gPad – watch out Apple
Here’s something hot: apparently Google is not going to leave Apple alone. Here is article from SMH referencing mockups from Google’s own Glen Murphy. Oh boy, I think I’m seriously in love.
How long you think we have to wait? Not too long giving that Steve announced the iPad somewhat prematurely, as noted by the lack of many basic features consumers were looking for.
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BlackBerry Users Pine for Android
March 16, 2010 - 03:43
Tags: android, blackberry, crowd science, General News, iphone, Surveys
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A recent Crowd Science study indicates that BlackBerry users have wandering eyes and are considering other platforms for their next handset. Roughly 1/3rd of BlackBerry owners would switch to an Android phone, specifically the Nexus One. According to Crowd Science CEO John Martin, this indicates a restlessness with the current brand and allure of other [...]
iTunes Play Counts for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
March 15, 2010 - 22:32
Tags: Apple, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, itunes news, play count, playlist, smart playlist, Tips and How-To
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Apple’s iTunes News feed offers some helpful advice on Play Count for Smart Playlist users, especially those with iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads:
In addition to the Internet and your local network, iTunes is also alert to a different kind of network — the one made up of the iPhones, iPods (and soon iPads) [...]
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How Do You Use Gmail on Your iPhone?
March 15, 2010 - 22:20
Tags: Apple, gmail, google, googlesync, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, TiPb Asks
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Gmail may only be the 3rd most popular email service on the planet (behind Yahoo! and Hotmail) but it ranks first in the hearts of geeks everywhere and can be used in a variety of ways on the iPhone:
IMAP (or POP if you’re really old school) right from the iPhone Mail app. With its prominent [...]
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Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
March 15, 2010 - 21:00
Tags: C-Span, droid, General News, iphone
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It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is the proud owner of a Motorola Droid! In a story which aired on C-SPAN, Martin discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device. He went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it [...]
id Software’s “Rage” Coming to iPhone and iPad
March 15, 2010 - 18:56
Tags: app, app store, Apple, Games, id Software, ipad, iphone, News, rage
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Doom co-creator John Carmack recently told Kotaku that we can expect to see id Software’s latest epic work in progress, Rage, land on the iPhone and iPad.
”Apple doesn’t give us anything ahead of time either, so haven’t put hands on it ourselves, but we certainly are expecting to try to have our [...]
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TiPb Apps 5.1: GodFinger for iPhone (GDC 2010)
March 15, 2010 - 13:19
Tags: App Store Apps, Apple, apps, Development, Games, godfinger, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, jason oberfest, ngmoco, tipb, TiPb Apps
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Live from GDC 2010, Rene talks with Jason Oberfest, VP of Social Applications at ngmoco about GodFinger for iPhone. Currently available in Canada [Free - iTunes link] with internationally release to follow soon, we get a sneak peak at playing deity to our own digital, mobile planet.
Video and a ton of screen shots after the [...]
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Apple to Replace Complete iPad for $99 if Battery Fails
March 14, 2010 - 16:38
Tags: Apple, Battery, ipad, iphone, News, Replace
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Yes, you read the title correctly. According to Apple’s web site, If your iPad battery fails Apple doesn’t want to bother opening the device to replace it — they would rather ship you a completely new (no word on whether it’s a refurb?) iPad to replace the faulty one within a weeks time period. [...]
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iPad Update: DRM-Free ePub Support and Voice Over for iBooks, Facebook Sharing, Data-plan Management
March 14, 2010 - 06:56
Tags: Apple, ipad, ipad features, iphone, News
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Apple.com’s new iPad menu item and feature pages shed light on all sorts of interesting new details. We’ve put all of them into an updated version of our Complete iPad and iPhone OS 3.2 Preview article, but here are some of our favorites:
DRM-Free ePub support. If you already have ePub books that are DRM-Free, just [...]
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Apple vs. Google is Getting Personal
March 14, 2010 - 05:29
Tags: Apple, apple vs google, apple vs htc, Eric Schmidt, ipad, iphone, iphone vs android, News, Steve Jobs
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The New York Times has a full length feature up about the state of the Apple vs. Google rivalry and how it’s getting personal. We’ve heard similar several times before, of course, and Apple has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Android manufacturer HTC. But the details here are interesting:
As Google’s plans took [...]
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More Evidence of a Sprint Nexus One?
March 13, 2010 - 22:13
Tags: android phone, CDMA, Nexus One, Rumors and More, Sprint, sprint handset, sprint rumors
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With the Nexus One headed to Verizon and Vodafone in the coming weeks, customers on other networks are starting to wonder if and when they’re provider will be offering the phone. One such carrier, Sprint could really use a new Android handset with high end specs like Nexus One.
One of our readers was recently in [...]























