After releasing an improved version for the Android devices, Opera Software is going for the, let’s face it, slowly dying, Windows Mobile community.
| Read more »Something bizarre, real quick ‚Äì it seems someone big on time and short on things to do has decided to ‚Äòclone‚Äô iOS4 to an HTC device, and the video here is the result.
| Read more »An in-depth comparison chart of remote desktop software.
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| Read more »If you think back to 2005, you'll remember that the Motorola RAZR phone was all the rage. Not entirely unlike the iPhone today, it was the sleek phone that everyone wanted. But if you happened to be on the largest carrier in the U.S., Verizon, you couldn't get one. Again, sound familiar?
It wasn't until just about a year later that a version (the V3c) finally came to Verizon. It was a long wait, but I was excited to finally have access to the device, I pre-ordered one the first day I could. When I finally got it, there were some surprises in store. Rather than having the same colorful user interface that my friends' RAZRs (on other networks) had, it had some god-awful red proprietary UI made by Verizon itself. It also came with the added bonus of having Bluetooth file transfer capabilities disabled by Verizon. And it was loaded to the brim with Verizon's V CAST garbage.
So while part of the wait was undoubtedly due to Motorola getting a CDMA version of the device...
| Read more »If you think back to 2005, you'll remember that the Motorola RAZR phone was all the rage. Not entirely unlike the iPhone today, it was the sleek phone that everyone wanted. But if you happened to be on the largest carrier in the U.S., Verizon, you couldn't get one. Again, sound familiar?
It wasn't until just about a year later that a version (the V3c) finally came to Verizon. It was a long wait, but I was excited to finally have access to the device, I pre-ordered one the first day I could. When I finally got it, there were some surprises in store. Rather than having the same colorful user interface that my friends' RAZRs (on other networks) had, it had some god-awful red proprietary UI made by Verizon itself. It also came with the added bonus of having Bluetooth file transfer capabilities disabled by Verizon. And it was loaded to the brim with Verizon's V CAST garbage.
So while part of the wait was undoubtedly due to Motorola getting a CDMA version of the device...
| Read more »New data from Google has revealed that Android 2.2 is at last getting significant adoption four months after it was released. The OS jumped from just 4.5 percent of Android phones in July to 28.7 percent last month. It still remains in the minority with Android 2.1 on 41.7 percent of devices....
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| Read more »It's official: the two largest jailbreak app stores for the iOS platform, Cydia and Rock, are getting together.
ModMyi is reporting that Jay Freeman (AKA Saurik) and Mario Ciabarra (AKA psuskeels) have been working through an acquisition of Rock Your Phone, Inc. by SaurikIT, LLC for several months now. That deal became official last night, and over the next 10 days there will be a transition from Rock to Cydia where users can continue to purchase and download apps from the Rock app. After that time, users will need a Cydia store login to continue buying apps. Many of the themes and apps on Rock are already found on Cydia; the remainder will be transferred to Cydia as soon as possible.
According to the post, Ciabarra...
| Read more »The domain-name registrar and purveyor of sexy Super Bowl ads is putting itself up for auction and could go for more than $1 billion, a report says.
| Read more »New Adobe tool allows developers to build cross-platform multi-screen apps from a single code base.
| Read more »When Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company√≠s new iPod Nano, some Apple lovers cringed. The device that was once so useful, they complained, has become a glorified iPod shuffle. But they might not necessarily have had reason to fear; in fact, the truth might just be the opposite....
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| Read more »Garmin CFO Kevin Rauckman in an interview has said the company might back out of its smartphone business within the next half a year if it can't be turned around. He acknowledged to Reuters that devices like the Garminfone and nuvifone lines had undersold in the market...
| Read more »Garmin CFO Kevin Rauckman in an interview has said the company might back out of its smartphone business within the next half a year if it can't be turned around. He acknowledged to Reuters that devices like the Garminfone and nuvifone lines had undersold in the market...
| Read more »Garmin CFO Kevin Rauckman in an interview has said the company might back out of its smartphone business within the next half a year if it can't be turned around. He acknowledged to Reuters that devices like the Garminfone and nuvifone lines had undersold in the market and that the GPS maker would 'have to make decisions" as to whether it would redouble its efforts or back out. The company managed just $27 million in revenue from smartphones during the spring, far lower than competitors; Apple produced $5.33 billion from its iPhone business in the same period....
We benchmarked the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G to determine if Apple's new iOS makes the phones faster or slower.
| Read more »We benchmarked the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G to determine if Apple's new iOS makes the phones faster or slower.
| Read more »Whether you've just bought a new PC, upgraded to Windows 7, or reinstalled your OS, a just-installed system is a great opportunity to make some helpful changes and fixes. Here are the things we recommend anyone tackle on a minty fresh Windows.
| Read more »Whether you've just bought a new PC, upgraded to Windows 7, or reinstalled your OS, a just-installed system is a great opportunity to make some helpful changes and fixes. Here are the things we recommend anyone tackle on a minty fresh Windows.
| Read more »A version of the iPad with a built-in video camera and support for the new FaceTime video conferencing standard has already progressed to the advanced testing stages, says ‚ÄúAppleInsider‚Äù (http://www.appleinsider.com), quoting a ‚Äúperson with proven knowledge of Apple‚Äôs future product plans.‚Äù
When might such a device arrive? Perhaps in time for holidays, but no later than March 2011, the article says. And the move, if it happens, would be as much about FaceTime as the iPad.
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This week in Apple, we took a look at iTunes 10's new crazy interface, how advertisers are beginning to use HTML5 databases to store cookie-like information, iOS 4.1, and more. Have you been too busy playing with all of Apple's new stuff to pay attention to the news? We have the roundup.
| Read more »It's funny -- right in the middle of all of the fervor during the Game Center launch this week, the first company to the fore didn't happen to be one of these big new startups that's making headway in iPhone gaming. It turned out to be Namco, as one of the oldest brands around, Ms. Pac-Man, became the first title on the App Store to support Game Center. Now, of course, there are a few more games that support Apple's service (and more every day), but Macworld has a great look at what's coming next from Namco.
Turns out Namco's planning to go all-in on both iPhone and Game Center -- in addition to bringing a sequel to the Time Crisis on-rails shooter, it will bring a hidden object, ghost-catching game called...
| Read more »The Archos 32 Internet Tablet offers a pocketable 3.2-inch device running Android 2.2...except it's not a phone, and costs under $150.
| Read more »Microsoft just wrapped up a huge parade for the upcoming launch of its Windows Phone 7 platform and it included funeral processions for the Apple iPhone and BlackBerry handsets.
| Read more »It's common knowledge that the Doctor's time- and space-bending TARDIS is a lot roomier on the inside than its external dimensions let on, and now we can put a definite number to just how much space there is in there: a terabyte. Yup, that's how much storage Max Shanly managed to cram inside his "toy" TARDIS. It took a bit of elbow grease (plus a screwdriver) to get it all to fit, but most of the credit here is for sheer ingenuity -- who doesn't want to back up his data onto a freaking Time Lord's intertemporal transportation device? Max is currently working on hooking up the flashing light up top to represent hard drive activity and we're calling up our favorite KIRF suppliers to get them cranking these out.
[Thanks, Max]Gallery: 1TB hard drive thrown into a toy TARDIS1TB hard drive thrown into a toy TARDIS, gives us a proper Time Machine originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | |Email this|...
| Read more »Google has offered navigation and walking directions via its Google Maps for mobile, but now, the two are being combined into a new service called Walking Navigation (beta). Walking Navigation is available through Google Maps for mobile 4.5 on Android. With Walking Navigation, you'll be able to use GPS navigation alongside walking directions....
| Read more »Google has offered navigation and walking directions via its Google Maps for mobile, but now, the two are being combined into a new service called Walking Navigation (beta). Walking Navigation is available through Google Maps for mobile 4.5 on Android. With Walking Navigation, you'll be able to use GPS navigation alongside walking directions....
| Read more »Maintaining your reputation in the digital age is no easy task. One wrong move can stick with you for the rest of your life.
| Read more »Apple's iPhone 4 case program page reminds you that if you haven't jumped on the free case they're offering for the Antennagate issue, you're running out of time. The free case program will expire on September 30th, so if you haven't yet, run on over there, download the app to your iPhone, and choose a case for Apple to send off to you.
Or, if you are planning to buy an iPhone 4 but haven't yet, you might want to jump on it before the month ends -- some of the cases can sell for up to $30, so essentially you're getting a nice discount if it was something you would have bought anyway. There are certainly plenty of other cases to buy, and I've been using my iPhone for the past week or so without a case at all and it's worked just fine, but September 30 is the cutoff, so make a decision by then for sure.
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Ars hosted iFixit founder Kyle Wiens for one of our subscriber chats this week. We normally make the transcripts available only to subscribers, but Kyle had some interesting insights that we wanted to share with all of our readers.
If you want access to future subscriber chats and the other subscriber benefits—including an ad-free experience—there's no time like the present to sign up for an Ars Premier Subscription.
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| Read more »Android goes bing, the App Store goes transparent, and one technology CEO goes to the Land of Questionable Metaphors.
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab will get an all-out launch next week for most major US carriers.
| Read more »Microsoft on Friday released its long awaited Office for Mac 2011 to manufacturing, keeping in line with its expected release date before the holiday shopping season--some time in late October. The company, which has been working on the next-generation Office suite for the Mac for nearly two and a half years, said that the newest version of Office Mac users will be its "best release yet," bringing new features such as a new template gallery, reintroduced Visual Basic support, a new Outlook for Mac application, connections with online Microsoft services, and a new Rib...
The Wall Street Journal reports that the FTC will continue to carefully scrutinize Apple despite its loosened policy regarding third-party iOS compilers.
| Read more »Developers who reserve an app name without eventually uploading a binary are being warned by Apple that their records will be deleted.
The next iPhone may forgo an Infineon baseband chip in favor of one from Qualcomm, according to an unconfirmed report.
The OS X firewall is a useful and important security feature, and we recommend people enable as many of its features as possible to help ward off the possibility of attacks, especially when connected to public networks. Despite its benefits, as with any software package the firewall is susceptible to corruption that can interfere with its functions, and result in odd behavior. One of these is the notorious self-assigned IP address problem that can plague various network ports in OS X.
| Read more »Default Folder X 4.3.10Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to the right side of the Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings.
Default Folder also fixes a number of problems in Open and Save dialogs, \"rebounding\" back to the last selected file, putting the path listing back in the top menu, and correcting bugs in scrolling column views.
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My Living Desktop 4.8.1My Living Desktop is the only video desktop and screen saver product available for the Macintosh since 2005. It transforms your desktop into a moving, living environment by playing serene nature videos right on your desktop as you work. It comes complete with over two dozen Serene Scenes shot from all over the world. Plus users can import their own home movie video footage right into My Living Desktop for viewing on the desktop or as a screen saver.
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Froyo might be the last word for Android smartphones, but Google denies its meant as a tablet OS, adding fuel to rumors that well be seeing Honeycomb or Gingerbread-enabled tablets competing against the iPad sometime soon.At least one Google executive has been saying publicly that the company doesnt see the most recent iteration of the Android operating system or the Android Market as entirely appropriate for tablets, suggesting that tablet-specific OSes might be forking from the Android family in the near future.Hugo Barra is Googles director of products for mobile. In recent comments to TechRadar, he said that while the company has seen Android 2.2 (which, like the rest of Androids distributions, is open-sourced and free for anyone to download) running on tablets, that isnt one of the OSs intended purposes.Froyo is not optimised for use on tablets, said Barra. The way Android Market works is not going to be available on devices that dont allow applications to run correctly. Which...
| Read more »A French Web site, Mac4Ever, posted a short article claiming the Cupertino computer crafters are creating software for Mac OS X, presumably an update to iChat, that will allow desktop and notebook users to communicate via FaceTime with compatible iOS devices.
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| Read more »Apple took a quiet step towards improving developer relations yet again today as it began a push back against App Store name hogs. Those who start the app submission process now have 90 days to submit the app binary before warnings and another 30 days before the process is reset. Any developer who ignores the warnings will have the app name made available to use again, Apple said in a message to iTunes Connect members....
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I love my iPad so much that I hug it daily, but I don't think it could ever replace newspapers. After all, how could I ever use my magical gadget to murder an innocent creature?
Theoretically I certainly could use my iPad to commit an act of violence, but it'd be gadget homicide too. [AllThingsD via Engadget]
| Read more »Verizon has just gone live with their own variant of the Samsung Galaxy S Android phone, dubbed the Verizon Fascinate, so of course we had to get our very own Fascinate to play with.
| Read more »Samsung's Galaxy Tab will get an all-out launch next week for most major US carriers, tipsters claimed this evening. Three sources for the WSJ said the Korean company's known event in New York City on September 16 should see the Android tablet introduced for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. T-Mobile supposedly hadn't negotiated a deal....
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| Read more »Sega America hosted an iPhone gaming event earlier this week, and the lineup of titles they've got coming to the App Store this fall is a gamer's dream: Chu Chu Rocket (my favorite Dreamcast game!) is coming to iOS, along with classic side scrollers Gunstar Heroes and Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog Episode 1 (the brand new 2D version of Sonic), and a free-to-play strategy/RPG MMO called Kingdom Conquest. TouchArcade was there at the event, and they say that Chu Chu Rocket is all you hope it will be, the new Sonic looks excellent, and Kingdom Conquest sounds like...
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Appleinsider claims that Apple may already be in "advanced testing stages" of a new FaceTime capable iPads.
A version of the tablet device with a built-in video camera and support for the new Fa...
| Read more »Celebrating Windows Phone 7's "Release to Manufacturing" status, Microsoft employees held a morbid funeral parade for the iPhone and Blackberry.
Apple is in the advance testing stage of a rev for the iPad that includes a front-facing camera and support for FaceTime, according to a report from AppleInsider. The company is planning on releasing the device as early as the 1st quarter of 2011, a more aggressive schedule than the yearly update schedule for other iOS devices, and there are some execs in Cupertino who want to release the new version in time for the Holiday shopping season this year. 
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Attention, folks who purchased the TomTom car kit for their iPhone 3G or 3GS, only to upgrade to a won't-fit-quite-right iPhone 4: you're in luck. TomTom is now providing a free adapter for the aforementioned car kit that allows an iPhone 4 to fit properly.
Apparently the adapter is simply a piece of plastic that one sticks into place over a spot at the bottom of the dock. It's included in the kit packaging from September 1, though if you bought a car kit before then, you can claim your adapter from TomTom for free.
The TomTom car kit retails for about $120. Obviously, to make full use of the TomTom car kit at all, you'll want to have the $40 iPhone app to go along...
| Read more »Apple authorizes the companies listed in this article to train Apple Authorized Service Providers, dealers, and customers, to repair Apple products.
These Apple Authorized Service Training Centers (AASTCs) deliver training and administer tests within the Apple Certified Mac Technician (ACMT) program, using Apple developed training materials and certification tests. Apple recommends using these AASTCs to train service technicians for the Apple Certified Mac Technician exams.
Parallels announced that the company will ship the next major version of the Windows emulation software for the Mac, Parallels 6, on September 14th. The company said the new version will deliver “unprecedented advances in productivity, performance and graphics.” To that end, the company said that Windows will boot 41% faster than in previous versions, and that 3D graphics run 40% better.
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The new iOS 4.1 Software Update includes improvements to syncing contacts and calendars with MobileMe and we recommend installing it on your iPhone or iPod touch. For more information on iOS 4.1, including new features and the devices it supports, go here.
To get the iOS 4.1 Software Update, connect your device to your computer, select it in the iTunes source list, and click "Update."
| Read more »Microsoft announced Friday that Office for Mac 2011 is now classified as "Release to Manufacturing." The software should be on track for release by the end of October as previously announced.
In this week's rootin' tootin' round up: your jogging, tracked without a sensor; pizzas, adorably delivered; auto-tuned voicemails, regrettably recorded; crimes, committed with multitouch; Yahtzees, rolled; scales, mastered; apps, shopped for with greater efficiency, and so much more!
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We are so crazy about apps right now you wouldn't believe it. If you have recommendations, tips, or just want to let us know about your own app, drop a note in the comments or...
| Read more »Esenthel Engine has recently added full support for mobile platforms such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Esenthel Engine is a professional 3D Game Engine which supports Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, as well as Windows. It runs under OpenGL, OpenGL ES and DirectX 9, 10, 10.1, 11. It includes Nvidia PhysX, Bullet [...]
| Read more »As you go into this weekend looking for things to do, you might be thinking about how to organize your iOS 4.x iPhone and use the Apple symbol in the process.
The first tip, courtesy of Macenstein, deals with labeling of apps and folders. Back in the iPhone OS 2.x days, you could use the Japanese keyboard to type the Apple symbol. That feature disappeared, but now there's a way to bring back that Apple symbol.
The solution is to create a folder in iOS 4, which is done by dragging one app onto another. Give the folder a name, like "Rename me," then sync with your computer. With your iPhone selected in iTunes 10, click on the Apps tab. There you'll see all of your apps and folders, and you can double-...
| Read more »It's Friday, so we'll stay short and sweet. Despite what Microsoft may think, rumors of the iPhone's demise are greatly exaggerated. Also, the iPod nano is one swank timepiece, and antivirus software is important--though not for the reasons you might expect.
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PCWorld's Ian Paul considers what kind of apps might win approval and which ones are still out in the cold under Apple's revised guidelines for iPhone app makers.
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This video celebrates the "release to manufacturing" of Office for Mac 2011, but with a few humorous "unreleased" features they weren't able to squeeze into the new version. Frankly I think Keynote will include Auto-Tune in the next version, so that may be Microsoft's mistake!
TUAWFound Footage: MacBU celebrates Office for Mac 2011 with funny video originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Read more »Google‚Äôs Android platform will have passed both Apple‚Äôs iOS and Research In Motion‚Äôs BlackBerry platforms to be the #2 smartphone platform by the end of 2010, according to new projections released by research firm Gartner. According to those projections, Android will continue its rise through 2014, when it will be all but tied with Nokia‚Äôs Symbian platform for the top spot. iOS will have moved past BlackBerry by then to be #3.
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Microsoft will launch the next version of Office for the Mac in just under six weeks, according to Amazon.com.
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Chillingo invited us out to the headquarters of surfwear manufacturer Billabong yesterday for a look at a new iPhone and iPad game called Billabong Surf Trip. The game is designed by a Portugese developer named Biodroid Entertainment (who told me that they've done some work on other consoles, but this is their first title for Apple's iOS). As you may have guessed from the name, the title is sponsored by Billabong, and features the ability to create a surfer and then send him or her around the world to take on the waves.
Before I sat down to play the game, I asked Billabong's PR Director Jim Kempton about why they'd gotten involved in an iPhone game, and he said the goal of the game was to "introduce people to what surfing is about, on the level that we're hoping to cast an interest anyway." You don't have to be a surfer to enjoy the game, but enjoying the game might get you interested in surfing, and thus the Billabong...
| Read more »Blackmagic Design today unveiled the Mac upgrade to v7 of the Emmy-winning professional DI color grader, DaVinci Resolve. The software, which requires a 17-inch MacBook Pro for standard-definition or web projects and a top-end Mac Pro for higher-level work, sports an all-new interface, now incorporates Apple ProRes and H.264 formats, supports RED Rocket cards and boasts new stereoscopic 3D grading as well as other features....
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| Read more »Although rumors surrounding a camera-equipped iPod touch had circulated for years without coming to fruition, Apple has finally launched a major update to its flagship iPod. The fourth-generation catches up with the iPhone 4's robust set of features, as both devices now offer dual cameras, an A4 processor, 960x640 display, and a gyroscope....
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| Read more »Sources today supported rumors of a Windows Phone 7 launch on October 11 as Microsoft held a mock funeral for the BlackBerry and iPhone. Tipsters said the unveiling, which coincides with a known mid-October target, would be part of a larger open house event where WP7 would be just one of the offerings on show. CNET was told the phones wouldn't necessarily be available the same day, but the US availability may not be until November....
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| Read more »With iOS 4, MobileMe lets you keep notes in sync between the MobileMe Notes application on your iPhone and iPod touch and Mac OS X Mail. Over-the-air syncing of notes occurs whenever you open the Notes app on your iPhone and iPod touch or in Mac OS X Mail.
| Read more »Office 2011 for Mac is a go! (That is, Office 2011 has hit Release to Manufacturing, or RTM.)
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| Read more »BusinessWeek has an in-depth interview with the head of Foxconn about his interactions with Apple, as well as the company culture.
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| Read more »Apple may be stepping up the release of a camera-equipped iPad to get it out ahead of time, sources claimed on Friday. Although it only just launched in April and supplies have just caught up to demand, AppleInsider understood from a "proven" contact that the tablet was in late testing. If finished on time, it could be ready as soon as the holidays but would arrive no later than the first quarter of 2011, which ends in March....
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| Read more »A couple of MacFixIt readers have contacted us describing a problem with iTunes after upgrading to the recently released version 10. Though the program installs and functions fine, upon quitting, some process will immediately launch the program again.
| Read more »Don‚Äôt have a Google Android phone yet? Why not? Going by many opinions out there, Android phones are the cream-of-the-crop. Without trying to start an all out flame war with the iPhone fan boys, I think you should take a look at Google‚Äôs prize of a mobile operating system.
| Read more »French Mac site Mac4ever reports that iLife ‚Äò11 is likely to be released in the near future and that Apple‚Äôs new FaceTime video calling feature may soon become available in Mac OS X and Windows machines.
FaceTime is currently available on the new iPhone 4 and the fourth-generation iPod touch and can only be used over Wi-Fi networks at this time. Such a move would make the cutting-edge feature even more appealing.
FaceTime will evidently be integrated on iChat for Mac OS X users but it is not clear how it will be presented to Windows users.
| Read more »Ever since the FaceTime announcement as an 'open platform,' the question's been hanging over us: when do we expect desktop support for the new videoconferencing approach? "Soon," is what French website Mac4ever is reporting today. They have a pretty good track record, so the prediction is worth noting.
The article says Apple will soon release a version of iChat that will allow Apple desktop and laptop owners to video chat to iOS devices with FaceTime. Further, the speculation is that Apple will do the same thing for Windows users wanting to talk to FaceTime users either on Macs or iPhones.
Apple has stated that it expects to see FaceTime protocols widely used. If the rumor is correct, that goal should be well on the way to being fulfilled. I can't wait.
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| Read more »Apple said it would end the iPhone 4 bumper case program on September 30th as the problem was smaller than expected
| Read more »Pictured below is a young Steve Jobs at age 14, standing front row and center.¬† The photo was taken in 1969 and is of the Electronics Club at Homestead High
| Read more »A new version of Nook for Android has been released in the Android Market, adding additional options for customizing the reading interface. In version 2.2, several options have been added to improve the overall experience, including additional line spacing options, the ability to turn text justification on and off, and an improved settings screen. An option for hiding the status bar while reading has also been added. Additionally, the update incorporates QuickActions, which makes use of pop-up menus to provide access to commonly used options, such as Details, LendMe,...
An image of an upcoming Pentax K-5 digital SLR camera has been leaked courtesy of LensTip. At the same time, alleged specs of the camera have been revealed over on PentaxForums. The key rumored specs include a 16.2-megapixel Sony Exmor CMOS sensor, weather-sealed magnesium body and the abiltity to shoot 1080p HD video at 25p or 30p....
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| Read more »Bloomberg Businessweek publishes a lengthy profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, who has built his Taiwan-based manufacturing company into a major player in the computing and consumer electronics industries and become Apple's primary manufact...
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There are certainly advantages to having your morning newspaper in iPad format: dynamic media, rapid updating, search and more... but not every aspect of the new digital age is an improvement over the old ink-on-dead-trees approach to the news.
We wouldn't want to spoil the fun of Newsday's ad for its new iPad app, so we'll simply give you the video with No Comment.
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| Read more »Don‚Äôt forget to get your entry in for our RF3 Envi Earphone Giveaway. In our Giveaway of the Month for September, iLounge and Mobile Line Communications are giving away fifty RF3 ENVi 3.5mm Natural Wood Stereo Earhook Headsets. To enter, simply fill out and submit the form on the‚Ķ
| Read more »When you insert a track marker within an audio region, there is sometimes an audible click or pop at the track change in the burned CD.
| Read more »Learn what to do if your iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)¬†or iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) exhibits symptoms that indicate the wrong Mac OS¬†X system software is installed. Symptoms may include:
Upon opening iMovie, a message states that iMovie requires a graphics card that is compatible with Quartz Extreme and that one or more of your graphics cards do not support Quartz Extreme. 
The computer may not go to sleep when you choose Sleep from the Apple (Ô£ø) menu.
Difficulty opening or a message may appear when you open the DVD Player application.
Only one video resolution available in the Displays System Preferences pane.
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eldavojohn writes "Bloomberg Businessweek has an article of interest resulting from a three-hour interview with Foxconn founder Terry Gou (single page), whose company manufactures 137,000 iPhones a day. The article profiles Gou's rise to Foxconn but also offers some interesting tidbits you might not know. On why he is not opening factories in the United States, Gou frankly states, 'If I can automate in the US and ship to China, cost-wise it can still be competitive. But I worry America has too many lawyers. I don't want to spend time having people sue me every day.' If you're interested in how a modern day Henry Ford thinks, you can read the rest about the man steering the ship of the world's largest producer of electronics components and China's largest exporter. This unprecedented transparency was part of an agreement Gou made with his customers during his delayed response to an increasing number of Foxconn suicides."
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| Read more »Nevercenter is releasing its PAX '10 award-winning arcade puzzle game, Shibuya, for iOS.
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Reminder: Apple's free iPhone 4 case program ends on September 30. The company says customers who experience antenna issues after that should contact AppleCare.
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| Read more »On Thursday, famed game developer Sega unveiled its plans for the rest of 2010, including the return of a certain speedy blue hedgehog and the company‚Äôs plans for Apple‚Äôs iOS Game Center service.
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Apple is suing Sanho Corp. for patent infringement. The lawsuit (http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2010cv04042/231609/) was filed Thursday in the California North District Court in San Jose, though details aren't yet available.
Sanho (http://www.hypershop.com/) is the company behind the HyperMac line of external batteries for the MacBook, iPod, iPad and iPhone and the HyperDrive portable photo storage device. The company was founded in 2002.
| Read more »DataViz, recently purchased by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, has released Documents To Go Premium 4.0, a major update to its suite of mobile apps for viewing and editing Microsoft Office documents.
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iPhone owners tend to have the most apps installed in terms of the smartphone market, says Nielsen. The research group recently surveyed about 4,000 people, and found that iPhone users have an average of 40 apps installed. The number compares against 25 for Android users, and just 14 for BlackBerry owners. All of the figures are up since December however, indicating a growing general interest in apps....
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| Read more »In this week‚Äôs collection of technical news debris, John looks at insights about and comparisons to the Apple TV, sizing up the iPad after five months, Google and Microsoft what ifs, a Dell Streak fiasco and a great roundup of iPad clocks.
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Apple's iPad is unlikely to endure the company's traditional 12-month product cycle for iOS device refreshes before seeing its first major enhancements, AppleInsider has been told.
A clone of the award-winning game Gobblet (which was given the Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada Gold Star Award --don't tell me you haven't heard of that prize), Shawn Grimes' StackEm is a colorful, simple twist on Connect Four that is well worth looking into as a two-person endeavor on your iDevice. The app as it is today (version 1.8) doesn't offer much to the single player -- the AI makes ridiculously stupid plays -- but for just $0.99 on the App Store, you can get a very good abstract strategy game for two that you can play in just a few minutes anywhere on your iPad or iPhone.
Read on to see if StackEm might be something...
| Read more »Apple has released several new printer drivers for Mac OS X.
| Read more »Apple updated the page on its iPhone 4 Case Program to say that the free case offer will only extend through the end of the month.
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There are some e-magazines that are worth you time and cost you nothing, and this installment of Free on iTunes, Vern Seward points you to three: National Geographic, NASA, and the newly upgraded Discover.
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According to comments made by an executive vice president of Canada’s Quebecor, which today launched a new mobile service through its Vidéotron brand, Apple is building an iPhone compatible with the 3G network operated by T-Mobile USA. Engadget Mobile reports that the exec said Apple is in the process…
| Read more »MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software maker, has deployed 1,100 iPads to executives and sales personnel to conduct critical job-related tasks. The company said it expects 700 more iPads to be deployed soon, reports "Computerworld" (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184419/BI_firm_takes_iPads_over_...).
MicroStrategy is one of the largest business users of iPads to go public about its deployment, the article adds. Most other businesses that have talked about iPad use have around 100 users.
| Read more »QNAP Systems has refreshed its business-grade NAS servers with the new two-bay TS-259 Pro+, four-bay TS-459 Pro+, five-bay TS-559 Pro+, and six-bay TS-659 Pro+. All use Intel's 1.8GHz Atom D525 processors paired with 1GB of RAM. Each is also VMware- and Citrix-ready, along with being compliant with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clusters and most common operating systems....
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| Read more »Find answers here to frequently asked questions about using the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter to connect your Mini DisplayPort Macintosh computer to an external monitor.
| Read more »Customers who buy an iPhone 4 after Sept. 30 won't able to request a free case through Apple's case program, Apple announced today (http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/). However, they will be able to contact AppleCare to request a free Bumper.
"We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought," says Apple. "A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free."
| Read more »If you're looking for the latest version of Android, these top smartphones deliver.
| Read more »iOS 4 devices are unable to resolve unicast DNS names that end with a ".local" suffix, affecting access to internal corporate networks that use an internal, top-level domain name, such as "mydomain.local".
| Read more »When using iOS 4 or later, the following alert may appear before configuring the Repeat option for an Exchange calendar event:
"For this repeating event, one event cannot take place after the alert of a later event."
For the iPhone 3G, the biggest new feature for many users under iOS 4.1 is the phone now actually works. Making the iPhone 3G usable under iOS 4 came with some trade-offs before the new OS was even released -- app multitasking and wallpapers didn't make the cut on the older iPhone -- but it looks like a couple more features have been pruned from the iPhone 3G after iOS 4.1.
One missing feature we noticed right away: Spotlight no longer searches through MMS messages on the iPhone 3G after the iOS 4.1 update. Given that disabling Spotlight searching was the most common suggested remedy for poor iPhone 3G performance on earlier builds of iOS 4, this omission is somewhat understandable.
More puzzling, however, is another omission the folks at geek.com noticed:...
| Read more »Claiming that iPhone 4 antenna problems are proving "even smaller than we originally thought," Apple says it is officially discontinuing the free case program as introduced in July. "A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free," the company writes. "For everyone else, we are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010."...
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| Read more »Following Apple's announcement that it's letting up on its iOS developer restrictions, Adobe is resuming work on its own tool to create iOS apps.
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| Read more »Rockstar Games announced on its Website that a native OS X release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, which includes Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, will likely be released later this year.
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MacConnection.com currently has the current-generation, 13.3-inch white unibody MacBook on sale for $954.99, a mail-in rebate offer for $105 drops the price down to only $849.99, which is about $100 less than the lowest price offered on this MacBook anywhere else. FREE shipping is included. This MacBook features a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card, multi-touch glass trackpad, Bluetooth and more....
Today Apple's online store has a variety of refurbished iMac models at reduced prices. The refurb. 27-inch iMac with a 2.66Ghz Quad-Core intel Core i5 processor, has seen a 23% price break, dropping the cost by $470 from $1999 to $1529. This iMac also has 4GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card, built-in iSight camera, SD card slot, AirPort Extreme WiFi, Bluetooth, buitl-in stereo speakers, and it includes an Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse....
One Dedicated MacNNer, Googer-Giger, is researching Mac Pros and wants some advice on dual video card performance, add your opinion here. A fresh debate about filing down the "sharp" edges of a MacBook Pro can be found in the thread titled "Filing a MBP, thoughts?"...
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| Read more »Talk of Apple snapping up Qualcomm chipsets for future iPhones gained momentum on Friday with a claim in Taiwan's Commercial Times that Apple has ordered large amounts of Qualcomm chips. Besides accommodating a CDMA iPhone many expect would ship early next year, the order might also be used for the next-generation model. Apple is already believed to have started work on the next-generation model and should still use Foxconn (Hon Hai) as the manufacturer....
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| Read more »Computerworld points to an October 26 ship date for Microsoft Office 2011, based on Amazon's page updates indicating the 10/26 availability -- the products have since been switched back to "sign up to be notified" pre-release mode.
Gregg Keizler's piece also reiterates the discount options for buying Office 2008 and saving on Office 2011; by purchasing the 2008 versions now, buyers can get $25 or $50 off versus the purchase price of the next version.
We expect to hear more about Office 2011 features and fancy bits over the next few weeks.
[9to5mac rang us up to say they actually...
| Read more »Enabling VoiceOver in iTunes for iPod shuffle (4th generation) allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on iPod shuffle. VoiceOver also tells you battery status and other messages. You can enable VoiceOver when you first set up your iPod with iTunes, or you can set it up later in the Summary button, in iPod settings, in iTunes. When you select the option to enable VoiceOver in the iPod Setup Assistant or in the Summary button, you will be guided through the process of installing the VoiceOver Kit.
| Read more »Apple has posted a notice on its iPhone 4 Case Program page confirming that the program will end on September 30, while leaving the door open for free Bumper giveaways to customers most affected/upset by their iPhone 4‚Äôs antenna problems. ‚ÄúWe now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation‚Ķ
| Read more »Learn which versions of Xsan can be used in the same SAN with StorNext controllers, and which versions of StorNext can be used in the same SAN with Xsan controllers.
| Read more »JPMorgan Chase & Co. may soon let employees use iPhones for corporate e-mail, making it an alternative to Research in Motion‚Äôs BlackBerry at the bank for the first time, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-10/jpmorgan-said-to-test-iphone-fo...), quoting "two people familiar."
JPMorgan is purportedly testing the iPhone and smartphones based on Android software. The bank is the second-largest in the U.S. by assets and has about 220,000 employees worldwide.
| Read more »As expected, Apple has reevaluated their iPhone case initiative: "We are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010." But they'll still give you one if you complain.
The text on the iPhone 4 Case Program page reads:
We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought. A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free. For everyone else, we are discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after September 30, 2010. We are also returning to our normal returns policy for all iPhone 4s sold after September 30. Users experiencing antenna issues should call AppleCare to request a free Bumper case.
Of course, if they thought...
| Read more »Market research firm Gartner says Android will edge out Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iOS for all of 2010 to become the second best-selling mobile operating system globally behind Nokia's Symbian.
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Find out more information about the iPod shuffle USB Cable.
| Read more »Wondering what to download for your smartphone? Trying to find high-quality apps among the many thousands available can be a challenge, no matter what phone you own. Start with this collection of the best productivity tools, utilities, reference apps, media helpers, timesavers, and games.
| Read more »iAnnotate from Aji, LLC is an iPad app that downloads, reads and annotates PDF files. It works well as a PDF reader and storage app, but its strength is the ability to mark up a page with a colored pen, yellow highlighter, underlines and text notes.
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In its effort to improve the performance iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch—the oldest and not coincidentally slowest devices supported by the new OS—Apple has removed the ability to sync Notes over-the-air for those devices in iOS 4.1. Geek.com points to an Apple Support…
| Read more »The Deal Brothers found a two-in-one LED lamp and fan you can plug into your USB port for $7.66.¬†
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Apple today announced on its iPhone 4 Case Program page (via The Loop) that it will be discontinuing the program as of the previously-stated September 30th end date. The company is also ending its no-restocking-fee, 30-day return policy for ...
| Read more »Bloomberg reports that JPMorgan Chase & Co. may soon let employees use iPhones for corporate e-mail, making it an alternative to Research in Motion Ltd.‚Äôs BlackBerry at the bank for the first time.
PMorgan is testing the Apple Inc. device and smartphones based on Google Inc.’s Android software, said the people, who didn’t want to be named because the plans haven’t been made public. The bank is the second-largest in the U.S. by assets and has about 220,000 employees worldwide.
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, said it is also considering allowing its staff to use iPhones for company messaging as more of them opt for the Apple product. UBS has more than 63,000 employees.
Apple and Google are making inroads in RIM’s traditional stronghold with corporate customers, after their devices first caught on with consumers. Standard Chartered Bank Plc said in May it’s switching from the BlackBerry to the iPhone for employees and expects to have 15,000 distributed by...
Customers who buy an iPhone 4 after Sept. 30 will not be able to request a free case through Apple's "Case Program," but they will be able to contact AppleCare to request a free Bumper.
When Steve Jobs announced during a press conference in July that all iPhone 4 users would receive a free case, he set a deadline of September 30 to reevaluate the program. Apple has, and they will discontinue it. “We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought,” [...]
| Read more »It's the year 1936. The first freely programmable computer ‚Äî the Z1 ‚Äî is being produced. With the ability to run programs from punched tape, the idea of
| Read more »Last year, Apple generated quite a bit of controversy by appearing to reject an official Google Voice application that would have provided integration with Google's phone-related services. In response to...
| Read more »Foxconn's production rate is one of many revelations in a new profile of its chairman...
| Read more »By Greg Robbins, Software Engineer
(Editor's note: Long-time readers know we sometimes publish posts aimed at programmers, and this is one of those. If you're not a software developer, don't worry. Our usual non-technical stuff will return.)
It’s rare today for any software to live in isolation. And often, applications want to connect to data in your Google Account. Social networks seek access to your Gmail contacts, finance programs try to sync with your Google Finance portfolio, and photo editing software would like to add eyeglasses and mustaches to the photos in your Picasa Web Albums account. But you probably don’t want your photo editing program to be able to download your financial portfolio, spend money with your Google Checkout account, or have access to any of your other personal data.
The fundamental problem is that giving your username and password to a program hands it access to all of your data. Recently, Internet software developers have...
| Read more »Checking in, location reporting, geo-status updating - call it what you like, but sharing your location with the world has become one of the most popular movements to hit social networking in recent times. Facebook is the latest application to join the party, allowing users to include their location with their status updates. "Places," as it is called, is nothing new (services like Foursquare have been allowing users to advertise where they are for quite some time now), but it does raise some interesting privacy concerns. Since users share everything about their identity and personal lives with Facebook, just how far could Places plunge us into an Orwellian dystopia where "Big Mark is always watching?"
| Read more »LaCie has taken the wraps from its new line of small form factor USB 3.0 hard drive, which it claims are the world√≠s smallest ever. The portable Rikiki and desktop-sized Minimus drives deliver a theoretical high-speed 5Gbs/s perfomance over USB 3.0, in a brushed aluminum casing that takes up less space. Both also have 10GB of online storage space through Wuala....
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| Read more »After a saga that's lasted more than a year, it looks like Google Voice-enabled app GV Mobile may finally be approved for the App Store. Following recent announcements that gave developers far more transparency into the actual rules of Apple's App Store approval process, Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs mused on Twitter, "Since GV Mobile complies with all 110+ guidelines newly posted by Apple, it should get approved."
Kovacs tweeted a followup soon afterward: "Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit."
Following GV Mobile's rejection from the App Store, Kovacs posted the...
| Read more »One way to back up your iTunes library is to consolidate your library into one folder and then copy that folder to an external hard drive. This is a painless process that only takes a few moments to accomplish.
| Read more »According to reports in an Apple Discussions thread and in a separate but similar thread on the PriusChat forums, a number of iPhone and iPod touch users are suffering from in-car USB audio playback issues after the installation of iOS 4.1. Affected users report hearing ‚Äúscratching‚Äù or ‚Äúcrackling‚Äù‚Ķ
| Read more »When the firewall in Windows Vista or Windows 7 is enabled, it may prevent iTunes from accessing the Internet unless iTunes is listed as an exception.
| Read more »Both MacUpdate and Bundleecious are offering bundles of Mac software, with steep discounts.
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When you try to create a new Apple Account (Apple ID) with iTunes or when you try to view existing account information, this alert may appear:
"Could not complete your iTunes Store request. The store may be busy. Check your Internet connection or try again later."
After updating to iTunes 10, you may receive a prompt to update iTunes when redeeming a Digital Copy code.  
| Read more »Readdle has released an update to ReaddleDocs, its PDF viewer and file manager for the iPad. ReaddleDocs 1.6 adds a number of new features and improvements including a completely rewritten PDF reader with smooth horizontal scrolling, iPad VGA adapter support for displaying documents on external monitors and FTP/SFTP file transfer‚Ķ
| Read more »The BlackBerry may be handed one of its more significant losses as insiders said today that JPMorgan and UBS are working to allow Android and iPhone hardware for their workers. JPMorgan is purportedly testing "a few hundred" devices of both varieties to make sure they work well with its Exchange system, Bloomberg said. Under the proposed final plan, staff would have to pay for the phones themselves, unlike the BlackBerry, but could use it for both personal and company work....
Learn how to move your iTunes Media folder to a different location on your Mac.
| Read more »DataViz has released a new update to its Documents To Go Premium Office Suite for iOS devices. Documents to Go is a universal app that allows iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on their devices. iPad and iOS 4 users‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple has released several printer and scanner driver updates for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").
They involve products from Brother, Infotec, Laner, Gestetner, Ricoh, Savain and NRG. You can obtain 'em via the Software Update component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.
| Read more »It seems more than a little odd to us that Apple hasn't bothered to make FaceTime compatible with its own longstanding desktop video chat service, iChat, but we've at least supposed that it's an inevitability with whatever upcoming Mac OS X update or software bundle that Apple deems appropriate. Now Mac4Ever, who was spot on with a pile of rumors last year, but hasn't succeeded with its recent prediction of an iLife '11 launch in August, is saying that Apple is prepping FaceTime both for Mac and PC. We don't know if that means building a whole copy of iChat for Windows, or just making FaceTime compatible with some existing PC video chat service, but it would certainly improve the odds of us ever finding a legitimate use for FaceTime.FaceTime headed for Mac OS X and Windows next? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.PermalinkMac Rumors | Mac4Ever |Email this|Comments
| Read more »Apple's policy reversal on third-party development tools for iOS may yet draw close checks from the Federal Trade Commission, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The FTC has until now been investigating whether or not an earlier decision -- to block third-party tools -- was unfair, particularly against Adobe and developers cross-compiling from Flash. The technology makes it easier to deploy apps for multiple platforms at the same time, including chief iOS rival Android....
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| Read more »An official with new Canadian wireless carrier Videotron claimed this week that Apple will manufacture an iPhone capable of 3G speeds on his company's network, as well as T-Mobile in the U.S.
Having trouble reading Web pages? Nancy Gravley shows you how to make Safari help out your eyes. She also has some tips on how to deal with Mac and application crashes, along with a reminder why DigitalColor Meter is a handy app to keep around.
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It's not rare for Apple fanboys and girls to have more than one Apple device. Since the iPad appeared on the scene in April, there's good chance that you'll find an iPad and either an iPhone or an iPod in the well-equipped Apple home. So how do you keep all of those devices charged without turning your counter space into a nest of cabling?
XtremeMac has come to the rescue with the new InCharge Duo for iPad (US$59.99), a dual dock that not only provides the necessary 2.1 amps to charge the iPad, but can charge an iPhone or iPod with Dock Connector at the same time. Since your iPad has such good battery life, you can also use the InCharge Duo to charge up any combination of other iDevices...
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Android is on its way to taking the silver medal in mobile market share worldwide, and gold in North America—as long as the platform maintains its currently strong growth numbers. According to market research firm Gartner, the mobile world will be dominated by Symbian and Android devices by 2014, with RIM's BlackBerry and Apple's iOS projected to come in third and fourth place, respectively.
Symbian will maintain its market dominance thanks to Nokia's sheer sales volume, while Android will outpace the rest of the competition because of the impending launch of "many new budget Android devices" by the end of 2010 that will help the OS get into the mass market. "Other players, such as Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola, will follow a similar strategy. This trend should help Android become...
| Read more »We had heard in mobile app research a forecast that there would be 25 billion downloads by 2015, and along the same vein, Nielsen has released the results of a survey of some 4,000 mobile users about their application downloading habits.
| Read more »A company that offers insurance for the iPhone (and other consumer electronics) shares some of the strangest damage claims filed for Apple's smartphone.
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LG has debuted four new LED backlit IPS-based desktop monitors. The IPS206T, IPS226V and the IPS236V are aimed home audiences, while the the IPS2321P is for the pro market. All of them promise color accuracy even as they get thinner: the use of the more efficient lighting has simultaneously reduced the depth to just 0.76 inches while lower power consumption by 27 percent....
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| Read more »The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week‚Äôs best news, reviews, and feature articles we‚Äôve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies. There‚Äôs still plenty of‚Ķ
| Read more »Late last month, Intel announced that it will acquire the wireless unit of Infineon, Apple's longtime supplier for the iPhone's baseband controller for supporting cellular connectivity. At the time, Inte...
| Read more »Intel's Developer Forum should be the first chance at seeing working examples of both Intel- and AMD-made processors with fully built-in graphics. The host of the event is expected to show Sandy Bridge just ahead of its ship date. While it still has yet to confirm most of the details, the desktop chips will range between 2.5GHz dual and 3.4GHz quad models with graphics fast enough to beat entry dedicated video for the first time in an Intel chip....
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| Read more »The French site Mac4ever (http://www.mac4ever.com/news/57279/rumeurs_du_vendredi_ilife_et_facetime/) says that Facetime, Apple‚Äôs open source video chatting protocol, will be coming to iChat on the Mac -- and to Windows, as well. I think they're right, and have predicted this before.
| Read more »It should have been there when it was first introduced: FaceTime videoconferencing between iPhone/iPod touch and desktop computers. The latest rumor is that it is coming. For Macs, Apple could incorporate FaceTime support in iChat. The article doesn't mention how they are planning to do it on Windows.
This rumor, however, comes from the French site that claimed iLife'11 was coming on August 7, with a new mystery application. Neither the mystery application nor the iLife'11 suite materialized at that date.
However, FaceTime on desktop and laptop computers is only logical. It will happen for sure. The real question of when. That's what we want to know.
| Read more »cgriffin21 writes "Apple is being praised for loosening of some of the restrictions in its Application Developer Program license agreement that open the door for app developers to work in Flash for the Apple iPhone, iPad and other devices. And no one is happier about the change than Flash-maker Adobe itself. They wrote, 'This is great news for developers and we're hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store. We do want to point out that Apple's restriction on Flash content running in the browser on iOS devices remains in place.'"
Apple also received praise from Google over their reversal, which may have been prompted by an FTC probe. Reader Stoubalou adds that Apple shed more light on the app review process by publishing a list of guidelines (PDF) the violation of which may get an app rejected from the App Store.
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The sixth-generation iPod nano's design marks the largest divergence from the nano line since the device was introduced in 2005. The new device is also the first iPod nano to have a touchscreen interface, and the last iPod with a screen to get a touchscreen interface (not counting the languishing iPod classic, as that would just turn it into an iPod touch). As of now, the nano no longer has the telltale circular click wheel that helped to make the iPod so iconic.
However, the new iPod nano differs from its touchscreen iDevice brethren in that it doesn't run iOS, or at least not a version of iOS that any of us are familiar with so far. In reality, the sixth-generation nano is kind of a mutant—a cross between the old iPod and the new, where you can move things around with your finger but can still only play...
| Read more »The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8% of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to the Gartner research group (http://www.gartner.com).
Symbian will remain at the top of Gartner's worldwide OS ranking due to Nokia's volume and the push into more mass market price points. However, by the end of the forecast period, the No. 1 spot will be contested with Android, which will be at a very similar share level.
| Read more »Adobe says it will resurrect a tool that lets developers port Flash applications to the iPhone. The move came after Apple tweaked its App Store review guides.
| Read more »With the news that Apple has eased restrictions on third-party development tools, a very excited-sounding Adobe has announced it will resume working on its Flash-to-iPhone compiler, Packager for iPhone.
Soon after the news leaked in April that Apple was restricting third-party tools, a very publicly angry Adobe announced that its fledgling Packager app, part of Flash Professional CS5, wouldn't be receiving future support after Apple's restrictions effectively rendered the program useless.
Times have certainly changed now. "We're hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for...
| Read more »Gumdrop Cases has unveiled its new Moto Rubber and Skater Nation Plastic cases for the fourth-generation iPod touch. The Moto Rubber is a form-fitting TPU case featuring a motocross tread design and open access to all ports, controls, and cameras. It is available for pre-order in three colors‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple has issued seven printer and scanner driver updates for brands that cater mostly to business and the enterprise.
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AJA Video Systems (http://www.aja.com) has announced the availability of Hi5-3D, a new mini-converter that combines dual 3G SDI inputs into various multiplexed 3D formats for output on true 3D HDMI 1.4a and SDI to enable simple, flexible stereoscopic viewing on 3D monitors and projection systems. The company has also unveiled its new KONA 3G capture card.
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We know that the iPad is (mostly) great for video playback, as long as you can be bothered to convert it to the right format or buy your movies and TV shows from Apple. But what if there were a way to play not just H.264 MP4 files with AAC audio (yes, the Apple spec is pretty specific), but to play any file? Thanks to VLC for the iPad, there is.
VLC is a port of the popular and excellent desktop application. The open-source project is famous for playing video files that will kill lesser applications, and it is set to make its iPad debut early next week. Romain Goyet, the CTO of the developer behind the app—Applidium—was kind enough to send the final version to me for testing.
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| Read more »Several of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto games are making their way to new Apple platforms. Just out is the iPad version of Chinatown Wars, which was previously limited to the iPhone, iPod touch and Nintendo DS. On the iPad the game is still $10, but with sharper resolution, more detailed 3D and new visual effects. The Mac should meanwhile be getting three older GTA games later this year; these include GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas....
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| Read more »In spite of attempts to use it, Android 2.2 isn't a good fit for tablets, Google said late Thursday. Samsung's Galaxy Tab may use the current OS, but it's "not optimised for use on tablets," mobile product director Hugo Barra told TechRadar. It wasn't designed for the larger screen size, and many apps in the Android Market may break without knowing how to cope with the extra size, the manager said....
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| Read more »KT, Korea's second-largest mobile-phone carrier, provided Apple's latest gadget to its first 10,000 customers on the first day of its release and says it has received nearly 300,000 orders, including 20,000 on Friday alone, reports the "Korea Times" (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/09/133_72869.html).
KT has sold nearly 900,000 of Apple's previous handset, the iPhone 3GS. It hopes that the iPhone 4 will further boost its efforts to narrow the gap with rival SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier, says the "Korea Times."
| Read more »Apple may be planning on turning to Qualcomm for the next generation iPhone‚Äôs baseband chips instead continuing to rely on Infineon. This rumor comes courtesy of China Times, and if true, could be an indicator that Apple really is working on building a CDMA-compatible iPhone model.
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Rockstar Games announced late Thursday plans to produce its “Grand Theft Trilogy” for the Mac. Details are sketchy, though they indicated the games would be released “most likely later this year.” The trilogy will include three controversial Mature-rated games that have never been released for the Mac before – Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft [...]
| Read more »AccessoryGeeks (http://www.AccessoryGeeks.com) has announced the US$24.99 Aegis Premium iPad Vertical Leather Stand Pouch that has been custom made for AccessoryGeeks' customers. Cases are available in black synthetic leather with a soft, gray suede interior.
| Read more »TomTom is offering a free adapter for its Car Kit, to accommodate users who have updated to the latest Apple iPhone 4.
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Apple is projected to sell 130 million iOS-based mobile devices per year by 2014, but both Google Android and Nokia Symbian are expected to each double that amount, according to Gartner.
Without much fanfare, Apple this week updated its iPhone Configuration Utility when it released iOS 4.1.
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| Read more »One of the more surprising app omissions from the iPad was the iPhone's Clock app. It's an extremely useful iPhone app, featuring a world clock, alarm, timer, and stopwatch. Why Apple didn't choose to add this app to the iPad is a mystery for the ages, but at least it's opened up the market for some incredible clock apps for the platform. Let's take a look at some of the better clock apps on the App Store:
Night Stand HD (US$4.99, also available in free Lite version) -- This good looking universal app not only gives you a choice of clocks, but you also have a world clock, multiple alarms, and a stopwatch. You can also see limited weather information right on the clock face. Unfortunately, the current lack of background capabilities on the iPad means you'll have to keep this app running in order for those alarms to ring on time, but...
| Read more »In the wake of Apple's decision to relax restrictions on the tools its developers can use, Adobe announced Friday that it would resume development on Flash for the iPhone.
| Read more »Apple‚Äôs FaceTime video chat feature is available on the iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod touch, and the rumor mill claims it‚Äôs coming soon to Mac OS X and Windows, too.
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The changes and clarifications Apple made to its App Store policies this week have elicited mostly positive reactions. Adobe and Google, both affected by restrictions Apple put in place earlier this year, have voiced enthusiasm on their respective blogs.
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Yesterday, we noted that the popular open source media player VLC has been ported to the iPad and that the application has been submitted to Apple for review.
AppAdvice has been able to get its hands on the application and has ...
| Read more »Apple's primary manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is now churning out a tremendous number of iPhone 4s per day, according to the latter company's chairman. Terry Gou notes that the company is producing about 137,000 iPhone 4s per day at its Longhua campus plant in Shenzhen, China. The rate translates into 1.5 per second, 90 a minute and over 50 million a year....
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| Read more »Apple relaxed its restrictions on what tools developers can use to code iOS apps this week, and today TMO readers are discussing what they think the reasoning behind the changes might be.
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For infrequent users of the iTunes Store, here is an AppleScript to enable and visit the Store within iTunes, then leave and disable it.
First, go into the System Preferences » Universal Access prefpane and check 'Enable access for assistive devices.'
Then you can download this script and save it to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/iTunes. This will place it in the Script menu when iTunes is active. You may need to create the iTunes subfolder. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to the script using Spark [crarko adds: link fixed] or some similar program (not Quicksilver, I don't think it remembers persistent values across uses). This would make the command available even if you don't have iTunes currently open.
The script will enable the iTunes Store in the sidebar of iTunes (...
This may or may not be new but I never noticed it until iTunes 10. I was downloading a podcast and noted that in the Downloads area in the iTunes sidebar the 'X mins remaining' status and clicked on the actual text by accident. Doing this added the current rate as the podcast was being downloaded to the display. Like I said before, this may be old news but definitely cool if it's just been added.
[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described, in iTunes U as well as podcasts, so I assume it's just a general feature of downloads in iTunes. This has probably been around a while, but I didn't see it documented here. As mentioned in this previous hint, it can be worth it to monitor the bandwidth usage in case you have some other bandwidth-hungry application running.]
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In older versions of the iPhone OS software, it was possible to enter Field Test mode to get a lot of useful data about the cellular connection. This capability was removed in iOS 4.0, and caused some angst while trying to examine the iPhone 4 antenna reception issues.
The ability has been restored, although to a greatly limited degree, with iOS 4.1. Once again, if you dial the number *3001#12345#* in the keypad you will enter FTM. What you will see now is a negative number (presumably representing the signal loss in dB) in the upper left that replaces the cellular signal strength bars. A more negative number means lower relative signal strength, so the -121 I have at the moment is worse than the -92 I had in a different room in the house. Zero would be no signal loss.
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Apparently Apple is just one hypno-machine away from total world domination. At least, that's my first impression of their patented iTunes Spiral makeover. It is, as they say, trippy.
I'll say this for the iTunes Spiral; it could save some time. Right now your choices for viewing your library are scads of text or Cover Flow. Both perfectly functional, neither particularly exciting. What Spiral would do is break your music down into three levels of granularity. So if you're looking down a Genre vortex, you could navigate deeper into the Album abyss.
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Griffin Technology has teamed with ScrollMotion, makers of the Iceberg Reader, to develop the Woogie for iPhone and iPod touch. The Woogie is a six-limbed plush toy with an integrated case for the iPhone or iPod touch and two built-in speakers powered by AAA batteries that connect via the…
| Read more »Both Android and iOS will have overtaken the BlackBerry for market share within the next year, Gartner predicted on Friday. It saw Google overtaking RIM's BlackBerry this year for the second-place spot, but by 2011 expected both Android and the iPhone to have outrun the BlackBerry in 2011. Android will have extended its lead over iOS by shipping almost 92 million phones next year, or 22.2 percent share, where Apple will have moved under 71 million (17.1 percent); RIM would ship just 62 million (down to 15 percent)....
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| Read more »Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs tweeted saying that Apple told him his app might finally get into the App Store once he re-submits.
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