tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624251065425419152024-03-12T22:34:10.331-07:00iPhone News and Reviews | iPhone StackiPhone StackAryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653667803438042591noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-88849891191679596842011-12-20T00:51:00.000-08:002011-12-20T00:52:26.481-08:00Jelly Links HD –A Time-Killer game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/66/7f/b0/mzl.cnagyobe.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/66/7f/b0/mzl.cnagyobe.480x480-75.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Jelly Links HD is the iPad version of puzzle game from the Tharle Games. Apple’s iPad is the best device to play games either for kids, adults or old age people. None of the device can die out your boredom except this. Puzzle games are big fun to play in iPads. Jelly Links is a puzzle game with a back ground of Cloudy black and scattered jelly themes. It is a thrilling game which makes you to think twice to move the jelly. Look at this home screen above, it can speak about the colorful jelly app and its theme.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GamePlay </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The gameplay of Jelly Links is pretty simple; make 3 or more jellies of same kind link together to make the Jellies disappear to get the score, swipe on the jelly which you want move in to the desired direction. You have twist your brain before you move the jelly keep on mind and get bigger advantage of eliminating more jellies. The more jellies you clear the more points you get. The game starts with empty outer source ring, as it fills up artificial intelligence come into picture to start moving jellies automatically. So be quick to think and move as fast as possible. Game ends if no more move possible, so keep on empty the board for at least one move to continue the game. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Implementation</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Leaderboard implemented using Game Center to list names and their score who will score more.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Features</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Wonderful Graphics and colors</li>
<li>4 modes of game play like Rush, Kids, Extreme and Crazy.</li>
<li>Increased challenges in each mode.</li>
<li>The game has been provided with 3 cheats such as </li>
</ul><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">a.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Cheat 1: removes 1 row and 1 column of jellies</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">b.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Cheat 2: removes 3 rows and 3 columns of jellies</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">c.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Pause Cheat: Stop the automatic movement of jellies, so you get enough time to eliminate jellies and make board empty again.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/50/6b/fb/mzl.jlivmtgf.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/50/6b/fb/mzl.jlivmtgf.480x480-75.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Upshot </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Jelly links HD is brain teasing game, recommend to people who feel bore all the day, with its challenging game play and many modes, levels gives the thrilling experience to everyone who enjoys the mind-puzzle games. It is a enjoyable game, improves your concentration.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-24588470538168475852011-12-19T22:12:00.000-08:002011-12-19T22:12:59.564-08:00Smart Siri Plays Piano too<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dLKUcUlutRk?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We’ve seen Siri do nearly everything imaginable, but did you know that Apple’s virtual assistant is also a musician? The Yamaha Disklavier can be controlled by Siri, as demonstrated in the above video.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Siri takes a song from your iPhone’s Music library and sends it through an Airport Express to then get analyzed and played perfectly by the piano. Hey, it’s a lot easier than learning the piano yourself, right?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Yamaha explained the way this setup works to The Loop </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is then sent wirelessly via WiFi to an Apple Airport Express (which is mounted underneath a Yamaha Disklavier reproducing piano. The audio output of the Airport Express is then connected to the analog MIDI inputs of the Disklavier, using a standard audio cable.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Then, you simply ask Siri to play your favorite song from your iTunes library, and Siri responds immediately, by making the Disklavier’s keys and pedal move up and down, recreating the performance, including full orchestration. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Isn’t it a cool smart phone..!</div></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-62896046077230293162011-12-19T21:54:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:55:18.934-08:00iOS developers: Less than 24 hours to submit apps for the holidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sorry-were-closed-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sorry-were-closed-sign.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apple welcomes Christmas apps for these holidays every year, with countless iOS devices being handed out this Christmas, Apple’s App Store is going to seek a heck of a lot of business. It’s in your best interests, than, if you are an iOS developer, to have your apps in the App Store and ready for sale before Apple shuts down for the holidays. You now have less than 24 hours to submit your app before it’s put on hold until January.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apps submitted for review later than Tuesday December 20, 2011, will have to wait until Apple returns from Christmas vacation in January for approval, which means they will miss one of the App store’s busiest periods. If you are just updating an existing app, either to quash bugs or add new technology, you have until Thursday, December 22.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">And you’d be incredibly naive to think that a few days won’t make much of a difference to your sales. The New York Times reports that one developer, who typically sales around 300 downloads a day, did incredibly well on Christmas Day last year:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of his apps is an air hockey game that costs 99 cents and usually averages about 300 downloads a day. But on Christmas Day last year there were 1,834.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 12pt 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">That’s quite a difference, especially if you’re an independent developer who may be submitting your first iOS app. Even if it means working through the night, then, get your app in before Apple goes home tomorrow.</span></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-74499059912241020722011-12-19T21:14:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:14:54.150-08:00Google planning to compete with Apple’s iPad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/motoxoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/motoxoom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Remember the Motorola Xoom tablet, Google’s first attempt to compete against Apple’s iPad? It was only a bad dream. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is now promising a purely Android tablet “of the highest quality” in six months.<br />
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Schmidt’s comments to the Italian newspaper Corrier della Sea (Slash Gear has a report in English) follows the 2010 release of Motorola’s Xoom tablet.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s different this time? The new tablet is in the “Nexus” category of devices using pure Android. The Motorola Xoom used Honeycomb, a tablet-centric version of Android. The Nexus tablet Google is forecasting will use “Ice Cream Sandwich,” a version of the mobile software combining both Honeycomb and Gingerbread. The Gingerbread variant of Android is aimed at Smartphones. Last month, the Galaxy Nexus smartphone was unveiled using Android “Ice Cream Sandwich.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s behind the push for a Nexus tablet? Perhaps it is the success Amazon is experiencing with the Kindle Fire. The Amazon tablet is powered by a heavily modified version of Android which links to a number of services offered by the online retail giant. Google would likely prefer the first successful Android-based tablet be one that includes features tightly woven into the Mountain View, Calif. Company’s family of products, such as Gmail and others.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">The Nexus tablet will become a litmus test for how well Android can transfer from Smartphones to tablets. There have been numerous flame-outs by Android tablets with HP’s defunct Touchpad likely the most spectacular. A key problem for iPad alternatives is that all tablets are measured against the Apple device. I’ll buy anything, as long as it operates and looks just like an iPad, is an often-heard response from consumers.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-4028749541728640012011-12-18T23:11:00.000-08:002011-12-18T23:12:19.693-08:00Many of the industries hate Apple's iPad Gadget, Why?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-ipad-target-640x640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-ipad-target-640x640.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">iPad a sensation Gadget from Apple industry, it succeeds beyond expectations, it leaves in its wake an enormous body count of dead and dying products. While consumers love it, several major industries have grown to hate it for very good reason.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Why Tablet Competitors hate the iPad?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The iPad was supposed to usher in a new era of tablet computing, creating a thriving new market that looked a lot like the world of smart phones.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">After gaining an early lead, the iPad was supposed to settle in as a big seller, dominating the high end of the market. Android tablets were supposed to grab most of the unit sales, offering a variety of successful sizes, options and price points. And tablets running proprietary platforms like HP’s WebOS and RIM’s BlackBerry Tablet OS were supposed to bring healthy new sources of revenue to those companies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But that’s not the thing, what happened is that Apple has asserted an unshakable lead, and no other company other than Amazon has taken significant share.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What’s worse, the vast distance between expectations for non-iPad touch tablets and the ugly reality is causing havoc, wrecking companies and transforming whole industries.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The first major casualty was the HP Touchpad, which shipped July 1. Although HP had enormously high hopes for the tablet, its reception in the market was so bad that seven weeks later HP announced the termination of all WebOS hardware products.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Retail stores had literally hundreds of thousands of units that they knew would never sell at the initial price that started at $500. So they had a fire sale to dump the products starting at $99 each, a price far below cost. In the end, HP had to take$1 billion cash charge on the fiasco.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The bloodbath was just beginning. Next up: RIM. The company’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has sold better than the Touchpad, but sales were disappointing and have declined since the launch on April 19. RIM’s estimates for unit sales were 2.4 million for second fiscal quarter, but they ended up selling only 200 thousand of them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In order to dump inventory, RIM temporarily cut $300 off the price of each tablet, selling far below cost.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The company had to take a $485 million charge on losses from the PlayBook miscalculation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Another factor is the Amazon Kindle, which is sold by Amazon at a loss to be recouped later with content purchased on Amazon.com.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Here’s the under-appreciated reality of all this: HP, RIM and Amazon have all moved millions of touch tablets into the market at below cost. This has caused two problems for the market. First, it’s created a domino effect. HP’s fire sale on the Touchpad cut demand for the BlackBerry PlayBook, reducing unit sales. That contributed to RIM’s need for a fire sale of its own. (Plus, Amazon has probably long intended to sell below cost.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">All this crazy, unexpected discounting has both artificially taken market share away from the various Android tablets, and re-set consumer expectations about how much a touch tablet is supposed to cost.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Now, the only way to sell a non-iPad tablet in any significant quantity is to sell it below cost.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Android tablet makers are faced with the choice between making a little money on each tablet but selling few, or losing money on each tablet and selling many.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It’s a horrible state of affairs for the tablet industry, unless you’re Apple or Amazon. And it’s almost entirely the fault of the iPad.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The iPad’s reception convinced the industry that they could succeed, too. The success of the iPad made HP and RIM vastly over-estimate demand. And the success of the iPad made it impossible to compete against the iPad in the market, forcing companies to ultimately dump inventory at below cost and, in doing so, nearly destroy the Android tablet market.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">That’s why the consumer tablet industry hates the iPad. But they’re not the only ones.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Why Vertical Tablet Makers Hate the iPad</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Tablets have been around for many years in various vertical industries.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The aviation industry offers something called the “electronic flight bag.” Several companies have sold expensive, dedicated tablets that give both professional and private pilots a variety of tools and charts necessary for aviation, as electronic replacements for the paper resources that used to be standard.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But the iPad is destroying that industry. The iPad hardware is much better. The interface is much better. iPads are far less expensive. And they can be used for other things. Pilot tools are provided as simple apps.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The electronic flight bag industry hates the iPad.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The same thing goes for a large number of industries, such as medicine, retail and many others. Everything was going fine. And now the iPad comes out of nowhere to destroy their expectations — and their revenue.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Why The Toy Industry Hates the iPad</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The number one most requested toy for Christmas this year is the iPad. And it’s also popular among parents as a gift for their children. And boy does the toy industry hate that. The reason is that the iPad replaces not a single toy type, but thousands of them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Apps make the iPad a replacement for all kinds of toys that parents now don’t have to buy. So the hardware takes away money that would have been spent on toys, then the apps take away money that parents would later spend on games, content, coloring books and so on.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Why the PC Industry Hates the iPad</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The iPad has really thrown a monkey wrench into the PC industry.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">One of the hottest segments three years ago was the tiny netbook. Many PC companies are still relying on netbook revenue. But, increasingly, they can’t.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Dell announced yesterday, for example, that it plans to discontinue consumer netbooks. Apparently iPads are too compelling an alternative. Instead, Dell plans to aggressively pursue ultra-portables that compete with the MacBook Air. Good luck with that.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Meanwhile, the Dells of the world have a bigger problem, which is that some people are using their iPad as an alternative to a full-size laptop or desktop.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Former PC World Editor-in-Chief and current Technologizer writer Harry McCracken <a href="http://technologizer.com/2011/12/05/how-the-ipad-2-became-my-favorite-computer/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">said</span></a> last week that the iPad 2 has become his favorite computer. McCracken wrote: “I think it’s possible to use an iPad as one’s primary device for professional-level content creation. Actually, scratch that. I’m positive it’s possible — because I’ve been doing it for the past three months, and I’ve been having a really good time.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The number of people who favor an iPad as their main computing environment is small but growing.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And the PC industry hates that.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Why</b> <b>Amazon</b> <b>Will Soon Hate the iPad</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Amazon Kindle Fire is the only non-iPad touch tablet currently succeeding in the market.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The main reason is price. At $200, it’s far less than half the price of the iPad.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The other reason is that people like Amazon-specific goodies like free cloud service and easy access to Amazon content and shopping. But mostly it’s the price. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It has also become clear in recent weeks that the Kindle Fire is a piece of crap.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The tablet has no physical volume buttons; no privacy, security or parental controls to speak of; a clunky user interface; not enough storage; an old version of Android; and a host of other problems.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Amazon Kindle Fire fits the description Steve Jobs once gave for the netbook. The problem with the Kindle Fire is that it’s not better than anything. It’s just cheap.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Kindle Fire is far less expensive than the iPad for two reasons. First, Amazon is selling it at a loss, while Apple makes a huge profit on every iPad. But second, the Kindle Fire is a 7-inch screen device and the iPad is a nearly 10-inch one. The screen, the battery, some electronics and some materials are far cheaper on a smaller device.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Now there’s a rumor that Apple plans to replace the iPod Touch with a 7.85-inch iPad. The rumor looks as solid as such rumors get. Plus it makes perfect sense for Apple to do this.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Given Apple’s economies of scale, it’s likely that Apple could sell the iPad at the same price as the current iPod Touch — $199 — which is also, of course, the same price as the Amazon Kindle Fire.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Merely announcing such a product would immediately hammer Kindle Fire sales. And actually shipping it would be devastating. Why would you buy a Smart ForTwo car if you could buy an Infinity M37 for the same price?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Consumers love the iPad. But the unprecedented success of the iPad is laying waste to products, product categories, companies and even entire industries, and nobody can stop it. Never before in the history of consumer electronics has a single product earned so much love – and so much hate.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-51976201769041156942011-12-18T22:14:00.000-08:002011-12-18T22:14:47.726-08:00Explosion at Pegatron’s iPad 2 back panel plant, should not affect production<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ipad.jpg?w=657&h=436" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ipad.jpg?w=657&h=436" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Reuters shares some bad news from a Pegatron plant in Shanghai, China. There has been an explosion and due to that 61 workers were hurt. 23 of the 61 hurt are said to have been hospitalized and the fire caused “some” damage to the plant’s machinery. Reuter’s says that this is an Apple plant and the report sources a claim from China’s Yi Cai Daily that says this specific plant will be producing iPad 2 back panels.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The interesting part here is that this plant-which Pegatron says is not yet fully operating, will be producing parts for a product which is rumored to be refreshed in 3-4 months. While Pegatron says “it could make adjustments to the facility to minimize the impact on operations and revenue,” China’s Yi Cai Daily is saying that if the surrounding safety concerns are not dealt properly, Apple supply chain may see some negative affects next quarter.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-85523387651139269552011-12-18T21:38:00.000-08:002011-12-18T21:38:07.305-08:00Santa Claus shows us how to use Siri in iPhone 4S<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5qcmCUsw4EQ?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Apple has introduced a brand new television commercial for Siri; it is iPhone 4S voice control feature. The new commercial is completely based around Santa Claus and Siri helping Santa on his missing to delivery gifts around the world. The first scene is Santa asking Siri how to get to a house and Siri bringing up directions in the iOS Google Maps application.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The next scene is Siri for the weather in Santa Fe and Cleveland and the scenes after that are Santa checking a text message from Mrs. Claus and checking how many appointments he has on his calendar (3.7 billion). The ad is reminiscent of Apple airing a Santa-based FaceTime ad last holiday season. Apple is also currently airing some impressive iPhone 4S camera, iCloud and other Siri ads.</div></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-49261571936530590092011-12-16T15:15:00.000-08:002011-12-18T20:25:29.024-08:00Apple makes Siri iPhone 4 port Legally possible with iOS 5.0.1 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone_4s_siri2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone_4s_siri2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Siri is the iPhone 4S’s most-desired feature, and many non-4S users have been yelling for hackers to make the voice assistant available on older iOS devices. While Siri ports have been demoted to the public before, it’s been made clear that public distribution is not possible at this time due to legal issues.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Apple has made a Siri port legally possible with today’s iOS 5.0.1 revision by offering wide-open access to system files that were previously encrypted.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span id="more-135599"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">MuscleNerd, a well known hacker in the jailbreaking community, recently tweeted that the iOS 5.0.1 update from today features decrypted ramdisks, making it possible to extract the necessary files for a Siri port without infringing on Apple’s copyright. MuscleNerd said, “it’s the first public 4S ipsw where the main file system keys are obtainable (due to non-encrypted ramdisks).”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">There have been multiple methods proposed for running Siri on non-4S hardware in recent weeks, but all of them are either illegal or impractical. To run Siri properly, one would need access to an iPhone 4S unique identifier and that key would need to be switched out every 24 hours to avoid detection. If thousands of devices start calling on Siri from one 4S identifier, Apple will be able to easily spot the activity and kill the port.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It’s unclear as to why Apple left such an opening for hackers to exploit when a Siri port has been such a hot topic as of late. iOS 5.1 is coming soon, and Apple may re-encrypt access to the 4S Siri files with its next update. Perhaps the second iOS 5.0.1 revision from today was rushed. Whether it be out of ignorance or some hidden agenda, Apple has made the possibility of a Siri port legal — at least for the time being.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-1916955605762805332011-12-16T14:05:00.000-08:002011-12-18T20:25:34.077-08:00Small update has been released by Apple for iPhone 4S and Apple TV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111014-ios5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111014-ios5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Two minor software updates has been released by Apple yesterday. A pinched version of iOS 5.0.1 (Build 9A406) for the iPhone 4S has been pushed for users who haven’t yet upgraded to the latest firmware (essentially replacing the current 5.0.1 build). Also the second-generation Apple TV has been updated to version 4.4.4 (Build 9A406a) and features small bug fixes and stability improvements. Both updates can be downloaded now.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span id="more-135573"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It’s very odd for Apple to release such a small tweak when the next iOS update is on the near horizon. iPhone 4S users that have not yet upgraded to iOS 5.0.1 are able to install the altered version that Apple seeded today. The firmware itself has no obvious changes and is likely related to Apple putting the finishing touches on the iOS 5.1 beta that is currently being tested by developers.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">MacRumors also speculates that the update has something to with Apple’s next round of international 4S rollouts. It’s probable that small alterations are needed to allow other international customers access to the full 5.0.1 firmware when they update their Smartphones from the pre-installed iOS 5.0.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">According to Apple the Apple TV’s minor 4.4.4 update strictly contains “stability and performance” fixes. Users can download the latest software on the Apple TV itself or download it directly from Apple’s website.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-29991682477333515252011-12-16T13:05:00.000-08:002011-12-18T20:25:39.585-08:00Digitimes says Apple to begin producing 7.85 Inch iPads in Q2 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ipad-2-multiple-up-front-white-snow.jpg?w=657&h=362" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ipad-2-multiple-up-front-white-snow.jpg?w=657&h=362" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">According to Digitimes, Apple will begin the production of a 7.85-Inch iPad in Q2 2012. Apple will reportedly begin selling the smaller iPads prior to Q4 2012, but will also sell another iPad in Q1 2012, presumably the iPad 3.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Digitimes had published that “Apple is likely to launch a 7.85-inch iPad prior to the fourth quarter of 2012 in addition to a new iPad scheduled to be released at the end of the first quarter, according to sources in the supply chain.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In order to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire-which has been selling very well, Digitimes says their sources say Apple has been persuaded to manufacture the 7.85 inch tablet to compete.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">However, in order to cope with increasing market competition including the 7 inch Kindle Fire from Amazon and the launch of large –scale smart phones from handset venders, Apple has been persuaded into the development of 7.785 inch iPads, the sources indicated.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">LG Display and AU Optronics will reportedly be the manufacturers for the 7.85 inch panels and will hit the supply streams in Q2 2012. This isn’t first time that we have heard of smaller iPad, as it’s been in the rumor-mill for quite some time. More iPad 3 rumors have also been popping up over the last few months.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-78624058382343364472011-12-16T01:32:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:39:10.739-08:00iTunes Match international rollout was premature, Apple issuing refunds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/screen-shot-2011-12-15-at-4-42-14-pm.png?w=657&h=323" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/screen-shot-2011-12-15-at-4-42-14-pm.png?w=657&h=323" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were skeptical yesterday about the apparent <a href="http://iphonestack.blogspot.com/2011/12/itunes-match-begins-rolling-out.html">rollout of iTunes Match</a> internationally, and now it looks like our suspicions are being confirmed with GigaOM and others reporting that users across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada (everywhere except the U.S. and Brazil) are being told by Apple that the service “will not function”. As you can see from the email posted by a Twitter user who contacted iTunes support, refunds are being issued within 5-7 days, and many other Twitter users are reporting the same. It’s unclear whether users will first have to contact Apple to initiate the refund.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We’ve also received a tip that Apple has updated the iTunes Terms and Conditions to clarify legal issues related to iTunes Match. The changes in the updated terms can be seen below. Apple is certainly prepping the international launch of the service, and today appears to have added prominent links in the sidebar of many international iTunes stores. You can see the iTunes Match and blue “New” tag in the image below from the Canadian store. However, it as of yet doesn’t appear to be fully functional for the majority of international users experiencing errors when trying to sign in or actually use the service. We’ll keep you updated.</span><br />
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Notification of an additional type of previously-purchased content that may be subsequently downloaded to certain computers and devices as an accommodation to you, subject to existing association rules; and that such content may be played back on certain devices that are not subject to existing association rules, with limitations; </span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">- New terms have been added that govern your use of iTunes Match, whereby you may pay a subscription fee to access certain content remotely, subject to existing association rules and usage rules, and explain that such content may be accessed on certain devices that are not subject to existing association rules, with limitations; and </span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">- New terms have been added that explain that use of iTunes Match requires collection of certain information from your iTunes library which shall be associated with your Account.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-11673684142312586412011-12-16T01:02:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:04:28.942-08:00Apple’s A5 chip swings into full production at Samsung’s Texas factory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/iphone-4s-introduction-video-a5-chip-isometric-view-white-background.png?w=657" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/iphone-4s-introduction-video-a5-chip-isometric-view-white-background.png?w=657" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">S</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">amsung’s new $3.6 billion factory in Austin, Texas has now kicked manufacturing into full tilt and is dedicated almost entirely to producing Apple’s A5 chip shipping in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Reuters reports:</span></span></span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">The A5 processor – the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 – is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, according to people familiar with the operation. One of the few major components to be sourced from within the United States, the A5 processor is built by Samsung in a newly constructed $3.6 billion non-memory chip production line that reached full production in early December.</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The report also notes that Samsung actually started supplying Apple with A5 chips from the plant earlier in the year, but just this month hit full production. In September there were reports claiming that Apple was moving to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for manufacturing of the next-gen A6 chip. That was followed up by reports in October claiming that Apple was indeed ramping up production of A6 chips in Samsung’s Austin, Texas plant. Apple and Samsung have declined to comment.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-83836731878251157622011-12-15T23:13:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:06:34.238-08:00Apple releases Apple TV update 4.4.4 (9A406a), small iOS 5.0.1 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Apple has just released an update for the 2nd generation Apple TV, version 4.4.4 (9A406a). As of now we know the update brings bug fixes, but we’re checking for more. Hit up your Apple TV to download the new firmware or hit up the direct link.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-36962721193561116442011-12-15T22:35:00.000-08:002011-12-15T22:35:46.627-08:00iPhone bug allows stolen phones to receive iMessages even after remote wipe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos.appleinsider.com/imessage-110607.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="373" src="http://photos.appleinsider.com/imessage-110607.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Scattered reports have emerged that stolen iPhones continue to receive iMessages intended for their original owners even after changing numbers, resetting Apple ID passwords and remote wiping the handsets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>ArsTechnica</i> looked into the matter earlier this week after a reader reported experiencing the issue.<br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">According to the report, a stolen iPhone 4S continued to receive the reader's wife's iMessages after the couple had deactivated the device with the carrier and remote wiped it. The contraband handset had even been resold and activated under a new number.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Apple released iMessage as part of iOS 5 in October. The service, which allows for free messaging between iOS users, has been much discussed because it poses a threat to wireless carriers' SMS revenues.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The issue does not appear to be an isolated incident, as multiple support threads (</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;">1, 2) on Apple's website have cropped up regarding the problem. Some users suggested that wiping an iPhone when the original SIM card is still in the device won't result in a clean reset, thereby allowing the iMessage feature to reactivate when the phone is restored.<br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Apple has yet to respond to a request for comment, but report author Jacqui Cheng did speak with iOS security expert Jonathan Zdziarski about the bug.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"I can only speculate, but I can see this being plausible," he said. "iMessage registers with the subscriber's phone number from the SIM, so let's say you restore the phone, it will still read the phone number from the SIM. I suppose if you change the SIM out after the phone has been configured, the old number might be cached somewhere either on the phone or on Apple's servers with the UDID of the phone."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One user experiencing the issue claimed to have resolved it by canceling his old Apple ID completely, but the solution would be unacceptable to most customers, as it entails abandoning any iTunes and App Store purchases tied to the account.<br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span id="goog_1012527567"></span><span id="goog_1012527568"></span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Twitter user Kim Hunter told the publication that a representative from Apple's security unit had denied that it was a security problem, offering the relatively unhelpful solution of turning iMessage off on the offending device.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Apple has experienced minor issues with several of its new product rollouts this fall. iCloud, for instance, has been subject to intermittent outages. The company is also working on a software fix for battery life in iOS 5 after an initial fix failed to completely resolve the issue.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Most recently, the international iTunes Match launch got off to a false start on Wednesday ahead of its official release on Thursday.</span></span> </div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-31926592649419989062011-12-15T20:53:00.000-08:002011-12-15T20:54:37.212-08:00iPad 3 parts leak as rumored 2012 release comes closer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ipad3.jpeg?w=657" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ipad3.jpeg?w=657" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As the rumored early 2012 iPad 3 release draws closer, <i>Cydia Blog</i> discovered a part for the iPad 3 on TVC Mall’s website. What you see above is apparently a replacement part for the microphone on the iPad 3, and shows some pretty major changes compared to the iPad 2′s microphone — namely the shape. The apparent dock connector and ribbon cable for the iPad 3 also leaked this summer. <i>Cydia Blog</i> reports:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new part, when compared with iPad 2, shows a different arrangement in internal circuitry, hinting a major re-design. The tail end of the part makes a “U-turn”, whereas the iPad 2′s Microphone Mic Flex Cable makes almost 90-degree turn both ways. Except for few details, the leaked part so far doesn’t offer a tantalizing tease.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The iPad 3 is rumored to launch early 2012 — maybe February — with a rumored higher res display and thicker form-factor. Other specs are rumored to be a dual-mode wireless chip for CDMA and GSM, Apple’s A6 processor, and more RAM. Citi’s analyst Richard Gardner says he’s heard from sources that a February launch is coming, but some have pointed to mid-summer. The updated mic form-factor above could point to pretty major internal changes. It should be worth noting, however, that manufacturer replacement parts aren’t always in the final version. </span></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-39172258038165105462011-12-15T15:05:00.000-08:002011-12-15T20:31:05.051-08:00The Joby Gorilla Mobile Tripod for iPhone 4/S: One useful little gadget<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile4.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a photographer and podcaster, I’m a big Joby fan. Their tripods are generally high quality, incredibly flexible, and as functional as they are fun. The Joby GorillaMobile Tripod for the iPhone 4/4S ($40) is definitely worthy of much the same praise, but an issue I have with its build quality and price leave me with a raised eyebrow.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="more-134613"></span><b>The Good:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The GorillaMobile is incredibly flexible and allows you to hold your iPhone at practically any angle, making it wonderfully versatile. It’s also the perfect height for use on a tabletop, making it a natural choice for podcasting, holding your iPhone steady for recording audio, or taking images.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Better, you can use the GorillaMobile to hang your iPhone from anything its legs will fit around. Joby has also covered the tripod legs with rubber making it the super grippy. The legs do a good job holding on to whatever you wrap them around, keeping them from sliding around. You can see from the photo below I hung my iPhone — mid-rung — on the back of a chair. Those little rubber grips are keeping it in place without sliding even though the rungs are vertical and not horizontal — isn’t <i>that</i> a neat trick…</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Bad:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Though the GorillaMobile works well, it’s mainly-plastic construction leaves me wondering for how long. Sure, the plastic joints work fine now, but what about in a year? What about in two years? I would expect these kind of cheap plastics in a tripod costing $10 or $20, but for its $40 asking price, I expect better materials. I would have been much happier if the GorillaMobile was either $20 less or kept its $40 price tag and boasted a mostly metal and rubber build.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another minor gripe: I find the GorillaMobile a little sluggish to put on and take off. There’s an awkward bumper-like piece that must be put on the iPhone before the tripod legs can be slid on, and putting everything together isn’t as fast and easy as some other solutions out there.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Verdict:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the Joby GorillaMobile for my iPhone 4S and would whole-heartedly recommend it. It has made my iPhone so much more useful, and as a podcaster has made recording videos a lot more efficient. I just wish I didn’t feel like I’m going to need to buy another one a year from now after this one breaks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile7.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile8.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joby-gorillamobile3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-38569016331485962812011-12-15T14:05:00.000-08:002011-12-15T14:05:00.390-08:00Google says you’ll be soon able to hangout from your iPhone on any Google+ post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/google-plus-hangouts-reindeer.png?w=657" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/google-plus-hangouts-reindeer.png?w=657" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Google’s Vic Gundotra just announced on his Google+ page a host of new Hangouts features meant to <i>“go beyond the status update”</i>. In short, you can now hangout on any post (an invitation will be added to the comments), call any phone number in the world and conference in anyone (free calling to US and Canada, international calling rates are <i>“super, super low”</i>), plus initiate a hangout session from the official Google+ iOS app by tapping the new hangout icon.</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The executive also shared an interesting milestone for Hangouts on Air, saying <i>“hundreds of people”</i> white listed as part of their trial now have the ability to broadcast their hangouts to the world. <i>“Our goal is to enable this for everyone on the planet”</i>, Gundotra noted. You will also be able to automatically record Hangouts on Air session and upload it to a private YouTube account for later viewing. These features require a new Google+ app, <i>“coming soon”</i> to the App Store. The official Google blog has more information.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-72565178066304458242011-12-15T13:05:00.000-08:002011-12-15T13:05:01.241-08:00Shredder-iPad Synth for Guitar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DLjlXdxJoeI?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">SHREDDER, now available on the iTunes App Store. SHREDDER is a synthesizer/MIDI interface specially designed and developed for guitar players. It allows guitarists to play a true analog modeling synth by simply plugging in – no special pickups needed! SHEDDER’s synth engine is a powerful, fully configurable FM/Subtractive design including:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Dual oscillators</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Three custom-designed filters</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> Three dedicated envelopes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Dual LFOs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Many more sonic features to empower the musician!</span></li>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">In addition, SHREDDER can also be used as a MIDI Out interface to control other Virtual MIDI compatible iOS devices, or hardware synths through a physical connection “SHREDDER is an amazing breakthrough for guitarists and all musicians,” says SHREDDER engineer and guitar veteran, James Yonac. “Now guitarists can get amazing synth sounds from their guitars without a special synth pickup and for a small fraction of the price of a hardware guitar synth.” SHREDDER reads guitar input through popular iPad guitar jack interfaces or from the iPad’s built in microphone. SHREDDER is available in the App Store for a limited-time introductory price of $5.99. The regular price of $14.99 will be effective starting January 14, 2012.</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 13.6pt 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yonac Software was founded in New York City in 2008. The company mainly focuses on the development of music and sound related software. In September 2008, Yonac released miniSynth, the first and most popular synthesizer available for the iPhone. Other bestselling</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 13.6pt 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yonac apps include miniSynth PRO, ORGAN+, Thereminator, and PitchBot.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-56720535480053783432011-12-15T04:21:00.000-08:002011-12-15T04:22:05.963-08:00Netflix Releases a new iPad app and it looks Great<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iPad_redesign_en_us_approved-640x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iPad_redesign_en_us_approved-640x480.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Remember Netflix’s plan to radically redesign their iPad app’s UI that we were so crazy about? Well, it’s here now, and it looks fantastic. That’s not all that’s new for Apple fans, though.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span id="more-135402"></span>The Netflix Blog explains:</div><div class="MsoNormal">"Starting today, Netflix members in Latin America can enjoy unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix on their Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, or on their HD TV with Apple TV.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial;">Also, Netflix “Just for Kids” is now available on Apple TV, providing a section that offers a broad selection of TV shows and movies for children 12 and under. You can read more about “Just for Kids” in Todd Yellin’s original blog post when we first introduced the section in August."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I’m a big fan of the new UI, how about you?</div><div style="line-height: 12.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-72957081546755231352011-12-14T23:20:00.000-08:002011-12-14T23:20:07.110-08:00Rockmate puts the whole music studio on one iPad screen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FUa4IAQetTk?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Experience the fun and melodies iPad game for the whole family, now enjoy playing music together in your iPad. Rockmate is an iPad app which turns your iPad into a complete music studio easy and super fun to use. You can compose record and play songs with up to 4 Rock players on one single iPad. Rockmate is easy to play with smart chords progressions, sounds great with separated guitar effects and in-house produced audio samples and is also fully customizable with multiple drums and keyboard styles. Rockmate is ready to rock ! Your guitars are always well tuned, no need to carry your drum kit or to patch your keyboard. A smart metronome and a real-time looper will assist you in composing and recording your songs. That you can share by email or in your iTunes sharing folder. We want as many people as possible to experience Rockmate. So we have decided to make Rockmate available for one week (From 14 to 21 December 2011) at the introductory price of $0.99. Regular price $3.99.</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-67446410453962096052011-12-14T22:03:00.000-08:002011-12-14T22:03:23.861-08:00Siri’s a better rapper than you are<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Think you’re sick of Siri videos? Think again: here’s Siri rapping the Notorious B.I.G.’s song “Hypnotize” with an amazing amount of flow, thanks to a clever video made by Robert Boehnke for London’s Music Hack Day.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now when can we get this feature natively, Apple? And better question yet: can Google’s Majel be programmed to rap some Topic for a genuine East Coast vs. West Coast rapper showdown?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qLScccenNaE" width="560"></iframe></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-65012674093123289182011-12-14T21:43:00.000-08:002011-12-14T21:44:11.538-08:00Google rolls out updated Gmail iOS app with many features<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/gmail-ios-app-updated.png?w=657&h=437" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/gmail-ios-app-updated.png?w=657&h=437" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Google has just started rolling out an update to the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with a few new welcomed features. First off, users now have the ability to set a custom signature for messages as well as a vacation responder. Both of those new features will be available via the gear icon at the top of the app’s new menu. The update also includes support for nested labels and the usual “bug fixes and UI improvements”.</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 13.6pt 0in; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">A new Scribbles feature allows you to open a canvas, draw a picture or sketch with multiple colors, brush sizes and line elements, and attach it to a message within Gmail. scribble is available now in both the Gmail iOS app and Gmail mobile web app. Another notable and highly requested change is a new notification sound on iOS 5, making it easier to tell when you’ve received an email</span></div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 13.6pt; margin: 13.6pt 0in; orphans: 2; outline-width: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Google also mentioned in their blog post that they are continuing to work on some of the most requested features from users including multiple login support, banner notifications, and a “send as” feature to send mail from multiple accounts within the app.</span></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-4088872643952369472011-12-14T21:05:00.000-08:002011-12-14T21:05:53.361-08:00iTunes Match begins rolling out mistakenly to Europe for 24, 99€/year, Canada and Australia too?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/screen-shot-2011-12-14-at-4-17-33-pm.png?w=657&h=570" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/screen-shot-2011-12-14-at-4-17-33-pm.png?w=657&h=570" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">We have started getting reports that Apple is sending out emails to users in Spain and elsewhere in Europe notifying them the iTunes Match service is officially available for 24,99€ per year(as shown above). one twitter user also claims that he was able to subscribe to the service in Europe two days ago before iTunes told him it was a mistake and returned his money. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The user stated in twitter that he managed to buy iTunes Match in Europe two days ago. Now they told him it was a mistake and Apple has returned the money.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The email he provides looks identical to the one above apart from the language. It’s of course possible this is a slip up on Apple’s part ahead of an official rollout in the future. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cca3f298255b11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpeg?w=657" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cca3f298255b11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpeg?w=657" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We have got reports coming in from Canada where it is listed at A$39.99. In the UK, it is £21.99. Last week Apple also opened up the cloud service to users in Brazil to accompany the launch of the iTunes Store in Latin America. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-89787027067228465872011-12-14T15:15:00.000-08:002011-12-14T20:15:45.660-08:00Mashup Portrait of Steve jobs + Ayn Rand Fetches $210,000<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Steve-Jobs_Datuna_Scope-Miami_-2-640x478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Steve-Jobs_Datuna_Scope-Miami_-2-640x478.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Artist David Datuna created a striking portrait of Steve Jobs titled “Viewpoint of Millions.” Shown at the recent international art fair Scope Miami, it became one of the most expensive art pieces sold at the fair, fetching $210,000.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was created from a background pattern of thousands of miniature images of author/philosopher Ayn Rand; the large format iconic portrait rests under a wall of optical lenses made from nearly 80,000 parts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jobs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jobs2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moved by Steve Jobs’ recent passing, Datuna chose Ayn Rand as the “driving component of the portrait,” since her work is believed to have inspired the late Apple co-founder.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Despite armies of loyal fans around the globe, many consider Jobs and his ‘empire’ an embodiment of corporate evil that has befallen the modern society,” Datuna said in a statement. “Such polarity of viewpoints is conveyed through the combined use of positive and negative optical lenses. The artist avoids casting judgment on Steve Jobs and his personality. By only using the penetrating gaze of the subject of his artwork, Datuna tries to get to the very soul of Steve Jobs and reveal his motivations in life. ”</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I spotted the work last week on Kristen Philipkoski‘s blog, Stylenik, my first impression was: you kinda had to be there.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">In person, it’s easy to see how both the miniscule portraits of Rand comprising Jobs and the overall effect with the glass lenses over the top could be thought provoking. From the glare-challenged screen of my MacBook Pro, not so much.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Viewpoint of Millions” also outsold Datuna’s other recent mashup piece “Putin – Mona Lisa” by $10,000.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the fan-designed homage in Post-it notes to the creepy bronze statue being cast in Budapest, there are a ton of portraits of Jobs speaking to the impact of his recent death.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 10.85pt 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which ones do you think he would have appreciated?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062425106542541915.post-32948773252158169232011-12-14T15:00:00.000-08:002011-12-14T15:00:05.728-08:00Cool Gadget adds AirPrint iDevice printing to any printer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lantronix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lantronix.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Till now, HP has held a huge advantage over its printer rivals when it comes to printing from the iPad — because even though rivals have made strides with their own apps (like Epson’s slick <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">iPrint app</span>) HP’s printers remain the only ones with AirPrint, which is tied directly to iOS and allows printing from within apps, without having to use an intermediary app (eg iPrint).</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">But that’s all changed with todays unveiling of the Lantronix xPrintServer, a $150 plug-n-play box that gives any printer AirPlay connectivity.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">That means any printer, no matter the make — and even those without native wifi capability — can be turned into an AirPrint-enabled wifi printer just by connecting it to the iPhone-sized xPrintServer. It’s not available yet, but should ship early next year and can be pre-ordered from the company’s website.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 12.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here’s the press release. Oh, and check this clip. It isn’t super informative, but it’s funny, especially the parts with the IT guy, who bears a striking resemblance to our own Adam Rosen.</span></div></div>iPhoneOwnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126977114674465642noreply@blogger.com0