This is Sunday and it may be a good time to look at next generation iPhone rumors. AT&T internal inventory system has showed “white iPhone 4s” under other Apple products. This screenshot can be easily made and could be fake. So we can’t wait for Apple to reveal the answers.
[via Cult Of Mac]
The $50 Booqpad pairs your newest generation Apple tablet with an ancient and classic bit of tech: paper. It’s an interesting pairing that really makes you think about how to use the iPad’s slate form factor: Apple’s Smart Cover tends to make you think of the iPad as a hybrid portrait-landscape device for typing and multimedia, whereas the Booqpad tends to tell you that the iPad is a tablet meant to be used in portrait mode.
I had a nasty little surprise when I first tried the Booqpad on my iPad 2. It plays nicely enough with my Gelaskins backing, but it temporarily mangled the front skin I had so painstakingly installed. I don’t blame booq’s design for this – few cases are meant to work alongside skins – but let this serve as a warning to prospective buyers with Gelaskins or InvisibleShields installed: the Booqpad is a pretty tight fit.
It’s also a pretty smart fit. The iPad and 50-sheet pad of paper can be inserted in such a way that you can have the iPad on the left and paper on the right, or the other way around. It’s good to know that Booq is looking out for lefties.
Once your iPad 2 is inside the Booqpad and sealed in place with the fabric flap, you can rest assured that it isn’t going anywhere. In fact, the fit is so secure that the Booqpad becomes more of an all-day kind of case – the kind you don’t really take off, because it’s a little bit of a pain to do so. This can be a little limiting, but more on that a bit later.
The lower-end Booqpad model I used is made of 100% recycled PET (Polyethylene terephthalate, don’t you know?), and yet it still feels very much like a quality product. It dresses the iPad up quite nicely (the gray/green colour combination on my Booqpad looks sharp), and the clasp for the front cover always closes with a very satisfying *snap*.
Here’s a sentence that’s guaranteed to cause more than a few eyeballs to roll in their sockets: writing on actual paper is fun, and the Booqpad reminded me of that. I’m the kind of person who thinks so much about the kind of tech with circuitry in it that I can often forget about the kind of tech made out of tree bark. In short, I’ve become so accustomed to having to load up a notes app before actually being able to take notes, that clicking a pen and then setting it to the pad of paper in the Booqpad was surprisingly simple. Shame on me for forgetting the magic of paper.
The Booqpad’s form factor tends to guide users towards a very specific type of iPad usage: the tablet as a reference tool, and paper as the primary recording interface. This makes the Booqpad fantastic for meetings at a desk or chats at a coffee shop where you’ll use the iPad to look up previous notes or conduct web searches, and paper to record your newest thoughts.
However, I do think that the Booqpad could have been a much more flexible case, had it addressed some of the more common iPad use cases. Most iPad users I know of enjoy elevating their iPads for use as netbook-like devices (paired with a BT keyboard), or tilting the tablet ever-so-slightly for easier text entry in landscape mode.
The Booqpad simply does not have the capacity to hold an iPad vertically for viewing, and although you can fold the other half of the folio behind the iPad to use the Booqpad as a mini lectern, this position just feels half-baked; all of the paper on the paper pad is left to flap around or get crumpled under the weight of the iPad unless you pin it closed with your hand, and that’s just a hassle. Having the pad of paper always attached also makes it much harder to relax with apps like iBooks or Wired, since you’ll always have an unwieldy pad of paper flapping around while you try to read.
After a few days with the Booqpad I already knew that it wasn’t quite the case for me: I like typing with landscape and Bluetooth keyboards far too much to be locked into portrait mode.
However, I definitely see how this case can appeal to users who see their iPads as more of a reference rather than writing machine. If you’re already used to jotting down notes with a real pen and pad of paper, but are also looking for a way to leverage the power of your powerful new tablet, then the Booqpad makes for a very compelling choice. It features a built-in pen slot, two card slots, and heavy padding to keep the whole package secure — all for just $50 (or $100 for a fancier leather version) from Booq.com. Just make sure not to go too paper crazy, since pad re-fills for 150 sheets (three pads) go for $10 a pop.
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FOSS Patents is reporting that Apple has filed a motion to intervene in the suits issued by Lodsys against a handful of iOS developers. This means Apple is forcing their way into the suit, and will likely be successful in doing so, even though Lodsys can oppose this motion.
The report also goes on to speculate that Apple is covering the legal costs of the developers who are under attack. In fact, Apple points out the fact that the developers under attack are far smaller than Apple themselves.
We’ll see what comes of this, but one thing is for sure, things are just heating up.
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Apple's iOS is great at displaying content already on a device, but transferring documents from your computer to your iPhone or iPad has traditionally been a tedious, inefficient process. SugarSync's new mobile device management sets out to help change that, allowing you to send files directly to your smartphone or tablet using a simple web interface. After selecting a connected device from the sidebar, you can click to upload content, booting it directly to your handheld. A push notification will appear, prompting you to download any or all of the files you uploaded, which will also remain in the cloud -- so you'll be able to access files synched with the SugarSync app from the Web, even when your device is offline. The feature is rolling out for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch this week, and will be available for Android and BlackBerry soon. It looks like the concept of emailing documents to yourself just to access them on the go is about to follow iTunes sync and tethered updates to a permanent group home in the sky.
While we wait for iOS 5 to deliver cool new features, here's a look at Voice Control, a feature introduced with the iPhone 3GS model. There are three types of Voice Control commands: phone, music and other. Here's how to use each.
Of course, you can't use Voice Control until you get it running. You can either hold the Home Button down for about two seconds, or do the same with the middle button on your supplied Apple earbuds. You'll hear a beep and the iPhone's screen will display "Voice Control" with a blue background. Now, let's issue some commands.
Your iPhone understands "call" and "dial." To tell your iPhone to call a contact, say "call" (or "dial") plus the contact's name. For example, saying "Call Janie Smith" will launch the phone app and call Janie's number. If a contact has several numbers (work and home, for example), you can specify which one you want. "Call Janie Smith home" will call Janie's home number.
Calling a number that's not in your contacts list is just as easy. Simply say, "call" plus the number.
Voice Control supports a nice list of music commands, from starting and stopping a song to asking about the artist. Here's how to get started.
You can say "play" or "play music" to get the music going. If you've got a song paused when you issue the play command, it will resume. If the iPod app isn't running, it will start at the very first song in your library.
Of course, you can get specific. Voice Control also understands "play playlist [name of playlist]," "play album [name of album]" and "play artist [name of artist]." For example, saying "Play album Dark Side of the Moon" will start the first track of that album, while "Play artist Pink Floyd" will start at the first track of the first album in your Pink Floyd collection (you have one, right?).
While you're at it, create a Genius playlist. While a song you dig is playing, tell Voice Control "Genius play more like this" or "Genius play more songs like this" or simply "play more like this" and it'll create a Genius playlist for you on the spot.
Simple navigation is also possible. Your iPhone understands "pause," "pause music," "next song," "previous song" and "shuffle."
Finally, you can ask your iPhone four questions about the track being played. Specifically, "what's playing," "what song is this," "who sings this song" or "who is this song by."
Here are a few other commands that don't fit into the previous categories.
"What is the time" or "what time is it." For most people it's quicker to tap the Home Button once and look at the time, but this command will benefit visually impaired users.
"Cancel" and "stop" exit Voice Control.
You can correct a mistake (and there will be plenty. More on that in a minute) by saying, "no," "not that," "nope," "not that one" or "wrong." Write those down now.
Finally, saying "FaceTime" supposedly initiates a FaceTime call. Which brings me to the bad news.
Voice Control works in the way that temporary tattoos look like real tattoos. At first it's passable but upon closer inspection, you see that it's not the real thing (my attempts at initiating a FaceTime call launched a Genesis album). Placing calls was the most reliable function, while the phone had trouble understanding some musical artist's names and was downright befuddled at other times.
That being said, I have friends who swear by it, so perhaps I've got poor diction. Give it a try yourself using the commands listed above, and dream of the day that Siri purchase actually pays off.
Thanks to reader Walt whose email inspired this post!
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Application developers have begun to see the next iOS version showing up in their stats that they receive from Apple and this is proof that they are starting their testing procedures. The image that is shown below which is from 9to5Mac shows the iOS is being tested on numerous devices including iPods, iPads and iPhones and this includes all versions even the iPhone 3GS.
Many people had assumed that the iPhone 3GS would be left out of future major iOS releases but this doesn’t seem to be the case and Apple are testing their new iOS version on the iPhone 3GS model too.
As the devices begin to show up in developer’s stats it leads to speculation that a public release in a matter of months could be on the cards and this will probably include various beta versions coming before the official release is seen. It is all good news though and we can’t wait to see the public release of the first iOS 5 beta to see exactly what Apple have in store.
Although Sina Weibo is a hit in China, there is no doubt it’s a knockoff from Twitter. Source said this knockoff is trying to hit the world market by launching the English version soon within 2-3 months. They have already released the English version iPhone app for users. And they have 140 million registered users.
However, Sina Weibo does not have freedom of speech. You can’t talk bad things about Chinese government or other sensitive issues. It’s a big question whether Sina will apply censorship to other countries that have freedom of speech. Those countries have laws to require all the website to be completely open.
Even if they may launch the English site, we highly don’t recommend using it. It’s fully monitored by the officials.
[via The Next Web]
iWork was originally designed for Mac and iPad only. It’s normal since iPad is more like a “small computer” to edit documents. There are some workarounds on the internet to install it on iPhone or iPod Touch. However, these methods are not official.
Today, Apple has announced the iWork is now universal. Pages (US$9.99), Keynote (US$9.99) and Numbers (US$9.99) are now can be installed on the iPhone or iPod Touch. Existing users who purchased those apps can upgrade them for free. The interface are now optimized for the iPhone. And the important thing is that we can now edit iWork documents on iPhone more easily.
[via Apple]
The comparisons between the models clearly show that the new white iPhone 4 has had a design makeover. The proximity sensor has been redesigned and is now located just below the earpiece. There were reports that suggested that Apple had been struggling to make the senor work correctly when it sat behind the white plastic. This new fix is to have it covered with black plastic and in our opinion it does look a lot better than the original plan to have a grid of holes.
The new white iPhone has also had its camera changed. In the new white iPhone the camera protrudes slightly from the back plate whereas with all other iPhone models it sits flush. This is a great idea and it ties in with an issue that modders have been having when trying to use 3rd party plates on their iPhones. There have been reports of photos having weird color affects and appearing blurred and washed out. It looks like Apple have tried to fix this problem with the new white iPhone.
There really aren’t that many differences so it begs the question as to why it took Apple so long to release the white iPhone 4 doesn’t it?
Some of the iCloud things has already started as beta, and you don’t have to upgrade. For example, you will see the new Purchased tab in iPad, and you can find the Purchased bar in Updates tab in iPhone. It lists the apps you purchased in the past. It has the tab “Not On This iPad” or “Not On This iPhone” so you will know the apps that are not installed. You can install them directly simply by pressing the cloud button.
I remember when I was a kid and my teenage sister got a T-Mobile Sidekick. It was the first “smartphone” I had ever heard about, and I was always impressed (and kind of jealous) by how she could chat with her friends on it and check her email all the time.
My parents, on the other hand, may have regretted buying my sister the Sidekick, because she was always glued to it, even at dinnertime.
“Get off that thing now!” my father would scold her when she’d be constantly clicking away on the Sidekick keyboard, messaging back and forth with her friends even when we were supposed to be having “family bonding time.”
I always thought it was kind of rude of my sister, too… until I got an iPhone.
The first couple of years after the iPhone was introduced marked the first time that people had full-fledged computers in their pockets. Yes, there were Blackberry phones and mobile browsers, but let’s be honest: nothing like the iPhone, at least nothing that was widely adopted.
All of a sudden, people had access to advanced mobile technologies and all of the information in the world literally at our fingertips, whenever we wanted it. The iPhone changed our society.
As an early adopter of the iPhone, I had a lot of fun using my iPhone to take advantage of social situations. For example, when an argument would ensue about which Hollywood movie grossed the most last year, I would sneak on my iPhone, find out the answer, and act like I was just that intelligent.
Nowadays, using a smartphone in public is common. So many people have one. The problem is that as mobile technology advances and becomes more widely accessible, we now have a responsibility to moderate our mobile habit so that it doesn’t get in the way of our social lives.
I am accustomed to pulling out my iPhone from time to time in social situations, either to check something regarding my own personal life (a text message, an email, a Facebook message) or to enhance a conversation. For example, the other night my friends and I were recalling a childhood cartoon and I pulled out my iPhone to search for an image of said cartoon and show it to them.
But recently, a friend called me out for using my iPhone in a social situation.
“It takes you out of the moment,” she argued. “And it’s just kind of rude.”
I could see where she was coming from, especially because I’ve been in the position where I am talking to someone and they rudely pull out their phones and interrupt the situation.
On the one hand, it’s a wonderful luxury to be able to connect with your social network (answer phone calls, reply to Facebook wall posts, respond to text messages, etc.) on the go. On the other hand, it can be kind of rude to ignore the people you are with in favor of your iPhone.
Which brings me to the big question…
To what extent is it permissible to use your iPhone in social situations? Are we being rude by pulling out our iPhones when we are out with friends, at the cash register, at the dinner table, etc.?
Society is changing so quickly because of smartphone technology, so we now have a responsibility to figure out how to moderate our iPhone use.
What do you think? When it comes to using your iPhone in public, how much is too much? I would love to hear your opinion in the comments.
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Unlike Apple’s App Stores, directories such as AppShopper display apps in a more efficient way and are great for discovering new apps. This allows users to get great deals that they wouldn’t normally find in Apple’s database. Websites like AppShopper also display accurate statistics on how many apps there are. Some of the newest apps available include Play Ball Escape HD which is an iPad game and a business data organizer called WorkPlace.
Having over 400,000 apps is a big milestone for Apple and when the marketplace first launched in June 2008 there were only 500 apps. In January 2011 Apple reached a download count of over 10 billion. The main completion that Apple has is the Android App Market which currently has 200,000 apps.
It is clear to see that Apple’s app are still proving extremely popular with iOS users and I’m sure we will see this number continuing to rise in the near future especially with the launch of iOS 5 and new idevices being released. If you don’t have a jailbroken iDevice then the Apple Apps Store is where you will have to go for your apps. It is also a good idea to check app directories such as AppShopper if you are looking for great deals and up to date information on app availability.
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The hacker who is currently working on the jailbreak for the iPad 2 is P0sixninja and according to his tweets he asked for more competition to see who could jailbreak the iPad 2 first. If his tweets are anything to go by, it seems that Geohot has accepted his challenge. Here is what P0sixninja tweeted:
@p0sixninja: I challenged geohot to dump the iPad 2 bootrom before me. Maybe having a worthy opponent will motivate me to work harder.
This was followed by:
@p0sixninja: He accepted, he said he didn’t have an iPad yet but he’s getting one really soon.
As you can see there is a competition on and we can’t wait to see who is the first to hack the iPad 2. Geohot is known for hacking iDevices and the news that he is going to try and jailbreak the iPad 2 is really going to excite the jailbreak community. Geohot was recently in the news after being sued by Sony for jailbreaking their PlayStation 3 console so it looks like he is enjoying the limelight and ready to jump back into it.
If you are waiting on a jailbreak for the new iPad 2 then this really is great news and hopefully the solution will come very soon too.
There are no new iPhone recently but there are many new Android phones released. So, you would probably expect the market share of Android OS will grow, right? However, according to the recent survey by Nielsen, that was not the case. Android and iOS are holding 26% market shares respectively.
Surprisingly, BlackBerry OS still holds 23% market share. If you would like to know more about the data usage of each platform, check out the image after the break.
[via 9to5mac]
