 2010 starting on November 1st, it's a good idea to think about what device s you'll be writing on and getting your writing software ready to roll as soon as you can Text editors make excellent writing tools, since they're bare bones and don't get in the way of putting words onto paper First, let's take a look at PlainText see screenshot above Hog Bay Software is the same company that publishes the wonderful WriteRoom application for Mac and iPhone, which we've covered many times here on TUAW Once PlainText is installed on your iPad it also works on iPhone and iPod touch , you can tap the settings button to change Dropbox settings, turn on TextExpander support, or lock the screen orientation Since I wanted to test several of these text editors with Dropbox but did not want to have a ton of new folders created in my Dropbox, I loved the fact that I could link to an existing folder As soon as your Dropbox credentials have been verified, more settings become available Most of those are related to when synchronization takes place According to a note from Grosjean, there can be an issue when files are not saved on a computer using UTF 8 encoding If a file is opened with PlainText and appears blank, the computer didn't save the file with the proper encoding What's interesting is that I had this issue with another text editor app, and the developer of that app didn't seem to know what the problem wasTUAWA quick roundup of iOS text editors with Dropbox support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43145.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43145.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - After 4 days of availability, China Unicom CU has sold 100,000 iPhone 4s in China here are some photos from launch day Pre orders began on September 16th, and CU reported earlier this week that 200,000 orders were taken Today, all online reservations have come to a halt Customers must be physically at a retail store to buy one For now, the iPhone 4 is outselling the iPhone 3GS many times over Phones bought through China Unicom require a two year service contract however, the phone is also available contract free at Apple stores Liu Liang, an analyst with consulting group iResearch, commented on the iPhone's popularity The level of smartphone usage is hitting a new level in China, he said A lot of users no longer want to use these older phones with few features and instead want to buy the latest models like the iPhone The iPad was also met with enthusiasm in China, though sales figures are not yet available TUAWChina Unicom sells 100,000 iPhone 4s in four days originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43144.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43144.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Can Apple continue the string of unprecedented financial success Will the 4th quarter of 2010 ending tomorrow, September 30th be even more successful than the 3rd quarter, now that the iPad has had time to dominate the market for three more months and the iPhone 4 has overcome the negative grip of death publicity We'll all find out on October 18th, when Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, and a rogue's gallery of tech analysts bring us the 4th quarter earnings call for Apple Inc As usual, TUAW will be providing a liveblog of the event, complete with commentary by our staff of bloggers The event usually starts about 5 PM ET, and we'll be sure to give you a heads up as the day approaches via The Mac Observer TUAWApple's Q4 earnings call will take place Oct 18 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43143.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43143.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Late yesterday morning, a rumor hit the the Internet suggesting that Apple's COO Tim Cook was going to leave the company to become HP's CEO As a result, Apple's stock took a dip while HP's showed a sudden spike In morning trading, Apple's stock fell nearly US 17 or 5pourcents , while HP's rose by more than 040 over 1pourcents Clearly, investors like Tim Cook, and saw his rumored departure as detrimental to Apple and a win for HP Fortunately for Cupertino, it's not true Cook quickly denied the rumor, saying that he loves Apple and is not going to HP In January of this year, there was a rumor that Cook would become the CEO of GM, which also turned out to be false You'll remember that Cook took over as interim CEO during Steve Jobs's medical leave of absence in early 2009 The company successfully released several new products with Cook at the top, and many believe that he's in the running to eventually take over for Jobs Via The Mac Observer TUAWTim Cook rumors affect Apple, HP stock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43142.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43142.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - People who are anxious to get an iPhone 4 without a carrier lock in in the land of Nokia will now have an opportunity to get an unlocked device Finnish broadcaster YLE is reporting that broadband provider Elisa will start selling unlocked iPhone 4s on Thursday, September 30th The iPhone 4 is currently being sold in Finland with a contract by mobile carrier TeliaSonera The pricing for the unlocked phones is 589 for the 16GB model and 689 for the 32GB version And in case you're wondering what those words below the iPhone 4 banner in the picture above mean Coming soon TUAWFinnish broadband provider Elisa to sell unlocked iPhone 4 starting tomorrow originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43141.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43141.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Due to technical issues last Wednesday, my planned TUAW TV Live episode with podcaster Sam Levin of AppMinute never got off the ground Well, we're not going to let a little DNS issue stop our fun Join Sam and me at 5 PM EDT today as we chat about iOS apps, whether or not Android poses a threat in the tablet computing world, and maybe even do a few giveaways Just drop by TUAWcom a little before the start of the show to get logged into the chat and get the Ustream ads out of the way before we begin I'll have full instructions on how to watch and participate in this live weekly event And please, think good thoughts so we won't have a repeat of last week's technical problemsTUAWTUAW TV Live If at first you don't succeed, try again at 5 PM EDT originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43140.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43140.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple has published new job posting for a Creative Technology Manager, tasked in part with creating new HTML5 content at Applecom, with support for iOS devices The listing seeks an individual who will be responsible for driving web standard HTML5 innovation that enhances and redefines the marketing of Apple's products and services to millions of consumers Work will also include exploring opportunities with applecom, email and mobile multi touch experiences on the iPhone and iPad Of course, HTML5 powered content has already begun to appear on Apple's website Recently, a movie showtimes page has appeared that lets users find location based movie showings, view theatre locations on a map, and view trailers I've added it to my iPhone's home screen as it's so useful Also, Apple added a Compare Macs page to its site in August, which lets customers view potential purchases side by side For more on Apple and HTML5, look here Via AppleInsider TUAWApple to create new HTML5 content for website originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43139.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43139.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's a great idea from Ryan Cash to put iOS apps unavailable for immediate download into a queue that will automatically resume when they can Ryan notes that he often buys iOS apps when he's out and about, whether it be on the recommendation of a friend, riding in a car, etc The problem is many of the target apps are over the 20MB 3G limit I've experienced this myself, as well as the inevitable conclusion I forget to try again once I'm within a Wi Fi network and the app's author has lost that sale Ryan suggests an add to queue option to accompany or follow the notification at right, which would put that download into a holding pattern until the iPhone found a Wi Fi network That way, the download would resume, we'd get that cool app we were motivated to buy earlier and the author will get the sale Additionally, Ryan suggests that a queue could keep the user from being pushed out of the store to initiate a download, so that they could tap and get several apps going at once They're both interesting ideas, though I wonder if battery life would be affected if the a queued app were continually polling for a Wi Fi network say you're out for 9 hours What do you all think TUAWQueuing and downloading in the App Store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43138.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43138.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Several TUAW readers have let us know that their Apple TVs have arrived, and reader Clint even sent us a link to his MobileMe gallery of his official unboxing of the new device As you can see from the photos, the thing is tiny The Apple TV comes packaged with a power cord, a remote, a small user manual, and of course the ubiquitous Apple stickers There's no HDMI cable included, so if you don't have one available, be sure to run to your nearest electronics store to pick one up so you can start playing with the Apple TV as soon as possible My personal Apple TV order was supposed to arrive tomorrow it ended up getting delivered just after I finished writing the first draft of this post By TUAW tradition, I am supposed to film and post an unboxing video immediately You can view this instant classic on the next page just click the Read More link belowTUAWApple TV deliveries begin we have unboxing photos and video originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43137.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43137.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - One of the big questions concerning whether or not the new Apple TV will be able to run apps of some sort is how much onboard RAM does it have That question has been answered by the guys at iFixit, who as usual have been the first to tear apart and document the internal workings of the Apple TV The answer 8 GB of NAND flash RAM made by Samsung The iFixit team speculates that the RAM is most likely going to be used to cache incoming video streams, but it might also be used to temporarily hold apps that could run under iOS on the device More interesting news about the Apple TV is bound to come out in the next couple of days stay tuned to TUAW for all of your Apple TV coverage Correction to original post that's 8GB of onboard flash storage, 256MB of actual RAM We apologize for the error TUAWiFixit Apple TV has 8GB of onboard flash storage originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15 55 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43136.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43136.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It must be 'iPad Remote Week' because hot on the heels of Apple releasing iTunes remote control for the iPad, Sonos has delivered a very nice, free iPad remote that is feature complete, and elegant in execution Previously, Sonos owners had to make do with the iPhone version of the app, which only ran in portrait mode and had to upscale to fill the iPad screen That's all fixed now, with the delivery of the Sonos Controller for iPad I gave it a run through last night, and it is a pleasure to use The larger iPad screen means most functions are right on the front page, so there's no hunting around for hidden functions You get album art, zone control, and music source selection at the tap of a finger Installing the app requires a software update to all your home controllers and Zone Players to version 33 That can be accomplished right from the new iPad remote, and the software will notify you if you need to update The 33 update adds support for AAC streaming radio stations, and for European countries adds the popular Spotify service The iPhone version of the Sonos app has not been updated since May, and Sonos says an update to that app is pending approval from Apple The Sonos system is not inexpensive, but it is a bargain compared to wired whole house systems For your investment you get a very easy to set up entertainment center that you can add to as your desires dictate The audio is very high quality, and the company commitment to the Mac platform is very strong Check the gallery for some screen shots Gallery Sonos Controller for iPadTUAWSonos delivers free iPad remote for its wireless music systems originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43135.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43135.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As mentioned earlier today, my guest for today's episode of TUAW TV Live is Sam Levin, the brains and voice behind AppMinutecom and the AppMinute podcast iTunes link I always enjoy having guests on the show, and today's episode ought to be a lot of fun for viewers as well We tried to do this show last week, but due to technical issues with our streaming provider, we were unable to To join in from your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the read more link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool The chat tool allows you to join in on the fun by asking questions or making comments If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't keep your eyes on the road However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone by downloading the free Ustream Viewing Application iPad users haven't been forgotten, either, as you can tune in to TUAW TV Live on your iPad That link will send you to a non Flash page, although you won't have access to our chat tool And one final note if the show has started and you're seeing a previously recorded show instead of the livestream, you can always pop on over to ustreamtv tuaw to join the show in progressTUAWTUAW TV Live The Steve and Sam show originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16 55 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43134.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43134.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - 9to5Mac has been digging through the brand new iOS 42 beta, and they've found a few new features hidden in the mix First up, the build offers some new YouTube uploading options you can now choose to make your uploaded YouTube videos public, unlisted, or private right on upload Honestly, I've had hit or miss luck with uploading to YouTube straight from my iPhone, but it's nice to know the process is being worked on Maybe we'll have some optimization come along with the new options Second, as you can see above, the iPad has gotten itself a brand new multitasking animation Instead of just pulling up whatever app you're switching to, it'll actually spin the windows around this functionality is already up and running on the iPhone, but now it'll be available on the iPad as well And finally, last but definitely not least, it looks like iTunes will be getting some Game Center indicators you'll be able to see directly from the App Store listing when an app is compatible with Apple's official Game Center features That last one is a big one, given that Game Center integration seems to be selling games lately It's unfortunate that we probably won't have any other icons like that it would be cool to browse the App Store and instantly see whether a game is compatible with OpenFeint or Plus , or whether it has local or online multiplayer or just leaderboard functionality But Apple's probably not interested in that other stuff it's just selling Game Center integration for now You can look forward to all of these features in iOS 42, which is scheduled to come to the public in NovemberTUAWYouTube options, iPad multitasking animation, Game Center flagging coming in iOS 42 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43133.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43133.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We've covered Postbox in the past, and I've been using it regularly since the beta Version 20 was just officially released, and there's a lot to love in the latest incarnation of this Mailapp replacement Postbox already had some great organization capabilities, including Conversation views for email threads, and Topics for tagging messages and quickly sorting them With version 20, organization is faster and even easier, thanks to features like Quick Move and some new keyboard shortcuts There's even a Quick Reply feature which lets you respond to a message from within the message or thread by hitting Shift R a lot like GMail There are also keyboard shortcuts for navigating mailboxes and accounts without touching your mouse The new Universal Inbox and Account Groups views make it easy to manage multiple accounts and multiple inboxes from one screen Combined with the tab features of Postbox, you can effectively handle quite a few accounts with very little effort There are also new Focus panes, where you can view To Dos and filter by Has Attachment, Unread, Topics, Favorite Contacts and Dates For a full list of new features, check out the Feature List at the Postbox website Postbox is free to try, and 3995US for a license There's also a free version, Postbox Express, if you don't need all of the extra bells and whistles There's even a Windows version available Check it out especially if you're a keyboard lover or running Mailapp with Mail Act On or similar TUAWPostbox 20 available now originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43132.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43132.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's some good news about a few popular apps on the App Store Square Enix has dropped the price on retro titles Final Fantasy I and II The games were originally released at 899, but to celebrate more widespread localization, the apps have dropped down to 399 Great games, nice price ESPN's Scorecenter XL app for the iPad has gone completely free The app provides news and scores from around the sporting world it was 499, but the network has apparently decided to go free for good And Firemint is putting its Real Racing title on sale for the iPhone next week as of September 30, the app will be available for just 299 That's a rare occurrence for them it's the first time this game has ever gone on sale, probably because the title has been so popular It offers a quality racing experience, with full Game Center integration All great deals on really popular apps If you've been waiting to pick one of these up for cheaper than usual, now's your chanceTUAWFinal Fantasy I and II on sale, ESPN app free, Real Racing on sale this weekend originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43131.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43131.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-30 02:02:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - NBC isn't the only broadcast company that's fighting Apple on 99 cent iTunes rentals apparently Time Warner doesn't want in on the plan, either That's according to its CEO Jeff Bewkes, who told a conference of media executives in London that Apple is underselling television content by providing cheap rentals to customers How can you justify renting your first run TV shows individually for 99 cents an episode, he asked, and thereby jeopardize the sale of the same shows as a series to branded networks that pay hundreds of millions of dollars and make those shows available to loyal viewers for free The argument seems to be that if Apple offers 99 cent rentals, there's no incentive for syndication on other networks Why would you watch cable reruns when you could load up old shows whenever you wanted for just a buck Of course, Bewkes is assuming that people will watch cable reruns rather than Netflix or other streaming services on offer already By the time he comes around to singing Apple's tune, that syndication market worth hundreds of millions of dollars might not be doing so well But Bewkes is holding his ground he says that before he makes a deal with a provider like Apple, it'll have to bring something new to the table These new entrants must meet a few criteria They must provide consumers with a superior TV experience, and they must either support or improve the overall economics that funds and creates the programming in the first place That's a lot of musts Bewkes may spend too much time looking for his own perfect solution before Apple's setup passes him by via TMO TUAWTime Warner fights 99 cent rentals, too originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43130.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/43130.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 03:18:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'm not much of a collector, but I do have an inordinate number of websites and domains to my name How did that happen You get an idea, buy a domain and set up a site Repeat that process a few times and you find yourself in my situation What's worse is that I've been storing the login creds, database details, registrar information and so much more in text files Trying to find any bit of data is a real hassle, not to mention a security risk Thank goodness for DomainBrain This super piece of software from Anthony Piraino of One Button Mouse has relieved me of my stacks of text files, organized all of that information and made anything I'm after instantly retrievable Here's our review of DomainBrain Click for more on the next page, and check out the gallery of images below Gallery DomainBrain for Mac TUAWTUAW review DomainBrain originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42984.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42984.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 02:25:15 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - iPhone travel app What Country describes Italy as Pizza, Mafia, Pasta and Scooters That isn't sitting too well with Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who says the app's description of her country is offensive and is threatening legal action against the developers, Apalon of Belarus The US 099 app is rated pretty highly by users in the App Store, and is described as having a light hearted and funny view of the world The Minister, for her part, says that Italy is a beacon in the world for its history, culture and style, and as a citizen and minister, I cannot allow that our country is discredited by the use of a criminal organization as its testimonial But Italy isn't the only country with a less than complimentary description The app describes Germany as Beer, discipline and autobahns I can't see a lawsuit in a case like this getting too far, but the publicity probably won't hurt the app any, eitherTUAWItalian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42982.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42982.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 01:53:55 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Just the other day I was talking about larger gaming companies using iPhone games to promote their major titles, and here you go Microsoft and Lionhead Studios' Peter Molyneaux are set to introduce a smartphone game next week presumably that means iPhone, although given that it's Microsoft, it might not be that will tie in to the upcoming Fable 3 release on the Xbox 360 The game will be called Kingmaker, and it sounds like it'll be an augmented reality title, with UK players able to explore their real world town, and plant virtual flags for the Royals or the Rebels Every flag planted will earn in game gold, and that gold will transfer over to the full console title when it is released later this year Unfortunately, there are still a few questions a release about the game only mentions the UK, and of course that smartphone label means it might not be coming to the iPhone But there's not long to wait, at least The official site for the game says it's coming out on October 1st We'll keep an eye on both the site and the game even if this doesn't end up being an iPhone title, there's no question that other developers will be watching to see how it works, and thinking about how they might use this strategy for their own titlesTUAWFable 3 getting 'smartphone' tie in game called 'Kingmaker' originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42977.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42977.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 01:53:55 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple has posted several new betas for members of the paid iOS developer program Point your browser to the developer site and use your credentials to log in You'll find new betas for iOS 42 as well as several other items that we're not sure we can specifically mention without breaking NDAs Download Enjoy Have fun Thank you everyone who pinged us TUAWNew iOS developer betas posted originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19 32 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42976.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42976.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 01:21:27 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Apple Peel 520, an iPod touch case that effectively turns it into a phone, will be coming to the US and UK soon Developed and built in China, the Apple Peel 520 fits onto the iPod touch It's got a dock connector, battery and slot for a SIM card Once users have got the thing set up, they can use the iPod touch to make phone calls and send text messages Go Solar USA will be the American distributor for Chinese developer Yoison Technology Go Solar USA claims that customers can expect the Apple Peel's 800mAh battery to deliver nearly five hours of talk time and 120 hours of standby use Note that this does require a jailbroken iPod The Apple Peel has been available in China for a while now, first as a black market item With official supplies significantly strained, more and more customers are looking for alternate solutions Go Solar USA expects to have demo units in the US this week, which they will begin distributing among retailers which retailers was not revealed There's no word on the cost, but it currently sells in China for 520 Yuan US77 TUAWApple Peel 520 coming to US, UK originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42973.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42973.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 00:56:28 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It's been Apple TV palooza here at TUAW today Shortly after discovering the Apple TV iOS firmware could be downloaded and unpacked we took our first peek under the hood and saw just how similar the new Apple TV with its Lowtide software was to previous Apple TV releases Soon after we discovered that the Lowtide application was built with multi device support, including the iPad in its list of supported hardware tweetmeme_url 'http wwwtuawcom 2010 09 28 apple tv lowtide front row running on ipod touch ' tweetmeme_source 'tuaw' Now, developer Dustin Howett has managed to port Lowtide to an iPod touch and run it under iOS 41 You can see him running the Apple TV Lowtide software in this video It's really amazing to see just how compatible the diverse systems areTUAWApple TV Lowtide Front Row running on iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42967.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42967.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-29 00:28:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Guardian puts to words something I've been thinking for a long time that iTunes is actually Apple's weakest link You'd be forgiven for believing the opposite iTunes is arguably Apple's strongest brand, given that it encompasses all of the mobile device company's products, and remains the springboard for all iPhones, iPods, and iPads, even across into Windows land I'm sure there are even non Apple customers that use iTunes to organize and even share their music So there's no question that iTunes is a powerful component of Apple's success so far But at the same time, it's become a crutch As John Naughton says, this is feature creep on an heroic scale The application was started as SoundJam, meant specifically for music playback, but at this point, iTunes serves as a movie and TV rental service, a music recommendation service, a phone activation service, the largest mobile software platform in the world, a contact sync app, a media sharing app, an e book marketplace, a podcasting service, backup software, and oh yeah, now it's the home base for what's supposed to be a scalable music based social network When you think about it that way, the new logo wasn't nearly different enough Apple's walking a tightrope here on the one hand, why not put all of your eggs in the basket that's free to download and easy to use Why not allow the piece of software everyone has to do everything you want everyone to do It's a trojan horse writ large give the software away, and sell the hardware that works with it But on the other hand, the name iTunes doesn't stand for half of what that app does these days, and anyone who's ever tried to organize or update a couple hundred apps from within iTunes itself knows that there must be a better way via Cult of Mac TUAWThe ever growing iTunes basket originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42964.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42964.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 23:48:30 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I've been a big fan of Xmarks for a while now I work on a few Macs and PCs regularly, and while MobileMe is nice, I've always appreciated Xmarks' ease of use after a one time setup, it basically worked automatically and compatibility across whatever browsers I happened to use That's why I was disappointed to hear yesterday that they're calling it quits In around 90 days from now, the servers will shut down and Xmarks will be no more Co founder Todd Agulnick goes through the story of the service on that blog post it was originally developed as Foxmarks, and designed to work directly with the Firefox browser to sync bookmarks there Eventually, they brought in large numbers of users with tons of bookmarks in their browsers, but the company struggled to try and find a way to make money off of those numbers Search became a main target, and if you're an Xmarks user, you'll know the 'tags that would appear on Google Search pages in the browsers But despite initial interest, that never took off, and after unsuccessfully finding a buyer for the company this past spring, Agulnick says the end has come Fortunately, there are bookmark syncing alternatives, and most of the browsers these days have options built in which is why Xmarks won't move to a subscription service hard to sell something most browsers are offering for free But I'll pour some out for Xmarks excellent service, sorry it couldn't find a profitable place to settle downTUAWXmarks calls it quits originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42957.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42957.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 23:22:34 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - You hear about interesting uses for the iPad all the time, and many times those uses are merely theoretical Sure, using an iPad at an archeological dig sounds cool and practical and all, but does anybody really do it As it turns out, the answer to that question is yes in some of Apple's online promotional galleries, the company highlights a team of archeologists making use of the iPad for tasks such as text and graphical data entry One of those in charge of the dig says using the iPad for this work has saved countless hours of data entry that would have otherwise been done back at the field office Sure, the iPad needs to be sufficiently protected from the elements such as, y'know, flying hunks of rock , but that's likely a small price to pay vs paper notebooks with one's chicken scratch someone needs to translate I bet these archeologists were wishing there was an on board camera for the iPad right about now via Cult of Mac TUAWArcheologists brave flinging bits of rock with the iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42954.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42954.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 22:22:00 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - That's right Office for Mac 2011 now has an on sale date it's October 26th, just about a month away The suite will be the first Mac OS X version that offers Outlook rather than Entourage, and will come in a few different flavors Home and Student 2011 will be available for 119 or 149 for a three copy family pack , and will come with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Messenger Home and Business 2011 will have the whole enchilada and will sell for 199 or 279 for a two install pack The announcement came with the cheery video above, which runs through a few new features of the software, and shows you a few of the kind folks running the Mac Business Unit A couple of us have been using Office for Mac 2011, and we'll have some impressions for you later on Stay tuned if you've been waiting for a brand new Office for Mac, the wait is almost over via Mashable and Nadyne Richmond TUAWOffice 2011 to ship October 26 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42948.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42948.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 21:27:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As we reported earlier, Apple has updated the free Remote app for iPhone and iPad It's about time The new version looks fine on the iPad since it is not up scaled To pair the Remote software to your iTunes library, you must enter a 4 digit code into iTunes on your Mac From there, you are on the way You only need to pair once Control over WiFi is fast and responsive The iPad makes a really nice remote for controlling media Sonos will also soon offer an iPad remote for its whole house music system to join its popular iPhone app, and there are a few more solutions out there On the iPhone or iPod touch the app looks quite nice, and supports the Retina display if you have appropriate hardware The new version supports the new Apple TV, but one doesn't adorn my media room so I can't comment on how well it works While testing the app, the only thing that I felt is missing is the ability to stream from your iTunes library back to your iPhone or iPad Plug in some headphones or powered speakers, and you have a really nice, well stocked music system Sure, there are other solutions to this problem, but it would be nice if Apple offered a direct one and not just AirPlay Criticisms aside, it's nice to see this app updated after all these months Gallery Apple Remote appTUAWFirst Look Updated Apple Remote app on an iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42941.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42941.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 20:59:48 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - PipeRush is a fun little title that we haven't the likes of, as far as I know, yet on the iPhone I remember this kind of game as Pipe Dream, though you may know it by a number of different names But the idea is that you're given a queue of pieces, and then your job is to assemble them in such a way that they all match up and allow water to flow within a certain time period PipeRush doesn't add too much to this formula though there are some powerups to play with as you go through the levels , but what it does bring is a nice bit of polish there's a cute lead character in Pippa, the pipe laying plumber, and the graphics are simple and sparkly as you go along Achievements and scoreboards are handled by Crystal, but with star ratings to chase across the game's 15 or so levels, I found plenty to do PipeRush is only US 99 cents on the App Store right now, and if this kind of gameplay appeals to you at all, I highly recommend you pick it upTUAWTUAW's Daily App PipeRush originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42937.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42937.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 20:39:08 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Xsilva Systems has been at the forefront of Mac Point Of Sale systems for a while with their LightSpeed software Now they're bringing another member of the Apple hardware family into the Lightspeed fold LightSpeed Mobile is designed to extend LightSpeed away from a traditional cash register, by using an iPod touch and Linea Pro sled to scan bar codes and swipe credit cards from anywhere in the store If this sounds familiar, it's because the hardware is the same that is currently used in Apple retail stores, although they use a proprietary app For existing LightSpeed customers, LightSpeed Mobile is an additional US 1,299 iPod touch not included Complete turnkey retail solutions that include the necessary software, the Linea Pro scanner, and a full POS hardware kit receipt printer, cash drawer, and bar code scanner start at 3,649 If you already have the necessary hardware and software, you can purchase LightSpeed Mobile in the App Store for just 1999 A couple of fun videos showing LightSpeed Mobile in action follow on the next page Thanks to Brad for the tipTUAWXsilva LightSpeed Mobile brings Apple Store like checkout to any store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42934.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42934.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 19:46:53 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Could Lowtide be targeted towards playback on the iPad That's what indications in the application's Infoplist property list seem to hint at As TUAW continues to explore the new Apple TV iOS disk image, all kinds of interesting hints keep bubbling out The property list in question lists two entries for its UIDeviceFamily property UIDeviceFamily 3, 2 In human terms those numbers refer to both Apple TV the 3 device family and the iPad the 2 device family As you might guess, the 1 device family includes the iPhone and iPod touch These device families generally group related physical form factors All iPods and iPhones use a similar 320x480 base geometry, even though units with new Retina displays physically enhance the addressability of that screen size with more pixels per point Click the Read More link to see more about what we've found in the disk image TUAWMore on Apple TV Playback services may extend to iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13 31 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsPermalinkEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42925.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42925.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 19:20:06 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - TechCrunch has reported this morning that the Google Voice iOS app has been approved and should be in the App Store soon They quote sources who claim that the app simply needs some tweaks for iOS 4 multitasking, and should be out within the next few weeks This is potentially huge news for Google Voice customers Getting to this point wasn't easy to say to the least Here's a brief recap of the saga First, Apple pulled all Google Voice related apps from the App Store in July of 2009, which prompted an FCC inquiry Apple responded by saying, in so may words, Uh, we were just studying Google Voice Google shot back with, Uh, that's not true Since then a mobile web version of the service has been released, and it's quite clever, but not a native app Several native apps, GV Mobile 299 and GV Connect 299 have made it to the App Store and are filling the niche until the official Google Voice app appears Perhaps the development guidelines Apple released on September 9th allowed Google to identify just what they needed to do to win approval If TechCrunch is right, we'll find out in a few weeks TUAWGoogle Voice due in the App Store soon originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42921.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42921.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 18:51:05 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - As TUAW posted earlier, the iOS 41 firmware distribution for AppleTV has just gone live on Apple's Phobos webserver TUAW downloaded a copy and used the dev team's decrypt keys to peek under the hood Here's what we found about the Mojave Apple TV distribution tweetmeme_url 'http wwwtuawcom 2010 09 28 appletv under the hood first look ' tweetmeme_source 'tuaw' First, as expected, there's no SpringBoardapp in Core Services SpringBoard is the application that runs your iPhone's home screen, letting you launch applications by touching them Instead, AppleTV seems to run LowTide, an application responsible for all user interactions, which is derived from the previous FrontRow application LowTide handles media playback, rentals, DRM management Fair Play, of course and other basic servicesTUAWAppleTV under the hood first look originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42916.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42916.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 18:16:38 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple has released an all new version of their long untouched Remote app for iOS devices, which has been well overdue an update for some time now It has a number of significant new features, including Retina Display support, an all new iPad UI, gesture based remote control support for the new Apple TV, and perhaps most significantly for some people the ability to use use Home Streaming to stream content from an iTunes library on your local network to your iOS device This last addition will be really useful for people with music libraries too large to fit on their device We'll have more coverage of the app soon, but in the meantime get your download via iTunes TUAWApple Remote app v2 now available for iOS4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42904.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42904.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 17:41:51 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The iPad, and the wonderful iPad music app called Seline HD US 999 , are making a splash in the music world Last month, Alex Shpil showed us The iPad Orchestra, which was a quartet using the same software to make beautiful music This month, he shows us a street musician playing sitar like music on the iPad Enjoy the music, which Alex captured in full stereoTUAWFound Footage The first iPad street musician originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42888.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42888.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 16:44:32 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Members of the iPhone Dev Team have dropped hints on Twitter that it will be possible to jailbreak the new Apple TV Team members pod2g and iphone_dev have both mentioned that the SHAtter exploit has been able to decrypt the Apple TV's firmware's keys While Apple TVs are not yet in people's hands, the firmware is available from Apple's public distribution servers Team Member MuscleNerd also warned potential jailbreakers via Twitter Those interested in potential AppleTV JBs, better buy early Remember iPhone 3GS hardware was updated to fix JB hole Indeed, Apple has already released a firmware update for the Apple TV, though we don't know if it addresses this exploit TUAWDev Team Apple TV jailbreak exploit found originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42868.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42868.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 15:35:24 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Ping is Apple's first earnest foray into the social network game Introduced with iTunes 10, Ping lets users see the music their friends are buying from the iTunes Store, leave comments and point out what they like There are also several musicians participating The more active among them post photos and videos, stories and so on It's a young network with lots of potential, but for now some folks are less than impressed A recent update to iTunes put Ping in your music library it used to be limited to the iTunes Store and added a big 'ol sidebar Our question to you is Are you using it I'll admit that my interest has waned, and that's because nearly all of the updates I see are of the Person X is now following Person Y variety, which isn't very interesting Perhaps if the artists I followed were a bit more active Am I the only one Complete our short poll below and let us know if you're using Ping We'll post the results at a later time View PollTUAWAre you using Apple's Ping originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09 01 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42845.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42845.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 14:29:03 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - This is super cute a breakfast styled to look just like the popular Angry Birds app A woman had some complications during her pregnancy, and she was bedridden and restricted to only eating certain types of food during childbirth So, her husband started making food art, using the various foods that she could eat in the morning, and he eventually came around to this little tribute to one of the most popular games on the App Store It's wild those are pickles and carrots along the bottom, whole grain Eggo waffles in the middle, halved hard boiled eggs for the birds, and I'm not quite sure what the pigs are they're probably some kind of veggies But he even got the eyes and the eyebrows just right Very impressive Parenting magazine says she's due in December, and we definitely hope that everything works out all right via Neatorama TUAWFoto Find Angry Birds breakfast originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42826.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42826.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 08:18:05 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Just slightly ahead of the new Apple TV's arrival at purchasers' doorsteps, Apple has posted the restore firmware for the new device download link The firmware's filename and ipsw extension both confirm what practically everyone already knew the new Apple TV runs on a flavor of iOS, the same operating system running on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch That, combined with the Micro USB service port on the Apple TV's backside, means it's only a matter of time until it gets jailbroken Apple TV running iOS also means it would be relatively trivial for Apple to introduce an App Store for the device In fact, with a more general purpose version of something like Apple's Remote app, Apple could very easily allow existing iOS devices to act as a universal remote for virtually any existing app, thereby giving the Apple TV access to the more than 250,000 apps already available on the App Store This would also be consistent with the ship first, add features later paradigm Apple's followed so far with devices running iOS remember, the first iPhone and iPod touch both shipped before there was such a thing as an App Store, and look where we are now via Mac Rumors TUAWNew Apple TV firmware iOS based and available now originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42778.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42778.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 03:21:20 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Tagalicious is a 20 Mac application from the The Little App Factory best known for their excellent DVD ripper RipIt which will clean up your iTunes library metadata, fetch artwork, and even find lyrics So far it's been extremely impressing both in accuracy and price I had a Guns N' Roses song 1 01 Sweet Child O' Minemp3 with existing metadata saying it was the song Sweet Child O' Mine from their Greatest Hits album Tagalicious said it was Welcome to the Jungle I played the file in iTunes Sure enough, my metadata was wrong It was Welcome to the Jungle I have no idea how Tagalicious figured that out, but I suspect it is guilty of practicing witchcraft The current version 101 shows a great deal of promise, although lacks some more advanced features Then again, that is what version 1x releases are all about get a solid foundation started, and then see where you need to grow Read on for more details and informationTUAWTUAW Review Tagalicious for iTunes metadata, artwork, and lyrics originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42764.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42764.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 02:24:15 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - CineTap for Netflix US 099 is the newest and nicest Netflix management app I've seen so far It won't replace the Netflix app, since you still need to have that installed to instantly watch movies But CineTap adds some great features to the experience that the Netflix app doesn't include The app is amazingly fast and absolutely gorgeous, taking full advantage of the iPad's screen real estate Instead of lists, it uses posters to represent movies that can be scrolled left or right, or if you tap the Show All button, the line expands to fill the screen with posters that can then be scrolled up or down In Show All mode, you'll see 20 posters plus a navigation bar in landscape mode, or 25 poster in portrait mode with an optional navigation bar that covers up some of the posters, which is no big deal since it's easily dismissed Gallery CineTap for the iPadTUAWCineTap brings a great Netflix frontend to the iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42761.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42761.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 01:35:37 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The Canadian Broadcasting Company is reporting that 18 Canadian cabinet ministers and five senior staff members in the province of Saskatchewan are receiving iPads in an attempt to get a handle on the costly consumption of paper With the cost of the 64GB 3G iPad running about CDN 879 plus fees and taxes, the initial cost of the iPads will run about CDN 23,000 However, the government expects that double that amount will be saved in the first year alone, since paper and printing costs will be cut drastically, and fewer courier runs will be required to deliver physical documents One senior official in the premier's office noted that he'll save 68 boxes of paper in his office alone in the first year He noted that a single cabinet minister can often be loaded down with six to 10 kilograms of paper in a typical week The government officials believe that the security provided by the iPad is sufficient for their needs Unfortunately, there's no information available on just how much money will be wasted by all of the ministers playing Angry Birds HD during cabinet meetings we kid Thanks to John for the tip and sorry about the blatant display of Canadian stereotypes in the picture at the right TUAWCabinet members in Saskatchewan getting iPads to reduce paper use originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42758.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42758.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-28 00:23:47 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Patently Apple has a few new patent illustrations from China that may hint at future iPad hardware features The first is a second dock on the side of the tablet As you can see above, the connector would come in handy if you wanted to view the iPad in landscape form, but didn't want to have a cable sticking out of the side Personally, I can't really see Apple duplicating functionality in this way, though while a second port would be handy, it seems a waste to have a completely separate port used only half the time Like most patents, this is only an idea at this point Apple isn't required to actually use it in a future release The second idea is more interesting, in my mind the images show what seems to be a touch sensitive area on the corner of the front of the iPad PA presumes that this would be a button less button, an area you could tap or press to do things like return to the iPad's homepage or flip pages in iBooks Now that's a really interesting idea the front glass section of the iPhone and iPad is pretty much unused at this point, and if Apple could work it out so that even part of it could become functional even in a limited way , that would be exciting And finally, it's worth noting that quite a few of these pictures have what's presumably a small camera sitting at the top of the iPad's screen Yes, by now it's pretty much a given that the iPad will come with a camera in the next iteration, but there's another slice of evidence to stick in the growing proof sandwichTUAWPatent illustrations hint at double dock iPad, touch based corner button originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42745.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42745.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 23:24:24 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - The other day while I was attempting to clean up my office, I came across a bunch of old MiniDV tapes from various vacations that my wife and I had taken over the years That got me thinking about the 8mm videotapes from the pre MiniDV age, and the even older VHS vacation tapes from the Pleistocene Era Since I have done a pretty good job of going to a paperless office, I figured it was about time to make my other media go digital as well I don't necessarily want to edit the movies right now at this point, all I want to do is get the raw video transferred to my iMac and then at some future date when I have the time like 20 years from now , I'll transform them into mini documentaries The big concern I had was getting the video into my Mac, and since I no longer shoot video with tapes, I needed something that would just get the job done with a minimum of fuss and cost A quick Amazon search brought up a device from MyGica yeah, I've never heard of them, either called the Geniatech iGrabber US 3499 at Amazon It had surprisingly good reviews compared to more expensive devices like the Elgato Video Capture Device 7499 at Amazon I found several other adapters that were even cheaper, but they either had poor reviews or weren't listed as being Mac compatible Here's a quick review of the iGrabber, a fairly inexpensive and easy way to digitize old videosTUAWTUAW Review iGrabber, a cheap way to digitize old videos originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42735.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42735.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 23:01:48 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple's iAd service is a relative newcomer to the mobile ads industry, which is probably why it's completely falling apart No, sorry Carol, we're kidding Apple's service is doing extremely well, and is already threatening established mobile advertising services like Google and Yahoo IDC claims that Apple will end the year with 21 percent of the market, which means that in less than a year's time, the company will have picked up almost a quarter of a rapidly growing and expanding industry Google's share is dropping, and that's in addition to the AdMob purchase it made a while back as well That is a phenomenal start for the iAd platform And in fact, IDC is convinced that Apple's gigantic entry into the ads market has actually buoyed all ships even smaller advertisers like JumpTap and Millenial Media are growing, and even they cite Apple's entry into the industry as a marker for their popularity Other cellphone and mobile platform creators are looking into their own advertising as well now, when before they would have just depended on a third party service to run things for them And yet despite the incredible growth, Steve Jobs is probably disappointed he said earlier this year that he wanted Apple to oversee half of all mobile advertising by the time 2011 started That's unlikely to happen, but still, a quarter of a market that Apple entered less than a year ago is nothing to sniff at at allTUAWApple taking mobile ad share from Google, Yahoo, should have 21pourcents by year end originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16 30 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42732.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42732.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 22:38:59 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Two highly anticipated iPad app releases have finally hit the App Store, and they're both magazines The New Yorker and Gourmet Live The New Yorker free for the app, US 499 per issue joins Gourmet Live as the latest magazine apps from publisher Cond Nast The navigation is simple Tap anywhere on the screen to bring up the controls You can quickly move between sections and articles with the scrubber or table of contents For more leisurely reading, swipe between pages One unique feature is how the magazine's famous cartoons are handled Tap anyone to bring up a scrollable cartoon gallery Plus, you can enter the regular caption contest right from within the app It looks great and we're eager to try it out Meanwhile, ill fated Gourmet Magazine has been reborn as the iPad app Gourmet Live the current issue is free there's no word of future pricing As John Gruber points out, Gourmet is now in the unique position of existing as an iPad app only Its content is organized by topic and theme, and features recipes, slideshows, video and a lot more For now, there's no subscription option for either, but rumors suggest that could change soon WIRED has come down in price since its introduction, but it remains to be seen if customers will embrace the per issue pricing model Other Cond Nast properties have transitioned to the iPad well, like WIRED, Epicurious and GQ Finally, Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola have produced a hilarious short film introducing The New Yorker's app Check it out on the next page Flash, sorry TUAWNew Yorker, Gourmet iPad apps debut originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42730.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42730.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 21:35:07 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I saw the new iPad nano for the first time this weekend, and though I knew it was small, of course, I was surprised by just how small it was Despite the tiny little touchscreen, it really is about the size of the old shuffle Small enough, in fact, to fit inside one of the old Visual Memory Units from the Sega Dreamcast Unfortunately, the original controls don't work, and because the nano doesn't actually run any apps, you can't play anything even resembling the old VMU games that the extra controller units used to play in conjunction with the old console But it is a nice little case for the new nano, and of course it's just dripping with nostalgia You can find more information and pictures on the maker's website, which is in Japanese Don't be fooled by the Sega or Sonic pictures, either that's the just the nano's photos app showing off Very cool, though I look forward to seeing even more places to install the nano's tiny little touchscreenTUAWiPod nano built into Dreamcast VMU originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42724.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42724.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 20:27:53 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Apple's advertising for the FaceTime video chat feature on the iPhone 4 is emotional and effective, and now the ads are making it to the European market All of the ads are backed with the universally known voice of Louis Armstrong singing When You're Smiling, and there is no audible dialog, so these ads can be used in just about any European market So far, they've made it to the UK, Italy, and Spain The ads are sponsored by carriers 3Italia, Vodafone, and Orange Click the Read More link to view the videos via Macstoriesnet TUAWFound Footage A look at European FaceTime ads originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42718.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42718.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 19:30:34 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Here's a bit of news that's no shock to us According to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Apple receives more coverage from the press than any other tech company The research center recently concluded a year long study which found that a full 151 percent of all tech articles were about Apple Google commanded 114 percent of articles while 3 percent were primarily about Microsoft The study used data from 52 newspapers, broadcast and Web sites from June 2009 through June 2010 What's powering Apple's popularity Its computers represent only a fraction of those in use However, the iPhone and the iPod's meteoric rise to stardom, and infiltration of popular culture, has caught the attention of journalists across the globe But there's more to it than that Amy S Mitchell, the deputy director of the Project, notes the hype that precedes a new release, as well as Apple's very public way of releasing products, is powerful As I said on a recent podcast, even the local news station in my little Podunk town covered the recent iPod updates As I said, telling us that Apple gets a lot of press coverage is like telling bees that honey is popular But anecdotal evidence is one thing empirical research is anotherTUAWApple is the most covered tech company originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42706.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42706.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 18:42:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun gleeBox will certainly delight keyboard jockeys, as it replaces many browser based tasks you'd typically complete by mousing around with super easy hotkey commands For example, you can call on URLs by hitting the proper command and typing the name of the URL in the resulting overlay In fact, it'll recognize what you're typing so you needn't type the whole thing gleeBox also executes bookmarklets in the same way, so you can add a long article to Instapaper, for example, without ever touching the mouse It's not for everyone, but those who like keeping their hands on the keyboard at all times should find it usefulTUAWSafari Extension highlight gleeBox originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42697.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42697.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 17:41:01 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - How many times have you thought, It's a beautiful day If only I could capture it using my iPod and my head If you're anything like us, the answer is hundreds of times Now, our yearning has come to fruition thanks to Rampant View The Rampant View Headcam now accommodates the 5th generation iPod nano Just pop the nano inside, adjust it for your head or helmet if you're safety conscious and start shooting It looks like a super way to enhance your skate videos It doesn't look waterproof, so forget the rad kayaking videos, but there are many other fun and hands free applications we could think of The Rampant View costs US 3495 and is shipping now There's another demo video on the next page click Read More to view it Via Engadget TUAWLook Ma No hands The Rampant View iPod nano headcam originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42687.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42687.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 16:38:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Business Insider is reporting that Apple and Google have extended the deal that brought Google search to the iOS In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Google CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned that his company's arrangement with Apple has been recently extended Apple is a company we both partner and compete with We do a search deal with them, recently extended, and we're doing all sorts of things in maps and things like that That should extinguish any lingering rumors that Bing will become the default search engine on future iOS devices updates Presently, Bing is an option on the iOS, but Google is the default Via Macsimum News TUAWApple, Google extend deal for iOS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42673.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42673.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 16:38:39 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Wow No sooner had we published the post about Apple TVs being queued for shipping than our TUAW mailboxes were filled with a steady stream of shipping notices The new Apple TVs are now being shipped from Shenzen, China to a variety of destinations, and most people are seeing either Thursday, September 30 or Friday, October 1 as the delivery date I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl about the shipment a middle aged, slightly overweight schoolgirl with a beard, but you get the idea Thanks to the many tipsters who let us know about the packages that shipped while we were sleeping TUAWApple TVs are on the way from Shenzen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10 15 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42672.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42672.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 15:37:38 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We received a lot of tips today from people who ordered the new 99 Apple TV on September 1st and have, like me, been anxiously checking the order status in the online Apple Store As of today, many orders are showing the message you see above that the device has been prepared for shipment sometime in September Well, today is September 27th, which doesn't leave all that much time for Apple or the OEM to ship these devices My guess is that the 747 freighters are lining up on the tarmac in Shanghai or Hong Kong, waiting to be loaded with the first half million or so Apple TVs Fellow TUAW blogger Mike Rose and I both ordered our Apple TVs shortly after the announcement on September 1st, so whoever gets the first one will probably take dibs on doing a full review of the new iOS powered streaming video box Be sure to visit TUAW regularly this week for all of your Apple TV news Thanks to all of the TUAW readers who wrote in to tell us that you saw the prepared for shipment statusTUAWNew Apple TVs prepared for shipment originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42660.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42660.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 14:17:05 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I'll be honest I heard that Aftermath was a zombie game and almost gave up on it I wouldn't be offended if you did the same, since lots of developers especially iPhone developers are depending a little too much on zombies for their gameplay Yes, it's fun to fight the walking undead, but they're used over and over again because a they're easy to program, and b they let you make a shooting humans game without getting involved in the whole morality thing But Aftermath is still worth a look While a lot of zombie games on the store go abstract or silly, this one sticks pretty close to realistic, and it has some serious quality and interesting gameplay behind it You're fighting zombies and moving through levels, but instead of aiming and shooting a gun, you're actually aiming a flashlight, and your gun automatically fires for you The projected light makes the whole affair very atmospheric the game's just dark enough that it actually feels a little spooky trying to navigate the shuffling brain eaters to your next objective Particularly if you're a fan of Left 4 Dead or that ilk, Aftermath is probably worth a look it's US 199 on the App Store right now And please, developers, unless they're as inventive and well done as this one, let's keep the zombie games to a minimum Maybe we could fight werewolves instead Or angry robots TUAWTUAW's Daily App Aftermath originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42643.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42643.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-27 01:18:04 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - We just started Daylight Savings Time in New Zealand yesterday Since then, many iOS users here have experienced what's probably one of the weirdest bugs I've ever seen our alarms are now going off an hour early My iPhone's alarm woke me up at 5 50 in the morning today instead of 6 50, and it turns out I'm not the only one In the iPhone's built in Clock app, setting a recurring alarm will cause it to trigger an hour early every time if you're running iOS 41, iTunes 1001, and live in a Southern Hemisphere country that's just gone over to Daylight Savings Time which, for now at least, just means New Zealand It's also been affecting US users in Indiana since late June because of the weird time zone situation in that state For some reason, non recurring alarms aren't affected so far, changing recurring alarms to non recurring is the only thing that's fixed the problem Standard Time doesn't start in the US until November 7, which is right around the time that iOS 42 is supposed to come out Since this bug is probably something that can only be addressed by an iOS update, and since a relatively small portion of iOS users will be affected, I won't be surprised at all if Apple sits on this bug until November and bundles the fix into iOS 42 Meanwhile, Australian iOS users in territories that observe DST will have something to look forward to unless this gets fixed before October 3rd, their alarms are going to start going off an hour earlier, tooTUAWiOS alarms broken for New Zealand users after Daylight Savings originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42594.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42594.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-26 23:17:57 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - I think we can call this one saved by a policy change Earlier this month Apple changed its rules and is now allowing developers to use third party tools for creating apps for iOS devices In a statement released this weekend, the EU said it welcomed Apple's changed policies, and that the investigation would be closed Apple also loosened policies on cross border warranty repair of computers and iOS products Previously people who bought a product in one EU country and tried to have it fixed under warranty in another EU country encountered red tape or a refusal to fix the product, but apparently that issue's been fixed as well This recent change is on top of Apple settling a case with the US Department of Justice dealing with agreements between major tech firms about not poaching employees The settlement involved other companies including Pixar, Google and Intel Apple is clearly getting a bit more liberal in the way it runs the business There's nothing like a little competition and litigation to get things movingTUAWEuropean Union closes Apple investigation originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42589.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42589.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-26 21:22:11 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - It's Sunday, which means it's time once again to get ourselves all in a Talkshoe chatroom, and have a lively talk about what's been up during the last week of Apple news Tonight on the show, we'll be talking about Microsoft's stance with Apple on Blu ray, the arrival of VLC and Google Voice on the App Store, the coming glucose meter for the iPhone, and if we have time, we'll chat a little bit about Stevemails and just what they mean Should be fun tune in if you're around To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser only client, the embedded Facebook app, or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client however, for maximum fun, you should call in For the web UI, just click the TalkShoe Web button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday To call in on regular phone or VoIP lines take advantage of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like dial 724 444 7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 during the call, you can request to talk by keying in 8 If you've got a headset or microphone handy on your Mac or your PC, you can connect via the free Gizmo or X Lite SIP clients or using the Talkshoe client's ShoePhone tool basic instructions are here We'll kick things off at 10pm ET 7pm PT See you there TUAWTalkcast Tonight Join us at 10pm ET to talk Blu ray, new apps, and Stevemails originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42586.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42586.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-26 19:20:36 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - My shocking day job revelation I write enterprise Java software using Windows There, my secret shame is finally out Now that's off my chest I have something to confess about Windows 7 Microsoft must be doing something right because I hate it considerably less than any other version of Windows For example, it might have taken it eight years to bring the draggable reorder feature from OS X 100's Dock into the Windows Taskbar, but they got there in the end and I'm a happier user for it One of the things I quite like is Aero Peek Suppose you are juggling three PowerPoint presentations because you are a SRS BSNS enterprise user so obviously you're not doing anything fun You move your cursor down to the PowerPoint icon in the taskbar and three medium sized thumbnail icons pop up, each showing the current window contents of the three PowerPoint windows you have open This visual cue makes task switching more efficient It sounds small but it's quite a neat little time saver Sadly OS X doesn't have anything like this We've previously covered using Expos in the Application Switcher, but it's clunky Wouldn't thumbnails in the Dock be a nice addition to OS X I certainly think so, and it seems Christian Baumgart agrees with me because he's written free in beta utility HyperDock to do just that You can see how it works in the screenshot above in this case, I moved my mouse over to the Firefox icon, and it presented me with previews of the three browser windows I had open But that's not all it does check out some more of HyperDock's features on the next pageTUAWHyperDock puts some Win7 in your OS X Dock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42583.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42583.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-26 15:17:35 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Safari's Top Sites feature is nifty and all, but what I've really wanted to do is have new Safari tabs open showing me my recent browsing history I couldn't figure out a way to do this until just now Maybe if you're an experienced Safari user this is obvious, but I'm still a fairly recent Safari adopter If you look in Safari's preferences, it will show that new tabs can be set to Top Sites, Home Page, Empty Page, Same Page, or Bookmarks No 'History' option The good news is that you can work around this by choosing Bookmarks as shown above and then click on History under Collections at the top left of the window Safari remembers what you had selected in the Bookmarks window, so whenever you open a new tab, it will open to the Bookmarks with the History selected You could also do this by setting new tabs to open to an Empty Page and then press Command Option 2 Show All History If you find that key combination too awkward, as I do, you can reassign it in System Preferences under Keyboard Keyboard Shortcuts Personally, I like this because I can use Command T to open a new tab and have the history show up right away I'd still prefer to be able to use the History view which is shown if you start with Top Sites and then click the History half of the button tab at the top of that window, but this is the next best thingTUAWMac 101 Open new tabs to reveal browsing history in Safari originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42576.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42576.shtml interobs.com : 2010-09-25 21:27:33 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW - Another new device rumor has popped up, this time about a replacement for the MacBook Air Apparently, the old MacBook Air isn't selling too well, so Apple is looking at refreshing the line with a smaller device equipped with an 116 measured diagonally screen A device of this size is beginning to encroach on dangerous territory, considering how Steve Jobs and company have made negative comments about netbooks in the past AppleInsider conjectures that the power and premium price of a more svelte MacBook Air would place it more in the ultraportable category than that of a netbook Not only would the new MacBook Air have a smaller display to differentiate it from the existing models, but rumor has it that the device uses a partial carbon fiber enclosure to make it thinner and lighter The new Air would allegedly pack an Intel Core i series ultra low voltage processor for extra battery life, Additional word from DigiTimes is that orders have been placed with manufacturer Quanta for 400,000 to 500,000 of the new Airs by the end of 2010 The last time the MacBook Air received a refresh was in June of 2009, when the price dropped on the base model and a faster version with an optional SSD was released via AppleInsider TUAWRumor New 116 inch MacBook Air on tap for this fall originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW on Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15 00 00 EST Please see our terms for use of feedsReadEmail thisCommentshttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42565.shtmlhttp://interobs.com/revue/Apple/news/42565.shtml