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  • Steve Jobs look-alike selling Taiwanese tea

    We'll see how long this lasts. Taiwan's Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, its largest food production company, is using a Steve Jobs look-alike for a promotion that involves a iPad 2 giveaway. Shoppers who buy a Tong Yi Cha drink are entered into the contest, as "Steve" explains.

    Not only does the spot use look-alike, but comes at a time when Apple is cracking down on how giveaways of its products are handled. Specifically, the company prohibits the use of the word "free" as a modifier for Apple product names in a prominent way.

    Parody is another thing, of course, so we'll see where this goes. In the meantime, check out the video below.

    [Via M.I.C. Gadget and Cult of Mac]

    Steve Jobs look-alike selling Taiwanese tea originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Apple to pay $8M in damages over iPod playlist patent suit

    An Eastern Texas District Court judge has ordered Apple to pay US$8 Million to Personal Audio LLC, after ruling that the iPod manufacturer infringed upon patents for downloadable playlists. Specifically, the court determined that Apple violated two generic patents with its support for downloading playlists on the iPhone and the iPod.

    According to Bloomberg, one of the patents addressed an "audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller" while the other was for "audio program distribution and playback system." Note that, while eight million bucks is nothing to sneeze at, it's less than the $84 million Personal Audio initially sought in 2009.

    That initial suit also included Archos, Coby, and Sirius XM, all of whom settled in 2010, after concluding that they wouldn't be able to finance a challenge of the final verdict.

    Apple to pay $8M in damages over iPod playlist patent suit originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Fairfield University hints at Apple in its bookstore

    Fairfield University's president has announced that his school's bookstore will be moving off campus, and that "an industry leading computer retailer" will have a presence in the new digs. The store will occupy a former Borders' location on Post Road which covers about 23,500 square-feet on two levels plus a basement.

    While Fairfield presiden Rev. Jeffrey von Arx didn't mention Apple by name, other American schools have made similar moves. The University of Delaware recently announced its plans to host an Apple storefront, while plans from Fairfield's Connecticut neighbor Yale show a similar arrangement.

    Good luck to Fairfield and here's hoping their plans pan out. If you're a student who spies a little bit 'o Apple around the store, please let us know.

    [Via ifoAppleStore]

    Fairfield University hints at Apple in its bookstore originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Quicken won't run on Lion: 10 Mac finance apps that will

    OS X Lion isn't out yet, but it could be hitting the Mac App Store as soon as next week. For many Mac users, the decision on whether or not to upgrade to Lion is boiling down to one incompatible app -- Quicken for Mac. We've been hearing from our readers for several weeks that Quicken is the sticking point.

    In this post, I'll discuss what your options are to control your personal finances with a Lion-compatible Mac app. You'll be glad to know that Intuit's flagship app isn't the only game in town.

    Intuit sent out a note to "Valued Quicken Customers" over the last few days stating that Quicken for Mac 2005, 2006, and 2007 will not run on OS X Lion. Intuit offered some solutions that had TUAW readers steaming:

    Move to Quicken Essentials for Mac

    The slimmed-down, next-generation app will work on Lion, but it doesn't have all the features users of the standard Quicken are used to. Intuit is even offering a 50% discount, but points out that you need to make the move before you upgrade to Lion since the app won't import your old data under Lion...

    Move to Mint.com

    This is Intuit's replacement for the old Quicken Online, and it's a web-based personal finance site. However, there's no way to move your existing Quicken data to Mint.com. Great thinking there, Intuit.

    Move to Quicken Deluxe... on Windows

    Brilliant idea, Intuit, if you have a Windows machine handy. If you're in an all-Mac home, forget it. If you want to run Windows 7 under Boot Camp on your Mac just to run Quicken Deluxe, you have to get a license for Windows 7 ($188 for Windows 7 Home Premium Full Edition on Amazon) and Quicken Windows ($35 for Quicken Deluxe on Amazon). Running a virtual machine under Parallels or VMWare adds additional cost.

    Why not take this time to move away from Quicken altogether? Here are my suggestions for other apps that will take your existing financial data into the world of Lion.

    iBank 4

    Probably the best solution for most Mac users moving to OS X Lion is iBank 4 (US$59.99). It's available on the Mac App Store, it imports files from Quicken for Mac or PC, and it even has a mobile companion (iBank Mobile, $4.99) for tracking expenses and monitoring account balances. Feeling anxious about moving your data from Quicken to iBank? Don't be -- they even have a set of online video tutorials to set your mind at ease.

    Money 4

    Another personal finance application that is Lion-ready is Money 4 from Jumsoft ($18.99). It imports and exports Quicken QIF files, handles recurring payments, and does portfolio management. Reviews of the current version aren't exactly glowing, but many of the comments appear to be from people who don't understand even the basics of accounting, so your mileage may vary.

    iFinance for Mac

    Here's another finance app with a mobile companion. iFinance for Mac ($29.99) also imports Quicken QIF files, and the universal iFinance Mobile app ($1.99) is a good way to capture expenses on the go.

    MoneyWell

    One of the more higher-rated Mac personal finance apps is MoneyWell ($49.99). It supports importing financial transactions directly from many banks and other financial institutions, and imports a number of the Quicken formats that have been developed and then abandoned over the years. Anyone who purchases the current 1.6.8 version from the Mac App Store receives a free upgrade to the upcoming (Summer 2011) 2.0 release.

    Koku

    The Mac app that gets the award for the brightest page in the Mac App Store has to be Koku ($29.99). If you can make it past the purple background, there's some great information in the description. Like many of the other apps, Koku imports Quicken files and can directly pull transactions from many banks. Koku provides a "smart tagging technology" to label your spending and income with phrases that are familiar to you.

    PocketMoney

    To say that longtime developer Hardy Macia of Catamount Software is an Apple fan is putting it lightly -- he developed apps for the Newton platform for many years, including the first iterations of PocketMoney ($19.99). Now the app is available for Mac and PC, but the emphasis is on the iOS version of the app. Mac users may find the Mac flavor lacking in some features, and Macia admits that the current version is primarily for syncing the iOS app to the desktop. Still, the app has most of the features that users will want in a personal finance app, including one that I found fascinating -- the ability to affix photos of receipts and checks to transactions.

    Budget

    An interesting take on personal finance and budgeting is Budget ($39.99) from Snowmint Creative Solutions. This app does away with the traditional ledger format of most accounting applications and replaces it with envelopes. Envelopes represent different accounts, and you move money between envelopes to show where money is coming from and going to. It imports OFX and QIF files, but does not support direct bank connections.

    iCompta

    Yet another ledger-like Mac app for keeping those dollars, pounds, francs, or euros in line, iCompta ($18.99) also features a $4.99 iOS companion named iCompta 2. Import of existing Quicken data is a given with most of these apps, and iCompta is no exception. It'll also grab your transactions from many banks.

    Squirrel

    The winner in the cute logo competition has to go to Squirrel ($24.99), which features a squirrel stashing gold coins in a safe. The app imports existing transactions with ease, lets you define scheduled transactions and budgets, and even brings the Apple concept of Smart Folders to Mac finance for filtering transactions. Squirrel also has an iPhone companion that is highly rated and appears to be very easy to use.

    iCash SE

    At the end of the list is a powerful accounting app that has been localized for a number of different languages, including Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and English. Like many of the other apps listed here, iCash SE ($49.99) doesn't use double-entry bookkeeping so it's fairly easy to use. While it doesn't appear that iCash SE supports import of bank transactions, you can definitely get your Quicken data into the app.

    Conclusion

    Well, that's it for our roundup of Lion-compatible apps, all of which are available today in the Mac App Store. Don't let anyone tell you that there's no personal accounting solution except for Quicken. I'd love to hear from Mac users who are fans of these or other finance apps, as I'm sure you have good feedback on what the high and low points are for many of these applications.

    One thing is for sure -- if you're considering making the move to Lion in the very near future, taking care of your personal accounting software needs should be foremost in your mind.

    Quicken won't run on Lion: 10 Mac finance apps that will originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Airfoil 4.5 allows streaming from your iOS device to your Mac and more

    Airfoil for the Mac has been around for a long time, and has always been a great way to transmit audio in a fashion with more flexibility than Apple's own AirTunes (now AirPlay) standard. With Airfoil 4.5, the feature set has grown considerably, and Airfoil has fully joined the AirPlay client & server continuum.

    Airfoil 4.5 will now allow your Mac to accept audio directly from any iOS device, meaning you can stream audio from apps on your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad directly to your Airfoil-running Mac. Airfoil will now also send audio from iTunes directly to any AirPlay-compatible speakers. Finally, Airfoil 4.5 comes with several small improvements and additions to its remote control support.

    Airfoil 4.5 is a free update for owners of Airfoil 4, and it comes with preliminary support for OS X Lion. It costs US$25 and requires Mac OS X 10.6.

    Airfoil 4.5 allows streaming from your iOS device to your Mac and more originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables banned by HDMI Org

    HDMI Org, licensor of the HDMI standard, has demanded that Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables be taken off the market because they are "unlicensed." According to TechRadar, the cables fall afoul of HDMI licensing standards which state that any cable with a male HDMI connector at one end must also have a male HDMI connector at the other end. Anything else doesn't meet the standards and therefore cannot be sold.

    This doesn't affect the sale of cable adapters, like the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter sold on Apple's site, because said adapters have a female HDMI connector that still requires a separate, additional HDMI cable to plug into the display. Those types of adapters are okay under the HDMI standards, but a cable with one type of male connector on one end and an HDMI connector on the other apparently isn't. Picky, picky.

    Those of you hoping to bypass the aggregated cost of a dongle adapter plus an HDMI cable in favor of a one-stop solution for hooking a newer Mac into an HDMI display had better act fast; such cables are still available on Apple's online store for now, but MacRumors points out they've already been withdrawn from Monoprice.

    Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables banned by HDMI Org originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • MobileMe webmail balks at political bulk mailings

    Unfortunately, as originally reported by John Brownlee at Cult of Mac, it looks like Apple may be filtering out emails sent from the online MobileMe client based on content. The story is that a user was trying to send an email mentioning "Authoritarian Oppressive Regimes," and when sent, those messages would not go through to their intended recipients, with no error message back from Apple. Cult of Mac sent a few more test messages through the system, and found that simpler emails with less political messages made it through just fine.

    There's a few things to note here: First, this is the web client only -- there's no indication that any emails sent via MobileMe's SMTP/IMAP interface are being blocked in this way. Second, Apple has replied to the CoM story to say that certain messages caught by spam filters may be blocked from sending through the web client, but that "Apple is not blocking MobileMe email due to political content." Anyone having a problem sending anything through MobileMe is encouraged to contact MobileMe support.

    Perhaps most importantly, when Apple's rep was asked why no error message was given, there was no further comment. That's perhaps the biggest problem here -- Apple can do what it wants with its own service (even if that's to block messages based on political content, as unlikely as that actually is, a private service can do it), but Apple should at least notify users when messages are being blocked.

    You could argue that Apple is trying to discourage mass email spammers from abusing the MobileMe system, and because of that doesn't want to clue spammers in on which message can and can't go through. That's a legitimate concern, but even so, if non-spammer customers are being blocked, there needs to be some way for them to be informed about the issue so it can be fixed.

    MobileMe webmail balks at political bulk mailings originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Use your iPhone to detect cataracts

    A group of researchers at MIT have built a surprisingly useful medical addon for the iPhone that apparently can help detect cataracts. The CATRA system is a device that snaps on to the front of the iPhone (or any computer screen, from the look of it), and then uses screen output to monitor and test for cataracts in patients' eyes.

    You can watch a video of the device in action below. There's a lot more on the official page about how it all works and what cataracts actually do to the eyes, but the takeaway for us here is that this is a device which can be used with anyone's iPhone at a relatively tiny cost, performing a test that would have likely required much more equipment and expertise in the past.

    We've already seen iOS devices become standard operating equipment in many medical settings, and that's exactly because of solutions like this one. According to the project's website, this device is already being used, and there are more devices available, so hopefully this project, along with Apple's devices, will help discover some issues as early as possible.

    Continue reading Use your iPhone to detect cataracts

    Use your iPhone to detect cataracts originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Zynga picks up another iPhone developer, Five Mobile now Zynga Toronto

    The Zynga blog reports that the huge social gaming company has picked up yet another iPhone developer to add to its growing staple. Five Mobile, a company that's made various apps for iPhone and other mobile platforms, is now part of Zynga and will be renamed Zynga Toronto, tasked with working on mobile apps and services across a variety of different setups and operating systems.

    This purchase isn't quite as direct as some others we've seen from Zynga, but Five Mobile is still a significant mobile developer and they are now fully integrated into the (huge) Zynga company. We still haven't seen a lot of products out of Zynga's purchases, but you have to think that as soon as the company is done settling down its various departments into their correct roles, the mobile initiative for the company will be bigger than ever, led by iOS apps and games.

    Zynga's definitely betting big on mobile -- it's already got a lion's share of the market in social gaming, and it's looking to use these developers to translate that audience over to mobile platforms in the future.

    Zynga picks up another iPhone developer, Five Mobile now Zynga Toronto originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The iPod's effect on the global economy

    Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital, wrote a piece last week in which she cited a paper -- Innovation and Job Creation in a Global Economy: The Case of Apple's iPod -- by three scholars who studied how the iPod has impacted the world economy. Freeland's assertion in "Winners and Losers in the Apple Economy" is that "the key to understanding the U.S. economy" is any device created by Steven P. Jobs.

    The paper by scholars Gren Linden, Jason Decrick, and Kenneth L. Kraemer that Freeland takes her talking points from was published last month, but uses somewhat stale data. The study results are based on data from five years ago, which is like trying to describe the current U.S. military with a discussion of equipment and tactics from the Civil War. In 2006, iPod design and manufacturing employed 27,250 people overseas, and about 13,920 in the U.S. That's a year before the iPhone hit the market, and four years prior to the introduction of the iPad, so the numbers are miniscule compared to the employment in the Apple economy in 2011.

    Freeland's conclusion is that American innovation creates a lot more jobs outside of the country than it does inside. That's not surprising in the least. The interesting part of the post is that the predominant beneficiary of Apple's innovation were the American engineers and professional workers who created the iPod. They made up only 6,101 of the almost 14,000 U.S. Apple employees associated with iPod design and production, but made about US$525 million -- more than twice what all of the foreign non-skilled employees took home.

    Freeland notes that although globalization does create more jobs overseas, the professional employees and shareholders of Apple clearly keep much of the financial value inside the United States. The non-skilled American Apple employees who participated in iPod production and development -- such as office support and retail staff, or freight and distribution workers -- accounted for 7,789 jobs, but brought in only $220 million.

    I'm not sure exactly what Freeland is trying to do with her article other than throw fuel on the tired "haves, have-nots" fire. Sure, non-skilled workers both here and abroad are making less money than their professionally trained counterparts. However, the engineers and developers who are pulling in the big bucks spend years of their lives not only getting advanced degrees, but also continuing their education to stay current with the latest technological leaps.

    It would be eye-opening to see the results of a similar study of the Apple economy that takes advantage of more recent data, particularly now that Apple's success has been skyrocketing thanks to the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

    The iPod's effect on the global economy originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Analyst ups AAPL on strong projected iPad, iPhone sales

    Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley remains bullish on Apple pointing to strong iPhone and iPad sales in June. He's so confident in Apple that he boosted his iPhone sales estimate from 75.5 million million to 77.3 million in 2011.

    He also predicts Apple will sell a whopping 100.2 million iPhones and 55.1 million iPads in 2012. As others have said before him, Walkley notes that Apple will continue to lead both the tablet and smartphone market.

    So what does these numbers mean for the average joe? More iPhones and iPads in circulation, greater incentive for developers to jump into the iOS ecosystem and extra cash for Apple to pump into research and development for the next generation iOS devices. Sounds good, doesn't it?

    Analyst ups AAPL on strong projected iPad, iPhone sales originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Dev Juice: Help me set up a multiperson dev team

    Dear Dev Juice,

    We have a 3 man dev team with the iOS developer program (as a small company plan) and we are getting ready to move up to Xcode 4 once Lion is out to the public and the have a stable sdk.

    What is the best way to set all of our systems so we can each build for adhoc distribution instead of just one of us being able to?

    Thanks, Brandon

    Dear Brandon,

    You can easily build for Ad Hoc on more than one machine at a time. Just export your developer provisions and certificates from Xcode's organizer.

    Click Export Developer Profile, enter a password that you will remember and verify that password. Save the file to a convenient location such as the desktop.

    You will generally have to enter an administrator password during the process to allow Xcode to access your local keychain. Once created, you can transfer this profile file to another Macintosh system and import it through the same Xcode organizer screen. You will be prompted for the password.

    Once imported, just do the same build-and-archive, sign-with-the-ad-hoc-provision building of IPAs on the remote installations that you would do at your home system.

    Happy Developing!

    Dev Juice: Help me set up a multiperson dev team originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • How to make sure you're charging your iPad correctly

    Recently I noticed that my iPad was not charging as quickly as it used to. Only a month or so ago I was impressed at how my iPad's battery would easily charge up to the 80% range in a couple short hours, but more recently the same charge time would produce a meager 10% if I was lucky. It was infuriating, and the only thing more infuriating was that I couldn't figure out why. After doing a bit of research this is what I discovered.

    Being aware that the iPad requires more power to charge (10 watts), I was sure that I was using the right adapter, the one that came in the box with my iPad. However, I became increasingly aware that I had various iOS power adapters strewn all over the house which looked identical to what I assumed was the iPad charger as well as a few compact adapters, one of which came with my iPhone 4, and others that I just seem to have accumulated from goodness knows where. I suddenly realised that I could have easily picked up the wrong charger and mistaken it for the iPad one. The problem was how to decipher one adapter from the next.

    The compact Apple Power USB Adapter, the one that comes with an iPhone 4 or 3GS, is a 5 watt adapter, but it doesn't actually say that anywhere on it. However, it does indicate that the output is 5 volts at 1.1 amps (5V 1A), which means 5 watts (I realised this after a bit of learning about electricity). This adapter will charge your iPad, but at a much slower rate because it only has an output of 5 watts. According to Apple's website, this adapter is compatible with all iPhones and iPod touches as well as what appears to be all previous iPods too, but not the iPad.

    The more chunky adapter that comes with the iPad is a 10 watt adapter. Thankfully, this adapter is labelled as a 10W USB Power Adapter (see gallery). Its output is 5 volts at 2.1 amps (5.1V 2.1A) which means 10 watts. Obviously, this is the adapter that will charge your iPad correctly, and as a result, the fastest.

    However, there is a third adapter that looks identical to the iPad adapter, but it will not charge your iPad at 10 watts. Apple doesn't sell these anymore, but you may have a few around your house if you ever had a wall charger for previous generation iPods and iPhones. This is where I went wrong and couldn't figure out why my iPad wasn't charging correctly, I was using one of these adapters mistaking it for the iPad one. Fortunately these adapters are labelled iPod USB Power Adapter (see gallery).

    I finally located my iPad adapter attached to a travel adapter I'd thrown in a drawer after recently being abroad. And I'm pleased to say my iPad is charging normally once again!

    Don't make the same mistake I did, make sure that your iPad is being charged by the correct 10 watt power adapter that came in the box with your iPad or a third party iPad compatible charging accessory.

    For further information on charging your iPad, and getting the most out of your iPad's battery, check out this support page at Apple's website.

    How to make sure you're charging your iPad correctly originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • TUAW's Daily Mac App: Disk Inventory X

    Disk Inventory X

    With Lion on the way, maybe it's time to give your Mac a bit of spring cleaning. The best place to start is always the hard drive, and Disk Inventory X is a great tool.

    You let Disk Inventory X scan your hard drive and it creates a visual representation of the used file space on your disk called a treemap. Each of the colored blocks represents a file on your hard drive. They're color-coded by file type, allowing you to visually distinguish documents from media files, applications from fonts. The size of each of the blocks is proportional to its file size, meaning that the bigger the file is the larger the block, which allows you to quickly identify large space hogs.

    The large purple square in the image above represents the sparse bundle used by FileVault, but you can easily see the digital copies of Inception, Star Trek and Tron Legacy I have stored in iTunes outside the FileVault. Once you've identified an errant large file, click on the block to display information about the file including size, creation and modification date, owner, permissions, file path and format. You can then either reveal the file in Finder or trash it straight from Disk Inventory X.

    While you can find large files manually with Finder, Disk Inventory X streamlines the process. Download the free Disk Inventory X today and reclaim some of that valuable hard drive.

    Continue reading TUAW's Daily Mac App: Disk Inventory X

    TUAW's Daily Mac App: Disk Inventory X originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • 3D printed toy features the runner from Canabalt

    It's no Angry Birds toy, but I like the idea of this Runner figurine. It features the little guy from the popular iPhone game that spawned a genre, Canabalt. Not only does the resemblance to the little pixelated guy shine right through, but the figure is actually 3D printed in color, and then UV coated to hold the whole thing together.

    Pretty cool. Voxelous has it on sale right now for $14 along with a few other indie gaming stars, though supplies are limited. What other indie iPhone games need figures like this? I wouldn't mind having a printout of my favorite Bitizen in Tiny Tower...

    3D printed toy features the runner from Canabalt originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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