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- iPhone/iPod touch debrickification clinic
Filed under: How-tos, iTunes, Troubleshooting, iPhone, Liveblog, iPod touch
Got troubles? Feeling the mobile device blues? Is your iPhone or iPod touch seemingly bricked without a recovery solution after the 3.1 update? Join us for an informal, interactive debricking-clinic this evening (14 September, 9:30pm ET) for hands-on therapy. We'll look into a variety of fix-it lore that may (or, sadly, may not) help you get your device back to working order. Check in with the discussion to see whether there's a tip that might help.
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TUAWiPhone/iPod touch debrickification clinic originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple aims to ease iPhone purchasing at the Apple Store
While Apple has taken many steps to make the iPhone easier and more available to purchase, Apple could take more steps to make the process easier and quicker. MacRumors is reporting that Apple is about implement "iPhone Activation Zones" inside Apple Stores. They would included employees, which will be known as "iPhone Experts," who will be identified by unique clothing and name tags, and will be dedicated to activating and setting up iPhones for customers. Also, customers would be able to pre-authorize their purchase online and have their iPhone almost ready for them to purchase in-store. These optimizations could come as early as tomorrow, so keep your eye out for any changes.TUAWApple aims to ease iPhone purchasing at the Apple Store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - TUAW - Apple Store - Unofficial Apple WeblogПереслать - What's up, Dock? Give your Dock a little class with Dock Library
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Odds and ends, Snow Leopard
Let's face it; the Mac OS X Dock is pretty boring. I mean, other than the little glowing blue LED underneath active applications that a lot of people can't see anyway, it's just a boring, opaque white reflective shelf. Wouldn't you like to add some excitement to it?
Well, you still can't relive the glory of your high school athletic prowess and put that dusty third-place trophy for shot-put on the shelf, but you can make the Dock look nicer with Dock Library. It's a shareware application from Dative Studios that enables quick switching of your Dock styles. TUAW covered this little application in 2008, but we have a lot of new readers who may not be aware of how Dock Library works.
Dock Library doesn't come with a bunch of built-in styles; for those, you need to go to sites such as LeopardDocks.com or LeopardDocks.net, both of which have a variety of free Dock templates ranging from the commonplace to the absurd.
After installing Dock Library, I chose the nice "Coffee Table Rounded" Dock design (see below), which looks like beautifully finished wood and has rounded corners. What's really nice is that those blue LEDs really show up under my active applications now, and that Dock Library works with Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard with no issues.
I'm curious to find out what bizarre or cool Dock templates our readers would like to see -- your ideas might be just the thing to stimulate some creative designer to submit a new template to the LeopardDocks sites. Leave your comments below.
[via Download Squad and Sizlopedia]TUAWWhat's up, Dock? Give your Dock a little class with Dock Library originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Mac OS X - Apple - Operating system - Shareware - Snow LeopardПереслать - WebKit going 3D with WebGL
Filed under: Gaming, Internet Tools
There will be a day in the not-too-distant future when playing 3D games in your browser -- without extra plugins like Flash or Unity -- will be a reality.
The WebGL project, which has quickly made the blogging rounds this morning, combines aspects of HTML 5, JavaScript, and the OpenGL 3D drawing engine in an effort to create 3D graphics that appear right in your browser. Thus far, it's only beginning to show up in WebKit (the engine powering Safari and Google Chrome), but the glimpses as seen in the video above really show the power in these browsers.
[Via Download Squad]TUAWWebKit going 3D with WebGL originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Google Chrome - Safari - WebKit - JavaScript - 3D computer graphicsПереслать - Why iTunes needs to offer an album-based subscription service
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iTS
One of the key announcements to come out of Apple's "It's only rock and roll, but I like it" event on September 9th was iTunes LP. As implied in its name, iTunes LP seeks to provide a more rich album experience, something that has taken a backseat given the decline of physical albums.iTunes LP includes features typically found on physical albums, such as liner notes and photos, as well as exclusive video content. One of the goals of iTunes LP is to resuscitate album sales, which have been struggling in the iTunes age of à la carte individual track sales. While iTunes LP provides a means to resuscitate the album, an album-based subscription service would further this goal even more.
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TUAWWhy iTunes needs to offer an album-based subscription service originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - ITunes - TUAW - LP album - Unofficial Apple WeblogПереслать - MacBook Car-nage: Surviving a drive-over
Filed under: Hardware, MacBook
Yesterday, I had a distraught customer come into the store and lay the remains of a black MacBook (13-inch Early 2008) on the front counter. My immediate thought was that the machine had been trashed and was just at the shop to be recycled.
I asked the customer what happened and he explained that it had been run over by a car. At this point I thought to myself, "Yikes, there's gotta be a story behind this one." As it turns out, it was just an unfortunate accident of forgetfulness. He just returned home from a road trip and set the machine down to bring in a load from the car. After being inside for a bit, he came out and decided to check his mailbox, which was just down the road. He stepped into the car, backed up and... CAR-NAGE!
What's most amazing here isn't the accident, but what he discovered when he tried to power up the MacBook. Even after having a car completely crush it, it still worked. When the customer told me this, I couldn't believe it. I opened the display -- which you can see is absolutely smashed in the picture -- and pressed the power button. To my excited surprise, the machine turned on and booted into Leopard.
After running a full suite of diagnostics on the machine, I found it needed a display assembly, optical drive, and optical drive bezel (the part of the inner frame that the discs go through). All of that was cheaper than getting a new machine, so I went to work. It took me a couple hours and some frame bending here and there, but after all was said and done, I gave the customer back a machine that would pass any warranty inspection at the Genius Bar. See the gallery for more pictures!
Disclaimer: The Unofficial Apple Weblog cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage done to your computer by cars. Just because we think it's cool that it may survive doesn't mean you should go out and crush your MacBook.
TUAWMacBook Car-nage: Surviving a drive-over originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - TUAW - MacBook - Unofficial Apple Weblog - Optical disc driveПереслать - Desert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide
Filed under: iPod Family, iPod touch, App Review
A number of weeks ago we went on a vacation to Las Vegas, and I was curious to see if an app can replace a traditional tour book. I picked the most respected tour book I knew, Frommer's Las Vegas 2009 by Mary Herczog; and an iPhone/iPod touch app called Vegas Mate [iTunes Link] which trucks on years of experience and data from an established Las Vegas review site.
The Vegas Mate app sells for $4.99 and is almost wonderful. It provides a wealth of immediate information. From the Concierge button you can get current Las Vegas news. It's always interesting to read what's going on behind the glitz. There's a listing of all the events and shows, along with where and when they are playing.
The Nearby button uses the GPS function to give you a listing of the hotels, restaurants and activities with the closest ones displayed first.
Tapping the Hotels button gives you a list of hotels on or off the Strip or a full listing. Tapping on a hotel brings up a screen with information including basic cost, the nearest Monorail station and a fairly useless map with stick pins representing what's around, but no walking directions. Squeeze the screen and you'll get a lot of real estate on the map, but the unmarked stick pins didn't seem remotely useful.
What was useful was a history of each hotel, a live phone number, and a listing of all the restaurants in the hotel. Tap on one and it'll tell you if the place is open, a few paragraphs about each, a phone number and sometimes even a menu (which can take quite awhile to load using 3G). The most valuable part to me was user ratings of just about everything.
Since Ratevegas.com has been around for years, users post reviews and those show up in the app. This was useful since we found that the Criss Angel show was rated poorly by most all reviewers. We had advance tickets and the consensus was right on the money. We also found that the new house show at the Mirage, Terry Fator, who won the TV show 'America's Got Talent,' was terrific; although we had never heard of him, we bit, and it was one of the best shows we saw all week. This is very very good stuff.
Tapping on the Restaurant button delivers an alphabetical listing with a useful red or green symbol telling you whether the place is open or closed in real time. You can filter restaurants by cost from $ to $$$$$ which is just a rough indication, since there is no legend accompanying the dollar signs. Other information includes listings of shows and nightlife.
Update: An earlier version of this post noted that the app states that "most of the MGM/Mirage board are about to be indicted for insider trading." Further research pointed out that the information contained in the statement is three years out of date, so we have removed the offending statement. Our apologies to the MGM Mirage hotel and casino for this error.Continue reading Desert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide
TUAWDesert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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