Category: I-phone

TmoNews reports that at a recent town hall meeting, T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman stated flatly that “We are not going to get the iPhone 5 this year.” This will no doubt be disappointing to T-Mobile users who’ve been holding out hope since 2007. However, many sites (including Engadget) have pointed out this doesn’t necessarily mean the network won’t be getting any iPhone at all this year; with recent news pointing to the imminent launch of the iPhone 4/”4S” on Sprint, there may yet be hope for T-Mobile. A rumor from a few months ago pointed to a prototype iPhone with support for T-Mobile, but the legitimacy of that rumor was never established with any certainty.

On the other hand, Apple may not want to tweak the iPhone’s antenna chipset to meet T-Mobile’s requirements. T-Mobile’s 3G network runs on a different frequency from virtually every other 3G network out there, and the iPhone’s antenna does not currently support that frequency. (The iPhone will work on T-Mobile’s network as-is, but only with much slower EDGE data.) With rumors pointing to Apple creating a GSM/CDMA “world phone” antenna for its next iPhone, the company may be reluctant to add support for yet another set of frequencies to the chipset.

T-Mobile CMO says his network isn’t getting iPhone 5 this year originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Canon today announced 3 of its all-in-one Pixma printers will now support AirPrint from Apple. The printers are the MG8220, the MG6220 and the MG5320. Canon has posted a web page with more details. Some of the printers may require a firmware update to function properly.

AirPrint is the wireless printing technology Apple introduced in iOS 4.2, offering print services from the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Originally, AirPrint was heralded to work with a variety of printers networked to a Mac, but when actually released AirPrint worked with only a handful of HP products.

Third parties have offered AirPrint functionality to get around the Apple restrictions. Printopia works quite well, and works with almost any networked printer. Another Bonjour-based printing solution is available from FingerPrint,

Canon adds AirPrint to Pixma printers originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple received approval to sell the iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G model in China two weeks ago, and according to The Mac Observer sales will begin on Wednesday. The 3G-capable model of the iPad 2 has already been on sale in China for some time via the country’s rather extensive “grey market,” but it will now be available via official channels.

Starting Wednesday, the iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G will be available in China through Apple’s website, its official retail stores, and authorized resellers. The Mac Observer notes there’s no official word yet whether China Unicom will offer the tablet, nor has pricing info been released yet (and, knowing Apple, it probably won’t be until the device appears on Apple’s own site).

Apple to begin selling iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G model in China on Wednesday originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Most of us have a love-hate affair with task management apps. We hate the fact that we have to use them, but love the fact that some of them really help us get stuff done. iProcrastinate, a free task manager for the Mac aims to fall into the love category.

iProcrastinate helps you avoid its namesake by making creating and completing tasks super simple. You’ve got your standard to do-style tasks with colorful check boxes and stars for more important tasks. There’s a rating system for how urgent a particular task is, but there’s also the ability to mark a task as in progress, which a lot of simpler task managers don’t provide.

Each task can be sorted into “Subjects” that act as collections, so you can categorise your tasks. The tasks themselves can be divided into steps, which allows you to create an overall task and still detail what needs to be done and check it off as you go — something really useful for packing a suitcase for instance.

Repeating tasks are available if there’s a certain job that needs doing once a week, month or year and you want it pop-up automatically. You can also set dates for your tasks, so if you know you have to do a certain task next Monday, you can go ahead and program it in before you forget.

iProcrastinate also allows you to sync your tasks via Dropbox or via Bonjour over a local network, while there’s a US$0.99 iProcrastinate iPhone app that lets you take your task management on the road.

iProcrastinate for the Mac is a nice, simple and easy to use task manager that’s got some nice features to boot. If you haven’t already got your heart set on something like Producteev or Wunderlist, then give it a try for free — you might just like it.

Daily Mac App: iProcrastinate originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world.

You can listen to today’s Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) or the non-Flash link below. To subscribe to the podcast for listening through iTunes, click here.

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Daily Update for Sept. 20, 2011 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google is pushing out a significant update to its Google+ social network that will improve both its website and mobile versions. For iOS users, the Google+ app is getting Hangout support. Similar to Facetime and Skype, hangouts will let users chat with their friends using the front-facing camera. This feature is already present in the Android version and will be available for iOS soon.

Besides mobile hangouts, Google + also includes a new “on air” hangout feature that lets you broadcast your video stream to a wider audience. Other smaller features include screen sharing, Google Doc integration, and the ability to name hangouts. Best of all, Google + is now open to everyone without invitation.

Google: iOS Google+ hangouts “coming soon” originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel is facing increasing pressure from its retail partners to lower the price of its upcoming line of Ultrabook notebooks, according to a report from Digitimes.

Manufacturers like Acer are now asking Intel to reduce the cost of the CPU to help lower the final price of the device. Recently, Intel’s hardware partners asked the chip maker to reduce the cost of the Ultrabook by 50%. Intel refused.

These Ultrabooks are designed to compete with the MacBook Air which is available starting at US$1000. Manufacturers realize they need to get below that $1000 mark if they want to compete with Apple’s popular notebook.

Apple PC competitors request price drop from Intel originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The developers at Pheromone Lab have been working on a photography iPad app for a client. The client asked them to load test the app by using it to take about 10,000 photos. Since no one was keen to press the shutter button ten thousand times, the gang got creative.

Using a LEGO Mindstorms kit and a cardboard box, the Pheromone Labs workers rigged up an automated iPad photographer. The rig’s arm is equipped with an iPad stylus, which conducts electricity much as a human finger does. From there, all they had to do was sit back, pose for a few photos and complete the task that the client requested.

There’s a brief video of the setup in action below. Nice work, folks!

The Robot (English version) from Pheromone Lab on Vimeo.

LEGO robot helps stress-test iPad app originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Logitech has announced the Harmony Link, a Wi-Fi remote base station/iOS app combo that turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote control for your TV. Logitech isn’t the first to come to market with a hardware/software iOS remote, but the Link may well be the coolest. Its magic lies in the Harmony Link app and its visual TV guide.

Instead of simply scrolling through a text-based list of TV shows, the Harmony Link app displays your channels and their shows using large visuals. Swipe left or right through title cards representing TV shows (usually the show’s logo) then tap an image to find out more about the show. Tap the “Watch Now” button to tune your TV to that channel or mark favorite shows and channels so you can quickly skim them to see what’s on. As cool as it is, there’s one caveat to the Harmony Link app. Currently the visual guide will only work on the iPad. iPhone (and Android) users will have to use the remote app sans visuals.

The Harmony Link base station plugs into your wall and has eight “snake” IR receivers that can reach your devices even if they are tucked out of view in a home entertainment cabinet. The Harmony Link base station connects to your home Wi-Fi network, which is also how it takes commands from your iPad or iPhone. No line of sight or additional IR attachments are needed for your iOS device.

The Harmony Link hits shelves next month for US$99. It’s also available for pre-order now.

[via TechCrunch]

Logitech Harmony turns iPhone, iPad into a remote originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Instagram announced on their blog today that version 2.0 of their popular iOS photography app is now available. Their post outlines a number of additions and changes in the new version, including “live view” of the filters, so you can see the filter applied before you even take the photo. My personal favorite is the higher photo resolution which takes the resolution of the saved photo up to 1936×1936 on the iPhone4 and 1536×1536 on the iPhone 3GS. There is a catch here though: You only get the high-res versions saved to your camera roll IF you have the setting on to save them. What goes out to Instagram is still a 612×612 image.

There are also improved controls for sideways photos and options on every filter to enable/disable the borders. Generally in my brief time playing with the update, I’ve found that the app is overall a little perkier. I did like playing around with the live view filters, even though I don’t think I’ll spend a lot of time with that function in day-to-day use. I think the revamp of the picture taking interface is nice too; I like the ease of controls and how you don’t have to shuffle off to another screen to get the results when you take a photo. (See image.)

This is a free update to the free app available in the App Store.

Instagram 2.0 now available for iOS originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the eighth year in a row, Apple has come out on top of the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Additionally, no other company got close to touching Apple.

In the 2011 survey, Apple earned the ACSI’s highest score ever, with 87 out of a possible 100 points. That’s one point higher than last year and nine points higher than Apple’s closest rival in the survey, HP, which scored a 78 (which is also the PC industry average in the ACSI survey). The last time Apple missed the top spot was in 2003, when Dell held a one-point margin.

The ACSI conducts over 70,000 interviews to gather its results on over 225 companies and 200 federal or local government services. ACSI then breaks down the results into 10 economic sectors and 47 industries awarding scores of 0 to 100, which measure consumer feelings and customer satisfaction towards companies and products.

In a statement, ACSI founder Claes Fornell summed up Apple’s performance which keeps it at the top of the ACSI: “In the eight years that Apple has led the PC industry in customer satisfaction, its stock price has increased by 2,300 percent. Apple’s winning combination of innovation and product diversification–including spinning off technologies into entirely new directions–has kept the company consistently at the leading edge.”

[via Cnet]

Apple tops satisfaction survey for 8th year originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jailbreakers can bring some of OS X Lion to their iPhone and iPod touch. Lion Ultimatum is an advanced Dreamboard theme that includes Lion features like a file manager, dock, Launchpad, Mission Control and more to your iOS device. It’s an ambitious project started by a college freshman. If youre interested, check out Ultimatum in the video below and point your browsers to ModMyi for the installation instructions.

[Via Engadget]

Jailbroken iPhone mod mimics Mac OS X originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple will release a major update to Final Cut Pro X, as well as a demo version that new customers can download and try out today. This update address the top user requests, according to Apple’s senior director applications marketing, Richard Townhill.

In an interview with The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple, Townhill noted that Apple has listened to requests from the application’s professional users. “We listened to the pros and have taken their top feature requests and put them in this update.”

New features include Xsan support, which will allow users to share files on the SAN across projects. Additionally, Rich XML import and export will bring third-party workflows into your project.

There’s more, of course, including a new, 30-day free trial demo that will let users try before they buy. That’s important as Final Cut Pro X customers depend on certain functionality and compatibility. An update that unexpectedly breaks a workflow is a real problem.

You’ll remember that not all customers were happy with the release of Final Cut Pro X. Again, Richard Townhill says that Apple is listening. “We have very vocal customers and they told us what they think was missing. What we’re doing today is answering those concerns.”

Note that Final Cut Pro X requires a Mac with OS X 10.6.8 or later, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better, 2GB of RAM (4GB of RAM recommended), and an OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later. You’ll find full system requirements here.

Final Cut Pro X update adds “top feature requests” originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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China’s new Shanghai store will open for business this weekend. Plans for the retail store were revealed earlier this year and construction to turn the former jewelry store into an Apple store has progressed smoothly. Last week, the red curtain covering the store was lifted, revealing an Apple logo and a promise that Apple was going to light up Nanjing Road soon. Nanjing road is one of Shanghai’s busiest retail roads and the Apple store is one of the largest in China. A large store combined with a high traffic location is a win-win situation for both Apple and its Chinese customers.

[Image from Micgadget]

Shanghai’s Nanjing East Apple Store to open this weekend originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you thought the Mac and iOS were already running Unreal Engine 3, you aren’t wrong: Epic has been using the legendary gaming engine on Apple products for a while now. Despite promising support, the company hasn’t actually released it out to developers — until now. The latest update for the Unreal Engine SDK in fact does finally include Mac support, and Epic says that all UDK games can now run natively on the Mac.

There are still a few hurdles to jump — games still have to be ported over by the various companies using the engine, and for many, that extra time and effort might not be worth it (though we’d argue that the Mac audience is growing all the time, and lack of a game market on Mac isn’t so much a lack of Mac gamers as it is just a lack of games). But for developers using Unreal who are ready to release on Mac, this is certainly good news. We gamers should see these games filtering out onto the platform in due time.

Unreal Engine 3 (finally) coming to the Mac originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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