Posted in Ideas, People, Tech Stuff, iPhone on Feb 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
Meet the guys behind Pocket God
This is an interesting development story: two guys make a quick and dirty iPhone game app, it’s not very good, users post terrible reviews and give them feedback on how to make it better. The two developers take the feedback and release version 2 quickly, incorporating many of the suggestions. [...]
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Opinion, People, iPad, iPhone on Jan 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism
Steve Lohr has written an excellent piece discussing the back story on how Jobs thinks and works.
…Apple products are known for being stylish, powerful and pleasing to use. They are edited products that cut through complexity, by consciously leaving things out — not cramming every feature that came into [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Macintosh, People, Tech Stuff, Video, iPad, iPhone on Jan 29th, 2010 No Comments »
Apple’s head of marketing Phil Schiller demonstrates the new iWork application on iPad including the use of multi-touch gestures for getting things done without a mouse.
This is a clip from the iPad unveiling which can be watched in its entirety here.
Posted in Events, Macintosh, Opinion, Tech Stuff, iPad, iPhone on Jan 28th, 2010 44 Comments »
I’ve been watching various reactions to Apple’s new iPad and it amazes me that people don’t learn from history that Steve Jobs is a visionary and visionaries take larger steps than the rest of us. This is one of the many things I admire about Jobs and Apple. Not all of these steps work out [...]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Tech Stuff, Tools, iPhone on Jan 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Newton vs. Graffiti vs. Treo vs. iPhone
This is a great review. It’s not a scientific test but it explores these different methods of getting text into a device in a way that will help anyone think about the future of text encoding on a variety of devices in a broader way.
The [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Social Software, Travel, iPhone on Jan 21st, 2010 2 Comments »
Just a quick note that I’m on my way to California on a United PS flight and am using their Gogo inflight wifi network for the first time. In a word: great!
Simple to use, not too expensive ($12.95 for a coast to coast trip, $7.95 for a smartphone), the network has plenty of bandwidth for [...]
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Ideas, Politics, iPhone on Jan 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Slowpoke: The Terminatrix
Jen Sorensen is a genius, no doubt about it.
Note: If you’re not familiar with The Terminator this will make little sense. If you are I’m sure you’ll agree: it’s genius.
iPhone = Skynet
Palin = Terminator
Obama = John Connor
Jen Sorensen = Genius
Posted in Tech Stuff, iPhone on Dec 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Free Speech (Recognition)
David Pogue on the new Dragon Dictation for iPhone, a free, speech to text application that, according to Pogue, works well. Read his review for his discussion of the privacy issues and more.
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Video, iPhone on Dec 6th, 2009 3 Comments »
Sports Illustrated on a mocked up Apple tablet… maybe.
If it’s even close to something like this it will make heads explode.
[via Jon Moss]
Posted in People, Photographers, Social Software, iPhone on Dec 6th, 2009 7 Comments »
Bill Atkinson’s PhotoCard at the iTunes store.
PhotoCard is an iPhone application that allows you to send stock or your own images to friends as email postcards. Looks quite good and Atkinson is an excellent designer and developer (having been one of the original developers of the Macintosh). You can also use it to send physical [...]
Posted in Audio, NPR, iPhone on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
New app turns your iPhone into a public-radio DVR
This is exactly what I want and it works very well. Get it here.
Posted in Photo Resources, iPhone on Nov 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Depth of field iPhone apps
Useful iPhone apps for calculating depth of field for a given focal length and aperture.
[via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Opinion, Travel, iPhone on Sep 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Foreign Airlines Rush Ahead of U.S. on Cellphones
The national union representing flight attendants wants Congress to ban in-flight phone calls, and survey after survey of airline passengers shows strong opposition to allowing cellphones on planes.
I vote no. Yes to wifi, no to cell phone. Or, have a cell phone section like the old smoking section; [...]
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Objects, Photography, Tech Stuff, iPhone on Sep 19th, 2009 No Comments »
How iFixit Uses Teardowns As Marketing 3.0
This is internet marketing par excellence. Not only are the teardowns creating genuine news for the tech press, they are efficiently executed and beautifully documented. The photos are superb, and the walkthroughs are clear and informative. Best of all, Wiens is a genius at sending the media timely and [...]
Posted in iPhone on Sep 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Apple’s Video Demo of the iPhone 3GS’s Accessibility Features
Making a revolutionary mobile phone means making it easy for everyone to use. That’s why iPhone 3GS comes standard with accessibility features that help people with disabilities experience all that iPhone has to offer.
Absolutely incredible. This may look awkward to a sighted person but if you have [...]
Posted in Photo Resources, iPhone on Sep 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Flickr Officially Comes to the iPhone
I think it’s fascinating that the camera in the iPhone is the most popular (used) camera on flickr. I do think it would be fun to use this app for taking pictures on hikes and uploading them on the hike. Might have to try that.
Flickr app at iTunes Store (free)
[via [...]
Posted in iPhone on Aug 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
New! TomTom for iPhone – turn-by-turn navigation for iPhone is here!
This looks quite good. Let’s see how much it will cost…
TomTom web site.
[via Engadget]
Posted in Politics, iPhone on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Introducing the NPR News iPhone App
This looks like a great application for the iPhone. I’m going to be trying it out in the next few days. Can’t wait.
Posted in Photo Sites, iPhone on Aug 4th, 2009 No Comments »
I Phone Photo
A very nice iPhone photography site. If I get some shots on mine worth submitting I think I will.
Posted in Opinion, People, iPhone on Jul 31st, 2009 No Comments »
I’m furious with Apple and AT&T right now, with regard to the iPhone
This is fascinating. A long time Mac developer and die hard is pissed enough at Apple over their not allowing Google’s new iPhone app for Google Voice into the App Store that he’s dumping the iPhone until Apple makes this right.
I agree with [...]
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