Chirpy is an iPhone we reviewed last week that allows you to use Twitter DMs as text messages. It supports push notifications and it’s powered by a nice and well designed user interface.
We have 5 copies up for grabs, and to enter the contests you just have to leave a comment below telling us why you’d like to win the app. Winners will be announced on Friday, May 28th.
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Are you like me? Do you drive an ancient vehicle that still has one of them cassette things? Lack an AUX jack? Have an iPod? Then this is for you. Maybe.
It’s been a while since I last wrote about quick file sharing apps. I’m talking about excellent pieces of software like Cloud, Droplr, Fileshuttle and Tinygrab: apps that allow you to select an image, file or URL from Finder or Safari and send it to the cloud with a few clicks, and then share a short link on your social network of choice.
Let’s talk about Tinygrab. Tinygrab is one of the most popular image sharing services that, unlike many others, comes both with a Mac desktop app and a Windows version. They have a pretty huge userbase and they have just released a shiny new iPhone app, developed by my good friend Tim Davies. Wait, what? An iPhone app to share images? Yeah, I have to admit that it’s a new thing to me as well - I mean, if I want to share an image on Twitter I use the built in img.ly uploading features.
Could a mobile image sharing app hold on to its desktop version?
If you still have any doubts about the new iPhone coming this summer, BoyGeniusReport’s latest news is the “final confirmation”: AT&T seems to have told to its employees that the device is coming, and is coming in early June.
Like we had any doubts.
Don’t get me wrong, he only wants to reply to emails and drink cocktails with some Gawker dude.
Thing is, Vijay Rakesh is writing that Apple wants to crank up production of the iPad and get 2.5 million units a month out of factories. Impressive, isn’t it? As Barron’s reports, Apple has been producing 1 / 1.5 millions units a month for a while now, and the production could go up to 2.5 million by this September.
On a side note, please remember that the iPad is still sold out in many retail stores. And he’s answering emails. What a weird strategy.
[via 9to5mac]
It turns out that Apple really thought about implementing AMOLED displays in the next generation iPhone, but had to reject the idea due to problem with supply and technology.
As Digitimes reports:
“According to our sources, Apple had spoken with Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) about the possibility for AMOLED panels since the development of the iPhone 3GS, but production capacity remains a big issue. SMD only has the capability to fulfill 50-60% of iPhone orders at the moment even it dedicated all AMOLED capacity to Apple.
Of course, cost is always a concern. AMOLED panels cost US$34-38. TN panels cost less than US$10 and IPS panels around US$20.
AMOLED also has display weaknesses. SMD uses PenTile technology developed by Clairvoyante to produce AMOLED, which is less suitable for displaying text. With Apple quite keen on pushing e-reading businesses, AMOLED may not be the best solution at the moment.”
So there you have it, folks. The whole truth is coming in 12 days, by the way.
Gene Munster is telling us that we shouldn’t hold our breath for the upcoming WWDC and the stuff Steve Jobs is going to announce. He says that Apple has “little room for surprise”.
Let me ask you this: even if you knew that Apple was set to announce a tablet device back in January, did you enjoy the event? Even if you thought you knew what the device might look like, didn’t your jaw drop when you saw the iPad in action?
These predictions are useless. It’s like saying “don’t read that book because we all know it’s got a happy ending”. What about the content of the book? What about how the iPhone 4G works and relies on the new iPhone OS 4.0 features? Here’s a suggestion for analysts: try to focus more on the content sometimes, because Apple is not about surprises - not as much as it’s about refinements.
Business Insider reports that Apple’s business value is now higher than Microsoft’s. Apple’s business is in fact now worth $200 billion, while Microsoft’s is worth $197 billion.
“A company’s stock market capitalization includes the net value of the cash and debt on the company’s books. To figure out the imputed value of the company’s actual business, therefore, you have to adjust for the value of those other things.”
It will be interesting to see what’s Microsoft gonna do next, specifically in the mobile market.
Wired has released its first magazine app for the iPad. Available at $4.99 in the App Store, the application is very nice, has a lot of interactive content and enables users to jump back and forth between the different sections of the magazines. There are some great touches like animated 360 images, vertical stacks to organize content and music to enhance the reading experience. Overall, it’s a great app.
