Documents to Go maker DataViz bought by RIM?
September 3, 2010
Did BlackBerry maker RIM just buy DataViz, maker of Documents to Go for iPhone and iPad (and other platform)? CrackBerry.com has multiple sources saying they did, and for about $50 million cash.
This might just be why Docs to Go has cancelled their webOS app before ever releasing it. What does th…
Speck PixelSkin Case for iPhone 4 – Accessory Review
September 3, 2010
I spent the past week using the PixelSkin Case for iPhone 4. Speck has a lot of great accessory lines from iPhone cases and skins to everything iPad and iPod as well, but I was a little hesitant at first as I’m not a fan of cases that add bulk and most pattern or etched cases do. I was pl…
$0.99 iTunes ringtone creator no more?
September 3, 2010
It seems like only yesterday Steve Jobs introduced make-your-own ringtones in iTunes, where you could take a song you already bought, and pay again just to use it in cut-down scheme as a ringtone. And — whoosh! — now it’s gone from iTunes 10?
The recording industry is no doubt t…
Regarding Skyfire and proxied Flash on iPhone
September 3, 2010
Skyfire is a browser on other mobile platforms that was at one point purely proxy-based like Opera Mini (where everything was pre-rendered on a server soon after pushed out to the device via compressed files) but is now an all-grown up WebKit engine where Flash composition is still proxied (proces…
iOS 4.1 features: HDR photos
September 3, 2010
iOS 4.1 adds HDR photo capability to the iPhone — and now iPod touch — Camera app. HDR stands for high dynamic range and usually involves a photo with one or more identical photos that are by and under exposed and thereupon combined together so that far more light and shadow knowledge …
iOS now 3rd most popular World Wide Web platform after Windows, Mac
September 3, 2010
Net Applications is reporting that iOS has passed Linux to become the third most popular platform accessing the World Wide Web. With a 1.1% share, they’re still behind big brother Mac OS X’s 5% and way behind Windows all-encompassing 91.3% share. However, for a mobile OS, particularly …
Are the new iPod nano and Apple TV running iOS?
September 3, 2010
Apple introduced a new iPod nano that week with a multitouch screen, and a new Apple TV with an A4 chipset, but didn’t build clear whether either or both were running iOS. Unlike iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, where they shout iOS from the rooftops, they’ve historically kept mum about i…
iPhone live 115: Whoosh! Another 200!
September 2, 2010
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We’re all up in Apple’s 2010 Special Music event – new iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch with Retina Display and FaceTime, Apple TV with iOS… but no apps! Along with iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2. We&…
Old Apple TV won’t be getting new Apple TV features
September 2, 2010
Ars Technica has confirmed that the new Apple TV software and features won’t be coming to the old Apple TV.
We confirmed with an Apple spokesperson that the maximum HD resolution of the Apple TV is 720p, consistent with recent rumors. Additionally, there will be no software update to bri…
mophie juice pack air for iPhone 4 preview
September 2, 2010
Dieter’s at the IFA show in Berlin, Germany and he’s scored us a first look at mophie’s upcoming juice pack air for iPhone 4. It’s got soft touch paint and they claim ZERO signal degredation considering the entire PCB board is on the bottom, so there are no electronics arou…