Federico Viticci

10787 posts on MacStories since April 2009

Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

Movies Now HD: Beautiful, Useful - I Wish It Worked In Italy

I’m no cinema expert, but I enjoy watching a good movie every once in a while. You know, when you have those 2 hours you don’t what to do with. I also find myself interested in knowing what’s the next big movie coming out, maybe because I’m a sucker for news. I followed the whole Toy Story 3 thing with so much interest I can’t wait for the movie to come out here.

Should someone make an app for that? Box office movies, new trailers - perhaps with the possibility to buy tickets from inside the app? It turns out someone made Movies Now HD.

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Two Days With iPhone 4: My First Impressions

I bought a French iPhone 4 on eBay, 16GB model. I paid a lot for it, but I’m not complaining - I needed one. Waiting for Italian providers to comfortably announce their plans wasn’t a viable option. I’ve received the device on Wednesday and had some problems cutting my SIM to fit the new Mini-SIM tray; my first day with the iPhone 4 felt pretty much like using a Retina iPod Touch. Yesterday I managed to buy another SIM, make it mini and finally start using the iPhone 4 - well - as an iPhone.

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Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4 and Reception Problems

Finally, it happened. Apple has just issued an official press release about the iPhone 4 “problems”. It turns out, the iPhone 4 comes with a “totally wrong” formula for calculating the signal strength - it displays more bars than it should. The good news is, this will be fixed with a software update soon.

Still, it seems like you’ll have to keep holding the phone without touching “the spot”. If you’re in a low signal area, the reception issues will still happen, but iOS will display the signal drop more accurately.

Check out the full press release below.

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First Commercial Shot on iPhone 4 [Video]

FLF Films and director Jerry Dugan, decided to try  the newiPhone camera by shooting an entire Minelab commercial with it.

“We were shooting a series of three national spots for them. During the shoot the iPhone 4 came out and we decided we’d shoot and mount the iPhone next to our RED and shoot a whole commercial on the iPhone 4.

We really wanted to see how it would perform on a stabilized platform.”

They even put it on a RC heli for aerial footage. Impressive result, check out the video after the break.

[via The Apple Lounge]

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Disney Acquires Tapulous

Tapulous, developers of many iPhone apps such as the Tap Tap Revenge series and Twinkle, has been acquired by Disney - TechCrunch reports. Founded in 2008 in California, the company received $1.8 M in funding over the years, and collected many hits in the App Store - which made it one of the most succesfull mobile development companies ever.

Congratulations, Tapulous. Now please give us some awesome games, and stop messing with Bieber.