Slight iPad Shipping Delay Due to Software, Not Hardware?

Daring Fireball's John Gruber claims to have heard from his sources that the slight shipping delay (about a week in the U.S. and on the order of a month in the first batch of international markets) for the Wi-Fi iPad is due not to hardware pr...

Highest-resolution Earth photo looks familiar for a reason

Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, Apple History

Last month, Gizmodo posted an incredible image from NASA: The most accurate, highest-resolution photo of Earth taken to date. It's stunning, in all of its 2048 x 2048 pixel glory. In fact, there are two images: One showing the Americas and one showing Europe. Both make a great desktop image.

They're also oddly familiar, and now Gizmodo confirms what many suspected: It's the same Earth image that's welcomed new users to the iPhone since its launch in 2007.

NASA noted that the image has been public since 2002, and is the results of many months of work. "Using a collection of satellite-based observations," NASA shares on their Flickr page, "scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet."

The image recently started generating a lot of traffic on the web as Apple fanboys realized the connection. Now, the next time you see that image on your iPhone, say thank you to the hard-working NASA employees who put it together.

Highest-resolution Earth photo looks familiar for a reason originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Working On Tablet And Smartphones To Take On Apple

iPad developers struggle with hands-off approach

The iPad arrives in less than a month, but most developers have still not so much as touched one. Which makes programming for a brand new device challenging, to say the least.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D567 to Developers

Apple today seeded yet another version of Mac OS X 10.6.3, termed Build 10D567, to developers. iPhone in Canada offers some details on the new version, which has seen only minor refinements as development appears to be wrapping up. Develope...

Chillingo’s Cogs Review

Cogs is a 3D rendition of the classic tile slider puzzle game. Remember those puzzles where you slide the pieces around to compose the picture? Well, Cogs is very reminiscent of that, in fact, I remember when the Mac OS (prior to OS X) used to include a game just ...

Password application gives wrong info to fraudsters

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute is selling a mobile phone application that offers a unique feature over other password-storage applications.

Reiner Knizia’s Money app worth spending time with

Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

The iPhone is shaped a little bit like a deck of cards. Like a deck of cards, Apple's little magic toy device can be used to play any one of a number of different games. Unlike standard cards though, the iPhone can easily transform into specific decks of cards from the Eurogame world.

We recently took a look at the iPhone version of Reiner Knizia's card game Poison and there are a slew of other "decks" (ok, programs) available in the App Store. Today, we turn our focus to the card game Money [$1.99, iTunes link], which might be the best card game app out there. In the near future, we'll be reviewing Mü and some other card games, so the position is not secured forever. Still, of the iPhone card game apps we've played so far, Money is our hands down favorite. Continue reading to see how this clever bidding game won our heart and why we're excited for more.

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Reiner Knizia's Money app worth spending time with originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple iPad To Launch In US On April 3, Pre-Orders Start March 12

Apple Patent Application Reveals Flexible Integration of Advertising Viewing in Video Files

Patently Apple points to an interesting Apple patent application published yesterday describing methods of incorporating commercials into video content such that viewing of the commercials interspersed throughout the video presentation would ...

Review: Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone

Finally combining my love of gardening and my need to slaughter the undead, Plants vs. Zombies is a unique tower defense game from PopCap Games

Make an iPhone app with AppMakr in Just 20 Minutes

If you've ever wanted to make your own iPhone app for your website or blog, now you can do so  pretty easily with AppMakr. All you need to get started is an RSS feed and some graphics for a splash page and an icon for your app.AppMakr makes creating iPhone ...

Apple purges Wi-Fi stumblers from App Store

Apple has purged all Wi-Fi stumbling apps from the App Store for using private APIs. Wi-Fi hotspot seeking apps without stumbling features remain unaffected.

Sausage stylus comes to the US

Filed under: Accessories, iPhone

It was a little less than a month ago when news broke of a South Korean company called CJ Corporation noticing a sharp increase in sales of their frozen sausages. CJ did some digging around and it turned out the good people of South Korea were using their sausages as iPhone styluses. Someone who was sick of taking their gloves off in the cold Korean winter to use their iPhone found out that the sausages were electrostatically compatible with the iPhone's touch screen, and nearly as effective as using a human finger.

South Korea is one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet. Anything they're doing, we want. And now we can have it. CaseCrown, a company that sells iPhone cases, has acquired a large shipment of the Korean sausages. They are on sale for a limited time for only 99 cents (down from $3.99). So if you don't mind carrying a mixture of dubious quality meat around in your pocket and live in a cold area, the iPhone Sausage Stylus may be just right for you! The sausage stylus is compatible with all iPhone and iPod touch models.

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Apple Announces April 3rd Launch Date for Wi-Fi iPad in the U.S.

Apple today announced that Wi-Fi models of the iPad will go on sale in the United States on Saturday, April 3rd. 3G-capable models in the U.S., as well as both Wi-Fi and 3G models for a number of other countries, will be available in late Ap...

iPad Wi-Fi Available in US on April 3, Pre-Orders March 12, International Late April

Apple has just announced that the Wi-Fi iPad models will be available in the US on April 3 with pre-orders beginning March 12 via store.apple.com, with 3G and international availability following in late April. Says Steve Jobs:

“iPad is something completely new. We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

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iPhone lessons from Google’s Nexus One

There are a few ways in which Google's Nexus One phone improves on the iPhone, and that should serve as useful feedback for Apple. Jason Snell spent a week with a Nexus One and has the details.

Wi-Fi iPad goes on sale April 3 in U.S.

The Wi-Fi only iPad models go on sale on April 3 in the U.S., with 3G models coming in late April, and both models shipping internationally in late April. Pre-orders begin March 12.

My Thoughts on Apple’s iPad - The Beginning…

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know what the iPad is. Even more surprising, is that it's only been five days since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad and already in that short span of time, there has been a lot of product analysis made by so-called industry pundits. ...

Review: 1Password iPhone apps

In these days of login-mania, a password manager is almost a requirement if you want to keep your data secure while maintaining your sanity. 1Password on the Mac and the iPhone is a hard combination to beat, regardless of which version of the mobile app you use.