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- Apple, Inc. files to trademark "Apple" under 42 international classes
Apple is aiming for world domination and its plan was leaked not by a disgruntled employee, but through publicly available trademark applications. According to Patently Apple, the Cupertino company has filed for trademarks in over 42 different international classes. This is not a mistake, these trademarks were filed on behalf of Apple, Inc of 1 Infinite Loop.
There are only 45 available classes so Apple is protecting its name in almost every conceivable category. These categories include the predictable games, telecommunications and education categories as well as the outlandish such as carpets, soaps and pharmaceuticals.
I would love to know what Apple has planned for International Class 043 which is for services that provide food and drink. Could it be a top-secret device that serves the best-tasting Apple Kool-aid ever?
Oh, wait -- that device has already been created.
Apple, Inc. files to trademark "Apple" under 42 international classes originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - PhotoAge analysis of Steve Jobs over the years
The PhotoAge iPhone app ($0.99) is a fun little app that I have a love-hate relationship with. I love it, because it's fun to see how old the app thinks people are. I also hate PhotoAge, because it said I was 10 years older than I actually am and that result was used with evil intent at a Macworld Expo dinner (yes, I'm talking about you, Aaron!).
The developers of the app thought that Steve Jobs looked pretty darned good during his recent surprise appearance at the iPad 2 introduction, so they used their product to do an analysis of Steve's actual age versus his age as perceived by the app. The results are quite interesting.
According to PhotoAge, Jobs always looked somewhat younger than his actual age until his recent illness, when he understandably began to show signs of aging at a much more rapid pace. However, when the app analyzed his most recent appearance on Wednesday, it actually found him to look one year younger than his actual 56 years.
Whether Steve is feeling better during his most recent treatment, he's found a good makeup artist for public appearances, or PhotoAge is just plain wrong about his perceived age, we at TUAW send our best wishes for good health.
PhotoAge analysis of Steve Jobs over the years originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Using Personal Hotspot for FaceTime over 3G
If you've used a Novatel Wireless MiFi 3G Hotspot for Wi-Fi connectivity on the go, you know that it's basically like having a Wi-Fi router that you can carry with you anywhere. That means that anything that works on Wi-Fi -- including FaceTime video calling -- works over the 3G internet connection provided by the MiFi.
Beginning next Friday anybody with an iPhone running iOS 4.3 will have that Personal Hotspot capability running on their devices. Of course, your carrier will need to enable that capability and you'll probably need to sign up for a special Personal Hotspot data plan, but the Personal Hotspot functionality is now going to be built into your iPhone.
This means that you could set up Personal Hotspot on one iPhone to create your zone of Wi-Fi connectivity, then others can connect their iPhones to your Personal Hotspot. When they do so, they're connecting via Wi-Fi and can make FaceTime connections.
How does FaceTime actually work over a 3G internet connection? Back when FaceTime was new, my fellow blogger Erica Sadun and I checked it out over my MiFi (running on the Sprint 3G network). We found that it actually worked quite well, up to a point. If you tried to move the camera much, the image quickly degraded and eventually the FaceTime connection failed. However, when we were simply talking to each other and not moving our phones around (i.e., keeping the background image still), FaceTime worked nicely.
Apple wants you to use a real Wi-Fi connection with FaceTime. That is, they want you to be using Wi-Fi with a broadband connection behind it, not a measly 3G wireless connection. On the other hand, isn't it cool to know that within a week, you and your friends can set up your own Wi-Fi hotspots for connecting your Macs, iPads, and iPhones over FaceTime?
[via MacStories]
Using Personal Hotspot for FaceTime over 3G originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad 2 prompts Samsung to rethink the Galaxy Tablet
A senior official for Samsung Electronics on Friday admitted his company would have to rethink its line of Galaxy tablets to compete with Apple's thinner, more affordable iPad 2.
"We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate," Lee Don-joo, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile division, told Yonhap News Agency. "Apple made it very thin."
Earlier this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the second generation iPad. At only 8.8 millimeters thick, the iPad 2 is one-third thinner than the original. Impressively, the iPad 2 maintains its aggressive price points starting at US$499.
In contrast, Samsung currently offers a 7-inch tablet device that is 11.9 millimeters thick and priced at nearly
"The 10-inch [Galaxy Tab 10.1] was to be priced higher than the 7-inch [Galaxy Tab] but we will have to think that over," Lee said.$900$600 without a 2-year contract from a mobile carrier. The recently announced Galaxy Tab 10.1 will feature a larger display and faster processor when it ships this spring, but the device is still 24% thicker than the iPad 2. Samsung hasn't announced pricing details for its 10-inch tablet, but Lee revealed the original plan was to offer it at an even higher price.During Apple's iPad 2 announcement, Jobs claimed competitors were "flummoxed" by the original iPad's success and pricing. It seems the iPad 2 will continue to befuddle Apple's rivals in the tablet market for awhile longer or, at the very least, inspire the competition to create innovative new features at much lower prices.
Ultimately, the rumble in the tablet market will lead to more-affordable devices packed with awesomeness. And that's good for all of us --- Apple fans or not.
Apple sold a staggering 15 million iPads from April to December, 2010. Since launching its tablet in October, 2010, Samsung has sold approximately 2 million Galaxy Tabs. Forecasts predict overall tablet sales to reach approximately 55 million units in 2011. Wall Street analysts predict Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market by selling as many as 40 million iPads this year.
iPad 2 prompts Samsung to rethink the Galaxy Tablet originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - More details on iOS 4.3 compatibility
iOS 4.3 will be making your iOS device even more desirable in just one week's time -- that is, if yours is one of those lucky enough to be compatible with it.
It will work on an iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, but not on an iPhone 3G (so, I guess I may be upgrading sooner than I thought). iOS 4.3 also supports the past two generations of iPod touch and both generations of iPad. Most notably, it won't work on a CDMA Verizon iPhone, which currently runs iOS 4.2.6.
More details on iOS 4.3 compatibility originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Fortune says Apple tops them all!
This tidbit of news is not a surprise, but it's sure nice to see.
For the 4th straight year Fortune says that Apple is the world's most admired company, as it "continues to set the bar high for high tech companies across the board."
Citing nearly doubled profits from a year ago, launching the iPad and iPad 2, and working with Verizon to sell the iPhone 4 on their CDMA network, Fortune also praises Apple for doing so well while Steve Jobs has been on medical leave.
Apple's success is a welcome relief from the years in the 1990s when the company was seemingly wandering in the wilderness and survival was not a sure thing. The Apple of today is not only advancing profits in a weak economy, but beginning to define the future of computing to the degree that competitors are mostly copying Apple products rather than bringing new and unique innovations to buyers. Congratulations, Apple!Fortune says Apple tops them all! originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple's 'Year of iPad 2' doesn't necessarily mean no more iPad updates in 2011
At Apple's recent unveiling of the second-generation iPad, Steve Jobs said "2011 is the year of iPad 2." That sent several sites, including AppleInsider, into a flurry of backtracking on previous rumors concerning a possible iPad 3 release at the annual iPod event in September. "Jobs wouldn't have said that [2011 is the year of the iPad 2] were he planning to introduce another iPad model this summer," AppleInsider surmised.
Actually, that's exactly what Jobs would have said, and should have said. Doesn't anyone remember The Osborne Effect? If Steve Jobs had dropped any hints at all that another iPad revision would be coming so soon after the iPad 2, how many people do you think would be buying an iPad 2 on March 11? How many would buy one between then and September? Even people having only a passing familiarity with Apple news would be aware of the next iPad, soon to supplant the current iPad 2, and Apple's sales would plummet.
The entire idea of a September release of another iPad was kicked off by speculation from Daring Fireball's John Gruber. He theorized that an iPad update in September would allow Apple to make yearly releases of the hardware immediately before the highly lucrative holiday quarter, increasing Apple's sales. Gruber also said the hardware might not be so much an iPad 3 as an update to the existing hardware: an iPad 2 HD with the widely-rumored double-resolution display.
Industry rumors swirled around the iPad 2's display over the past couple months, with some reputable outlets claiming the iPad 2 would debut with a 2048 x 1536 display. For whatever reason -- cost and scalability of production being the most likely factors -- the iPad 2 still has the same 1024 x 768 resolution as the first iPad. But the rumors about the iPad Retina Display haven't gone away, and the same sources claim the next iPad will have it. But does that mean it won't come out until March of 2012? Not necessarily.
Apple could likely keep most of the iPad 2's internal hardware the same, shove a Retina Display into it in September, and still call it the iPad 2 (or iPad 2 HD, if you like). With the iPad 2's graphics hardware providing up to nine times the performance of the original iPad, quadrupling the number of pixels on the screen isn't going to be too much for the A5 processor to handle. Other hardware, such as system RAM, would likely need to be boosted to drive such a display, which could constrain production of a Retina Display-equipped iPad and drive up costs; however, to address those concerns, Apple could easily continue to offer the current iPad 2 alongside the iPad 2 HD model, positioning the Retina Display model as a "pro" iPad at a higher price in order to maintain margins.
I'm not betting the farm on a September surprise from Apple, mind you, and I'm definitely not saying you should wait for some as-yet mythical iPad 3 to come along. I'm certainly not waiting; even though I strongly suspect hardware updates later this year, I'm still getting an iPad 2 on launch day. But keep in mind that a generalized statement like "2011 is the year of iPad 2" doesn't necessarily mean the iPad 2 will stay as it is for a full year. MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros aren't held to an artificial yearly release schedule; they're released whenever the supporting hardware is ready and scalable for release. The same might well be true of the iPad.Apple's 'Year of iPad 2' doesn't necessarily mean no more iPad updates in 2011 originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple interested in building 4G LTE iPhone "early"
Apple may be looking to build a TD-LTE iPhone earlier than expected, according to a comment from China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou. Jianzhou singled out Steve Jobs while speaking about the possibility of an LTE iPhone outside a conference meeting on Friday. The chairman said "Jobs has expressed his interest in an LTE iPhone and is willing to start the development at an early date."
China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in China as well as the world, is preparing to launch large-scale tests of its TD-LTE network in select Chinese cities including Shanghai and Hangzhou. LTE or Long Term Evolution is the next generation in cellular technology that promises significantly faster mobile broadband speeds. It is commonly referred to as 4G.
These upcoming tests are the precursor to a full-scale launch expected by the end of the year. An earlier demonstration produced download speeds of 80 Mbps, which is 20x faster than current cellular network technology. LTE is poised to explode in China in the next several years. IHS iSuppli predicts capital spending on LTE will double to US$100 million in 2011 and balloon to $1.3 billion by 2014.
China's total mobile user base has grown to over 869 million subscribers and is the largest in the world. While its mobile subscriber numbers are high, China's mobile phone penetration is relatively low at 64%. Whether or not Apple will be "early" with a China Mobile iPhone remains to be seen, but this untapped market presents a unique opportunity for growth that Apple would not want to ignore.
Apple interested in building 4G LTE iPhone "early" originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iOS 4.3 brings a handful of new features and new headaches
iOS 4.3 doesn't bring nearly as many changes to the table as iOS 4.2 did last November. The release of iOS 4.2 was a watershed moment for the iPad, bringing features like multitasking and folders that made it a far more useful device than before. The iPhone got fewer new features in iOS 4.2, some of which have proven more useful than others; I use AirPlay almost every day to stream from my iPhone to my home theater system, but I used AirPrint once (after some hacking), then forgot about it.
For the iPhone, iOS 4.3 brings even fewer marquee features to the device. Most of the big features you probably already know about, because Apple's described them. I'll walk you through those features now just to give you an idea of what you're in for when iOS 4.3 sees public release on March 11. Follow along onto the next page for a guided tour.
Note 1: This guide is mostly iPhone-focused, since that's the device I own. With few exceptions, all of these features will be standard across the entire line of iOS devices, except...
Note 2: If you have an iPhone older than the 3GS, or an iPod touch older than the third generation, read no farther, because the iOS 4.3 update won't be coming to your device. iOS 4.2 is apparently the end of the road for those older devices. Additionally, for some reason iOS 4.3 won't be immediately available for the Verizon iPhone, though some features like Personal Hotspot are already working on that model under iOS 4.2.6.
Note 3: For anyone worried that this information is breaking NDA, bear in mind that I'm not a developer and not bound by any non-disclosure agreement. I come by my iOS Gold Master builds the old-fashioned way: on the Hong Kong black market.
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Переслать - Notes on the iPad 2 launch
The release of a new Apple device always provokes much beard-stroking at TUAW towers, and the iPad 2 was no exception. You've heard from Erica Sadun (whose neck beard is strictly metaphorical) about how raw specs don't matter and clean-shaven Chris Rawson asked if you're going to buy one. Over at our big sister Engadget, editor Josh Topolsky (facial hair status: uncertain) says we are all living in Apple's post-PC era.
As I actually have a beard to stroke, my credentials for thinking out loud are clearly outstanding. What follows here, then, is a list of some of my own thoughts and observations on some of the nooks and crannies of Wednesday's announcement that (I hope!) have been less well chewed over by the web's myriad commentators, pundits, and crackpots.
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Notes on the iPad 2 launch originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple on track to ship 10 million iPads in Q2 2011
Asian newspaper Digitimes is reporting that Apple may deliver over 10 million iPads in the upcoming quarter. According to component suppliers, Apple is poised to ship over 6 million iPads in the current quarter, 3 million of which will be iPad 2 models. As production ramps up and demand increases, the Cupertino company may sell between 10 to 12 million iPads in the next quarter. Apple is estimated to sell over 40 million iPads by the end of the year, and Digitimes predicts that more than half of this 40 million figure will be sold in the second half of the year.
This 10 million figure is significant as this jump to double-digit sales is occurring when competition for the iPad will begin to heat up. The 3G Motorola Xoom is available now, but a less-expensive Wi-Fi only version is expected to debut in April. The long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook as well as the 3D-capable LG Optimus Pad are also expected to land in the upcoming months. Finally, you have the webOS-powered Touchpad, which is projected to land this summer. Despite a variety of challengers, sales of the iPad are still projected to increase. Impressive.
[Via Electronista]
Apple on track to ship 10 million iPads in Q2 2011 originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - GDC 2011: The latest from Disney Mobile
Disney's mobile gaming division had a table claimed in the company's hotel suit during GDC 2011, and I stopped by to see Disney's Jeff Nuzzi and check out the company's latest offerings. There were a few titles on display to be revealed later this year, but the current focus was on JellyCar 3, the latest in Disney Mobile's most popular line of casual gaming apps. The game (the original version of which was designed by a Disney developer in his spare time) is due for an update very soon, which will add new cars, the ability to import your own pictures for cars and a new level pack called "Time and Space" to play around with.
Nuzzi also talked to me about the Tron app (released with the movie last year) and how the company's general strategy around iOS apps is going. Read on for more.
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GDC 2011: The latest from Disney Mobile originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Conan O'Brien pokes fun at iPad 2
Conan O'Brien takes on the iPad 2 with an amusing parody that pokes fun at the slick video presentations that peppered Apple's iPad 2 announcement and its reality distortion field. The video is located after the break for your viewing pleasure. Just a note for iOS users, the clip is hosted on Conan's website so it may not be streamed in an iPad-friendly format.
[Via Dvice]
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Conan O'Brien pokes fun at iPad 2 originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - AirPlay in 4.3 delivers on access for third-party apps
AirPlay is one of the cooler new technologies Apple has brought us recently, and iOS 4.3 (coming March 11) will allow third-party apps full use of its wireless streaming capability, not just for audio, but for video as well. Apple is already busy approving apps that take advantage of AirPlay's video-streaming capabilities. For example, StreamToMe allows you to stream from a Mac or a PC to your iOS device via Wi-Fi or 3G.
In theory, you should be able to send your music and pictures from any app to your Apple TV over AirPlay, but according to GigaOM, it seems that not all your favorite content producers will be playing along. So far, only Vevo has updated its app to support AirPlay when 4.3 comes out. Netflix has said it won't be supporting AirPlay streaming, since Netflix is already available on the Apple TV itself. Hulu, Comcast and HBO haven't decided yet, and ABC isn't interested.
The problem for the media companies is rights -- they're doing their best to keep their web content off your television screens because They Fear Change and think they'll lose money if you get to watch what you want, where you want. Let's hope no one thinks of doing an end-run around such shortsightedness with a bit of wire that could link your iOS device to your TV screen -- whoops, too late.
AirPlay in 4.3 delivers on access for third-party apps originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Shadow Era
For the right player, Shadow Era is a really impressive game. I say "for the right player," because it's not exactly newbie friendly -- this is a full-fledged collectible card game, implemented right there on the iPhone and the iPad. For some players, that's probably music to your ears -- if you're a big fan of Magic: The Gathering, you'll feel right at home here as you summon allies, cast spells and build resources to take down opponents and build up your decks. But if you've never touched a competitive card game, you'll probably be lost right out of the gate. While Shadow Era does offer a few tips in a short tutorial, it's really meant for players who pretty much know what they're doing already.
That said, it's awfully impressive. It combines great-looking cards in a very touch-friendly interface. Especially on the iPad, I could lose quite a few hours in this, battling away and reading out all of the cards, their special features, and checking out the great, well-designed art. The controls are easy-to-learn and surprisingly intuitive, and once you figure out the game's rhythm, it's fast and simple to navigate.
The game comes with a deck to play with, of course, and you can buy more via in-app purchase -- they're not super cheap, but compared to other collectible card games, the prices are more than competitive. Plus, the game offers nice touches like Retina Display support and Game Center integration as well. For a free app, Shadow Era is a must-download for fans of CCGs, and even players who want to get started with the genre can head over to the website to both play online and read through the rules.
TUAW's Daily App: Shadow Era originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - JFK Historymaker: an iOS biography app for the 35th President
JFK Historymaker (US$4.99) from MultiEducator, Inc. is an extensive and comprehensive multimedia biography app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The amount of information is massive and includes 250 photos, 200 full text documents and 25 videos chronicling the life of John F. Kennedy, the United States' 35th president. In structure, it's very similar to an earlier app from the same company about the Civil War. Both apps have many positive attributes, but also quite a few nagging problems.
The design of the app lets you easily get to and keep track of information. With its larger screen, viewing it on an iPad is far more satisfying since, in landscape mode, there is always a menu on the left side of the screen that shows the categories and sub-categories of information. On the right of the screen is the content. The menu isn't there in portrait mode, but tapping on a menu button makes it appear. In the iPhone version, all you see is the menu; tapping on an item brings up the content, making things more difficult to navigate. The menu items contain distinctive icons that let you know if the item contains a video, photo, audio file or text. A list of Recent places is kept, and anything can be marked as a Favorite so that you can build your own list of interests. Everything but videos can be sent to email as well. Text and photos can be pinched or stretched, which really comes in handy on a small screen.
Organization is important in this type of app, since there are around 35 topic-oriented categories that range from JFK's early life to his assassination. Within each category is a sub-menu that lists the content. Tapping on an item brings up the text, photo, video or audio. It sounds complicated, but after a few minutes of using it, I could easily get anywhere quite quickly, and saving Recents and Favorites made it even easier. There is a button letting you go back to the last category; in the unlikely event you did get lost, there is a Contents button that will bring you back to the main menu. On the iPad there is also a search box to get you to the right place.
Categories are grouped well and break everything down to bite-sized topics, such as Civil Rights, Bay of Pigs, The Navy and so on. Many categories start with an overview then drill down to an in-depth discussion of the topic. Under that are all the supporting items. A great deal of the text is comprised of transcripts of speeches, minutes of meetings and scanned documents, including JFK's report card from the Canterbury School in 1930. (He wasn't a terrific student.) When looking at anything other than a video, there is an Info button on the iPad or a tab on the iPhone to get specific information on what is being viewed.
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JFK Historymaker: an iOS biography app for the 35th President originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple negotiating for unlimited iTunes music downloads
When you buy an app for your iOS device, you only have to buy it once. If you buy it on your iPhone, you can download it on your iPad later and pay nothing at all. If your Mac's hard drive dies on you, as far as your iOS apps are concerned it doesn't matter; you can download them again later without paying a cent.
So why isn't the same true of music downloads from the iTunes Store?
According to Bloomberg, Apple's recently been asking that same question of the music labels and trying to negotiate for unlimited downloads of music. This isn't the perennially-rumored iTunes subscription service, where you'd get a la carte music downloads for a monthly fee. Instead, iTunes music would have the same model as iOS apps: pay once, download as many times as you want. It's essentially the same cloud-based backup solution we heard rumors of last week.
It's not unlimited streaming or a subscription service, but unfettered downloads of music you've already bought is definitely a step in the right direction. According to Bloomberg's sources, Apple expects to reach an agreement with the major labels by midyear.
[via Appleinsider]
Apple negotiating for unlimited iTunes music downloads originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - AT&T intros new postpaid plans for the iPad 2 and other tablets
AT&T introduced two new postpaid plans for tablets, a category that includes the upcoming iPad 2. Unlike prepaid plans, which require customers to buy data allotments upfront, these new plans can be added to a customer's current monthly cellular bill. This new postpaid option is month-to-month and does not require a long-term commitment.
Pricing for the postpaid plans mirror the prepaid plans with a $14.99 plan that provides 250 MB of data or a $25 plan with 2 GB of data. Overages on the new postpaid plans will be charged at a rate of $10 per 1 GB of overage. This is slightly less than the prepaid plans, which charge customers $25 for an additional 2 GB of usage. These new plans give customers the freedom to choose how they would like to be billed for data to be used with their shiny new 3G iPad 2.
As a benefit for early adopters of the iPad 2, AT&T is offering a limited-time promotion that provides one free month of service for those that sign up for the new $25/2 GB plan.
AT&T intros new postpaid plans for the iPad 2 and other tablets originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple releases Xcode 4 GM. Again!
Apple has just posted another GM seed (number 2 if you're keeping count) of Xcode 4. Build 4A304a is ready for you to download, install, use and love. You need to be a paid member of either the iOS or the Mac dev programs to access this build.
Now, if Apple would only get around to, you know, releasing Xcode 4..., it would make life ever so much more interesting.
Be aware that if you are beta testing Lion, you will need to download and install the separate Lion-specific tools. Xcode 4 GM is built for Snow Leopard.
A tip of the developer's cowboy hat to Morgan for telling us about the re-release
Apple releases Xcode 4 GM. Again! originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Deciding on a tablet by comparing specs? You've missed the point
Last night, I was browsing through story after story on the interwebs that hoped to help people decide on a tablet purchase by comparing the Motorola Xoom specifications with the iPad 2. From multitasking to chip speed to RAM, analysists attempted to find consumers the best possible value for the money.
And they completely missed the point.
When it comes to tablets, it's not about the specs. It's about user experience. It's about the way we use the device and how the device fits itself to the way we want to use it.
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Deciding on a tablet by comparing specs? You've missed the point originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad 2 accessories: The flood begins
No sooner had Steve Jobs bid farewell to the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco yesterday than the TUAW inbox began filling with news of iPad 2 accessories. While many of the accessories aren't as snazzy as the bath tub lid-inspired Smart Covers, I thought you might like to take a peek at what manufacturers have been working on under NDA.
Booq is coming out with a nice looking folio case for the iPad 2 that includes a non-digital component -- a built-in and replaceable paper notepad. The Booqpad for iPad 2 (below) starts at US$49.95, with a "luxury option" available at $99.95. The notepad sheets are the same size as an iPad 2 screen and are perforated for easy removal. Knowing Dave Caolo's penchant for cool notebooks, I've been asked by his wife Mia to tell him to not buy one of these.
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iPad 2 accessories: The flood begins originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Labelbox tags your photos in a beautiful way
A brand new app called Labelbox is taking the iOS App Store by storm this week, and for good reason. It does something simple -- putting labels on photos -- in an aesthetically pleasing and, really, quite fun way.
The app asks you to take a photo or choose from your camera roll, at which point it prompts you to apply a label of your choice by swiping over the area the label will go (much like you were actually putting down a strip of tape, neat)! Labelbox also has some pretty deep sharing features built in, including uploading to Facebook, Twitter and the ever-growing Steply photo service.
Oh, and the best part? It's free on the iOS App Store. So what are you waiting for? Quit clickin' and start stickin'!Labelbox tags your photos in a beautiful way originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Talking Carl app has been "hijacked," report angry users
Talking Carl is a mildly famous iPhone app in which a vaguely anthropomorphic red blob repeats things you say to it in a funny voice and responds to touches and prods with giggles and yelps. Readers have been sending us some quite angry messages about a mysterious recent update to the app which replaced the cheerful Carl with a cardboard box, but it wasn't immediately obvious exactly what had happened.
The app was originally developed as a collaboration between Yann Le Coroller, a motion designer and graphics expert, and Awyse, a software publisher. TUAW spoke with both Le Coroller and Guillaume Carre, CEO of Awyse, so we could get to the bottom of the story.
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Talking Carl app has been "hijacked," report angry users originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A rumor from BGR today suggests RIM is preparing to bring its popular BlackBerry Messenger to iOS as well as Android. Details are sparse but the Canadian handset manufacturer reportedly wants to own the messaging space and can propel itself forward by opening its popular Messenger service to other platforms. RIM is moving quickly with the Android version, but may encounter a stumbling block with Apple's App Store approval process. Nonetheless, this rumor is quite tantalizing, especially when you feast your eyes on the above screenshot that landed in our inbox recently. Interesting, no?
BlackBerry Messenger coming to iPhone? originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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