Archive for January, 2010
January 31st, 2010 at 10:17pm
Under Hot Apple News+ Iphone
When Apple announced the iPad last week, TiPb’s email quickly filled up with readers and forum members who wondered if it would be possible to jailbreak it and, if so, how long it would take? First, it’s important to remember that, while we’re all excited, the iPad doesn’t even ship until March at the earliest, [...]
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Will Apple’s iPad Get Jailbreak and How Long Will it Take?
By Jeremy Sikora
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January 31st, 2010 at 09:42pm
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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPhone, iPhone Carriers
AT&T, the company we all know and love hate, has stated in their quarterly earnings call that they plan to beef up their network quite heavily this year. Beyond what they already spend to upkeep their network, they plan to spend an additional $2 billion or so (for an expected total of $18-19B in 2010) simply to make their network stronger. Admitting their 3G coverage isn’t good enough is most likely due to the increased attack ads by Verizon in terms of network coverage. And I have to say, we should all thank Verizon for being so blunt in pointing it out to AT&T; maybe that’s what they needed. The iPhone has certainly been the device to point out their weaknesses in coverage, and the launch of the iPad in two months or so isn’t going to help.
With this extra money being put towards the network, we can only hope it helps. While the iPad will give consumers a bit more of a choice in networks in terms of having a prepaid AT&T plan and allowing unlocked SIM cards, the iPhone is still unfortunately locked into AT&T. For the people stuck with this network, a refresh in terms of speed and reliability would certainly be met with open arms. For AT&T’s sake, I just hope it’s not too late. Once (if ever) the iPhone is available on more networks, we may see an influx of people leaving, so AT&T needs to do all that they can before that happens.
Via [Mashable]
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By Josh Holat
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January 31st, 2010 at 09:20pm
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Filed under: Other Events
In the course of Apple Events, there comes a time as FCC approvals draw near, and announcements hang in the balance, that the store goes down and a great hush goes through the land. It is a time of great reflection and contemplation as each of us stands with ‘bated breath, anticipating the technology shortly to debut.
Who are we kidding?
Can’twaitcan’twait! Puppies! Rainbows! Unicorns! Tablets! Are you as excited as we are? Is the iPad going to be ready for pre-orders? Maybe this is *it*?
Let us know in the comments.
Update: As of about 5:40 PM ET, the store was back up! Thanks for all of the tips from readers.
TUAWThe store is DOWN originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Erica Sadun
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January 31st, 2010 at 05:27pm
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Prior to Steve Jobs laying into Google and Adobe, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Nintendo got their shots in on Apple and the iPad, and here’s what they had to say:
Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “You might want to tell me the difference between a large phone and a tablet.” [via Business Insider]
Someone might want to tell [...]
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CEOh-Snap iPad Attack Edition — Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Nintendo on Apple’s Tablet
By Rene Ritchie
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January 31st, 2010 at 04:39pm
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I’ve mentioned a couple times already, given the recent flare-up in the discussion about iPad and iPhone not supporting Flash, that not so long ago you had a hard time using any browser other than IE6 because of another proprietary plugin — Microsoft’s ActiveX. Times change, though, and these days Firefox, Safari, and Chrome users [...]
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Forget Flash, iPhone, iPad Don’t Support ActiveX!
By Rene Ritchie
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January 31st, 2010 at 04:07pm
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According to an anonymous source in attendance at Apple’s recent, internal iPad town hall meeting at the Cupertino campus, Steve Jobs answered some employee questions by saying “Adobe is lazy” and that Google’s “don’t be evil” motto was “BS”. Wired reports:
On Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered [...]
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CEOh-Snap: Steve Jobs Says Adobe Lazy, Flash Buggy, Google Wants to Kill iPhone, Not “Not Evil”, Next iPhone A+ Update?
By Rene Ritchie
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January 31st, 2010 at 04:04pm
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Section: iTunes, Features, How-To
Have you ever looked at all of the podcasts on iTunes and wondered how you can get on there? Well, if you think that you and your podcasts are ready for the big time, here are the steps for submitting a podcast.
- Launch iTunes.
- In the left navigation column, under iTunes Store, click on the Podcasts link to go to the Podcasts page.
- In the left column of the Podcasts page, in the Learn More box at the bottom, click on the Submit a Podcast link.
- Open the Submit a Podcast Page
- Put in the feed URL and click continue
- Sign into iTunes.
- Answer the wizard questions. These are all fairly basic questions. You will need the URL for the RSS feed for your podcasts. The other questions all involve things such as the name and description of your podcast.
Now get your URL from the iTunes store so you can send users to it and allow them to subscribe to your amazing audio. Do this by hovering over the cover art and right clicking. Then you can choose “Get iTunes Store URL.” It will copy to your clipboard, and you can paste it anywhere.
If you need help troubleshooting your submission or tracking the podcasts, you can use Apple’s Help on The Topic.
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By Katie Gatto
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January 31st, 2010 at 03:57pm
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FROM GAMERTELL – Haven’t caught all of the Gamertell news this week? Here’s your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles! Xbox Live Zune Marketplace down for 24 hours” If you try to access the Zune Marketplace on Xbox Live later this evening (January 25, 2010), you’ll notice the service… MORE »
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January 31st, 2010 at 03:00pm
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Filed under: Odds and ends, Books
Overlooked in much of the hype about the iPad announcement earlier in the week was a comment by Steve Jobs in the Keynote presentation where he mentioned that the iBooks app for iPad would take advantage of the popular EPUB format for electronic books. Since we’re all going to get a lot more familiar with this format in the near future, we felt it would be a good time to provide our readers with more information about EPUB.
EPUB is the same format used by the popular Stanza [free, iTunes link] app for iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a free and open standard format created by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and it’s designed for reflowable content that can be optimized to whatever device is being used to read a book file. The IDPF has championed EPUB as a single format that can be used by publishers and conversion houses, as well as for distribution and sale of electronic books.
The format is meant to function as a single format that publishers and conversion houses can use in-house, as well as for distribution and sale. It supports digital rights management, something that’s sure to warm the cockles of the hearts of publishers, but there’s no DRM scheme that is currently specified as part of the format.
Other ebook readers that currently use the format include the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony Reader, iRex Digital Reader, and the iRiver Story.
If you’re a budding publisher and want to get your ebook into the iBookstore, you’ll need a tool to help you create your document in the EPUB format. Of course, we don’t know if just anyone will be able to self-publish for the iBookstore, but Apple does note that they will have books from both “major and independent” publishers available.
For Mac users, the choice of tools is small, but good. First, there’s the free Calibre ebook management tool. Calibre converts a number of different file formats to EPUB, so it’s a good tool for doing an initial conversion. However, to do a lot of formatting, you’ll need a full-powered EPUB editor like Sigil. Sigil is a free open-source editor that runs on a number of platforms including Mac OS X.
Next, there’s the inexpensive (US$49.99 for a single license) iStudio Publisher. iStudio Publisher is a full-fledged desktop publishing application that can export text flows in EPUB format — while that’s good to hear, it’s unclear if iStudio Publisher EPUB files can include photographs or diagrams.
If you happen to be an Adobe InDesign CS4 (US$699) user, you’re in luck. The top-of-the-line tool for design and publishing supports EPUB, and it is possible to create files that will work on Amazon’s Kindle as well. Lexcycle, the company that created Stanza, has a complete list of the tools for production and conversion of files here. It wouldn’t be surprising to see a future version of Pages develop into a way to create EPUB documents.
While EPUB is a popular format, it’s not without criticism. The format is great for text-centric books, but is considered unsuitable for publications that require advanced formatting or detailed layout, such as comic books and technical tomes. That could result in some issues for textbook publishers. The lack of a standard DRM scheme could cause the format to splinter into different factions unless Apple forces the issue by adopting an open scheme.
There are also issues with the lack of detail on links within EPUB books. This makes it impossible or difficult to link ebooks, or even provide links within an EPUB book. It appears from the keynote demonstration that Apple has come up with their own “standard” for linking, as there were very active examples of linking from a table of contents to individual pages within an ebook. The standards for annotating EPUB are also lacking, which means that each company using EPUB is coming up with their own way of handling this.
There’s a very good possibility that Apple has created their own in-house standards for DRM, linking, and annotation. If the iPad and iBookstore are the successful products that they can be, Apple could finally force the industry to adopt a more robust EPUB standard.
So, that’s it for our roundup of all things EPUB. As TUAW receives more information about how iBook and the iBookstore are going to work, we’ll be sure to pass it along.
TUAWAll about EPUB, the ebook standard for Apple’s iBookstore originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Steven Sande
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January 31st, 2010 at 12:42pm
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You know what’s going on in the wonderful world of Apple, but what’s going on throughout the technology industry? Gadgetell‘s got you covered. Here a list of their top stories from this week…
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