Amazon and walmart launch ipad web apps to evade apple's app policies
Dear Apple, stop sacrificing user experience so you can get a 30% cut on in-app sales. Major companies are simply using web-apps instead of regular apps to avoid your greediness.
iOS 5.0 - A Rundown
Apple announced iOS 5.0 today and it’s coming this fall. Here is a quick rundown of some of the features.
PC Free - Apple is cutting the cord on iOS. Finally. I’ve said before that the biggest problem with the iPad is that the first thing you have to do is plug it into a computer. With the release of iOS 5 you don’t have to do that. The hardware will work right out of the box and even update over the air. In my opinion this is a huge announcement for the future of iPad.
Notifications - We finally get new notifications on iOS with Notification Center. A single place to manager your notifications. You’ll also get an alert on the top of your screen, where clock is, so it won’t interrupt the app you are currently in. Thank you. To go a step beyond you can jump into an app right from the lock screen. So if you get a text message you can unlock your phone directly into that message. A huge leap in the right direction.
Twitter - It’s hard wired into every app now just like email, and MMS. You can tweet from Safari, YouTube and Maps. Really interesting. Apple is betting hard on Twitter.
Source: nerdology
Live from Verizon's iPhone event
The Verizon iPhone is happening, and it could be TODAY! Starting at 9am Mountain Time, tune in to Verizon’s live event that most are speculating will announce the new Verizon iPhone.
iPad 2 - My Opinion
There are a ton of rumors floating around there, and people are also making these great little “must-have” lists that everyone knows Apple won’t even look at. So what will it have? Here are my predictions based on the information I have been reading here and there:
Dual Cameras - I can’t see why it wouldn’t have this, plus the competitors are doing it. The iPhone has it, Apple has a manufacturer in place, and all the rumors point to yes. Plus, Apple is all about FaceTime, they will definitely want their devices to have it.
Larger Capacity - This is a given. Apple rarely rolls out new devices without upping the storage.
Retina Display - This has to happen. Why would they NOT use their brand new display technology? Unless they come out with something better… like sub-retina display…
USB Port - I’m going for a maybe on this one. There are enough adapters and accessories that plug into the existing dock connector, that Apple may decide against it in order to make it slimmer. However, I think it would be nice to have for printing, and for hooking my iPhone into for illegal tethering purposes.
SD Slot - Maybe… but who uses SD anymore??
Larger or Smaller Display - I say it will NOT have a smaller display, and though there are some rumors out there saying it will bump the display up an inch or so, I am calling bluff here.
Verizon 3G Connectivity - This all comes down to timing. If Apple announces a deal with Verizon prior to the iPad 2’s introduction, it is possible. Remember that this requires two devices. One for GSM, and one for CDMA… would they do that just yet? They may likely test it on the iPhone first before they start making changes to technology.
Faster, Thinner etc - Of course they will improve on the speed and design.
Those are my predictions as of now. Assuming most of my demands are met, I will be pre-ordering as soon as pre-ordering is permitted.
Free Bumper has shipped
My iPhone 4 free bumper has shipped, even though when I placed the order it stated it would ship in 3-5 weeks.
Has anyone else’s shipped?
Just ordered my free iPhone 4 case
I went with the black bumper, since it will look good over my stealth armor, but they were also giving away the Speck fitted case I wanted in the dark plaid. I would have got that had I not received this free stealth armor.
Hooray for free shit! By the way, everything is shipping between 3-5 weeks…
Funny iphone 4 antennagate spoof.
Updated my iPhone to 4.0.1
So as most have read already, the bars look different, but unfortunately it does NOT fix the antenna issue (which I already knew it wouldn’t, it’s a hardware issue, not software).
As for the proximity sensor, they did NOT fix that either. I have a new phone from my first one, and it happens very rarely, and only when I try to make it happen by holding the phone in weird positions against my face. If I angle it out, the sensor fails, screen turns on, buttons get hit when I bring it back against my face.
However, when I’m just normally talking on the phone and holding it normal, it doesn’t happen, which is an improvement on the original phone I was shipped.
I thought perhaps this new software update would truly address this issue, but I don’t think it has.
I’m very interested to hear what Steve Jobs has to say at the press conference tomorrow. If there is any shot in hell of a recall, I will definitely take advantage. Not because the antenna issue really bothers me much (it doesn’t at all, actually, because I have a case), but because when I sell my phone the next time I upgrade, I don’t think the antenna defective ones will go for as much money.
