Looks like an iPhone 4S inside, including a very similarly-sized battery. The fact that’s Apple’s getting better battery life with LTE and a bigger screen just got a lot more impressive.
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MLB adding Passbook support⇢
See, things take time.
Passbook deemed disappointing by tech blogger⇢
Megan Lavey-Heaton at TUAW:
Passbook is what I’ve been most eager to try iOS 6. My husband teases me about poking through a wallet full of cards for different locations, and one of my favorite apps is the Starbucks app, which allows me to use my iPhone to pay for my drinks. Passbook was billed as the iPhone’s digital wallet, which can be used to store boarding passes, movie tickets, coupons, store loyalty cards, etc. – all into a single place.
Apple accused of ripping off Swiss Federal Railway clock⇢
Well, that certainly looks like the same clock to me. Whoops?
Amazing iOS 6 Maps⇢
Apple might have some work to do…
iCloud and Windows
iCloud for Windows got an update today too, but there’s not much to say about it.
On the Blue and White⇢
Thomas Brand:
Production of the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) was short lived, being replaced by the Power Macintosh G4 less than a year later. It would end up being one of the most stable and long lasting machines Apple ever built, running Mac OS 8.5.1 in 1999 all the way up to Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger in 2007. Its innovative El Capitan case would go on to inspire the look of future professional desktop Macs, and the technologies it brought with it like FireWire and the New World ROM would bring Apple into the next decade.
iOS 6 Released⇢
Over 200 new features. Look for my mini-review in this month’s System Extension.
10.8.2 Released⇢
Lots of goodies, but this is my favorite:
iMessages sent to your phone number now appear in Messages on your Mac
Hooray!
Apple disallows ‘pcast’ URL scheme in iOS 6⇢
Now, pcast:// links will just open Apple’s own Podcast app. Instacast has implemented an icast:// scheme, but I don’t see that really taking off unless other apps do it too.
This is a step backwards.
Security Blankets
I’m typing this on my iPhone. I’m on my back, with my almost-four-year-old son pressed against my left side. He’s breathing evenly, so I know he’s finally drifted off to sleep.
Tonight at bed time, I couldn’t find his blanket. It’s blue, with a print of khaki-colored cars on one side.
He calls it his “boppie,” a word his little sister invented to describe her favorite blanket.
My wife is out with a girlfriend to a movie, so my SOS text message went unanswered. When I broke the news to him and offered another blanket, Josiah lost it. I couldn’t stand it, so here I am, in a tiny bed, being his security blanket for a little while longer.
AT&T 4G LTE now available in Memphis⇢
Just in time for the iPhone.