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- Macworld reveals Editors' Choice Award winners
For the 26th consecutive year, Macworld has announced the winners of the Editors' Choice Awards. While the online article announcing the winners makes it sound like the awards are for Mac hardware and software only, it's open to just about any product that works with Macs or other Apple devices.While we won't list all of the winners here, some of the standout items on the list are very popular with TUAW bloggers. The only Mac to win an Eddy was the new 11-inch MacBook Air. Macworld gave the diminutive MacBook Air a 4.5 rating out of 5 possible points, and touted the design as proving that "Apple is still dedicated to the Mac."
The iPad and fourth-generation iPod touch both received awards, which isn't surprising given that both devices are top sellers for Apple and that the iPad is quickly defining a new genre of tablets. In the software awards, 1Password 3, Evernote 1.11, Excel for Mac 2011, iMovie '11, Instapaper, Scrivener, Steam, and TextExpander 3 all won top honors.
Although you may not agree with all of the picks -- the third-generation Amazon Kindle baffled me, for example -- it's a fascinating read and points out some of the shining stars of the Apple ecosystem for well-deserved praise.
Macworld reveals Editors' Choice Award winners originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Yoomi and Duo create unique iPad game
Yoomi is an iPad game (free) which, when combined with the Duo hardware, offers a unique tabletop gaming experience. It looks like a fun combination of software and hardware, and it's something we haven't seen before as it requires no dock connector link. Here's how it works.
Yoomi is a simple guessing game for three or four players. Each player receives a pile of colored chips, and the Duo is placed on the iPad's screen. The game begins when the iPad displays two pictures. One player selects a picture in secret, as the Duo hides their fingers, and the remaining players try to guess his/her choice by placing a chip on the Duo near the corresponding image.
Once all bets have been placed, the correct picture is revealed and the Duo deposits the winning chips into the bank all on its own, using what we suspect is dark magic -- and batteries. The player who loses all of his/her chips first wins and receives the pot.
Best of all, no reading is required so even the youngest members of the family can play. The Duo is being sold exclusively at Toys R Us for US$40, and is required to play Yoomi. You can watch a demo video on the next page.
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Yoomi and Duo create unique iPad game originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - App Review: Let's Catch The Lion! is cute, strategic fun
The new Let's Catch The Lion! board game app looks cute as all get out, and to be fair, it is designed as a kids' game. But this Shogi (Japanese Chess) variant is a worthwhile download from the App Store even for board gamers who don't have a child in the house. It's a solid two-player strategy game and should interest anyone who likes abstracts.
Doubutsu Shogi (which is Japanese for Animal Chess) was designed by the professional Shogi player Maiko Fujita, who wanted to get more girls interested in playing the original game. She found a great balance between strategy and fun in a small package, and the translation to iDevices lost absolutely nothing. How could it, given the tabletop game's incredible simplicity? Read on to get the full story.
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App Review: Let's Catch The Lion! is cute, strategic fun originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Win several ElementCase products in time for the holidays
We've covered the Joule and ElementCase iPhone cases like the Vapor before, but we also understand these cases are not inexpensive. They are, however, gorgeous and durable and made with precision and craftsmanship. So with the help of ElementCase we're giving away a bunch of their products to one lucky grand prize winner.
To enter, just leave a comment telling us which of the prizes you'll probably use most often. You must be 18 and live in the US or Canada (sorry, rest of the world). Full rules linked below. Good luck!- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us which case you'll use the most.
- The comment must be left before Friday, December 10, 2010, 11:59PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: A selection of ElementCase products including a 007 Vapor, a Joule (choice of colors), a Formula, an Ion, a Joule carrying case and various other accessories (Value: up to US$490 )
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
Win several ElementCase products in time for the holidays originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple beats Nokia as top smartphone maker in Australia
The world domination of the iPhone continues as Apple has overtaken Nokia to be the number one smartphone vendor in Australia. According to analysts reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, Apple accounts for 36.5 percent of the smartphone market versus Nokia's 30.5 percent share.
Nokia became the top dog of Australian smartphones in 2002 when it beat out Palm. Nokia is still the top overall mobile phone maker with 37.6 percent of the total market, but Apple has supplanted Nokia in smartphones three years after the iPhone's Australian release.
The future will remain competitive in the smartphone market since Android's market share is currently growing faster than Apple's. For now, though, Apple is leading the trend in Australia and the next year will be interesting for smartphone analysts in Australia.
[via iPhone Savior]Apple beats Nokia as top smartphone maker in Australia originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Artist David Hockney displays art made with iPhone, iPad in Paris
David Hockney's art created by iPhone and iPad is currently on display at the Pierre Berge-Yves St. Laurent Foundation in Paris. When Hockney first got his iPhone a few years ago, he immediately recognized its capability to create art. Each day, Hockney paints flowers and sunsets with his device and sends those images to friends. Those paintings are now hanging in a show called "Fresh Flowers," displayed on 20 iPhones and 20 iPads.
It's particularly interesting how Hockney has chosen the subjects for his art. "The fact that the screen is illuminated makes you choose luminous subjects, or at least I did," Hockney says in an interview on his own web site. "Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone. People send me iPhone drawings which look OK, but you realise that they are not picking particularly luminous subjects - which this medium is rather good at [in ways that] another medium isn't."
Hockney is using the Brushes app (US$4.99 for the iPhone version, $7.99 on the iPad), which others have used to create some incredible images.
Someone remind them that the iPad is only for consumption of media.Artist David Hockney displays art made with iPhone, iPad in Paris originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Google's Andy Rubin says iTunes is "not the right experience"
Yesterday's announcement of Google Books was another sign that the Internet powerhouse intends to compete with Apple on all levels. If a comment that was made yesterday at D:DiveIntoMobile by Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of Engineering, is any indication, Google has plans to create an online music store to compete with iTunes.
D:DiveIntoMobile is a conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsDigital, and features panels with a number of mobile computing notables and the AllThingsDigital staff. During his talk yesterday, Rubin quickly demoed Honeycomb, the tablet version of the Android OS that is designed to compete directly against the iPad. At the prompting of a moderator, he discussed Google's plans in the music space.
When asked if Google would start off with some "simple" download store like iTunes instead of a planned cloud-based subscription service, Rubin reportedly said that "We could build that 10 times over... (it's) not the right experience." Rubin said that he wants the Google music service to have an "intimate connection," reminiscing that he still remembers album titles that he and a date were looking at in a record store when he was 15 years old.
What do you think, TUAW readers? Does Apple need to change the model and the experience for iTunes in order to compete with whatever will eventually come from Google? Leave your comments below.
Google's Andy Rubin says iTunes is "not the right experience" originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iTunes sending free TV rentals to some users
9to5 Mac is reporting today that some iTunes users received promotional codes good for 1 free TV rental from iTunes. As far as anyone can tell, there's no obvious rhyme or reason as to how they were distributed.
Perhaps they want to stress test their iTunes streaming services a bit. You'll remember that Apple said the North Carolina data center should be operational by "year's end." If it is in fact going to power an iTunes streaming service, here's a chance to throw some real traffic at it and see what happens.
The only thing we know for a fact is that some lucky customers will be watching TV on Apple's dime this week. If you're among them, have fun and let us know about your experience.iTunes sending free TV rentals to some users originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - 3TB HD, triple SSD iMac turnkey drive upgrades available from OWC
In the never-ending search for bigger and faster storage options, Mac users have a number of sources for hard drives, but OWC has been a favorite for many Apple fans since the late 1980s. Now the company is offering a set of turnkey eSATA add-ons and upgrades for mid-2010 27" iMacs that should make almost any space-challenged Machead happy.
The upgrade paths are all outlined on a special configuration web page on OWC's site. It all starts with an internal boot solid-state drive. If you already have the 256GB internal SSD option installed in your iMac, then you're ready to go -- if not, then you move on to the next step, which is to add either an eSATA port or an internal SSD.
You then have the option of adding more SSDs (up to a total three 480GB drives) and/or a big 7200 RPM hard drive. Adding the "last" SSD disables your internal SD card reader, but never fear -- OWC throws in a USB card reader to replace it. The capacity of the 7200 RPM hard drive can be up to 3TB, making for a lot of built-in storage.
My personal dream configuration, if money was no object (and it is), would be to get a 480GB SSD installed for a boot and applications drive, a second 480GB SSD for mirroring the first drive, and a 3TB drive for all of my data. Then I'd have the eSATA port installed and put my original 2TB internal drive into an OWC eSATA enclosure for doing some backups. Throw in a 16GB RAM upgrade, an external Blu-Ray read/write drive, and a three-year extended warranty, and the cost would be right around $3,000.
It is great to see these kinds of storage options available for iMacs, and tremendous fun to price out the different configurations. If money was no object, what would you have OWC install in your 27" iMac?
[via Electronista]
3TB HD, triple SSD iMac turnkey drive upgrades available from OWC originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Daily Deals for December 7, 2010
Daily deals had a bad case of the Mondays yesterday, but it's back and listier than ever today. Brought to you by the loving algorithms of dealnews, these offers can expire soon so check them out before they disappear.
- iTunes Music Store: iPhone App Store Freebies: Infinity Project, Cosmosis, Smooth Solitaire, more
- iTunes Music Store: The Daily Show for iPhone and iPod touch downloads for free
- iTunes Music Store: Stick Golf for iPad / iPhone downloads for free
- MacMall: Apple MacBook Air Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz 13" Laptop for $1,125 + free shipping
- Buy.com: Verbatim MediaShare Mini for $60 + free shipping
- Best Buy: 6 Apple iTunes $10 Gift Cards for $50 + free shipping
- Lenovo: Lenovo M220 Mini Portable Speakers for $9 + free shipping
- B&H Photo Video: Apple iMac 27" Intel Core i5 Quad 2.66GHz Desktop for $1,549 + free shipping
- SuperBiiz: Samsung 2TB SATA 3Gbps Internal Hard Drive for $81 + free shipping
- GoldenGadgets: 30% off Apple iPad and iPhone 4 Accessories: Deals from $4 + free shipping
- MacUpdate Promo: FileChute 4 for Mac downloads for $9
- iTunes Music Store: iPhone App Price Drops: Harry Potter: Spells, Sonic 2, more
Daily Deals for December 7, 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Mac 101: Import Windows Media Audio files into iTunes
One of the biggest concerns for computer users making their first tentative steps in the Apple ecosystem is file format support for all the data they've collected over the years, especially media files. Users coming over from Windows that haven't been using iTunes and iPods often have a mountain of WMA audio files. WMA or Windows Media Audio is the default format created when ripping CDs with Windows Media Player. So how do you get iTunes, iPods and your iPhone or iPad to play your music?
WMA files will need to be converted to a more universally accepted format like MP3 or even AAC. On a PC, you can simply drag and drop non-DRM WMA files into iTunes, and they will automatically be converted. If you are starting with DRM-managed files from an online music store, you'll have to go through a more convoluted process.
To convert those WMA files, try All2MP3. As the name implies, All2MP3 only outputs to MP3, but it does support more input formats including MPC, APE, WV, FLAC, OGG, WMA, AIFF and WAV. Using All2MP3 is as simple as launching the app, selecting the output quality and dragging the files to be converted to the window. Upon completion, all of the MP3s can be brought into iTunes or whatever media player you select for your listening enjoyment. PC World has a couple of other options for WMA, Ogg and FLAC audio conversions as well.Mac 101: Import Windows Media Audio files into iTunes originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Trucks and SkullsI'll be honest, at the expense of disagreeing with some of you: I don't really like Angry Birds. Sure, I'll admit it's a quality app, and I obviously can't deny all of those sales. But personally, it's just not my game -- I don't find it nearly as fun as some of the other games on the App Store.
That said, I know plenty of people enjoy Angry Birds, and for those people, Trucks and Skulls will probably scratch the same itch. Gameplay is almost exactly the same, except instead of birds, you're throwing trucks, and instead of pigs, you're attacking ... well, you can probably guess. There are a few new mechanics, a full level maker and screenshot sharing service, and the stages are obviously different, but otherwise, it's more of the physics puzzle goodness that Angry Birds has, only done with a heavy metal, death trucker aesthetic. Heck, maybe that appeals to some of you even more than Rovio's title.
Trucks and Skulls just recently released a free version, and the full game is just US 99 cents on the iPhone and $1.99 on the iPad, with Game Center integration included. If you've already blown through Angry Birds and the recent holiday edition, give Trucks and Skulls a try.TUAW's Daily App: Trucks and Skulls originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad 2 may start shipping by end of February 2011
Warm up your credit cards: Digitimes reports that the next-generation iPad may start shipping as early as late February of 2011. Digitimes' Taiwanese sources claim that Foxconn, Apple's leading product manufacturer, will ship the next-gen iPad within the next 100 days, with an initial shipment run of 400,000-600,000 units.The current iPad, announced in late January, was not available for sale in the US until early April (Wi-Fi only) and late April (3G). While a late February ship date for an unannounced iPad 2 may sound far too optimistic to be true, Digitimes has been a decent source of component-related rumors in the past. Over a month before the release of the iPhone 4, Digitimes described the then-forthcoming handset's internals to a tee, correctly describing the specs of the Retina Display and the CPU and RAM upgrades.
[via Mac Rumors]
iPad 2 may start shipping by end of February 2011 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iOS 4.2 prevents some USB devices from working via Camera Connection Kit
According to 9to5Mac, changes introduced in iOS 4.2 have caused Apple's Camera Connection Kit to become a lot less useful for iPad owners. As of iOS 4.2, the amount of electricity the iPad's 30-pin dock connector can put out has apparently been slashed from 100mA to 20mA. While this is good news for the iPad's battery life, it's bad news for anyone trying to connect almost any unpowered USB gadgetry to the iPad via the Camera Connection Kit; most USB keyboards, flash drives and USB microphones won't work via the Camera Connection Kit anymore. Instead, connecting a USB device that draws more than the allowable 20mA will throw up an error: "The connected USB device requires too much power."
For its original purpose, plugging a self-powered camera into the iPad to upload pictures, the Camera Connection Kit should still function as it always did. Many users were happy at the unexpected ability to use non-camera devices with the kit, and those same users will undoubtedly be dismayed that it's no longer possible. Hopefully this new behavior is a bug rather than a "feature" in iOS 4.2 and something that can be addressed in a future update.
iOS 4.2 prevents some USB devices from working via Camera Connection Kit originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad accounts for 8 percent of global mobile PC shipmentsApple is the number one mobile PC manufacturer in North America and third overall in the world, according to published results from research company DisplaySearch. While these rankings account for all of Apple's mobile computers combined, the iPad accounted for 8 percent of mobile computer shipments in the third quarter alone, a decent percentage of the 55 million mobile PC units shipped for the three month period. With the majority of these iPad sales going just to North America, Apple should increase that percentage once it pushes further into up-and-coming markets in Asia and the Middle East.
As for the worldwide rankings, Hewlett-Packard remained number one with 17.3 percent of the market share while Acer came in second with 16.5 percent. Apple finished third with 12.4 percent of the worldwide mobile PC market. However, as we noted earlier today, iPads may also be hurting netbook sales. HP and Acer are getting smaller than expected deliveries on hardware, meaning that their vendors may be clearing inventory. Could that be to make room for the more popular tablet PCs?
[via GigaOm]iPad accounts for 8 percent of global mobile PC shipments originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Two new titles released by Ngmoco, Adventure Bay and Star Wars: Imperial AcademyNeil Young and his company Ngmoco are running out of time to get all twenty new freemium products out that were promised earlier this year, but it looks like they're going to make a run at it anyway. Over the past weekend, Ngmoco released two brand new freemium titles on the US App Store. First up is Star Wars: Imperial Academy, a first-person shooter Star Wars game developed with THQ that basically plays like a Star Wars-themed skin of Eliminate. Unfortunately, iTunes reviews on this one aren't very good (framerates are apparently not great), but it is free, so if you're good with a blaster, it's probably worth a download anyway.
Ngmoco has also released Adventure Bay recently. I'm surprised this one isn't just called We Island, because it's basically an island and pirate-themed version of the "We" series of games, from We Rule to We Farm and We City. You can build your own island (through waiting and spending in-game purchased Spice, this game's version of Mojo), do a little exploring to find treasure and collect items or do quests to earn money and fame. I can't say that it's bad, necessarily, but whatever you thought of We City will probably have you thinking the same thing about this one.
So unfortunately, two less-than-impressive titles from one of the biggest iPhone gaming companies around. We'll have to see what Ngmoco plans next year. With the emphasis on "daily active users" and the freemium business model, it's possible that Ngmoco is just fine with how its business is going. But it would be nice to see a little more innovation on the gameplay side as well.Two new titles released by Ngmoco, Adventure Bay and Star Wars: Imperial Academy originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple Stores now selling iPad gift cards
Apple has begun selling their signature silver gift cards inside "iPad Gift Card" packaging just in time for the holiday rush. iLounge says that although the cards themselves aren't anything different than the ones I normally get from family as Christmas gifts, they can now be used to purchase an iPad. When I bought my current iPhone I tried to use gift cards and wasn't allowed to do so -- Apple mandated that customers had to use a debit or a credit card -- but I guess this is a change in company policy.
I would much rather unwrap an actual iPad on Christmas morning rather than just a gift card, but beggars can't be choosers, can they? If you are traveling to see me for the holidays, I completely understand it would be a lot easier to pack a gift card than an iPad. So you're more than welcome to bring me one if you absolutely have to. I won't mind!
[via MacStories]Apple Stores now selling iPad gift cards originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Swarm Light is an $180k LED chandelier controlled by an iPhoneThis thing you see in the video on the next page (and in the picture above) is called the "Swarm Light." It's a series of little LEDs hung in sequence along three clusters of grids, lit up in order by a computer to display simulated collective movement, like a swarm of bees. It's very interesting, both as a display for a programmed algorithm, and just as an art project. All together, the display costs $180,000 -- no small chunk of change.
If you do watch the video, you can see that the whole thing is run by an iPhone. rAndom International created their own internal app for Apple's device to run their various installations, and the iPhone app can dim the lights, adjust them to ambient light conditions and switch through the various modes. Just another awesome use of the iPhone.Continue reading Swarm Light is an $180k LED chandelier controlled by an iPhone
Swarm Light is an $180k LED chandelier controlled by an iPhone originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - AT&T rated worst cell phone provider by Consumer Reports
Remember when Consumer Reports couldn't recommend the iPhone 4? Well, now Consumer Reports has released the results of a satisfaction survey which shows that according to over 50,000 of their readers, AT&T is the lowest-scoring cell phone carrier in the United States. In fact, AT&T scored a "Worse" rating (a full-black dot for those in the know) in every single category of the survey save for texting. In that category they received a half-black dot ranking, or one lowly step above "Worse." AT&T was the only telecom provider on the survey to see a significant drop in overall customer satisfaction, while both Verizon and Sprint saw "Average" to "Better" rankings.
While Apple itself has topped Consumer Reports' tech support survey in the past, AT&T has a long way to go, as half of those who responded to the survey as being unhappy with AT&T owned some version of the iPhone. Electronics Editor for Consumer Reports Paul Reynolds said that "Our survey suggests that an iPhone from Verizon Wireless, which is rumored, could indeed be good news for iPhone fans."
Got that right.
[via MacRumors]AT&T rated worst cell phone provider by Consumer Reports originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Cover design contest announced for Branson's iPad magazine 'Project'
Last week, we wrote about the release of Richard Branson's iPad-only magazine Project, and this week brings us a contest to design the publication's cover. Interested designers were to participate in a scavenger hunt held in both New York and San Francisco, where they had to locate one of four paper mannequins containing coordinates of USB drives holding the information on how to enter the contest. If it sounds to you like a rather convoluted way to run a contest, I would agree -- but since it's coming from a company trying to launch its own space program, it shouldn't be too surprising.
For those of you who weren't able to scour NY or SF to look for the drives, Mashable's Lauren Indvik has gotten hold of a .zip file containing the information for those looking to enter the contest. She has made it available for download via her personal Dropbox account, and once you have come up with your own design for the cover, you can enter it over at facebook.com/project. There is no prize money for winning the contest and entries are due by December 15th, but just being able to design a cover for Branson's new iPad-based magazine seems like it would be worth it for the bragging rights.
Click Read More to watch a video about the challenge.
[via DigitalTrends]Continue reading Cover design contest announced for Branson's iPad magazine 'Project'
Cover design contest announced for Branson's iPad magazine 'Project' originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Is the iPad hurting netbook sales?It's starting to look like it. DigiTimes, which covers IT news in and around Taiwan and China, notes that both Hewlett-Packard and Acer are getting deliveries on hardware that are smaller than expected. Component makers say that "vendors are clearing inventories, which were high partly due to competition from tablet PCs."
HP was originally expected to take 4 million netbook deliveries, and instead the company is getting 3.7 million. Acer was expecting to take 3.6 million units, but now is expected to take about 3 million.
There has been continued speculation about whether the iPad would be impacting the sale of netbooks, and it's beginning to look that way. Even Microsoft has admitted that the iPad is taking sales away from Windows-powered netbooks. I think both netbooks and the iPad can be considered "accessory" computers, and while there are, of course, differences in functionality between an iPad and a netbook, they seem to be attractive to similar segments of the market.
Add to that the fact that laptop prices are coming down, as are the weights of these portable computers. The new MacBook Air computers are proving to be very popular, and they give consumers something between an iPad and a full size laptop.[via Business Insider]
Is the iPad hurting netbook sales? originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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