iPad By Davis: “How to set up multiple email addresses for iMessage” plus 19 more |
- How to set up multiple email addresses for iMessage
- HoverBar mount for iPad review
- Apple reportedly working on Pandora-style streaming music service. Again.
- Nokia gets caught faking Lumia 920 image stabilization
- iMore Show 310: Metal backs and UDID hacks
- Here are the Kindle Fire HD tablets, Amazon's new iPad competitors
- Remains of the Day: Book 'em
- Apple event invite sparks new spike in trade-ins
- Pocket adds support for App.net, Chrome
- TechHive: How the new Kindle Fires impact the tablet landscape
- iPad Tips: How To Hard Reboot the iPad When It Freezes Up
- Kindle Fire vs. iPad vs. Nexus 7 vs. Surface RT vs Playbook
- TechHive: Kindle Fire HD highlights Amazon's parade of tablets
- Live Blog: Amazon press event
- TechHive: Kobo preempts Amazon with new tablet, e-readers
- WD launches new portable hard drives for Windows PCs, Macs
- Lady Gaga to release next album, ARTPOP, as iPhone and iPad app
- Exporting uncompressed podcasts
- Contest: 4 Free Promo Codes for PhotoToaster To Be Won
- Blogsy for iPad review
How to set up multiple email addresses for iMessage Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT iMessage is great way to send and receive text and multimedia images with any iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad running iOS 5 or higher, as well as any Mac running OS X Mountain Lion. Along with receiving iMessages at your phone number on the iPhone, you can receive iMessages at your Apple ID email address on iOS and OS X as well. But what if you've got more than one email address and you want to be able to use all of them with iMessages? For example, maybe you don't want to give your phone number or personal, primary Apple ID away to just everyone, but instead want to have an extra address, or addresses, to give out to those who aren't close friends or family? Or if you want one just for a temporary job you're doing? Luckily, you can do just that. Before you can start using an email address for iMessage, however, you'll need to make sure it's not an existing Apple ID. If your email addresses are @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com your email address is automatically an Apple ID. If you have an iTunes account, the email address associated with that, and with FaceTime, are also automatically Apple IDs. You can only have one Apple ID linked to iMessage account at a time. However, if you have additional, non-Apple ID email addresses you'd like to use with iMessage, such as Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail accounts that aren't connected as an Apple ID, you can set those up. How to add additional email addresses to iMessage on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch
Once verified you can start sending and receiving iMessages at any email address you've added. How to add additional e-mails to iMessage in Mac OS X Mountain Lion
That's all there is to it. You'll now be able to send and receive iMessages to the specified e-mail address. |
HoverBar mount for iPad review Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:27 PM PDT The HoverBar is made by Twelve South, who've created a lot of interesting Apple accessories over the years. It's billed as your ultimate iPad wingman, and Twelve South claim it was inspired by Tony Stark. Really, however, the HoverBar is a clever way to flexibly mount your iPad 2 or new iPad to an iMac or Apple Cinema Display, a kitchen counter, a workbench, or any tabletop that conveniently happens to be close by. Setup is very straight forward and makes it easy to assemble practically anywhere. The HoverBar itself consists of several pieces. There's a clamp that is strong and connects securely, with a non-scratch surface, to any mountable location up to 1 inch thick. It uses an Allen wrench to tighten the clamp but I wish it used a wing nut or other hand-tightening method instead. That way I needn't bring the wrench with me everywhere. The Y-shaped HoverBar clip will hold either the iPad 2 or new iPad in place. Pressure from 3 sides is probably secure enough, even for a plastic clip, so I'll be curious to see how this part of the assembly holds up over time. The HoverBar arm looks like something from off of Doctor Octopus, but in this case, it's a good thing. It can be positioned almost any way you can think of, and holds its position relatively well. Set it up to be above or beside your iMac or Cinema Display, and you have an instant second screen for email, social networking, widgets, video-watching or anything else you want to keep off your main display. Put it up at cabinet height and you can easily read off everything from a dinner recipe to the instructions for replacing a part on your jeep. (Yes, I live an interesting and chore-intensive life!) If you need to read or watch your iPad but don't have a hand to spare, the HoverBar provides an easy, hands-free alternative. It even comes with cable clips so you can have your iPad charging or synching while keeping your desk space free from clutter. The good
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The bottom lineThe HoverBar is great for anyone who wants a second monitor where desk space is at a premium, or needs something else to hold the iPad up for reading or watching. It's a smart accessory, which is no surprise coming from Twelve South, and while it may look like something from Iron Man or Spider-Man, it's very much real. $79.95 - Buy now |
Apple reportedly working on Pandora-style streaming music service. Again. Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:47 PM PDT As is often the case when fall approaches and an Apple event draws near, rumors have begun to swirl about Apple starting a Pandora-style streaming/subscription music service. Even though Apple has resolutely stuck to iTunes purchases for music, and added the subscription-based iTunes Match music locker service, the allure of true streaming solution is such that everyone and their journal of record seems to agree Apple is working on something like it, to launch sometime. Today Ethan Smith and Jessica E. Vascellaro of the Wall Street Journal report:
Ben Sisario and Nick Wingfield of the New York Times add:
iAds would subsidize the service, reportedly, much as they do with Pandora already. With Apple having explored but not pulled the trigger on streaming/subscription music offerings before, it's hard to tell just how likely they are to pull the trigger on this version, this time. Apple's had incredible success, both with Steve Jobs and Eddy Cue, in making content deals -- more than any other company on the planet. That's a mixed blessing, however, as they've faced equal and opposite push back from media companies who fear their online dominance. Apple has the iPhone 5 event scheduled for September 12, and is rumored to be holding an iPad mini event sometime in October as well. iTunes and music will probably get some attention at one of those. It would likely take a lot of movement, and a lot of deals, to see any streaming/subscription music announcements made by then. Of course, if they do, they'll have my money at "boom". How about you? Source: Wall Street Journal, New York Times |
Nokia gets caught faking Lumia 920 image stabilization Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:05 PM PDT Normally I wouldn't be writing about something like Nokia getting caught faking the camera work in their Lumia 920 PureView, but Nokia has been making some pretty bad marketing choices lately. They made those "smartphone beta test" commercials where they tried to brand the iPhone as a beta phone, and then launched the Lumia 900 with embarrassing bugs all it's own. Then, yesterday, Nokia took a swipe at Apple during their press event, once again making fun of the iPhone antenna. And now Nokia is embroiled in controversy over their new flagship phone. Here's what The Verge discovered about the Nokia Lumia 920 commercials:
Nokia later admitted to the deception and apologized, but now Youssef Sarhan has found similar evidence showing that the still photos might have been faked too:
Nokia hasn't responded to the second allegation. Daniel Rubino from our Mobile Nations sibling site, WPCentral, says the Nokia Lumia 920 camera is legitimately fantastic. He's a big camera nerd, so I believe him. Companies fake things like this all the time. Supermodels get airbrushed (sorry boys, it's true!), devices get rendered, cars get closed courses and professional drivers, and screens and features get simulated. But simulated screens and features also get honestly labeled as such in the commercials. I'm not opposed to people hating on Apple -- I've been accused of doing the same thing. I like it when companies are bold and aggressive and take it to Apple. What I'm opposed to is failing. What I don't like is when they end up looking foolish. If you're going to bring it, bring it. Here is a actual prototype Lumia 920 using the OIS technology in action. Give it a look and tell me, should Apple be worried? |
iMore Show 310: Metal backs and UDID hacks Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:33 PM PDT Rene, Georgia, and Seth talk September 12 made official, iPhone 5 made substantial, and the competition trying to scramble. Also: 12 million UDIDs hacked, and Bad Pigs. This is the iMore show!
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Here are the Kindle Fire HD tablets, Amazon's new iPad competitors Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT Amazon bumped up the specs on the existing Kindle Fire today, but the big news is the undoubtedly the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch tablets. Amazon, smartly, announced them not as "gadgets" but as "services" and positioned them as the best way to consumer Amazon content while also providing additional functionality like mail, web, and apps to round out the experience. Our own Kevin Michaluk, Stephane Koenig, and Ashley Esqueda were live at the event, and had a chance to check them out first-hand. (See the video above.) We've already shown you how the new Kindle Fires match up to the iPad, Google Nexus 7, Microsoft Surface RT, and BlackBerry Playbook, but Amazon also had a lot of really interesting features to go along with their "Kindle as service" pitch.
Some problems still remain, however. The Kindle Fire line is based on Android and runs Android apps, and Android has had almost not luck building any momentum for tablet apps. That means you'll mostly get smartphone-class apps, which essentially makes the Kindle Fire a big iPod touch. The iPad (and the rumored iPad mini run tablet-class apps, and that makes a huge difference. Apple also sells the iPad in over 90 countries. Amazon has thus far only managed the U.S. and the U.K. for the Kindle Fire. That makes it a non-starter for most of the world, and that's a very big problem. iTunes was a huge international advantage for Apple, and if even Amazon and Google are having trouble getting content deals on a global level, it doesn't bode well for short term competitiveness. Also, Amazon is even more closed and more draconian than Apple. So for those for whom Android is a welcome alternative to Apple's control, the Kindle Fire won't be any alternative at all. The trains will run on time, you just won't want to be on them. (Funny, though, how Apple gets marketed against, and called out as, being "closed" but Amazon hasn't faced any of that... yet.) Lastly, while Amazon impressed with their products today, the presentation made me really appreciate just how good Apple is at providing clear, consistent information during their keynotes. Amazon told a story about what interested them (MIMO!), not what made things clear for viewers. They jumped around and never put up slides that showed product grids -- which devices had which specs at which price points. Apple almost always concludes with those. They tell you what they're going to show you, they show it to you, then they tell you what they showed you. Amazon would do well to nail that part of an event too. Overall, however, Amazon's willingness to subsidize hardware with ads and content expectations create a pricing challenge for Apple. As North American cell phone contracts show, customers care most about low, up-front pricing. Is a Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch at $299 going to put a serious dent in US sales of an iPad 9.7-inch at $499? Is a Kindle Fire HD 7-inch at $199 going to make Apple stay aggressive with the rumored iPad mini price of ~$199 - $250? Apple is rumored to be having an iPad event in October, so we won't have that much longer to wait and see. Meanwhile, for more Kindle Fire coverage, keep it locked to Android Central, and if you want to grab any of Amazon's new Kindles, you can do so via the link below, and help support the Mobile Nations network at the same time. |
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Apple event invite sparks new spike in trade-ins Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT |
Pocket adds support for App.net, Chrome Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT |
TechHive: How the new Kindle Fires impact the tablet landscape Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT |
iPad Tips: How To Hard Reboot the iPad When It Freezes Up Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT
A hard reboot will very rarely be needed on the iPad but it is worth knowing how to do one for those occasions when it is called for. If your iPad becomes unresponsive – i.e. does not react to taps and gestures on the screen or to home button presses – then you need a hard reboot to snap it back to normal behavior. Here's how to perform a hard reboot: – Hold down the Power and Home buttons at the same time for close to 10 seconds. – Ignore the Slide to Power Off bar across the top of the screen when it appears and just keep holding the two buttons until you see the iPad screen go black and then see the Apple logo on the screen as it restarts. That's it. This sort of reboot should get you past any rare occasions where the iPad freezes up or becomes largely unresponsive. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us |
Kindle Fire vs. iPad vs. Nexus 7 vs. Surface RT vs Playbook Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT Amazon has just announced an amazing new line of Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch tablets. I'll share thoughts on those in another post. For now, here's a quick look at how the new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD stack up against Apple's iPad, as well as Google's Nexus 7, Microsoft's Surface RT, and BlackBerry's PlayBook. So, looking at the tale of the tape, and recognizing each device has unique value propositions that just don't show up on charts, how does this sway you? Anyone jumping on a Kindle Fire HD now, or will you wait and see what the iPad mini brings to the table in October? |
TechHive: Kindle Fire HD highlights Amazon's parade of tablets Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT |
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TechHive: Kobo preempts Amazon with new tablet, e-readers Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT |
WD launches new portable hard drives for Windows PCs, Macs Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:55 AM PDT |
Lady Gaga to release next album, ARTPOP, as iPhone and iPad app Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:55 AM PDT Lady Gaga has posted two discussion threads on her website in regards to her upcoming ARTPOP album. The first thread announced that the album will be available not only in standard digital format but as an iPhone and iPad app that will contain clips, pictures, and tons of interactive content. The second post gives more details about ARTPOP itself and how the app will function. In the first post, Lady Gaga announced that ARTPOP will not only be an album but a digital project that will allow her fans access to content that traditional media just doesn't provide.
In a further post, we get a little bit more explanation of what ARTPOP is actually about and what platforms it will be available on.
Lady Gaga's current website is a product of a startup called Backplane that was initially funded by Gaga herself along with Google Ventures. George Hotz joined the Backplane team after quitting Facebook at the beginning of this year. Whether or not you're a fan of Lady Gaga, there's no denying that her website is an amazing tool that allows her to connect with fans in ways that music artists have never done before. It'll be interesting to see how the up and coming ARTPOP project will unfold and how fans will be able to interact with it. If it's anything like her current website, fans have a lot to look forward to. Source: LittleMonsters, LittleMonsters |
Exporting uncompressed podcasts Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT |
Contest: 4 Free Promo Codes for PhotoToaster To Be Won Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:11 AM PDT 4 Free Promo Codes for PhotoToaster for iPad and iPhone To Be Won Contest Deadline: Sunday September 9, 2:00PM US Central A couple days ago I mentioned that the superb PhotoToaster photo editing and effects app had received another major update. Now I'm very happy to say we've got some codes for 4 lucky winners to get this great app for free. This is one of my most-used and favorite iPad apps. It's so good that I do far more photo editing on the iPad than I do on my MacBook Pro. Hit the break to see how easy it is to enter for a chance to win … (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | 7 comments | Add to del.icio.us |
Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:29 AM PDT Blogsy is a blogging iPad app that takes full advantage of the iPad's touch interface by making it super easy to drag photos, videos, links, and more directly into the post you are writing. Blogsy is a full-featured blogging app that any blogger is sure to appreciate and offers support for WordPress, Blogger, Tumbler, Posterous, Drupal, and more. When you first launch Blogsy, you will be prompted to watch tutorial videos on the developer's website and a sample post that briefly helps you get started will be open. Even if you don't own Blogsy, yet, you can check out the videos to get a feel for it before making a purchase. One of the big features of Blogsy is it's integration with popular photo and video services. You can login to Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Picassa, Facebook, YouTube, or Vimeo to easily drag and drop images and videos directly into the post you are writing. There is also a built-in browser that allows you to drag images from Google Image Search and if you want to insert the website's URL as a link, you simply highlight the text you want to use the for the link, switch to the in-app browser, and drag the link into the post with the drag tool. It doesn't matter where you drop the link, it will automatically be attached to the text you highlighted. When inserting a photo, Blogsy provides a lot of formatting options including alignment, size, alt text, caption, and link URL. Blogsy also includes a lot of options for text formatting in the toolbar making it easy to make your post look amazing. If rich text isn't your style, though, you can switch to the HTML edit with a swipe of three fingers to the right. Although creating posts quickly and beautifully is a breeze with Blogsy, accessing posts that have already been published is a bit cumbersome. To do so, you must tap the settings button for the post you are currently working on (this section lets you add a title, tags, categories, and more), tap the Online tab at the top, select the correct blog, and then tap the post you wish to edit. I often times use my iPhone and iPad to fix mistakes in posts I've already published, so it's disappointing to me that it takes so many taps to access my published posts. The good
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The conclusionIf you're looking for a great blogging app for your iPad that makes it easy to upload photos, then you'll definitely want to take a look at Blogsy. It's integration with Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, YouTube and other services really sets Blogsy apart from the other blogging apps available. $4.99 - Download Now |
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