Filed under: Hardware, iPadWho's got low expectations for the iPad? Not the Norwegians, as one local store can't keep up with pre-orders. Late last week, retailer Eplehuset (Apple House) suspended pre-orders all together when they sold out. A message posted to their site states that those who have already placed orders will have their spot in line reserved, while others are out of luck. "We have chosen not to receive more pre-orders for now," the site says via Google Translate, "we will contact you as soon as we know anything more." Additionally, iPod1 reports that retailer Humac has…
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iPad pre-orders overwhelm Norwegian stores
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SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap
9 Feb 2010 | 11:35 amFiled under: Macworld, Accessories, Hardware, iPhone It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone. As useful as an SD card reader is for the iPad, there is one minor hiccup: it probably won't work with the iPhone. ZoomMediaPlus aims to fill that gap with the ZoomIt SD card reader/application for the iPhone. The ZoomIt is a dongle that plugs in to the iPhone's dock connector and (with the use of Zoom's app) allows you to view and share content stored on an SD card. According to ZoomMediaPlus,… -
Answers for the 'rents about the iPad
9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 amFiled under: AppleSo my folks were here this weekend, and as you'd expect my Dad is really curious about the upcoming iPad, or as he likes to put it "his new 3G iPad". I convinced him that he should wait for April so he could get the new postpaid-data-ready iPad, which he could use anywhere, not just with WiFi hotspots. As we were talking, I began to realize that he didn't really have a clear idea of exactly what this gadget is -- and lots of you probably have parents in similar situations. So I put together this Q&A using actual questions my Dad asked throughout the course of the… -
SDK devsugar: Re-signing applications
9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 amFiled under: AppleTUAW's devsugar series helps introduce developers to tools and tricks that they might not yet be familiar with. Today's tip centers on signing already-compiled and already-signed applications with a new custom signature. A while back, I posted about a way to sign already-compiled applications with your personal credentials in order to better allow developer-to-developer distribution. By re-signing an application, it allows you to install it on any of the devices you have registered to your account at Apple without having to go through the fuss and bother of normal ad-hoc… -
Apple ships latest version of Aperture for photo professionals
9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amFiled under: Multimedia, Software, Software UpdateIt certainly caused a lot of excitement when the Apple web store went down this morning. No, it wasn't an updated MacBook Pro line but Aperture 3, Apple's high-end photo editing and image management software. The latest version is U.S. $199.00, and upgrades are available for any existing Aperture users for $99.00. Apple says Aperture 3 has "more than 200 new features", including Faces and Places, brought over from iPhoto '09. There is an enhanced tool called Brushes, which allows photographers to paint adjustments and filters directly onto…
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Download Squad
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Liquid Scale removes unwanted picture parts to resize images on your iPhone
8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pmFiled under: Photo, Commercial, Imaging Tips, iPhone Liquid Scale is an iPhone / iPod Touch app that allows you to resize images by removing unimportant elements in the photo, leaving the important ones untouched. It's a technique called seam carving that we've previously mentioned, but what's interesting here is that it's now available to be used on the iPhone. For those that are unfamiliar with it, the seam carving technique analyzes images to determine the most and least important elements, and when you use it to decrease the size of an image it removes the least important parts first, in… -
Logitech's free Touch Mouse app turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a keyboard and trackpad for your computer
6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amFiled under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Freeware, iPhoneTouch Mouse [iTunes link] is a free iPhone / iPod Touch application from Logitech that turns your iDevice into a wireless keyboard and trackpad for your Windows or Macintosh computer. It's not a remote control application, so you don't get a view of the computer's screen; you simply get an alternative way to control the mouse pointer and keyboard. Touch Mouse works by relying on a small server software component that you install on your desktop computer that listens for connections from the iPhone app. This is very useful when you… -
Apple issues warning about location-based ads in iPhone apps
5 Feb 2010 | 8:30 amFiled under: Business, Developer, Apple, iPhoneSometimes, Apple's decisions about content in the App Store can be petty and anti-competitive -- like asking developers to remove any mention of Android. But sometimes, they make a call that seems to put users first. This time, it's a request that developers use your location to provide useful information, rather than just serving you location-based ads. Here's the text of the warning to developers, posted in Apple's developer forum: If you build your application with features based on a user's location, make sure these features provide… -
Skype says 3G iPhone app is coming
3 Feb 2010 | 2:29 pmFiled under: VoIP, iPhoneLast week Apple changed began allowing third party applications to make VoIP calls over 3G. What that means is that you can make a telephone call over the internet using a wireless broadband connection. The upshot is that you could theoretically use an application like Skype to make free or cheap phone calls while eating up your data minutes instead of your voice minutes. You can also make international calls over a VoIP application for much less money than your cellphone company would typically charge. Right now there's only one problem: Skype's iPhone application… -
How to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into an "iPad"
1 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pmFiled under: Mods, iPhoneiPad fever seems to have gripped the iNation. If looking at your diminutive iPhone or iPod Touch is getting you down, and you wish you could be stroking a beautiful new iPad, maybe the mod described at Redmond Pie will tide you over. Modifying the iPhone operating system isn't possible unless you jailbreak your device, but once you do a huge number of possible modifications are available. For this particular makeover Redmond Pie suggest installing the following apps from both Cydia (the jailbroken app installer) and Apple's App Store: Winterboard app via Cydia "Simple…
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Engadget
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Warner CEO: iTunes price increase led to lower sales, recession might also factor in
9 Feb 2010 | 12:31 pmDon't pat yourself on the back too much for calling this one, but Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. has now confirmed what many have suspected: higher iTunes pricing has led to slightly slower sales. Specifically, he says that while the variable pricing introduced early last year has been a "net positive" for the company, revenue growth on iTunes slowed to just eight percent in the last quarter, compared to a hefty 20 percent a year earlier. He is also quick to point out, however, that raising prices 30 percent during a recession may not have been the best idea in hindsight. Interestingly,… -
Dog-e-Minder keeps tabs on your dog's vitals so you don't have to (video)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pmYou're already weighing down the massive head of your Frenchton with some sort of bark collar and GPS-enabled location tracker, so what's another pendant around the neck, anyway? Dog-e-Minder, which is cleverly being marketed to the "As Seen On TV!" crowd, is a battery-powered device that records the last time your pup (or cat, or iguana, or anything else that rocks a leash) ate, walked or took his / her medications. Essentially, owners simply mash the corresponding button after an event has occurred, and an internal timer keeps track of how long it has been since said event has happened. It… -
Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 exhaustedly previewed, screenshotted to death
9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 amWhile we patiently wait for the X10 to make its way into retail channels (or, you know, give up and buy something else instead), mobile-review's Eldar Murtazin has come through once again with one of his world-famous eleventy billion page previews rife with thousands of screenshots, which should take you long enough to skim through so that the phone's available by the time you're done. Thing is, you may not want it anymore: Eldar's concerned by the phone's cheap plastic shell, which is particularly alarming in light of the direction competitors are going, and the screen could apparently be… -
Google Buzz takes mobile location services to the next level
9 Feb 2010 | 10:48 amGoogle just announced that it's bringing some serious location-based integration to its services, all centered around the new Buzz social networking tool built into Gmail. Google's going to do location better than the usual latitude / longitude coordinates -- it's able to snap those to actual place names and then take context-aware actions depending on where you are. The new location services is integrated into the main mobile Google.com search page and the new buzz.google.com page for the iPhone and Android, and into maps for Android, S60, and Windows Mobile. Buzz is rolling out starting… -
Google's Street View snowmobile takes your voyeurism to the Olympic slopes
9 Feb 2010 | 10:29 amThere's something deliciously futuristic about the fact that Microsoft and Google are patrolling our roads, documenting their every nook and cranny with large multidirectional cameras strapped to SUVs. But what about the unpaved wilderness? Well, Google's after that too now, with its new Street View snowmobile it's unveiled just in time for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Sure, it's a bit of a gimmick, but also it's surprisingly thrilling to chase down the various slopes in use for the Olympics, and Google Earth even has most everything mapped out in 3D for your aerial viewing pleasure.
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Cult of Mac
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Daily Deals: iPhone 3GS 32GB $249, 1TB Time Capsule $430, Moto Chaser
9 Feb 2010 | 9:28 amWe start off with a deal on a 32GB iPhone 3GS from AT&T for $249. Next up: a 1TB Time Capsule back-up drive for $430. Finally, once while you are on hold and backing-up your life, take some time to wind down the road with Moto Chaser, a racing game for your iPhone or iPod [...] -
Microsoft’s My Documents Folder Makes Triumphant Return – On iPad
9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 amEarlier today, I was reading Infoworld’s article, The iPad questions Apple won’t answer. The first question they listed was “Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad?”, and their assumed answer was “No”; they suggested that the only way to do this would be to open a document from an email message. I read that [...] -
Pop Cap’s “Plants vs. Zombies” coming to the App Store on February 15th
9 Feb 2010 | 8:29 amCourtesy of PopCap Games’ Twitter account, I can now tell you the exact date that my girlfriend will plant herself in her apartment with her iPod Touch and gradually undergo a zombie-like desiccation process herself: February 15th. Because that’s the day that Plants vs. Zombies is finally coming to the App Store. Plants vs. Zombies is [...] -
Update: Apple Logo Dispute Down Under
9 Feb 2010 | 8:13 amAustralian retailer Woolworths is buying time in the latest Apple logo dispute. At the core of the corporate tussle is a “W” logo of a peeled apple with leaf filed back in August 2008 for the 80-year-old supermarket chain. The new logo was supposed to symbolize fresh produce, but speculation was that Apple opposed it because the [...] -
DevTeam releases Pwnage Tool for iPhone OS 3.1.3
9 Feb 2010 | 7:59 amIt never takes long for the Dev Team to pry open the seams of the latest iPhone OS firmware, tickle its insides and come up with a fresh Jailbreak. Less than a week after Apple released their iPhone OS 3.1.3 update, the Dev Team followed it up with an update of their own: Pwnage Tool [...]
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Daring Fireball
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What’s New in Aperture 3
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ComScore Reports December 2009 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
9 Feb 2010 | 7:52 amPalm, RIM, Microsoft losing market share; Apple and Google gaining. (RIM has the most to lose, of course.) ★ -
BashFlash
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LESS CSS App for Mac OS X
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Panelfly
8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 pmGee, I wonder if e-comic-book distributors are excited about the iPad? ★
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The iPhone Blog
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Shocking! Repetitive! Higher iTunes Music Prices Slowed Sales
9 Feb 2010 | 12:29 pmWhen iTunes Music went DRM-free and “hits” jumped from $0.99 to $1.29 stories soon followed that the higher price point was leading to slower sales… and now that iBooks and publishers aim to increase eBook sales from $9.99 to up to $14.99, MediaMemo is telling them to “beware!”: Warner Music Group (WMG) said this morning that it has seen unit sales growth at Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes decelerate since the price increase: Industrywide, year-over-year “digital track equivalent album unit growth” was at five percent in the December quarter, down sequentially from… -
Google Announces Buzz; or Will Social Networking Blend?
9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pmOur sibling site Android Central let us know that Google has shoved every social media form you can imagine, from Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare, to — dunno, Friendserjaiku? — into something called Buzz. After Google Wave, which came off as WikiChat to us, we’re not sure about all this Google-mash, but Phil gives us a pretty good intro: For starters, go to buzz.google.com, and you’ll be taken to a Web app that lets you see and create Buzz messages. You can see messages from people you “follow” or interact with often, or you can see messages from people… -
Contest Reminders: Developer Survey and Round Robin — Win a 32GB iPod touch, iPhone 3GS!
9 Feb 2010 | 8:12 amA couple quick contest reminders as deadlines loom (LOOM I tell you!): The Developer Survey we mentioned here is still running but will end this weekend. Interpret is putting together an exciting set of data about mobile app development and needs your input. Take the survey here and be entered for your chance to win a 32GB iPod touch. Heck, if that isn’t your style, you can also opt for up to $550 to purchase the phone of your choice. Since not everybody will qualify for the developer survey prize, one more reminder: the Smartphone Round Robin contest is still running, but will end on… -
TiPb at Macworld 2010 — Conference Begins!
9 Feb 2010 | 7:55 amMacworld 2010’s conference portion starts today at the Moscone Center and I’ll be heading over in a few minutes. The Expo starts Thursday, and Leanna will be joining me to bring every complete TiPb coverage. If you’re a developer and you’re going to be at Macworld, shoot me an email (rene@tipb.com) or ping me on Twitter (@reneritchie) and let me know. If you’re a reader, be sure to say hello! And here’s all the Macworld highlights, and a discount code, for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad lovers once again… after the break! Still not sure if you’re… -
Notion Ink Adam — Don’t Call it an “iPad Killer”!
9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 amNotion Ink’s Atom is one of the next generation “tablet” style devices that will no doubt be compared head-to-head with Apple’s iPad. First, a note to traditional media — if we never read the phrase “iPad killer” it’ll be too soon. We clear? Second and that said, SlashGear shows off some renders and it looks like the Adam brings some interesting ideas with it. the Android-based slate using the latest-gen NVIDIA Tegra chipset and Pixel Qi’s innovative low-power display. Pixel Qi uses a tranflexive display that blends characteristics of LCD (or…
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Why We Make Home Videos
4 Feb 2010 | 9:18 amAs you may be aware, we're about to enter a whole new era of data rot, one of the biggest and most personal of all: consumer videotape is going away. -
A New Way to Comment on Pogue's Posts
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The Apple iPad: First Impressions
27 Jan 2010 | 12:54 pmSome wild speculations of a guy who's never even tried the iPad. Believe me, I'll review it when I get one. But I like what I'm seeing. -
Google Voice Is Back on the iPhone, Mostly
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The Apple Guessing Game
23 Jan 2010 | 11:02 amWhat might Apple be announcing this week? It seems to be a tablet, but the mystery is in the details.
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SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap
9 Feb 2010 | 11:35 amFiled under: Macworld, Accessories, Hardware, iPhone It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone. As useful as an SD card reader is for the iPad, there is one minor hiccup: it probably won't work with the iPhone. ZoomMediaPlus aims to fill that gap with the ZoomIt SD card reader/application for the iPhone. The ZoomIt is a dongle that plugs in to the iPhone's dock connector and (with the use of Zoom's app) allows you to view and share content stored on an SD card. According to ZoomMediaPlus,… -
Navigon adds some unique features to GPS app
9 Feb 2010 | 3:30 amFiled under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchNavigon has been very aggressive about keeping its highly rated MobileNavigator app [iTunes link] up to date. Now, new features are putting it even further ahead of a lot of the competition. The update adds three innovative features: in-app connection to Facebook and Twitter, Panorama View 3D with 3D terrain views powered from NASA data, and personalized route delivery via NAVIGON MyRoutes, an intelligent direction provider. For Facebook and Twitter connectivity, a simple icon tap posts the user's current position, destination, and ETA… -
Game developers on iPhone outnumber DS and PSP two-to-one
8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pmFiled under: Gaming, Multimedia, Apple, iPhone, App Store, SDK, iPod touchGame Developer Research has published its 2009/10 survey of video game developers, and the results are pretty impressive for the still relatively fledgling iPhone platform: The number of developers who are working on mobile games increased by 12 percent, and there are actually twice as many developers working on iPhone games as are working on the Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP handheld consoles. That's a pretty amazing number, though it's not quite a surprise when you consider it. First of all, Nintendo DS and PSP… -
Plants vs. Zombies coming to iPhone on February 15th
8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pmFiled under: Gaming, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store Yes, PopCap is at it again -- this time, their crazy addictive (just like all of their games) take on the tower defense genre, Plants vs. Zombies, is headed off to the iPhone. They just tweeted confirmation a little while ago, and released this trailer showing all of the flower vs. undead action that we enjoyed so much in the other versions of the game, squeezed into the smaller screen of the iPhone. They don't mention a price point, but I'm guessing it'll come out at $4.99, since that's what most of their releases have debuted at… -
Loopt teams with Mobile Spinach for check-in discounts, Booyah talks about MyTown
8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pmFiled under: Software, iPhone, App StoreIf the iPhone has a leading app genre, aside from gaming, I'd say the current surge of "check-in" apps is probably it. Sure, back when the App Store first opened up, Twitter apps were everywhere (and they're still being made daily, it seems), but in terms of a genre that can only exist on a location-aware device like the iPhone, "check-in" apps like Foursquare, Gowalla, and so on, are making their mark right now. Here's news on two such apps continuing to grow on the App Store skyline. First up, Loopt [iTunes link] has announced a partnership with a…
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Holy Kaw!
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13 geeky Valentine’s Day gifts
9 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pmLooking for a way to knock the argyle socks off your geeky lover this Valentine’s Day? Skip the computer programmer-themed porn and try gifting your nerdy loved one some HTTPanties or “Tweet Me” Sweethearts candy. The Huffington Post tracked down thirteen geeky gifts that scream “I love you, nerd face.” Full geeky gift list at Huffington Post. Get your geek on. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Google Buzz's official demo [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 amGoogle has just unveiled its latest attempt to become more relevant in the social media space—Google Buzz. The product is integrated within Gmail and will be rolled out gradually to all of the webmail service’s users over the next few days. While this development is still unfolding, you can check out Google Buzz’s two-minute demo of Buzz in action both online and via mobile. What are your initial reactions? Another soon-to-be-forgotten Google product like Wave, or a Facebook/Twitter killer? Full story at Mashable. Total Google coverage. Permalink | Leave a… -
Darth Vader’s original wimpy voice [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:15 amImagine a galaxy far, far away where Darth Vader sounded like any other British bloke strolling down the corridors of the Death Star. Before James Earl Jones provided the menacing voice of the Dark Lord of the Sith, English actor and bodybuilder David Prowse delivered the lines from inside the Darth costume. While George Lucas never intended for Prowse’s voice to make the flick’s final cut, it’s weird to imagine how different Star Wars would have been with a different Vader voice. Full story at Huffington Post. Tons of Star Wars tidbits. Permalink | Leave a… -
7 things you didn’t know about condoms
9 Feb 2010 | 10:14 amRubbers. Raincoats. Inconvenient. Whatever you call 'em, condoms remain a must-have in the safe sex tool box. Long before the days of Durex and Trojans, men used animal intestines to protect their willies (that sounds lovely, eh ladies?) and still to this day use lambskin condoms for latex allergies and supposed extra sensitivity. Want to learn even more fun facts about condoms that will surely impress your friends and potential lovers? Check out Asylum's seven things you probably didn't know about condoms that includes tantalizing tidbits like: Vaseline + condoms = Disintegrated rubber and… -
Horror flick mirror scare mash-up [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 9:25 amHorror movies love to rely on cliches to scare the bejeezus out of us, but does it really surprise anyone that the axe murderer is going to pop in the reflection of a mirror? Ok, yes, it still totally sparks a few pee-in-pants moments. Check out this mash-up of mirror scare moments (fair warning: don’t watch alone in a big, dark, scary house): Full story at Four Four. Boo! Tons of scary and not so scary movie news. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Building iPhone Apps
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Improving the SplashScreen on an iPhone application
8 Feb 2010 | 7:01 amAs you may already know, every iPhone application uses a .PNG file that is displayed to the user when the application is loaded by the iPhone operating system. This is done in order to make the user... Visit my blog for more ! -
User Interface for a Password Validator
6 Feb 2010 | 1:02 pmA few weeks ago, I've made available a movie showing a UI prototype for a new feature coming in version 2.1 of uP@ssw0rdz!. Here is the original post: http://bit.ly/cU7wFC Today, I'm showing... Visit my blog for more ! -
Regular Expressions on iPhone - Questions for the experts
5 Feb 2010 | 5:46 amHi everybody, I'm looking for regular expression implementation library for my next version of uP@ssw0rdz!. Does anyone use RegexKit as many seems to use... Visit my blog for more ! -
The new 512x512 image for version 2.1
5 Feb 2010 | 5:17 amHere is the new 512x512 image that I will upload to iTuneConnect when I'll submit the next release of uP@ssw0rdz! for approval. Here is the old one Which one do you prefer ? Visit my blog for more ! -
This is funny and unexpected
4 Feb 2010 | 5:12 amSometimes, things get funny. As an iPhone developer, I maintain this blog but also the www.tinysofty.com web site for my uP@ssw0rdz! application that I'm selling on the App Store. I've also got an... Visit my blog for more !
