Federico Viticci

10880 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.

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Epic Win App: GTD + RPG - We Can’t Wait.

You know what’s wrong about to-do lists? They’re boring. Ok, maybe all your to-do stuff is boring - but wouldn’t it be great if it was actually fun and enjoyable? Like, you can’t wait to wash dishes or get that meeting report done.

Epic Win app for iPhone aims at being your ultimate source of Getting Things Done combined with some good role playing.

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Average Subfolder Maniacs

Two days ago I tried to use my girlfriend’s iPhone 3GS running iPhone OS 3.1.3 and I couldn’t believe it was the same device - running the same operating system -  I had two weeks ago. iOS 4 is a huge step forward for Apple (iAds), developers (new APIs) and users (multitasking, folders). Now that we have iOS 4, it’s hard to look back and be unbiased about iPhone OS 3.

There’s something that deeply concerns me though, and it’s about the way people think about folders.

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iOS 4 On The iPad Won’t Be What You Think

I’m reading many comments these days of people frustrated because Apple hasn’t announced further plans for iOS 4 on the iPad. We know it’s going to ship this fall, but we don’t know anything more than that. So people seem to think that Apple doesn’t care about the iPad, now that the iPhone 4 is available and they’re having some hard times convincing customers that it works just fine and all the issues will be fixed with a software update.

I’ll tell you what, you’re wrong.

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iPhone 4 Available in Spain on July 28th?

Spanish carrier Movistar sent a tweet a few hours ago, saying that the iPhone 4 should be available in Spain on July 28th.

This is the original tweet.

Please remember that Spain is among those other countries that should get the iPhone by July, but Apple hasn’t officially confirmed the release date yet. Could this be it? We hope so.

[via iSpazio]



Browsing Speed: iPhone 4 Vs. iPhone 3GS

Here’s an interesting video realized by Obama Pacman, showing how indeed the iPhone 4 is faster than 3GS when it comes to browser performances.

TUAW reports:

“The test was done using only mobile 3G with Wi-Fi turned off, and it shows a variety of sites using Safari in a head to head comparison. In almost all the tests, the iPhone 4 was much faster in Web browsing.

When you look under the hood at the iPhone 4’s 3G performance, the improved browsing speed is not much of a surprise; CNET benchmarked the 4 against the 3G (not the 3GS) and found dramatic improvement across the board. Even against the more recent 3GS, the iPhone 4 delivered stronger download performance in Andy Ihnatko and John Gruber’s tests.”

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