No Flash On iPhone? Adobe Says It’s All Apple’s Fault

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C540 Seeded to Developers

Apple today seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6.2, termed Build 10C540, to developers. The release comes one week after the release of the previous build.

As with the previous two developer seeds, Apple lists no known issues in the ...

Verizon Droid vs. iPhone 3GS Side-by-Side Camera Showdown

The 5 megapixel, dual LED flash Verizon/Motorola Droid camera beats the iPhone 3GS 3 megapixels on specs alone, right? Not according to the Chicago Sun/Times’ technology columnist, Andy Ihnatko, who put some side-by-side comparison shots up on Flickr.

Ihnatko also seems to share many of my opinions about the Droid’s dubious introduction commercial, though he writes it out ever so much better. About the camera specifically, he says:

But does the Droid actually take better pictures than the iPhone? Overall, no. Over the past few days I’ve shot lots of scenes with both phones and the iPhone consistently produced prettier images. Where software inside the Droid is easily bamboozled by uncooperative lighting, the iPhone’s camera app almost always finds a workable and attractive solution.

Droid Day in November 6th. Android Central has one in the house, and Casey’s already crowing about it, so stay tuned for more!

[Via Daring Fireball]

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Report: Apple developing radio app for iPhone

Apple is allegedly building a new app for its iPhone and iPod Touch that will bring FM radio to the devices, according to a report on 9 to 5 Mac. (Credit: Apple Citing anonymous sources, the Apple news site says the functionality of the application will be similar to what ...

iPhone user survey gives excuses to dump gadget-undesirable romantic partners

Filed under: Cult of Mac, iPhone

My beloved fiancé,

It is with great sadness that I write you at home to your Gmail account to inform you that I am intending to sell your ring on Ebay and we will part ways. You see, ours was a mixed relationship to begin with. You have your Windows 7, your Linux, your original Android phone from T-Mobile in the UK. I have my iPhone, my iMac and everything good that's Apple (and even a few pieces that aren't.)

That's why I know it'll never work out between us. According to a recent study from Retrevo, iPhone owners believe that a "cool gadget" makes a person far more attractive than the measly doctorate you've spent years studying for. Every time we are together, I can't help but shudder over the fact that your Android phone is not of the latest generation.

So forget the four years of history between us, the months of separation due to our being in two different countries, and the fact that you are a wonderful, kind, sweet, and intelligent man with a bright future ahead of you. I have someone else I think the world of, and it is my iPhone. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go watch adult material and post up an ad at Match.com for someone with a 3GS.

Much love,
Your dear departed Megan

P.S. This letter is satire, I'm not dumping my fiance over his gadget preferences. Love you, honey!

iPhone user survey gives excuses to dump gadget-undesirable romantic partners originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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N64 emulator for jailbroken iPhones on the way?

Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, iPod touch

There's an exciting announcement at All Tech Related this week that has us saying, "We can't wait!"

ZodTDD, the developer behind GpSPhone (a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch), announced the development of an N64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch. Zodttd believes that the current generation iPhone and iPod touch have the graphic CPU horsepower necessary to run those games. "...I can't promise it will run games top notch just yet, as things are too early to say. There's hope though, with a 3D accelerated graphics plugin, as well as an ARM dynarec."

As iPhone Savior points out, the toughest challenge could be fitting the controls onto the screen in an unobtrusive yet usable way. That was my main complaint about Resident Evil for iPhone [iTunes link] -- my hand is often in the way of what I'm trying to see.

Note that this will require an jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch.

[Via iPhone Savior]

N64 emulator for jailbroken iPhones on the way? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Reviewing 100 New Claims to Add to 10+ Year Old (QuickTime?) Patent

Apple is reviewing 100 new claims they want added on a 10+ year old patents says Peter Hoddie on Twitter.

Hoddie ran the QuickTime team at Apple after the departure of original lead, Bruce Leak, and is currently co-founder of Kinoma, which develops multimedia solutions for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60. While he didn’t elaborate on which patents or what additions were being reviewed, but given his former position, it’s not hard to imagine it has to do with Apple’s own multimedia framework.

A quick search of the US Patent Office shows Hoddie listed in the following QuickTime-related patents:

• User interface for presenting media information
• Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations
• Apparatus and method for storing a movie within a movie
• Methods and apparatuses for transmitting data representing multiple views of an object
• Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable regions within multiple display frames
• Method and apparatus for synchronization of data retrieval and presentation
• System for data retrieval by scheduling retrieval if number of units scheduled equals or less than predetermined number and retrieving before or at time elapsed
• Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable regions within multiple display frames

QuickTime has become one of the core display layers of both Mac OS X and iPhone OS X. So is Apple trying to secure against the future or setting up for some more patent pugilism? As Hoddie states, there’s clearly a reason…

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Sony offers 1,000 ringtones for iPhone for 20 bucks. Pass.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, iPhone

Let's file this under 'really bad ideas done poorly.' Sony would like to sell you 1,000 ringtones, sound effects, and comedy voices on a data DVD that's just oh so ready to import into iTunes. Sony doesn't seem to offer a comparable product for other cellphones, like maybe the Sony Ericsson brand, so I can only conclude this is a plot by Sony to make iPhone owners look dumb when a call comes in.

I listened to some of the samples on the Sony website, and the DVD seems to be a collection of bad and unmemorable production music, obnoxious sound effects, and jokey voices saying things like "Dude -- everybody keep your voice down, I think it's my Dad calling."

The musical ringtones I sampled sounded like a cross between dentist office music and some kind of horrible techno-rap mutation.

Ringtones are ways to personalize your phone, but these clips aren't personal and are often offensive. Sony has a demo installation video showing how to get the clips into your iPhone, and of course it's done on the Windows version of iTunes.

In the last few years, Sony seems to acting more and more clueless, and this is further evidence of the company losing touch with reality. The only thing that surprised me is that they aren't offering the collection on a Memory Stick, that proprietary piece of hardware Sony has been trying to push on the marketplace for more than 10 years.

There are a lot of ways to get ringtones on your iPhone -- GarageBand works well, there are plenty of third-party apps, and there's even a ringtone podcast -- but this Sony DVD shouldn't be one of them.

We're all compiling our holiday/Christmas gift ideas and lists. I might need to make a special list called 'don't buy me this or I'll kill you.'

Sony offers 1,000 ringtones for iPhone for 20 bucks. Pass. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rumors of Disabled Intel Atom Support in Mac OS X 10.6.2 Unfounded?

Earlier this week, a report surfaced claiming that Apple had apparently disabled support for Intel's Atom processors in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2. The revelation set off a firestorm around the Internet, riling many users who have...

Fourth Generation iPhone Midboard Revealed [RUMOR]

Apple Launches “Music Movies” on iTunes

Apple has launched a new sub-section of iTunes devoted to music movies. Why music movies? It seems like while iTunes sells a lot of music, they’re not yet selling as much video and Apple seems to think they can use the music tie-in to promote the movies. (We’ll spare you the iTunes LP-esque “and it will look great on an iTablet!” line this time. Whoops.)

According to Billboard:

One of the first exclusives is “It Might Get Loud,” the documentary about guitar gods Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White, which iTunes will offer from Dec. 8 – 22 before any other outlet. Pre-orders start today. Another is the Kings of Leon concert film “Kings of Leon, Live at the O2″ from Nov. 3 – 10.

Big Music stands to benefit as well, since their music DVDs haven’t exactly been flying off the shelves. Will online exclusives and easy impulse purchases help? We guess that depends on whether you’ll be loading up your iPhone with them?

[Billboard via AppleInsider]

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Waveboard on the iPhone, Google Wave access slightly better than Mobile Safari

Filed under: Productivity, iPhone

If you're lucky enough to have a Google Wave account, you may be familiar with Waveboard. I started out using Wave via a Fluid SSB, running Wave Growl for Growl notifications and Dock badges. Then I found Waveboard, and it made things smooth enough that I haven't looked at Wave any other way since. So, obviously, I'd been anticipating the iPhone version of Waveboard. It's here, and it's, well, moderately interesting.

The desktop app is essentially a Single Site Browser, like a Fluid app, but it adds handy, Mac-like keyboard shortcuts, Growl notifications, Dock and Menubar notifications, etc. The iPhone app is the same, a webkit browser showing what Google already provides, but there just wasn't as much potential integration to take advantage of on the iPhone. They took advantage of the shake gesture to reload or log out. Websites can be opened in the same browser or sent to Safari. Landscape mode is supported. And you can kind of get push notifications, by using Prowl (which Aron has mentioned before). Setup instructions are available on the Waveboard blog.

That's about it, for now. Google hasn't offered an API, which seriously hampers a developer's ability to do cool things. More features are reportedly in the works, so we'll see if it turns into a truly useful counterpart to its desktop cousin over time.

Waveboard for iPhone is available on the App Store iTunes link for $0.99US. Under a buck, and it might be worth a look for avid Wavers (which I would be, if enough of my clients and cohorts had accounts to make it truly useful).

[via TechCrunch]

Waveboard on the iPhone, Google Wave access slightly better than Mobile Safari originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iTunes 9.0.2 Offers 180+ iPhone App Management

Looks like Apple snuck a little something extra into iTunes 9.0.2 for iPhone and iPod touch users — 180+ app management.

Instead of just mirroring the 11 visible iPhone 3.x Home Screens (with their maximum 180 app slots), iTunes will now let you add even more apps. These additional apps are displayed on grayed-out Home Screens (because they’re not visible on the iPhone — you have to use Spotlight Search to launch them), but in iTunes are otherwise easy to organize and remove.

[via TUAW]

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Review: Marware C.E.O. Premiere for iPhone 3GS & iPhone 3G

Marware’s C.E.O. Premiere for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. [$34.95 - TiPb Store Link] is a horizontal case with a belt clip and top flap. Either you love that style or you hate it, but there is no denying their popularity among iPhone owners. Marware has been making iPhone cases since day one and some pretty good ones at that. What did we think of the Marware C.E.O. Premiere?

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The Marware C.E.O Premiere has the classic horizontal holster case design that covers your iPhone in a textured, soft leather with quality stitching and an ultra-slim non-removable belt clip. The interior of the case is made up of microfiber cloth which is a welcomed addition that promises not to scratch your device while it is in use.

The flap that encloses your iPhone stays closed with the help of Velcro. Though I would have preferred Marware to use magnets, the Velcro does it’s job. However, when I am in a quiet room and need to get to my phone I’d like to get it out in silence rather than hearing the sound of Velcro tearing open.

The C.E.O. Premiere is designed only to provide access to the headphone port while your phone is inside. This design allows you to listen to music or take calls with the iPhones headset while you are out and about, but like all other cases of this style, no other controls can be accessed when the it’s is closed. Keep that in mind if it’s a deciding factor when you’re looking for a new case.

Marware was kind enough to include a decent screen protector in the package as well.

If you prefer the horizontal case and can get past some of the Marware’s minor shortcomings, the C.E.O Premiere as it’s truly a quality case.

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Public Radio App lets you resume ‘This American Life’ whenever you please

Now that you've got an NPR-lovin' stereo in your bedroom, the only thing missing in your otherwise completely fulfilled life is an NPR application that enables you to listen to your favorite programs whenever, wherever. If we just rung your bell, you can now drift away and die happy. Available this very moment in the 100,000-strong App Store is the Public Radio App, which essentially acts as a DVR for the iconic station. Once fired up, the app can "pause and rewind public radio streams from NPR, PRI, APM and local public radio stations," and there's even an alarm clock setting that wakes you up with your favorite public radio stream. Unfortunately, on-demand streaming is still a pipe dream, but there's nothing to stop these guys from adding that very feature in the next iteration. Go on -- try and lay off the trigger. It's not like that awfully low $2.99 price point is tempting or anything.

Filed under: Cellphones, Software

Public Radio App lets you resume 'This American Life' whenever you please originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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China Unicom Reports Opening Weekend Sale of 5000 iPhone Handsets

Review: Alive 4-Ever for iPhone

Everything about this zombie survival game is highly polished, from the music and effects to the controls. Alive 4-Ever is the king of its genre.

AT&T lodges complaint against Verizon for aggressive advertising against iPhone

In the soon-to-be-dismissed department, AT&T filed a complaint against Verizon for its recent advertising involving the “there’s a map for that” and other iPhone-suggestive taglines in their recent advertising for the Motorola Droid. The complaint wants an injunction against Verizon for showing a map of 3G coverage with blank spaces where AT&T support is supposed to [...]

Apple officially announces the 100,000 app mark in the App Store

In an amazing bit of news today, Apple officially announced the crossing of the 100,000 app available mark in the App Store. Here’s a snippet from their press release (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/11/04appstore.html): — “The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world,” said [...]