iPad By Davis: “Last Chance to Enter to Win an iPhone 5, iPad and more in our Mobile Nations Passport Contest!” plus 8 more

Last Chance to Enter to Win an iPhone 5, iPad and more in our Mobile Nations Passport Contest!
MObile Nations Movember Week 3 Update: I got 99 problems but my Mo ain't one!
iMessage and FaceTime down. Are you affected?
iMore show. CrackBerry Kevin. Tonight. 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Be here.
Weekend iPad Wallpapers: More Gorgeous Landscapes
Cool Things: Baby’s iPad Love
Nintendo launches the Wii U, anyone putting their iPad down for it?
The Magazine Updated – Enhancements for iPad mini & More
Brydge, Macbook Air-like iPad Keyboard Case: Starts Shipping Tomorrow

Last Chance to Enter to Win an iPhone 5, iPad and more in our Mobile Nations Passport Contest!

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:12 PM PST

Click the image below to jump over to the official contest thread and leave a comment on that post for your chance to win!

Remember, leaving a comment to this post won't get you entered... click the image above to head to the contest post and leave a comment there. Good luck!

The Contest ends at 12 Noon PT on Monday, November 19th, 2012, so HURRY UP AND ENTER!

MObile Nations Movember Week 3 Update: I got 99 problems but my Mo ain't one!

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 08:41 PM PST

Mobile Nations Network Movember Funds Raised so far: $9358 (USD)

Is this a new boyband, or the MO-bile Nations crew in Winnipeg?

Welcome to our third Mobile Nations Movember update. We're be bringing you these updates every Sunday throughout the month of Movember (formerly known as November) as we grow out our moustaches and raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research and men's mental health issues.

When we embarked upon our Mobile Nations Movember mission I thought it would be great if we could raise $10,000, and we're almost there! There's still a lot of Movember left, and we've already raised over $9,300. Maybe it's time to up our goals to $15k? The facial lip growth is really starting to blossom now, so hopefully we'll see the 'staches and the fundraising continue to accelerate right through to the end of the month.

If you haven't donated yet, we'll love you forever if you do. Donations can be made easily over the web. Simply jump over to our Mobile Nations Network page, click on the name of any of the inidividuals listed as part of the network, and hit the donate button. All funds donated to an individual will pass through to the network total.

Keep reading for more on Movember and to see some great moustache photos from the team!

What is Movember?

Week 3 Photos from the MO-bile Nations Movember Network

Click on the names to jump over to the user's page on Movember.com for more photos and to donate!

Adam Zeis puts his best 'stache forward. Anyone else think he looks a bit like Mario?

Kevin Michaluk
Kevin is a walking billboard for causes... his BB10 hair is flowing and his MO-stache is coming along.

Benoit Landelle-Théberge in Canada shows off his growth.

Up in Canada, Bill Power is filling in nicely, and has brought in several donations!

Casey McCarthy, Captain of microstache in the US, is looking good.

In the US, Eric Blade is a webOS Nation-er and is growing for the cause.

Jordon Herzog poses for an updated photo of his mo-stache.

Richard Case in the UK is keeping us all up-to-date on his mo-grow with lots of pictures.

Props to all the Mo Bros for posting their mugs to the web for a good cause (and props to all the Mo Sistas for supporting their men). Be sure to visit our Mobile Nations Movember Network page for more photos from all our team members. You can click through to any team member's name to see their Mo Space pages and to donate to them. All donations made to individuals show up in the Mobile Nations Network totals.

Note to Mobile Nations Movember participants: Be sure to update your Mo Space with updates, photos and videos. And send us an email at movember@mobilenations.com with your favorite photos and other details. We want to tell your story and help spread the the Mo Love!

iMessage and FaceTime down. Are you affected?

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 01:46 PM PST

iMessage and FaceTime are both experiencing outages according to Apple's iCloud system status page, and numerous reports flooding into iMore's various comm channels. Apple says service will be restored asap.

Online continues to be a huge challenge for Apple, and if you haven't already, I invite you to read why I think it's going to be one of Apple's biggest challenges going forward.

As always, let me know if iMessage and FaceTime are working for you, where you are, and when you get your service back.

iMore show. CrackBerry Kevin. Tonight. 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Be here.

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 01:39 PM PST

Kevin Michaluk, the chief media officer of Mobile Nations, and the founder of CrackBerry.com joins me tonight to talk about his month spent using the iPhone 5 as part of his "World Tour". What he loved, what he hated, and where he thinks Apple stacks up in their battle against Android, and against Windows Phone 8 and the upcoming BlackBerry 10.

It's going to be brutal. You don't want to miss it.

Join us LIVE at 6pm PT, 9pm ET. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be here.

Weekend iPad Wallpapers: More Gorgeous Landscapes

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 10:15 AM PST

This weekend's iPad wallpaper selections are more gorgeous landscapes. All of them are taken this week from the excellent Backdrops Retina Wallpaper app from the clever folks at interfacelift.com.

The first choice is called Cariad and is by FuzzyPiggy. I grew up near a boat basin in Connecticut and I find this lovely image of sailboats very soothing.

Hit the break for two more great iPad wallpapers for this weekend …

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I like the Milky Way Wallpaper. Looks great in dark ... by Rahul

Nintendo is launching their next-generation video game console today, the Wii U, and just like the last one, it seems to be garnering more than its fair share of incredibly mixed reviews. The bottom line on original Wii was "best selling console collecting dust on the shelf" as hard-core and online gaming went to Xbox, and casual gaming to iOS. Now, however, Nintendo has added it's own iPad-like tablet controller to the Wii U, along with HD graphics, and perhaps even better online services.

Again, however, reviews are incredibly mixed. The Wii U tablet is sometimes a mirror, sometimes a second screen, but always a resistive touchscreen like phones pre-2007, difficult to use and flummoxing to understand. Nintendo's first party titles, including Mario, of course, are great, but good third party support is as questionable as always. I bought a Wii at launch and played it quite a lot at first, but haven't touched it in over a year. I'll be waiting on the Wii U.

Gone are the days I'm willing to buy Nintendo kit no questions asked. They haven't kept up with the times as well as I wish they had. Never mind not making Mario for iOS, that's their right and decision, but the Wii U just looks like the wrong solution for modern gaming, especially with the "Xbox 720" and "PlayStation 4" on the way -- and iOS encroaching on the living room with AirPlay. It looks complex and confused, and I'd rather see where it's going before I put any money into it.

Here are some reviews:

Anyone picking up a Nintendo Wii U today? If so, let me know what you think of it!

The Magazine Updated – Enhancements for iPad mini & More

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:19 AM PST

The Magazine: For geeks like us, Marco Arment's superb new iPad magazine that celebrates good writing, was updated this week – to Version 1.1.

At the top of the update's change list is a bit of good news for iPad mini users:

Improved legibility on iPad mini

I think The Magazine was already one of the better titles to read on the iPad mini, but any improvement is always welcome.

Here's the remainder of the V 1.1 change list:

- Better in-app-purchase flow
- Many small bugfixes and improvements
- Share links within articles or send them to Instapaper
- Share selected text from articles
- Post to App.net with Netbot if you have Netbot installed
- New Settings screen: manage your subscription, choose from installed web browsers for opening links (supports Safari, Chrome, Opera Mini, iCab Mobile, Grazing, Mercury, Dolphin, and Terra)

The Magazine is a genuinely unique title and a very refreshing approach to what an iPad magazine can be. It's good to see it improving and adding small features that are helpful while still keeping things simple and clean.

Here's an App Store link for The Magazine; it's a free app with subscription available via In-App purchase.

iPad by Davis

lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2012