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Continue reading Nokia N8 vs. iPhone 4: camera showdown
Nokia N8 vs. iPhone 4: camera showdown originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Yeah, crediting the iPod, iPhone, and iPad for why Apple is so much more successful than Google or Microsoft is a loaded headline, or would be if Mark Sigal from O’Reilly didn’t point it out in so succinct a fashion:
The following inconvenient facts must be an affront to the horizontal, commoditized, open, market share zealots. Apple has launched three major new product lines since 2001: the iPod (October, 2001); the iPhone (July, 2007); and the iPad (April, 2010).
The company’s stock is up 3,000 percent since the launch of iPod, 125 percent since the launch of iPhone, and 20 percent since the launch of iPad.
In that same time period, the major devotees of the loosely coupled model — Microsoft, Google, Intel and Dell — have been, at best, outpaced by Apple 6X (in the case of Google dating back to the launch of iPod) and at worst, either been wiped out (in the case of Dell) or treaded water (in the cases of Microsoft and Intel) in every comparison period.
ChangeWave’s Paul Carton says consumer interest in Android is rising at the expense of iPhone, but at the same time Horace Dediu from asymco points out that counting non-Google approved Android devices, and Android devices like Verizon’s Fascinate where Google is torn out, Google actually makes far more money from iPhone where they’re the default search engine, map provider, etc.
Now, just like Stephan Colbert isn’t truthful but “truthy”, and dime store popsicles aren’t chocolate but “chocolatey”, Google isn’t really open but “openy“, and neither is Microsoft, but it doesshow that just who won — or will win — what PC or smartphone war against Apple depends entirely on how you frame the terms of victory.
iPod, iPhone, and iPad: why Apple is so much more successful than Google and Microsoft is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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We’re talking iOS 4.2 beta 2 and the new Apple TV, asking what are iPhone 3,2 and 3,3, SHAttering Jailbreak exploits, and wondering if Android will end OS innovation. No muppets will be hurt in the making of this podcast, folks. This is iPhone live!
Thanks to the TiPb iPhone accessory store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!
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iPhone live 119: I want my Apple TV is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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WordPress for iOS has updated to version 2.6, which adds the ability to record video from within the app and upload it to a blog. WordPress app now includes video recording originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
WordPress app now includes video recording originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Despite the iPhone's official release in China, a grey market continues to thrive. So much so that shoppers are buying units from Apple for private resale in such large quantity, that Apple had to temporarily down the Beijing Apple Store.Apple closes Beijing store temporarily to thwart iPhone 4 resellers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple closes Beijing store temporarily to thwart iPhone 4 resellers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As Apple TV (2010) makes its way out into the world people are figuring out more of what you can and can’t do with it, including Engadget who says there’s 1080p in (but not out) via iTunes:
We just ran some tests on the AppleTV’s playback limits by streaming 1080p movie trailers in iTunes and managed to verify murmurs saying the device can accept 1080p content. Unfortunately, output is a different story, since it downscales the image back to 720p on your display
TUAW meanwhile plugged it into PhoneView to access the AFC service area, tried Ping (the network IP command, not iTunes social music!), VLC, used TinyUmbrella to save SHSH blobs, and more:
You can register your Apple TV device in Xcode (it shows up immediately) to the iOS developer portal but you cannot perform any actual development — yet. Xcode complains that Apple TV does not “support development”. Bummer that.
Sounds like there will be fun times ahead, especially for the Jailbreak community.
[Engadget, TUAW]
More Apple TV fun: 1080p in, Xcode, PhoneView is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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GoodReader for iPad has just received a major update with some fantastic new features. PDF annotations is the biggest addition including notes, highlights, markups and drawings.
If you don’t already use this App for PDF viewing and management then you definitely should try it out. GoodReader is my most used iPad app, you can find out more about it in our quick review.
Full update details and more screenshots after the break.
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Major update introducing major new feature – PDF Annotations, including notes, highlights, markups and drawings:
- all annotations that you create or edit in GoodReader – notes, highlights, markups, and drawings >- are saved in a PDF file, so you will be able to see them later on a computer or in another copy of GoodReader on your colleague’s device
- all notes, highlights, markups, and drawings created outside GoodReader, and properly stored in a PDF file, can be viewed or edited in GoodReader
- types of annotations that you can create and edit in GoodReader: comments (“sticky notes”) with 7 different icons, text highlights, freehand drawings, lines, arrows, rectangles, ovals, text underlines, text deletion marks (strikeouts), text insertion marks, text replacement marks. You can freely adjust color of all of the above.
- other types of annotations that you can view in GoodReader: text boxes with callouts, polygons and polylines, squiggly underlines, cloudy shapes, rubber stamps, file attachments. All annotations that can be viewed, can also be deleted. In addition, some of them can be edited in a limited fashion (color, placement, scale).
you can now extract files from PDF file attachments
two main gestures that you should use to work with annotations – single tap, and “tap & hold”. Depending on where you tap (on a text, on an existing annotation, or on a free space on a page), different menus will be presented to you.
Other important improvements and new features:
- now you can select text directly on a PDF page. Tap on a text and hold your finger for a while. You can then copy it to the clipboard, or create markups for it (highlights, underlines, strikeouts, etc.)
- certain not very large files were known to consistently crash GoodReader (as well as other PDF reader apps) for no apparent reason. This was the issue with iOS 3.x. We have resolved this issue. It shouldn’t be a problem now, even if you’re still on iOS 3.x (this one is for you, Linux Journal readers
- now we can hide PDF watermarks (adjustable option in settings) -> certain button images in place of PDF links that were not shown before, are now shown correctly
And some other nice things:
- you can now choose which minimum zoom ratio you prefer for PDF pages – “fit to screen” or “fit to width” (an option in settings)
- we have lifted the limitation for a size of files being extracted from PDF Portfolios. Now we’re able to extract files of any size. Just make sure that you have enough of free disk space!
- now when you copy a file to the same location as the original, a copy is created. Very handy if you want to annotate a PDF file, but also want to leave the original file unchanged.
- a workaround for the issue when WiFi was conflicting with Bluetooth (slow WiFi connection, occasional WiFi signal drops when Bluetooth switch is on, etc.) was finally found. Now there should be no conflict between WiFi and Bluetooth when working in GoodReader.
GoodReader for iPad gets a huge update is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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Developers drop prices on super popular App Store apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Developers drop prices on super popular App Store apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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