- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, ipad
- Date: Feb 2,2010
By now you’ve probably read more on Apple’s iPad then you ever dreamed possible. In the last few days we’ve covered a lot of angles on the tablet and compiled a lot of data.
Still, we felt that we hadn’t given you clear hands-on impressions and collected the myriad details about the device in one, easy-to-reach place.
So we’ve decided to bundle all of that info into a single feature, joining our first-hand encounters with the iPad together with all of the data and details you should be aware of — including specs, plans, release schedules, pics, and video. So read on for everything we know (so far) about Cupertino’s first tablet!
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- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Jan 28,2010
A lot of people are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it.
It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would want to do. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Jan 27,2010
It looks like a “big iPhone,” and apparently it acts like one too: the iPad can run traditional iPhone apps completely unmodified, and can even zoom them up to full screen.
Additionally, a new iPhone SDK is out today to allow developers to tweak their apps for the specifics of the iPad. Of course, Apple has rebuilt its apps from the ground up for the iPad, and developers can do the same with the SDK.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Jan 27,2010
Remember that history of Apple tablet rumors we concocted for you just the other day? Well, we’re here to take score now, folks. As you can see from the handy (and magical) chart below, Taiwan Economic News came pretty close to nailing the iPad’s specs back September: built-in HSDPA, custom P.A.
Semi system on a chip (with the fancy new name Apple A4), 9.6-inch size, February unveiling, and hey — they were pretty close on that $799 – $999 pricing too. And while iLounge was wrong about some things, they certainly hit this one out of the park: “It’s a big iPhone, but it’s not a big iPhone.” We’re going to let you dig into the chart here for yourselves to see who got what right — and who was terribly, terribly wrong.
Here are just a few of the no-shows today, however — no camera, no multitasking, no phone, no Verizon, no iPhone OS 4.0, and no Flash anywhere to be seen. There were also no MacBook Pro spec bumps in sight, and no iLife to be found. Well, let’s just try to be happy with what we did get, okay? The chart is after the break.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Dec 7,2009
Sometimes going home for the holidays can be a case of collective insanity. I tend to fly on the big travel days when the airport security lines are ridiculously long, my flight is more expensive, and my family is more stressed than normal.
This year, I plan to use my iPhone as a problem solver for all my holiday woes. From traveling, to shopping, to entertaining the kiddies, these iPhone apps cover everything but those family fights (even the iPhone’s not that miraculous!).
This app doesn’t just tell you your current flight status, it actually predicts the likelihood that your flight will be delayed. It takes into account factors such as weather, incoming aircraft, other delays, and historical data, and then gives you a percent chance that your plane will be on time, less than 1 hour delayed, and more than 1 hour delayed.
At $7.99 it’s a bit pricey, but its ability to forecast delays definitely makes it worthwhile (you can also access the same data on their site for free if you’d prefer). It worked like a charm for my flights, but obviously results may vary. Now, if only it could actually prevent delays.
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- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Aug 20,2009
We always suspected the iPhone 3GS was capable of 1080p HD video playback, and now we’ve got proof.
Although Apple lists the iPhone 3Gs’s max video playback res at just 640×480, iLounge linked to Chinese forum post claiming that the 3GS could do 30Mbps 1080p playback earlier today — and when we saw that the only thing we needed to do to test it out was download the free FileAid app, well, you know how we’ve just spent the last 20 minutes.
We tested out a bunch of HD trailers from Apple’s QuickTime trailer site, some videos we shot with a Lumix DMC-GH1 and some other random videos with general success, but there were some major hiccups: high bitrate 720p video off the GH1 stuttered during playback, and loading the Avatar trailer consistently crashed the phone’s audio driver until we restarted. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Apr 24,2009
Today, Apple announced that its customers have now downloaded a whopping one billion applications from its App Store.
Quite a few of us have iPhones, so we thought that this would be a good time to feature some of our favorite apps.
We download and test a lot of iPhone apps, but here are the ones that have stood the test of time for us.
The App Store is now home to over 35,000 applications, so this is obviously only a small selection of applications, but these are the apps that we don’t hesitate to recommend to our friends.
We couldn’t get feedback from everybody on the RWW team (and our BlackBerry users weren’t very forthcoming with suggestions either), but here are the recommendations from Richard MacManus (R), Marshall Kirkpatrick (M), Frederic Lardinois (F), and Phil Glockner (P). Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Jan 22,2009
When the App Store launched, there were a handful of Twitter apps for the iPhone. Now there’s ten zillion. We’ve read thousands of tweets on every Twitter app, so here are the best, and worst.
The Quicklist
• Best Overall: Tweetie
• Best Paid: Tweetie
• Best Free: Twitterfon
• Most Powerful: Twittelator Pro
• Best Tweet-Only: Tweeter
• Worst Twitter App Ever in the History of Twitter Ever: Tweetion
• Creepiest: Twittervision Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Jan 12,2009
So, you’ve got a gleaming new iPhone 3G. After you make a few calls to tell your friends, snap a few pictures, and try out the Web browser, it’s time to load that thing up with software.
After all, this device lets you go way beyond the usual calling, texting, and surfing.
Apple’s communicator extraordinaire knows how it’s moving in space, can tell where it is on the planet, and lets you control it with multi-finger gestures.
Few desktop computers give programmers as many possibilities, and developers have responded with hundreds of applications. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Mar 18,2008
The subscription-based iTunes rumor has been around for what feels like eons, and apparently, it’s rearing its always intriguing head once more.
According to a report over at Financial Times, the suits in Cupertino are currently “in discussions” with major music outfits about a new model that could essentially “give customers free access to the entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices.”
Reportedly, a distribution model similar to Nokia’s “Comes with Music” could be used on both iPhones and iPods, while traditional subscriptions would be reserved for the iPhone — a device which has a monthly billing relationship already attached to it. Read the rest of this entry »
