Archive | February, 2010
Comparing the Nexus One OLED screen to the iPhone’s LCD screen
By all accounts, the Nexus One’s OLED screen is breathtaking, but when you match it up with the iPhone’s LCD screen, which comes out on top? MobileCrunch has an in-depth comparison that’s worth checking out over here.
Continue reading...What’s wrong with this keyboard?
24. February 2010
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A little ole’ fashioned prank.
Continue reading...Apple reportedly lays off 40 Final Cut team members
24. February 2010
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Two weeks ago, former Apple engineer and After Effects guru Pete Ward tweeted that Apple had let go of a good number of employees from the Final Cut team. Apple laid off 40 of my old Final Cut team yesterday, lots of good people, despite high profits. Apple can be pretty evil. Lest you be worried, [...]
Continue reading...Video walk through of Photos app from iPad SDK 3.2
24. February 2010
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Check out this interesting walk through of the photos app on the iPad, via the recently released 3rd beta of the iPhone SDK 3.2, which still remains iPad only. via 9to5Mac
Continue reading...Video of John Gruber’s top 10 list of Apple challenges from Macworld 2010
24. February 2010
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At Macworld 2010, John Gruber gave an insightful talk on 10 challenges facing Apple. You can check out a quick summary here, or watch the video in full below. Highly recommended.
Continue reading...iPhone 3.2 SDK points to front facing camera, video conferencing capabilities for the iPad
24. February 2010
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Days after 9to5Mac discovered icons and code in the iPhone 3.2 SDK that strongly hint at support for video chat and conferencing capabilities comes even more evidence from the third beta of the SDK courtesy of MacRumors. We’ve been told that if you go digging into Apple’s private framework which controls the camera, the iPad SDK [...]
Continue reading...10 years later, Arnold Kim and MacRumors are still going strong
24. February 2010
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Wired has a nice profile up of MacRumors’ Arnold Kim, who today celebrates 10 years in the Apple rumor business. Kim, of course, famously started Mac Rumors while still a medical student, and the site would soon go on to become the most popular Apple blog on the web. Arnold Kim quit his job treating kidneys to dissect the secrets of [...]
Continue reading...Latest iPhone Ad – Family Travel
24. February 2010
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Check out the latest iPhone ad from Apple, titled Family Travel. I actually saw it make an appearance during PTI yesterday, which, as you may or may not know, is temporarily sans Tony Kornheiser for his remarks about Hannah Storm’s outfit and Chris Berman’s weight.
Continue reading...Tim Cook on all things Apple – iPhone, iMac, Apple TV, iPad, Apple retail stores and more
24. February 2010
Yesterday afternoon, Apple COO Tim Cook met with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs and answered a number of questions about Apple’s product line and Apple’s future direction. Below are the more pertinent tidbits, with the transcript provided courtesy of 9to5Mac. We’ll break down Cook’s insightful comments in an upcoming post. On Apple’s role as a [...]
Continue reading...Typical Apple Fanboys
23. February 2010
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Come on, you know it’s funny!
Continue reading...Adobe Photoshop 1.0.7 on the iPhone is cool as hell, but not for sale
23. February 2010
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It’s funny how ancient software is seemingly becomes uber-cool when you see it rise from the dead and reappear on a modern day device. Case in point – Russel Brown, a Senior Creative Director at Adobe, recently got together with Ansca Mobile to develop a limited iPhone version of Adobe Photoshop 1.0.7. Everything you loved, [...]
Continue reading...iPad generating more consumer interest than the original iPhone did
23. February 2010
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In a somewhat surprising piece of news, a recent survey of over 3,200 respondents reveals that demand for the iPad is actually higher than the demand for the original iPhone was in the months before its release. The survey, conducted by Changewave, found that 13% of those polled were either very likely to purchase an iPad [...]
Continue reading...Regarding Apple stance on multitasking and why most tech users are clueless
23. February 2010
Since the iPhone was first released, people have complained about its lack of support for third-party multitasking. This sentiment was further amplified when Apple recently announced the iPad, a device which also won’t support multitasking outside of Apple’s own apps. The proffered reason behind Apple’s reluctance to support system wide multitasking is that users will inevitably leave apps [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Game Developer Ngmoco consolidates power, purchases Freeverse
23. February 2010
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Just days after Freeverse announced that it had sold over 5 million apps comes news via TechCrunch that Ngmoco, a top iPhone game publisher with widely recognized titles like Rolando and Touch Pets, has purchased Freeverse after securing $25 million in venture capital. Most of Freeverse’s apps sell for $0.99, and a good number of [...]
Continue reading...Apple ranks third in customer service according to recent survey
23. February 2010
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Apple recently placed third, behind USAA Insurance and L.L. Bean, in BusinessWeek’s fourth annual survey measuring corporate customer service. Only two other Tech driven firms managed to crack the top 25 list, with Amazon placing 11th and Dell coming in at number 23. Check out the full story over here at BusinessWeek.
Continue reading...Dumping the Palm Pre
22. February 2010
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Sachin Agarwai of Silicon Alley Insider recently decided to dump his Palm Pre after just 3 weeks of use. While his experience is obviously not universal, his complaints about the Pre’s touchscreen and other software shenanigans seem to be a recurring theme.
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24. February 2010
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