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1) Doom II RPG unleashed on iPhone
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/doom-ii-rpg-unleashed-on-iphone/
Filed under: Gaming, App ReviewI remember there being a joke about new devices coming out: Yeah, but does it run Doom? The iPhone does, and apparently Id is on a hot streak now. According to TouchArcade, the Doom II RPG [$3.99, iTunes Link] was released Tuesday on the App Store. What I've seen is that people are enjoying it. I tend to take my time with quest-style games, so I am not really far into it (stage one of nine), but I am liking it a lot.
I never had a device before that I really wanted to be playing games on, so I never spent a lot of time with Doom's previous flavors -- this one is an RPG variant on the classic Doom shooting gameplay, made just for the iPhone by Id. Right now I'm really digging it, and for me it's worth the time spent because I'll have my phone awhile still. There's been thought and effort put into the controls of this one, and you can tell it's a game [...]
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2) Macworld 2010: TUAW interviews Tim Hickman of Hard Candy Cases
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-interviews-tim-hickman-of-hard-candy-cases/
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Macbook Pro, MacBook
Hard Candy Cases runs a booth right across from ours here at Macworld 2010, so when they offered to come on the livestream and show us their cases for laptops and the upcoming iPad, we gladly accepted. Co-founder Tim Hickman brought along a bubbleshell MacBook case to show us, and talked a little bit about the kinds of protection and style his cases bring to your favorite Apple gear (I offered to hit his MacBook with a hammer for testing purposes, but he said they were really meant for bumps and scratches only).
We also chatted about their iPad cases, and how you design and produce retail cases for a device that you haven't actually seen in person yet; apparently they took hundreds of pictures of the iPad keynote, measured the iPad dimensions up against a real-life wristwatch, and even "obtained" some manufacturing plans from [...]
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3) Partner snore? There's an app for that
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/partner-snore-theres-an-app-for-that/
Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewIlan Aisic, the CEO of Pointer Software, had a problem. Or rather his wife did. Ilan snores and it was driving his wife crazy, so he developed Snoring U (US$4.99), an unusual iPhone app that monitors snoring while you sleep using the built-in microphone. You wear your iPhone using an arm band or put it on your night table and when it detects at least four snores, measured by a change in the decibel level of the room, the app will vibrate or play a sound clip that you can record to tell you to turn over, stop snoring or whatever you like.
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It was developed under the guidance of an Israeli specialist in internal pulmonary and sleep medicine. Although no specific claims are made, I can easily see this working since I have exactly the same [...]
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4) Macworld 2010: TUAW interviews Jeff Scott of Best App Ever
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-interviews-jeff-scott-of-best-app-ever/
Filed under: Macworld, Gaming, Software, Interviews, iPhone, App Store
We've been livestreaming all day long from the floor of Macworld 2010, and our very first interview of the day was with Jeff Scott, both of 148Apps.com and the Best App Ever awards. Jeff just announced the Best App Ever winners (in all fifty-six categories) at the show last night, and he brought the list of winners to our booth today to discuss the winner of the 2009 Best App Ever (spoiler: it's Pocket God) and all the other winning apps. Additionally, we show off a little of the show floor around our broadcasting booth, and we chat about what we expect to see at Macworld and how it's changed in years past.
Excellent interview, and thanks to Jeff for stopping by to help us kick off the livestream right. Hit the break to watch the video, and stay tuned all this week for more interviews and coverage just like this, as [...]
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5) Macworld 2010: Diagnose your car's issues with CarMD
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/diagnose-your-cars-issues-with-carmd/
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, SoftwareHere's a cool device for anyone owns a car -- from gear heads to the rest of us. CarMD will diagnose your car's troubles and suggest a fix with your Mac's help, of course.
All cars sold in the US after 1996 have a standard diagnostic port, typically under the dashboard by the driver's knee (a chart tells you where to find it on your car). It's the thing that the mechanic connects to when performing a state inspection or performing certain types of diagnoses. It's this port that the CarMD device connects do. Just plug it in and turn it on to begin.
After a few seconds, one of three indicator lights will glow. Green means everything is A-OK, yellow suggests a pending failure and red means there's a problem that needs immediate attention. Once that's done, you pull the device from your car and plug it into your Mac via USB. From there, it launches [...]
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6) DiscCloud teams up with Attevo to provide remote home folder service
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/disccloud-teams-up-with-attevo-to-provide-remote-home-folder-ser/
Filed under: Macworld, EnterpriseFor a Mac enterprise administrator, hosting your users' data someplace other than their valuable, easily-misplaced laptops is generally a good idea. Combining that with the powerful management and storage capabilities of a VMware infrastructure seems like an equally good idea, and that's where the DiscCloud platform comes in.
The toolset provides login and sync for remote users on their Macs, with all their data stored in VMDK files back in the home data center for easy backup and management. Unlike terminal services (Citrix-esque) solutions for distributed user populations, this approach preserves the application performance of the local machine while only sending the changed data back and forth to maintain synchronization between the user and the servers.
DiscCloud is teaming up with integrators/consultants Attevo to provide service packages for [...]
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7) Macworld 2010: A crowd on opening day
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/the-opening-day-crowd-at-macworld-2010/
Filed under: Macworld
Apple may not be the main draw at Macworld Expo anymore, but that hasn't stopped the Mac-loving throngs from showing up. The show floor is shoulder-to-shoulder and the registration line was packed, as you can see in this short clip. If you're here at Macworld, brave the crowd and swing by booth #654 to say "hi" to TUAW!
TUAWMacworld 2010: A crowd on opening day originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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8) iPhone 101: How to force quit an unresponsive app
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/iphone-101-how-to-force-quit-an-unresponsive-app/
Filed under: How-tos, Tips and tricks, TUAW Tips, iPhone, iPhone 101, iPod touchWe here at the TUAW headquarters rely pretty heavily on our iPhones when we're away from our desks. This is especially true for the lucky ones on the floor at Macworld 2010. Sometimes however, our little pocket computers go haywire and refuse to respond to our commands.
To force quit an unresponsive app all you have to do is press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until you see the red slider. Normally, this is what you would do to power down your iPhone or iPod touch. In this case however, when the slider appears, release the sleep/wake button and then press and hold the Home button. If it works correctly, your iPhone will forcefully quit the unresponsive app and return you to your home screen.
I have found this especially useful on the rare occasion that Mail begins to choke on my multi-thousand message [...]
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9) Macworld 2010: Kanex shows HDMI to Mini DisplayPort for iMac input
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/kanex-shows-hdmi-to-mini-displayport-for-imac-input-at-macworld/
Filed under: Macworld
I stopped by the Kanex (pronounced "connects," I soon learned) booth to check out their latest product offering: an adapter that lets you plug external HD video (and audio) sources into your 27-inch iMac, which was honored with a Macworld Expo Best In Show award. They demoed the product playing video from a Blu-Ray DVD player, and Xbox 360 and a PlayStation 3, and it all looked great. The video is converted from HDMI to DisplayPort format with no upscaling, and the results are quite impressive. The hardware is compact with a solid enclosure, which I always appreciate. It's planned for launch in April, and will be available for $149.US.
Kanex also demoed some of their existing offerings, which include a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter with digital audio support and video at 1080p ($69), and a similar adapter with a USB audio device for analog audio ($59). Both are [...]
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10) Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Musicskins
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-hands-on-with-musicskins/
Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, iPod Family, Apple, iPhone, iPad
Musicskins was kind enough to show us around their booth on the Macworld floor, and while we expected to see the usual vinyl case stickers, what we found was actually pretty impressive. The 'skins, which are made for almost every accessory and device under the sun (the rep told us they add five to ten devices to their roster per week) are actually very durable.
For one thing, they're made to be removed and replaced as much as you want, so while attaching one to the back of your iPhone, you don't have to worry about making one minor mistake and having to stare at it every time you check Twitter. The skins themselves have little grooves on the surface, which we were told acted as air channels, so if you ever did get a bubble underneath, it's much easier to squeeze out.
But the most interesting part of skins like these [...]
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11) Macworld 2010: MacSpeech Scribe brings transcription to the Mac
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macspeech-scribe-brings-transcription-to-the-mac/
Filed under: Audio, Software, EducationBeing a user of MacSpeech Dictate, a program that allows me to speak to my Mac and wind up with nicely formatted text, I was very happy to learn of today's release of Macspeech Scribe (US $149), which turns recorded audio into Rich Text Format files easily readable by TexttEdit or any word processor. Tom Vain from MacSpeech walked me through the program and it's really quite impressive.
Using recorded audio from just about any source, including an iPhone, Scribe transforms a wide variety of audio file types into text, but oddly enough it won't work with .mp3 files. This isn't a major problem since you can convert them to .aac files in iTunes, but not inviting .mp3 files to the party seems like a major oversight.
After playing a few minutes of audio into Scribe, you train a small portion of the transcription by correcting mistakes in a few [...]
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12) Apple's iTunes nears 10 billionth song download
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/apples-itunes-nears-10-billionth-song-download/
Filed under: iTunes
Apple has announced it is nearing the 10 billion mark for iTunes music downloads.
iTunes changed the way you buy music, making songs and albums available for download, day or night. Seven years later, we're about to celebrate our biggest milestone for music, yet -- 10 billion songs downloaded.
In celebration of this, Apple is running a promotion that awards a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the person who downloads the 10 billionth song.
The promotion is open to residents (age 13 or higher) of all fifty States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
You can enter up to 25 times a day by buying songs. Alternatively, Apple doesn't require you to purchase a song to [...]
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13) Macworld 2010: TUAW video interview with The Neat Company
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-video-interview-with-the-neat-company/
Filed under: Macworld, Video, Interviews
Steve Sande visited with Kevin Garton of The Neat Company today to hear what the scanning superpower is up to at Macworld 2010.
The company is about to go live with a beta of a new version of NeatWorks for Mac, and Garton noted that Mac users will be able to join the beta program. Just in time for the tax season, the new version will provide the capability of flagging receipt scans with taxing categories, as well as creating numerous levels of folders and subfolders for organization of your receipts.
If you'll be at Macworld Expo 2010, drop by the Neat booth (#847) to see the software and several of the company's other products in action.TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW video interview with The Neat Company originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of [...]
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14) Microsoft may create Office for iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/microsoft-may-create-office-for-ipad/
Filed under: Software, iWork, iPadT3 is reporting that Mike Tedesco, Microsoft's Senior Product Manager for WindowsBU, stated that a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad is "something that we're looking at." Tedesco stressed that he couldn't make any official announcement today, but from the sounds of things, Microsoft is at least considering a version of Office for Apple's newest creation.
The iPad already has the ability to run a productivity suite -- Apple has created iPad-specific versions of its own iWork programs, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for $9.99 each -- but as T3 notes, bringing Office over to the iPad would go a long way toward establishing it as a legitimate productivity device. Whether those Office apps would be bundled together, offered individually, or cost as much as or more than iWork is, of course, impossible to say at this point. We'll keep you updated as we [...]
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15) Macworld 2010: TUAW adventures, day 1
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-adventures-day-1/
Filed under: Macworld, Humor, Odds and ends, Blogging, TUAW Business
Yesterday was the first day in San Francisco here at Macworld, and while the show floor wasn't quite open yet, we were busy nevertheless. Lots of things go on outside of the meetings and the panels and the demos, and so to give you a little feel of what it's like covering a convention like this, here's a little look at what we did when we weren't taking notes or shooting coverage yesterday, from our early morning planning meetings, to the day full of booth setup, to the first evening of partying at last night's EFF anniversary bash. As you can see, TUAW works hard and plays hard, too. Macworld ahoy!
TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW adventures, day 1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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16) Macworld 2010: David Pogue hosts the keynote
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-david-pogue-hosts-the-keynote/
Filed under: MacworldThe official ceremonies of Macworld 2010 started off this morning with David Pogue's keynote "Late Night with David Pogue" (which started at 9am -- "it's a joke," he explained in his usual corny way). He began by talking directly about the missing elephant in the room: "I have four words for you: 'Steve Jobs isn't here.'"
After a few jokes about how Macworld could now say anything they wanted to about Apple behind its back (digs at the hockey puck and AT&T service got cheers from the crowd), Pogue dived into a song parody with a backup band that included Paul Kent and a few other Mac luminaries, and then sat down at a talk show desk where he waxed technical about Twitter, and shared tidbits from his book.
From there David rolled out his first surprise: The Autotune the News folks! They sat on the couch and after showing the audience some of their videos, talked [...]
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17) Macworld 2010: The show floor in 56 seconds
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/tuaw-macworld-expo-2010-in-56-seconds/
Filed under: Macworld, Video
Have a spare 60 seconds? Want to see the entire Macworld Expo 2010 show floor? Take a look at the above video, which is a time lapse of a walkaround of the show floor this morning before the Expo opened. This was taken with an iPhone 3GS and the iTimeLapse app, so the quality leaves a little bit to be desired.
Remember, if you're at Macworld Expo 2010 in San Francisco, be sure to drop by booth #654 and say hello to the TUAW team.TUAWMacworld 2010: The show floor in 56 seconds originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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18) Macworld 2010 Best In Show liveblog
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-best-in-show-liveblog/
Filed under: MacworldWe're live with the Best In Show announcements for Macworld Expo 2010... Jason Snell is onstage now and introducing the six winners who will demo onstage (and the five others who will present on the mainstage).
12:06 PM: And that's the end of Best in Show 2010! Thanks for reading along.
12:00 PM: It's web-based and pretty neat. Enter your feed and tab icons to start. You get a real-time representation of what it'll look like as you work. You can add up to 12 feeds per app. You can then choose an app icon and app name plus your own splash image. Finally, enter your keywords, categories, etc. Special Macworld Expo pricing is $99 per app. Other options like iPad version ($99) or push notifications ($50) are available. They submit to the App Store for you, handle certificates, future compatibility, etc. Looks like a nice way to make a quick-and-dirty feed reader [...]
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19) What's that menu item mean on my Mac?
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/whats-that-menu-item-mean-on-my-mac/
Filed under: Mac 101
Ever since you've started using your Mac, you've been looking at those icons towards the top right of your display in your menu bar. These items can direct to many different things, from connecting to a wireless network, to finding items on your Mac. These items not only can be clicked on to show a pop-up menu to perform actions, they can also indicate activity depending on what that icon if for. Here's a summary of some of the most widely-used icons, some menu items you might not have seen before on your Mac, common applications that have uses for menu items, and some extra functions in these items.
Spotlight: The Spotlight menu item provides an easy shortcut to finding files on your Mac. Clicking it will show a search box directly under the menu bar, and will provide a summary of results when searching. This icon will also indicate when your Mac is indexing new [...]
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20) Macworld 2010: First look at the show floor
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-first-look-at-the-show-floor/
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Software, Internet, Steve Jobs
The show floor doesn't actually open for about 40 more minutes (as of this writing), but here you go -- we'll get you in, let you look around, and see what Macworld has to offer this year. From the indie dev booths to the towering Dr. Bott and IBM booths, to our own TUAW livestream studio (look for our livestream later today) and all of the different accessory manufacturers, browse through the gallery below and take your own pre-show walk around the floor.
Stay tuned all the rest of the week for coverage from almost all of these exhibitors, as well as more pictures, video, and blogging direct from the show floor. Even if (like one Steve Jobs) you're not here at Macworld this week, we'll make it feel like you are!
Gallery: Macworld 2010 Show Floor First LookTUAWMacworld 2010: First look at the show floor originally [...]
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21) Bill Gates on the iPad: Needs a stylus and a keyboard
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/bill-gates-on-the-ipad-needs-a-stylus-and-a-keyboard/
Filed under: Portables, Odds and ends, iPadBill Gates thinks the iPad is OK, but lacking compared to his own vision of tablet computing. Speaking to business blog Bnet he said, "You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen, and a real keyboard-in other words a netbook-will be the mainstream on that."
He added "So it's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with the iPhone where I say, 'Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough. It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done that."
He was a lot nicer than when Steve Ballmer famously dissed the iPhone. Of course Microsoft has been flogging tablet computers for years, and hasn't had the buzz that the iPad has received.
Of course, the iPad does allow a hardware keyboard to be used with it. As far as a [...]
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22) Macworld 2010: Adam Savage re-enacts the EFF's history
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-adam-savage-re-enacts-the-effs-history/
Filed under: Hardware, Developer, Apple History
We visited a lot of parties last night (and the TUAW bloggers are nursing hangovers because of it), but the best was undoubtedly the Electronics Frontier Foundation's 20th anniversary bash at the DNA Lounge. It wasn't strictly Mac-related, but Mythbuster Adam Savage was in the house, and he led a hilarious re-enactment of some of the major moments in the EFF's history, assisted by various objects and people "found around the club". Of course, since there were quite a few luminaries in the house (including the founders of the EFF, the crew from Steve Jackson Games, and other tech who's whos), the re-enactment actually ended up being re-enacted by most of the actual participants. We captured video of the event, and it's both informational and hilarious -- you can catch it in two segments after the break below.
Stay tuned for more from [...]
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23) Activision "selectively expanding" brands onto iPhone
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/activision-selectively-expanding-brands-onto-iphone-release-m/
Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store
Activision is probably the biggest gaming company going these days, and in their conference call earlier this week, CEO Bobby Kotick briefly mentioned its foray into the world of the iPhone. We've talked a lot in the past about indie developers and how they find their way on to the App Store, but it's the larger companies that sometimes have a tougher time of it, making larger games that don't always make back their accordingly large development costs, much less make any money. Kotick says that Activision is still a bit leery, but that they will continue "selectively expanding our brands" onto platforms like the iPhone (he basically says that Guitar Hero is coming to Apple's handheld soon), and that the company is looking into Apple's platform more as a brand extension rather than a potential source of financial revenue. Case in point: [...]
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24) Macworld 2010: TUAW attacks San Francisco with the Parrot AR.Drone
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/tuaw-attacks-san-francisco-with-the-parrot-ar-drone/
Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, iPhone
OK, let's face it. It is the coolest iPhone accessory since, uhhhhhh, the iPad?
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We're talking about the Parrot AR.Drone, the iPhone / iPad touch-controlled quadricopter that, when it finally ships later in 2010, will be one of the hottest geek toys on the market.
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Is_this_the_coolest_iPhone_accessory_ever_made'; TUAW bloggers Mike Schramm, Dave Caolo, Steve Sande, and David Winograd visited with the oh-so-lucky dudes from Parrot yesterday pre-Macworld, and had a chance to try our hands at flying this incredible little device. No, we don't know what this is going to cost, nor do we know when it will ship other than "in 2010," but if you have your geek on, you're going to want one [...]
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25) Ask TUAW: iPad VGA out, changing keyboard shortcuts, Time Capsule worries, and more
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/ask-tuaw-ipad-vga-out-changing-keyboard-shortcuts-time-capsul/
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about changing keyboard shortcuts in Keynote, the iPad's dock to VGA adapter, Time Capsule failures, Mac-compatible scanners, iPhone voice control, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify), or if it's an iPhone-related question, which iPhone version and OS version you have.
Josh asks
Here's a simple one. I'm using iWork '08, making a presentation in Keynote (as I do frequently). I enjoy listening to music in iTunes while working. When I go to [...]
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26) Apple rolling out $1 TV shows for iPad launch?
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/apple-rolling-out-1-tv-shows-for-ipad-launch/
Filed under: iTunes, iPadAccording to a story posted by the Financial Times on Wednesday, Apple may be in talks with studios to bring $1 TV shows to iTunes, as part of the official iPad launch. Apparently this will be a test to model for the company to see whether cheaply-priced content will spur sales. Given yesterday's news about declining iTunes music growth due to higher prices, I'm betting it will.
The story goes on to claim that Apple has been engaged in secret talks with major networks for the past few months, to cut prices on standard definition TV shows in half -- currently priced at $1.99. The reason behind this move is the iPad's 4:3 aspect ratio, ideally suited for standard def content which Apple hopes consumers will eagerly download at a buck a pop.
True or not, I just hope we see this long-rumored $30 subscription model we've been hearing about, so I can finally tell [...]
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