The New Yorker hits the iPad
The New Yorker iPad app, strategically priced at $4.95/issue – about five times the subscription to the paper version – goes on…
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Bombshell. Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4 because of the antenna non-issue
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/21495733001?isVid=1
This one isn’t going to go over very well, we feel. Consumer Reports is, for the first time, pulling its ‘Recommend rating’ on the iPhone due completely to the antenna non-issue that Apple plans to fix with a software update in coming weeks (or two weeks ago if you believed one report). Somehow, even though they can’t recommend it, the iPhone 4 topped their Smartphone list again. I guess they can’t recommend buying a smartphone of any sort?!
It’s official. Consumer Reports’ engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side
VIDEO: Google's Skype-killer works on a Mac
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/63890987001?isVid=1&isUI=1
Thought some of you might like a quick look at this video, it shows the Google Voice Desktop App (aka the
NFL Player drops $2K on iPhone 4 from camper
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/34757275001?isVid=1
Philadelphia Eagles’ star Stacy Andrews couldn’t wait to get his hands on an iPhone 4 so he payed a 15-hour line sitter two-thousand dollars to get the only iPhone 4 up for sale at Walmart’s launch. He could have probably found a much better deal on eBay.
An interesting tidbit from the story is the girl who sold the iPhone was initially offered $1 thousand from the star but had turned it down only to have the offer doubled.
Video on YouTube for the flash impaired.
via Switched
USA Today iPhone 4 Review
USA today says of the iPhone 4:
THE BOTTOM LINE: 3 1/2 (out of four) stars. As with previous iPhones, the latest model breaks new ground. FaceTime video calling on the iPhone 4 is one of those cool “seeing is believing” features, and it arrives on top of several across-the-board enhancements. And iOS 4 is a mostly terrific software upgrade.Cutting through the hype, Apple has given longtime diehards, and first-time iPhone owners, plenty to cheer about.
Pro. FaceTime video calling. Handsome thin design. Better battery life. High-definition video recording. Supersharp display. Multitasking, folders and other enhancements through iOS 4. Generally good voice quality.
Con. Battery can’t be removed. Memory can’t be expanded. No support for Adobe Flash video sites. For FaceTime to work, both parties need to be using the new iPhone and have Wi-Fi access. Occasional dropped calls.
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Walt giveth his favorite 10 iPhone Apps.
If you are pretty versed in the Apps store, as most readers here are, you might want to skip to about 1/2 way through.
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iPad 2 review roundup, notes of interest
iPad 2 comes out in 2 days (March 11th) and you know what that means… reviews! Here’s a roundup and…
Mossberg video on MacBook Air
The big boys of personal technology have gotten their reviews out. Of course, Walt’s is usually the best. We always take these reviews with a grain of salt because the the access to early products from Apple may inspire more favorable reviews than would otherwise be given. I also did a blog post on Computerworld of my pre-firsthand thoughts (wait for Rev2). Other big sites have gotten early releases and have gained some more information. Most notably, Ed Baig from USA Today. Gizmodo. Engadget. Macworld. Newsweek. NYTimes.
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Mossberg comes out (yet again) against the US mobile cartel
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You have to admire Walt Mossberg for taking his position as grand exalted leader amongst technology journalists directly to the US telecoms. He is single handedly trying to break the hold on consumers that the Sprint/Tmobile/AT&T/Verizon Cartel has on the US Mobile industry. To his credit, he has gotten Verizon to promise that in Q3 2008, that it will accept any device on its platform – as long as it meets a very simple set of requirements (like no VoIP?). If he were running for Office, we’d vote for him.
Video from FastCompany on hacking iPhone
http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/769469373 Frankly there isn’t much here you can’t do with normal tools but its cool to see the old timers getting in on the act. Notice he doesn’t say he’s using 1.1.2. Likely he’s using the older software with known exploits.
Moritz: 1 million Verizon iPhones sold during launch weekend?
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 According to The Street‘s Scott Moritz (who doesn’t give a source for his info), although initial lines for the…
Consumer Reports dings the Verizon iPhone
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1 Consumer Reports is almost  comical at this point.  They say the Verizon iPhone has the same issue as the…
Consumer Reports lavishes praise on the Verizon iPhone
Contrary to their negative view on the GSM iPhone and its non-issue spot of death (as well at AT&TÂ separately), Consumer…
Yair Reiner, an Oppenheimer analyst, says sources tell him Apple could be close to announcing a tablet product.
A Tablet product? You don’t say! Go on…
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1079049304
Nothing you probably didn’t already know…
iPhone 3GS comes in at #4 on Time's gadgets of 2009. Android #1
We’re thinking Time is trying to improve its PageRank… Besides the Droid, Time also rated the Barnes and Nobel Nook and the Dyson fan above the iPhone 3GS.
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USAToday puts out their iPad Review
USA today has their iPad review out as well. Surprisingly, everyone seems to like it.
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New York Times' videos to play on iPad for launch?
Apple may be able to keep those New York Times homescreen videos on their iPad demo videos afterall. Brightcove last night sent out a press release (below) saying that they’ve developed an HTML5 solution for their partner’s websites. That includes the New York Times (a Brightcove investor) and Time, both of which should be available at launch, this week.
The New York Times and TIME Inc. are already using the product, which provides support for intelligent device detection, playlist rendering, and playback of H.264 encoded video content.
Interestingly, Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove’s founder and CEO, was also the founder of ColdFusion which was purchased by Macromedia in in 2001. At Macromedia, Jeremy became CTO and helped create the Macromedia MX (Flash) platform before leaving and starting Brightcove in 2004.
Some of Brightcove’s customers (also IDG/Computerworld)
When you consider that the WSJ, NPR, CBS, and now Brightcove’s customers will have Flash replacements at the launch of the iPad, it looks like Steve Jobs’ crusade to get HTML5 video out the door has been pretty successful so far.
As of this writing, the NYTimes.com and Time.com still don’t play video on the iPad simulator but we’ll be keeping an eye out for any changes.
Brightcove press release follows:
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If you are planning on building Apps for the iPad, Adobe might not be the best avenue to get there. Apple hasn’t been too receptive to Adobe’s overtures and it doesn’t seem like Apple’s iPxx devices are going to have Adobe’s Flash or Air software on them anytime soon. The New York Times today profiles Cond
Wired Tablet profiled, questions about iPad remain
Wired today offers an update on their tablet work from their earlier concepts. While they say that they are designing for the iPad and iPhone, they’ve created this product on Adobe Air from the same Adobe InDesign files they use to create their award-winning magazine. If it isn’t obvious by now, Apple isn’t going to allow Adobe Air or Flash on the iPad. They say:
Although the Wired Reader starts as an AIR app, Adobe has created tools that allow us to easily convert it for major tablet and mobile platforms. In Barcelona this week, Adobe announced that AIR would run on Android, and Adobe has already announced its Packager for iPhone tool that will allow Flash apps (including AIR) to run on Apple mobile platforms. And AIR already runs natively on Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems.
So is Adobe offering some magical Adobe Air to iPad conversion tool? It isn’t out of the realm of possibility, since they’ve got a Flash CS5-> iPhone app exporter already in production.
10 Expectations for iPhone OS 4 (Update: 5 more!)
Tomorrow’s sneak peak at the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad v4.0 (Can we just call these devices, as a group, iPX? Novell won’t mind!) has a lot of expectations hanging on it. No doubt Apple will surprise us with some technology we hadn’t even considered, but there are a few expectations out there. Here’s a list of things I can think of:
1. Multi-tasking. Of course the iPhone already multi-tasks with some of its own apps (music, email, phone, etc.) but developers are looking for Apple to allow some of their third party apps. The most obvious are music apps like Pandora and Spotify as well as instant messaging/VoIP apps like AIM and Skype.
2. Printing. Seems Apple has future plans, now would be as good a time as any.
Artist draws cover of New Yorker on the iPhone
You illustrators might not want to throw away that $5000 Mac Pro/Adobe CS4 rig just yet, but this story makes it seem like one day that might be an option. Jorge Colombo drew this week’s New Yorker magazine cover using Brushes ($5 iTunes store link), an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square. Passers-by just assumed he was checking his email.
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“I got a phone in the beginning of February, and I immediately got the program so I could entertain myself,” says Colombo, who first published his drawings in The New Yorker in 1994. Colombo has been drawing since he was seven, but he discovered an advantage of digital drawing on a nighttime drive to Vermont. “Before, unless I had a flashlight or a miner’s hat, I could not draw in the dark.” (When the sun is up, it’s a bit harder, “because of the glare on the phone,” he says.) It also allows him to draw without being noticed; most pedestrians assume he’s checking his e-mail.
