iPad By Davis: “iMore Editors' Choice for November 3, 2012” plus 8 more |
- iMore Editors' Choice for November 3, 2012
- iPad mini vs. iPad 2 vs. iPad 4 vs. iPhone 5: Display density macros
- Best Free iPad App of the Week: Letterpress –Word Game
- Best apps to show off your new iPad 4 or iPad mini
- Tonight. iMore show. Ryan Block. 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Be here.
- First iPad mini TV Ad Starts Airing
- Apple alters apology to Samsung on their UK site to comply with court order
- iPad 4th Gen Teardown: 1GB of RAM and No Surprises
- My Second New iPad mini in 24 Hours
| iMore Editors' Choice for November 3, 2012 Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:31 PM PDT
Every week, the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a social network for TV and movies, a great drawing app, an app that looks back at past updates you made on your favorite social networks, a fun app filled with random, crazy facts, a horror action game, a classic strategy board game, and a Twitter and ADN client. GetGlue - Ally Kazmucha
I've used GetGlue for a long time and still continue to enjoy using it almost on a daily basis. The premise is simple; check into what you're watching, reading or listening to. From there you can view others comments, accumulate stickers you can actually get physical copies of, and converse with others. It may seem like FourSquare for entertainment and it pretty much is but my favorite part of GetGlue is that I've found many interesting shows, music artists, and other media I may not have found otherwise. It can also lay out all your tv shows in one place somewhat like your own personal guide. Once you start adding friends on GetGlue you can view their activity. I frequently find myself browsing people's profiles that have interests similar to mine. A lot of the shows I watch on a regular basis I've actually found out about through friends on GetGlue. It's a great service and something I'd highly recommend checking out if you're on the hunt for good shows, music, books, video games, and more.
Paper by FiftyThree - Joseph Keller
Paper is one of my all-time favorite apps. It occupies. Now, I'm not an artist by any stretch of the imagination, but I find something relaxing about drawing. That's what makes Paper a perfect app for someone like me. There's a certain elegance in Paper's simplicity, and it allows you to focus on getting your ideas down rather than obsess over every granular detail of how you should get them down. Paper was recently updated with a Mixer tool that lets you make custom colors, along with an expanded palette of preset colors. If you haven't tried this app before, now would certainly be a good time to do so.
Timehop - Chris
This week I have gone for an app that will take you for a daily trip down memory lane. Timehop is a free app that will send you a push notification everyday and tells you what you were saying or doing on the same day on years gone by. When you install the app, you can grant it access to your Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, Twitter and Flickr accounts and it then goes and finds what you said or posted on the same day in years gone by and presents it to you each day. I have only been using it for a few days and each day when I see the content it always makes me smile. It is a lovely way to be reminded of what you got up to in the past. If you are a big user of social networks, this app is a must for you; try and I bet it puts a smile on your face each morning. Free - TimehopWeird But True - Chris Parsons
Yup! It's an app for kids and uh.. big kids who have a thirst for useless knowledge like me! It has a ton of cute sounds and funny facts built into, over 300 if you need the exact number. You can bookmark your favorites or even search out specific topics like animals, space, science and more. The app is free to download and fun to use. Can't really ask for much more than that. Just know, on your next car trip you may have your kids reading you all 300 of those facts aloud.
Bladeslinger - Simon Sage
Bladeslinger is a fresh new action game that mashes up western, steampunk, and horror genres with Infinity Blade-style gesture-based melee combat. Players take on the role of William Glaston, a soldier returning from war only to find his hometown full of demons and ominous sigils. It's at this point that he opens up a can of whoop-ass with this six-shooting short sword and electrically-charged mechanical fist. Because those alone aren't enough of an arsenal, the town's spooky new energies start imbuing William with supernatural powers. The game's graphics are absolutely stunning, the swipe and tap-based control provide a ton of tactical flexibility, and the wide range of special moves and unlockables keep the game extremely fresh. Bladeslinger is one of the more promising games I've played in awhile; pick it up while it's still free.
Carcassonne - Leanna Lofte
I have been playing Carcassonne on the iPad for a couple years now. I never really enjoyed playing on my iPhone's small screen, but the experience is great on the iPad mini. If you aren't familiar with the game, Carcassonne is a famous strategy board game where you must take turns placing tiles with your opponent(s). The objective is to build cities and roads and claim cities and cloisters with the goal of getting as much points as possible. You can play locally on your device or against opponents online. I'm by no means a "hard core" Carcassonne player, but take my turns every 1-3 days. It's fun, challenging, and social. If you're a fan of strategy board games, you'll love Carcassonne. -$9.99 - Download Now Watercooler - Rene Ritchie
Watercooler is a Twitter and app.net (ADN) client by InfinitApps that, while it can't cross the streams (not due to the laws of Twitter, not Ghostbusters), it can let you quickly switch from one to the other while staying in the same app. Visually, it looks a lot like Buzz Anderson and Nven Morgan's Birdfeed, which was one of my favorite Twitter clients before it was sold and perverted into something unrecognizable and unusable (yeah, still bitter). That's the reason, when I saw John Gruber of Daring Fireball mention it, I bought it immediately. While Watercooler feels a little slow when loading any particular stream for the first time, once the load is done it's quick and clean. It also has an option to view the global ADN feed. Most everything else is there as well, along with a bunch of really interesting stuff, like tapping on your tweets to see conversations, favorites/stars, and more. There's no push notifications, far as I can tell, and no direct messages for Twitter, which will be a deal-breakers for some. but if you use both Twitter and ADN, or just ADN, and remember Birdfeed as fondly as I do, check out Watercooler.
Your choice?Now that we've chosen our favorites for the week, we want to hear yours! Did you pick up a killer app, accessory, or game this week? Let us know in the comments below! 
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| iPad mini vs. iPad 2 vs. iPad 4 vs. iPhone 5: Display density macros Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PDT
The iPad mini is the first non-Retina display iOS device Apple has introduced since the iPad 2 in the spring of 2011. The iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5 are all Retina devices, as are the iPhone touch 4 and iPhone touch 5. There's are a lot of technical reasons why Apple made that choice. Lighting, powering, and paying for a 2048x1536 panel would have resulted in a substantial thicker, heavier, more expensive iPad mini. But how much of a difference does it really make? For some people even the idea of a non-Retina mobile display in 2012 is deal breaker. For others people it's the idea that Retina even matters at all that's ridiculous. Still others want retina but will live without it for now. Everything is relative and everyone has their priorities. I've been using an iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad 3 for the last 7 months so those chunky pixels are like sandpaper on my eyeballs. My mom's only ever owned an iPad 2 so she thinks the iPad mini is a good step up. Georgia's always cared more about performance than display, and she thinks the iPad mini's portability trumps any concern about screen resolution. Yet display density is a real thing. It can be measured and compared. Whether is matters to you or not, whether it's a priority for you or not, it's something to be recognized and considered. So here is it, looked at through a macro lens. First, the Safari icon. From left to right, iPad 2 at 132 ppi, iPad mini at 163 ppi, iPad 4 at 264 ppi, and iPhone 5 at 326 ppi.
Obviously, the iPad 2 has the largest, most easily discernible pixels, and the iPhone 5 the least. The iPad mini, while better than the iPad 2, is still close enough that it looks about the same. Likewise, the iPad 4 isn't as good as the iPhone 5, but it's good enough that it's hard to tell the difference. Here's some web text and graphics, same order of devices.
Here's iBooks text, again same order of devices (though I didn't have the same books available on the iPad 2).
And here's some iBooks graphics, just to highlight the difference between the iPad mini (top), iPad 4 (middle), and iPhone 5 (bottom).
Personally, I find small text noticeably pixelated and more difficult to read on the iPad mini. While it's denser than the iPad 2, it's also smaller. Going from the iPad 3 or iPad 4, and especially from the iPod touch 5 or iPhone 5 to the iPad mini isn't quite as bad as going to the iPad 2, but it's close. Going from the iPad 2 to the iPad mini is a small upgrade in terms of display, as is going from the iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 3 which have identical density but nowhere near as good color or panel quality. Fast moving video and video games hold up much better across the range of devices, simply based on how we perceive and process motion. So, if that's your primary use case, you won't notice the difference as much. I notice the lack of Retina on the iPad mini a lot. It bothers me. But unlike some of my designer friends who won't even look at it, much less buy it, it's not a deal breaker for me. The compactness, the thinness, and especially the lightness are profound enough that I'll put up with the lack of Retina for now. Apple had to compromise on the Retina display in order to make a lighter, thinner, smaller, less expensive iPad, and I'm willing to make that same compromise to own one. For my mom, the iPad mini will be an upgrade in every way, and for Georgia, who doesn't care about screen density, it's not even a compromise. 
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| Best Free iPad App of the Week: Letterpress –Word Game Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PDT
One of the best things about using an iPad is all the great apps that we can run on it. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of. Better still, there are lots of great free apps for the iPad. Our Best Free iPad App of the Week posts highlight these apps. This week's pick is Letterpress – Word Game, a great new word game from Loren Brichter, creator of the superb and hugely popular Tweetie Twitter client app for iPhone. Tweetie was eventually bought by Twitter themselves and Brichter was the lead developer on the official Twitter apps for iOS and Mac. Now he has left Twitter and created this new word game for iPad and iPhone. Letterpress is one of those apps you just know you're going to like moments into using it. It's got a light, clean, colorful and inviting interface and the game itself is easy to understand and fun to play. (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us         Related Stories
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| Best apps to show off your new iPad 4 or iPad mini Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:31 AM PDT
If you just got your new iPad 4 or iPad mini and you're wondering which apps and games you need to download right now to show off that gorgeous new piece of tech, you're in luck. We have your list right here! Browse all iPad retina-ready apps and gamesTwitter apps: Tweetbot, Twitter, and Twitterrific
If you're a Twitter user, the retina iPad and iPad mini are both great for taking part in the social network. The three big iPad Twitter apps are the original iOS Twitter app, Twitterific, which is great for those who enjoy just reading through Twitter, the official Twitter app for iPad, which has one of the most audacious user experiences ever seen on the iPad, and Tweebot which is perfect for power users with best-in-class notifications and great features like "mute". If you're brand new to Twitter, check out Twitterrific. If you're a hard core tweeter, give Tweetbot a go. 2.99 - Tweetbot - Download nowFree - Twitterrific - Download nowOffice apps: Numbers, Pages, and Keynote
Apple's iWork suite, which consists of Keynote for presentations, Numbers for spreadsheets, and Pages for word processing has just been updated for Retina, so all your documents will look fantastic on the high-density screen of the iPad 4 and also work fantastically on the iPad mini. Keynote was built for Steve Jobs so it's absolutely best in class, while Numbers and Pages are easy to use and produce great looking documents. $9.99 - Keynote - Download now$9.99 - Numbers - Download now$9.99 - Pages - Download nowCreativity apps: iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand
Apple's entire iLife suite is available on the iPad and iPad mini. It includes iPhoto for image editing, iMovie for video editing, and GarageBand for music creation. They're all optimized for multitouch as well, so you can really get your hands on them and manipulate your content like never before. $4.99 - iPhoto - Download now$4.99 - GarageBand - Download now$4.99 - iMovie - Download noweBook apps: iBooks
While Amazon's Kindle for iPad app has also been updated for Retina, and has a bigger catalog of titles, not to mention cross-platform support, Apple's iBooks is just better looking, better animated, and has an overall better experience. And if we're talking showing off, that's what wins out. From the latest novels to the best non-fiction to high school textbooks to cartoons like Bloom County and comics from Marvel, you'll think you're looking at digital paper. Free - Download nowNewsreader apps: The Early Edition 2
The Early Edition 2 is an RSS reader with a gorgeous user interface that looks absolutely stunning on the new iPad. Because of our love for eye candy, one of our favorite features is the manilla envelope that pops up when sharing an article to a social network and the "Shared Copy" stamp that appears just before it pops up. If you ever dreamed of reading the news on your iPad with your feet up and while sipping excellent coffee (or wine), this is the app for you. 4.99 - Download nowGamesBe sure to check out our list of the best free games for your iPad 4 or iPad mini. Your favorite apps?So there you have them, the best apps available to really show off you new retina iPad or iPad mini! What apps do you use to show off your new iPad? 
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| Tonight. iMore show. Ryan Block. 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Be here. Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:37 AM PDT
The iMore show Special Edition podcast comes to you a day early this week with special guest, Ryan Block of GDGT fame. We'll be talking about Apple's management shakeup, the iPad mini launch, and the new Nexus competition. Join us LIVE at 6pm PT, 9pm ET. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be here. 
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| First iPad mini TV Ad Starts Airing Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PDT Apple has started airing their first TV ad for the new iPad mini. It's called 'Piano' and it couldn't be any simpler. There's no voiceover at all for the iPad, but it still manages to be a powerful demo of what you can do on the iPad, big and small. My colleague Alicia summed this up much better than I when we first saw the ad previewed by Apple at the iPad mini launch event:
What do you all think of the first iPad mini TV ad? © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  Related Stories
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| Apple alters apology to Samsung on their UK site to comply with court order Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:58 AM PDT
Apple's recent apology to Samsung on their website was found to be unsatisfactory by the UK courts. They had since removed the statement from their website and have posted a reworded version that's also appearing in newspapers in the UK. After ruling that the statement on Apple's site was non-compliant with the order, Apple was ordered to re-write the statement and present it on their website in at least 11-point font. It's now appearing on the bottom of their UK website.
The statement can be found at the very bottom of the UK Apple site and also includes a link to more information on the judgement. Source: Apple UK 
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| iPad 4th Gen Teardown: 1GB of RAM and No Surprises Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:19 AM PDT
Those talented and fast-working folks at iFixit have completed their teardown (dissection) of the new iPad 4th gen, or iPad 4 – hot on the heels of their iPad mini teardown. The teardown of the iPad 4 confirmed that it has 1GB of RAM, just like the iPad 3 and offered no real surprises given what Apple had already told us about the latest new iPad. Here are a few of the highlights findings from iFixit:
Check out the full iPad 4 teardown for all the gory details. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us  Related Stories
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| My Second New iPad mini in 24 Hours Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:06 AM PDT
As of about an hour and a half ago I've got a second new iPad mini – less than 24 hours after my original purchase. No, I didn't feel a sudden need to double my iPad mini count – I just did an exchange because I discovered last night that I had a faulty unit. The iPad mini I bought yesterday had spontaneously powered itself off several times, and was showing numerous kernel panics and crc errors in its diagnostics log. So this morning I called the local Apple store where I bought it, confirmed they still had 32GB black models like mine available, did a quick iCloud backup of the iPad mini so I wouldn't have to set it up from scratch again, and arrived at the Apple store just 5 minutes after opening to do the exchange. I explained the issue to an Apple staff member, showed him the diagnostics logs, and the exchange was done quickly. I also bought one of Apple's new 12W chargers while I was there – hopefully that will lead to faster charging for both my iPad mini and iPad 3. A couple of points of interest from my Apple store visit: – They were sold out of iPad mini 16GB models. So either their initial supply was very small or interest picked up a lot after my early morning mini line experience. – I had not wiped my data from the iPad mini prior to my visit because I wanted to be able to show the diagnostics logs. Once it was agreed the return would be accepted and the exchange would be made, the Apple staffer was going to just box up the old iPad mini and take it away. I stopped him and asked whether he was going to be sure to erase my data. He said yes they definitely would, but I said I preferred to see that done in front of me, and he let me kick off an erase. (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us
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