Thanks to a video submitted over at iPadevice.com, we can now see all the settings that the iPad should contain at the official launch. The author of the video has enabled these settings by editing some strings in two .plist files. Passcode lock, picture frame and file sharing are included.
Watch the embedded video below.
From the iPad’s official webpage:
“The App Store will feature new apps designed specifically for iPad. You’ll find hundreds that make the most of its large display, responsive performance, and Multi-Touch interface. iPad apps appear in a special section of the store, so you can find and download them easily.”
A special section in the Store, which sounds like a category filled with other sub categories for different apps. Put in this way, it doesn’t sound like they’re pushing the thing too much.
According to this post from Macity (Italian blog) Apple has started contacting publishers in regards of the imminent iPad launch, scheduled for late April. It seems like Apple is pushing for digital version of school books, a market which (personal experience) is really bloated in Italy. The launch of the Italian iBooks Store is rumored to happen this fall, and school books should be one the strongest selling points of the initial lineup.
Could Apple really save or reinvent the Italian publishing industry? Starting with the school system, I do hope so.
Available in Software Update, includes performance improvements for Top Sites, improvements for plug-ins and for sites with SVG graphics and online forms.
Foursquare, Vodpod and Instapaper Mobilizer integration. Also, it’s already compatible with iPhone OS 3.2. Nice update.
I remember when I started using my Mac in a professional context, I went around asking for “the best application” to manage tasks on a Mac. Many people suggested Omnifocus from the Omnigroup, and many told me to give a spin to Things, the new kid on the block from CulturedCode, which featured a clean design and a very streamlined interface. I went for Things, as you may have read in my review some weeks ago.
Things is a great piece of software. It doesn’t get almost anything wrong in any section, it could be the perfect GTD application, but – sadly – it’s not. Indeed, I came to a point where I needed to sync my Things database between the Mac and the iPhone not only within my local network, I desperately needed to access my tasks while on the go. And if you’re a Things user, you should know that’s not possible, though Cultured Code promises it will come soon with an update. So I decided to try Omnifocus again, and here we are today. Turns out Sync is only one of the features that made me switch, as I found way more than simple over the air sync in Omnifocus.
“After you’ve read your twelfth ebook, you don’t need the candy anymore. Ideally, the candy isn’t so distracting that you hate it, and what was once cute (swiping to flip the page!) turns into sheer utility (tapping to turn the page, which I have to believe will also be possible in iBooks.)
But that flip matters because it gets you going. And it gets going everyone who sees you reading your twelfth book in iBooks. How will you demo it to them? Will you tap or will you slowly turn the page? If your booklist was also available as a boring (and useful) black-and-white table, would that be the screen you’d show your friends?”
No, definitely. And just as they did with the iPhone, they need to push the simplicity effect, make it clear that there’s one and only one way to browse and view books - and that way is beautiful. They could have used awkward thumbnails for Contacts.app on the iPhone, but they didn’t. And like it or not, consistency and simplicity are what made the iPhone stand out.
Gradients, border radius, box shadows. And it looks beautiful.
“New to Apex, some devices/builds have spotlight lumped in with the multitasking dialog box. If we couldn’t get to springboard the old way, try the new one (it’s just a double-tap of home button)”
I guess that would be the most natural way to activate “backgrounding” for apps and switch back to the Springboard. At least ProSwitcher implemented it in a great way months ago.
