Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Odds and ends, Developer, iPhone, App Store
I haven't had much use for Tapbots' Weightbot, even though I actually am currently watching my weight, but I really appreciate the look and feel of the program -- it's one of the most polished apps on the App Store. And Convertbot is no different -- while the actual situations where I need to convert units are pretty few and far between, the app is just so intuitive and polished that you look for ways to use it, from the stylistic user interface to the little beeps and clinks that make the buttons feel as tactile as they can on the iPhone's touchscreen.And now there's even more opportunities to use the app: with the newest version 1.1, out now in the App Store, you can convert more than 100 different units, everything from angles to lengths to cooking volumes to even speed, time, and work (I can't remember the last time I had to convert BTUs to Joules -- high school? -- but this app can do it).
At just 99 cents, it's definitely worth trying out, if you're a fan of quality iPhone apps at all. I kind of wish Tapbots would aim a little higher, but then again, this is kind of their thing: taking really simple apps and polishing the heck out of them until they shine way past their basic functions. It would be interesting, though, to see what they could do with a bigger concept.
TUAWConvertbot updated to 1.1, adds more units to convert originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 requires 10.5.7, which should be out soon
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Multimedia, OS, Software, Odds and ends, Software Update
Sunday night on the Talkcast, we approached the rumors of a 10.5.7 release coming soon, and all pretty much agreed that yes -- whatever is in it, it's very likely coming soon. Here's another rumble of thunder that hints at the storm: Nvidia announced a brand new card recently for Macs, called the Quadro FX 4800 -- it offers "ultra fast performance," "realistic effect," and tons of triangles and all of the other things that comes along with a video card that looks more like a Flip Mini than an actual set of circuits.But most importantly, under "Drivers and Downloads," you can see that the Mac drivers require Leopard 10.5.7. Combine that with all of the other speculation flying around, and odds are that we'll see a new version of the OS in Software Update as soon as later today.
Thanks, Daniel N!
TUAWNvidia Quadro FX 4800 requires 10.5.7, which should be out soon originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
OCZ Keeps Releasing New SSD Models
On the growing SSD market where key players are fighting to get the largest piece of the cake, three manufacturers are currently getting the best "hands": Intel, Samsung and OCZ. The latest is definitely a challenger when one looks at the size of the two other companies, however it does not prevent it to release interesting products and to demonstrate its technology and ability to offer new and competitive SSD models.
Surfing on this wave, OCZ released new series known as Vertex EX. Unlike the Vertex models we tested, those new units are based on SLC chips.
While being more expensive and offering lower storage capacity, this type of flash memory offers higher transfer speed, respectively 260 and 210 MB/s in reading and writing mode. Those average figures are not really massively higher than those recorded with MLC-based SSD, however SCL chips offer higher transfer speed for small size files and higher writing cycles, up to 100,000 cycles, 10-fold more than with the MLC.
iPhone Software 3.0 may offer voice control, dialing - report
A new report is backing rumors of Voice Dialing support inside betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 Software but adds that capability may be just one of several features included in a new Voice Services framework that may also facilitate voice control of the new OS.
iPhone Software 3.0 may offer voice control, dialing
A new report is backing rumors of Voice Dialing support inside betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 Software but adds that capability may be just one of several features included in a new Voice Services framework that may also facilitate voice control of the new OS.
Intel Will Cut Prices of its SSD Models
According to Fudzilla, Intel should cut prices of its SSDs on April 26th. The 80 GB model should then cost 335 USD instead of 385, while the 160 GB model will be 100 USD cheaper to 660 USD.
This is the first sign that competition is finally having effects on this new growing market, and we should see prices going even further down in the coming months. With Intel decreasing its prices, other SSD manufacturers should follow shortly after.
Full text from "Legal Copy" ad isn't quite PC-specific
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, OS, Retail, Odds and ends, Apple
You've probably seen all of the new Get a Mac ads we posted about on Sunday, and if you haven't yet, go ahead and watch them now. We'll wait. Just let us know when you're back, we'll be playing a little Zen Bound. Done? If you saw the Legal Copy ad, you know that's the one where as PC makes crazy and crazier statements about PC reliability, the screen fills up with unreadable legal copy. Unreadable, that is, if you're watching on a computer, and not so much if you're watching on a huge HDTV.And so yes, MacJournals has actually retrieved and reprinted all of the text that appears in that ad. When Hodgman says "PCs are 100% trouble free," there is a long paragraph about how computers are targeted by spyware and malware, and how you have to install software drivers if you want to use any peripherals, how PC users should back up their systems, and how if they are not under warranty, they are not guaranteed a refund or replacement.
But wait a minute, says MDJ, don't those last few notes apply to Macs as well? Are Mac users able to avoid requiring backups, and is Apple trying to say that even after their warranties expire, they'll be giving out refunds and replacements (actually, they sometimes do that, though it's definitely not guaranteed)? Still, if the PC faithful wanted to nitpick -- and where exactly are the PC faithful these days, again? -- there's definitely plenty of nitpicking to do here. It seems like Apple needed to fill out the text for the joke of the ad, but it's too bad they couldn't just stick with PC problems (and there are plenty of those) rather than include some common computer issues in there as well.
[via Aulia Masna]
TUAWFull text from "Legal Copy" ad isn't quite PC-specific originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
End users, developers seen flocking to iPhone
A mobile analytics firm has published new findings which show the iPhone taking the majority of the app market -- especially when it comes to the sheer number of users.Examining 8 million users and 100 apps, researchers at Flurry hint that Apple's handset has a conspicuous market share lead among developers, the number of apps and the actual ran
Apple to drop new Snow Leopard beta on developers
Apple sometime this week is expected to tap its developers to begin testing a new pre-release copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, signaling a clear acceleration of the beta test process.
Convertbot updated to 1.1, adds more units to convert
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Odds and ends, Developer, iPhone, App Store
I haven't had much use for Tapbots' Weightbot, even though I actually am currently watching my weight, but I really appreciate the look and feel of the program -- it's one of the most polished apps on the App Store. And Convertbot is no different -- while the actual situations where I need to convert units are pretty few and far between, the app is just so intuitive and polished that you look for ways to use it, from the stylistic user interface to the little beeps and clinks that make the buttons feel as tactile as they can on the iPhone's touchscreen.And now there's even more opportunities to use the app: with the newest version 1.1, out now in the App Store, you can convert more than 100 different units, everything from angles to lengths to cooking volumes to even speed, time, and work (I can't remember the last time I had to convert BTUs to Joules -- high school? -- but this app can do it).
At just 99 cents, it's definitely worth trying out, if you're a fan of quality iPhone apps at all. I kind of wish Tapbots would aim a little higher, but then again, this is kind of their thing: taking really simple apps and polishing the heck out of them until they shine way past their basic functions. It would be interesting, though, to see what they could do with a bigger concept.
TUAWConvertbot updated to 1.1, adds more units to convert originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 requires 10.5.7, which should be out soon
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Multimedia, OS, Software, Odds and ends, Software Update
Sunday night on the Talkcast, we approached the rumors of a 10.5.7 release coming soon, and all pretty much agreed that yes -- whatever is in it, it's very likely coming soon. Here's another rumble of thunder that hints at the storm: Nvidia announced a brand new card recently for Macs, called the Quadro FX 4800 -- it offers "ultra fast performance," "realistic effect," and tons of triangles and all of the other things that comes along with a video card that looks more like a Flip Mini than an actual set of circuits.But most importantly, under "Drivers and Downloads," you can see that the Mac drivers require Leopard 10.5.7. Combine that with all of the other speculation flying around, and odds are that we'll see a new version of the OS in Software Update as soon as later today.
Thanks, Daniel N!
TUAWNvidia Quadro FX 4800 requires 10.5.7, which should be out soon originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
OCZ Keeps Releasing New SSD Models
On the growing SSD market where key players are fighting to get the largest piece of the cake, three manufacturers are currently getting the best "hands": Intel, Samsung and OCZ. The latest is definitely a challenger when one looks at the size of the two other companies, however it does not prevent it to release interesting products and to demonstrate its technology and ability to offer new and competitive SSD models.
Surfing on this wave, OCZ released new series known as Vertex EX. Unlike the Vertex models we tested, those new units are based on SLC chips.
While being more expensive and offering lower storage capacity, this type of flash memory offers higher transfer speed, respectively 260 and 210 MB/s in reading and writing mode. Those average figures are not really massively higher than those recorded with MLC-based SSD, however SCL chips offer higher transfer speed for small size files and higher writing cycles, up to 100,000 cycles, 10-fold more than with the MLC.
iPhone Software 3.0 may offer voice control, dialing - report
A new report is backing rumors of Voice Dialing support inside betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 Software but adds that capability may be just one of several features included in a new Voice Services framework that may also facilitate voice control of the new OS.
iPhone Software 3.0 may offer voice control, dialing
A new report is backing rumors of Voice Dialing support inside betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 Software but adds that capability may be just one of several features included in a new Voice Services framework that may also facilitate voice control of the new OS.
Intel Will Cut Prices of its SSD Models
According to Fudzilla, Intel should cut prices of its SSDs on April 26th. The 80 GB model should then cost 335 USD instead of 385, while the 160 GB model will be 100 USD cheaper to 660 USD.
This is the first sign that competition is finally having effects on this new growing market, and we should see prices going even further down in the coming months. With Intel decreasing its prices, other SSD manufacturers should follow shortly after.
Full text from "Legal Copy" ad isn't quite PC-specific
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, OS, Retail, Odds and ends, Apple
You've probably seen all of the new Get a Mac ads we posted about on Sunday, and if you haven't yet, go ahead and watch them now. We'll wait. Just let us know when you're back, we'll be playing a little Zen Bound. Done? If you saw the Legal Copy ad, you know that's the one where as PC makes crazy and crazier statements about PC reliability, the screen fills up with unreadable legal copy. Unreadable, that is, if you're watching on a computer, and not so much if you're watching on a huge HDTV.And so yes, MacJournals has actually retrieved and reprinted all of the text that appears in that ad. When Hodgman says "PCs are 100% trouble free," there is a long paragraph about how computers are targeted by spyware and malware, and how you have to install software drivers if you want to use any peripherals, how PC users should back up their systems, and how if they are not under warranty, they are not guaranteed a refund or replacement.
But wait a minute, says MDJ, don't those last few notes apply to Macs as well? Are Mac users able to avoid requiring backups, and is Apple trying to say that even after their warranties expire, they'll be giving out refunds and replacements (actually, they sometimes do that, though it's definitely not guaranteed)? Still, if the PC faithful wanted to nitpick -- and where exactly are the PC faithful these days, again? -- there's definitely plenty of nitpicking to do here. It seems like Apple needed to fill out the text for the joke of the ad, but it's too bad they couldn't just stick with PC problems (and there are plenty of those) rather than include some common computer issues in there as well.
[via Aulia Masna]
TUAWFull text from "Legal Copy" ad isn't quite PC-specific originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
End users, developers seen flocking to iPhone
A mobile analytics firm has published new findings which show the iPhone taking the majority of the app market -- especially when it comes to the sheer number of users.Examining 8 million users and 100 apps, researchers at Flurry hint that Apple's handset has a conspicuous market share lead among developers, the number of apps and the actual ran
Apple to drop new Snow Leopard beta on developers
Apple sometime this week is expected to tap its developers to begin testing a new pre-release copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, signaling a clear acceleration of the beta test process.
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