Merry Christmas, dear readers.
Category: Apple
Moron of the Week: Lee Chul-ho
A 13 year-old iPhone user will be going to court against Apple Korea next month over an iPhone 3G repair dispute. Back in October of this year the 13 year-old’s father asked for $251 in compensation from Apple after they refused to fix his daughter’s iPhone 3G, despite the one year warranty. Apple claimed they could not fix his daughter’s iPhone for free as it apparently had water damage, according to the trivial water sensors, which the family denied causing. After this, an attorney for Apple’s Korean front attempted to settle with the family under the table in exchange for the family keeping quiet and not speaking of the incident to the press.
On Intel, ARM, Android, Apple and the Newton
Be sure to check out my piece over at Macgasm, in which I discuss Intel, ARM, Android, Apple and the Newton. All at once.
Ripoff Express
‘The Obvious Question’
Patrick Rhone, on the iPad and the 11.6" Air:
The MacBook Air is fundamentally of a different breed and usage. I write. I research. I curate. I edit. Increasingly, I collaborate with others and do video and audio conferencing. While all of these things can be done on the iPad, for me they are more appropriately done on a Mac.
I’m coming to the same conclusion. Also, be sure to check out his mini-review of the mini-laptop. The bit about re-installing OS X sans language packs is genius.
My Next Move: To An 11.6" Air?
I love the iPad. I really do. It’s a fantastic device. It’s fast, capable and sexy. The apps are great.
I love reading on it. Between Kindle, iBooks and Instapaper, I’m never without something to read. If I end up at the end of my queues, there is always Safari. Which is also great.
However, I do a ton of writing. I write here, at Macgasm, for school, for work and for pleasure. While PlainText has totally changed my life and the way I store my words, the iPad isn’t a great writing machine.
‘I Want to Believe’
Jürgen, on the Cultured Code blog:
The final release of cloud sync as part of Things is still off by a few months. But we plan to publish more details about what we are doing (and have been doing) every few weeks.
OTA sync has been a major drawback for Things since day one, but the problem got a lot worse since OmniFocus’ OTA sync has gained serious traction. Hopefully, Cultured Code can make this happen quickly.
On VoiceOver
iOS devices are an excellent choice for visually impaired users. They’re portable, they’re fully self-contained and are designed to be used without external peripherals, and the iOS user experience is very functionally concise and goal-oriented. iOS will not present a proliferation of windows, toolbars and minuscule user interface elements. For the most part, they’re comprehensible, focused, and as intuitive as possible. These are all ideal qualities for accessible software, and indeed for software in general.
NPR Names Ping on ‘Worst Ideas of 2010’ List
NPR:
The most popular services — the Facebooks, Twitters and MySpaces of the world — allow users to share links, thoughts, ideas, photos and music to connect with each other. Ping, run through iTunes, was supposed to be an evolution in musical connection. But iTunes, being a self-contained fortress requiring endless software upgrades and with more than a few frustrating quirks, isn’t conducive to the type of sharing Web-based networks enjoy across a variety of devices. I can access all three of the aforementioned sites from my Android phone, and I have a variety of apps that allow me to seamlessly integrate these applications into my life. To use Ping, I would have to be tethered to my iMac
‘Under the Covers’
Apple’s new iPhone 4 commercial is a lot less creepy than than the title suggests.
Mac OS X Downloads Site Closing
A sign of the times, as it is closing the same day the Mac App Store opens.
So, This is Probably Magic
My wife, who was an ESL teacher before being a mom, watched this video speechless.