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  • Hold yourself over with the iPhone VR

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    What did I do when I was forced, inhumanely, to wait for my slick new (at the time) MacBook Pro to arrive at my door in all its aluminum-y goodness? Why, I turned to Apple's MacBook Pro QuickTime VR to ease the anticipatory pains and tide me over 'til the doorbell rang and the heavenly delivery man made my dreams come true.

    Well, if you're desperately eager for the iPhone and canna' take it any longer (imagine that was a bad Scotty impression), then here's some Tylenol-style relief: Apple (finally) posted a QuickTime VR of the lovely device, giving you a 360 view of iPhone in all its glory. Play with it, spin it around, check out all the cool angles and curves -- and quickly hide the window when your wife walks in.

    Don't want her getting jealous.

    Thanks MikeE!
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  • The Big Zapruder #2: Placing Basic Calls

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    Gallery: The Big Zapruder #2

    Some more surprises in this our second installment of analyzing the iPhone Guided Tour. Here's what we discovered and confirmed.

    The Alphabet control. In addition to selecting a letter by pressing it, you can scroll your finger down the alphabet list to select the letter you want to choose.

    Options during a call. You can tap home to access other iPhone applications during the call itself. Click on the green bar at the top to return to the call interface.

    Editing favorites. In Favorites, click Edit and then either drag a name (from the right side) to reorder or click - (it flips to a | instead) and then click remove to the right of the name. Click Done to return from edit mode.

    Blue arrows. Tap them to view contact information for any name.

    Missed calls display in red. Tap "missed" to only show misssed calls.

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  • Flickr Find: Apple Store iPhone Display unveiled

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    Still wondering what was lurking under that mysteriously wrapped object, wonder no more. Over at Flickr, user Saminman has posted an entire set of snapshots showing off the new iPhone window displays. This appears to be a slightly different installation from the AT&T display. For one thing, it seems to be run off a Mac and not a Dell.

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  • Flickr Find: AT&T Store iPhone Display runs on Dell

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    Over lunch, TUAW reader Eddie swung by his local AT&T store near his office to check out their new iPhone displays. He reports that the display was not fully installed when he got there (he snapped this pic for everyone to share) and it appears that the display is being powered by, of all things, a Dell. Dude! The video, which runs on repeat, is about three or four minutes long. It appeared to be in HD and looked very sharp. Thanks Eddie!

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  • The big Zapruder: Jacks, Connectors and waking the iPhone from Sleep

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    Are you caught at work? Unable to spend 25 minutes watching Apple's guided tour video? TUAW to the rescue! Here's our first annotated gallery of shots from the guided tour video for you to peruse as you concentrate on getting the real work in your life done on time. We'll continue adding updates this as our expert video analysts break the guided tour down into little pieces.

    Gallery: The Big Zapruder #1

    Ringer silence switch. A single button on the left side of the iPhone appears to allow you to silence your iPhone ringer.

    Sleeping the iPhone. Press the sleep/wake button to sleep your phone. While sleeping, you can receive calls, listen to music, and adjust the volume but nothing happens when you touch the screen.

    Waking the phone. To wake up your iPhone you must first press the sleep/wake button and only then slide the virtual unlock slider on the screen.

    Home button. The home button at the bottom front of the iPhone takes you back to the home screen. From what we've seen on other videos, it also acts as a "back" or "menu" button depending on the context used.

    iPod connector. The iPod dock connector appears at the bottom of the iPhone between the built-in microphone and the speaker. It looks like a standard dock connector which means that if true, you'll be able to use your existing dock to at least power the iPhone.

    Powering off. Press and hold the sleep/wake button for "a few seconds" to power down the iPhone and then drag the red slider to confirm.

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  • iGTD 1.4.5: Again with the landslide of new features

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    It's official: I am developing my own version system to keep track of iGTD updates, because this 1.x.x thing is just not right. The way I see it, this new iGTD v1.4.5 should really be called v3.5, what with yet another batch of major new features being introduced. Included in this update is F-key integration with PathFinder, Yojimbo and MacJournal (so you can send items from these apps to iGTD for task tracking), a Quick Tags feature that allows you to bind tags to shortcuts like Alt + 1 - 9 and a killer new feature that integrates with an Apple Mail rule. Once set up, this rule allows you to email yourself with a subject like "todo: @work spike the water cooler" and Mail will send it on over to iGTD automatically. For anyone who works in an office and away from their Mac at home, this is a killer way to make actual use out of all those todo emails you send yourself all day.

    Of course, I don't even need to tell you that there are more features in this update. By now it's become par for the course that an iGTD update brings tons of other enhancements, new tricks and bug fixes, so head on over to Bartlomiej Bargiel's announcement blog post to get the full details. To get the new version, simply start up iGTD or head up to the application menu and chose Check for Updates, or simply visit the iGTD downloads page and click the Current Release link to make sure you get the most up-to-date version.
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  • VisualHub 1.24 brings new high-resolution settings, tons more features

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    I just have to come right out and say it: VisualHub is one of the best darn things to happen to video encoding since DVD Jon worked his magic. It's a fantastic app that rocks the house when it comes to encoding videos - especially in batches - and it just got a lot cooler with a v1.24 update. Along with a healthy dose of other new features and fixes, the VisualHub crew has introduced a new high-res format for getting the most out of a widescreen H.264 file that can play across multiple devices and screen sizes. All the details and a few sample videos are provided at this VisualHub product page, but the short of the long is: this new format will allow you to encode one file that looks great on small screens like iPods and PSPs, but will also look crisp and detailed when scaled up to a screen much larger like the TV your XBox or Apple TV are connected to. As anyone who has a Mac in the basement with VisualHub chugging away on a batch of DVDs can probably tell you, this new format could very well be music to one's ears. As icing on the cake, custom settings files are even provided on the afore-linked product page so you don't have to dig around and figure out this new format for yourself.

    This isn't the only new thing in v1.24, however. Full support has arrived for: 8-core Macs, full-res PSP videos at 480 x 272, speedbumps for certain encoding outputs and much more. As if VisualHub wasn't already more than worth its $23.32 price tag, these updates should entice both serious and curious customers to make the leap for a license. Of course, a VisualHub demo is available for a test drive.
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  • iPhone can read Word, Excel, PDF documents

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    The title explains it all: Revealed in Apple's new iPhone Guided Tour video is the swanky handset's previously-unknown ability to read Word, Excel, and PDF document e-mail attachments. This alleviates fears to the contrary, and will sure be useful for those business-types On The Go eager for their quarterly profit reports and sweet pie charts and whatnot. But without actual editing capabilities, those business-y people still have something to complain about.

    Then again, does anybody actually edit Word/Excel documents on their BlackBerry? (Serious question.)
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  • Confirmed: iPhones to be sold online

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    The bottom right of the Apple guided tour page confirms that Apple will be selling the iPhone online. Since the option is still grayed out, it's unclear whether the link will take you to the online Apple Store, to an AT&T site, or to some combination of the two. It's also unclear how much stock will be assigned to that store, and what delays it will have compared to camping out in front of an AT&T or Apple store next week. TUAW readers, does this change your plans?

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  • Apple posts iPhone welcome video

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    The teasing and tantalizing continues unabated for the iPhone faithful, as it undoubtedly will for the next 174 hours or so. The latest document of longing is Apple's newly posted Guided Tour video, available in small, medium, large and a 178MB downloadable version (your mileage may vary with the standalone file; my download choked off at 50 MB and resulted in an unsurprisingly unplayable QT file).

    Enjoy the moment.

    Thanks to Peter and Josh for the tip
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  • Swift Share, Mac/PC file sharing utility, on 55% sale at MacZOT today only

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    Swift Share is a utility for creating and managing folders to share for both Mac OS X and Windows based machines across your network and even in remote locations. While Mac OS X allows for some limited file/folder sharing functionality via the Sharing System Preferences pane, plenty of users out there need more robust features for things like specifying various folders for sharing, setting specific permissions (read, write, both, etc.) and much more, not to mention the fact that making all this stuff work between both Macs and PCs isn't exactly one of Mac OS X's strong points either.

    While I admit I don't have much use for an app like Swift Share and I don't even have any Windows machines lying around the house, I can definitely see the appeal and need for an app like this. Typically, Swift Share costs a mere $19.95, but for today only that price has been temporarily set aside in a whopping 55% sale for a grand total of $8.95. Sounds like a darn good deal for anyone working between both sides of the fence.
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  • Snapz Pro X Universal Binary

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    Ambrosia today announced a Universal version of their premiere screen capture software, Snapz Pro 2. Snapz Pro, for those who are not in the know, Snapz Pro makes recording a screencast easy. It also lets you record anything that is playing on your screen (and the audio) so you can save it later (DVD's of public domain movies, and YouTube videos for example).

    This version also brings with it a number of bug fixes, and it works on Leopard (for those lucky developers out there who have a copy). Snapz Pro costs $29.00(image capture only) or $69.00 (image and screen capture).
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  • Kaplan SAT prep on your iPod

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    There are two things the kids love today : iPods and standardized tests. Apple has teamed up with Kaplan, one of the leading test prep companies in the world, to create a product that combines both of these things into one: Kaplan SAT Prep 2008 for the iPod! These three iPod games (there are three different versions, each covering a different area of the SAT: math prep, reading prep, and writing prep) are probably the most boring games available for the iPod. Each features the kind of questions you would find on the SAT, and boasts the ability to let you listen to your music whilst you prep.

    The three games are sold separately for $4.99 and are available now.
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  • Will you be able to unbox your own iPhone?

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    You've saved your pennies, and then thought better of the whole penny-centric strategy. You've moved on to cashing in your savings bonds. You've figured out which AT&T store is furthest off the beaten track. (Google Earth has a suggestion -- try Key West, FL.) You've considered the delicate balance between on-queue caffeine intake and the likelihood of line jumping when you dodge out to the restroom. You've planned, thought, considered, and strategized pretty much everything about getting your hands on that iPhone.

    But have you considered whose hands will handle it before you do? Well, have you? Reader Chris Freitag, a fan of the Apple unboxing experience, had a panic attack earlier today and did the only reasonable thing. He told us about it.

    A horrible, terrible thought crept into my head today as I fantasized about what it will be like to actually get to the counter of my local Apple Store the evening of June 29 and finally get my hands on my iPhone.

    What if the first hands to touch *my* iPhone aren't my hands?

    Continue reading Will you be able to unbox your own iPhone?

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  • Infospace Find It! Location Based Search Coming to an iPhone Near You

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    Previously, Infospace's Find It!, the handy location-based application for finding things, people, phone numbers and directions to your favorite restaurant, was available exclusively for users of devices like RIM's ubiquitous Blackberry. I've even got it on mine. But soon, according to an exclusive post over at The Boy Genius Report, you'll be able to enjoy the fun of finding things using the software on your new iPhone as well -- assuming, that is, you're actually successful at finding one come launch day.

    According to the site, the iPhone version of the app will function pretty much the same as the Blackberry one does, except for one big caveat -- there won't be any GPS support due to the fact that, unlike several models of the Blackberry, the iPhone has no built-in support for GPS. Yet. Another difference between the versions are the obvious changes to the apps interface to mimic the look and feel of the iPhone. If you're curious about this new version of the app for iPhone, head on over to Infospace's site to check out how its going to look.

    Even if this particular app isn't for you and won't find a place on your new iPhone, just keep in mind that the more people developing ways to enhance the iPhone and its "user experience" the better. The currently announced apps from Apple and Google are a great start but real success for this device, I feel, will come from developers deciding they want to get involved and make apps for it -- especially if Apple decides to open it to outside applications and not just stick to the whole Web 2.0 is the new SDK thing. That said, what kinds of apps would you like to see developed for the iPhone to expand its capabilities?
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