Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest animators known to man, doesn’t seem to like the iPad. Heck, he even compared it to masturbation gestures and described it as a “game machine-type thing”.
Hayao Miyazaki: “The iPad Is Disgusting”
App Store Password Caching Causing Unintentional Purchases?
So you have a kid right? Then I’m sure you’ve done this a lot or have had this happen at least once: You download an innocent game to keep them busy, handed them your iPhone, and let them have at it. The kids get carried away, and you wake up the next morning to a bank alert claiming you’ve incurred $300 in App-app purchases. This leads to a few nasty emails sent to Apple and the developer, claiming fraudulent charges and demanding your money back.
But just so you know, developers aren’t trying to screw you over. Apple has an odd API concerning purchases and password caching. While you probably realize that Apple gives you the opportunity to purchase multiple items in the store so you don’t have to keep entering your password, you might not have realized that this caching translates to in-app purchases as well.
BRDA on Jobs: Blu-ray Will be Around for a While
So what do you do when Steve Jobs says your entire industry is going to be replaced by digital formats? Refute it of course! Jobs claims that Internet based downloads will surpass Blu-ray, stating that, “Bluray is looking more and more like one of the high end audio formats that appeared as the successor to the CD - like it will be beaten by Internet downloadable formats.”
The Blu-Ray Disc Association responds, “According to market analysis Blu-ray Disc has a rate of adoption is very similar to that of DVD at the same seniority (18 million U.S. homes with Blu-ray in Q4 ‘10, the same numbers as the penetration of DVD to Q1 of the fifth year on the market of that size, Adams Media Research), we agree that the Internet will increase its importance to both stream that content to be scarce, but we do believe that the physical media like Blu-ray Disc will continue to dominate for many years, due to ease of use, high durability, and certainly the ability to deliver high definition experience and quality available anywhere.”
Anywhere you have a Blu-ray player that is. Personally I prefer just to instantly download movies, so I’m going to side with Jobs since I’m not a fan of discs at all. But what do you guys think? Will Blu-ray continue to remain in the market for years to come because of its market penetration? Or will downloadable content cause Blu-ray to sizzle out and end up like the CDs of today?
[via 9 to 5 Mac]
Microsoft Trolling App Store for Developers?
I haven’t seen any real talent on the Android Marketplace, which might explain why Microsoft is trolling Apple’s App Store, seeking out developers to “extend beyond your existing platforms and unto our new Windows Phone 7 platform.” I’d rather Microsoft prove to me they have a killer phone before enticing me to join Redmond’s army, but I suppose you should be at least flattered.
GPS Tracks Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who entered the GPS Tracks giveaway.We also want to thank the High Order Bit developers for the promo codes they offered to MacStories readers.
Here are the winners:
Matthias
Ammon Casey
Samir
You’ll receive the promo codes in your inbox in a few hours. Stay tuned for other giveaways coming this week. You can follow the official MacStories Twitter account as @macstoriesnet or Federico as @viticci
Did Geohot Just Announce His Retirement?
This can’t be good, and I hope the guy’s not serious. With an update on his official blog post where he showed a jailbroken iPhone 4 two days ago, Geohot announced that he’s not going to release any new unlock / jailbreak tool in the near future, and that he misses the good old days of jailbreak. Is this a retirement announcement?
Is Google Planning to Launch Its Own iAds?
iPhone 4 and Brailliant-32 Braille Display [Accessibility]
I remember a few weeks ago someone said the iPhone’s accessibility features weren’t so great. Steve also replied to an email saying that Apple provides the best accessibility experience on the planet - and judging from the video below I think he’s right.