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- TomTom offers free car kit adapter for iPhone 4
Attention, folks who purchased the TomTom car kit for their iPhone 3G or 3GS, only to upgrade to a won't-fit-quite-right iPhone 4: you're in luck. TomTom is now providing a free adapter for the aforementioned car kit that allows an iPhone 4 to fit properly.
Apparently the adapter is simply a piece of plastic that one sticks into place over a spot at the bottom of the dock. It's included in the kit packaging from September 1, though if you bought a car kit before then, you can claim your adapter from TomTom for free.
The TomTom car kit retails for about $120. Obviously, to make full use of the TomTom car kit at all, you'll want to have the $40 iPhone app to go along with it.
[via Electronista]TUAWTomTom offers free car kit adapter for iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW iPhone Tips: Typing the Apple symbol, iOS 4 folders in the dock
As you go into this weekend looking for things to do, you might be thinking about how to organize your iOS 4.x iPhone and use the Apple symbol in the process.The first tip, courtesy of Macenstein, deals with labeling of apps and folders. Back in the iPhone OS 2.x days, you could use the Japanese keyboard to type the Apple symbol. That feature disappeared, but now there's a way to bring back that Apple symbol.
The solution is to create a folder in iOS 4, which is done by dragging one app onto another. Give the folder a name, like "Rename me," then sync with your computer. With your iPhone selected in iTunes 10, click on the Apps tab. There you'll see all of your apps and folders, and you can double-click on the folder you just created to rename it. Use the Mac keyboard shortcut Option-Shift-K to type in the Apple symbol () and whatever else you want in the folder title, press Return to enter the change, and then click the Apply button to rename the folder on your iPhone. If you ever need to type an Apple symbol into another app, you can simply copy and paste it from the folder name.
Our second tip, from TUAW reader Adam, uses the obvious (but little-used) fact that you can put folders into the "dock" row of icons on your iPhone home screen. Why is that important? With one touch, you can have access to up to 12 of your favorite apps in the always-available dock row. Join the two tips together, and you can have an Apps folder in your iPhone dock containing all of those Apple apps that you can't get rid of.
TUAWTUAW iPhone Tips: Typing the Apple symbol, iOS 4 folders in the dock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Found Footage: MacBU celebrates Office for Mac 2011 with funny video
This video celebrates the "release to manufacturing" of Office for Mac 2011, but with a few humorous "unreleased" features they weren't able to squeeze into the new version. Frankly I think Keynote will include Auto-Tune in the next version, so that may be Microsoft's mistake!TUAWFound Footage: MacBU celebrates Office for Mac 2011 with funny video originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW preview: Billabong Surf TripChillingo invited us out to the headquarters of surfwear manufacturer Billabong yesterday for a look at a new iPhone and iPad game called Billabong Surf Trip. The game is designed by a Portugese developer named Biodroid Entertainment (who told me that they've done some work on other consoles, but this is their first title for Apple's iOS). As you may have guessed from the name, the title is sponsored by Billabong, and features the ability to create a surfer and then send him or her around the world to take on the waves.
Before I sat down to play the game, I asked Billabong's PR Director Jim Kempton about why they'd gotten involved in an iPhone game, and he said the goal of the game was to "introduce people to what surfing is about, on the level that we're hoping to cast an interest anyway." You don't have to be a surfer to enjoy the game, but enjoying the game might get you interested in surfing, and thus the Billabong brand. "Just like the professional football or professional golf circuit, most people," said Kempton," are never going to be playing any more than messing around at the local golf club, but they can understand how it works, or what it means to go to Augusta, or Scotland, or these places."
TUAWTUAW preview: Billabong Surf Trip originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Rumor: FaceTime on the way for iChat and Windows
Ever since the FaceTime announcement as an 'open platform,' the question's been hanging over us: when do we expect desktop support for the new videoconferencing approach? "Soon," is what French website Mac4ever is reporting today. They have a pretty good track record, so the prediction is worth noting.The article says Apple will soon release a version of iChat that will allow Apple desktop and laptop owners to video chat to iOS devices with FaceTime. Further, the speculation is that Apple will do the same thing for Windows users wanting to talk to FaceTime users either on Macs or iPhones.
Apple has stated that it expects to see FaceTime protocols widely used. If the rumor is correct, that goal should be well on the way to being fulfilled. I can't wait.
[via 9to5Mac]
TUAWRumor: FaceTime on the way for iChat and Windows originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - No Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy
There are certainly advantages to having your morning newspaper in iPad format: dynamic media, rapid updating, search and more... but not every aspect of the new digital age is an improvement over the old ink-on-dead-trees approach to the news.We wouldn't want to spoil the fun of Newsday's ad for its new iPad app, so we'll simply give you the video with No Comment.
TUAWNo Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - App review: Abstract strategy game StackEm plunks down some fun
A clone of the award-winning game Gobblet (which was given the Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada Gold Star Award --don't tell me you haven't heard of that prize), Shawn Grimes' StackEm is a colorful, simple twist on Connect Four that is well worth looking into as a two-person endeavor on your iDevice. The app as it is today (version 1.8) doesn't offer much to the single player -- the AI makes ridiculously stupid plays -- but for just $0.99 on the App Store, you can get a very good abstract strategy game for two that you can play in just a few minutes anywhere on your iPad or iPhone.
Read on to see if StackEm might be something worth investigating for you.
TUAWApp review: Abstract strategy game StackEm plunks down some fun originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Over-the-air notes syncing option disappears from iPhone 3G in iOS 4.1
For the iPhone 3G, the biggest new feature for many users under iOS 4.1 is the phone now actually works. Making the iPhone 3G usable under iOS 4 came with some trade-offs before the new OS was even released -- app multitasking and wallpapers didn't make the cut on the older iPhone -- but it looks like a couple more features have been pruned from the iPhone 3G after iOS 4.1.
One missing feature we noticed right away: Spotlight no longer searches through MMS messages on the iPhone 3G after the iOS 4.1 update. Given that disabling Spotlight searching was the most common suggested remedy for poor iPhone 3G performance on earlier builds of iOS 4, this omission is somewhat understandable.
More puzzling, however, is another omission the folks at geek.com noticed: over-the-air Notes syncing is now missing in action on the iPhone 3G, too. Up until now, the iPhone 3G, like its newer siblings, has been able to sync Notes between the iPhone and a Mac/PC via Gmail or MobileMe rather than through iTunes, allowing for near-instant Notes updates between devices. According to Apple's support document on Notes syncing, both the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch have lost this feature. You can still sync Notes with the iPhone 3G via iTunes, but you'll no longer enjoy device-to-device updates without syncing your iPhone first.
Given the plethora of alternate apps on the App Store that offer far more flexibility and features than Apple's built-in Notes app, though, this omission is something we might never have noticed if one of our readers hadn't brought it up. We're not sure why Apple removed this feature in 4.1; it's possible that, like Spotlight searching of MMS, it was one of the things dragging down performance on the older devices. Either way, losing over-the-air Notes syncing in IOS 4.1 is a small price to pay for an iPhone 3G that actually functions properly in iOS 4.
Thanks to Jeff for bringing this to our attention.TUAWOver-the-air notes syncing option disappears from iPhone 3G in iOS 4.1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - In Brief: Amazon tips hand on Microsoft Office release date
Computerworld points to an October 26 ship date for Microsoft Office 2011, based on Amazon's page updates indicating the 10/26 availability -- the products have since been switched back to "sign up to be notified" pre-release mode.
Gregg Keizler's piece also reiterates the discount options for buying Office 2008 and saving on Office 2011; by purchasing the 2008 versions now, buyers can get $25 or $50 off versus the purchase price of the next version.
We expect to hear more about Office 2011 features and fancy bits over the next few weeks.[9to5mac rang us up to say they actually posted this at 11:58pm on Sept. 9, 2010. Thanks!]
TUAWIn Brief: Amazon tips hand on Microsoft Office release date originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Google Voice may finally be approved for the App Store
After a saga that's lasted more than a year, it looks like Google Voice-enabled app GV Mobile may finally be approved for the App Store. Following recent announcements that gave developers far more transparency into the actual rules of Apple's App Store approval process, Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs mused on Twitter, "Since GV Mobile complies with all 110+ guidelines newly posted by Apple, it should get approved."
Kovacs tweeted a followup soon afterward: "Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit."
Following GV Mobile's rejection from the App Store, Kovacs posted the app for sale on Cydia, the App Store alternative for jailbroken iPhones. Over a year later, it appears that Apple's reforms of the App Store approval process will finally allow the app to be sold to non-jailbroken handsets. Once approved, Kovacs says he will sell GV Mobile for either US$1.99 or $2.99 and may also offer the app for free on a single day as a promotional method to get more users.
While not a VoIP service like Skype, Google Voice does allow US and Canadian users unlimited free calls and SMS, plus several more features that probably made carriers like AT&T unhappy the first time GV Mobile made its way onto the App Store. Now that GV Mobile seems to have finally jumped through the last hoop needed to get onto the App Store, iPhone users will have a powerful alternative to the carriers' "this many minutes and this many texts per month" plans -- and presumably, so will iPad 3G owners.
[Via AppleInsider]TUAWGoogle Voice may finally be approved for the App Store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW review and giveaway: XtremeMac InCharge Duo for iPad
It's not rare for Apple fanboys and girls to have more than one Apple device. Since the iPad appeared on the scene in April, there's good chance that you'll find an iPad and either an iPhone or an iPod in the well-equipped Apple home. So how do you keep all of those devices charged without turning your counter space into a nest of cabling?
XtremeMac has come to the rescue with the new InCharge Duo for iPad (US$59.99), a dual dock that not only provides the necessary 2.1 amps to charge the iPad, but can charge an iPhone or iPod with Dock Connector at the same time. Since your iPad has such good battery life, you can also use the InCharge Duo to charge up any combination of other iDevices while you're using the iPad.
The InCharge Duo looks much nicer than some dual chargers I've seen and used. It's a sleek dark grey unit with a tiny logo on the front and two small LEDs that provide charge status. It would be perfect for use in a bedroom, as the LEDs are dim enough that they won't keep anyone but the most severe insomniac awake. Read on for details on how you can win one from TUAW.TUAWTUAW review and giveaway: XtremeMac InCharge Duo for iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Adobe resumes efforts on Packager for iPhone
With the news that Apple has eased restrictions on third-party development tools, a very excited-sounding Adobe has announced it will resume working on its Flash-to-iPhone compiler, Packager for iPhone.Soon after the news leaked in April that Apple was restricting third-party tools, a very publicly angry Adobe announced that its fledgling Packager app, part of Flash Professional CS5, wouldn't be receiving future support after Apple's restrictions effectively rendered the program useless.
Times have certainly changed now. "We're hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store," Adobe says. Support for Adobe's Flash Player plug-in, however, is still excluded from iOS.
Adobe has every reason to be excited about this, as do Flash developers, who will now have a relatively easy way to recompile their Flash apps for sale on the App Store. Whether that will also translate into high-quality apps is something we users will learn for ourselves as they show up on the App Store over the coming days and weeks.[Via Mac Rumors]
TUAWAdobe resumes efforts on Packager for iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - A roundup of clock apps for the iPad
One of the more surprising app omissions from the iPad was the iPhone's Clock app. It's an extremely useful iPhone app, featuring a world clock, alarm, timer, and stopwatch. Why Apple didn't choose to add this app to the iPad is a mystery for the ages, but at least it's opened up the market for some incredible clock apps for the platform. Let's take a look at some of the better clock apps on the App Store:
Night Stand HD (US$4.99, also available in free Lite version) -- This good looking universal app not only gives you a choice of clocks, but you also have a world clock, multiple alarms, and a stopwatch. You can also see limited weather information right on the clock face. Unfortunately, the current lack of background capabilities on the iPad means you'll have to keep this app running in order for those alarms to ring on time, but that will be resolved with iOS 4.2 in November.
Clock Pro HD ($5.99) -- Obsessed with time? This might be the iPad app for you. It features an alarm clock in 18 different styles, iPod music alarms, an analog clock full screen support, a chess clock, a world clock, a stop watch with lap control, nature times (sunrise, sunset, midday, high and low tide) for any location, a sleep timer, an egg timer, a metronome, a countdown clock, and a project clock. Whew! As with Night Stand HD, the app must be open for alarms to work due to the background limitations of iOS 3.2 on the iPad.
Read on for a look at more iPad clock apps.TUAWA roundup of clock apps for the iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Psystar is dead. Long live Quo Computer
While we all know the story of Psystar, the company that crashed and burned by loudly selling non-Apple Macintosh computers with OS X installed, a much quieter and more polite company named Quo Computer seems to be doing just fine. Their mission is to get computers that can run the Macintosh OS into as many hands as possible, and they go about it in a much more reasonable way.
Although their PR waxes eloquently about the virtues of using a Mac, Quo creates computers that can run any operating system, be it Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, or any combination of the three. In June of last year, they opened up a store located at 2401 West Main Street, Alhambra, California as a small mom and pop operation in a section of town that is going through revitalization. At the store, they offer classes including one on how to switch from a PC to a Mac. Their site speaks of getting free computers to low-income neighborhoods and offers to train teachers and work with them in order to get computers into more classrooms. They seem like nice people and not as litigious as some other company we know.TUAWPsystar is dead. Long live Quo Computer originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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