We knew that the NYTimes’ Editor’s Choice app for iPad was only an interesting experiment released for the iPad, we didn’t know the official, full-content NYTimes iPad would be released this week. Surprisingly enough, last night the NYTimes pulled Editor’s Choice (which has been downloaded more than 650,000 times) and released after a few hours a free version of “NYTimes for iPad”, available in the App Store here. Read more
The Power Of OmniFocus’ Perspectives→
The Power Of OmniFocus’ Perspectives
Even more on OmniFocus. Tyler Hall:
It’s hard to describe how incredibly powerful Perspectives are until you actually spend a few days with them in your workflow. Other task managers have smart folders or dedicated “Today” lists, but they absolutely pale in comparison to the flexibility that Perspectives afford.
I agree. I have four custom perspectives set up, two of them helping me “focus” on iPhone and iPad reviews that need to be done. More interesting tips in the article.
Dave Caolo on OmniFocus and the Printable CEO Forms→
Dave Caolo on OmniFocus and the Printable CEO Forms
Why use a piece of paper when you’ve purchased powerful, expensive software?
I need both. Some information, like images, can’t be stored on paper. Also, OmniFocus is where I keep all aspects of a given project together, like files, research, email correspondence. There’s no denying that OmniFocus is tremendously powerful. The over-the-air sync alone is a huge selling point. Check it out if you haven’t.
Then there’s this: I just like writing on paper.
You can grab David Seah’s Printable CEO forms here. I want to give this method a try.
Apple Adds “Halloween” and “Vocabulary Apps” Sections to the App Store
Just like every Thursday, Apple added two new custom sections to the App Store: a “Halloween” one is a go this week, together with another one dubbed “Language, Grammar & Vocabulary Apps”.
The Halloween section showcases “gruesome game and other ghostly delights” such as Plants Vs. Zombies, DOOM Resurrection, Pro Zombie Soccer and Halloween Soundlab. You can check out the section (which contains more than 40 between apps and games) here.
Language, Grammar & Vocabulary Apps, on the other hand, features reference and dictionary apps, apps for kids, grammar games and poetry applications. Gems like the official AP Stylebook app and Words with Friends are in there. You can check out the section here. Read more
150 Million iOS Devices Next Year→
150 Million iOS Devices Next Year
Horace Dediu:
What seems to be happening is that Apple is pulling out all the stops and going for unrestricted iPad distribution. This may also foreshadow unrestricted iPhone distribution next year. It may also portend a CDMA iPad (or at least an LTE version) next year.
If it happens all estimates for next year need to be revised sharply. I had been expecting 100% growth for the iPad and 50% growth for the iPhone. These might need to be increased to 150% and 100%.
The consequence could be that total iOS devices sold could top 150 million for calendar 2011.
And none of them runs Flash.
Apple Seeds Xcode 4 Preview 4 To Developers
Apple has just posted a new developer preview of Xcode 4, which reaches version 4. It’s available in the Mac and iOS developer portal.
This is a pre-release version of Xcode 4, a major new release of Xcode for both Mac and iOS development. This release requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and includes the iOS SDK 4.1, to develop apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Please review the Release Notes and Readme before installing this software.
Xcode 4 is a major new version of Apple’s development suite which sports lots of new features and a new single-windowed UI. The first version of Xcode 4 preview was released during the WWDC in June, the second build was seeded in late July, and Preview 3 was made available on September 2.
Geohot Releases Limera1n for Mac
A few minutes ago Geohot uploaded an official build of Limera1n for Mac to his website. The much anticipated jailbreak tool for Mac is a go, so OS X jailbreakers - you know what to do.
Go download Limera1n for Mac here, and make sure to check out our tutorial and iOS 4.1 Cydia compatibility list here.
Humail: A New “Emotional” Email Client for iPhone
When it comes down to email, my choice is simple: Gmail. I use Gmail for my work email addresses (everything runs smoothly on Google Apps), and I have a dozen of personal accounts I’ve used in these past years to keep my identity well conceived on the internet. I know you do that, too. Here’s a good tip: create a Gmail account just for your signups (Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla, etc) and forget about your main inbox getting overloaded. It saved my life.
Anyway, while I use the Gmail web interface on the desktop, I’m forced to stick with Mail.app on the iPhone and iPad: the app works fine (could be a lot better though), but the main reason why I don’t use and haven’t even tried other clients is because there are no other clients on iOS. I don’t know if this is about high development costs (maybe) or some restrictions imposed by Apple (likely), still we’re not getting the possibility of installing 3r party mail clients like on our Macs and PCs. That sucks.
There are some Gmail-specific applications in the App Store: Mailroom is one of them, and I love it. It’s like a mobile version of Mailplane, a Cocoa wrapper for multiple Gmail accounts. I use it on a daily basis, but it’s not (and can’t be) my default client. I’ve recently stumbled upon this new app called “Humail” which aims at becoming your new “personal” and “emotional” email client. I gave it a try, and here’s what’s behind the marketing slogans of Humail. Read more
Finally, TED Releases Official iPad App
Good news, TED aficionados: there’s an official TED iPad application (developed by Matt Drance,who also runs AppleOutsider) out in the App Store, and it’s free. The application allows you to watch videos in low and high res depending on your connection, organize playlists, explore what TED has to offer.
You can sort videos by recency and popularity, filter by tags or themes, discover new videos thanks to the related talks feature. I’ve just downloaded the app and it works really well. It’s also elegant, minimal and polished. It almost feels like TED videos were meant to be consumed on the iPad in the first place.
From the TED blog:
The iPad presents a thrilling new platform for delivering a TED experience,” said June Cohen, Executive Producer of TED Media. “We rethought the user experience to take advantage of the portability, the touchscreen and the focused media time people have when they travel or settle in for an evening. We think TED fans will particularly love the “Inspire me” button, which creates a custom playlist to fill the exact amount of time they have free.
TED for iPad is free and available here. Make sure to read the interview with the developer Matt Drance here, and check out the screenshots below. Read more