Letterman lists ‘Top Ten signs you’ve purchased a bad iPhone’

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The iPhone's ongoing technical issues made it to David Letterman's Late Show last night, as he presented a "top ten signs you've purchased a bad iPhone." It's as funny as Letterman usually is -- I especially liked the Pop Tart one, and you even get a nice less-than-sincere apology to Larry King for a previous top ten inserted right in the middle there.

I wonder what kind of cell phone, if any, Letterman carries around. The guy's not exactly technically inclined, and while the iPhone would probably appeal to him if he tried it (how could it not?), he might just be too much of a luddite to even bother.

In other late night show host iPhone news, Conan also tweeted about the iPhone 4's reception issues -- apparently the design flaw in his iPhone is that "people get angry when I talk on it during a funeral." I wouldn't worry too much about that, though, Conan -- Apple will probably fix it in the next OS update.

Letterman lists 'Top Ten signs you've purchased a bad iPhone' originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Smaller OLED Based iPads Coming In Q4 2010 - Will You Be Buying One?

Empowering your iPhone with Scosche’s passPORT

Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family, iPhone

iPod car stereo integration is great. You can control your music library with your car stereo's controls. In some cases, you can see track info like artist, song and album information. Best of all, your iPhone's charging via a dock connector while all of this is happening -- that is, if you have a fairly recent integration kit.

While many older car stereo integration kits can play and control music through their iPods and iPhones, they've lost the ability to charge newer models. The reason for this is that Apple re-engineered the dock connector for the iPhone 3G, second generation iPod touch and fourth generation iPod nano onward.

However, you can empower yourself against this annoyance with Scosche's passPORT. The passPORT is a dongle that serves as an intermediary between your car's dock connector cable and your iPhone, charging it while you're enjoying your music.

Scosche has a list on its site with car compatibility information. While my car's kit -- the original iPodYourBMW factory kit -- isn't on the list, it worked flawlessly with the passPORT.

The Scosche passPORT is available at the Apple online store, and at some Apple retail stores for US$19.95.

Empowering your iPhone with Scosche's passPORT originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Empowering your iPhone with Scosche's passPORT originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SplashShopper and SplashMoney now available on iPad

SplashData has released the iPad versions of SplashShopper, its list maker and organizer app, and SplashMoney, the company’s personal finance manager.

Microsoft Executive on Apple: ‘iPhone 4 Might Be Their Vista’

Computerworld reports that Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner today compared Apple's iPhone to his company's much-maligned Vista operating system, suggesting that Apple might be headed for a s...

Letterman, Top Gear, Microsoft poke fun at iPhone 4 antenna issue

So on one hand the hype surrounding iPhone 4 antenna issues has risen to the level of a David Letterman top 10 list and Top Gear joke (see videos after the break), and on the other it’s got Microsoft COO Kevin Turner calling it Apple’s Vista (which is a bizarre slam on Microsoft’s own product):

It’s beyond the looking glass. What is Apple going to do? What should they do?

[CrunchGear x2, Computerworld]

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CE-oh no he didn’t!: Microsoft’s Kevin Turner says iPhone 4 might be Apple’s Vista

While not technically a CEO, Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner is not immune to a certain amount of executive level foot-in-mouth. Speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in DC and chatting up his company's upcoming slate of Windows Phones, he couldn't help a little iPhone bashing: "It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that." Should we point out to Kevin that attempting to criticize your competition by comparing it to your own flagship products is usually counterproductive, or leave him to figure it out on his own during some early morning magnificent moustache contemplation session?

CE-oh no he didn't!: Microsoft's Kevin Turner says iPhone 4 might be Apple's Vista originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone live tonight, 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST

To say there’s a lot to talk about this week would be a huge understatement… Join us right here at 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST as we discuss all the week’s iPhone news, reviews, and how-tos.

iPhone live takes over the home page 15 minutes or so before the show. Be here, and be ready to chat. We want to hear from you.

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Rumors: New iPhone 4s With Non-Conductive Antennas

iPhone at Work: shooting scene reconstruction

How does a “shooting scene reconstructor” use his iPhone to get the job done and what iPhone apps help get him through his day? TiPb’s iPhone at work contest aims to bring you just such slices of the iPhone life. Here’s Theta’s answer and as a small token of thanks we’re sending him a $20 iTunes gift certificate. If you want to see your name up on the TiPb home page and get a gift certificate all your own, head on over to the TiPb iPhone Forum and share your story now!

I just got my first iPhone, an iPhone 4. Before that I used two different generations of iPod touches.

I do quite a few “shooting scene reconstructions”, and other investigations related to firearms examination. To that end, I have converted over from using a Tablet PC for field note taking, to using Office² and various self made worksheets. I can quickly enter various types of data related to the evidence I am examining. Today I even took a picture of a fired casing comparison using the iPhone 4 camera through the microscope objective, cropped the image (CropForFree), annotated it (iRetouch Lite), and then inserted into my worksheet in Office².

I track my various Google calendars using SaiSuke. I have used it for a few years now. I allows me to update and track various calendars (work, personal, baseball, swimming, cub scouts). When I’m and get a call from a client, I can quickly add an event, which will update on my company website that many customers use to check on my work availability.

I also use Office² to track case numbers, payments received, to update a Google Doc that my bookkeeper checks daily to make invoices for me, and to track courtroom testimony.

I use Air Sharing to take PDF copies of my electronic case files along with me, for reading while on the phone with clients, or reviewing prior to courtroom testimony. It truly allows me to have a mobile office.

I use MileBug to track my mileage and email reports to my accountant.

I use the standard Apple Notes app to email bank deposit summaries to my bookkeeper.

skobbler has become my GPS app (I switched from Sprint with free turn-by-turn, so I’m a little hesitant to start paying for a formerly free service).

Those are just the main ones. There are various other ones I will quickly use on the stand to covert units to answer questions from attorneys, spreadsheets for performing blood alcohol calculations, rulers for measuring, protractors for measuring angles, periodic charts for chemistry questions, and even RxDrugs for looking up prescription drug information.

What about you? Do you do investigations related to firearms examination? If so, how do you use your iPhone for work? If not, head on over to the TiPb iPhone Forum and let us know how you use your iPhone for your job.

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Survey Finds Strong Consumer Interest in Cloud-Based iTunes Model

Market research firm NPD today announced the results of a recent survey of iTunes Store customers regarding their interest in a free or paid streaming service that would allow them to access content on a ...

My Vacation 2.0 – A Complete Travelogue in the palm of your hand

A new application is set to make life easier for those jetting off to sunnier climes. My Vacation 2.0, created by Jasper Apps for iPhone and iPod touch, lets travellers plan and document their travels with one easy-to-use app – and create an instant photo album, too. Already featured in Apple’s “What’s Hot” list, the [...]

AdMob CEO says Apple isn’t enforcing mobile advertising restrictions

They prompted some some public outcry from competitors and a preliminary antitrust investigation from the US government, but it looks like Apple isn't even enforcing those new rules on outside ad networks -- at least not yet. That's according to none other than AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui himself, who said at the MobileBeat conference this week that "they haven't been enforcing" the new regulations yet, and that he's "very appreciative of that." If enforced, those regulations would prevent companies like AdMob from collecting some analytic data on ads placed in iOS applications -- data that Apple itself could collect with its iAd platform. Of course, it's not clear when or if Apple will start enforcing the rules, but Hamoui seems to be content with the current situation, and even went out of his way to praise Apple's own advertising efforts, saying that "anybody getting advertisers interested in mobile is a good thing. It's not at all a zero-sum game."

AdMob CEO says Apple isn't enforcing mobile advertising restrictions originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mobile Facebook users hit 150 million

Facebook now has 150 million mobile users and plans to migrate all features found on PCs to phone platforms.

Survey: iPhone tops satisfaction, planned purchase numbers

The latest smartphone survey by ChangeWave research shows the iPhone holding the lead in terms of satisfaction and the percentage of consumers who plan to purchase a new phone.

Apple acquires map API company Poly9

According to the Sun, Apple has purchased Quebec-based Poly9, a mapping API provider for Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo!, MSNBC, and NORAD.

Poly9’s website has been shuttered, their employees moved to Cupertino.

Last year, Apple bought PlacePace, a company that specialized in API for layering data sets over maps.

Since there’s only a few companies that actually own the maps themselves, Apple still isn’t going into the map business — but they certainly look to be doing a lot to make their implementation of maps better and more powerful.

iOS 5 anyone?

[MacDailyNews, image via designrevolution.org, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Apple Prepping Genius Bar Changes: Focus on Shorter Wait Times, Multitasking, Overnight Repairs

MacRumors has learned that Apple is preparing an overhaul of the functionality of its Genius Bar, with the company positioning the changes as a "giant leap forward" for the Family Room concept that has come to embrace both the Genius Bar itse...

VideoPix updated to support HD Videos on all iPhone Models

SeeItWithus today is pleased to announce the release of VideoPix 2.1, the much anticipated update to its iPhone frame grabbing app. With this update, VideoPix now runs on all iPhone devices (including iPhone 4) and iPod touch devices and supports frame grabbing as well as slow motion playback, frame by frame analysis of iPhone shot [...]

Estimate: Full recall could cost $1.5B

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The possible, yet highly unlikely event of a full iPhone 4 recall would cost Apple dearly, according to Tony Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research.

He has issued a report with a US$1.5 billion price tag as his best guess. However, that's not what Sacconaghi believes will happen. Instead, he suspects Apple will relent and issue free Bumper cases to those who want them. With an estimated production cost of $1 each, the cost would drop significantly and frankly hardly disrupt Apple financially.

Earlier this week, several people suggested that a recall is inevitable, while others insist that it's not really a big deal. As I said yesterday, whatever Apple's going to do ought to be done sooner than later. While Apple is silent, consumers are seeing stories like this.

Estimate: Full recall could cost $1.5B originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Osfoora for iPhone – App Review

Osfoora is a Twitter client that’s been gaining a lot of traction on the iPhone platform.  Me, being me, decided to finally give it a go.  As we already know, I’m extremely shallow and finicky when it comes to picking an everyday Twitter client.  But as we all know, there’s tons to choose from and what may suit one person, doesn’t suit another.  For me, I’ll use whatever serves as the best all around client for me until something better pops up.  In my opinion, Osfoora is the best all around client right now.

Hit the jump for tons of screens and an overview!

[iTunes Link]

Like clients such as Tweetings, Osfoora’s general layout looks a lot like the official Twitter for iPhone client, which isn’t a bad thing.  It also adds a couple simple customization options such as a user home screen.  You can tweak the colors to your liking as well.

You can also choose between two themes, light and dark.  I prefer the light theme but a lot of users like the dark look as well.  I think it provides a balance without overdoing it and ruining the UI.

Osfoora boasts a lot of the features we’ve come to expect from a good Twitter client.  It supports pull down to refresh, lists, uploading pics and videos, conversation views, read it later, search (nearby, users, keywords), now playing, link shorteners, hashtags, and much more.  Another feature I like is the Follow Friday feature.  It allows you to set up follow Fridays in a much easier way than editing and adding people manually.  You can choose how many people you’d like it to post from your friends list.  It’s definitely a neat feature a lot of users may enjoy using over entering their Follow Fridays manually.

Nearby Tweets also has a cool add-in I haven’t seen many Twitter clients implement. Given I’m not a huge user of nearby, maybe some do, but I’ve never noticed it.  Osfoora has added in a list view in addition to the map view.  This seems a lot easier to browse through than looking at a map and tapping individual bubbles to read tweets.  It’s minor, but shows the developer really put a lot of thought into user experience.

Profile viewing is also similar to a lot of other popular Twitter clients.  It’s got basic user profile information, follow information, list support, block user, and report as spam access. Overall, I feel comfortable saying Osfoora will stay in my iPhone dock until something better comes along.  The only thing I’d really like to see added is native push.  Boxcar does support Osfoora, but I’ve been having a lot of issues with Boxcar lately.  I’ve also tried Notifo, but as of now, I couldn’t find a way to make Osfoora my default Twitter client for things to open within Osfoora instead of Twitter for iPhone.  I don’t believe the functionality is there just yet.  If I missed it though, let me know in the comments!

Pros

• Clean but powerful UI

• Easy to navigate, you can use it right from the gate without having to teach yourself too much

• Developer put a lot of thought into the “little things”

• Decent price

Cons

• No native push support

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