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- AT&T announces 10,000 square foot flagship store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
- iMore show 308: Angry bits of mostly plastic
- How to sort and organize alerts in Notification Center on iPhone and iPad
- Parallels launches Desktop 8 for Mac
- Get your scripts ready for Hollywood with Final Draft Writer for iPad
- Buzz Contacts 2.0 for iPhone review
- Bastion hacks and slashes its way onto the iPad
- Forums: iPad Mini in education, Keeping a backup device, How are emails downloaded?
- Apple's more organized than Samsung
- Remains of the Day: My word is my Bond
- TechHive: Audiobooks.com goes mobile with iOS app
- Review: SGP Dresden Klaus 9i for iPad
- Create calendar events more efficiently
- Tonight on the greatest iPhone and iPad podcast in the world...
- TechHive: Hidden photos found in Mac SE ROM
- Inoperable Apple I to be auctioned October 9
- Can Apple keep setting new iPhone sales records?
- Xperia, Galaxy Note, Ativ-S, Galaxy Camera: New Sony, Samsung phones come out to play at IFA 2012
- Lexmark exits the inkjet market: Are printers doomed?
- TechHive: TiVo Stream sends TV to iPhone and iPad
| AT&T announces 10,000 square foot flagship store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:56 AM PDT
The new flagship Chicago store will also have an exclusive look at the future for AT&T along with the first retail demonstration of AT&T's home security and automation system which is called Digital Life. Digital Life will let you interact with a home security system, change thermostat settings and allow access to your home all from your smartphone or tablet. The store will also have a Nissan Leaf electric car which is there to demonstrate AT&T's Connected Car system which looks to show how technology can aid driving. The new store opens in Chicago on September 1; if you're in the area, it may be worth a visit. If you're not in the area and still would like a look around, we have a video right below.
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| iMore show 308: Angry bits of mostly plastic Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:15 AM PDT Rene and Seth talk Apple vs. Samsung verdict, iPhone 5 and NFC, iPad mini and October, AirPlay and Wi-Fi Direct, Drafts 2.0, Dropbox two-factor verification, and answer your email and Twitter questions. This is the iMore show!
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| How to sort and organize alerts in Notification Center on iPhone and iPad Posted: 30 Aug 2012 12:04 AM PDT
The whole point of Notification Center is to make it easier to view alerts and stay up to date on the tasks that matter the most to you. By default, Notification Center will add app alerts in the order in which the app was installed. You can take control of notification handling on your iPhone or iPad, however, and organizing alerts and notifications in a way that makes the most sense to you. How to manually sort the order of alerts in Notification CenterNotification Center shows alerts in the order in which they're listed in the Settings apps. Change the order in Settings, and your Notification Center shade will update to reflect that new order.
    That's it, Notification Center will now show notifications in your preferred order. How to automatically sort Notification Center alerts by timeIf you'd like notifications to appear in Notification Center based on the time they arrive on your iPhone or iPad you can do so easily.
 That's it, Notification Center will now display your notifications in the order they arrive on your iPhone or iPad with newest notifications showing first. How to remove apps from Notification CenterIf you have apps that you don't want to receive alerts from, you can easily disable them within Notification Center. This is a good option for games that send pesky news, or in-app purchase alerts or apps that you want to check at your own leisure without being bothered about it. < ol>
 Alternatively can also:
 And that's it. Any app removed from Notification Center will no longer take up space in your list! 
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| Parallels launches Desktop 8 for Mac Posted: 30 Aug 2012 12:01 AM PDT  Parallels on Thursday announced the launch of Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac, the latest generation of its applications that lets users run Windows on Mac computers.
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| Get your scripts ready for Hollywood with Final Draft Writer for iPad Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:45 PM PDT
Final Draft Writer, the best-selling screenwriting software in the world, and the app used to script everything from television specs and pilots to award winning, blockbuster movies, is now available for the iPad.
Included with Final Draft Writer for iPad are industry standard templates for stage, film, and TV, and automatic "more" and "continued" pagination. There's SmartType to make entering character names, scene titles, and more really easy to enter, and character highlighting to help you find dialog or track story arcs. Colored pages are supported for active or collated revisions, as are locked pages and scene numbering, and ScriptNotes. You can even keep track of cast, scene, and location reports.
Final Draft Writer is regularly $49.99 but is on sale for $29.99 (that's $20 off!) off until September 30, 2012. If you're the next Whedon or Sorkin -- or better yet, the first you -- and script-writing is in your blood, check out Final Draft Writer for iPad. $29.00 on sale - Download now
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| Buzz Contacts 2.0 for iPhone review Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT
Buzz Contacts by savvy apps has received a major update that makes the already awesome contacts app even more awesome. Some of the features include integration with Agenda Calendar, themes, the ability to share contact info, and a new and improved Dialer. Buzz Contacts is essentially a replacement for Apple's built-in Phone app -- and an awesome replacement it is! One of big changes to Buzz Contacts is to bring the focus back to the Dialer. Now before you roll your eyes and exclaim that dialers are way too "old school" for you, let me assure you that Buzz's Dialer is anything by old school and highly functional and efficient. The first difference you notice about Buzz's Dialer versus, say, Apple's keypad is that it emphasizes the letters associated with each button instead of the numbers. That's because you can use the Dialer to type in the name of contacts. Actually, you can type in names, initials, or phone numbers and Buzz will instantly show all types of matches as you type. It's awesome. Seriously.
In addition to the Dialer, Buzz Contacts also lets you create groups of contacts. For each contact, you specifically choose which method of communication you wish to use: voice call, text message, email, or FaceTime. You can view your groups as a list or as 4x4 grids. The groups are awesome for quickly interacting with contacts you frequently communicate with. Between groups and the dialer, Buzz is worth the measly $0.99, but there's more.
There is a somewhat hidden feature of Buzz Contacts called the contact detail view. At any screen that displays contacts in a grid or a list with arrows beside each contact (groups and Dialer), you can double-tap the contact (or tap the arrow) to make a special menu appear. From here you can choose a type of communication to engage with the contact from the bottom toolbar, view contact information, add the contact to a group, or send contact info via email or text or schedule a meeting with Agenda Calendar (also made by savvy apps) or Due. This integration with Agenda and Due is a great convenience if you use either of those apps.
New to Buzz 2.0 are subtle themes that give the app personality. These themes are simply a change to the color of the tool bar. You can change the theme by swiping left or right on the title bar, or you can view all the colors at once in Buzz's settings to choose your favorite. I really like the swiping feature because it allows me to frequently change the theme for variety. My only complaint about the themes is that out of the 14 available colors, none of them are pink! The good
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The conclusionBuzz Contacts 2.0 is a remarkable phone app for the iPhone. I tossed Calendar aside a long time in favor of savvy apps' Agenda Calendar, and now Apple's Phone app has been kicked to curb for Buzz Contacts. My only complaint is that I must still use the built-in Phone app to check voicemail -- a restriction of Apple that is beyond savvy apps' control. $0.99 - Download Now
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| Bastion hacks and slashes its way onto the iPad Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:54 PM PDT
Bastion, the award-winning action RPG, has been brought, hacking and slashing, to the iPad. No mere port this, Bastion was been re-imagined and re-engineered to take maximum advantage of the Retina display and multitouch.
You've got your gorgeous, hand-painted artwork, your stunning original music score, a virtual narrator who follows your progress through the game, over 10 upgradable weapons, 6 bastions, and a "New Game Plus" mode that's unlocked when you finish the story. Add to that full Game Center achievements and leaderboards, and we're talking serious iPad action. Whether you've played Bastion previously on the PC and have been waiting for the iPad version, or you're just a fan of RPGs and want to try one of the best the genre has seen, hit the App Store link below and hold onto your socks, because you're in for one heck of an adventure. $4.99 - Download now
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| Forums: iPad Mini in education, Keeping a backup device, How are emails downloaded? Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:06 PM PDT
Found an interesting article you want to share with iMore? Have a burning question about that feature you just can't figure out? There is ALWAYS more happening just a click away in the forums. You can always head over and join in the conversation, search for answers, or lend your expertise to other members of our community. You check out some of the threads below: If you're not already a member of the iMore Forums, register now! 
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| Apple's more organized than Samsung Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:16 PM PDT
The above image shows an SSID some poor, frustrated member of the press used to express his or her frustration at trying to cover Samsung's Android and Windows Phone event live today at IFA 2012. Clearly, if there's one thing Samsung isn't copying from Apple it's how to give a keynote. At the Galaxy S3 event, a female Samsung executive did the PR equivalent of spit take after hearing Samsung's new, tinkle-like audio tone, presumable for the first time. At Unpacked today, Twitter seems to be of the collective opinion a male Samsung executive actually uttered an expletive on stage -- "We heard a lot of [beep] about sharing tonight." It's a pity because some of the devices Samsung showed off look interesting, if not a little familiar...
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| Remains of the Day: My word is my Bond Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT  Apple didn't use one of its prominent patents in the suit against Samsung, the iPhone may soon play wireless audio in a whole new way, and James Bond's going to have a hard time coming up with a pun for "Xperia."
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| TechHive: Audiobooks.com goes mobile with iOS app Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT  Audiobooks.com on Wednesday released a new mobile app that allows subscribers to more easily take their reading on the road.
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| Review: SGP Dresden Klaus 9i for iPad Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT  This messenger style bag offers sleek, simple functionality.
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| Create calendar events more efficiently Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT  Unhappy with how Mountain Lion's Calendar application forces you to edit each and every event? Here are some shortcuts for creating your events.
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| Tonight on the greatest iPhone and iPad podcast in the world... Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:31 AM PDT
The iMore Show returns LIVE tonight and we'll be quickly hitting all the highlights -- and lowlights -- of the beaten-to-death Apple vs. Samsung $1 billion U.S. court verdict, then we'll be switching gears to talk all the latest news and rumors about iOS 6, the iPhone 5, and the iPad mini -- including what might, and might NOT be there. Plus, we'll be answering your questions so leave them in the comments below, #imoreshow them on Twitter, or email them to podcast@imore.com. So join Rene, Georgia, and Seth, and the best looking chat room in mobile, LIVE tonight at 6pm PDT, 9pm EDT, 2am BST for all the action. Seriously. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be there. 
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| TechHive: Hidden photos found in Mac SE ROM Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT  Folks over at hackerspace NYC Resistor discovered grainy photos in the ROM of a Macintosh SE.
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| Inoperable Apple I to be auctioned October 9 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:15 AM PDT  Christie's on Tuesday said it will auction off an Apple I computer from the company's first batch, and predicted the machine will sell for as much as $126,000 when it hits the block in October.
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| Can Apple keep setting new iPhone sales records? Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:11 AM PDT
In a few short weeks, the iPhone 5 should be upon us. One of the interesting metrics that has been talked about of the iPhone is how all new models effectively outsell the cumulative total of prior models. For example, the iPhone 4 sold more than the total of all original iPhone, 3G, and 3G models. So far the iPhone 4S has not yet reached this goal, but it will by the time next quarter's results are reported. By my estimate, after 3 quarters of sales, Apple has sold about 83 million of the iPhone 4S compared to 88 million of the iPhone 4. Here's a chart showing how many of each iPhone model Apple has sold to date. The totals add up to Apple's reported numbers, but the splits are based on an educated guess. My assumption is that when a new model is released, the vast majority of shipments are for the new model. Not really rocket science.
So the obvious question is, "Will the iPhone 5 ship more than all cumulative shipments of older models?" But the obvious question isn't always the right one. First of all, it's a moving target since older models continue to sell. Second, each new model of the iPhone is facing a larger cumulative base of sales that it has to compete with to establish this record. Third, we need to remember that it's easy to beat prior shipment records when a product is newer, and very difficult once a product matures. As an investor in Apple, I don't really place a lot of importance on how many new models ship versus old models. I just want to see rising sales and steady profit margins. I care about total iPhone sales growing each year. I realize that it's impossible for Apple to continuously release a new model that outsells all prior shipments of older models. Expecting this is akin to expecting a sprinter to continue to accelerate while racing up a slope that keeps getting steeper. So let's take a look at iPhone shipments by quarter. Here's a chart that goes back to the initial introduction of the iPhone. I've thrown in iPad shipments as a second series on the chart just for the sake of interest and comparison.
You can see the huge spike in iPhone volume when the 4S was released. Part of this can be explained by the growing market of people who want an iPhone. But another contributing factor was the long (5 quarter) period of time that the iPhone 4 carried the torch. Anticipation for the next model was hot, and as a result, we saw a massive step change in volume when the 4S was finally released. When the iPhone 5 comes out, we'll have only seen 3 quarters where the prior model (the 4S) was the top of the line Apple phone. It seems natural that this would result in a less dramatic uptick in sales in the December quarter, right? Maybe. But when we consider that the demand for iPhones is still growing rapidly and globally, maybe not. Let's look at analyst estimates. I don't have any Wall Street analyst models showing a forecast breakdown of iPhones specifically, so I'll just consider revenue estimates. These are easily seen at Yahoo Finance. For the December quarter, analysts expect Apple to generate $54.9 billion in revenue. This compares to the prior record (last year's iPhone 4S holiday quarter) of $46.3 billion. That's expected year-over-year growth of only 18%. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Apple shatters the December quarter estimate. Their products are still the best in the world, China is on fire, and it looks like iPad volumes are growing like crazy, which just makes the 18% growth expectation seem like less of a hurdle. It sure looks like Apple customers and investors are in for a hugely interesting fall of 2012. iPhone 5 in September, iPad mini in October, and hopefully an update from Apple on the number of devices sold at launch, and then quarterly results. Stay locked to iMore for full analysis. 
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| Xperia, Galaxy Note, Ativ-S, Galaxy Camera: New Sony, Samsung phones come out to play at IFA 2012 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:29 AM PDT
Our Mobile Nations sibling sites, Android Central, and WPCentral are live at IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany, and since Apple doesn't attend any shows but their own -- expected on September, 12, of course -- that leaves the stage wide open to companies like Sony and Samsung to show off new Xperia T, Galaxy Note 2, Ativ-S, and other devices. Here's what we've seen so far... The Sony Xperia T, according to to Chris Parsons, will be the flagship for them, and will even find it's way into James Bond's hands in Skyfall
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2, meanwhile, continues to blur the line between Smartphone and Tablet, but is mostly a way to get Wacom's advanced, pen-based digitizing technology into a highly mobile product. Richard Devine got his hands on it:
Samsung also announced the first Windows Phone 8 phone, the imaginatively named Windows Phone 8 Ativ-S. Ativ is Vita spelled backwards. Vita is Sony's handheld gaming console. So... maybe they should have gone with Efil? And hey, at least it's, um, bigger than an iPhone 3G, right?
And then there's the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which is an altogether new, if not unexpected beast. Richard Devine gave it the once over:
Android Central and WPCentral will be live at IFA 2012 all week, so check back with them often for all the latest hot phone stuff that ain't Apple... 
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| Lexmark exits the inkjet market: Are printers doomed? Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT  What does it mean for the inkjet market in general -- and for your inkjet printer, if you own one -- that a sizable company like Lexmark is getting out of the business? PCWorld editor Melissa Riofrio examines this decision.
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| TechHive: TiVo Stream sends TV to iPhone and iPad Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT  A new TiVo gadget lets you watch live or recorded TiVo content on a network-connected iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch -- without disrupting playback on the TiVo-connected TV set.
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AT&T has announced that it is opening a huge flagship store in Chicago on September 1. The store is located on Chicago's famous Magnificent Mile district and covers around 10,000 square feet of retail space. The store features technology at every turn along with an 18 foot high Connect Wall that shows interactive content as well as product specifications and information. AT&T is trying to live up to its advertising campaign line: "It's what you do with what we do."
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