The Apple store in Beijing went crazy yesterday when the two per customer iPhone 4 rule was dropped allowing scalpers to get their grubby hands on up to 30 each! Read more
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Psssst…Wanna Buy An iPhone?
Not Your Ordinary $100 iPhone Stand
What’s $100 to a loyal Apple supporter like yourself? Instead of keeping that Benjamin tucked away in your wallet, why not use it as an iPhone or iPod Touch stand?
In this dated YouTube video from December 2007, photographer Enrique Pardo uses his origami skills to fold a $100 bill into a stand for an iPhone or iPod touch. Those of you on a budget, go for a Lincoln or even a Washington, but make sure it’s nice and crisp. [via TUAW] Read more
An API To Keep Track Of User Position in Twitter Timeline→
An API To Keep Track Of User Position in Twitter Timeline
I use Hibari on my desktop, Twitter on my iPhone, and rotate between Twitter and Twitterrific on my iPad. And the experience of Twitter client hopping sucks. That’s because when I switch from one to the other, no client has any idea where I left off in the other. I either skip chunks of tweets against my will, or need to scroll through oodles of tweets I’ve already read.
There’s a better way. And it shouldn’t be on the customer’s side to deal with. This is a problem Twitter developers can and should solve.
I’m proposing — and hosting — an API through which different Twitter clients could painlessly keep track of where users are in their timelines.
Developers: please start supporting this.
Ringer Profiles for iPhone→
Ringer Profiles for iPhone
Your iPhone would know you’re inside a movie theatre and would automatically set it to “Movie” mode. It’d know when you’re home. When you’re in the office, and when you’re at your second girlfriends house where it would not show a preview of any new text messages (hehe).
The built-in GPS could turn on Airplane Mode when you enter an airport. It could change your roaming and data settings when you’re in a country other than your own. It could even use GPS in combination with the built-in sensors to determine if you’re moving (i.e. on a playing soccer, dancing, or going for a jog.
Together with a Services menu and a new notification system, that’s what I hope to see in iOS 5.
Apple Help Wanted: HTML5 Job
Apple is looking for a Creative Technology Manager to help out in their “creative technology team” on the Apple.com website. The focus will be HTML-5 based content ready for iOS devices like iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
This individual will be responsible for driving web-standard (HTML5) innovation that enhances and redefines the marketing of Apple’s products and services to millions of consumers. Work will also include exploring opportunities with apple.com, email and mobile/multi-touch experiences on the iPhone and iPad.
Apple already has some HTML5 features to its website. There’s the new movie showtimes section, part of the Movie Trailers page that works on a desktop or iOS device. In August, “Compare Macs” was added to the Apple.com store. Read more
No AirPlay For Video Until November→
No AirPlay For Video Until November
Engadget reviewed the AppleTV box today and got some more details on Apple’s new service (better HD quality than Amazon – nice!). We had thought the previous reviewers forgot to try out Airplay on a 4.2 Beta iOS device. But it turns out that even the 4.2 betas don’t yet allow AirPlay video to happen.
That’s bad news for developers who are running betas, but it makes sense for Apple to ship a feature when everyone can access it. I guess the Apple TV will get 4.2 in November as well, together with all the other iOS devices.
Alternatives to Mail.App on OS X→
Alternatives to Mail.App on OS X
There’s a good amount of Mail.app alternatives for Mac OS X, and many of them are quite nice. Choosing the right one depends on what options you’re looking for in a mail client. There was a lot of hype about Letters.app in early 2010 that was headed by John Gruber. It was supposed to be the Mail.app killer for OS X but is now dissolved. The twitter account that Gruber supposedly took over still has almost 4000 followers but hasn’t tweeted since February. Either way, the linked article is a good read for anyone looking to switch or just wanting to know what else is out there.
The iPhone Popular, Who Knew?
Infographics - you either love them or hate them. They’re all over the internet these days but I for one enjoy them, especially when they’re bragging about Apple. BillShrink.com has posted an infographic about the iPhone on their blog. I know, BillShrink? Clearly they’re not owned by AT&T - ba dum tis.
Despite strong sales, is the iPhone the leading smartphone or the leading mobile device in the world? As the smartphone war continues to heat up with the introduction of new Android-powered devices, the smartphone market share can look different from quarter to quarter. What will an iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android owner buy next for their new mobile device? Some of the answers to these questions might just surprise you..
Eric Schmidt Weighs In On Apple’s “Closed System”
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt was invited on stage to TechCrunch Disrupt, where he gave a quite interesting 39-minutes speech about what Google is really all about, openness, user happiness and yes, Apple.
When asked about “openness” (around the 31:00 minute mark), Schmidt simply said that in order to define something that’s open, you have to take the opposite in consideration. The opposite is Apple, which relies on a closed system based on its own development tools, hardware, marketplace. Google’s Android is about “adding choices”, giving users the possibility to choose what to use on their devices and what not. Interesting enough, apps that come pre-installed by carriers are mentioned as “more choices”, too.
Check out the full video below.
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