Archive | June, 2009
Andy Ihnatko reviews the Palm Pre – “WebOS isn’t terribly elegant”
Andy Ihnatko on the Palm Pre: Yesterday, I led off my thoughts about the Palm Pre (available right now from Sprint for $199 with contract). The takeaways: I think the keyboard is horrible and the user interface of Palm’s new WebOS isn’t terribly elegant. In places, it’s actively clumsy and confusing. Palm has a lot […]
Continue reading...Doom creator John Carmack to meet with Apple and dish out some gaming advice
12. June 2009
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id co-founder John Carmack has previously chided Apple for not taking gaming on the iPhone seriously, and now he’s poised to meet with Apple and give them advice on how to make the iPhone an even better gaming platform. And what type of problems does Carmack see with the iPhone? In an interviewwith Venture Beat, Carmack […]
Continue reading...Safari 4 downloaded over 11 million times in 3 days
12. June 2009
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Apple today issued a press release announcing that Safari 4 has already been downloaded 11 million times, a pretty astounding number considering that it was just released on Monday. Also telling is that more than half of those downloads came from Windows users. CUPERTINO, California—June 12, 2009—Apple® today announced that more than 11 million copies […]
Continue reading...Why do people purchase Apple products?
12. June 2009
Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo is peeved that the aesthetic difference between Apple’s consumer and Pro lines aren’t as easy to discern as they used to be. The new products also don’t show how special you are for paying the most to buy the best. The cheap models and the pricey ones are identical. Your crazy […]
Continue reading...A few of the Snow Leopard features not mentioned during the WWDC Keynote
12. June 2009
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Don’t let Snow Leopard’s $29 price-tag fool you. Despite all of the under the hood enhancements the new OS will bring, there won’t be a short supply of new features for users to enjoy. While the feature list certainly won’t be as extensive as it was for OSX 10.5 Leopard, it’s definitely not anything to […]
Continue reading...Moron smashes an iPhone after buying a Palm Pre [Photos]
11. June 2009
We get that some people would prefer a Palm Pre over an iPhone (well not really, but we’ll play along). And we get that some people just don’t like the keyboard-less iPhone. But one Pre fan has taken his Palm Pre love, or perhaps iPhone hate, to a new level of idiocy. Upon purchasing a […]
Continue reading...Tweetie secrets for the iPhone
11. June 2009
It seems like no one ever has anything bad to say about Tweetie, and we can’t say we’re surprised. Tweetie for the iPhone is a great app, and it was deservedly the recent recipient of an Apple Design Award. The desktop version of Tweetie is just as good, and quickly became our default Twitter client […]
Continue reading...Doom Resurrection Trailer for the iPhone [Video]
11. June 2009
John Carmack, co-founder of id Software, has had a lot of things cooking on the iPhone development front over the past few months, and up next on the agenda is an iPhone version of the granddaddy of all first person shooters, DOOM Resurrection. TouchArcade describes the gameplay: The gameplay itself is best described as an […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Palm working on lower priced phone to challenge $99 iPhone
11. June 2009
Analyst Ashok Kumar believes that Palm is already hard at work on Pixie, a lower priced follow up to the recently released Palm Pre. The Street reports: The new phone is expected to be a candybar-shaped touchscreen device that would sell for $99, and it’s aimed directly at the cheaper Apple iPhone. Palm is working […]
Continue reading...iPhone 3G S unboxing photos emerge, show ‘Voice Control’ and ‘Compass’ in action
11. June 2009
The Chinese language version of Engadget has posted quite a few unboxing photos of the new iPhone 3G S, along with screenshots of the Compass and Voice Control features in action. Let’s take a gander. With the recent additions of the “Voice Memos” and “Compass” apps, the iPhone homescreen is finally completely full. Checkin out […]
Continue reading...New Snow Leopard Screenshots Surface; Wi-Fi signal strength now visible in AirPort Menu
11. June 2009
Michael Flux has posted an extensive gallery of screenshots from the latest Snow Leopard build. Here are a few that we found particularly interesting. At last! Wi-Fi singal strength is now visible from within the AirPort menu. Snow Leopard dynamically sets your Time Zone for you Here’s Preview using annotations view. Nice. You can check […]
Continue reading...Overview of the cooler features in iPhone OS 3.0, for users
11. June 2009
Here’s a quick rundown of the more intriguing features users can look forward to in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update, which is scheduled to drop on June 17. Cut, Copy, and Paste The next iPhone software will bring with it over 100 new features, chief among them the long awaited arrival of cut, copy, […]
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12. June 2009
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