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- Skype for iPhone updates to 3.0, adds video calling
In a move that's sure to make users stand up and say "Hallelujah," the latest update to the Skype app for iPhone finally adds video calling.
The newest version of the app will allow users to make video Skype to Skype calls from their iPhone via Wi-Fi and 3G, and also call Skype desktop users on both OS X and Windows (and we presume their sorely neglected Linux users), as well as those using Skype on their iPhones and iPads.
Naturally, if you're on an iPad, you won't get to send video back -- and you have to deal with the iPhone interface since there isn't a native Skype app for the iPad. But, iPad 2 could change that. If the new hardware is released with a camera, Skype will be ready for it, and hopefully with an iPad-optimized app as well.
So, have fun with video chatting via Skype and let us know what you think of it in the comments!
Thanks for the fast tip, Daniel!Skype for iPhone updates to 3.0, adds video calling originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Verizon iPhone to launch after CES, says BusinessWeek
It's beginning to look a lot like the week after Christmas, when East Coast denizens dig out from their snow cover and the incoming emails from vendors exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (which starts January 6 in Las Vegas) form a digital blizzard of their own. One product that everyone would like to see at CES, for better or worse, is the Verizon version of the iPhone -- but it's highly unlikely that it will put in an appearance.
Despite the out-there rumor floated earlier this month that the VZW iPhone would debut immediately after Christmas, there's no sign of the device yet. The latest suggestion of a whisper of an actual introduction date, however, comes courtesy of sources to BusinessWeek's Peter Burrows.
In an article today addressing the conventional wisdom about winners and losers when a Verizon iPhone hits the market, he passed along a tidbit from a person "familiar with Apple's plans who is not authorized to discuss them publicly." The source told Burrows that "Apple's introduction of an iPhone for use on Verizon's network will come sometime after the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January." The story's lead paragraph says the CW is that the iPhone on Verizon could come by Valentine's Day, but there's no particular sourcing for that date.
Of course, 'sometime after CES' could technically include any date from January 10 of 2011 up until the start of the following CES in 2012. If you asked me to predict a date, with no inside information... well, let's look at the calendar. CES wraps up on January 9th; Macworld Expo kicks off on the 26th. Put your finger on the Tuesday in between the two and you get January 18.
There's a problem with the 18th, though; Apple has already said that it will announce quarterly earnings on that day. Looking at the past year, there were two major product introductions that happened two days after a quarterly earnings report. The most recent was the "Back to the Mac" event on October 20, with the earnings report on 10/18; before that, back in January, the earnings call on the 25th was followed two days later by a magical and revolutionary product launch on the 27th.
Attention tech journalists and industry analysts: if you weren't expecting to be in San Francisco on January 20, 2011, maybe you should set up a fare alert and keep an eye on your mailbox... you know, just in case.
[via MacRumors]
Verizon iPhone to launch after CES, says BusinessWeek originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - BMW releases two apps for iOSBMW has released two apps for iOS this week. The first one, based on the Mini brand, is called Mini Connected, and allows you to not only track information about your car, but also access web radio and audio version of Internet feeds, hooked up directly to your car's stereo. And on cars equipped with navigation features, you can even send directions and searches back and forth from your iPhone to the car's systems, and vice-versa.
The BMW Connected app does the same thing, only across the manufacturer's vehicle lineup. Interesting, not only that these apps exist (there are already a few solutions for doing all of these things out there), but that they're created and "sold" (both are free) by the car's manufacturers themselves. In essence, an Apple app is being used to market the functionality of these automobiles.
I expect to see plenty more examples of branded apps like these at CES next week, and we'll be covering as many of them as we can right here on TUAW.BMW releases two apps for iOS originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Angry Birds creators: Apple still does mobile apps bestIn a recent interview, Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio (the makers, if you haven't heard by now, of Angry Birds) says that from a developer viewpoint, Apple is the platform to go with. "They have gotten so many things right," says Vesterbacka, "and they know what they are doing and they call the shots." He says that Android's issue isn't so much about device fragmentation as it is "ecosystem fragmentation" -- by spreading itself out so much, Google's smartphone OS has "so many different shops, so many different models" running that it's tough for developers to find their own place in all of the chaos.
Vesterbacka also makes the point that much of the Angry Birds success has come simply from marketing. His two steps to succeeding on the App Store are first to "create a great app," and then to "get the message out." He repeats that a few times -- Angry Birds itself is definitely a solid game, but part of the reason that Rovio enjoys such success is their effective marketing and reaching the people who are interested in buying their game.
You can watch the full video of Vesterbacka's interview with Google after the break. Personally, I think a lot of the success that Angry Birds has had is a "right time, right place" kind of thing. That's not to take anything away from Vesterbacka and Rovio -- his insights are certainly dead-on and he clearly knows what he's doing, and the company deserves all of the success it has earned. But with a platform as big as the iPhone, there was bound to be a killer app at some point, and Angry Birds is definitely one of those.
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Angry Birds creators: Apple still does mobile apps best originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - DataMan tracks your data usage, sends alerts for data caps
Unless you're on the AT&T unlimited data plan, you may be sweating those data caps on your iPhone. If you go over a certain amount of data usage on your iOS device, you'll wind up with overages. Couple that with the fact that our iDevices appear to upload info in the wee hours of the night and consumers wind up wondering just how much data they are using on a daily basis. Yes, you can drill down into Settings > General > Usage to see your data, or use the AT&T myWireless app, but those are slightly inconvenient and don't provide alerts or detailed info. Enter DataMan, which features data tracking and push notifications to let you know when you're getting close or going over your data plan allowances. Does it work? Absolutely. I tested the app for a few weeks and found it quite simple to use.
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DataMan tracks your data usage, sends alerts for data caps originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Radio Shack has yet another iPhone promotion now through Friday
Yup. The boys are at it again with another $50.00 off the normal iPhone prices. If you're feeling a bit retro you can score a 3GS for $48.99 with a contract.
A top of the line iPhone 4 with 32 GB is $248.99.
Radio Shack had a similar promotion earlier this month, but this latest offer does not include the attractive Trade and Save buy back program.
The first sale was a sell out, and a check of three of my local Shacks showed none had any iPhones in stock to sell, unfortunately, so if you want to take advantage of this one, better move fast. The promotion runs through this Friday, and getting the discount requires a new contract or qualifying renewal.
Radio Shack has yet another iPhone promotion now through Friday originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW TV Live: The end-of-year panel discussion
The holidays are still here. You're at home, stuck with the relatives for the next few days, and you'd like to do something fun. Why not join a group of TUAW bloggers for an hour of discussion and laughs?
Every Wednesday afternoon I host TUAW TV Live, which (as the name implies) is a live one-hour streaming video show discussing the week's Apple news, demonstrating new software, providing the occasional giveaway, and more. You can participate in the show through the Ustream chat tool that appears on the next page.
Today's show is going to be a bit of a first for TUAW TV Live, as I'll be hosting a group of my fellow bloggers in a free-for-all discussion of Apple in 2010 and what we expect to see in the next year. If the gods of technology are with us today, there should be several of us chatting together over Skype.
How can you join in on the fun? From your Mac or PC, go to the next page by clicking the Read More link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to participate by asking questions or making comments.
If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't -- keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone and join the chat by downloading the free Ustream Viewing Application. If you're on an iPad, you should be able to use the Skyfire Browser to watch the stream, although you will not be able to participate in the chat.
We'll start at about 5 PM ET, so if you're seeing a prerecorded show, be sure to refresh your browser until you get the live stream.
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TUAW TV Live: The end-of-year panel discussion originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Despite strong start, iPad magazines not faring well over timeThere's good news and bad news on the iPad publication front. First of all, lots of iPad magazines seem to be having respectable launches -- Wired's first iPad edition did a full 100,000 downloads earlier this year, and other magazines have seen similarly large numbers at launch, as customers download the app or content just to see what it's like. But that content doesn't seem to be holding anyone's attention, as most publications are seeing major drops over the rest of the year. Magazines like GQ, Vanity Fair, and Glamour have seen about a 20% user drop off per month from September to November, at a time when there were more iPads available than ever.
Reports say publishers are still hopeful -- they believe that solid holiday sales of Apple's tablet device could bring customers back after the new year. But numbers like these won't get anyone excited in publishing more iPad content, unfortunately. By the time there are enough iPad customers out there to make a digital publication on that platform worth it, publishers may have lost interest.
[via Engadget]Despite strong start, iPad magazines not faring well over time originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Ring in the New Year on your iPhone with the official Times Square Ball app
Ever wanted to be in Times Square on New Years Eve instead of in your buddy's basement? Well, good luck with that. In the meantime you can download the first official Times Square Ball app. The app lets you live vicariously through those that are there and features the countdown clock (synced to your time zone) and it also includes a commercial-free, mobile stream of the webcast event.
For those that are actually going to be there, the app offers news, weather, photos, maps and schedules for the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration. Additionally you can check-in via Foursquare, Facebook and Twitter and you'll be shown exactly how many miles you are from the festivities. Times Square Official New Year's Eve Ball is a free download.Ring in the New Year on your iPhone with the official Times Square Ball app originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Audioprom: An intuitive audio sequencer for your iPad
In the world of electronic music, sequencers have been around for a while. They're used to create sequences of notes from various instruments, and then those sequences are chained together to make longer compositions of music. Apple's own GarageBand, Logic Express, and Logic Pro are good examples of Mac-based sequencers.
For some reason, a lot of software sequencers for iOS devices cling to the user interfaces of their hardware ancestors, which means that they're a mish-mash of dials, switches, and pushbuttons. Audioprom (US$9.99), a new iPad app from cw&t, is different in that it has a very simple and intuitive user interface.
cw&t says that their project started with the idea of placing sausage slices on an iPad to mark where to make sounds. Unfortunately, the sounds only played when a human hand was touching the sausage, so the idea of this food-based sequencer was dropped. While this tale sounds a bit apocryphal, the idea of placing markers on the iPad screen was a good one that evolved into Audioprom.
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Audioprom: An intuitive audio sequencer for your iPad originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - VerbalVictor app gives a voice to those who can't speak
Created by a caring father and his students at Wake Forest University, VerbalVictor is an interactive communication tool for people who are unable to speak. The application was developed by Paul Pauca for his five-year old son, Victor, who has difficult talking due to a rare genetic disorder that delayed his speech development. Mr. Pauca tried several specialized speech devices to help his young son, but they were either too low tech or too expensive to be practical. Knowing that his Wake Forest students could do better with current consumer technology, Paul recruited his students to design this iOS application as part of a class project.
VerbalVictor presents the user with a series of images and associates these images with pre-recorded phrases. An individual only has to touch the appropriate image to communicate with those around him. For example, tapping on an image of a kitchen could playback the phrase "I am hungry." Rather than a series of generic images and robotic voices, the application can be personalized for each individual user. Pictures of familiar environments can be imported into the app using the on-device camera and a relative or friend can record his or her voice to accompany each image. The application will sell for $10 in the App Store and will be available sometime next week for iPhone and iPad owners.
[Via Engadget]VerbalVictor app gives a voice to those who can't speak originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: We look back at 2010, make predictions for 2011
For the last TUAW TV Live of the year, I've decided I want to bring in the big guns -- my fellow TUAW bloggers. You get to hear us just about every Sunday night, but you don't often see us in action. I'm going to tempt fate and try to bring Megan Lavey, Mike Schramm, Mike Rose (tentative) and more into a Skype 5 video chat.
What are we going to talk about? The past year, like the biggest Apple stories of 2010, the best products, and the worst nightmares. We'll also talk about what we think is coming up in 2011 that will be exciting and new -- will there be a killer product that nobody has thought about? Will the Mac App Store reinvigorate the development world for Mac software?
You can join in as well through the Ustream chat tool. Ask the panelists questions, make comments, and discuss our points with other people in the chat room. To join in on this fun and usually educational show, come on back to TUAW just before 5 PM ET (2 PM PT, 10 PM GMT) and you'll find a post containing the live streaming video, the chat room, and instructions on how to join in if you're on an iPhone or iPad.
See you later!
TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: We look back at 2010, make predictions for 2011 originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Daily Deals for December 29, 2010
Get them while the year 2010 is still with us. From our partners at dealnews.com. More app deals and a credit card reader from Mophie, among other goodies. The Mophie credit card reader will need an account with Intuit GoPayment and an extra app (not included).
- iTunes Store: iPhone App Store Freebies: Vectorama, iDestroy, Furoshiki Guide, more
- Other World Computing: OWC's Garage Sale: Software, RAM, accessories, computers, more
- MacPromo: MacPromo Mac Time-Saving Bundle: 10 utilities for $50
- iTunes Store: iPhone App Price Drops: Deep, Skeletal Anatomy, Kitchen Calculator, more
- HandHeldItems: Dual Frosted TPU Case for Apple MacBook Air w/ $2 credit for $20 + $3 s&h
- HandHeldItems: HandHeldItems.com: Up to 70% off select iPad cases + 20% off coupon, $2 credit
- MegaMacs: Mophie Marketplace Credit Card Reader for iPhone for $119 + $10 s&h
- GoDaddy: GoDaddy.com: New 1-year domain name registration for $1
- Buy.com: Refurbished Linksys 802.11n 4-Port Wireless Routers from $28 + free shipping
- Woot.com: Silo 40" 1080p LCD HDTV for $380 + $5 s&h
- MidnightBox: Golla Meteo 15" Laptop Bag for $7 + $4 s&h
- BuyDig: Canon EOS 60D 18MP DSLR Body, 2 16GB cards for $932 + free shipping, more
Daily Deals for December 29, 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Sears selling a series of 'iWork' toolkits and tool sets
Sears is selling several tool sets and toolkits with the "IWORK" branding. While the product listings may try to deviate slightly from the Apple naming convention by using an initial capital "I", the branding on the individual tools is clearly written as "iWork", an exact copy of Apple's office suite. Ironically, Sears also lists the authentic Apple iWork '09 on its website and sells it through a third-party reseller. A search for the term "iWork" places Apple's product half way down the page in the #12 spot. The top 11 are occupied by Sears' latest line of tools.
These tools are recent additions to the Sears' catalog, so they do not pre-date the Apple office suite which made its debut in 2005. Apple has also held the trademark for IWORK since 2008, but it was for software-only, not hardware like these tools. It seems like Sears is just cashing in on the naming convention and possibly luring some Apple fans as a result.[It's worth mentioning that Apple has been on the other side of this "who cares if there's another product with the same name?" divide before, with a rather high-profile product introduction: the company branded the iPhone even though Cisco already had some claim to that name. Except with iPhone both were phones. -Ed.]
Update: As Sears and Kmart merged in 2005, these are also available at Kmart.
[Via Obamapacman and Sears]Sears selling a series of 'iWork' toolkits and tool sets originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPhone and iPad among eBay's "top-shopped" items in 2010
eBay listed its "Top Shopped" items of 2010 this week and the iPhone 4 rose to the top, beating out classic toys like Barbie and Hot Wheels. While the iPhone 4 took first place, the iPad was not far behind, occupying fifth spot behind Barbie, Hot Wheels and military jackets. Interestingly enough, this iOS duo are the only two electronic devices to make the top ten list which is heavily dominated by pop culture including icons like The Beatles, popular events like the World Cup and fads like Silly Bandz.
Together the iPhone 4 (1.6 M related items sold) and iPad (600 K related items sold) accounted for over 2.2 million related items sold. This "Top Shopped" list is compiled from U.S. eBay listings that include the key terms, like iPad, in the title and were active beween January 1, 2010 to December 19, 2010. Anyone who has casually shopped eBay for an iPhone 4 can easily corroborate these findings. At any given time, the sheer number of auctions for the iPhone 4 is staggering, especially when you add in the copious listings for iPhone 4 accessories.
eBay's Picks for America's "Top Shopped" and Pop Culture Obsessions of 2010:- iPhone 4
- Barbie
- Military jackets
- Hot Wheels
- iPad
- World Cup
- The Beatles
- Silly Bandz
- Alice in Wonderland
- New Orleans Saints
- Marc Jacobs
- LeBron James
[Via The Los Angeles Times]iPhone and iPad among eBay's "top-shopped" items in 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: FoodspottingWe've been covering a lot of games lately (since those have been the main focus of the holiday season), so here's a non-gaming app that comes straight from Apple's best of 2010 lists. Foodspotting, free on the App Store now, actually reminds me a lot of Corkbin, except that instead of wines, you're finding and sharing information about food at restaurants near you. You can browse pictures of various foods near your location, and then from one of those, follow the user who took the picture, find out about the restaurant it was taken at, or look for other examples of the same dish from other restaurants. The interface is fast and slick, and especially if you're in a place where there are plenty of restaurants to try (I'm right in the middle of Los Angeles), odds are that you'll find something good to go taste.
Unfortunately, that's the only issue with this one -- just like Corkbin, the app needs to be populated, and if no one else around you has taken any pictures, you can't really use the app for discovery. But even if there's nothing else nearby, you can at least use it as a visual record of places you've eaten out, and maybe you can find a favorite dish to save for later. Foodspotting's best of 2010 spotlight is well deserved -- bring it along the next time you try a new dish at the restaurant around the block.TUAW's Daily App: Foodspotting originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - The best iOS apps I used in 2010
After looking back over Mac and Mac/iOS hybrid apps, it's time to look at the best iOS apps of 2010. As before, this list comes from my particular experience over the past year with these apps.
1) iCab Mobile (US$1.99, universal) is a replacement for mobile Safari. While it is hindered by the fact that iOS doesn't have anywhere to set a "default browser," and therefore most URLs that you open from the Springboard or email/Twitter/etc... will open in Safari, iCab offers plenty of features that make it worth the effort. It is the first app on my dock, and I much prefer it over Safari. Although it uses the same rendering engine as Safari, it comes with a host of features that Safari doesn't have.
iCab Mobile will let you download files, which you can either offload to your computer later or upload to Dropbox from right within the app. Tap and hold an image, and you can save it right to your Dropbox. iCab on the iPad also does "real" tabs, with a visible tab present (it will auto-hide when not needed, if you want). You can set it to open links in new tabs, or open only links to different domains in new tabs. It has content filtering built-in, as well as module support for things like Instapaper, viewing HTML source or even downloading videos from YouTube. It also has a forms manager and a kiosk mode, and as Mike pointed out in November it supports VGA mirroring for presentation use. Web browsing is one of the primary uses of my iPad, and iCab Mobile is well worth the minimal asking price. Find out more at iCab Mobile's website.
See the rest of my choices below.
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The best iOS apps I used in 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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