Taking advantage of the Dropbox API, Habilis has created a simple service that lets you email files to a personalized address and have them appear in your Dropbox.
Brilliant, and a must-have for any iPad owner with a Dropbox account.
Category: Apple
Devices and Tasks
Shawn Blanc has put together a great chart showing what Apple device he prefers for different tasks throughout his day:
Looking at how regularly I reach for my laptop, and how well it handles nearly everything I do all day, it would seem as if my iPad were simply a luxury. Quantitatively, yes. But qualitatively, it’s a different story. Because the scope and feature checklist of the iPad (and iPhone) alone do not accurately convey the value added.
File This For Future Reference
Realistically, there will probably be a period of about 5 to 10 years where iOS and OS X devices will grow closer and closer together, sharing features, until one evolutionary OS/system pops out in the end. My bet’s on “OS 11.” Maybe that’s what Steve Jobs purportedly was e-mailing the other night regarding the future of Macs.
WWDC Keynote iPhone 4 Wi-Fi Glitch Explained?
Jobs said from stage, and an Apple engineer later told InfoWorld, that over 500 WiFi networks were in operation. Not 500 WiFi adapters or connections—in an audience of 5,000, there could have been thousands—but 500 distinct networks.
Most of these networks were apparently generated by people using a MiFi, a cellular gateway from Novatel Wireless, sold by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, which relays 3G networks over WiFi.
Another Gem from Austin Leeds
A week and a half ago, I published a piece titled “ AMD-Powered Mac Clones? Give Me a Break” in response to an article by Austin Leeds speculating Apple could benefit from building Mac clones in partnership with AMD.
I got some interesting feedback on my article. Several readers were upset about me “attacking another blogger.” I want to be clear — I wasn’t attacking Mr. Leeds. I was simply breaking down his argument, piece by piece, to show just how wrong it was.
Classic Macintosh Turned iPad Stand
Holy cow. I’ve got a dead SE that is about to get hacked into pieces.
It’s Still Glass, Guys
On the new iPhone, the glass basically sits on top of the aluminum frame. On the old iphone, it was recessed and protected by a chrome bezel.
We have a full iPhone 4 (minus the circuit board), here at our shop and decided to do a little drop test. This drop was performed from 3.5 ft up. Mind you that these parts ARE original apple parts. Laser etched and all. The iPhone 4 did survive 2 drops, as expected, but on the 3rd drop there was a loud POP, and yet again, shattered glass.
On Actual Content
Most interesting thing about Safari Reader? It shows how little actual content there is on these busy, long webpages.
Apple Bans AdMob from Mobile Apps
Peter Kafka, on Section 3.3.9 of the iOS SDK Agreement:
It appears as if Apple may still be limiting its biggest potential rival–Google’s AdMob. Note the language about only allowing “independent” ad-serving companies to collect data: “For example, an advertising service provider owned by or affiliated with a developer or distributor of mobile devices, mobile operating systems or development environments other than Apple would not qualify as independent.”
Here’s some text from Section 3.3.9 itself:
AT&T Leak Exposes 114,000 iPad Owners
The breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s information was compromised.
iPad, Meet Clamshell iBook
Oh boy, this is sweet.
WebOS UI Designer Poached by Apple
WebOS interface designer Rich Dellinger has left the company to rejoin his former employer: Apple.
Dellinger, who was instrumental in developing Palm’s core Mojo app framework, as well as the webOS notification system, has returned to Apple, a company he previously worked for from 1999 to 2006. His new position: Senior user interface designer. Just what, exactly, he’ll be doing in that capacity remains to be seen, but I imagine it will have something to do with Apple’s newly rebranded iOS and its system alerts.