I knew that there were some problems with the iPad hardware, but I didn’t think something this serious could ever happen - and happen to me, most of all.
iPad Makes Macbook Pro Disconnect From Wifi, Turn Screen Off
Communal Computing
Craig Hockenberry over at his personal blog:
“My iPad has a lot of personal information on it: email, business documents, and financial data. When you pass it around, you’re giving everyone who touches it the opportunity to mess with your private life, whether intentionally or not. That makes me uneasy.
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I can envision several ways to solve this problem: either with a traditional login screen or with something new like folders that require a passcode to open. I have no doubt that your designers can find something elegant that gives me peace of mind as I share my iPad with friends and family.”
Will iAd become a developer Gold Mine?
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this morning that Apple plans to spend over $1 Million buckaroos on advertisements (iAds) this year. Advertisers are gonna have to pay top dollar to even think about delivering content to Apple’s users, plus create Apple approved experiences that aren’t (putting it lightly) garbage. But what does this mean for App Store customers and developers?
The Gizmodo iPhone Saga: There’s A Flowchart For That
Found on Fastcompany, this is simply genius. We haven’t posted that much about the Gizmodo “thing”, but this one is seriously worth it. Check it out after the break.
Steve Jobs Posts His Thoughts On Flash
The man has spoken. Steve Jobs himself has in fact posted his thoughts about the Flash platform in a pretty long “open letter to the community”, available here.
The post is interesting and worth checking out in its entirety, but just to sum up Steve’s thoughts:
“Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.”
Steve’s main concern is that Flash is a closed platform, with crappy performances on mobile devices and that can seriously cut the battery life of Apple’s devices. Overall, it seems like the whole letter is focused on mobile devices rather than desktop computers:
“New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.”
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“Flash is a cross platform development tool. It is not Adobe’s goal to help developers write the best iPhone, iPod and iPad apps. It is their goal to help developers write cross platform apps.”
Now the situation gets very interesting. We’ll wait for a response from Adobe now.
iPad “Spirit” Jailbreak Coming Tomorrow?
There’s been a lot of buzz around this new jailbreak tool called “Spirit”, which should be able to jailbreak every device on the market: iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, iPad WiFi and 3G, iPod Touch 1G, 2G and 3G. It should be an all in one solution for all those who want to install Cydia and enjoy the apps and utilities banned from Apple.
Apple Files Trademarks for iPhone OS Icons
Patently Apple has find out that Apple has filed trademarks for 13 iPhone OS icons: Music, Phone, Compass, Texas Hold’em, Photos, Movies, Notes, Mail, iPod, Maps, World Clocks, Messages and Calculator.
Apple Granted Patent for Multi-touch Gesturing System
Apple has won a patent for a multi-touch gesturing system that involves virtual keyboard or large surface computer, Patently Apple reports. The application was filed in 2006 and granted 2 days ago, you can check it out here.
Starcraft II Beta for Mac Available
Available on Battle.net only for those who made it into the beta and for north american servers. Good news.
