A number of owners of Verizon iPad 2s are reporting that their devices seem to be having issues accessing the Verizon 3G network. As discussed in the Apple support forums and reported by GigaOM’s The Apple Blog, the iPads are fine fresh out of the box, displaying Verizon as the carrier in the upper left of the iPad status bar. It’s when owners activate an account with Verizon that things start getting a little strange.

Once the account has been set up, the word “Roaming” appears where the carrier name should be. This is usually an indication that a user is no longer on his or her carrier’s network, and is using data roaming. The problem gets even stranger — to use data service, even in an area with only a strong Verizon network signal, the iPad owner has to turn data roaming on.

GigaOM’s Charles Jade notes that the problem may be related to the Preferred Roaming List, which is an internal database common to CDMA devices that determines how the device connects to a network. Some Verizon iPad 2s just aren’t recognizing Verizon cell towers, so they display the “Roaming” indicator. Verizon doesn’t charge subscribers for U.S. data roaming, so there’s no extra cost involved, but the issue is still annoying.

Affected iPad 2s can be returned to Apple or Verizon stores for replacement, although the replacement models may still exhibit the same symptoms. There is some discussion that iOS 4.3.2 might include a fix for the roaming problem, but until then Verizon iPad 2 owners who are seeing the issue will have to be content to roam.

Verizon iPad 2s feel the need to roam … constantly originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple has released Boot Camp 3.2 Update for MacBook Pro (early 2011). This update fixes issues with unexpected shutdowns as well as problems with Japanese and Korean keyboards. Of course, it’s recommended for all users. You’ll find it via Software Update if you’ve got the proper machine, or just download it here.

Good luck, and let us know if BootCamp 3.2 solves or causes any trouble for you.

BootCamp updated for 2011 MacBook Pros originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to Computerworld, Clorox CIO Ralph Loura recently realized that the company’s workers were no longer satisfied with their corporate-issued BlackBerry phones. Loura decided to ditch BlackBerry as a platform and gave 2000 employees three choices for replacements: an iPhone, a phone running Android or a phone running Windows Phone 7. A full 92 percent of employees chose an iPhone, 6 percent picked an Android phone, and a tiny 2 percent (40 employees out of 2000) chose Windows Phone 7 as their platform of choice.

Loura stated that the security concerns that have held back other companies’ IT departments from embracing iOS weren’t an issue for Clorox. “We live in public cloud for mail and messaging. I don’t have to worry about security because I don’t sync data to the iPhones. It remains in the cloud.” He’s also said that Clorox is beginning to deploy a small number of iPads; no one has volunteered to replace their notebook computer with an iPad yet, but Loura does believe it can eventually run cloud-based business apps.

Since Clorox apparently didn’t give employees an option to stick with BlackBerry, it’s unclear how many would have done so given the choice. But according to Loura, “If you believe demographic studies, the workforce in their 20s and 30s isn’t going to accept black corporate PCs with black corporate mobile phones and not be allowed to run Facebook or Angry Bird apps.” The really interesting part is the huge skew in numbers between people choosing the iPhone versus an Android phone; if all the punditry about Android’s ascendency is to be believed, I’d have expected the platform to make a much better showing than 120 out of 2000 employees.

Clorox’s story is only one data point, and there might be other factors at work — maybe the only Android phone Clorox offered its employees was a hunk of junk — but at least in Clorox’s case, Apple’s is the only platform that comes out of this looking like it has a viable future.

[via AppleInsider]

Clorox ditches BlackBerry, 92 percent of employees replace it with iPhone originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ClubWorld may not exactly be your kind of game. It’s sort of a mashup of popular freemium gameplay elements. ClubWorld includes Farmville-style time sinks as you build your club up, social environments to customize and share with friends, and even some music-based mini-games. The look and the aesthetic are more tuned towards younger players than the average gamer, and most people old enough to buy an iPhone for themselves probably won’t be too interested.

But that’s not really what’s interesting about ClubWorld. What is interesting is that it’s from Tapulous, the company that’s had so much success on the App Store that it was bought by Disney last year. While Tapulous has been moving towards the freemium model with its Tap Tap Revenge series, ClubWorld is a complete embrace of that model. This looks like a Facebook game more than anything else. There are even in-app purchases for “energy items” (called sugar here) and iTunes referral links to music. Looking at this game, I’d almost call Tapulous a social gaming company rather than an iPhone developer.

ClubWorld does take full advantage of Tapulous’ music expertise, using lots of fully-licensed tracks in the various clubs you can create and play with, but this is much more a stab in the direction of We Rule and even Booyah’s Nightclub City. It’s a very interesting turn for the company; we’ll have to see how it works out. Meanwhile, if you want to give it a try, ClubWorld is a free download right now.

TUAW’s Daily App: ClubWorld originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To wear what we feel comfortable calling the “Worst. Accessory. Ever,” you need three things. First, more money than sense. Second, a desire to resemble a high-tech version of Flava Flav. And third, a firm belief that the magnets along one side of your iPad 2 are strong enough to hold on to this Clik Clok chain no matter how hard you rap.

“Tired of having to carry your iPad in a bag?” wonders designer Pensa. “Or worse yet…in your hand? Looking for a convenient way to have your iPad with you at all times whether you are at work, out with friends, or working out? Have you ever looked down at your stylish giant clock necklace and wondered, ‘HEY! Why can’t this thing browse the internet, play music, and let me video chat with my friends?’ “

If you recognize yourself in this description or in the picture (nice hat!), then you need Pensa’s gold, red or silver chain necklace that attaches to the magnetic points on your new iPad 2. Will it hold? Remember how worried you were it wouldn’t stick to the fridge, and that worked out fine, right? And as soon as it’s attached, the Clock app fires up automatically. Cool!

The Clik Clok isn’t in production yet, and there’s no price set either, but Pensa describes the Clik Clok concept as “Ready for Kickstarter…” Luckily it also adds, “Hint…we are kidding.”

Still, ask nicely and I’m sure Pensa would make you one to go with your hat.

[Via Likecool]

Clik Clok iPad 2 accessory: Be like Flava Flav originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Traditional photo journalism has always had a limited point of view. You could only see what was in front of the camera. Video photo journalism added a new dimension to reporting as the camera could pan around an area giving the user views from multiple vantage points. However, with both photo and video journalism, viewers have no control over what they see in the shot. War documentarian Danfung Dennis is on the brink of changing this thanks to a custom camera system and the iPad. The former is a new tool for the photo journalist to record events, and the latter is a tool for the viewer to immerse themselves in that event and control what they see.

Dennis created an app called Condition ONE, which allows viewers to use their iPads as fully interactive windows into photo journalist images. As you can see in the video below (warning, NSFW language), Condition ONE allows you to interact with a current scene in what is probably most easily comparable to a moving photograph from the world of Harry Potter. Users can pan up, down and rotate around to get a complete look at an event in a set moment in time as if they were actually there. Dennis told Time that the point of Condition ONE is to create a new form of storytelling that will “shake viewers out of their numbness to traditional media and provide them a powerful emotional experience.”

While there is no hard launch date or price, the Condition ONE app is set to debut in mid-2011 and is sure to change the way many see an event that has occurred halfway around the world. “Once viewers enter a video experience, they can move the tablet in any direction and see the corresponding field of view,” says Dennis. “The traditional two-dimensional, rectangular frame is shattered as viewers step inside the frame and experience the stories as the protagonists.”

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Condition ONE app combines iPad and photo journalism originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are more and more magazines appearing on the iPad now, some good and some bad. Atomix is definitely at the good end of the spectrum, not least because it’s being produced by Area 5, former creators of the 1UP Show at 1UP.com.

“The iPad app is intended as a global product,” says Atomix founder Oscar Noriega, “and we knew we needed to release simultaneously to Spanish and English-language markets.” That and a desire for a heavy video content led to Area 5.

“We loved the idea from the start,” says Area 5 co-founder Ryan O’Donnell. “We’re huge fans of the possibilities inherent in touch-screen devices and we knew even from early versions of the app that Atomix ‘got’ it.”

Atomix sells for US$0.99 per issue at the moment, although subscription options will be available eventually. The magazine will be covering games from all over, not just on the iOS platform; L.A. Noire is on the cover, and among other games, Atomix also covers Killzone 3, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Journey.

Atomix is the iPad’s first video game magazine originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A lot of developers are apparently doing some spring cleaning, because there have been a whole lot of updates for popular apps swept out the door this week.

• One of my favorite Daily Apps in recent memory, Dungeon Raid, got updated with a bunch of new features, including character classes, plus more achievements, abilities and items than before. Great game, great update.
• Puzzle Quest 2 (which I played on XBLA, but is also great on iOS) also got an update recently that adds online multiplayer through Game Center.
• Popular asynchronous racing game Disc Drivin’ (another Daily App choice) got updated with new tracks to play through and some UI improvements.
• Bolt Creative sends word that Pocket God has been updated with yet another mini-game, featuring hovercar stunt racing.
• And finally, Egg vs. Chicken got an Easter update, which adds Easter eggs into the egg-throwing mix and allows you to unlock 12 new levels, including a new boss fight. Plus, just for you guys, we’ll tell you that if you keep playing and collect more Easter eggs after unlocking everything, you’ll get even more bonus content in the next update.

That’s updates aplenty for lots of great apps, so make sure you sync your iPhone or iPad soon and check out some of these terrific titles you may have wandered away from.

Dungeon Raid, Puzzle Quest 2, Pocket God, Disc Drivin’ get big content updates originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Boy Genius Report has independently confirmed that at least two retail employees at at least two Best Buy stores were told not to sell iPad 2s by managers on Thursday. Additionally, a store spokesperson told BRG that “Our stores have been asked to temporarily hold non-reserved iPad 2 inventory for an upcoming promotion.”

File under “Interesting if true”: A reader tipped us to say that Apple has ordered a freeze on sales of the iPad 2 through Best Buy.

He claims that until further notice, the mammoth electronics retailer has had all stock except demo units pulled. We didn’t put much credence in this rumor until CrunchGear reported the same thing after being tipped by a supposed Best Buy employee; Apple has supposedly banned Best Buy from selling the iPad 2 for the time being.

According to CrunchGear, this doesn’t have anything to do with Best Buy thumbing its nose at the iPad via a recent ad. Instead, CrunchGear says its tipster claimed Best Buy set an artificial daily quota of sales for the iPad 2 and told customers it was out of stock when it did, in fact, still have stock remaining. It’s rumored that Apple’s Tim Cook got wind of this chicanery, and Apple isn’t happy about it at all.

We haven’t received confirmation of any of this yet, so it’s all just a big rumory rumor for now. But if anyone happens to go into a Best Buy tomorrow and finds no iPad 2s available anywhere, it may be that the worldwide shortage of Apple’s newest gadget isn’t to blame, for once.

Rumor: Apple no longer allows Best Buy to sell the iPad 2 [Updated] originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Atari’s Greatest Hits is now available for download in the App Store that brings 100 Classic Atari Games to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Atari’s Greatest Hits is a universal app available for free and it comes with playable version of Pong, and the other 99 games as in-app purchases.

Atari’s Greatest Hits Description

Atari’s Greatest Hits brings the best of retro gaming to iOS with 100 Classic Atari Games. This suite brings you the hottest Arcade and 2600 titles from Atari. For those who love the classic gaming experience this handheld breakthrough is sure to guarantee hours of fun.

What we feature is:

• 18 Classic Atari Arcade Games including PONG
• 92 Atari 2600 Games
• Bluetooth Mutliplayer for head to head play for titles such as Pong, Warlords, and more!
• Original Cabinet and Box Art

Download this App and receive PONG for FREE!

Buy the rest of Atari’s Entire Library in 2 unique ways:

1. 25 separate packs available for download at $0.99
2. Buy all 100 games for a discounted price of $14.99 (basically the price of a movie ticket)

Download Atari’s Greatest Hits

You can download Atari’s Greatest Hits from the App Store for Free. [Download Link]

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Apple introduced 4/5 fingers multitouch gestures in iOS 4.3 beta. However, these features could not made it to the final release of iOS 4.3.1 or 4.3. These are the steps to enable multitouch gestures in iOS 4.3.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod Touch.

This guide involves editing plist files. So, make sure you backup each file before editing it. Let’s enable Multitouch Gestures on iOS 4.3.1 [iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod Touch].

How to Enable Multitouch Gestures on iOS 4.3.1

You iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad must be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.1. Here’s is how to: Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1

Method 1 – Install package from Cydia

1. Open cydia;
2. Go to Search tab, and search for MT Gestures;
3. Install MT Gestures;
4. Then close Cydia, and go to Settings > General and turn Multitasking Gestures ON.

Method 2 – Editing PLIST Files

Step 2

Now SSH into you iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch;

• How to: SSH into iPhone / iPod Touch
• How to: SSH into iPad

Step 3

Once you’ve SSH into iDevice, Navigate to: System > Library > CoreServices > SpringBoard.app and copy the following .plist files into your computer:

iPhone 4: N90AP.plist
iPhone 3GS: N88AP.plist
iPod Touch: N81AP.plist
iPad: K48AP.plist

Usually, there’s just one of this file’s kind, so it should not be very difficult to locate.

Step 4

Now edit the copied .plist file with any plist editor. [Windows] [Mac]
and add the following lines, anywhere under <true/> (as shown in the screenshot):

<key>multitasking-gestures</key>
<true/>

and copy the file back to the SpringBoard.app directory.

Step 5

Now navigate to Var > mobile > Library > Preferences

Copy the com.apple.springboard.plist file to your computer and add the following two lines of code:

<key>SBUseSystemGestures</key>
<true/>

and then copy the file back to the Preferences directory.

Step 6

Navigate to Applications > Preferences.app;
Copy the General.plist file to your computer;

Replace the following block of code;

		<dict>
			<key>cell</key>
			<string>PSGroupCell</string>
			<key>footerCellClass</key>
			<string>MultitaskingGestureExplanationView</string>
			<key>id</key>
			<string>Mutltitasking_Gesture_Group</string>
			<key>requiredCapabilities</key>
			<array>
				<string>multitasking-gestures</string>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>cell</key>
			<string>PSSwitchCell</string>
			<key>default</key>
			<true/>
			<key>defaults</key>
			<string>com.apple.springboard</string>
			<key>id</key>
			<string>Mutltitasking_Gesture_Switch</string>
			<key>key</key>
			<string>SBUseSystemGestures</string>
			<key>label</key>
			<string>Multitasking_Gestures</string>
			<key>requiredCapabilities</key>
			<array>
				<string>multitasking-gestures</string>
			</array>
		</dict>

with this code:

		<dict>
			<key>cell</key>
			<string>PSGroupCell</string>
			<key>footerCellClass</key>
			<string>MultitaskingGestureExplanationView</string>
			<key>requiredCapabilities</key>
			<array>
				<string>multitasking-gestures</string>
			</array>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>cell</key>
			<string>PSSwitchCell</string>
			<key>default</key>
			<true/>
			<key>defaults</key>
			<string>com.apple.springboard</string>
			<key>key</key>
			<string>SBUseSystemGestures</string>
			<key>label</key>
			<string>Multitasking Gestures</string>
			<key>requiredCapabilities</key>
			<array>
				<string>multitasking-gestures</string>
			</array>
		</dict>

Then copy the .plist file back to its directory. That’s it.

Step 7

Now reboot or respring your iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch;
Go to Settings > General;
and Turn Multitasking gestures ON. Following Gestures can be performed after this:

• Pinch to home screen
• Swipe up for Multitasking bar
• Swipe left/right to switch apps

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This is the “BrowserApp” example. I am going to show you the simplest way to open the browser, from this app you can open any site. Suppose you want to open google.com just type the url and click the submit button.

Step 1: Open the Xcode and create a new Xcode project using View base application template. Give the application name “BrowserApp”. As shown in the figure below:

Step 2: Expand classes and notice Interface Builder created the BrowserAppViewController.h and BrowserAppViewController.m class for you. Expand Resources and notice the template generated a separate nib, BrowserAppViewController.xib.

Step 3: Open the BrowserAppViewController.h file and we have to add IBOutlet UITextField *textdata; To display the textfield, mention two IBAction. To perform the given action make the following changes in the file.

Step 4: Double click the BrowserAppViewController.xib file and after that make the following changes.
A) Open the view window, first drag the Round Rect Button from the library and place it to the view window and select the button.

B) Open the view window, and drag the TextField from the library and place it to the view window.

Step 5: Open the BrowserAppViewController.m file and make the following changes in the file.

Step 6: Now build and run the code and View the Output in the Simulator.

You can download source code from here BrowserApp

File under “Interesting if true”: A reader tipped us to say that Apple has ordered a freeze on sales of the iPad 2 through Best Buy.

He claims that until further notice, the mammoth electronics retailer has had all stock except demo units pulled. We didn’t put much credence in this rumor until CrunchGear reported the same thing after being tipped by a supposed Best Buy employee: Apple has supposedly banned Best Buy from selling the iPad 2 for the time being.

According to CrunchGear, this doesn’t have anything to do with Best Buy thumbing its nose at the iPad via a recent ad. Instead, CrunchGear says its tipster claimed Best Buy set an artificial daily quota of sales for the iPad 2, and told customers it was out of stock when it did in fact still have stock remaining. It’s rumored Apple’s Tim Cook got wind of this chicanery, and Apple isn’t happy about it at all.

We haven’t received confirmation of any of this yet, so it’s all just a big rumory rumor for now. But if anyone happens to go into a Best Buy tomorrow and finds no iPad 2s available anywhere, it may be that the worldwide shortage of Apple’s newest gadget isn’t to blame, for once.

Rumor: Apple no longer allows Best Buy to sell the iPad 2 originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best Buy has quickly pulled an ad that mocked the iPad, according to SlashGear. The ad, which debuted on April 4th, showed the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer tablet plus optional keyboard next to what appears to be an iPad duct taped to a keyboard.

Considering the iPad 2 is in all likelihood going to be the hottest tablet of the year by a long shot, one would think it obvious that it’s probably not a good idea to make fun of it — especially when you sell it. Then again, Best Buy is the same company that tries to sell PC “optimization” packages to gullible consumers. It’s not clear whether Apple intervened in the pulling of the ad, but it was removed only a day later and now even the cached version is gone.

Best Buy pulls ad that makes fun of iPad originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s no secret that I love traditional paper books and that I think ebooks have a long way to go before they can even begin to compete with physical books. As digital books stand now, they’re as much fun to read on the iPad as is watching an IMAX movie projected against a brick wall. That being said, I’ve come up with a list of five improvements I would like Apple to make to the iBooks app which I believe could make the ebook reading experience more enjoyable. I wrote this list with the iPad in mind, but I’m sure some of these feature improvements would benefit the iPhone version of iBooks.

1. Lifelike paper stock backgrounds. Right now, iBooks lets you read a book’s text against a glaring white backdrop or an unnatural sepia backdrop. Neither of these backdrops will you find in a printed book. Since printed books are made of paper, their pages not only have a distinct feel, but they also have subtle visual variations of the paper stock the words are printed on. The visual appeal of the fibers in a paper page became apparent when I imported a book I had scanned into my iBooks library. The book was an old 1920s French cookbook whose binding had broken. A year ago I scanned all sixty pages of it into my computer and saved it as a PDF in fear of the original copy becoming lost or even more damaged. This French cookbook was the first scanned book I had ever read in iBooks and immediately I noticed how much more enjoyable it was because the pages looked real.

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5 ways Apple could improve iBooks originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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