Two weeks after Apple has been granted a patent for the iPhone and iPod Touch design, now it’s time for the iPhone 3GS and 3G form factor. Filed in 2008, the patent lists Jobs and Ive in the inventors of the design.
[via GoRumors]
Apple Granted Patent for iPhone 3GS, 3G Design
Fnac Leaks European iPad Prices?
iGeneration has managed to get an image of Fnac’s RSS feeds, which report that the iPad Wifi 16GB will be available (at Fnac) at € 474,05. If you consider a 5% discount, the full price should be € 499,00 - just like many insiders have been saying for weeks now.
Apple still hasn’t confirmed anything about this, but you can bet that we’ll know more in a few hours, or later this week.
A Smoking Hot, Microwaved iPad
For MacStories’s usual “Something Must Be Wrong With Some People” series, today we’re very proud to present you the microwaved iPad, served hot in a 10 minutes Youtube video that is gonna make you want a last-gen microwave oven.
Not really.
But seriously, check out the video after the break. And remember: something must be wrong with some people. Next, a JooJoo.
[via CNET]
ABC Player App for iPad Can Now Stream Over 3G
A new version of the ABC app for iPad has just been approved by Apple, and it brings streaming over a 3G connection, something early adopters of an iPad Wifi + 3G have been demanding for a few days now.
You can go download the app for free here. The update also features many bug fixes, stability improvements and landscape support for all screens.
Dropbox for iPad Available [Reviewed]
Dropbox has just updated its official iPhone client to include support for the iPad. It’s available for free here.The new version takes advantage of the iPad’s portrait and landscape modes to display your folders on the list, and also makes use of popovers in the main view to email and copy links and access your favorites. Also, it’s now possible to export documents to native iPad apps such as Keynote and Pages.
Keep on reading after the break for our impressions with the app.
MacPilot 4, A Seriously Powerful Mac Utility
Koingo has been great to me as a software company. One of my favorite Mac utilities from them, AirRadar, is an essential tool I use when setting up wireless networks. ImageSmith, another often used product, is great for batch resizing photos to be shared online. One of their latest products, MacPilot 4, is absolutely mind boggling. Anything you’ve wanted to tweak on your Mac, uncover, or otherwise harness control of can now done through this single, feature rich utility.
More Pages for iPad’s Safari [Cydia]
So you browse a lot with Safari on your iPad and you’d like to get over the 9 pages limitation? No problemo.
If you’ve jailbroken your iPad and have Cydia up and running, just look for Tab+, released today, which is a nice tweak that allows you to have more tabs. Obviously the OS will start flushing pages’ cache when it runs out of memory, but at least you’ll be able to browse and open as many pages as you want.
Go download it in Cydia, and take a look at the screenshot after the break.
Archive Your Tweets with TweetSheet
If you tweet a lot every day, it’s likely that sometimes in the future you’ll want to have some sort of archive for your tweets - that kind of stuff that you show off to your grandsons to remember the good days. Ok, maybe not with tweets, but you get the hang of it. You tweet links, you use different applications, you want to have your own Library of Congress archive for the messages you once sent and now you’ve forgotten about.
If this idea has ever come to your mind and you would like to be able to see what exactly happened on January 27th, then TweetSheet is the app for you.
Find the Perfect iPad Case with iPad Case Finder
Amazon, Google Shopper, I’m talkin’ to you. You guys have been a serious letdown to my iPad wantingness. Every time I try to find a stupid case for my beloved device, you shoot me down with silly rubber skins and diamond encrusted leather chinese imports. I will have it no more! Thanks to iPad Case Finder, I’ll no longer be needing your services.