We’re getting nearer to the release of the iPad and the iPad App Store, and so are developers with their applications. We’ve just received more screenshots of the first two apps Omnigroup is going to release on the App Store, OmniGraffle and OmniGraphSketcher.
Take a look after the break.
We had the chance to take a look at the iPad App Store guys, and there’s some great stuff going on. Besides the apps you’ve probably already seen on other blogs, like Real Racing, Twitterrific or Fieldrunners, we’ve been able to take some screenshots of the other iPad apps, previously unseen.
Take a look after the break.
Beingmanan.com has spotted a new patent filled by Apple, which focuses on the interaction between the user and the file system via drag & drop.
According to this patent Apple is working on a “smart drag & drop” solution, which should enable us to sort documents into folders basing on the file types, rather than manually organize them. Pretty much like those folders actions that already let you automatically move a file into a specific folder, but built in in the OS.
To me, it sounds great. I expect this exact kind of things from 10.7, revamped and brand new user interactions.
Remember when Apple removed all the “explicit content apps” from the App Store? Well, Apple is getting ready to put them back in. By visiting these two URLs (here and here) seems like the categories are ready, are there’s one for the iPad as well.
The categories are currently empty, and I suppose it’s because they’re not actually ready yet. I think it’s just another technical error by some engineer at Apple.
Here are the screenshots.
Again, who’s gonna be fired for this?
[UPDATE]
The links are no longer working. Apple fixed the error, but in my opinion we’ll see the explicit apps coming back very soon.
Faster, louder, smoother. And with subtitles. And with an official video converter dedicated app.
One of the best open source players, go download it here.
Available here. Looks good in the simulator.
George Hotz, the genius behind the popular jailbreak tool blackra1n, is back.
With a brief post on his personal blog he’s announced (and documented with video) that he’s working on a new version of the jailbreak, which will be untethered (means the device doesn’t need assistance from a computer to boot) and will work on all the current tethered-only models (iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 2G & 3G). And with a final note he says “it will probably work on iPad too”.
Seems like we won’t be waiting that long for multitasking on the iPad after all.
Alright folks, this is weird. Vemedio, the developers of Snowtape for Mac, have been working for the past few months on an iPhone version of their application, which I’ve got the pleasure to beta test. The application is stunning and impressive both in looks and functionalaties, but that’s not the point.
From what we can read on a post on Vemedio’s official blog, Apple has rejected Snowtape for iPhone due to its built in feature of recording internet radio and storing the files on the iPhone.
From the post:
“I got a call from Steve Rea of iPhone Developer Relations telling me that they can not approve Snowtape for iPhone. Effectively he said that Apple can not publish an app that records audio from an internet stream and store it permanently on the iPhone and of cause he explictly said that we can not have a function in our app for re-distribution of these recordings. What he meant is that Apple can not allow you folks to record internet radio and store it as MP3 on your local storage. Of course I tried to asked him about the paragraph in the iPhone Developer SDK agreement, we are violating. His sole words were, that there are lots of things missing in the SDK agreement and that they can not foresee any circumstance that leads to a denial of an app. That‘s right! We did not violate any paragraph of the SDK, yet they forbid us distributing our app.”
Vemedio didn’t violate any paragraph, but the app has been rejected because there are “a lot of things missing from the SDK” and they just can’t approve it. Too bad for Steve Rea that Martin Hering (the developer) went looking for other internet radio apps in the App Store and found at least 3 apps that have the same feature, but they’re online and available.
Unbelievable? A huge fail, I say. Come on Apple, go approve Snowtape - the app is great.
Who’s gonna be fired for this?
