iPad By Davis: “Sherpa becomes Osito: A predictive intelligence app that makes your iPhone even smarter” plus 16 more |
- Sherpa becomes Osito: A predictive intelligence app that makes your iPhone even smarter
- Impromptu Mobile Nations video podcast. Sorta.
- Scrivener writing app for iPad gets development back on track
- Still waiting for an ADN invite? Here's 200 more, grab one now!
- Jony Ive named one of TIME's 100 most influential people
- How to enable message archiving for iCloud mail on iPhone and iPad
- iPad Games: Freemium Is One Thing – Do We Have to Have the Shitty UI Too?
- Feedly iPad App Updated: Better Title Only View & More
- Fish Out of Water! by Halfbrick Studios splashes into the App Store
- T-Mobile iPhone 5 review
- Verizon sold 4 million iPhones in Q1 2013
- Cut the Rope: Time Travel now available
- Notable New iPad Apps: Twitter #music
- Yahoo releases Yahoo! Weather for iPhone
- Purported photos suface of less expensive iPhone plastic backing
- Twitter launches iTunes-connected #music app for iOS
- Deal of the Day: 47% off Krusell Avenyn Mobile Pouch L Long for iPhone 5
| Sherpa becomes Osito: A predictive intelligence app that makes your iPhone even smarter Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:04 PM PDT
Osito, formerly known as Sherpa, is a predictive intelligence iPhone app that grabs the important information about your day-to-day life and keeps you informed about what's happening next. For example, if you have an important meeting 30 minutes away, Osito will let you know if you need to leave early because of traffic and inform you about the weather conditions at the location of your meeting.
Osito learns what you need based on your location, calendar, email, and daily routine. That's right, Osito will learn your commute and give you a heads-up if you need to make any adjustments due to traffic or weather. If you're traveling, Osito will alert you about your flight 24-hours before departure and bring up your travel itinerary and boarding pass when you arrive at the airport. Not only does Osito keep you informed about your day, it also includes actionable items such as checking into your flight, calling a taxi, 1-click directions to your hotel, and more. I am very excited to see Osito in action. I've only just downloaded the app, so it hasn't done much for me, but it'll be interesting to see how Osito performs in the coming weeks. Has anyone picked up Osito, yet? What do you think?
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| Impromptu Mobile Nations video podcast. Sorta. Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT I just arrived in New York City to start prep work on [Redacted] -- watch the video above for a gigantic tease -- so I video bombed Kevin Michaluk's CrackBerry podcast, along with Alex Dobie of Android Central. Check it out. 
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| Scrivener writing app for iPad gets development back on track Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:23 PM PDT
Scrivener is one of the most well respected, most beloved writing apps on the Mac, one that works the way writers and stories work. For a while now, Scrivener developer Literature & Latte have been working on the highly anticipated iPad version, but issues beyond their control slowed the project. No longer. They've gotten a new developer on board to help kick things back on track, and that new developer is the iMore app's own... Tammy Coron! According to Literature & Latte's blog, the The Cellar Door:
Understandably, they don't want to make any more guesses as to a potential release window, but they do want to try and get it out this year, hopefully in time for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Tammy, as Debug listeners already know, is beyond awesome. I can't wait to see what Literature & Latte turns out for the iPad. Go read the whole post, and then come back here and let me know if you're looking as forward to this as I am. Source: The Cellar Door 
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| Still waiting for an ADN invite? Here's 200 more, grab one now! Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT
A few weeks ago, App.net (ADN) let us give away 200 invitations to their new, invitation-only free accounts. If you're still not familiar with them, they're a great way to try out the many services ADN offers, including the Twitter-like microblogging platform, the better-than-DM messaging service, and the cloud storage offering. ADN is a complex, chocked-full-of-potential service, and it's smart to let people try it out for themselves and get a feel for it before deciding to go all-in on a paid account. But you guys ate 'em up so fast, many were still left wanting more. So, ADN is giving us more! 200 more! Just like last time, they'll go fast. So, if you want want, grab it now! By using an invitation, you'll automatically follow iMore. (Since you're here, we're hoping you don't mind, but you can promptly unfollow us if you like, and while we'll be sad, we'll understand!) You can also find the iMore staff on ADN via accounts below. You should follow us. We'd love to hear what you think! 
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| Jony Ive named one of TIME's 100 most influential people Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT
Jony Ive, Apple's SVP of Industrial Design, has been named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, coming in at number 46. Of Ive's relationship with his team, U2's Bono, writing for TIME, says that Ive is akin to a certain Star Wars icon:
That Jony Ive has surrounded himself with people that love what they do, that share a passion for good design, is evident in the products that Apple releases. The look and feel of Apple devices meet with praise almost universally, and you don't get that from a team that doesn't love what they do. Now that Ive is working on human interface, we have to wonder if he has engendered the same respect and admiration among the software design team. While his influence can already be seen in the most recent Podcasts update, we'll need to get a look at iOS 7 before his real impact on Apple's software can be assessed. Source: TIME Magazine 
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| How to enable message archiving for iCloud mail on iPhone and iPad Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:46 AM PDT
If you are familiar with Gmail, you're probably already familiar with archiving mail opposed to fully deleting it. You also have this option for iCloud mail as well. If you prefer archiving certain items for access later while deleting things you won't ever need again, follow along and we'll show you how.
That's all there is to it. Your messages can now be stored in an archive folder if you choose instead of being moved automatically to trash. You'll now see an option to archive or trash when cleaning up messages. 
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| iPad Games: Freemium Is One Thing – Do We Have to Have the Shitty UI Too? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:00 AM PDT
Overall I feel pretty neutral about freemium games for iPad and iOS. As a father of a 10 year old, it can be a drag at times to keep explaining to my daughter that we're not going to break the bank on games that make it far easier to advance through them by purchasing all sorts of power-ups, gold coins, or the like via In-App purchase. My preference is generally to pay a good price for a game or app initially and not have to fuss with In-App purchases. And by good price I don't mean $1.99 – I'm more than happy to pay $10 – 20 for an iPad game if it is one I'm confident I'll get a good deal of play and enjoyment out of. But … I'm aware that many iOS users are not so happy with the prospect of paying $10-20 for a game, and that the freemium model has proved to be tremendously successful for developers. So if it' an effective model for all the good, reputable...         Related Stories
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| Feedly iPad App Updated: Better Title Only View & More Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:09 AM PDT
The Feedly RSS reader app for iPad and iPhone was updated yesterday, to Version 14.1.3. Here's the full change list for this latest update: ☂ Users do not need to login over and over again. It's good to see that Feedly is obviously making a lot of effort to step up their game and respond to users' wishes, as the shutdown of Google Reader looms and they have gained millions of new users. I like the iPad app more after its most recent updates, though I still much prefer the simpler interface of Reeder for iPad. What do you all think of Feedly on the iPad? What will be your go-to...  Related Stories
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| Fish Out of Water! by Halfbrick Studios splashes into the App Store Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:24 AM PDT Fish Out of Water! is a new iPhone and iPad game by Halfbrick Studios, the makers of Jetpack Joyride, where you launch fish (and mammals) out of the ocean and into the sky. A group of crabs will judge your throws by total distance and number of skips performed by your fish. There are six different fish dying to be launched and you must choose three for each round. Each fish has different strengths and you'll want to choose a good mix of qualities in your fish. The weather conditions also impact how your fish perform, so keep an eye out for storms, tsunamis, icebergs, and even jellyfish swarms! A crew of crabs will judge your rounds. These crabs are quite the quirky little group, so you must keep all their personalities in consideration. One crab likes distance, another likes skips. There's a really generous crab who just loves handing out high scores and there's another grumpy crab who's hard to impress. Pleasing this group of crabs is quite the challenge! Fish Out of Water also lets you compete in daily league score competitions with your friends. As different objectives are completed, players level up and unlock charms that can be crafted to unleash bonus powers. I'm having a lot of fun with Fish Out of Water. It's a great time-killer game that you can play for a just a few moments, or sit back and play for longer periods of time.
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Hands-on with the iPhone 5 on T-Mobile, including call quality and DC-HSPA and LTE dataMore than 6 years after the original iPhone was introduced, and almost 6 months after the iPhone 5 was launched, T-Mobile US finally has an Apple phone on their shelves. Along with bright Magenta Apple t-shirts, and some unusual new data plans, T-Mobile is banking on the iPhone 5 being as popular on their network as it's been on every other US network to date. We already have a full review of the iPhone 5 and a detailed walkthrough of iOS 6, so here I'm going to cover everything that makes the T-Mobile iPhone 5 different and, hopefully, special. T-Mobile iPhone call quality
I am pleased to report that the call quality of T-Mobile network on the iPhone 5 is superb. Voices are clear and I have not experienced any dropped calls. I'd say it's equivalent to my service with AT&T. T-Mobile iPhone LTE, DC-HSPA+ -- and EDGE -- data speeds
In addition to being the last major U.S. mobile carrier to roll out the iPhone, T-Mobile is also the last major U.S. mobile carrier to roll out next-generation 4G LTE. As such, T-Mobile LTE is currently available in seven cities: Baltimore, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Jose, and Washington DC. When it comes to T-Mobile, however, that's the not the deal-breaker it might be on Sprint. Where the difference between Sprint CDMA EVDO rev A and LTE is potentially 3mbps to 50+mbps, the difference between T-Mobile DC-HSPA+ and LTE is theoretically only 42mbps to 50+mbps. With but one huge caveat... EDGE. I live about an hour from San Jose, so I made a small trip to the Silicon Valley to test out T-Mobile's LTE network in San Jose. During the drive between Salinas and San Jose, I was dropped to EDGE for the majority of the trip. I haven't seen that dreaded 'E', in a very long time as an AT&T customer, so this was very disappointing. These EDGE speeds were horrifically low, as well. One time, I literally got 0.00 Mbps upload results. I'm not kidding.
Surprisingly, there were even areas in San Jose where I was on Edge, but most of the time, I was connected to 4G. I spent much of the day at the Children's Museum where my T-Mobile iPhone claimed to have LTE, but every time I attempted to run a speed test, it would drop to 4G. Again, very disappointing.
When I finally found a solid LTE signal at the Valley Fair Mall in front of the Cheesecake Factory, I ran some tests with the Speedtest.net app with impressive results: 31.8 Mbps down, 14.52 Mbps up, and 41 ms ping. AT&T's LTE results at the same location was 22.48 Mbps down, 9.58 Mbps up, and 62 ms ping. So not bad! I've never seen results like that with AT&T LTE, so I was impressed. Since T-Mobile LTE is only available in seven cities, the average T-Mobile customer won't actually be using LTE, so T-Mobile's 4G DC-HSPA+ network is what you really care about, and I've seen mixed results. In San Jose, 4G download speeds were consistently in the mid-teens. But in Salinas, download speeds are more around 5-10 Mbps. Considering AT&T's LTE is in the mid-teens in the same area, though, I guess that's not too bad. It's also worth noting that Apple updated the current North American GSM iPhone 5 model (A1428) to support T-Mobile's AWS data frequencies. Older iPhones, including older iPhone 5 devices brought to T-Mobile won't have AWS support, and won't provide as good as an experience. T-Mobile iPhone plansT-Mobile's new iPhone plans are an interesting experiment. American's are used to getting huge subsidies when they sign contracts, which greatly reduces the up-front price of the phone but locks them to that network for 2 years. People in other countries are used to buying their phones outright but then being able to switch carriers whenever they like. T-Mobile is trying to offer a middle-ground by still reducing the up-front price of the iPhone to $99 (starting) but giving more options, and more flexibility, instead of just one locked-down contract. For some people, this will be complicated and confusing, maybe even uncomfortable and off-putting. For others, it may just be the beginning of a dream come true. It's simply too early to tell. Price is always a huge factor to consider when choosing a carrier, but coverage should be just as, if not more, important when making a decision. If you're not sure about T-Mobile coverage in your area, ask around your work and/or school, and home, and if you can find a colleague, classmate, or neighbor on T-Mobile, make sure they're delighted with the service in your area. If T-Mobile is what you decide to go with, there are still some important things to consider. T-Mobile data plans are not "share everything" plans like Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. So the 500MB plans more closely compare with Verizon and AT&T's 1 GB plans and the 2 GB plans are similar to 4GB on Verizon and AT&T. I say 'similar', because they're not identical -- each line on T-Mobile has its own pool of data. Another important detail about T-Mobile's plans is that they all technically include unlimited data. The 500MB and 2GB plans are the data caps for high-speed 4G data. If you pass those limits, you will not be charged extra, but you'll be throttled to 3G or 2G speeds. The bottom lineThe biggest thing you have to consider when choosing a carrier for your iPhone is what the coverage is like in the areas you are most of the time. My results may not be equivalent to your hometown, so do your research. Talk to your friends, neighbors, and coworkers who have T-Mobile. For people in my area and in San Jose, I would recommend T-Mobile to those looking to save a few bucks and who aren't concerned about having the absolutely fastest speed; though, In San Jose, LTE speeds are actually faster than AT&T, albeit, a bit spotty. 
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| Verizon sold 4 million iPhones in Q1 2013 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:33 AM PDT
Verizon just posted their first quarter 2013 financial results, and during the conference call their chief financial officer announced that 4 million iPhones had been sold in the quarter, 2 million of which were iPhone 5. That's a pretty significant number, considering Verizon activated 7.2 million devices the whole quarter, making iPhone accountable for over 55%. CEO Lowell McAdam commented on Verizon's progress this quarter:
This wasn't a launch or holiday quarter, traditionally the strongest of the year, so factor that into any armchair analysis that gets bandied about today. Previous quarters have followed a similar trend: in Q4 2012 6.2 out of the 9.8 million handsets sold were iPhones, 3.1 million iPhones in Q3, and 2.7 million in Q2. So while media and market makers keep claiming Apple's doomed and the iPhone is failing, it looks like customers and real sales numbers are once again proving them wrong. Were you one of those new Verizon iPhone activations? If so, how's the iPhone and Verizon's service working for you? Source: Verizon 
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| Cut the Rope: Time Travel now available Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:31 AM PDT The adorable little candy-loving Om Nom has made his debut into another game, Cut the Rope: Time Travel. This time, the little guy is on an adventure to travel back in time to feed his ancestors candy -- that's right, you'll be feeding two Om Nom monsters this time! Double cuteness!
I've only spent a few minutes playing Cut the Rope: Time Travel and I'm already hooked. Check out the video above to see the game in action, then download it and let us know what you think!
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| Notable New iPad Apps: Twitter #music Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:29 AM PDT
Twitter has released a new iPhone app and service called Twitter #music – which offers 'a fresh approach to finding new music by using Tweets and follows to power discovery'. Here's a little more background on the app, via Twitter's blog:
The songs on Twitter #music come from 3 sources for now – iTunes, Spotify, and Rdio, and Twitter says they'll look to add more music service providers. When you tap on a song the default setup is for the iTunes preview to play – but if you're a Spotify or Rdio subscriber you can...  Related Stories
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| Yahoo releases Yahoo! Weather for iPhone Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:10 AM PDT
Yahoo has released a brand new weather application for iPhone, presenting a great deal of information with a crisp, clean user interface. Opening the app displays a large photo from near your location, and the current temperature is prominently displayed, with the high, low, and current conditions sitting atop it. Scrolling down will reveal the hour-by-hour forecast for the next twelve hours, and below that sits the outline of the next five days. Further down, you will find the "Detail" panel, which shows the current atmospheric conditions, humidity, and visibility, along with a written description of what to expect that day and that night. There is also a map of your area that can be expanded to take up the entire screen, displaying temperature, wind conditions, and radar, as well as precipitation, wind/air pressure, and sunrise/sunset panels. Every one of the panels under the forecast section can be rearranged by grabbing and holding the upper right-hand corner and dragging to your desired position. Tapping the menu button in the upper left corner slides your content over to show you your available cities, allowing you to edit which ones you see. Under that you're given a list of Yahoo's other iPhone apps, with links to view them in the App Store or open any of them you have installed. You can also change units from Fahrenheit to Celsius under "Settings", send feedback, and, of course, rate the app. Yahoo has created an app that is very slick and user friendly, while at the same time being very information-rich. This is a solid weather app that will get you the weather information you need, when you need it, they way you want it. If you want to check it out, it's available in the App Store right now for free.
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| Purported photos suface of less expensive iPhone plastic backing Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:54 AM PDT
The less expensive iPhone has been rumored for a long time -- a way for Apple to cater to emerging markets and entry-level, off-contract customers -- but so far it's remained little more than a myth. Today, case manufacturer Tactus claims to have an image of the rear casing for just that device. Aligning with previous rumors, the photo in question shows a white, plastic rear casing that looks like a fusion between an iPod classic and an iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS rear housing. Tactus is also claiming that the low cost iPhone will come in 5 colors - black, white, red, yellow, and blue. As far as the display is concerned, Tactus is saying it will stick with a 3.5" retina display as opposed to rumors of a 4" display similar to the iPhone 5. Likewise, a 5mp camera and an A5 processor are included in their rumors. While iMore hasn't heard anything along those lines, all of that makes sense to keep costs down and serve just exactly the type of market a lower-cost iPhone is meant to serve. As far as whether or not this photo is legitimate, it's impossible to say at this point. Supply-chain sources leak, and it's possible case manufacturers have contacts at device manufacturers, or it's possible they just had the resources to mock up something based on what they heard, or based on extant rumors. So file this under noise for now, but interesting noise. And in the meantime, would you buy a lower cost iPhone if it looked something like this? 
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| Twitter launches iTunes-connected #music app for iOS Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:13 AM PDT
This morning Twitter announced #music, a new app which allows Twitter users to post and listen to embedded tracks from iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio. By checking out the new #NowPlaying section, you can get a snapshot view of what's being listened to by the people you follow. For those looking for something new, you can flip through the Suggested, Emerging, and Popular sections. If you're a subscriber to either Spotify or Rdio, you can listen to the full tracks, but otherwise you just get an iTunes preview. Links are provided to the Twitter accounts of performing artists from the playback window, along with options to share the track yourself. What's particularly interesting about this whole thing is that #music isn't just folded into the native Twitter app; it's an entirely separate app altogether. It's certainly cool that Twitter's making new apps, but I can't help but feel that this feature could have been a huge differentiator to the native Twitter client. It also feels like the iTunes connection could be a bit stronger than simply pulling in previews and linking off to the store; Twitter was cozy with Ping once upon a time, after all. The initial rollout for Twitter #music is taking place in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. An Android roll-out and wider international spread are in the works, but in the meantime, they can still enjoy the web version. Spotify and Rdio customers, are you pumped about the new service? Those of you that aren't subscribers, could a social engine like this get you to sign up? Could you see yourself buying a track through iTunes that was discovered through Twitter #music?
Source: Twitter 
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| Deal of the Day: 47% off Krusell Avenyn Mobile Pouch L Long for iPhone 5 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:20 AM PDT | ||||||
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