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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iPod Touch with Camera Leaked in Vietnam

Did you know that “leak” is a Vietnamese word? Not really, but it seems like every new Apple product is coming out from there first these days.

Today, we have a leak of an iPod Touch with camera, which is as mythical as unicorn tears - if you’ve been in the Apple-related news loop for a while now. There are pictures and videos, tour of Vietnamese cafè included. It’s a 2MP camera and the device is running a diagnosis firmware we’ve seen in action before.

Check it out after the break.

[Tinhte via Engadget]

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More on iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4: Camera Flash for iPod and iPad, 10.7 Mentions

The good folks over at 9to5mac have discovered some interesting code references in the latest OS beta that seem to confirm that the iPod Touch will indeed have a Flash camera. But what about the iPad? Yeah, it is mentioned too - maybe the 2nd gen will really have a camera with flash included.

Last, 10.7 is finally officially mentioned by Apple in the SDK. Check out the screenshots after the break.

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Lite Notes for iPad: For When You Hate Marker Felt

“Hello?”

“I want to speak with him.”

“Who is this?”

“You know who I am. I want to speak with him.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Federico. Steve is talking with him now.”

“Steve, huh? He’s not busy answering emails now?”

“Well, yes - he’s using him to access…”

“Yeah, whatever. I don’t care if Steve is busy talking with some Japanese dudes about Softbank or just trying out his new Droid, just let me talk with him. Now.”

“Ok, hold on a sec.”

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Twitter for iPhone Goes Live, First Screenshots

Last night we noticed that Tweetie 2 was pulled from the App Store, and it made us think that the official client called “Twitter for iPhone” would come soon. Well, Twitter for iPhone is now live in the App Store, just follow this link. (it’s still propagating in the App Store)

We’re trying to download the application and test it right now. Be sure to refresh this page to view the latest updates.

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How To: Play Vimeo Videos Inline On The iPad

I love Vimeo. Great videos are on it, the design of the website is great, the embeddable player is great. Youtube looks like crap when compared to Vimeo, and that’s a given. If you have an iPad though, you may have noticed that Vimeo videos don’t play inline as Youtube videos do. I’m telling you, this was driving me crazy.

Fortunately, someone has come up with a temporary solution to make sure that Vimeo videos play inline before the official HTML5 embed comes out. You should go thank Squaregirl over here. I suggest you to bookmark it.