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1) Flickr faster with Flickit Pro
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/flickr-faster-with-flickit-pro/
Filed under: Multimedia, iPhone, App ReviewI love Flickr (and alliteration, apparently). That is, I love Flickr on my desktop, and often on my Apple TV. I've never really been in love with the mobile experience, mostly due to long wait times and cumbersome navigation. When Mike Bernardo from Green Volcano Software contacted me about Flickit Pro, his Flickr app for the iPhone, I was definitely game to try it. I bought a copy the same day in the hopes that it would bring a little joy to my mobile Flickring.
We've played with Photon before, so we know that Green Volcano knows how to make photo handling fluid and fast. That interface dexterity carries over to the iPhone app. I was impressed by the overall aesthetics, and as I played with it I quickly confirmed that it wasn't just eye candy. There are little details that made me smile, and then ask, "Why all apps don't do things like this?" [...]
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2) VeriFone credit card reader gets deal to be in Apple Stores
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/verifone-credit-card-reader-gets-deal-to-be-in-apple-stores/
Filed under: Hardware, Peripherals, Apple, iPhone
The Square credit card reader for the iPhone has gotten most of the buzz around here, especially after we saw that impressive demo at Macworld a few weeks ago. But VeriFone's competing reader has been given the green light by Apple itself: the unit has been granted a deal for shelf space. VeriFone will be selling its PAYware Mobile units inside Apple's retail stores coming up as soon as the end of March.
I'm not quite sure what the reasoning is behind this one on Apple's side, as the PAYware service seems to be a little more clunky than the Square solution: you have to pay both an activation fee and a monthly fee on top of the per-payment charge that Square asks for, and the reader itself is much bigger, taking up the iPhone's dock rather than just using the headphone port like Square's. Whatever Apple saw in them, you'll be able to [...]
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3) TomTom submits updated app for Apple review
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/tomtom-submits-updated-app-for-apple-review/
Filed under: Odds and ends, Airport, iPhone, iPod touchThe makers of the TomTom app for the iPhone have let us know that they've submitted an updated version that adds real-time traffic information, Google local search, and even some secret features the company isn't talking about yet.
The TomTom app was eagerly sought out last year, but of late has fallen a bit behind market leader Navigon. This new release, with real-time info and Google local, will give both apps rough feature parity.
The current TomTom app is on sale for U.S. $49.99 at the app store (U.S. maps only) and it includes a "free update to the new version as soon as its available." That would indicate that some or all of the new features will be an extra charge for current owners.
Version 1.3 will be available as soon as it passes through the App Store vetting process.
[Thanks to Steve H. for the tip]
TUAWTomTom [...]
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4) Siri updated for iPod touch and gets some new features
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/siri-updated-for-ipod-touch-and-gets-some-new-features/
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touchSiri for the iPhone was quite a hit when it came out earlier this year. You could ask it questions like, "where is the best pizza nearby?" and Siri would find the answer. My favorite response was when I asked if there was a God, and Siri gave me directions to the nearest churches.
As much as people loved the app, iPod touch owners were left out in the cold. Not now. The app has been updated to run on the iPod touch with OS version 3.0 or above. And if you've already been using it, the app has been improved with more data, a larger vocabulary and some improvements to its reasoning algorithms.
You can also give it integer math problems and you'll get an answer. The app uses Microsoft Instant Answers from Bing for the heavy lifting.
Siri uses the speech recognition from Nuance Communications, which also powers the Dragon [...]
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5) Judge suspends Apple/Nokia lawsuit pending ITC investigation
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/judge-suspends-apple-nokia-lawsuit-pending-itc-investigation/
Filed under: Hardware, Software, AppleWith all of the furor around the gigantic patent lawsuit that Apple dropped on HTC this week, you might be forgiven for forgetting about the first big patent smackdown of the year, the lawsuit that Nokia laid at Apple's door. But a judge in Delaware hasn't -- he ordered a suspension to both the case and its countersuit while the International Trade Commission works out the complaints between the two companies.
Clearly Nokia and Apple have it out for one another, but apparently they're going to take it one step at a time. Once the ITC has completed its probe, which was scheduled to take 45 days after it agreed to perform the investigation on February 22nd, then the lawsuit will presumably move forward. That's if it's still on and not settled by then, although Nokia seems in it to win it, and Apple apparently has enough bandwidth (and legal fees) to [...]
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6) Daily Deals for March 5, 2010
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/daily-deals-for-march-5-2010/
Filed under: DealsIt's refurbished Mac madness today! Today's deals via our friends at DealNews....
Ending today, ExperCom offers the Apple iMac Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 21.5" Desktop, model no. MB950LL/A, upgraded to 8GB RAM and bundled with three years of AppleCare for $1,399.
The Apple Store again has six factory-refurbished Apple Mac Pro workstations on sale in its Special Deals section, with prices starting at $2,149.
B&H Photo-Video offers the Apple iMac 24" Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz 24" Desktop, model no. MB419LL/A, upgraded with the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse for $1,299.95 with free shipping.
The Apple Store has stock of four factory-refurbished previous- and current-generation Apple Aluminum iMac Desktops in its Special Deals section.
TUAWDaily Deals for March 5, 2010 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 [...]
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7) revMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/revmobile-write-iphone-and-ipad-apps-without-knowing-objective/
Filed under: Developer, iPhone, iPad
One of the biggest barriers to entry for people who want to develop their own iPhone apps is the requirement to actually know how to program in Objective C. Runtime Revolution (AKA RunRev) has been developing and marketing a HyperCard-like development environment since 1997. To quote the company's site, "Rev uses plain-English words and phrases for most of its operations, eliminating the obscure symbols and complicated structures required of other programming languages. Rev is easy to learn and use, requires 90% less code, and can deliver a 10-fold increase in productivity over traditional languages."
What does this have to do with developing for iPhone and iPad? The answer is simple -- the company is stretching the development environment to the mobile computing market with a new product, currently in pre-alpha, called revMobile. For developers [...]
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8) AAPL hits intra-day all time high, headline writers scrounge thesauri for 'stratospheric' synonyms
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/aapl-hits-intra-day-all-time-high-headline-writers-scrounge-the/
Filed under: Apple Financial
Apple's announcement earlier today of an on-sale date and presales for the iPad seems to have struck a major chord with investors. Never mind the fact that April 3 only equals "late March" for unusually large values of March; when it comes to magical & revolutionary, Wall Street votes "yes, please" with a record intraday high for AAPL. The stock hit $219.70 at 1:14pm this afternoon, and is on track to remain above yesterday's close of $210.71.
Apple investors who bought in 5 years ago, when the stock traded around $40 -- or even those who sought a bargain in January 2009, and picked up some shares in the mid-$80s -- are undoubtedly delighted. Just in today's trading, Apple's market capitalization is up over $7.5 billion dollars, at around $198B total; compare to Google's 138B$180B, HP's $123B, and IBM's $165B. Not too shabby.
Update: Closed at $219. Jim [...]
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9) Found Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/found-footage-dalek-controlled-by-iphone-accelerometer/
Filed under: Humor, Found Footage, iPhone
Self-respecting science fiction fans will remember the Daleks. They're the mutant alien villains from the Doctor Who television series with armored casing, warbling voices and a penchant for extermination.
Steve at BotBuilder is a fellow fan who combined his love of sci-fi and bots into the iPhone-controlled Dalek you see above. In what he calls "a cool and ultimately pointless experiment," Steve uses the iPhone to send messages to the board in the Dalek over Wi-Fi which, in turn, operate servos and lights up LEDs. The cool part is that he can move the bot about using the iPhone's accelerometer.
This isn't the first iPhone-powered remote control device we've seen of course (The Parrot AR.Drone was clearly our favorite), but it delights us as Dr. Who fans. Well done, Steve!
[Via Cult Of Mac]TUAWFound Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone [...]
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10) Highest-resolution Earth photo looks familiar for a reason
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/highest-resolution-earth-photo-looks-familiar-for-a-reason/
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, Apple HistoryLast month, Gizmodo posted an incredible image from NASA: The most accurate, highest-resolution photo of Earth taken to date. It's stunning, in all of its 2048 x 2048 pixel glory. In fact, there are two images: One showing the Americas and one showing Europe. Both make a great desktop image.
They're also oddly familiar, and now Gizmodo confirms what many suspected: It's the same Earth image that's welcomed new users to the iPhone since its launch in 2007.
NASA noted that the image has been public since 2002, and is the results of many months of work. "Using a collection of satellite-based observations," NASA shares on their Flickr page, "scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of [...]
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11) Reiner Knizia's Money app worth spending time with
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/reiner-knizias-money-app-worth-spending-time-with/
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewThe iPhone is shaped a little bit like a deck of cards. Like a deck of cards, Apple's little magic toy device can be used to play any one of a number of different games. Unlike standard cards though, the iPhone can easily transform into specific decks of cards from the Eurogame world.
We recently took a look at the iPhone version of Reiner Knizia's card game Poison and there are a slew of other "decks" (ok, programs) available in the App Store. Today, we turn our focus to the card game Money [$1.99, iTunes link], which might be the best card game app out there. In the near future, we'll be reviewing Mü and some other card games, so the position is not secured forever. Still, of the iPhone card game apps we've played so far, Money is our hands down favorite. Continue reading to see how this clever bidding game won our heart and why we're [...]
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12) Ask TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/ask-tuaw-file-ownership-and-permissions-converting-flv-and-ogg/
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about changing file ownership and permissions, adding two external displays to a MacBook Pro, converting OGG and FLV files on an older Mac, transferring a Time Machine backup to a new disk, 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.
Juan asks
I was getting sick of my startup speed and huge libraries of each program so I decided to start sort of "from new" What I did: [...]
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13) "Sockintosh" power adapter foot cozy keeps your feet warm, might light you on fire
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/sockintosh-power-adapter-foot-cozy-keeps-your-feet-warm-might/
Rachael Burns, based on her knitting abilities, will make an excellent grandma some day. She's knitted a pretty sweet foot cozy that turns your Apple power adapter into a foot warming device. Rachel says she knitted the aptly-named Sockintosh after realizing she constantly used her power adapter to keep her feet warm.
Rachel is quick to point out that the Sockintosh was knitted as a joke. "Your power adapter should be kept very well ventilated for safety reasons. Don't set fire to yourself please. And don't tell me to go and die thank you."
So readers, remember, don't go making your own Sockintosh because you could burn to death and don't tell Rachel to die because she's got a bright future as a grandma who knits ugly Christmas sweaters for her grandchildren who were hoping for that new iPad instead.
TUAW"Sockintosh" power adapter foot cozy keeps your feet warm, might light you on [...]
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14) Sausage stylus comes to the US
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/sausage-stylus-comes-to-the-us/
Filed under: Accessories, iPhoneIt was a little less than a month ago when news broke of a South Korean company called CJ Corporation noticing a sharp increase in sales of their frozen sausages. CJ did some digging around and it turned out the good people of South Korea were using their sausages as iPhone styluses. Someone who was sick of taking their gloves off in the cold Korean winter to use their iPhone found out that the sausages were electrostatically compatible with the iPhone's touch screen, and nearly as effective as using a human finger.
South Korea is one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet. Anything they're doing, we want. And now we can have it. CaseCrown, a company that sells iPhone cases, has acquired a large shipment of the Korean sausages. They are on sale for a limited time for only 99 cents (down from $3.99). So if you don't mind carrying a [...]
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15) iPad ships April 3. Preorders start March 12
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/ipad-ships-april-3-preorders-start-march-12/
Filed under: AppleToday Apple announced that the iPad will ship in April, writing that the device will "be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April." Consumers will be able to pre-order their units starting March 12th, with pick-up at Apple retail stores.
With Apple's reportedly limited stock, will pre-orders work the way they did with the iPhone 3GS? Namely, will your reservation get you first shot at an iPad pick-up until stocks run out? Or have analysts "misunderestimated" (in the words of a certain American Idol judge) supplies, and there will be iPads available for everyone who wants to lay down the cash, starting at $499 plus local tax? There are no firm answers at this [...]
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16) Apple job listing hints at official App Store advertising
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/apple-job-listing-hints-at-official-app-store-advertising/
Filed under: Apple Corporate, DeveloperA little over a month ago, Steve Jobs blasted Google at an Apple Town Hall meeting for entering Apple's territory. "We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business," Jobs told employees. "Make no mistake: they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them [...] This 'don't be evil' mantra? It's bullshit." Notice Jobs didn't say, "We didn't enter the ad business."
A recent Apple job listing for a Senior Interactive Web Developer pretty much confirms that Apple is entering the mobile advertising business head on. The listing begins "Apple advertising is an opportunity to redefine the advertising on mobile devices. It's an exciting environment and a fast-paced development organization. We're looking for an experienced interactive developer." The successful applicant will be responsible for developing the front end web UI [...]
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17) Gartner: iPad will "change entire PC ecosystem"
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/05/gartner-ipad-will-change-entire-pc-ecosystem/
Filed under: iPadGartner's latest forecast is projecting global PC shipments will total 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from 305.8 million units shipped in 2009, with global PC spending forecast to reach $245 billion in 2010, up 12.2 percent from 2009. These latest numbers don't only include traditional PC towers and laptops, however. Garnter believes that netbooks and tablets will comprise a significant portion of the 366 million PC expected to ship this year - and they believe the iPad will help change the entire PC ecosystem.
"User requirements are clearly segmenting, and the mini-notebook proved this point," said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst at Gartner. "Vendors can no longer afford to just think in terms of traditional PC form factors or architectures. With the rise of Web-delivered applications, many users no longer need a traditional PC running a resident [...]
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