Category: I-phone

Productivity is what you want. As much of it as is physically (and virtually) possible! We all want to be able to do lots more things in much less time. That’s why the App Store is virtually breaking at the seams with productivity Apps that want to help you get things done.

There are hundreds of task oriented Apps that are clamouring for your time, and money, in exchange for making you more productive (a notoriously elusive thing to measure). We’ve reviewed a good selection of them here, from the complicated (Omnifocus) to the desperately simple (TeuxDeux) but there is a new contender…

If you need a simple way to get your tasks done, and want cloud synchronisation across all platforms, then SpeedTask may be the one for you!

Say Hello To SpeedTask

SpeedTask wants to save you time and make you more productive by allowing you to easily create and view your Tasks from anywhere!

When you first open SpeedTask you are presented with a gorgeous list of tasks, each one a short note that will help you get started. It’s a delight that you can master the workings of the entire App in less than two minutes! As someone who has tried many task managers that bombard you with features and customisation options, the pure simplicity is a joy!

Design & Interface

On the design front SpeedTask definitely delivers! It’s simple but not minimalistic – using a cork pinboard as its inspiration while a more minimal App such as TeuxDeux favours white space. Personally I like the slightly retro feel of the cork and the way your tasks are held up with little pieces of tape, although it won’t be to everyones taste.

The way in which tasks are marked out as important is a good touch – with your more vital tasks surrounded by dashed red borders! I also like that there are no side bars or even other menus to the App – with the sole exception of the drastically basic settings menu. Overall, the interface is well designed and manages to retain some character while focussing entirely on its primary function. Some productivity Apps gobble up your time as you wade through a slew of menus – with SpeedTask that’s just not the case! The settings menu is there to help you get cloud synching going and that’s about it!

Functionality

SpeedTask is designed to be as intuitive and quick as possible, while separating itself from the pack with its simple cloud synching ability. Interestingly, I’m not now going to say something about how the outward simplicity hides a myriad of options – they just aren’t there! The developer of SpeedTask has taken executive decision over what should be in a simple To-Do App and what shouldn’t – and it’s admirable.

Firstly, they have chosen to have all of the functionality accessed from a single screen – everything from entering tasks to adjusting their due date or priority. Secondly, they have drastically limited the number of options you have available for each task – you can name your task, add a level of importance, or save it for tomorrow. The sheer lack of menus and limited number of options available for each task would seem quaint to anyone who has been using a more feature-rich task manager like Things or 2Do.

For the quick entry of tasks and all day to day jobs SpeedTask may have perfectly judged the level of complexity required, but if you start to plan tasks into the future you begin to see where simplicity becomes a limitation. Entering tasks for today, tomorrow, or even the weekend is a breeze but entering tasks more than two weeks ahead requires you to scroll to your intended day and could get seriously frustrating! Where is the calendar? Why can’t I edit the due date of a task or drag it to its new day?

To quickly and easily put things off until tomorrow simply tap your task and touch the small red calendar button on the right!

The Cloud

It has to be said that inputting tasks multiple times on different devices is a massive waste of time and productivity and it’s a noble goal that SpeedTask is trying to achieve with its ability to cloud synch. Of course we should have one source for all our tasks! Of course we should have access to a synchronised list anywhere!

It is unfortunate then that however noble its intentions, SpeedTask’s implementation of cloud synching is functional at best. While I always found that the web App matched my iPhone the service is let down by the clumsy interface of the web App and its hopeless relationship with iCal.

The web App mimics the look and feel of the iPhone App but leaves out some of the nicer touches – such as the dashed border indicating the importance of a task. It’s afforded considerably more space but declines to use it! Worse than that is the the way it ‘synchs’ with iCal. Using the calendar subscription feature you can sign up to your SpeedTask account from within iCal, but all your tasks are entered as all-day events rather than, say, tasks…

Final Thoughts

Overall, SpeedTask is very effective at keeping track of a simple To-Do list, but would struggle with anything more. Its iPhone interface is nicely designed and its simplicity and ease of use is refreshing – if let down by the web App and iCal synchronisation. In addition it’s worth noting that for $4.99 many people would be frustrated by its limited functionality.

If you’re looking for a quick and simple task manager that looks good and provides free cloud synching, then SpeedTask may be exactly what you’ve always dreamed of! Just don’t expect it to live up to the likes of other more feature-rich (albeit more expensive) productivity Apps.

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FormEntry – Create native form based apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. No coding required.

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Lateral View – We provide custom software development for iPad and mobile applications. We can create unique applications for all mobile systems or make mobile friendly the app that you already have.

ExcelContacts – ExcelContacts is not only the best way to transfer contacts to and from your iPhone without iTunes—it’s the only way! No other app lets you so easily control your iPhone’s most valuable data.

Ideas to Apps – A complete step-by-step guide on how to create a killer design and outsource the development at a price you can afford.

Super Dance Elf Christmas with Friends – Make an Elf yourself or have your friends make them in a Christmas video and share them. Send your dancers to friends with the app. Take your own photo or use one in your album to put a custom head on a video.

Invoice Robot – Invoice Robot was developed for small businesses, non-profits and innovative people that want to create simple invoices and other documents from their iPads and iPhones without the assistance of administrative or accounting staff.

Shopify – Shopify has a super-clean design that makes setting up a store incredibly easy.

uTest – The eBook will walk you through the challenges of creating a high-quality mobile app

WebRoot – Simple but powerful antivirus protection, a remarkably flexible backup and file sharing system, and a top-of-the-line password manager, among other impressive features.

Magic Towers Solitaire – Use your card skills to fill the realm with magical towers in this addictive, free solitaire game.

Haypi kingdom – Haypi Kingdom is a massive multiplayer online iPhone game set in the middle ages. You will be a general managing a kingdom in a strategic game – boosting resource production, adventuring in extensive wild land, reaping legendary treasures, equipping your troops with advanced abilities and battling against other players – with the ultimate goal of becoming the strongest kingdom in the ancient world.

Star Wars video games have a rich history dating all the way back to the original title on the NES (amazing game, impossible to beat) and even a few Atari and arcade games before that. This legacy is now carried on in a place we could’ve never imagined back in the NES days: on our phones.

Below we’ll take a look at the four primary Star Wars titles available for iOS. Whether you’re a tower defense fan, an RPG addict or just itching to pilot the Millennium Falcon, there’s something here for you.

Star Wars The Force Unleashed

The Force Unleashed is a popular console title, making it a risky move to port the idea to iOS in hopes that the reputation isn’t marred by the necessarily limited experience of iPhone gaming.

Dedicated fans of the series will see a lot of familiar ideas and themes, but the gameplay is quite different than what you’re used to. Instead of maintaining full control over your character in a 3D environment, nearly all of the character’s navigation is automated. You take control of a series of gestures that unleash various Force attacks as you encounter enemies and obstacles.

The game received an average rating of 3.5/5 stars and fairly mixed reviews. Many absolutely loved the game, some going so far as to say that it was better than the console version while others hated the lack of control during gameplay in addition to the briefness of the game and low replay value.

The Force Unleashed is currently on sale for $0.99 though, so it’s definitely worth a download even if you can play through it in a couple of hours.

Price: $0.99 (currently on sale)
iTunes Link

Star Wars: Trench Run

This one will definitely appeal more to fans of the old school games from the 80s and 90s than those who grew up on next-gen immersive 3D shooters. You take on the role of Luke Skywalker in the classic scene that leads up to the destruction of the Death Star.

The mission starts with you battling TIE fighters and attempting to stay alive. Eventually, this leads to your attack run down that legendary trench where you fire your proton torpedoes into the thermal exhaust port and save the Rebel Alliance from impending doom. The entire experience is a nod to the old classics so if it seems horrible to you, just remember that there was a time when this was known as seriously intense gaming!

Since the original release, new missions have been added so you can now play various roles and pilot different ships involved in the attack. This includes everything from manning the gun turrets of the Millennium Falcon to piloting your very own TIE fighter.

The average rating received by the game is 3.5 stars with most of the complaints aimed at the simple, repetitive gameplay. If you’re longing for the old days of arcade shooters, crudely cut mullets and gloves with the fingers cut out of them, the nostalgia alone is worth the three bucks.

Price: $2.99
iTunes Link

Star Wars: Battle for Hoth

The Battle of Hoth has always been one of my favorite scenes from the original trilogy. Low flying snowspeeders battling giant walking robots with tow cables, Luke Skywalker dropping an AT-AT with only a light saber and a grenade; it was pure magic. The scene really came alive to me for the first time in the old N64 title “Shadows of the Empire” where you piloted the mission first hand and then again in several following Rogue Squadron titles.

On the iPhone, you can live this battle from a very different perspective. This time you’re not in a cockpit but setting up strategic turrets and other weapons in a tower defense game. Can you protect the Rebel base from hordes of invading Droids, Snowtroopers and AT-ATs?

Just as with the previous two titles, this one received an average of three and a half stars. The general consensus is that the game is fairly average for the tower defense genre as a whole but made considerably more fun simply by the presence of a Star Wars theme. As with The Force Unleashed, this title is temporarily on sale for $0.99 so you might want to grab it now!

Price: $0.99 (currently on sale)
iTunes Link

Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner

Finally, a game that breaks the 3.5 stars curse that plagues all the others (this one has earned 4.5). Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner mixes classic shooter gameplay with modern augmented reality and the result is pure fun.

You strap into the Millennium Falcon and shoot your way through over twenty intense levels while earning upgrades for the ship. A special AR mode allows you to use your device’s camera and gyroscope to immerse your surroundings in mayhem and battle the TIE fighters invading your living room and back yard!

The Star Wars franchise really needed a win on the iPhone and this newest addition seems to be it. Fans love the beautiful retina graphics, smooth frame rate and launching the Augmented Reality mode from a swivel chair to really push the effect. At almost five bucks, it’s the most expensive Star Wars game on the iPhone, but it’s still far cheaper than any console game. If you’re only going to try one Star Wars game today, this might just be the one.

Price: $4.99
iTunes Link

Conclusion

The games above are no doubt just the tip of the iceberg in what will be a long line of Star Wars iOS titles that will hopefully only get better and better as time goes on.

Leave a comment below and let us know which Star Wars games you’ve personally tried and what you thought of them. Also be sure to let us know about any other non-game Star Wars apps that you’ve downloaded.

Not everyone of us is an artist with the skill to create amazing graphical art. Still, we’d like to be able to create a nice poster or card once in a while for our club, a party or a music event – without having to read a book about design first. Luckily for us iPhone and iPad owners, Phoster can help out. Read on to learn how to create stunningly stylish posters within minutes that will let you and your cause shine.

What does it do & how does it work?

Phoster can be best summarized via the included mini user guide. It really is as easy as importing a photo into one of the very stylish themes, adding some personal touches and sharing it with the world (or just your friends).

Phoster ships with an impressive number of templates covering a wide variety of styles and themes. Whether you want to create a funny poster to entertain your friends, a promotional one for your band’s next gig or a stylish one for your community or an exhibition – you’re sure to find something.

Creating your first poster

When you create your first poster and you are loading the templates for the first time, be patient. It will take a while, so don’t go tapping any buttons, give it some 20-30 seconds or so.

After choosing one of the templates, select an image from your photo library to include. You can switch images around via the import button as often as you like. If you decide to change templates halfway through the process, Phoster will even retain the last used image and include it right after the new template is loaded. Now you can add all those personal touches, starting with editing the photo you just selected. Just remember that your iPad screen is not really calibrated for print so the final printed result may vary from what you see on your screen – remember this when adjusting the brightness or contrast especially.

Of course, you can also edit the text. You can change the text itself – remove it, add to it or shorten it – and you can set a different color for the text which is very nice since your image as a background may render the default color unreadable.

Once you are satisfied with the results, tap the next button on the lower right and now you can apply filters to your poster if you like. There are quite a number to chose from and depending on the desired effect, you can go for funky, old or stylish.

If you want to see how an effect looks – since those previews are quite tiny, really – just tap one and your photo will be created. If you dislike the result, just go back and chose another filter. If you are happy, save your image and share it via email, Facebook, Twitter or tumblr.

Your saved images will be available to you via the Gallery, which you can access from the start screen of Phoster. From there, you can always select it and share it again.

Limitations

So, that was easy, wasn’t it? As nice and quick as the poster creation process is, due to the fact that you’re doing it on the iPad, there are some limitations you need to be aware of.

First of all, you can only use photos from your photo library, which are put there either directly after you take them (iPhone, iPod touch) or via iTunes sync. Now, when you sync via iTunes, the app actually “optimizes” your photos for the mobile device. On the Apple support page it says that it creates “TV quality” copies of your photos. As far as I have noticed, the file size and therefore the quality of the images is reduced. They look great on the iPad and iPhone, but when you look at an exported Phoster image on a 27″ screen or print the poster on a very large sheet of paper, you will notice image degradation when you look at the image at 100% (exported size is 1448×2048 pixels).

Also, as mentioned before, your mobile devices are not calibrated for print. Calibration is a fairly complicated process when using it in a professional workflow and it ensures that what you see on screen matches the printed results (you cannot display print CMYK colors on a screen which only handles RGB modes). Also, brightness and contrast can be an issue. Just bear that in mind when manipulating your images.

One more function I would like in the app is to go back to an image I’ve already created and edit it again. I’d like to pick one from my gallery and be able to re-edit it. Unfortunately, once you close the app after creating an image you have to go through the entire process again. Not a huge deal, but a minor inconvenience still.

Verdict

Phoster is, despite the facts just mentioned above, a great app to quickly create posters of all kinds – from stylish to humorous to funky. If you use it for fun or as a quick and dirty solution, it will absolutely do the job. But for professional use you won’t be able to do without a professional desktop editing application.

The images above show the iPad version but Phoster is a great iPhone app as well. So no matter which iOS device you own, go download it and give it a shot!

Bullet Physics Engine

This is a free 3D game multi-physics library that is used in some of the popular games released on the App Store.

Joe Hewitt’s Three20 Open-Source Objective-C library

Three20 is a complete set of iPhone UI classes. It includes things a photo viewer and also general utilities  like the HTTP disk cache. It has been  derived from the famous Facebook iPhone app – which is the number one downloaded app on the App store.

Cocos2d Framework

This is a framework for building 2D games for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. It has a very supporting community, and is completely open-source engine. This is a must get for all aspiring iPhone game developers.

Matt Legend Gemmell – Cocoa Source Code

Matt Gemmell has put out some of the greatest code out there for the iPhone developer community. You have probably heard of his stuff including MGTwitterEngine, the Twitter API used in iPhone apps Birdhouse and Twitteriffic.

Appsamuck

This is a blog that is an open-source collection of 31 mini-iPhone app projects to help you polish up your skills quickly.?

Following up on the announcement made a few weeks ago, UK telecom providers Three, Orange and T-Mobile formally launched their iPad subsidies today. Those of us in the United States are used to having our cellphone prices subsidized by signing contracts, but so far we don’t have anyone subsidizing our iPad purchases as well. The discount plan offers shoppers who enter a two-year service contract money off the price of a new iPad, bringing the price of the 16GB with Wi-Fi + 3G unit down to £199 (plus VAT – ?Edited: VAT is included thanks @ crisss1205) or the equivalent of US $313 — a steep discount from the normal price of $629.00 in the U.S..

While the price of the iPad is the same for each provider after the subsidy, each offers their own monthly plan and cost:

• Three offers 15GB of data per month for £25/month (US $39), with no Wi-Fi coverage included.
• Orange offers 1GB of data at peak times and 1GB between midnight and 4pm for between £25 and £27. This includes 3GB of Wi-Fi usage using BT Openzone.
• T-Mobile offers the same data limits as Orange but without any Wi-Fi coverage for between £25 and £27.

Three is definitely offering the best plan for users, especially when compared to the caps that AT&T has in place on their 3G plans at 50MB/month for $14.99 or 2GB/month for $25. Granted there are no contracts in place with AT&T, but iPad buyers in the UK who don’t mind signing a contract are seemingly getting a pretty good deal with these new subsidies.

Of course, if you were willing to move to Japan you could get an iPad 3G for free after signing a contract, but it would probably be more cost-effective to stay right where you are and pay full price near home.

UK telecoms Three, Orange and T-Mobile launch subsidized iPad plans originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sega sent us a note that Golden Axe for the iPhone has been updated — the game now offers co-op over Bluetooth, so you and a friend can grab a weapon and get to killing goblins and ogres. And I think the game has finally gotten down to a US 99 cent usual price rather than a special sale, but a buck (or two bucks as the case may be, for two players) is cheap for a few good co-op games of Golden Axe.

Additionally, EA has dropped prices on a few of its App Store titles, including Reckless Racing, EA Sports MMA, and our recent Daily App choice Heroes Lore III. The dev has deals going on its games all month long, so stay tuned for more to come.

Oh, and one more tip: Gameloft is apparently giving away one game every single day over on its Twitter account in a promotion it’s calling the Gameloft Advent calendar. There have been some good deals over there already, and will probably be more as the month goes on.

Golden Axe gets Bluetooth multiplayer, EA titles on sale originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An Apple reseller in Norway, of all places, suffered a break-in earlier this morning. According to the main local paper, Aftenposten, the thieves stole a BMW, which was then used to back into the store as seen in the wild pictures above. Once the storefront was broken open, 50 boxes were lifted from the property. While the stolen property was not identified, odds are that there were at least a few iPads in there, given that the device was just released in that country.

Two masked men were apparently seen fleeing the scene, but it’s not known if the police have gotten in touch with Batman or Robin yet. Demand for the iPad is off the charts in other countries right now (not that it’s suffering here in the US), so it’s not surprising that they’re seeing robberies overseas as well. Hopefully the thieves will be brought to justice and the stolen Apple products recovered.

Norwegian Apple reseller suffers break-in, 50 boxes stolen originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Etsy user Geekunique sent along some links to these great pictures of old school Nintendo gaming units turned into iPad and iPhone docks. Above, you can see a Super Nintendo controller fashioned into a working iPhone 4 dock, and he’s also got a Nintendo 64 console (though unfortunately it’s the green translucent one, not the best looking, if you ask me) turned into an iPad dock. Pretty funny — not only does the build look pretty good from the pictures, but of course Nintendo is probably the game juggernaut most threatened by the rising field of iOS games, so it’s ironic that you’ve got an iOS device using Nintendo hardware as a stand.

Geekunique is selling these (and only a few of them, so they’ll probably be sold out by the time you read this), but it seems easy enough to cut a slot into one of these old devices and put an iPhone charger cord in there. If you have an old piece of hardware sitting around and do eventually hack it into an iOS stand, be sure to send us a picture!

SNES controller and N64 console turned into iPad docks originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s patent team must be cramming before the end of the year, because this past week we’ve seen a flood of patent applications come out of Cupertino. First up, Apple has patented a radio system in the iPhone (finally!), allowing you to listen to standard FM and AM broadcasts on the smartphone. The patent itself also includes an idea for a satellite radio connection, as well as a card to plug into Macs that would do the same thing. And there’s a radio map idea as well, that would chart and let you browse nearby radio stations. Pretty cool idea — hopefully we’ll see it in the next iPhone revision.

Next up is a new version of the MagSafe power adapter that could include a fiber optic channel, so that the cord not only carries a power connection, but can also transmit data to and from another unit equipped to provide both (Intel’s Light Peak technology isn’t mentioned in the patent, but it would probably work). You can see four pins in the current MagSafe connector, but this fiber optic node would sit right in the middle of those. Cool idea, though it seems like the actual implementation would need to be worked on a little bit further.

Finally, Apple’s also picked up patents for a 3D rendering system that would allow you to see live 3D in a room without glasses. This one’s complicated — it would track a user’s position, and then send separate images to their right and left eyes through multiple projectors. This patent was actually filed a few years ago, so it’s likely a hairbrained idea Apple had at the time, rather than anything that will eventually see the light of day. At least Apple’s keeping up the creativity for us, right?

Patents aplenty: iPhone radio, fiber optic MagSafe, 3D without glasses originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ve probably heard us mention the upcoming iPad-exclusive publication “The Daily” coming soon from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. In fact, you have likely also read about the fact that it had been delayed until 2011. Well, now we have a maybe/sorta/kinda confirmation of the publication itself, as News Corp.’s chairman and chief executive Jon Miller let it slip that if The Daily does in fact exist, we should indeed expect it to launch in the first quarter of 2011. Speaking to the Business Insider’s Ignition conference, Miller said that the iPad blew their minds, and it was a game changer for his industry.

With Richard Branson launching his iPad-only magazine Project last week and The Guardian announcing a new subscription-based news app just yesterday, News Corp. might want to speed up the release of its potential publication as well. I would think Mr. Murdoch wants to be at the front of this trend and not somewhere in the middle, right?

News Corp plays coy about iPad-exclusive publication, suggests 2011 launch originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Back in April of 2005, Apple released the much-awaited Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” OS. One of the big new features of Tiger was Dashboard. The overlay feature supported Widgets, mini-apps that were the descendants of Mac OS 9 Desk Accessories, and that some might consider the precursors to modern iOS apps.

Dashboard widgets were (and still are) fairly useful tools, and some pretty cool eye candy to boot. But the number of widgets that shipped with Tiger were limited, and many hoped Apple would quickly release additional widgets. Apple eventually did add more widgets with the release of Mac OS X 10.4.4, but that release didn’t happen until January 2006. Apple did, however, plan to release some additional widgets to select Mac users before 10.4.4 shipped…

If you were a .Mac member (now known as MobileMe) in mid-2005, you may recall a certain call-out on the .Mac Member’s Central page that stated “Members Exclusive Widgets – Coming Soon!” The promise of additional Apple-made widgets set Dashboard fanboys drooling. Months passed, however, as the message remained on the .Mac Members Central site, but the widgets had yet to appear. And they never would.

In the end the member exclusive .Mac widgets failed to materialize without any explanation from Apple; eventually all mention of the member-exclusive widgets was removed from the .Mac page. Many wondered just what had happened to the elusive exclusive widgets, but no answers ever materialized…until now. I thought I’d finally take the time to close this small chapter of in the book of Apple mysteries.

Continue reading Solved: The case of the missing .Mac widgets

Solved: The case of the missing .Mac widgets originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Politico picked up the story of a Democratic congressman rocking out an iPad while at the podium in the U.S. House of Representatives. The stylish iPad wielder was Henry Cuellar of the Texas 28th, who’s described himself as a “techie.”

According to Politico’s interview with Cuellar, the congressman uses his iPad first thing in the morning to check the papers while enjoying his cup of coffee. He uses his tablet again in the evening to check his email and see if there are any important news stories.

In terms of professional apps, Cuellar uses Congress in Your Pocket to keep tabs on his fellow politicians. He has another app that works like a teleprompter (unspecified, but likely to be ProPrompter) allowing his aides to send him important talking points. The app he doesn’t have? Angry Birds. Apparently, Cuellar likes to keep his iPad productive and distraction-free.

That’s not all. Cuellar confirmed that he’s “seen a couple of other members that have their iPads.” Maybe he’s starting a Beltway trend.

iPad appears in US House of Representatives originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember AirPrint Hacktivator?

It’s the little hack that makes it possible for AirPrint to work with any shared printer on a Mac. We’ve covered the free app several times on TUAW, most recently when version 1.7 came out.

After we published that post, a TUAW reader pointed out that despite the fact that developer Netputing had touted “no Apple files are redistributed nor installed by the latest version,” those files were indeed still in 1.7. TUAW contacted Netputing, and they immediately removed the files in version 1.7.1.

Despite a busy lawsuit life, Apple’s legal department apparently has nothing better to do, so they sent Netputing a nice little email via omm.com asking them to remove all of the pre-1.7.1 versions of the app. The site was down temporarily, but now it’s back and 100% legal.

Here’s hoping that AirPrint Hacktivator is here to stay!

[via MacStories]

Apple takes down AirPrint Hacktivator, and now it’s back originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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