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- TUAW Interview: Andrew Lacy of Tapulous on Tap Tap Revenge 3
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Features, iTunes, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, Music
By the time you read this, Tap Tap Revenge 3 should have made its way to the App Store. The latest version of the rhythm game/music platform for the iPhone and iPod touch is a huge release for Tapulous -- from the series' humble beginnings as a pre-App Store bit of code to the more recent incarnations of artist-specific music collections, Tapulous has taken Tap Tap a long way in the still short history of this gaming platform. And now they're trying to go even farther: they've introduced in-app purchases to the game (you can find a full list of songs available now as in-app purchases inside the interview below), and they've added in social features, from customizable avatars to in-game chat and score sharing.
Tapulous COO Andrew Lacy sat down to talk with us just before the release of the software, both about how he thinks consumers will react to the new business model, and what's next for Tapulous and this series that has come so far already. Tap Tap Revenge 3 should be in the App Store very soon -- it's available for 99 cents, with extra music packs at six songs for $2.99, or two songs for 99 cents.Continue reading TUAW Interview: Andrew Lacy of Tapulous on Tap Tap Revenge 3
TUAWTUAW Interview: Andrew Lacy of Tapulous on Tap Tap Revenge 3 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - appstore - Andrew Lacy - Apple - IPod Touch
Переслать - Report: 12% of US households own a Mac
Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, Switchers
A new NPD report says that 12% of US households now own a Mac of some kind. That's a nice gain -- just a year ago, back in 2008, the same stat was at 9 percent, so Apple has made nice jumps just in the last 12 months. But before you start crowing about Apple's impending superiority, here's another fact that might have you thinking twice: of those households, a whopping 85% also own a Windows computer. In fact, 66% of those Apple households actually own three computers or more. So many more Apple owners own more than one computer, and of those, it's pretty darn likely that one of them is still a Windows PC. That's certainly the case at my house (I own a Mac mini, a MacBook, and a PC), and I bet it's true for lots of you Mac users as well.
There is good news for Apple in terms of iPods however: 63% of Apple-owning households also have an iPod on hand, though I'd question whether that's chicken or egg: do they own an iPod because they owned a Mac or vice versa? Additionally, Apple users are more likely to have navigation systems in their cars, they're more likely to earn over $100,000, and they're likely to have twice as many gadgets as other users -- 48 gadgets on average for Mac owners, compared to 24 for the average consumer household.
While those stats are interesting, none of them seem super surprising -- Apple has a reputation for high-end gadgets, and so anyone who seeks out their products is going to pick up some other gadgets as well.TUAWReport: 12% of US households own a Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - MacMini - Unofficial Apple Weblog - Microsoft Windows - TUAWПереслать - Unboxing... an Apple job offer
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Odds and ends, Apple, Graphic Design
This is exactly the kind of thing we love to see here at TUAW (and thanks for sending it along, Danny) -- Glyph of the Twisted project got a job offer from Apple last week, and over on his blog, he posts a set of unboxing pics.
Which might sound silly (an unboxing for a new hire packet?), but when you're talking about Apple, it's worth it. It turns out they put nearly as much thought into the design of their paperwork as they do into the rest of their projects. From the iconic folder to the way it's organized, designed, and laid out, getting a job offer from Apple isn't just super exciting, it's apparently a thing of beauty.
To tell the truth, we half expected him to turn the folder over and see the words "Designed by Apple in California." Good luck to Glyph with his job, and it warms our hearts here as Apple fans at TUAW to see that something the company never expected to be shown to the public was assembled with such care and thought.TUAWUnboxing... an Apple job offer originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - Unofficial Apple Weblog - TUAW - AppleCorporate - Graphic designПереслать - Vonage releases VOIP app for iPhone
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
Vonage [iTunes link] today posted an app enabling cheap international calls using either Wi-Fi or the cellular network. Vonage Mobile for iPhone is free, but requires you set up an account with Vonage, even if you already have an account for your home or work phones.
Users can use their existing mobile numbers, contacts and device interface to place the calls. Just use your existing contact list and click and dial - no extra steps. Users also receive real-time balance updates to ensure they always make the calls they want. The app utilizes your existing cell phone number so people recognize who is calling.
The app supports:
- Lower international rates than traditional carriers
- Lets you use your existing contact list without taking extra steps
- Uses your existing cell phone number
There have been a lot of negative comments on this app from people who are already Vonage customers and were looking for integration of this app into their existing accounts, but there is no cross-over between the two.
TUAWVonage releases VOIP app for iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - App Store - Mobile phone - Voice over Internet ProtocolПереслать - Mac 101: Forward delete on a Mac laptop
Filed under: Tips and tricks, Mac 101
Welcome back to Mac 101, our series of tips for new and novice Mac users.
We've had a few questions about a forward delete functionality on Mac laptops lately, but the question isn't new. We realized that we sometimes take our readers for granted... little tips like this are actually huge news for a lot of the switchers in the audience. So if you know this, awesome! If not, here's a quick way to duplicate the forward delete functionality on a Mac laptop.
It's really simple: find the function key (it is abbreviated as fn) on the bottom left side of the keyboard. Hold down function and hit the delete key (fn+delete).
Yes, we know -- it's an extra step over a PC but your days of using the arrow keys to delete are over. There are a lot of arguments about why there isn't a dedicated key for that function and most of them focus on the aesthetics of the keyboard by keeping it minimal. If that means I hold function to forward delete, well, I'm OK with that. I think my keyboard is sexy.
Thanks, Logan!
TUAWMac 101: Forward delete on a Mac laptop originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - TUAW - Macintosh - Mac 101 - KeyboardПереслать - Psystar to pursue OEM licensing program despite legal woes
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Snow Leopard
Legal issues? What legal issues?
Psystar has announced that it plans to license its virtualization technology for OS X to third-party vendors despite its continuing legal issues with Apple. The Psystar OEM Licensing Program, designed to allow Intel machines to run Snow Leopard -- actually, certified machines from Psystar running the company's Darwin Universal Boot Loader -- can support up to six operating systems at a time in a single piece of hardware.
"Once a product is certified, consumers can purchase it off the shelf or through standard channels and when labeled Psystar Certified would allow the installation of Snow Leopard simply by inserting the retail OS X DVD," Psystar said in a press release issued today.
The cost of this licensing program is not available at this time.
Apple and Psystar go to trial in January 2010.
[MacDailyNews via Apple Insider]TUAWPsystar to pursue OEM licensing program despite legal woes originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: Apple - Snow Leopard - Operating system - TUAW - Unofficial Apple WeblogПереслать - Turn your Flash into iPhone apps with Flash Professional CS5
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, SDK, iPod touch
So there's still no Flash in Safari, but once Adobe hatches Flash Professional CS5 you'll be able to port your wacky Flash games or animations out to real, live iPhone/iPod touch apps. Yep, ActionScript 3 nerds rejoice: that tasty App Store pie will soon be yours, never minding the whole plug-in debate.
This is truly quite awesome in one regard, as it lowers the barrier to entry for some app developers, and will ease the port of some cool online games that we've seen floating around the interwebs. Then again, if you've spent a little time at places like Newgrounds.com, you will quickly see the dark side to this announcement from Adobe. All those crummy Flash toys online just got one step closer to coming to life on the App Store (we're guessing most will sell for the low, low price of $.99). At this rate there will be more apps than iPhones!
Still, back when I taught animation and game design, we had a lot of fun playing around in Flash for the powerful prototyping capabilities, if nothing else. It would have been cool to test games on the iPhone so easily. The video on Adobe's site looks pretty cool, with them touting the "responsiveness" of apps. Yeah, unlike the slowpoke performance my kids suffer on our G4 Mac when playing Flash games, eh? I get it -- when Unity 3D for iPhone came out there were problems with performance (it has matured nicely now), and any tool that exports in this way (turning an .fla into an .ipa, essentially) is bound to suffer from performance. Does anyone else find it ironic that a plug-in that was designed to make multimedia on the web lighter has become one of the most bloated? I digress.
No word on what SDK features are supported yet, but you can sign up for the demo when the beta starts. Those SDK features could be a killer, of course. If you can't leverage some of the features on the iPhone (multi-touch, GPS, camera, etc.) these may be relegated to the Entertainment category. One other thing to note about all the CS5 applications: they will be Intel-only, Cocoa and 64-bit native.
Update: Well, lookee there, apparently some games in the store have been using this already. Did you know South Park Avatar Creator was made using Flash? Amazing.TUAWTurn your Flash into iPhone apps with Flash Professional CS5 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - AppStore - Apple - IPod Touch - TUAWПереслать - Dear Aunt TUAW: Repurposing an old iPhone
Filed under: iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage
Dear Auntie T,
My father-in-law (long time reader) has the old original iPhone. He finally made the jump and got himself a brand new shiny 3G S. My mother in law wanted the old phone, and promptly took her SIM card out and popped it in the old phone. It should have worked. It did not.
It prompted her to connect to iTunes and then tried to get her to choose a data plan, which she didn't want. All she wants is the essential function of a cell phone with a nice iPod layered on top. Wifi would be nice. She couldn't be less interested in a data plan.
This used to be possible. Is it now not possible? A good friend of mine, somewhat recently did this very thing and had no problem whatsoever. He is happily chugging along with a data-free iPhone 3G. ATT is giving them grief over the phone and won't let her use the phone without a data plan, despite the fact that the iPhone, being the original one, is owned outright and is not subsidized in any way.
Love and kisses,
Lauren
Read on for Auntie's response....Continue reading Dear Aunt TUAW: Repurposing an old iPhone
TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: Repurposing an old iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - ITunes - TUAW - Mobile phoneПереслать - New iMac, Mac mini, MacBook ads spotted
Filed under: Rumors, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook
As we and others have posted over the past few days, there is a rumor that a new or redesigned iMac, Mac mini and MacBook models are coming very soon. Now, this week brings reports of Google ads supposedly touting the rumored Mac mini, iMac and MacBook models. These ads have been spotted in several European countries, in Dutch and in a few other languages. They read as follows:
"Apple's Nieuwste MacBook(R)"
"store.apple.com/nl/macbook Dunner, lichter en krachtiger! Gratis bezorging. Bestel vandaag."
Which translates to:
"Apple's Newest MacBook (R)"
"store.apple.com/nl/macbook Thinner, lighter and stronger! Free delivery. Order today. "
"Apple Store: New iMac"
"store.apple.com/nl-store Ultradunne 20 & 24 inch modellen. Vanaf slechts €1099. Apple Store"
Which translates to:
"Apple Store: New iMac"
"store.apple.com/nl-store Ultra thin 20 & 24 inch models. From only € 1099. Apple Store"
"Apple's Nieuwe Mac mini"
store.apple.com/nl-store Sneller en betaalbaarder dan ooit. Vanaf slechts €499. Bestel meeten."
Which translates to:
"Apple's new Mac mini '
store.apple.com/nl-store faster and more affordable than ever. From only € 499. Buy assay. "
Again, this points to yet more reasons why there could be new iMac, Mac mini and MacBook models coming soon. These new models are expected to be released before October 9th, so keep a look out.
[via AppleInsider]TUAWNew iMac, Mac mini, MacBook ads spotted originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: MacMini - Apple Store - Apple - Google - IMacПереслать - Our iPhone home screens
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, iPhone, App Store
We were recently inspired by the First&20 project, which presents the home screens of some notable iPhone users. So, we've taken screenshots of our own iPhone home screens for a little comparison.
Once you've purchased an app, you audition it on your phone. Its usefulness determines its spot on the phone. For most of us, only the top apps - those we use most often or love the most - make it to the home screen. While browsing the results, we noticed some trends.
- Of the 11 bloggers who participated, seven had a Twitter app on their homescreen. Twitterrific was the most popular (Aron, Chris, Mike Schramm and me), followed by TweetDeck (Kevin and Brett) and finally Twitterfon (Erica).
- Only three of us had an IM app, including Beejive (Aron and Victor) and Yammer (Kevin).
- Six of us edited the default dock, most notably Kevin whose tricked-out iPhone is the envy of us all.
- All but one (Kevin) had the Maps app on the homepage
- Five of us have some sort of productivity app. The most popular is Daylite Touch (Steve and me). Mindmeister, Doris and Toodledo (Brett, Kevin and Victor, respectively) are tied with one each.
- Brett, Chris, Erica, Kevin and I all had less than five bars of connectivity.
- Mike Schramm has the most unread email messages. He's the popular one.
What's on your home screen?TUAWOur iPhone home screens originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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