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- MobileMe web access will be MobileGone between 10 PM and midnight PDT
Filed under: MobileMe
Don't be expecting to see any MobileMe web functionality tonight for 2 hours between 10 and midnight PDT. Apple says it is shutting the service down for "scheduled maintenance".
A note on the MobileMe support page states:
MobileMe members will be unable to access MobileMe applications at me.com. Access to MobileMe will still be available on desktop applications, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Normal service is expected to be restored at the end of the maintenance window.
It's likely this work will support iPhone 4 which hits the streets next week. Hopefully Apple learned a lesson from the 2008 debacle when Apple brought out the iPhone 3G at the same time it launched the .Mac re-branding that became MobileMe.TUAWMobileMe web access will be MobileGone between 10 PM and midnight PDT originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Best Buy stops iPhone 4 pre-orders
If you're thinking you can overcome AT&T's move to stop taking iPhone 4 pre-orders by power-walking over to Best Buy to get your pre-order on before anyone notices: not so fast.
Following AT&T's move, Best Buy pulled a big ol' "me too" today and, according to their iPhone 4 FAQ page, are no longer taking pre-orders of the new phone. The Best Buy website assures those who were already successful in placing an iPhone 4 pre-order with them that their orders will be honored. However, it's still possible latecomers won't get their phones until the early-July timeframe due to their processing them on a first-come-first-served basis.
As you might recall, Apple boasted pre-sales of about 600,000 units before AT&T had to stop accepting new pre-orders. That number was said to include those that Best Buy processed. I'm just wondering what percentage of that 600k was processed through Best Buy rather than AT&T and Apple stores.
I can't believe one is considered a "latecomer" a mere two days after this all started.
[via The Mac Observer]TUAWBest Buy stops iPhone 4 pre-orders originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iFixit breaks down the new Mac mini
Filed under: Mac mini
The folks at iFixit have carefully taken apart a mid-2010 Mac mini and documented the process for all to see. This new case is a lot thinner and fatter than its predecessor. The whole thing is machined from a single block of aluminum and impressive-looking.
The most striking change to anyone who's opened a previous-generation mini is the screw-off bottom. With a simple counter-clockwise twist, you've got access to the RAM bay and fan. No more putty knife. Well done, Apple!
Apple's designers got creative with this machine in a number of ways. The unibody construction required the two antennas to be carefully placed next to the logic board. Also, the fan has a very high number of blades so it can push a maximum amount of air. The fan's screws are isolated with rubber dampers to keep noise to a minimum.
Getting at the hard drive (iFixit's unit only had one) is an ordeal. Expect to remove just about every other part before gaining access. And I thought the white iBook was a pain to take apart.
Meanwhile, the folks at Macminicolo have taken apart a dual-drive mini meant to be used as a server. That second drive is much easier to get at than that in the single-drive model. They also provided some nice side-by-side shots with a white plastic mini; the aluminum model is so much better looking it's not funny. The whole thing is three pounds, and macminicoloco says, "It feels less like a brick...and more like a laptop without a screen."
Finally, Macworld kept their unit in one piece and did a point-by-point comparison to the Apple TV. Could the mini be the next-generation Apple TV in disguise? By comparing features like connections, physical media, content and price (a biggie, as the new mini is seven hundred bucks), Chris Breen fills in the details while letting the readers make final judgement. As for me, I'd love to swap my Apple TV for a sleek new mini.
TUAWiFixit breaks down the new Mac mini originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW Hands-on: POWER A turns your iPhone into a universal remote
Filed under: Reviews
There are a few options for turning your iPhone into a home entertainment remote control, but I recently got a chance to try out the POWER A, and it's become my current favorite. The hardware portion of the POWER A package has been available for a while now, but the iPhone App that accompanies it has a new version due out any time now. It was submitted to the App Store on Monday, but I got a chance to try it out with a review unit and put it through its paces.The hardware portion, which works with the iPhone 3G and 3GS, is great: it's a low-profile, hard plastic case that fits around the iPhone. Unlike other solutions which leave a dongle sticking out of the iPhone, it gives you a smooth, solid body with nothing to break off. It uses next to no battery power, and the increase in the phone's form factor is minimal.
The case comes in two halves which slide onto either side of the phone, connecting in the middle. It even comes with an additional, non-IR half, just in case you like the case so much that you want to use it even when it's not functioning as your universal remote.
The IR blaster is positioned on the dock end of the iPhone, and the resulting upside-down-factor is compensated for in the software by auto-rotating your screen when it launches. Despite the appearance of frailty that might be perceived in its translucent plastic, it's been a very sturdy piece of hardware that has held up quite well to my clumsiness (and my dogs' curiosity).
While vital to the package, the hardware is nothing but pretty without the software ...TUAWTUAW Hands-on: POWER A turns your iPhone into a universal remote originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Crazy usage stats from Ngmoco
Filed under: Gaming
Ah, ngmoco. You wacky purveyors of "freemium" games. I love you so. If you have any doubts, check out my account. Oh yes. See? I'm there. Playing two different versions of We Rule on my phone, and a version on the iPad. Don't even get me started on the Godfinger! Good heavens.
Turns out I'm not the only one on the verge of needing an intervention. According to Neil Young, CEO of ngmoco, they are up to thirty MILLION minutes of playing time every DAY. This is up from the 20 million stated for April of this year. This would explain why my personal minutes of use vary widely: with that many people on every day, you need ten more servers than you actually have. ALL the time. And now I know why my crops keep going bad. My back-of-the-envelope math tells me that is something like eleventy squillion people (give or take) on the Plus+ network at any point, raising puppies or ordering rehabilitated criminals or flinging followers around a planet.
TUAWCrazy usage stats from Ngmoco originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - WWDC 2010: iZen Garden for iPad
Filed under: iPad
Last week at WWDC, we met up with Jive DeVoe -- he's the developer behind the iZen Garden app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and, just recently, the iPad. The app purports to be a zen garden simulation, and it works as exactly that -- you can rake patterns in the sand, or put over 130 objects like stones, plants, or leaves on the ground and resize them as you like. In fact, everything in this app is "as you like." Rather than a directed experience, DeVoe called it a "coffee table app" -- something that you lay out on a coffee table, either with others or just on your own, and experiment with at whatever pace strikes you as right.
He's added some features over time -- one of the most requested was a meditation timer, and so the iPad app comes with an option for background noise, as well as a timer that will stop or even put the iPad to sleep whenever you want. DeVoe's also put a few of his own little touches in the app: if you look closely at the screen while tilting it around, you'll see the shadows underneath the objects move with the accelerometer, a very subtle effect that you'll only notice if you look for it.
DeVoe has played around with prices quite a bit since his app hit the store one day one way back when. He's been as high as US$7.99, and as low as $3.99 (which is where the iPhone version is currently set), and he decided to put the iPad app at $5.99. He doesn't want to go much lower than that -- at 99 cents, he says, there's more money to be made, but there's almost a stigma against pricing so low, as if a 99 cent app is somehow worth less, even if it's well-made. Plus, he told me, "at 99 cents you lose money until you hit the top 50."
There are also lite versions available, with fewer objects to see, and none of the meditation timer functionality. iZen Garden is a cool metaphor app that does what it says on the box, and in the end, DeVoe says, that's what most of his users want. The App Store, for him, is a direct connection between "my customers and me."TUAWWWDC 2010: iZen Garden for iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Hipstamatic
Filed under: iPhone
Hipstamatic isn't a new app, but it is worth a look if you've never seen it before. It replicates the look and feel (and functionality) of those old point-and-click and even toy cameras that you might have carried around as a kid (depending on your current age of course). Nowadays, we can capture the world in digital, and soon HD, clarity, but Hipstamatic creates images the old fashioned way: with plenty of misbalanced levels, weird film coloring, and lots of dust and grit. You probably won't see the picture better, but especially if you've got a nostalgic bent, it'll probably make you feel it a lot more.
The app is currently US$1.99, and developers Synthetic Corp have added a few different "hipstapaks" for in-app purchase, which will update the various options available for cameras, flashes, and lenses. Give it a shot if you do lots of photography with your iPhone, and appreciate the retro.TUAWTUAW's Daily App: Hipstamatic originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple admits mistake over pulling of graphic novel
Filed under: App Store
Apple has reversed a ban on the app version of Robert Berry's comic book edition of James Joyce's "Ulysses," which has nudity. Apple has also lifted a ban on a graphic that shows 2 men kissing in Tom Bouden's graphic novel of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
The Associated Press quotes Trudy Miller of Apple saying the developers had been "allowed to resubmit their original drawings" and use the original artwork.
It was about 75 years ago that the U.S. Federal Courts ruled that "Ulysses" was not pornographic or obscene. The case did not go to the Supreme Court. The novel had also been banned in Britain, but was legalized in 1936.
TUAWApple admits mistake over pulling of graphic novel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - The AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard speaks for those who can't
Filed under: App Review
The AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard (US$0.99 for the next few weeks) is the latest in the growing field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices available for the iPhone, iPod touch and (best of all) the iPad. An AAC device allows the autistic or vocally challenged to communicate without the use of sign language, which requires both parties to know sign language. As a universal app, running AutoVerbal on an iPad looks great and adds 9 backgrounds to choose from.
A user can use the keyboard to can type what s/he would like the app to say or tap on one of over 100 pre-programmed picture buttons to speak a word or phrase like " I need help" or "blueberry."
The 10 icons in the top row can be customized to say whatever you like. The screen is laid out in 16 topic-oriented rows (custom, medical, food, emotions, simple phrases like yes or no, people, places, things, vehicles, animals, activities, colors, shapes, numbers, letters, and days of the week and months). Scroll up or down to get to the appropriate row, and scroll left or right to choose between 8 and 19 buttons per row.TUAWThe AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard speaks for those who can't originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Original iPhone owners can also keep their unlimited data with iPhone 4
Filed under: iPhone
Remember the original iPhone and its wicked-fast EDGE connection? Turns out being an early adopter has some value after all.
Original iPhone users have been paying $20/month for unlimited 2G data and 200 text messages per month. Since AT&T is no longer offering new unlimited plans, I assumed that I would not be able to keep the unlimited data option when we upgraded my wife's original iPhone. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I upgraded her phone today and was presented with the option of keeping an unlimited data plan for $30/month.
[This is also an option for 3G and 3GS owners who are grandfathered on the $30 unlimited data plan; however, you cannot add tethering to the $30 plan, only the $25 2GB plan. New iPhone purchases are only offered the $15 or $25 data plans. -Ed.]
As an aside: you still have to choose a text message plan, which is a reminder that -- like the iPad -- AT&T very quickly changed the great data package for the original iPhone for a worse deal when the iPhone 3G came out ($30/month for 3G, but no included text messages).
That said: if you don't use more than 2GB per month, you can save $5/month by using the new $25/month 2GB data plan, or the $15/month 200MB plan if you don't use much data at all. My wife and I don't send or receive many SMS/MMS messages, so I'm dropping both of those from our plans and going to a per-use plan. AT&T's per-use messaging costs are $0.20 for SMS and $0.30 for MMS, so assuming that I send/receive 25 SMS messages per month, I'll be saving money there too.
TUAWOriginal iPhone owners can also keep their unlimited data with iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iTunes 9.2 now available in Software Update
Filed under: iTunes, Software Update
It's arrived; either via Software Update or from Apple's iTunes page, the new version 9.2 of the used-to-be-a-music-player, then-a-media-manager, now-a-software-store, gosh-we-should-probably-change-the-name multitasker supreme is now available for download. Both the Mac and Windows versions are live and ready.
Features and improvements (aside from compatibility with iOS 4 devices) include:
- Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1
- Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
- Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes
- Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
- Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library
TUAWiTunes 9.2 now available in Software Update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Count The Beats: AmpliTube and iRig review for the iPhone
Filed under: Audio, App Review, Music
A
few weeks ago IK Multimedia announced its iRig hardware and AmpliTube app for the iPhone / iPod touch. Today the software has officially gone live on the UK iTunes store ready for your perusal. The app comes in three variations: AmpliTube Free, AmpliTube LE (£1.79) and just AmpliTube (£11.99) being the fully featured version. Naturally, you need the iRig hardware (around £23), too, so you can plug in your guitar.
We were fortunate to get an early look at the iRig and a pre-release version of the app from IK Multimedia. Read on for our first impressions and thoughts on this potentially set-up altering piece of gear.
The iRig Hardware
The iRig in itself is a very simple item. Essentially, it allows you to plug a mono 1/4" jack (from your guitar / bass / keyboard / instrument) into your iPhone, and then take the output via stereo 1/8" mini-jack to your external source (headphones, powered speakers, mixer, or an amp). However, depending on your PA or mixer, and we expect most amps, you'll need a 1/8" mini-jack to a 1/4" jack converter lead so you can plug it in.
Small in size and sturdy in feel, the iRig will fit right in with your other cables and patch leads. Similar to your "built like a tank" pedal case, the iRig will have no problem being chucked around with the rest of your gear. If anything, you'll be trying to find the misplaced thing much like your mysteriously vanishing capo 20 minutes after you should have left for the gig.
There's not much else to say here. It feels good and looks good, but will it sound good? Click the 'read more' link to find out..TUAWCount The Beats: AmpliTube and iRig review for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple says "Sorry" while selling 600,000 pre-orders for iPhone 4
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Can an unreleased product, inadvertently leaked and then announced to an audience of press and developers, be too successful for its own good? If you're talking about the iPhone 4, the answer is "What? I couldn't hear you over the commotion of all these people pre-ordering a phone they've never touched or seen in person."
Now that AT&T has suspended pre-orders until the phones come in, and Apple's ship dates have pushed into mid-July, and everyone has vented their frustration over the problems with the various sites and systems yesterday, we've got a statement from Apple. Engadget posted this brief comment from the Mothership earlier today:
"Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple's new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions. Many customers were turned away or abandoned the process in frustration. We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties, and hope that they will try again or visit an Apple or carrier store once the iPhone 4 is in stock."
Six hundred thousand preorders. Hard to overstate that. Still, considering the huge issues that many folks had while ordering the iPhone, let's hope for Apple and AT&T's sake that there weren't lots more potential customers who gave up in frustration and bought something else.TUAWApple says "Sorry" while selling 600,000 pre-orders for iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter hits the US in September for $299
Earlier this year at Macword Expo in San Francisco, we were quite impressed with the Parrot AR.Drone. I mean, it's a big, quad-prop helicopter that you control with an iPhone. Impress your friends. Terrorize younger siblings. Deliver packages. What's not to love?
The company's representatives were able to answer all but two of our questions: When can we buy one and what will it cost? Now, we finally have the answers. According to the manufacturer's website, this thing will swoop onto US retail shelves in September of 2010 with a MSRP of US$299.
A pricey toy, for sure, but a fun one. The four props easily lift it off of the ground and the iPhone controls are a lot of fun once you've got things figured out. One of the standout features is the Drone's ability to monitor its position above the ground and hover there, thanks to on-board cameras.
Click the link below to watch the video of us flying the Drone around. We only crashed it a couple of times.
TUAWParrot AR.Drone quadricopter hits the US in September for $299 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - More international iPhone 4 pricing plans released
Filed under: iPhone
Now that iPhone 4 pre-orders have begun, international providers are releasing their data plans. First off, the UK's Orange has outlined its pay monthly, pay-as-you-go (PAYG) and business plans.
The monthly plans offer two options: 24 months and 18 months. The 24 month plan offers 5 price points, ranging from £30 to £75. The low-end offers 150 minutes, 250 texts and no tethering. On the high end you get unlimited minutes and texts, tethering (3GB worth), 100 European roaming minutes, 25MB of European Internet roaming and a pony.*
The 18-month plan offers monthly costs ranging from £35 - £75, with 600 minutes and 500 texts on the low end, and 3,000 minutes and 500 texts on the high end. Under this plan, tethering is available in bundles starting at £5 per month.
The PAYG plans feature cutsey animal names (Monkey, Dolphin, Canary, Raccoon and Camel) and benefits like free music and texts (Monkey), unlimited free texts (Dolphin) and free evening & weekend calls (Canary).
Business plans are on similar schedule (24 and 18 months) with prices ranging between £30-£50 on both plans. The big daddy is the "infinity" plan which offers unlimited everything for £95.
In related news, Canadian customers have a reason to celebrate. They can by a 4G iPhone directly from Apple and it will arrive at their maple-scented homes completely unlocked. Here it is from the horse's mouth: "By purchasing your iPhone without a contract, you can use any SIM or micro-SIM card from a compatible carrier, including your current one."
You lucky dogs. Take pity on your AT&T-bound southern neighbors.
*OK, no pony.TUAWMore international iPhone 4 pricing plans released originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Dear Aunt TUAW: Why is my iPhone sales tax so high?
Filed under: iPhone
Dear Aunt TUAW,
I tried over 40 times throughout the day to order from the Apple Store. Then in the evening here in California, I succeeded. The screen said shipping by June 24th. In the confirmation email the next morning, the delivery is now July 6-8!
Also, here in California the sales tax is on the unbundled [unsubsidized] price, even though I qualified for the $299 upgrade. The tax is $57.67, which is based on the $599 price. So, I am paying almost 20 percent in taxes. Does that mean that for everything I buy here in California I will pay taxes on the highest price the manufacturer can charge?!? Then why buy something on sale if the state government eats up the savings in taxes. I am really steamed about this!
Your disgruntled nephew,
Z.TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: Why is my iPhone sales tax so high? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPhone Bumpers also selling well
Filed under: iPhone
Here's a bit of a surprise. Checking on Apple's iPhone Bumpers, the iPhone 4 cases, we see that shipping is delayed for several colors. While black is listed as being available on June 24th, pink, white, orange and blue list July 2nd as their shipping dates. The green model won't ship until July 16th.
Apple's iPad case also sold extremely well at launch, mostly because there weren't a lot of options and it was so convenient to add it to your purchase. We assume the same thing is happening here. The Bumpers reminded me of iPod Socks, which were kind of silly. But hey, what do I know? Apparently they're selling very well.
Thanks, Joseph!TUAWiPhone Bumpers also selling well originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Hacker group responds to AT&T, leader held by FBI
Filed under: iPad
You'll remember that the not-at-all-ridiculously-named Goatse Security (GS) announced its discovery of an exploit on AT&T's website last week. They used it to get a list of email addresses belonging to iPad 3G customers. One hundred and fourteen thousand of them, in fact.
AT&T representatives said that they were made aware of the hole and had it patched within a day, and explained their side of the story in the New York Times. Dorothy Attwood, a senior vice president and chief privacy officer at AT&T, said "...unauthorized computer 'hackers' maliciously exploited a function designed to make your iPad log-in process faster."
The folks at GS took umbrage at being called "malicious," and posted their own response, citing still-unpatched vulnerabilities in Mobile Safari on the iPad as evidence that Apple and AT&T are not addressing the real issues. "When we disclosed this," wrote Escher Auernheimer, "we did it as a service to our nation. We love America and the idea of the Russians or Chinese being able to subvert American infrastructure is a nightmare...The fact remains that there was not a hint of maliciousness in our disclosure."
The FBI agrees with Auernheimer's assertion that this exploit is of national interest. So much so, CNET reports, that they raided Andrew Auernheimer's home on a warrant (we assume "Escher" is a pseudonym). They found "illicit drugs," and Auernheimer is now being held on felony charges. Let this be a lesson to you. If you plan on serving your country, get rid of the drugs first.
[via Engadget]TUAWHacker group responds to AT&T, leader held by FBI originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Happening leverages Yahoo events search for your iPhone
Filed under: iPhone
It's a little bit odd that there's no official iPhone app for Yahoo's Upcoming service. With community-contributed event listings sorted and searchable by location, there's a natural fit between Upcoming and the iPhone -- yet there's nothing from the big Y! in the App Store for this service. (Not to say they're asleep at the wheel -- the Yahoo! Entertainment app for iPad is a delight.)
Good thing, then, that there's Nik Fletcher. The UK-based developer (and former TUAW blogger) has released the US$1.99 Happening app, which delivers all of the Upcoming events for your locale in an easy and manageable app. You can search for events by name or by venue, and if you sign in to your Upcoming account, you can RSVP for events or keep track of which friends are attending the same shindig. Venues are displayed with in-app map support, and you can jump out to the full Maps app for directions.
Obviously, if Upcoming doesn't have much goin' on in your vicinity, the app won't do you much good; you can add your own events at upcoming.yahoo.com, though, and populate the party.
Earlier this week, Happening was cited as one of 10 "beautiful and usable" iPhone/iPad apps by Mashable, and it's true; the app has a lovely look to it. Nik promises improvements in upcoming builds, including event sharing via Twitter. If you're looking for something fun to do near you, check it out.TUAWHappening leverages Yahoo events search for your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Invaders World Tour
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
Just one look at the screenshot tells you what you're dealing with in Invaders World Tour: invaders, of the space kind. The game is a really well-done Space Invaders clone, with colorful graphics, an interesting tilt-to-move mechanic, and power-ups to help you take out the invading menace. The game just got overhauled, too; it now boasts OpenFeint integration, new graphics and mini games, new enemies, and lots more. At just 99 cents, it's a steal for retro arcade fans.
If you want to try a free title, you can give Invaders World Tour USA a shot; it won't have all of the shiny new features of the main game, but it's essentially the main gameplay in a free trial version. Either way, there's fun to be had here, so go grab the free app, or pay the buck for more.TUAWTUAW's Daily App: Invaders World Tour originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - US Apple Store now showing July 2 ship date for new iPhone 4 preorders
Filed under: iPhone
We admit it: due to an editing mixup, our earlier post wasn't all the way accurate at first. While AT&T's preorder allocation for launch day (June 24) was all done, Apple was still cruising along. iPhone 4 for all! For... about four hours.
As of a few minutes ago, with some intermittent switching back to the original date and variation among different areas of the country, the US Apple Store website is now showing a pretty consistent July 2nddeliveryshipping date for new preorders. If you refresh your browser (remember, hold down the shift key to recache the page!) you may see the date switch back and forth again... but any way you slice it, we're close to the bottom of the box.
Despite some near-catastrophic systems issues during the day for Apple and AT&T, and some breathtaking account security problems on AT&T's upgrade pages (users seeing the wrong account when they log in to your site is never good), it seems like the infrastructure held together enough to work through a huge surge of business today.
We won't know for sure how many iPhones were preordered today until & unless Apple and AT&T choose to share, but it's easy to say 'millions' with a straight face.
Speaking of poor estimation skills... remember when I said that the iPhone 4 was unlikely to see delivery dates bumped on the first day of preorders? Uh, yeah, sorry about that. If Joe Wilcox can admit (in grudging, snarky fashion) that he was wrong, so can I.TUAWUS Apple Store now showing July 2 ship date for new iPhone 4 preorders originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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