Apple has placed orders with a local component supplier for new parts that suggest it will upgrade the iPhone's camera to 3.2-megapixels when it introduces new models a bit later this year.
AT&T says sorry
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Well, that was quite an uproar. Now it seems to be over, at least for the moment. AT&T now says:"The language added on March 30 to AT&T's wireless data service Terms and Conditions was done in error. It was brought to our attention and we have since removed it. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Hmmm. Now everyone can go back to being mad at Sling for dropping iPhone support for the old hardware. Ah, the power of the internet.
Have a nice weekend folks.
Thanks to our sister site Engadget for ferreting this one out.
TUAWAT&T says sorry originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
VLC 0.9.9 for Mac Intel
Videolan offers an update for VLC, now available in version 0.9.9. It is currently only available for Mac Intel, the PPC version remains in version 0.ç.8 for the moment. This update fixes some bugs, improves playback performance on Mac Intel et add an experimental player for REal videos in version 3.0 and 4.0.
To download it: http://www.videolan.org/
Send mock-threatening messages from iPhone with ease
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
I thought I'd seen pretty much everything, but as more and more iPhone apps come out, there are an increasing number that lean toward the bizarre.A good example is Corbeau, [App Store link] a U.S. $1.99 application that lets you create ransom notes or threatening emails with little effort. Of course, it's all in fun, but one wonders about the mind behind some of these apps.
With Corbeau (French for crow, which is slang for someone who sends anonymous notes) you simply use the keyboard on your iPhone/ iPod touch, and type your brief note. If you are sending to a Mac or another iPhone they get the note as you created it. If you are sending to another device, you can save your note as an image to your photo roll, then forward it as an email attachment. The current iPhone software does not allow 3rd party apps to send attachments, although that is fixed in iPhone OS 3.0.
You can change the size of the letters, and drag and drop the letters to change their position before you save your work. You can also choose a photo that's on your iPhone to use as a background. You can shake the iPhone to clear the screen, or you can tap the trash icon.
I don't know how much use people will get out of this app, but I would think it might be handy to send notes to people or companies you are unhappy with.
One final note. Although the app is called 'Corbeau', when you save it to your iPhone from the U.S. App Store it is called 'Blackmail'. An appropriate name, if ever there was one.
TUAWSend mock-threatening messages from iPhone with ease originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple orders 3.2 and 5 Megapixel camera sensors for iPhone
Apple recently ordered 3.2 Megapixel camera sensors for the iPhone, in addition to 5 Megapixel camera sensors for a product reported to launch late this year.
Friday Favorite: Woopra
Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet Tools, Friday Favorite
A few months ago I was looking for an alternative to Google Analytics and found Woopra. It's still in beta so don't expect it to replace your current solution, but I'm having a lot fun using it on a few WordPress blogs. Setup is easy, if not a bit time consuming. First you've got to submit your site for approval for inclusion in the beta program. The first site I submitted took weeks to get approved. The second only took two days. The developers claim that they're working on a first come, first-served basis.
Once you're approved, all you've got to do is paste a single line in one of your site's pages and launch the desktop app. The main screen displays a lot of information. Two charts display pageviews and visits. Your top 20 pages are listed in order of popularity, as are search terms and incoming Google traffic.
That's only the start. You can watch visitors come and go in real time (even chat with them via a pop up) or tag certain visitors to chart their history. There are some really nice reports built in. For each of the general categories -- Visitors, System, Pages, Referrers and Searches -- there are several sub-categories. For example, view popular pages, landing pages, exit pages, outgoing links and downloads via easy-to-read, real-time bar graphs. You can even create custom notifications should a given event occur. I love it.
It works with the iPhone provided that you upload a certain collection of files to your server (there's no official app). As I said, it isn't quite ready for prime time, but they're definitely going in the right direction.
TUAWFriday Favorite: Woopra originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, TUAW Interview, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK
Danielle Cassley took one of the strangest paths you might find to game designer -- just out of a computer science degree at Berkeley, she was trying to get a job as a babysitter when she met Peter Relan of the YouWeb Incubator. And rather than have her take care of his kids, he decided instead to put her in an idea farm and see what happened.Aurora Feint was what happened -- she and Jason Citron, full of ideas, created a game in just ten weeks that took over the App Store out of nowhere in its infancy. The game originally released for free, and while it promised to be an MMO, it started out as a puzzle/RPG game -- people didn't quite understand what it was, but they liked it anyway.
Almost a year later, Aurora Feint has spawned four different versions and even a social platform, and Danielle and Jason are still full of ideas. In this exclusive interview with TUAW, she talks about how Aurora Feint came to be, what she thinks of the App Store so far (and if developers will ever be able to charge the prices they want), and what's next for the Aurora Feint series (they've just released a new version of The Arena called Daemons) and the iPhone platform. Click the link below to read on.
Continue reading TUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint
TUAWTUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Ordering 3.2 and 5-Megapixel Camera Sensors for iPhone and Future Product?
In a brief report, DigiTimes claims that Apple has placed orders with OmniVision Technologies for both 3.2 and 5-megapixel image sensors. The 3.2-megapixel sensor is reportedly destined for the next-generation iPhone, while the 5-megapixel sensor is...
Report: Apple's next iPhone to sport 3.2-megapixel camera
Apple has placed orders with a local component supplier for new parts that suggest it will upgrade the iPhone's camera to 3.2-megapixels when it introduces new models a bit later this year.
AT&T says sorry
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Well, that was quite an uproar. Now it seems to be over, at least for the moment. AT&T now says:"The language added on March 30 to AT&T's wireless data service Terms and Conditions was done in error. It was brought to our attention and we have since removed it. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Hmmm. Now everyone can go back to being mad at Sling for dropping iPhone support for the old hardware. Ah, the power of the internet.
Have a nice weekend folks.
Thanks to our sister site Engadget for ferreting this one out.
TUAWAT&T says sorry originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
VLC 0.9.9 for Mac Intel
Videolan offers an update for VLC, now available in version 0.9.9. It is currently only available for Mac Intel, the PPC version remains in version 0.ç.8 for the moment. This update fixes some bugs, improves playback performance on Mac Intel et add an experimental player for REal videos in version 3.0 and 4.0.
To download it: http://www.videolan.org/
Send mock-threatening messages from iPhone with ease
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
I thought I'd seen pretty much everything, but as more and more iPhone apps come out, there are an increasing number that lean toward the bizarre.A good example is Corbeau, [App Store link] a U.S. $1.99 application that lets you create ransom notes or threatening emails with little effort. Of course, it's all in fun, but one wonders about the mind behind some of these apps.
With Corbeau (French for crow, which is slang for someone who sends anonymous notes) you simply use the keyboard on your iPhone/ iPod touch, and type your brief note. If you are sending to a Mac or another iPhone they get the note as you created it. If you are sending to another device, you can save your note as an image to your photo roll, then forward it as an email attachment. The current iPhone software does not allow 3rd party apps to send attachments, although that is fixed in iPhone OS 3.0.
You can change the size of the letters, and drag and drop the letters to change their position before you save your work. You can also choose a photo that's on your iPhone to use as a background. You can shake the iPhone to clear the screen, or you can tap the trash icon.
I don't know how much use people will get out of this app, but I would think it might be handy to send notes to people or companies you are unhappy with.
One final note. Although the app is called 'Corbeau', when you save it to your iPhone from the U.S. App Store it is called 'Blackmail'. An appropriate name, if ever there was one.
TUAWSend mock-threatening messages from iPhone with ease originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple orders 3.2 and 5 Megapixel camera sensors for iPhone
Apple recently ordered 3.2 Megapixel camera sensors for the iPhone, in addition to 5 Megapixel camera sensors for a product reported to launch late this year.
Friday Favorite: Woopra
Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet Tools, Friday Favorite
A few months ago I was looking for an alternative to Google Analytics and found Woopra. It's still in beta so don't expect it to replace your current solution, but I'm having a lot fun using it on a few WordPress blogs. Setup is easy, if not a bit time consuming. First you've got to submit your site for approval for inclusion in the beta program. The first site I submitted took weeks to get approved. The second only took two days. The developers claim that they're working on a first come, first-served basis.
Once you're approved, all you've got to do is paste a single line in one of your site's pages and launch the desktop app. The main screen displays a lot of information. Two charts display pageviews and visits. Your top 20 pages are listed in order of popularity, as are search terms and incoming Google traffic.
That's only the start. You can watch visitors come and go in real time (even chat with them via a pop up) or tag certain visitors to chart their history. There are some really nice reports built in. For each of the general categories -- Visitors, System, Pages, Referrers and Searches -- there are several sub-categories. For example, view popular pages, landing pages, exit pages, outgoing links and downloads via easy-to-read, real-time bar graphs. You can even create custom notifications should a given event occur. I love it.
It works with the iPhone provided that you upload a certain collection of files to your server (there's no official app). As I said, it isn't quite ready for prime time, but they're definitely going in the right direction.
TUAWFriday Favorite: Woopra originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, TUAW Interview, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK
Danielle Cassley took one of the strangest paths you might find to game designer -- just out of a computer science degree at Berkeley, she was trying to get a job as a babysitter when she met Peter Relan of the YouWeb Incubator. And rather than have her take care of his kids, he decided instead to put her in an idea farm and see what happened.Aurora Feint was what happened -- she and Jason Citron, full of ideas, created a game in just ten weeks that took over the App Store out of nowhere in its infancy. The game originally released for free, and while it promised to be an MMO, it started out as a puzzle/RPG game -- people didn't quite understand what it was, but they liked it anyway.
Almost a year later, Aurora Feint has spawned four different versions and even a social platform, and Danielle and Jason are still full of ideas. In this exclusive interview with TUAW, she talks about how Aurora Feint came to be, what she thinks of the App Store so far (and if developers will ever be able to charge the prices they want), and what's next for the Aurora Feint series (they've just released a new version of The Arena called Daemons) and the iPhone platform. Click the link below to read on.
Continue reading TUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint
TUAWTUAW Interview: Danielle Cassley of Aurora Feint originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Ordering 3.2 and 5-Megapixel Camera Sensors for iPhone and Future Product?
In a brief report, DigiTimes claims that Apple has placed orders with OmniVision Technologies for both 3.2 and 5-megapixel image sensors. The 3.2-megapixel sensor is reportedly destined for the next-generation iPhone, while the 5-megapixel sensor is...
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