The good folks over at AppAdvice have posted a useful video that rounds up all the rumors we’ve been hearing so far about tomorrow’s WWDC keynote. Safari 5? iPhone HD, 4G or 4? New iPhone OS-based Apple TV?
Check out the video after the break. And in case you don’t know, we’ll be liveblogging the event on MacStories. Just bookmark this page, and come back tomorrow at 9.45 am PT.
CNET is reporting this afternoon that the iPhone holds 28% of the market share, while Android only holds 9%. The iPhone is certainly a popular device, but didn’t earlier reports have Apple at around 21% with Android at 28%? What’s going on here? As it stands, Apple and Google are playing a very tough game of tug of war, and neither is backing down. Though with Android phones coming out every month, compared to yearly releases of the iPhone, will popularity or sheer production win out in the end?
One of the best things about jailbreak is the possibility to enable true multitasking and install application switchers, pretty much like those ones you can have on Mac OS X and Windows PCs. On jailbroken iPhones you can install Pro Switcher, an amazing tool by Ryan Petrich which allows you to quickly switch between apps running in the background. Unfortunately, Pro Switcher is not ready for the iPad yet, although we’ve heard rumors of a private beta floating around.
Pro Switcher isn’t the only application switcher worth giving a try though: Circuitous,a quite popular extension for the iPhone, has been updated to the 2.0 version and it’s now iPad-compatible.
According to MacGeneration, Apple is getting ready to launch Safari 5 and Mac OS X 10.6.4 at the WWDC. While 10.6.4 should be an update geared towards stability and compatibility improvements, the new version of Safari should carry a lot of new features, such as Reader.
Apple has released its official application for WWDC attendees. It’s available over at developer.apple.com/wwdc/app and requires you to login with the same account you used to purchase your WWDC ticket.
Google project manager Shailesh Nalawadi confirmed that they are developing an iPhone version of Goggles, the mobile visual search tool Google launched in December 2009 for Android devices. The app should be coming “soon”.
The Safari browser on the iPad is okay, but it leaves so much to be desired on that big, beautiful screen. Markus Schmeiduch decided to mock up what Google Chrome might look like on the iPad, and does an amazing job of describing features, gestures, all while providing drool worthy photographs. If there was an iPad application to lust for, this particular iteration of Google Chrome would be it.
Ever since Twitter acquired Loren Brichter’s Tweetie, we all wondered what was going to happen to Tweetie for Mac – the most popular Twitter client on Mac OS X. Then Twitter platform / API head Ryan Sarver confirmed with a post on the official development group that they had acquired the Mac version as well as part of the deal with Loren. That was a huge relief, as we all feared that with new job Loren could drop the development of his great Mac app.
Then Twitter announced they would discontinue Basic Auth support by the end of June and we all figured – well, Tweetie for Mac is going to be updated and we’ll keep using it. Developers started updating their clients to work with OAuth, but Tweetie for Mac was standing still. We kept hoping. Weeks passed by.
On June 1st, we freaked out. The Month of Judgement came and Tweetie for Mac was still based on Basic Auth. “Where the hell is my OAuth Tweetie?”, someone wrote.
Guys, chill. Tweetie for Mac is going to be updated later this month.
I imagine none of our readers like a Microsoft fanboy. After all, the last thing we need is more PC loving inbreds spreading viruses and adding their imperfect machines to the gene pool. In order to overcome such a second-rate race, Apple users need to band together to ensure our continued offspring will be Mac loving geniuses. Cupidtino has launched this afternoon, and it’s the perfect breeding ground for everyone hip and in-style sporting Apple’s latest. If you’re cool and not a PC tool, sign up and find your potential Mac head to ensure the success of smart, creative people unafraid to turn down that silly thing you call Windows.
Sorry Microsoft charmers, you’re just not our type. But we wish you luck! Ciao!
[via TechCrunch]
According to the latest NetMarketShare numbers, the iPad web usage has already surpassed the iPod Touch. In just two months and with more than two million units sold, it turns out that there a lot of iPads browsing the internet. But there’s even more: it seems like the iPad has also passed the web usage of all Android devices together.
One might say that the iPad is actually meant for browsing and everything, but the one word that comes in my mind is: Impressive.
[via Daring Fireball]
