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1) iPad game announcements out early and often
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/ipad-game-announcements-out-early-and-often/
Filed under: iPad
The trickle of iPad games released last week has now become a flood of iPad software news. Everybody is climbing over themselves to get the word out there about launch titles. Mobile Entertainment has what's probably the biggest news: another new swarm of titles has been found in the App Store's database, including iPad versions of the popular Fieldrunners and Flick Fishing games. Fieldrunners is a little more expensive than the iPhone version, at US$7.99, while Flick Fishing is one the few iPhone games keeping its price, logging in at $2.99.
Words with Friends HD has also been announced, and it looks excellent -- big, bright, and beautiful on the iPad's screen. The extra space also gives a little more breathing room for chatting while playing with friends. There's not a lot of actual information about the game out yet, but we presume that you will be able to play [...]
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2) First Look: Game Table for the iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/first-look-game-table-for-the-ipad/
Filed under: iPad
Here's some screenshots for another upcoming iPad app called Game Table. The app brings Checkers, Chess, and various card games onto Apple's tablet with detailed graphics and an "intuitive" interface -- the developers claim it's like carrying full board games around with you, but without all the little pieces and doodads.
Unfortunately, that also means that you don't actually "play" any games on the device -- it's just a series of boards and interactive pieces for them, so it's up to you as the player to determine how you want to actually move them around. That could be either a benefit (if you have a weird variation of poker or chess that you like to play that wouldn't normally be found in a mobile game, there you go) or a hindrance, if you'd rather your board game action be a little bit more guided. But the price is right -- the Game Table is set to release for just [...]
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3) Gamesalad supports iPad game development
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/gamesalad-supports-ipad-game-development/
Filed under: iPad
The folks over at Gamesalad have announced that they're releasing iPad functionality on their super-simple game development platform. They've already offered an iPhone development service for just 99 dollars, and now their system will export games directly to the iPad in the same type of way.
I've never actually used their app, though we did get to see in action on the floor at Macworld earlier this year. It seems super simple -- you just drag and drop sprites onto a 2D field and set up different behaviors for each one. If you've been itching to make a game, but aren't quite ready to dive in to punching out code, this might be a good place to start.TUAWGamesalad supports iPad game development originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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4) First Look: Sudoku Real Edition
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/first-look-sudoku-real-edition/
Filed under: iPad
According to its developers David Jones and Amy Burton, Sudoku Real Edition offers a game play experience that aims to be "as real as possible, almost as if you bought a Sudoku book and sat down at a table to play." As this sneak peek video shows, that goal is not too far off the mark.
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Priced at $2.99, this new iPad app was built using real world graphics that were digitized for game play. If you're into Sudoku, you'll probably be impressed by this application's beautifully designed interfaces. It's nice to see how thoroughly the developers created a custom iPad experience.
One discordant note is that they used standard Apple switches (ON-OFF buttons) in their Settings dialog instead of creating a custom choice control that better matched their other UI [...]
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5) Apple to charge for future iPad OS updates
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/apple-to-charge-for-future-ipad-os-updates/
Filed under: iPadThe Golden Master version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK has begun making its way to developers -- it's the shipping version of the software that these devs must use to create their killer iPad apps. At the same time Apple made the GM version of the SDK available, they also posted two other new files including an iPad firmware restore file (useless without an iPad) and the end-user licensing agreement (EULA) for iPad.
What's unique about the file containing the EULA is that it shows that future OS updates for iPad may not be free. Paraphrasing the statement, it says that Apple will provide free iPad OS updates from time to time, up to and including the next major iPad OS release following the version that the iPad shipped with. The example notes that if the iPad shipped with iPad 3.x software, Apple would provide free updates up to and including 4.0.
The common [...]
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6) Greystripe bringing Flash (ads) to iPhone and iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/greystripe-bringing-flash-ads-to-iphone-and-ipad/
Filed under: iPadWell the good news is: Flash is going to be on the iPhone and iPad. The bad news is that it's going to be only for ads.
Greystripe, a rich media mobile advertising network, has announced that a system called "iFlash ad units" will launch in May. The tech allows advertisers to deliver their ads to the Apple devices which, of course, don't support Flash. According to a company news release, Greystripe takes ads created using Flash and transcodes them to run on the iPhone and iPad, presumably in other companies' applications. The company has been delivering ads to the iPhone using this method already. And now an updated version will hit the iPhone and the iPad, including full screen ads.
Many advertisers believe Flash-delivered ads have higher awareness and are more effective. But ads are ads -- the code behind them is just code, and of course it depends on the [...]
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7) Don't panic over these iPad delivery exceptions
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/dont-panic-over-these-ipad-delivery-exceptions/
Filed under: iPadLots of TUAW readers have written in today, worried about their iPad deliveries. Since they received shipment notices, many folks have been tracking their progress, and are now seeing messages like:
UPS INTERNAL ACTIVITY.
SHIPMENT IS HELD TO VERIFY COMMODITY DESCRIPTION WITH THE CUSTOMER FOR CORRECT CLASSIFICATION
"Your package has experienced an exception"
If you received one of these notices, you are not alone. Apple has taken similar measures in the past to make sure that deliveries do not arrive before the official release date. In fact, Boy Genius Report suggests that Apple is purposefully withholding clearance papers for the iPads to make sure that they are not delivered early.
As anxious as these next few days of waiting will be, and as nerve-racking as it is when this is your iPad, I fully expect that 99.99% of the iPads scheduled for delivery on Saturday [...]
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8) iPhoto update, Bonjour Print Services available for Windows users
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/iphoto-update-bonjour-print-services-available-for-windows-user/
Filed under: iLifeAlong with the iTunes update, iPhoto '09 users will also see an upgrade to 8.1.2 sitting in their Software Update right now -- namely to fix import and syncing issues with the iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. Canon printer and scanner users will also have the latest software for their products installed.
You can pick up the 12.9mb update right now in the Software Update app.
Windows users can also download Bonjour Print Services to discover and configure Bonjour-enabled printers using the Bonjour Printer Wizard.
Thanks to those who tipped us off!TUAWiPhoto update, Bonjour Print Services available for Windows users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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9) iTunes updates to 9.1, adds syncing for iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/itunes-updates-to-9-1-adds-syncing-for-ipad/
Filed under: iTunesWhen our mailbox explodes, you know an Apple release has come out -- and today has proven no different as iTunes updates to version 9.1, introducing many features that are compatible with the iPad including:
iPad syncing
Organizing and syncing books downloaded from iBooks
Rename, rearrange or remove Genius Mixes
All of those features were predicted yesterday, but it's nice to see them up and running in the application officially. iTunes 9.1 is available now via Software Update. We're ready for the iPad -- bring it on!
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
TUAWiTunes updates to 9.1, adds syncing for iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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10) Woz to buy two iPads
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/woz-to-buy-two-ipads/
Filed under: iPadNewsweek chatted with one Steve Wozniak the week before the iPad launch, and unsurprisingly, he's going all-in on the new device, and planning on picking up (at least) two, one WiFi and one 3G. He's ordered them up online already, but he says he'll still be stopping by an Apple Store on Friday evening, to "wait in line, just for fun." What a guy.
He actually says he didn't think the iPad was for him, since he already had an iPhone, but he says that after thinking about it, he really is excited about the bigger screen and browsing. He also is sure that it will be popular with students and even people who aren't necessarily computer literate. "The iPad simplifies things," he says wisely. "It's like a restart. We all say we want things to be simpler. All of a sudden we have this simple thing."
Sounds good. When the iPhone launched, Woz was at the San Jose Apple Store, we [...]
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11) "Godfather" of iPod leaves Apple for greener pastures
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/godfather-of-ipod-leaves-apple-for-greener-pastures/
Filed under: iPod FamilyTony Fadell first envisioned a hard drive-based digital music player in the 1990s. He took his idea to Real Networks only to leave six weeks later after reports of in-fighting between himself and Real's CEO. After several years, Fadell took his idea to Steve Jobs and in 2001, Apple and Tony's idea made tech history.
Fadell was put in charge of the iPod/iPhone division in 2006 when he replaced Jon Rubinstein who left Apple to build the Pre with Palm. In 2008, Fadell officially stepped down from his role as division manager, but would remain at Apple to stay on as a special adviser to Steve Jobs.
That advisory roll ended yesterday. Fadell announced to the New York Times that he was leaving Apple to advise other companies with a focus on green technology. "My primary focus will be helping the environment by working with consumer green-tech companies," Fadell said. [...]
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12) First Look: Neon Wallpaper for iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/first-look-neon-wallpaper-for-ipad/
Filed under: iPad
Newly "Beta 5 approved" according to AppVision Product Director Mark Chamberlain, Neon Wallpaper for iPad lets you create backdrops for your new device. As this video shows, you can combine elements of pictures and text to build your own personalized wallpaper. This, like so many App Store offerings, is going to be a "matter of taste" application. Either it does exactly what you want, namely to create strongly styled images, or it does not and you'll give it a pass.
The reason this video jumped out at me is how the AppVision developers took advantage of the iPad's large screen space to lay out a complex tool space. There's nothing really novel in terms of their choice of interactive elements (also called "controls") -- they are quite standard SDK offerings -- but the app showcases how many of them you can put onscreen at once while keeping the interface relatively [...]
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13) Wait. How much did you pay for your iPad?
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/wait-how-much-did-you-pay-for-your-ipad/
Filed under: iPadEconomic hardship? What's that? If the recession affected you as much as it did that rock on your villa grounds, have I got an iPad for you. For a mere US$20,000 you can order the Diamond iPad.
The 64GB 3G iPad is modded by Mervis Diamond Importers and features 11.43 carats of diamonds set in a micro-pave styling. If you're the kind of guy that wants to one-up the friend who's always bragging about the latest tech he got on launch day, this is how you do it.
Besides, is $20,000 that much? Not when you compare it to the $3.2 million dollar gold iPhone. And the Diamond iPad's screen is so much larger...
Still not enough for you? Check out the gold-plated MacBook Air (a mere $5,000) and MacBook Pro ($1,200).
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14) First Look: dPad drum sequencer for iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/first-look-dpad-drum-sequencer-for-ipad/
Filed under: iPad
I'm not a big drums person. I have no rhythm. I wouldn't know a drum kit if I tripped over one. Overly complicated interfaces confuse and scare me. Nevertheless, I thought I'd bring you this sneak peek video from Stu Helm, who ex-TUAWian Dave Chartier tells me is renown for "Agile and International Mac Podcast fame." I know that a certain subset of you (1) wear jeans with dark, rock & roll-themed tee-shirts, (2) do have some sort of functional relationship with music and rhythm, and (3) will actually enjoy playing with a dark, minimally designed, overly-complicated series of dots to build drum sequences.
Although it's pretty feature-limited for an app that's supposed to debut at US$3.99, the developers promise to keep enhancing the app going forward. They are looking to add in-app purchases for drum sound packs, a left-handed use mode, sequence saving and loading [...]
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15) Apple App Store app launches on Facebook
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/apple-app-store-app-launches-on-facebook/
Filed under: App StoreNo, Apple isn't making Facebook apps. They've launched the App Store within a Facebook app. As the LA Times reports, the App Store app/fan page was created by Apple and Vitrue, a social media company, and allows Facebook users to browse the App Store's 170,000+ apps from right in Facebook. When Facebook users find an app they like, they simply click the "Get App" button and are taken to the App Store in iTunes. The App Store Facebook page first launched a little over two weeks ago, but this is the first we've heard of Vitrue's involvement.
From a viral marketing perspective, the best feature of this App Store in Facebook app is the "Share" button that sits next to every app. When a Facebook user finds an app they like, they can simply click the "Share" button and post a link to that app on their wall, or send a link to the app as a message. This mimics the [...]
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16) And so it begins... Seton Hill University to give all students an iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/and-so-it-begins-seton-hill-university-to-give-all-students-a/
Filed under: iPadWe were talking about this the other day in the virtual "back room" at TUAW -- when would the first university announce that they were going to give every one of their students an iPad?
It didn't take too long. Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania has announced that starting in Fall, 2010, every full-time student will get an iPad as part of the Seton Hill Griffin (that's the school's mascot) Technology Advantage Program. According to TUAW reader Dirk, who tipped us to this announcement, "Students will be able to download their textbooks to their iPads from the iBook Store. In addition, iPads can be used as phones and for air and file sharing, as well as note-taking."
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17) Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac screenshots leaked
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/microsoft-office-2011-for-mac-screenshots-leaked/
Filed under: Software
BoyGeniusReport has posted a series of screen shots from the next version of Microsoft Office for the Mac. The screen shots show the updated versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They also show the first look at the new Outlook for Mac, which replaces Entourage. The screen shots show how the ribbon display, first brought to the PC version of Office in 2007, will be implemented on the Mac. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit first previewed Office for Mac 2011 in February. Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is being rewritten entirely in Cocoa and is expected to ship later this year. Click on over to BoyGenius for the full gallery.TUAWMicrosoft Office 2011 for Mac screenshots leaked originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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18) 10.6.3 update makes Snow Leopard blood-free
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/10-6-3-update-makes-snow-leopard-blood-free/
Filed under: HumorWhen you compare the snow leopard that graces the front of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard box with the same picture that's in your Mac's built-in desktop pictures, you'll notice a very subtle difference... assuming you're running a version of Snow Leopard prior to 10.6.3, that is. In earlier versions of Snow Leopard, the big cat in the OS's desktop pictures has some slight flecks of blood on its lower jaw, and its lower teeth are also slightly visible. The same picture has been "cleaned up" for the front of the Snow Leopard retail box, as well as the install disc itself; the blood has been removed, and the snow leopard's lower teeth have been Photoshopped out. I guess Apple thought that the original image was a little too menacing for its marketing purposes?
Left: Friendly neighborhood salescat. Right: Soulless, enraged killing machine?
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19) Navigon updates Mobile Navigator North America
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/navigon-updates-mobile-navigator-north-america/
Filed under: iPhoneThese Navigon guys really do constant upgrades and enhancements of this popular app. Today, the US$79.99 North American version of the Navigon iPhone app has added connections to Facebook and Twitter, along with Navigon MyRoutes.
According to the company, MyRoutes recommendations are based on the personal driving behavior of the user, the day of the week, and the time of day. MyRoutes always shows the best possible route for the driver on the basis of his or her driving behavior and by means of an optical "MyRoute" indicator. In addition to this recommended route, up to two alternatives are displayed.
Also added is the option to buy Panorama View 3D, which gives you a more topographic view of the terrain based on NASA data. That option is an in-app $9.99 purchase. The 3D views require an additional 580 MB download.
The Panorama, Facebook, and Twitter features [...]
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20) More pics and video of possible next-gen iPhone display leaked
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/more-pics-and-video-of-possible-next-gen-iphone-display-leaked/
Filed under: iPhoneBack in February, we showed you some leaked pics from iResQ that were supposedly pictures of the next-gen iPhone's front face. Now, SmartPhone Medic, another iPhone repair outfit, has released pictures and video of what appears to be almost the exact same next-gen iPhone faceplate that iResQ showed off. SmartPhone Medic's video shows a bubble-wrapped part being removed from packaging labelled as "OEM 4G LCD & DIGITIZER," along with some other lettering that I can't quite make out, which either says "IPB," "IPS," or possibly something else entirely.
Like the faceplate iResQ revealed in February, this faceplate is approximately 1/4 of an inch longer than the faceplate from the current iPhone 3GS, but SmartPhone Medic's video makes it much clearer where this extra 1/4 inch is coming from. The display dimensions on the "4G" LCD are exactly the same as those on the 3GS, [...]
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21) Algoriddim's djay Remote app available now
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/algoriddims-djay-remote-app-available-now/
Filed under: MusicOne of my favorite apps at Macworld Expo this past February was actually Algoriddim's djay 3 -- it's DJing software for the Mac that had a surprising amount of new features and fun UI elements even in one of the oldest and most-traveled of music software functions. One of the things I got to see during the hands-on was a tester version of an iPhone app they were working on, and now that app is finished and out on the App Store.
The price is US$4.99, which is actually a little high for a satellite application -- you must be running djay 3 on your Mac, and while there is a free trial, it would have been nice if they'd just released the iPhone app as a free add-on to the $50 app. But as you can see, it's a full controller for the app -- they have the vinyl artwork included, you can set cue points and tweak FX and audio levels from right within the app. Also, you can [...]
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22) Artist sells iPad art to buy an iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/30/artist-sells-ipad-art-to-buy-an-ipad2/
Filed under: Graphic Design
This is the kind of thing that's just clever enough to work once. Artist Andrew Fulton really wants an iPad (as do most of us), but he doesn't have the money to get one (likewise). So he's decided to try and sell some iPad-related art to raise money for his iPad. For as little as US$20 (just a duotone drawing) or as high as $125 (a full-color strip), you can commission and get an original piece of iPad-related artwork, drawn just for you. He's got a sample page of drawings, and while taste is always subjective, I have no doubt that he'll be able to get the iPad he wants.
Funny little idea, and maybe if you're willing to subsidize another iPad purchase and like his style, you can pick up a nice piece of original art for yourself. In the meantime, if anyone needs any iPad-related fiction, I'd be happy to put down a few thousand words for, say, $499 ...
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