Thursday, February 17, 2011

News Of The Day


  • Just about everyday we tell you of a new software change that is coming to sooth the woes of unhappy customers. However while things like no Android 2.2 on some Galaxy S variations i quite the annoynace it’s by no means life threatening (depending on who you ask). What is life threatening, however, is when [...]

    • The New York Times has cast a pall over the iPhone nano rumors by stating that Apple will not release such a device (despite the Wall Street Journal's suggestion to the contrary ). Referencing "people who have been briefed on Apple's plans," the NYT states that Apple is "not currently developing" a smaller phone. Instead, according to sources, Apple is working on the iPhone 4's successor, which many expect to hit shelves this summer. Sources also suggest that a smaller iPhone…

      • Tiny iPhones ! That's the biggest rumor about the next generation of iPhone. The Wall Street Journal's source even saw a prototype that's "about half the size of the iPhone 4" and "intended for sale alongside Apple's existing line." Cue the New York Times : More »

      • In an interview with Peter Kafka over at All Things D about the launch of their new Music Unlimited streaming music service, Sony’s Tim Schaaf — who worked at Apple for fourteen years as a senior executive in charge of Quicktime, and was intimately involved in the company’s media products — allowed himself to be [...]

        • I know, it may seem like blasphemy to some of our readers (does it? Feel free to weigh in), but some Mac owners have (gasp) Android phones. For them, then, the release yesterday of TeamViewer for Android will let them access their Macs from their Droid-like phone of choice, for free — just as iPhone [...]

          • Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal seemed pretty sure that an iPhone nano was inbound, but the New York Times ' anonymous sources dispute that tale -- the paper writes that "Apple is not currently developing a smaller iPhone," and that the company is "not planning to introduce a smaller iPhone anytime soon." While the publication doesn't outright deny the existence of such a device at any point in the story, it does quote an anonymous Apple executive as saying that it…

          • Apple was the only big name in mobile that didn’t show up at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week… but it didn’t stop the iPhone 4 from winning the show’s Best Mobile Device Award. According to the judges, the iPhone 4 won because “it has a great screen, sharp design, fantastic materials, and [...]

            • We'd heard rumors that Motorola's Atrix 4G would cost $150 , but after AT&T priced the handset at $200 we figured they were all for naught. The Shack begs to differ: it's just revealed it will sell the modular Tegra 2 superphone on Feburary 22nd for that original $150 price. That's with a two-year contract, of course, and a data plan on top, but that means you'll shave $50 off the sum AT&T is asking, or $20 off the combo deal with the ( somewhat disappointing ) laptop dock.…

            • Everyone knows that feeling of sluggishness from lack of proper sleep, or just lack of energy. Dozing off while calculating the final figures for the weekly report may have you dealing with a lecture from your boss, but falling asleep while driving can be fatal. That's why ASP Technology is proud to offer their fatigue-fighting Anti Sleep Pilot system into a convenient iOS app. Anti Sleep Pilot: A Motorist’s Tool To Help Monitor And Control Fatigue is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice - iPhone,…

              • Going live in just a few hours is the very first AppAdvice Live! AppAdvice Live! is our brand new interactive podcast. The show will start tonight at 7 P.M. PST/10 P.M. EST. You can join us in the chat room or jump on the call with us!
                Reminder: AppAdvice Live! Tonight – 7 P.M. PST/10 P.M. EST is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                • Do you like to read? Or would you prefer to listen? We have rounded up some of the best Audiobook apps on the App Store.
                  AppAdvice EXTRA: Best Universal Audiobook Apps is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                  • Hallelujah! Who hasn't warily watched an iPhone, laptop or iPad battery indicator slows fading into oblivion? It looks like Apple is doing research into techniques that would keep lithium batteries running longer without making them larger. AppleInsider found an Apple patent filing called "Increasing Energy Density in Rechargeable Lithium Battery Cells," that uses a method called "multi-step constant-current constant-voltage (CC-CV) charging technique." Sounds good to me if it…

                    • Inception: App Edition – (Free + $11.99 in-app purchase) Universal – Entertainment Inception: App Edition is one of the first of Warner Bros.’ App Store releases that not only delivers the full Inception movie, but also offers a stack of movie extras all within an app. You can download the movie on to your device [...]

                      • www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AsGfcJjuc Starfront: Collision – (Free + $6.99 in-app purchase) iPhone – Games Starfront: Collision is the latest in Gameloft’s long string of smash hit releases, and claims to be the epitome of real-time strategy games. It packs 20 action-packed missions across five gorgeous environments, a competitive online multiplayer mode, and striking 3D-redered environments, making it one [...]

                        • Wall Street Journal reports that the CDMA iPhone, which Apple and Verizon started selling last week has been successfully unlocked to work on China Telecom’s CDMA network. An employee of Guangdong branch of China Telecom claimed that “CDMA iPhone 4 has made its first call in China without a hitch” . WSJ reports: A post signed [...]

                          • Facebook Messenger is the coolest app in AppStore at the moment — users can call easily talk to their Facebook friends for free using VoIP, regardless of location. Additional features allow users to send pictures, browse message history, view a friend’s wall, use emoticons, receive instant replies with Apple
                            push notifications, and setup sound notifications and [...]

                            • Pennant is a brand new iPad app by Stephen Varga that allows you to browse through and view data from every Major League Baseball game that took place between 1952 and 2010.
                              Pennant For iPad Brings Over 55 Years Of Baseball Data To Life is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                              • We've been eager to see what The Astonishing Tribe (otherwise known as TAT ) would come up with for the PlayBook since RIM acquired the design firm back in December, and we're now finally getting our first glimpse at a few of the things they've been working on. Those include a scrapbook app that takes advantage of four-fingered multitouch, and a weather app dubbed "Aura" that was built with the WebWorks platform and makes use of the PlayBook's accelerometer -- both of which are…

                              • Have you ever wanted to see how much of your life you spend doing daily tasks? Well now, there's an app for that. How does Wasted Life work? Read on to find out.
                                QuickAdvice: See Your Life’s Daily Events In Chunks With Wasted Life is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                                • TwelveSouth make some excellent accessories for Apple devices. I own two of their stands for the iPad and they’re both among my favorite iPad accessories. Their latest offering is the MagicWand – which connects a Magic Trackpad to Apple’s wireless keyboard. Here’s a portion of their Intro to it: What is MagicWand? It’s a cool [...]

                                  • This past weekend didn't just mark the installation of my standing desk, or the moment I chose to wall-mount my life-size replica lightsaber; it also marked my return to using CulturedCode's Things on the iPhone and Mac, and reminded me that sometimes less is perfect.

                                    • Scosche's new backup battery and on-the-go charger gives iPad and iPhone users more time with their devices.

                                    • Can you climb your way out of a volcano while trying to outrun lava? That's your goal in Volcano Escape - the endless arcade platformer. Is it worth a download? Read on to find out.
                                      Review: Volcano Escape – A Race From Fire And Brimstone is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                                      • I guess everyone knows by now that Verizon iPhone does not allow simultaneous voice and data transfer (over 3G). However, Apple has recently published the difference between AT&T’s GSM iPhone 4 and Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 in a Knowledge Base article, which explains how some minor features such as call forwarding, call waiting, caller id, [...]

                                        • Here’s the cover of the March 2011 edition of Wired magazine, which just showed up in the mail: 1 million workers 90 million iPhones 17 suicides This is where your gadgets come from. Should you care? Yes, you should care. We do. Kudos to Wired for shining a much-needed spotlight on this important issue.

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