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You've probably seen contactless payment terminals before. They're used in many stores, restaurants, and other locations, with either a smart credit card containing a secure memory card or some sort of fob being used to make the payment. You just wave it at the terminal, and you've paid your bill.Coming soon: Paying for stuff on Visa by waving your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 05 May 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Coming soon: Paying for stuff on Visa by waving your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 05 May 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple’s lock-out of Adobe CS5 iPhone packager as part of the iPhone OS 4 SDK, thus preventing Adobe from locking developers into CS5, has has allegedly so angered the Flash-maker that they’re rumored to have complained to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, triggering those talks about an inquiry.
Adobe says Apple is stifling competition by barring developers from using Adobe’s products to create applications for iPhones and iPads, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to discuss the case.
Adobe, Apple, and the agencies that may or may not be looking into it all declined to comment. Since the smartphone market is thriving, and any developer upset with Apple can choose to develop for Android, webOS, BlackBerry, Nokia, Windows Phone (maybe), etc. — which would ultimately hurt Apple if enough developers decide to do just that — it’s hard to see where government involvement has any place.
And no, you can’t manufacture an artificial “mobile app” market and say Apple has a dominant position in that. Apple has a control on iPhone and iPad apps, that’s it. All other platforms have their own apps completely outside of any Apple involvement or influence. That includes the aforementioned smartphone platforms, Nintendo’s Gameboy and DS lines, Sony’s PSP, Microsoft Windows running or UMPCs and portables (and OS X running on laptops for that matter, which are huge app markets), and — wait for it — the world wide web, which also runs on the iPhone completely outside of Apple’s control.
I understand Adobe being angry — they’re business model requires developers use Flash to build cross-platform apps and native app development hurts them. I understand Flash developers being angry because if they choose to stay Flash-exclusive they lose easy access to the lucrative iPhone/iPad user base. But the case that that anger should translate into government action at this point just doesn’t seem makable.
Then again, this probably isn’t about anything more than headlines right now anyway, is it?
Adobe complaint behind possible DOJ/FTC inquiry into Apple? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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TUAW's Daily App: White Lines originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW's Daily App: White Lines originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While we can't honestly imagine an iDevice user going about their life without connecting to the iTunes App Store at least once in a blue moon -- if not on a semi-permanent basis -- the statistically-significant NPD Group decided to look into the matter regardless. Sure enough, the org reports that a full three-quarters of iPhone and iPod touch users in the US do indeed download apps and entertainment content from the internet. In case you're wondering, that figure beats the pants off those connecting from their video game consoles (19 percent) or Blu-ray players (17 percent), but both of those are obviously biased towards physical, disc-based media. Before you dismiss these findings as obvious, however, let's read between the lines -- if 75 percent of Apple's touchscreen devices are pulling content from the web, that means the other one-quarter have gone without. If not apps, what the heck are those devices being used for?NPD: 75 percent of US iPhone, iPod touch users download content, other 25 percent think Opera Mini is a tiny concert originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 07:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Again it looks like the iPhone is finally getting in iPhone OS 4 what the iPad got in 3.2 with the file/document transfer feature now exposed in iTunes sync.
While the iPad version identifies document-friendly apps (like Apple’s own Keynote, Numbers, and Pages) and lets you find and sync over files, the iPhone OS 4 beta 3 version currently only shows Mail and doesn’t really let you do much. However, it stands to reason this will at least reach feature parity with the iPad when Apple releases iPhone OS 4 to the public later this summer.
Now all we need is an elegant way to share and wirelessly sync those documents across multiple devices and users. MobileMe 2.0, souped up iWork.com 2.0, where are you?
For more check out our complete iPhone OS 4 beta preview and feature walkthrough.
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iPhone OS 4: File transfer via iTunes sync is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres played a spoof iPhone ad during her Monday talk show. In it, she is glorifying the iPhone, yet having difficulties with texting.
Apple didn’t see the humor in her commercial and complained that she implied that the iPhone is difficult to use. Ellen responded during her Tuesday show by apologizing and explaining that the iPhone is in fact not hard to use, it’s the only phone she can text on, and that she loves her iPhone, iPad, iPod, and even iHop!
Watch the ad and her apology below and let us know what you think. Is Apple being a little too sensitive?
UPDATE: Ellen’s official YouTube video says “no longer available” (all her YouTube videos now say that(?!)) so we’ve switched to whatever non iPhone-friendly version they use on the official website. Sorry!
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Ellen makes spoof iPhone commercial. Apple doesn’t think it’s funny. is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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