Here’s a quick rundown of today’s iPhone OS 3.0 announcements, via Mac Rumors: - In-App Purchasing: Allows developers to sell additional content from within applications. Highlighted uses include magazine subscriptions, eBooks, additional levels and items for games. - Peer-to-Peer Connectivity: Find other devices running the app via Bonjour over Wi-Fi of Bluetooth. Good for gaming, but also [...]
After teasing consumers back in January, Dell has launched its new Adamo notebook today. Here’s how Dell describes the machine: - Measuring only .65 inches, Adamo’s ultra-slim profile belies the powerful features within. - A tough, machined-aluminum chassis is graced with elegant detail. - The 13.4-inch 16:9 HD display with edge-to-edge glass offers an integrated 1.3 megapixel web [...]
Tomorrow, Apple executives are going to get on stage and unveil the third major revision of the iPhone OS. Here’s what I’m expecting: Copy and Paste. This is a must, and is one of the most asked-for features ever. (90% chance of happening) 2. New SDK Tools. Granted, I’m not sure what this would entail, but [...]
The TweetDeck team is adding Facebook integration to their next version of their Adobe Air-based application: …you can click on the Facebook icon at the top and, once you have signed into Facebook and given TweetDeck authorisation, this will add a new column full of each of your friends most recent status update which updates automatically once [...]
I found a funny thing today when poking around my iMac: MobileMe’s keychain item refers to itself internally as iTools: iTools, of course, being Apple’s first online service, offered to all Mac customer free of charge.
Two more sections of my interview by Cornfedtech have been posted: Part 2: How ForkBombr got its name and why I write. Part 3: All about Project 365.
This is from iLounge’s review of the new Shuffle: There is, however, something that many users will care about: the new shuffle doesn’t fully work with any headphones except Apple’s. Because of what Apple has done here—something sneaky and arguably terrible for consumers, especially if it continues with other iPod and iPhone products in 2009—if [...]
I recently wrote about putting OS X on the HP Mini 1000. It was a fun project, but the thing had a few fundamental problems: 1. The OS X install wasn’t a true OS X install. It was a cracked version of Leopard that has been customized for the hardware 2. Updates were impossible to [...]
Good grief. iFixit has pulled apart the new iPod Shuffle: Is this the future? A single IC, a battery, and some user interface components. Amazingly, at least on our scale, both halves weighed 5 grams. That means the entire functional half of the iPod weighs only about 10% more than a single sheet of letter size paper. [...]
Ars Technica: The mother of a kid living in Cincinnati, Ohio is suing Apple and 10 unnamed retail employees from the Apple Store in Kenwood over an iPod touch that allegedly exploded in the child’s pocket. According to the complaint filed yesterday in the Southern District of Ohio, the plaintiff had the “iTouch” (as the [...]
