Saturday, February 27, 2010

iPhone News Of The Day

  • The war of words between Apple and Adobe over Cupertino's refusal to incorporate Flash on the iPhone platform has continued for quite a while now. After Steve Jobs recently called Adobe Flash a "CPU Hog", a source of "security holes" and a dying technology, his counterpart at Adobe, Shantanu Narayen,...
  • Steve Jobs may be very busy that he don’t have time to update or sync the iPhone. Mike has discovered he is still using the old iPhone firmware 3.1.2.
    Mike knows it because he has received the email from Steve Jobs. He sent an email asking the future Final Cut Pro since 40 related developers were [...]
    • AppAdvice has teamed up with Helium Foot Software in order to offer you a chance at winning one of five promo codes for GroceryList ($4.99).
      GroceryList is a relatively new app that allows you to make a long or short grocery list that you can take to the store in mere minutes. The app features a [...]
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        Just a quick post to let you know that starting tomorrow we will be running some sponsored posts here on JAiB.  This is a subject I’ve thought about for a long while, and discussed with friends and colleagues before deciding that we’ll do these. Right off the bat, I want to mention [...]
        • Here in my home state there are highway billboards that say ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’.  They’re used in an anti-littering ad campaign, but I think they’re also meant to be an across the board warning, just don’t even think about messing with Texas sorta thing.  I also think that perhaps the Find My iPhone [...]
          • Final Fantasy, the earliest of role playing games that first launched way back in 1987 and has made through several sequels since then has finally made it to the iPhone. Square Enix, the developer of the popular game series, which is considered to be among the most successful RPG applications...
          • With a new iPhone expected to debut this summer, Apple's phone-related patents start to take on added weight. Especially when they're as badass as the one unveiled yesterday that turns the iPhone's camera into a swipe pad. The technology described in the patent, dug up by the diligent folks at Patently Apple , would allow an iPhone user to fast forward and rewind through voicemails, navigate web pages, or scroll through contact lists and iTunes simply by swiping one finger against the…
          • V-MODA has made some rather nice in-ear headphones with a pretty reasonable $99 price tag. They're shiny, slender, durable, and capable of controlling your iPod, iPhone, or MacBook with those three little buttons. Oh. and they come in four colors. V-MODA PRESENTS REMIX REMOTE HEADPHONES: SOPHISTICATED SOUND AND DESIGN OPTIMIZED FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES Series Offers Music Enthusiasts Unparalleled Audio, Style and Reinforced Durability HOLLYWOOD (Feb. 22, 2010) – V-MODA, the music…
          • iWanted Rich, the new spin of the I Am Rich concept that we’ve mentioned last month has been finally pulled by Apple.
            As a reminder, iWanted Rich was a $1 app that came with the promise of turning $1000 in February and while its developer only managed to sell a couple hundred copies, it did actually quite [...]
            • Qisda Qdo6oBoo passes through FCC
              Verizon Wireless Nexus One finally on its way?
              GPS to be upgraded with $886 million government grant
              JooJoo delayed until March 25th
              Windows Mobile 6.5 to be renamed Windows Mobile Starter Edition
              Apple’s anti-explicit campaign probably more about image than values
              All Radio Shacks to have iPhones available
              LG could bring a WinMo 7 phone as early [...]
              • Filed under: OS , iPhone , iPad One of the big topics of discussion yesterday in our TUAW back channel was this post from the New York Times Bits blog. In "Why can't PCs work more like iPhones," Bilton pointed out that the iPhone has given Apple a chance to build a new OS from the ground up. This is a familiar viewpoint to us here on TUAW. Last year, I asked whether the future of the Mac OS would turn out to be the iPhone . In my write-up, I pointed out that the iPhone OS was built from…
                • This week's Ask iLounge topics: iPad Edition II: Sharing files between apps, iPad font support, Connecting to projectors, Using external storage, Downloading third-party music, iBooks and dictionary support
                  • This week's apps include a unique painting app and a game that closely mimics one of the greatest classic arcade tank games of all time.
                    Originally posted at The Download Blog
                    • Filed under: Accessories , Hardware , Peripherals , MacBook , iPad Apple sure likes that word 'magic' lately. We already have the Magic Mouse , and soon we may have a 'Magic Trackpad'. That's the word from the Patently Apple website that keeps an eye on these sometimes mysterious Apple filings. Apple wants to have the rights to 'Magic Trackpad', and wants to make sure no one else can can get their sweaty little hands on it. No one knows exactly what this thing is for, or where…
                      • The iPhone’s lack of camera flash makes it a poor performer in low light conditions but developers have been hard at work to make it better.
                        A+ Camera Flash for example remedies the problem using flash effects, brightening each individual pixel of a photograph to make it appear brighter. Chime and Beeper’s BulbShooter uses shutter time management [...]
                        • Friday’s usually feature a lot of game sales, but today feels like the holidays all over again. Not only do we have a solid list of free games available today, but now we have this massive list of games on sale below for you to filter through and maybe just pick up a few.
                          Each game [...]
                          • Pig Rush could be called Pig Canabalt? Is that devaluing the game, is it something more? Just tap for the pig to jump with a high, low, and double jump in his repertoire. Is it worth $0.99? Read on to find out.
                            • Apple may induce greater iPhone adoption rate among smartphone buyers by launching a new device that will have a lower cost of ownership - This was one of the key points made by Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty in a recent note to investors. According to Huberty, one of the...
                            • I am a huge fan of search assistants and Siri is one of the many search assistants in the App Store. You might ask, what makes Siri so different? The answer is simple: Siri partnered with Nuance Technologies (Dragon Search & Dragon Dictation). Nuance provided Siri with their accurate voice to text recognition. This is [...]
                              • Amazon started calling publishers before Steve Jobs had even left the stage at the iPad event, according to the NYT . They wanted to know what Apple promised them—and more importantly, what they promised Apple. The deal Amazon's been trying to ink with publishers for the couple months would guarantee that books on the Kindle would be the same price as on any other reader, if not, in fact, cheaper—the incentive, a bigger chunk of revenue, though Apple's largely screwed that pooch for Amazon with…
                              • Radio Shack seems quite bent on selling the iPhone in all of its stores, as it wants to have the iPhone in all “Shacks” by the end of March. I suppose that if the company keeps that promise, then the iPhone will be available everywhere. By the way, wasn’t this company supposed to [...]
                                • Filed under: iPad Business Insider's The Wire is reporting , rather humorously, that AP sources have the scoop that the Associated Press is working on its own iPad app. It will reportedly be a paid subscription news app that generates content from the AP and more than 1,000 member newspapers and broadcasters. The AP follows the New York Times and other news sources that are developing applications for the iPad. While the AP doesn't say if the app would be available for the iPad launch late next…
                                  • We first wrote about iControlPad nearly two years ago. It's a pretty cool iPhone accessory that will help you replicate a gaming console experience on your iPhone by augmenting touch screen controls with actual analog joystick based controls. The accessory allows you to slide your iPhone or iPod touch into...
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