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Verizon’s First Overly Dramatic iPhone Commercial Is Here
The Verizon iPhone’s official and it’s almost here. That makes it entirely reasonable for Verizon to make a ridiculously dramatic commercial to remind us that there are still weeks to go before the agonizingly long wait is actually over. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/the-verizon-iphone-is-here-5730527
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For Those of You with Zero Self-Control, the Phone Prison
You just can’t help yourself, can you? After a night of ruinous drinking, you come home and dial that ex, wailing for them to take you back. Or maybe you need to kick the Angry Birds addiction. Lock ‘er up! Or, as the Cell Phone Lock Up‘s sellers envision, torture your friends with the thing: … Continued
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Apple’s Making It Impossible To Open Up Your iPhone By Secretly Swapping Its Screws
Apple’s products are notoriously difficult to open and repair—surprise, they want you to buy new stuff!—but this is especially ridiculous. During repairs, they’re replacing the iPhone 4’s Philips screws with weird new ones for which no screwdriver exists. Yeah, Apple’s effectively making it impossible for you to open up your iPhone. Here, according to iFixit, … Continued
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Are You Sure You Want Multitouch Gestures On Your iPhone?
Multitouch makes everything better, right? Well, maybe probably definitely not. Here’s a fellow demonstrating Apple’s new not-ready-for-the-public four finger gestures on an iPhone. And he looks absolutely ridiculous. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-ipad-multi-touch-gestures-wont-be-enabled-when-5738167 On the iPad? Sure! The four- and five-finger gestures baked into the new beta of iOS 4.3 look great—there’s plenty of real estate to accomodate a … Continued
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iOS 4.3 Beta 2 Hints at a New Media Streaming Service
While testing iOS 4.3 Beta 2, I came across a mysterious error message proclaiming PHOTOSTREAM_NO_NETWORK_WIFI. Thanks to 9to5 Mac digging into the iOS file system, that message makes some sense now: It may be referencing Apple’s new media streaming service. https://gizmodo.com/ios-4-3-beta-2-and-new-pre-release-apple-tv-software-no-5738055 Apparently there are several more references to a “Photo Stream” and a “Media Stream” … Continued
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MegaReader: An iPhone Ebook App With Transparent Display Powers
Much like Type n Walk shows you what’s on the other side of your phone while you text, MegaReader creates a transparent backdrop for ebooks. Let’s read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn in front of a tree growing in Brooklyn! It’s the first heads-up display of its kind for an iOS ebook app, and works … Continued
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Cydia’s New Feature Lets You Save Your Jailbreak Apps
Jailbreakers out there should already know pretty well that when you’re updating to new iOS firmware, you’re kissing your jailbreak goodbye. Now, thanks to Saurik, Cydia’s newest feature lets you re-download those apps without a problem. With this Cydia update comes “Manage Account.” This feature lets you keep track of your packages and app purchases … Continued
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The New iPad Multi-Touch Gestures Won’t Be Enabled When iOS 4.3 Goes Public
Remember those awesome four and five finger multi-touch gestures we saw when we first used the iOS 4.3 Beta on our iPads? Turns out that they won’t be available when iOS 4.3 goes public: https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-ipads-new-secret-tricks-5732010 This feature will not be enabled in iOS 4.3 for customers, but [Apple is] providing this preview to gather input … Continued
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So That Playboy App Isn’t Really an App At All
When Hugh Hefner tweeted last night that Playboy’s entire back catalog was en route to the iPad—even the naughty bits!—it got the internet tittering about the potential of a Playboy app. But my friends, we’ve been snookered. Turns out Hef wasn’t talking about an app at all. What is coming to the iPad is Playboy’s … Continued
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Twimon, I Choose You: the Fun Twitter iPhone App That Rips Off Pokemon
This Twitter app is so bonkers, I don’t even know where to begin. *deep breath* Ok, so it has MONSTERS and like POKEMON, your monsters ATTACK your followers’ monsters and…oh god, I miss the days of Twitter SMS. The app itself is a free download, but you can pay for monster eggs inside the game … Continued
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iOS 4.3 Beta 2 and New Pre-Release Apple TV Software Now Available to Apple Developers
iOS 4.3 Beta 2 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center along with new pre-release Apple TV software. We’re taking a look and will let you know what’s new since the last beta. [Apple—Thanks, Mike!]
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DesignScene for iPad Is the 21st Century Muse
Apps for consuming web content on the iPad have largely shaken down into two categories: dedicated apps for individual sites and RSS readers populated with a users’ selected feeds. DesignScene is something else entirely: a prepackaged bundle of all-things design. It bills itself as “a real-time inspiration app for graphic designers drawing from myriad relevant … Continued
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Is a New Texting Plan AT&T’s First Verizon iPhone Counteroffensive?
According to this leaked photo over at Gear Live, AT&T’s going to be reworking its messaging plans next week. The $5/200 and $15/1500 texting plans will disappear, and in their place? A simplified system that beats Verizon’s messaging offering handily. Apparently AT&T will have two new message plans, as shown on this purported Best Buy … Continued
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The Most Popular iOS Apps of All Time
Of all of the hundres of thousands of apps to inhabit the App Store’s shelves over the years, these are the most-downloaded ever. And yes, a fart app made the cut. Along with some other surprises. Aside from iFart Mobile anchoring an… unusual paid iPad app list (especially given the completely different Top Paid iPad … Continued
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Your iPhone’s Accelerometer Can Control This Tank
While you won’t exactly be able to fight battles with it, you’ll still have plenty of fun with the Desk Pets TankBot. It’s a cute $20 toy which can be fully controlled by any iOS gadget. The gadget comes with a little dongle which you’ll plug into your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch headphone jack … Continued
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A Full-Flavored Version of Playboy is Hitting the iPad (Updated)
Either Hugh Hefner’s trying to pull a fast one on Apple now they’re without Steve Jobs, or Apple’s rules on nudity are going to get a whole lot looser. Hefner tweeted an “uncensored” Playboy iPad app is coming in March. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-taking-medical-leave-of-absence-from-apple-5735566 Playboy’s iPhone app launched in late 2009 with sexy lingerie shots and interview excerpts, … Continued
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The Steve Jobs Play Will Open Despite His Illness
Dramatist Mike Daisey said his much-anticipated Steve Jobs monologue will proceed with its theatrical debut this week despite news of the Apple CEO’s medical leave. If the early reviews are anything to go by, the show should make a splash. Daisey, who has been described as “one of the elite performers in American theater,” said … Continued
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