Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
According to my completely unscientific research, about 90% of the TUAW mailbag is comprised of iPhone app announcements. In our continuing effort to not deluge you with iPhone app reviews, I present another "fistful of apps": 6 iPhone app reviews in one post. If you don't have an iPhone, you only have to skip one post. For the rest, this is some serious bang for your blog-reading buck.
I don't play games much, aside from the occasional word challenge, so the apps I've chosen to review are definitely of a more utilitarian ilk. I'd classify them as productivity apps, including a Campfire client, a 3D mind mapping app, a movie cataloger, a task-management solution, a multi-status updater and a nifty tool for developing iPhone interfaces. Read on for the nitty gritty.
Continue reading Another fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView
TUAWAnother fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 and New SDK to Developers
Apple today seeded the third beta version of iPhone OS 3.0, along with a new build of the software development kit (SDK), to developers. World of Apple republishes the seed notes for the SDK, detailing a number of changes to various c...
Steve Jobs still involved in Apple's operations, as promised
Steve Jobs may be on a health-related leave of absence, but that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t still felt.
iPhone Software 3.0 beta 3 delivers gradual improvements
Apple on Tuesday evening made available to iPhone developers a third beta of iPhone Software 3.0 showing some early signs of optimizations and carrying with it an updated version of the iPhone SDK 3.0.
Google shows off Gmail mobile Web app
What Google did with Gmail in conventional browsers five years ago it is expecting to do again with a new mobile version of its Web-based e-mail service.
AT&T pushing to keep iPhone exclusive through 2011
Having locked down the iPhone for at least three years, AT&T is now expected to take one more shot at an exclusive deal for the Apple handset and may keep it away from competitors until 2011.
Easter delivers first signs of iPod growth since start of year
Despite a slowdown in consumer spending, iPods remain one of the top go-to gifts during the holidays, with Easter reportedly driving sales to levels not seen since the start of the year.
First Look: App4Mac Projector
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise, Software, First Look
In a previous work experience, I was a project manager for a certain large IT service provider with a three-letter acronym for a name. Part of the reason I left that job to become a self-employed Mac consultant was that the project management tools we used were non-intuitive, slow, and Windows-based (the fact that my boss sucked was the other part of the reason...).App4Mac has just announced the final beta of Projector, their new project management application for the Mac platform. The official version will ship on April 24th at a price of €49 (US$65.25). Projector replaces App4Mac's previous project management offering, xTime Project. If you're an xTime Project user, you can upgrade for free to Projector by simply installing the new application and using your existing license.
Continue reading First Look: App4Mac Projector
TUAWFirst Look: App4Mac Projector originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD
Filed under: Hardware, How-tos, TUAW Tips, MacBook
Solid-state disks (pictured, bottom) differ from traditional hard disks (top) in that they're not constructed with platters and heads. Instead, they're more like giant thumb drives, containing memory chips designed to be written and re-written without wearing out. The upside to this is that SSDs are much, much faster to read and write to, making booting and starting applications lightning-quick.
I recently installed an Intel X25-M SSD, a 160GB drive, as a replacement for a 120GB Toshiba hard disk for my 2006-vintage black MacBook. Spendy, for sure, but for the performance increase and the extra life it adds to my MacBook, well worth it. Plus, I had my state tax refund burning a hole in my pocket.
The performance is phenomenal. The old disk booted in a respectable one minute, 49 seconds. The new disk booted in a blazing 31 seconds. Ridiculous. Windows also boots in less than half the time it took before. Photoshop CS3 launches in five seconds, Illustrator CS3 in nine seconds.
Getting the drive was simple: It's moving the data that takes time. Read on to see how you can migrate your data like I did -- including a Boot Camp partition -- with little fuss.
Continue reading TUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD
TUAWTUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Another fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
According to my completely unscientific research, about 90% of the TUAW mailbag is comprised of iPhone app announcements. In our continuing effort to not deluge you with iPhone app reviews, I present another "fistful of apps": 6 iPhone app reviews in one post. If you don't have an iPhone, you only have to skip one post. For the rest, this is some serious bang for your blog-reading buck.
I don't play games much, aside from the occasional word challenge, so the apps I've chosen to review are definitely of a more utilitarian ilk. I'd classify them as productivity apps, including a Campfire client, a 3D mind mapping app, a movie cataloger, a task-management solution, a multi-status updater and a nifty tool for developing iPhone interfaces. Read on for the nitty gritty.
Continue reading Another fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView
TUAWAnother fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 and New SDK to Developers
Apple today seeded the third beta version of iPhone OS 3.0, along with a new build of the software development kit (SDK), to developers. World of Apple republishes the seed notes for the SDK, detailing a number of changes to various c...
Steve Jobs still involved in Apple's operations, as promised
Steve Jobs may be on a health-related leave of absence, but that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t still felt.
iPhone Software 3.0 beta 3 delivers gradual improvements
Apple on Tuesday evening made available to iPhone developers a third beta of iPhone Software 3.0 showing some early signs of optimizations and carrying with it an updated version of the iPhone SDK 3.0.
Google shows off Gmail mobile Web app
What Google did with Gmail in conventional browsers five years ago it is expecting to do again with a new mobile version of its Web-based e-mail service.
AT&T pushing to keep iPhone exclusive through 2011
Having locked down the iPhone for at least three years, AT&T is now expected to take one more shot at an exclusive deal for the Apple handset and may keep it away from competitors until 2011.
Easter delivers first signs of iPod growth since start of year
Despite a slowdown in consumer spending, iPods remain one of the top go-to gifts during the holidays, with Easter reportedly driving sales to levels not seen since the start of the year.
First Look: App4Mac Projector
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise, Software, First Look
In a previous work experience, I was a project manager for a certain large IT service provider with a three-letter acronym for a name. Part of the reason I left that job to become a self-employed Mac consultant was that the project management tools we used were non-intuitive, slow, and Windows-based (the fact that my boss sucked was the other part of the reason...).App4Mac has just announced the final beta of Projector, their new project management application for the Mac platform. The official version will ship on April 24th at a price of €49 (US$65.25). Projector replaces App4Mac's previous project management offering, xTime Project. If you're an xTime Project user, you can upgrade for free to Projector by simply installing the new application and using your existing license.
Continue reading First Look: App4Mac Projector
TUAWFirst Look: App4Mac Projector originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD
Filed under: Hardware, How-tos, TUAW Tips, MacBook
Solid-state disks (pictured, bottom) differ from traditional hard disks (top) in that they're not constructed with platters and heads. Instead, they're more like giant thumb drives, containing memory chips designed to be written and re-written without wearing out. The upside to this is that SSDs are much, much faster to read and write to, making booting and starting applications lightning-quick.
I recently installed an Intel X25-M SSD, a 160GB drive, as a replacement for a 120GB Toshiba hard disk for my 2006-vintage black MacBook. Spendy, for sure, but for the performance increase and the extra life it adds to my MacBook, well worth it. Plus, I had my state tax refund burning a hole in my pocket.
The performance is phenomenal. The old disk booted in a respectable one minute, 49 seconds. The new disk booted in a blazing 31 seconds. Ridiculous. Windows also boots in less than half the time it took before. Photoshop CS3 launches in five seconds, Illustrator CS3 in nine seconds.
Getting the drive was simple: It's moving the data that takes time. Read on to see how you can migrate your data like I did -- including a Boot Camp partition -- with little fuss.
Continue reading TUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD
TUAWTUAW Tip: Swap out your laptop's hard disk for a spiffy new SSD originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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