The iPhone is always the first to get new features; if succesful, they trickle on to other products. With the Retina Display being one of Apple’s newest features on the iPhone, we may see the beautiful display display come to the iPad. It would make sense considering that the iPad is great for reading text – Paul Miller from Engadget, however, often reminds us that the iPad’s low pixel density can be a problem for the most devout eBook Readers.
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iPad Will Get Retina Display
Spirit Developers Are Porting Flash to the iPhone
The guys behind the popular Spirit jailbreak for iPhone are working on a native Flash version for iPhone. No transcoding needed, no conversions, it runs as you can see in the preview video below.
ExpanDrive v2.1.0 Brings Better Amazon S3, Support for Strongspace
A better Amazon S3 Engine. Support for ExpanDrive’s upcoming storage service, Strongspace. And a whole ton of performance upgrades. ExpanDrive has been updated to v2.1.0, and it’s pretty great.
If you haven’t heard of ExpanDrive, it’s an awesome Mac utility that allows you to mount remote and network drives with ease. If you do any sort of IT management, work often in web development, or you’re like us and you have lots of places to store files, ExpanDrive makes grabbing files incredibly convenient.
Click past the break to see how you can take advantage of a special (extremely limited) offer for Mac users.
Microsoft Paying iPhone Developers to Port Games to Windows Phone 7?
I’ve heard some shady things before, but this takes the cake. Sure we have some iPhone developers porting games to Android, but that is by choice. When you’re approached by Microsoft, it reeks of desperation. Does Microsoft not have their own developer community that’s ready to jump at the chance to develop for Windows Phone 7? Apparently not.
iPhone Battery Pack Icon Juices your iPhone
Sheesh, can’t a guy ask for a little extra battery life around here?
Dim Safari Reader’s Background
Safari Reader is a really great addition to the latest version of Safari, and it does a pretty job of dimming the background so that you can have a focused reading experience. But sometimes, it’s just not enough – light or cluttered websites still peak through with the utmost disrespect to your eyes. Don’t let those naughty flash ads distract you from reading an Ars Technica epic: we’ve got the goods to get that helpful little background even darker.
iPhone 4 to Go on Sale at Wal-Mart
While I wouldn’t expect any extra low prices, the iPhone 4 will be populating your favorite Wal-Mart on June 24th. Best Buy is also expected to carry the phone on launch day, so pick the better of the two evils if you decide to venture amongst the Apple loyal.
[via CNET]
Apple Releases New Developer Video
The WWDC is almost over, and Apple has released a new video featuring many iPhone and iPad developers such as Illusion Labs, ABC and Wolfram Research.
Very nice and well done, check it out here.
Apple Updates Section 3.3.2, Apps Can Use Interpreted Code
Matt Drance over at Apple Outsider noticed that Apple updated section 3.3.2 of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement to allows apps to use embedded interpreted code. As Matt writes, games tend to use libraries and engines based upon languages such as Lua.