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- Cut a standard SIM down to iPhone 4/iPad size
Filed under: iPhone
I just got off the phone with Victor Agreda, a call I made on my iPhone 4 using a third-party rebranded AT&T SIM. As you can see from the screen shot above, I wasn't using a standard iPhone SIM. Instead, I placed my call via a $10 Best Buy SIM, which displays as O2 in the US.
How did that happen? After all, a standard SIM doesn't fit in the iPhone 4. I used a Noosy SIM cutter provided by MicroSIMCutter to resize the card to microSIM proportions.
TUAWCut a standard SIM down to iPhone 4/iPad size originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Consumer Reports still a 'thumbs down' on iPhone 4
Filed under: iPhone
Not a big surprise really, but Consumer Reports still says that even with a free case, the iPhone 4 is a no-go to get a recommendation from the giant consumer testing firm. Last week CR created a furor when it said the iPhone was the best smart phone it had tested, but didn't meet its standards for reception.
"Consumer Reports believes Apple's offer of free cases is a good first step. However, Apple has indicated that this is not a long-term solution, it has guaranteed the offer only through September 30th, and has not extended it unequivocally to customers who bought cases from third-party vendors. We look forward to a long-term fix from Apple. As things currently stand, the iPhone 4 is still not one of our Recommended models."
Fair enough, I suppose, but isn't it kind of important to test some of their recommended phones to see if they survive the 'death grip' test? It is easy to check up on the demo that Steve did with other phones, or is this just a rule that applies only to Apple? Consumer Reports said it had tested a Palm Pre and an iPhone 3GS, but that is a pretty small universe of cell phones. Just wondering.
TUAWConsumer Reports still a 'thumbs down' on iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Sitting for a portrait with FaceTime on iPhone 4
Filed under: Graphic Design
So, you're tired of your Twitter avatar, the photo of your face that you took in Photo Booth. Maybe a nice portrait would be in order...
David Lanham, who is probably best known for his work with Iconfactory (he designed Ollie, the Twitteriffic bluebird), is an accomplished artist whose body of work using electronic media and traditional art media is whimsical, thought-provoking, and beautiful. I've used one of his vector drawings (Game Hunter) as my desktop wallpaper on my iMac, and it never ceases to make me smile when I look at it.
Lanham recently broke his foot, which forced him to hang around his house. A friend of his volunteered for a portrait, with the traditional "sitting" being done over a FaceTime call. He decided to make a few bucks while immobile, so he's been picking up FaceTime portrait work at $50 a pop. Once the portrait is complete, you can use it as your online avatar, and perhaps even order a giclée print for your study.
According to a developer who is currently working with Lanham, the artist's inbox is now jam-packed with requests for these cool drawings, so don't expect him to respond immediately if you're in the market for a FaceTime portrait.
Thanks to Jack (second from the right) for the tip!TUAWSitting for a portrait with FaceTime on iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Flurry: In-app purchases generating lots more revenue per user
Filed under: App Store
Analytics firm Flurry has announced that in-app purchases are generating $14.66 per user per year in June of 2010, which is a few times larger than it has been in the past. Previously to 2010, the games tracked were generating only a few bucks per user per year, but in January the total jumped to around $9, and it's now in the double digits. Flurry says that money doesn't include ad revenue -- it's strictly profit from in-app purchases, either unlocking features or selling virtual goods.
Whenever you talk about making money on free games, you have to talk about Ngmoco -- that company famously choose "freemium" as its business plan, and business appears to be good. Exec Simon Jeffery confirmed exactly that at a conference earlier this week -- while he can't discuss actual revenue, he says things are going well. And of course other companies who already know how to make money from free games (like Zynga, whose Farmville recently released on the iPhone) will see this as a big green light for joining Apple's platform.
The revenue per user isn't the only important stat here -- Apple also has plenty of users to offer up. Disney's free Toy Story 3 app released recently, and has already picked up 1.7 million users, a good number of which probably bought the 99 cent in-app game offered up. Lots and lots of users spending a surprising amount of money inside their apps means lots and lots of revenue for both iPhone developers and Apple.TUAWFlurry: In-app purchases generating lots more revenue per user originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Foxconn denies Apple subsidizing wages
Filed under: iPhone
Some rumors from last May that Apple was paying a part of the salary of workers in the Foxconn assembly plant have been denied by the giant Taiwan electronics company.
A report in DigiTimes today quotes a Foxconn executive as saying the "rumor is purely speculation and Foxconn has never received any subsidies from Apple."
We've previously reported that Foxconn has started to give substantial pay raises to employees after a spate of publicity about suicides at the Foxconn plant. the company also says it is going to move some of the Apple product production to new facilities in other parts of China.
[Via MacRumors]
TUAWFoxconn denies Apple subsidizing wages originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - 'Antennagate' press conference video and official pages up
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Video, iPhone
Now that Apple's command performance for journalists in Cupertino this morning to deliver the full story on the iPhone 4's image problem is concluded, the company has posted the video of the event [link fixed] for your viewing pleasure. See the fetching Keynote presentation and the demonstrations of other smartphones' reception issues with your very own eyes! Enjoy.
Along with the video, there's a new section on apple.com that shows the anechoic chambers, the design process, videos of other smartphones and more than you ever wanted to know about antenna engineering for modern cellphones. Apple clearly wants us to understand that the iPhone 4 wasn't just thrown together by some cavemen in a cubicle.
[For those who were getting the WWDC video off that link, the CDN redirect was flaky -- the canonical link for it is http://www.apple.com/apple-events/july-2010/]
TUAW'Antennagate' press conference video and official pages up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Lost iPhone warrant withdrawn, Gizmodo agrees to cooperate in investigation
Filed under: Apple
The search warrant against Gizmodo editor Jason Chen has been withdrawn, the EFF reports today. Chen's house was searched a few months ago after the Gawker blog reportedly purchased the lost iPhone 4 prototype, but the San Mateo District Attorney has decided to drop the warrant and return all seized items to Chen. Gizmodo tells the Wall Street Journal that it has "reached an agreement" with authorities, and they confirm that the site will "cooperate with our investigation."
That means, says the EFF, that the matter isn't completely over. There was some back and forth about whether the materials seized by authorities could have been so taken under journalist protection laws, and it's possible that the San Mateo DA simply withdrew the warrant in order to keep from violating any California shield laws. If the police still felt there was worthwhile evidence in Chen's possession, they could subpoena that material separately, thus going around any questions of journalistic protection. Indeed, as Gizmodo has already agreed to give the authorities materials that the court "deems relevant to the case," the investigation into the lost iPhone is not yet entirely over.
But it doesn't seem likely that Gizmodo would face any charges -- if the police are still pursuing a case at this point (and that's a big if), it would seem to be against the iPhone's original finder, who may have broken the law by selling the iPhone to Gizmodo. We'll have to wait and see if any more charges are filed.
[via TechCrunch]TUAWLost iPhone warrant withdrawn, Gizmodo agrees to cooperate in investigation originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Glue: The social network and iPhone app you can get stuck in
Filed under: iPhone, App Review
Although it drives my wife nuts, I like social networking apps. I've been tweeting since the Twitter bird first hatched from a little blue egg and I leave a trail of FourSquare check-ins wherever I wander. On the other hand, it seems like that for every really cool social network that appears, there are a lot of them that I use once and then drop.
When I first heard about Glue, my instinct was to give it a try and then move on. However, what I've found is another fun tool that is quite a bit different from FourSquare (which is all about locations) and Twitter. Glue is described as a "social network for entertainment," and that's a very good description.
Instead of FourSquare's "Where am I now?" and Twitter's "What am I doing?," Glue asks what you're currently up to -- watching a TV show, listening to music, reading a book, watching a movie, playing a video game, chatting about a celebrity, thinking about a topic, or drinking wine.
Glue builds a profile of your likes and dislikes by letting you rate a number of items in each category. Like FourSquare, Glue rewards your activity with stickers (FourSquare calls them badges) that give you bragging rights among your peers. I'm happy to report that due to my vast amounts of dislikes when it comes to current movies and music, I have acquired the "Debbie Downer" sticker. Unlike FourSquare, once you've unlocked 7 stickers, Glue gives you a way to get real (not virtual) stickers to paste on your laptop, iPad case, or children.TUAWGlue: The social network and iPhone app you can get stuck in originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPhone 4 press conference, by the numbers
Filed under: iPhone
Apple dropped a lot of interesting numbers during the press conference this morning, from both their own research and AT&T's data. Steve Jobs also said that three million iPhone 4s have been sold to date, so let's put this into perspective.
.55 percent: This is the percentage of iPhone 4 users who have contacted AppleCare regarding antenna or reception issues. This comes out to only 16,500 AppleCare cases. We are not sure if this includes issues related to the proximity sensor; however, Jobs later acknowledged in the press conference that the proximity sensor will be addressed in a future software update.
1.7 percent: This is the number of iPhone 4s returned to AT&T since the initial release 22 days ago, which comes out to roughly 51,000 returns. By contrast, 6 percent of iPhone 3GS were returned in its early days -- and the numbers of those sold are lower than the iPhone 4.
The final number is that AT&T is reporting that less than one more call per 100 placed is dropped compared to the iPhone 3GS -- more calls are dropped than the earlier model, but it's only one more per one hundred. However, as was said in our liveblog discussion, this number probably does not take into account the calls that failed to connect in the first place.TUAWiPhone 4 press conference, by the numbers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Jobs clears up proximity sensor fix, white iPhone 4, and international plans at press conference
Filed under: iPhone
Steve Jobs cleared up a few pending iPhone 4 issues quickly near the end of today's press conference today. First, he said that Apple would be releasing a software fix soon for the proximity sensor issues customers have been experiencing. A fix for that problem would be available in the next software update.
Second, the white iPhone 4 is still due out by the end of this month, so if you've been waiting for that version, you won't have too much longer to wait. And finally, the iPhone 4 will come, Jobs said, to 17 countries on July 30th, as you can see above. Congratulations, international customers -- your release day is coming soon!TUAWJobs clears up proximity sensor fix, white iPhone 4, and international plans at press conference originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple offers free case as iPhone 4 fix
Filed under: iPhone
Steve Jobs just announced today that the company will issue a free case to every iPhone 4 purchased through September 30. If you've already purchased a bumper case for your iPhone 4, you are entitled to a refund.
You can apply for the free case through Apple's web site starting late next week. The company plans to source cases from third parties due to a shortage in bumper cases, so iPhone 4 customers will have a choice of a few different cases. If you are still not satisfied with the iPhone, you can return it for a full refund within 30 days of your purchase. Steve Jobs said plainly about the decision that "we want to make everyone happy, and if we can't make you happy we'll give you a full refund."
The move comes three weeks and a day after the first customers began taking their new iPhones home and experiencing both antenna and proximity sensor issues. The growing backlash against Apple escalated earlier this week after Consumer Reports said they would not recommend the device, even though it comes in at the top of their smartphone ratings. This was followed by rumors of a possible recall, posts being pulled down from the Apple forums and finally today's conference.
Edit (2:25 p.m. ET): Jobs acknowledged that the case offer will be international.TUAWApple offers free case as iPhone 4 fix originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple plays satirical iPhone Antenna Song at press conference
Filed under: Apple
Here it is -- the Jonathan Mann video that Apple just played (no kidding) to start off their official press conference. No really -- right before Steve Jobs took the stage, he played this song for gathered reporters, and it's fair to say that the video shared in no uncertain terms what he thinks: "The media loves a failure in a string of successes / the fact won't ever matter if they can make their bigger messes ... in terms of daily usage / I've yet to drop a call / so this whole damn thing is stupid."
Seems a little frivolous for a problem that a lot of people are really frustrated by, but, you know, whatever. Jobs said that they saw the video on YouTube this morning, and "wanted to share it." The song also mentions the Gizmodo case: "Gizmodo's just ridiculous / pulling their anti-Apple strings / You bought a stolen prototype / Get over it and move on." Again, pretty informal for kicking off an official press conference. It's weird to think of Jobs browsing YouTube, finding this, and thinking it'd be perfect to play before speaking to the world about the iPhone 4's problems.TUAWApple plays satirical iPhone Antenna Song at press conference originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - The iPhone 4 Apple Press Event metaliveblog
Filed under: Apple Corporate
Welcome to our iPhone 4 live press conference event! Today we'll be metaliveblogging Apple's iPhone 4 announcements, adding our traditional TUAW twist to the proceedings. Will Steve Jobs offer a $29 bounty or free bumpers to all early iPhone 4 adopters? Or will the iPhone 4 itself be recalled? (We seriously doubt it!) Or is today's announcement about new service providers for those mysterious iPhone3,2 and iPhone3,3 models that Engadget uncovered a while back? Join us as we find out!
Sources for today's metaliveblog include:TUAWThe iPhone 4 Apple Press Event metaliveblog originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad demand still high
Filed under: iPad
Three months after its debut, the iPad continues to sell extremely well, according to a study performed by America's Research Group (ARC). They surveyed 1,000 people and found that 8.4 percent said they already bought an iPad. Plus, another 6.1 percent said they intend to purchase one.
The good news for Apple is this: according to these numbers, the number of people who intend to buy is above 70 percent of the number that have already bought. In fact, ARC founder Britt Beemer called it "incredible demand."
More iPad news on the enterprise front: In a separate survey noted today by Apple 2.0/Fortune, ITIC and Sunbelt Software found that 23% of the 600 IT managers they contacted have iPads in hand or on order. They also noted that nearly 80% of the survey respondents expect to allow more users to deploy Macs as enterprise desktops in the next 12 months.
The iPad is arguably the best-selling consumer tablet to date. Apple sold 3 million units in 80 days. Analysts have shared their estimates for Q3 iPad sales, ranging from 2.5 million to 3.75 million. We're eager to hear the official number during Apple's July 20th financial conference call.TUAWiPad demand still high originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Chuck Schumer writes open letter to Steve Jobs
Filed under: Steve Jobs, iPhone
Just in case you missed it yesterday, US Senator Chuck Schumer wrote an open letter to Steve Jobs asking him to deal with the ongoing iPhone 4 reception issues. "To address this concern," Schumer wrote, "I ask that Apple provide iPhone 4 customers with a clearly written explanation of the cause of the reception problem and make a public commitment to remedy it free-of-charge." Schumer cites the Consumer Reports posts about reception issues, and suggests that Apple both provide free software updates to make sure bars correctly reflect signal reception (which it did yesterday), and provide the actual formula it uses for bar strength (which it probably won't do).
Politics aside (and please don't argue politics on our Apple blog, thank you -- if the comments get out of hand on this one, we'll just close them), I can't see how this is much more than Schumer jumping in on a cause that's already rolling along fine without him. Even before his letter went out, today's press conference had been scheduled, and the issues were well documented. I guess we appreciate the sentiment and all (we do want these issues fixed), but Jobs was probably going to do today whatever he was going to do without hearing from a New York Senator.
Thanks anyway, Chuck. Probably time to leave the iPhone 4 issues to Apple and its customers, and get on back to, you know, governing the country.TUAWChuck Schumer writes open letter to Steve Jobs originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Syphir gives you more Gmail filtering options
Filed under: Internet Tools
Syphir first attracted my attention when they announced that they were using OAuth for Gmail (meaning that you did not have to provide your login information to Syphir in order to use it). They have a $3 iPhone app that receives push notifications, but it will work without the app or even if you -- gasp! -- don't have an "iDevice."
Note: I'll refer to this as "Gmail," but it works equally well for Google Apps. I'll also refer to sending the iPhone notifications, but it works just as well on the iPad. The app is mostly just there to receive the notifications, so you'll probably never notice the pixel doubling.
What does Syphir do? It lets you create "Rules," which are like filters in Gmail, but Syphir has some extra features that Gmail doesn't offer. After setting certain criteria for the Rule, you can have Syphir archive, mark as read, star, delete, apply a label, remove a label, alert the iPhone, or delay the email.
Read on for more details...TUAWSyphir gives you more Gmail filtering options originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Rumor: FaceTime for iPod touch will use email address
Filed under: iPod touch
There are rumors about the next iPod touch getting a front-facing camera with support for FaceTime. Once it gets an A4 processor and some more RAM, we can't see why it wouldn't.
Since there's no phone app, however, how will users initiate FaceTime calls from an iPod touch? According to Boy Genius Report (BGR), the FaceTime app will look for a registered email address.
Paraphrasing an anonymous source, BGR claims that users will register their Apple IDs (typically a MobileMe email address) on a given device. That way, iPod touch owners can initiate a FaceTime call via this registered address. Push notifications will inform you of an incoming FaceTime call.
It's still unclear how an iPod touch will initiate a call with an iPhone, as that currently requires the iPhone's phone number. BGR speculates that the registered email address method will be carried over to all devices. iPods are typically refreshed in September, so we'll see if anything about this surfaces before then.
[Via Engadget]
TUAWRumor: FaceTime for iPod touch will use email address originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Wired named the iPad... in 1999
Filed under: iPad
Here's an interesting tidbit from WIRED. Way back in 1999, the magazine ran a short piece in the Hype List section reflecting on the company's recent financial turnaround. You'll remember that Apple introduced the iMac in 1998, which was a huge success. The piece was written in April of 1999, just 3 months before the clamshell iBook was introduced at Macworld Expo in New York City in July of 1999.
Here's the interesting part. While reflecting on Apple's future, the snippet predicts that "The next iMac attack promises new lollipop laptops, a more serious series of professional machines and a wireless handheld dubbed the iPad." [Emphasis ours.] Betsy Mason (WIRED.com's science editor) posted a TwitPic of the article for all to see.
It's an example of a lucky guess, of course (Apple was "i" crazy back then), but still a lot of fun.
[Via ReadWriteWeb]
TUAWWired named the iPad... in 1999 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - App demo: Chinese 13 Card Poker
We looked at Smappsoft's Scales and Modes app a while ago, and they reminded me of their other app that we saw at WWDC: Chinese 13 Card Poker for the iPhone and iPad. It is a well-designed and fast poker game with just the right amount of feedback as you play. Better yet, you can use multiple devices for pass-and-play or p2p action, and there's an AI player.
I'm not familiar with this particular form of poker, also known as Russian poker or Pusoy, but apparently it is quite popular among avid poker players. Take a look at our preview above, and check out the official trailer on the next page.TUAWApp demo: Chinese 13 Card Poker originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Firefox Home available for iOS
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review
Firefox Home is now available for iOS. Although not a full-featured web browser in its own right, the app is probably as close as we're going to get to running Firefox on an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
Firefox Home is a strange app, so first let's look at what it is. According to the description at Mozilla's page, "Firefox Home provides access to your Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs on your iPhone." So virtually all Firefox data on your Mac or PC transfers to the cloud and gets synced to Firefox Home... at least after you download and install the Firefox Sync add-on, restart Firefox, set up a Firefox Sync account, then enter your Firefox Sync username, password, and secret phrase into Firefox Home on your iPhone/iPod touch. It's not terribly complicated, but anyone used to the one-click simplicity of syncing Safari on the Mac with Safari in iOS may well wonder whether all of this will be worth the bother.
That's a good question once you look at what Firefox Home isn't. Click the "Read More" link to find out.TUAWFirefox Home available for iOS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Qrank
Filed under: iPhone
Qrank is the kind of game that I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing more of in the near future; it's a social quiz game that is fully powered by a connection to Facebook, Twitter, and its own in-game friend service. It's a free download off the App Store, and once you create an account (and connect it to any social services that you'd like), you get 20 brand new questions every day to try and answer for as many points as possible.
Something like this is complicated and painful if not done right, but Qrank (or QRANK, if you want to shout about it) has it just about dead-on. The login process is kind of a pain, but once things are set up, the quizzes move fast, and the questions are an interesting mix of history, pop culture, and general knowledge. The constant updates are a huge bonus as well; with a lot of quiz games, questions tend to repeat themselves, but the flow of new information means that there are new questions to answer every day.
I'm not 100% sure of the business model; there are ads, and I had a few questions that seemed branded (they made explicit mention of actual products). That leads me to believe that there are probably a few ways that Ricochet Labs is making money from players, and not all of them are completely clear. That may not bother you, though. If you've got a few friends to match scores with every day, Qrank seems like a fun, daily diversion into trivialand. Technology is making social, quickly updated games like this one much easier, and I think we'll end up seeing quite a few more of these in the future.TUAWTUAW's Daily App: Qrank originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Audible finally arrives on the iPhone
Filed under: iPhone, App Review
I've been an Audible fan for far longer then I've owned an iPhone; when I first launched the App Store, Audible was one of the first things I searched for.
Thanks to some of the changes made in iOS 4.0, some of the largest challenges for an Audible iPhone app we've written about in the past are no longer a problem. I'm really excited that a free Audible app has finally arrived on the App Store!
Ironically, while you can create an Audible account from the app, you aren't able to browse Audible's selection or purchase books; plan on making a round trip to Safari whenever you want to buy something. Additionally, there are some older titles that have not yet been made available in a format ready for wireless delivery, but Audible claims over 75,000 titles are available.
One annoyance with the application is that you will need to be connected to Wi-Fi to download any files larger then 20MB. While this limit isn't particularly surprising given similar restrictions in other apps and the App Store itself, it is a limit not shared with at least one other Audible app on a competing platform.TUAWAudible finally arrives on the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Squeeze keyboardist uses iPad on Fallon appearance
Filed under: iPad
Here's a fun treat for your late night tonight -- one of my favorite bands, Squeeze, made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show the other night to play the classic "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)," and the keyboardist was playing both the electronic ivories and an iPad. He even drops a nice solo in right around 2:32. YouTube commenter MooCowMusic says it's his app, Pianist, and it looks about right.
At any rate, it sounds terrific, and how awesome is it that Squeeze is rocking the iPad in a live TV performance? I wonder if they're including the instrument in their other live performances -- or maybe even in actual recording. Very excellent.TUAWSqueeze keyboardist uses iPad on Fallon appearance originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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