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British broadcaster ITV makes the move to Mac

Another major company has made the switch to the Mac. This time it’s British broadcaster ITV, which is currently in the middle of a five-year technology transition. The company will switch out its employees’ PCs with Macs and include Google Apps in the deal, installing Google’s software on hardware for 7,000 different employees in the system. Not all of the company’s employees will get Macs, as apparently different roles may still need PCs for certain types of software (Boot Camp, anyone?). Still, given the choice, I think plenty of the employees will probably elect to go Mac if they can.

There’s no mention of using iPads or iPhones in the workplace, but that seems a given; we’ve already seen in the past just how much using these devices at work can help everything from productivity to innovation. Welcome aboard, ITV. We’re glad to see another big company making the switch over to the Mac platform at work.

British broadcaster ITV makes the move to Mac originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung attempts to ambush iPhone 4S launch in Sydney

Samsung has set up a temporary shop in Sydney, right across from the local Apple Store, and started hawking Galaxy S2 phones for the low, low price of two bucks (with a two-year contract, naturally). The line for the bargain-basement priced phone was reportedly longer than the nearby line for the iPhone 4S. That’s not a huge surprise; people do love a bargain, and a two dollar smartphone certainly looks like one.

Not everyone was impressed by Samsung’s offer. Two teenagers waiting in line for the iPhone 4S had this to say to the Sydney Morning Herald: “There’s this guy who has come up to us trying to convince us to buy the Samsung Galaxy S II two days in a row now. And he’s an idiot.”

The iPhone 4S will launch in Australia in less than 24 hours as of this writing, and reportedly Samsung’s makeshift store will close up shop the next day.

Samsung attempts to ambush iPhone 4S launch in Sydney originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung attempts to ambush iPhone 4S launch in Sydney

Samsung has set up a temporary shop in Sydney, right across from the local Apple Store, and started hawking Galaxy S2 phones for the low, low price of two bucks (with a two-year contract, naturally). The line for the bargain-basement priced phone was reportedly longer than the nearby line for the iPhone 4S. That’s not a huge surprise; people do love a bargain, and a two dollar smartphone certainly looks like one.

Not everyone was impressed by Samsung’s offer. Two teenagers waiting in line for the iPhone 4S had this to say to the Sydney Morning Herald: “There’s this guy who has come up to us trying to convince us to buy the Samsung Galaxy S II two days in a row now. And he’s an idiot.”

The iPhone 4S will launch in Australia in less than 24 hours as of this writing, and reportedly Samsung’s makeshift store will close up shop the next day.

Samsung attempts to ambush iPhone 4S launch in Sydney originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IPhone 4 theft suspects plead no contest, get wrists slapped

The two men accused of taking a prototype iPhone 4 from a bar and shopping it around to various tech blogs instead of doing the decent thing and returning the phone to its owner — which is theft no matter how you try to spin it — have essentially received a slap on the wrist. CNET reports both suspects have received one year of probation, 40 hours of community service, and a US$250 fine — a drop in the bucket compared to the amount they received in compensation from Gizmodo.

The judge in the case noted that neither suspect had prior convictions, which led him to decline the district attorney’s request that they serve jail time. So let this be a lesson to the rest of you: if you steal a prototype device from the world’s most valuable company and sell it at a profit of several thousand dollars, you can expect some pretty hardcore consequences. Probation, 40 hours of picking up highway trash, and 250 bucks… harsh sentencing, man. Just brutal. I’m sure no one will risk that kind of punishment if Apple ever loses another prototype.

IPhone 4 theft suspects plead no contest, get wrists slapped originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IPhone 4 theft suspects plead no contest, get wrists slapped

The two men accused of taking a prototype iPhone 4 from a bar and shopping it around to various tech blogs instead of doing the decent thing and returning the phone to its owner — which is theft no matter how you try to spin it — have essentially received a slap on the wrist. CNET reports both suspects have received one year of probation, 40 hours of community service, and a US$250 fine — a drop in the bucket compared to the amount they received in compensation from Gizmodo.

The judge in the case noted that neither suspect had prior convictions, which led him to decline the district attorney’s request that they serve jail time. So let this be a lesson to the rest of you: if you steal a prototype device from the world’s most valuable company and sell it at a profit of several thousand dollars, you can expect some pretty hardcore consequences. Probation, 40 hours of picking up highway trash, and 250 bucks… harsh sentencing, man. Just brutal. I’m sure no one will risk that kind of punishment if Apple ever loses another prototype.

IPhone 4 theft suspects plead no contest, get wrists slapped originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: Twitter integration

One of the new features in iOS 5 that I’m using all the time, but didn’t expect to, is the new Twitter integration into Photos, Safari, YouTube and Maps.

Setting up your Twitter account is pretty easy. Go into your iDevice’s settings and log into Twitter. Multiple accounts are supported. When you take a photo, you get an extra option to tweet it from the Photos app. Clicking the tweet button brings up a new tweet with a thumbnail of the image you’re about to send. Type in your message, add your location if you want to do so, then send. Your phone will chirp at you once the tweet is successfully sent.

If you have a contact’s Twitter handle in your address book, then when you do an @reply it’ll bring up the friend if it recognizes their Twitter username. If you have a large list and can’t remember everyone’s Twitter names, it’s a good idea to plug them into your Contacts if you plan to use this feature frequently.

Photos isn’t the only app you can send tweets from. You can also do so from Safari, YouTube and Maps. The most useful of these by far is Photos. There’s a lot to be said about the basic Photos app in iOS, and I toggle between that and Camera+ when taking images. I’m happy to be able to tweet from both now, and I actually find that the built-in Twitter integration is the one I’ll go to first unless my image needs adjusting in Camera+. It’ll also be useful for taking and sharing screenshots straight from Photos.

iOS 5 features: Twitter integration originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: Twitter integration

One of the new features in iOS 5 that I’m using all the time, but didn’t expect to, is the new Twitter integration into Photos, Safari, YouTube and Maps.

Setting up your Twitter account is pretty easy. Go into your iDevice’s settings and log into Twitter. Multiple accounts are supported. When you take a photo, you get an extra option to tweet it from the Photos app. Clicking the tweet button brings up a new tweet with a thumbnail of the image you’re about to send. Type in your message, add your location if you want to do so, then send. Your phone will chirp at you once the tweet is successfully sent.

If you have a contact’s Twitter handle in your address book, then when you do an @reply it’ll bring up the friend if it recognizes their Twitter username. If you have a large list and can’t remember everyone’s Twitter names, it’s a good idea to plug them into your Contacts if you plan to use this feature frequently.

Photos isn’t the only app you can send tweets from. You can also do so from Safari, YouTube and Maps. The most useful of these by far is Photos. There’s a lot to be said about the basic Photos app in iOS, and I toggle between that and Camera+ when taking images. I’m happy to be able to tweet from both now, and I actually find that the built-in Twitter integration is the one I’ll go to first unless my image needs adjusting in Camera+. It’ll also be useful for taking and sharing screenshots straight from Photos.

iOS 5 features: Twitter integration originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: Split keyboard for iPad

Laying the iPad flat in landscape orientation makes typing on its touchscreen relatively easy once you get used to it, but what about typing when you’re holding it in your hands? If you’ve got hands like a basketball player, thumb-typing on the iPad in portrait orientation probably hasn’t been a problem for you so far. For the rest of us, we were hoping for a better solution. In iOS 5, that solution is here: Apple calls it the split keyboard, and it’s pretty awesome.

The old button to show/hide the keyboard has gained a few more options. Tapping and holding the button will bring up options to Undock or Split the keyboard, as shown below.

Undocking the keyboard allows you to move it up and away from the bottom of the screen to wherever you want it. This becomes more useful when the keyboard is also split, which results in two smaller mini-keyboards toward the edges of the screen. These keyboards allow you to thumb-type on the iPad’s screen, almost exactly the same way you’d type on an iPhone or iPod touch. Restoring the keyboard to its normal configuration is simple: tap and hold the same icon you used to split it.

There are two other ways to activate/deactivate the split keyboard. The first uses that same button in the lower-right corner of the keyboard, but instead of tapping and holding, you can swipe up from this button to undock and split the keyboard, then swipe down to dock and merge. The other way to activate the split keyboard is by using two fingers, one on each side of the keyboard, and swiping outward toward the iPad’s edge; think of this gesture like you’re ripping the keyboard in half with your thumbs, because that’s exactly what you’re doing. Merging the keyboard again uses the same gesture in reverse.

This may seem like a non-essential feature at first, but if you’re like me and you do a lot of on-the-go typing on your iPad, you’ll find yourself addicted to the split keyboard fairly quickly.

iOS 5 features: Split keyboard for iPad originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: Split keyboard for iPad

Laying the iPad flat in landscape orientation makes typing on its touchscreen relatively easy once you get used to it, but what about typing when you’re holding it in your hands? If you’ve got hands like a basketball player, thumb-typing on the iPad in portrait orientation probably hasn’t been a problem for you so far. For the rest of us, we were hoping for a better solution. In iOS 5, that solution is here: Apple calls it the split keyboard, and it’s pretty awesome.

The old button to show/hide the keyboard has gained a few more options. Tapping and holding the button will bring up options to Undock or Split the keyboard, as shown below.

Undocking the keyboard allows you to move it up and away from the bottom of the screen to wherever you want it. This becomes more useful when the keyboard is also split, which results in two smaller mini-keyboards toward the edges of the screen. These keyboards allow you to thumb-type on the iPad’s screen, almost exactly the same way you’d type on an iPhone or iPod touch. Restoring the keyboard to its normal configuration is simple: tap and hold the same icon you used to split it.

There are two other ways to activate/deactivate the split keyboard. The first uses that same button in the lower-right corner of the keyboard, but instead of tapping and holding, you can swipe up from this button to undock and split the keyboard, then swipe down to dock and merge. The other way to activate the split keyboard is by using two fingers, one on each side of the keyboard, and swiping outward toward the iPad’s edge; think of this gesture like you’re ripping the keyboard in half with your thumbs, because that’s exactly what you’re doing. Merging the keyboard again uses the same gesture in reverse.

This may seem like a non-essential feature at first, but if you’re like me and you do a lot of on-the-go typing on your iPad, you’ll find yourself addicted to the split keyboard fairly quickly.

iOS 5 features: Split keyboard for iPad originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: New Multi-Touch gestures for iPad 2

In developer betas of iOS 4.3, Apple introduced new four- and five-finger multitasking gestures for the iPad. Those gestures didn’t make it to the public release of iOS 4.3 for some reason, which was unfortunate because a lot of beta testers found them extremely useful. Fortunately, these new gestures have made the cut for iOS 5 — at least for the iPad 2. Owners of the original iPad are still out of luck, it seems.

The gestures aren’t active by default, but going into the General section of the Settings app will give you a simple On/Off choice. Apple even gives a handy mini-primer of what the gestures do:

Use four or five fingers to:

  • Pinch to the Home Screen
  • Swipe up to reveal multitasking bar
  • Swipe left or right between apps

For those of you who have been using the new Multi-Touch gestures in OS X Lion on the Mac, these gestures will feel very familiar. The “pinch to Home Screen” gesture on the iPad is the same as the “activate Launchpad” gesture in Lion. Swiping up on the iPad brings up its multitasking bar the same way swiping up activates Mission Control on the Mac, and swiping left to right is exactly the same on the iPad as switching between Desktops and full-screen apps in OS X Lion.

All of these gestures are very comfortable and easy to activate, and they make switching between apps on the iPad a much quicker and less cumbersome process. It also means you’ll be much less dependent on the iPad’s single front-facing physical button, which can feel a bit overworked sometimes. However, it’s worth noting that the new multitasking gestures do break compatibility for apps which themselves utilize four/five-finger gestures; GarageBand immediately comes to mind, and there are likely a few others. Fortunately, activating and deactivating the new gestures is a simple matter of toggling the appropriate switch in the Settings app.

Our sister site Engadget did a video overview of these new gestures several months back. Although this video describes features new to iOS 4.3, the gestures are exactly the same in iOS 5.

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iOS 5 features: New Multi-Touch gestures for iPad 2 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 features: New Multi-Touch gestures for iPad 2

In developer betas of iOS 4.3, Apple introduced new four- and five-finger multitasking gestures for the iPad. Those gestures didn’t make it to the public release of iOS 4.3 for some reason, which was unfortunate because a lot of beta testers found them extremely useful. Fortunately, these new gestures have made the cut for iOS 5 — at least for the iPad 2. Owners of the original iPad are still out of luck, it seems.

The gestures aren’t active by default, but going into the General section of the Settings app will give you a simple On/Off choice. Apple even gives a handy mini-primer of what the gestures do:

Use four or five fingers to:

  • Pinch to the Home Screen
  • Swipe up to reveal multitasking bar
  • Swipe left or right between apps

For those of you who have been using the new Multi-Touch gestures in OS X Lion on the Mac, these gestures will feel very familiar. The “pinch to Home Screen” gesture on the iPad is the same as the “activate Launchpad” gesture in Lion. Swiping up on the iPad brings up its multitasking bar the same way swiping up activates Mission Control on the Mac, and swiping left to right is exactly the same on the iPad as switching between Desktops and full-screen apps in OS X Lion.

All of these gestures are very comfortable and easy to activate, and they make switching between apps on the iPad a much quicker and less cumbersome process. It also means you’ll be much less dependent on the iPad’s single front-facing physical button, which can feel a bit overworked sometimes. However, it’s worth noting that the new multitasking gestures do break compatibility for apps which themselves utilize four/five-finger gestures; GarageBand immediately comes to mind, and there are likely a few others. Fortunately, activating and deactivating the new gestures is a simple matter of toggling the appropriate switch in the Settings app.

Our sister site Engadget did a video overview of these new gestures several months back. Although this video describes features new to iOS 4.3, the gestures are exactly the same in iOS 5.

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iOS 5 features: New Multi-Touch gestures for iPad 2 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Server issues preventing iOS 5 updates for many – TUAW recommends a dose of zen

Sometimes, bad upgrades happen. Multiple users are reporting an error 3200 or 3002 when they try to upgrade to iOS 5, or getting a warning about ineligible upgrades. Some others are encountering other scary, silly, or exasperating iTunes hurdles on the path to bringing your iOS device into the latest firmware.

The 3200 and 3002 errors are the most pernicious and widespread of the problems we’ve heard of today, and they’re most likely due to Apple’s servers being overwhelmed by literally millions of users all trying to upgrade at once. Personally, my 10.7.2 upgrade has had “About 3 hours left” now for, well, hours.

You can spend the rest of the day tearing your hair out over this… or you can take a few deep breaths, take a break, put down the iPhone, and go do something else. The chances of everything resolving quickly over the next hour or two are slight.

Relax, go outside, breathe some air, give thanks for your blessings, and try again later tonight or maybe tomorrow. iOS 5 and iCloud will still be there.

Server issues preventing iOS 5 updates for many – TUAW recommends a dose of zen originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TUAW TV Live: Discussions of all things Apple

Hopefully by the time the show starts today, many of you will be running iOS 5 on your iOS devices. If not, we’ll still be talking about some of its features and the new apps that are appearing — like Find My Friends and the AirPort Utility for iOS. There are also some other fun things to talk about, like iCloud and the iPhone 4S.

With me today live from Honolulu, Hawaii is Doc Rock. As you’ve probably seen from our earlier adventures together, the discussion can go all over the place, and whatever we see in the chat room is also fair game for talk.

Below, you’ll find a Ustream livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to participate by asking questions or making comments. Remember that you can also join us on IRC server chat1.ustream.tv, chat room #tuaw-tv.

If you’re driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you’re stuck in traffic, please don’t — keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone and join the chat by downloading the free Ustream App. It’s a universal app and is wonderful on an iPad, both for viewing and participating in the chat.

We’ll start at about 5 PM ET, so if you’re seeing a prerecorded show, be sure to refresh your browser until you see the live stream. For those of you who are not able to join us for the live edition, you’ll be able to view it later this evening on our TUAW Video YouTube channel and as part of the TUAW TV Live podcast viewable in iTunes or on any of your Apple devices.

TUAW TV Live: Discussions of all things Apple originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Server issues preventing iOS 5 updates for many – TUAW recommends a dose of zen

Sometimes, bad upgrades happen. Multiple users are reporting an error 3200 or 3002 when they try to upgrade to iOS 5, or getting a warning about ineligible upgrades. Some others are encountering other scary, silly, or exasperating iTunes hurdles on the path to bringing your iOS device into the latest firmware.

The 3200 and 3002 errors are the most pernicious and widespread of the problems we’ve heard of today, and they’re most likely due to Apple’s servers being overwhelmed by literally millions of users all trying to upgrade at once. Personally, my 10.7.2 upgrade has had “About 3 hours left” now for, well, hours.

You can spend the rest of the day tearing your hair out over this… or you can take a few deep breaths, take a break, put down the iPhone, and go do something else. The chances of everything resolving quickly over the next hour or two are slight.

Relax, go outside, breathe some air, give thanks for your blessings, and try again later tonight or maybe tomorrow. iOS 5 and iCloud will still be there.

Server issues preventing iOS 5 updates for many – TUAW recommends a dose of zen originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cards app is available: Hallmark beware!

The app you’ve all been anxiously waiting for since the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event on October 4th, Cards, is now available as a free download on the App Store.

Cards allows you to create a number of specialized greeting cards ranging from birthday cards to trip post cards. You can add your own photo and words, then buy the card and postage through an in-app purchase. Sending a card in the U.S. costs $2.99, while sending it internationally costs $4.99.

The cards are printed out using the old-fashioned letterpress method, in which the card is imprinted with a debossed design. There are six occasions and 21 designs, the occasions being Thank You, Holiday, New Baby, Birthday, Love, and Travel. In the U.S., your card’s envelope includes special Apple-designed postage.

On the day your card is to be delivered, a notification arrives on your iPhone or iPod touch (that’s right, it’s not available for iPad). Cards should be perfect for those situations where you don’t want to have to go to a card store and browse through hundreds of cards. There’s no need to hand-scrawl something into the card, then search around for a stamp to send the card.

Check out the gallery below for some screenshots of the app in action.

Cards app is available: Hallmark beware! originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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