iPad By Davis: “Apple reportedly investigating WiFi issues on new MacBook Air” plus 19 more |
- Apple reportedly investigating WiFi issues on new MacBook Air
- BlackBerry rolls out iOS support for BlackBerry Enterprise Service
- How to share Photo Streams with friends and family not using an iPhone or iPad
- iPhone 5S chipset up close reveals possible A7 model numbers, possibly a new manufacturer
- OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 2 now available
- iOS 7 Beta 2 Out, Available for iPad Now
- Iterate 49: iOS 7 design special (Part 2)
- Microsoft reportedly bringing Xbox and PC games to the iPhone
- NetNewsWire 4.0 released as open beta
- Task for iPhone and iPad review: To-do list creation that's easy, fun, and beautiful
- Apple releases iOS 7 beta for iPad and iPad mini
- Apple releases iOS 7 Beta 2 - Developers, go get it!
- Overall device shipments to increase 5.9% as smartphone and tablet markets start to shift
- Apple releases iOS 7 Beta 2 - Developers, go get it!
- Review: Charlie Brown’s All-Stars iPad Storybook App
- Mac Game Store having a Summer Sizzling Sale, huge number of reductions now on
- iOS 7 Preview: Control Center
- Hall of fame: Guy English, Louie Mantia, and Tap Tap Revenge
- Deal of the Day: 50% off the Marware SportShell Convertible for iPhone 5
- Grab yourselves a copy of the Grays Sports Almanac for your iPad!
| Apple reportedly investigating WiFi issues on new MacBook Air Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:24 AM PDT
WiFi issues on the new 802.11ac capable MacBook Air are reportedly being investigated by Apple as they try to "capture" affected devices. The 802.11ac WiFi is one of the headline features on the refreshed Air line, and some reports have suggested that a software issue with Mountain Lion could be at fault. However, according to 9to5Mac, Apple is at least aware of the issue and taking steps to find out what is going on:
Additionally, alternate sources have backed this up by claiming they have been issued a replacement MacBook Air by their local Apple store, with a complimentary USB-to-ethernet adaptor so they don't have to use WiFi. It's by no means an admission that the new Air is flawed, but is reassuring that Apple is taking measures to find out what's going on. Any of you guys had similar issues addressed by Apple? We'd love to hear from you! Source:9to5Mac 
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| BlackBerry rolls out iOS support for BlackBerry Enterprise Service Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:22 PM PDT
Back in May, we heard from CrackBerry that BlackBerry was getting closer to releasing their Secure Work Spaces for iOS and now, it has finally come out of beta and is available through their BlackBerry Enterprise Service. Not unlike BlackBerry Balance for BlackBerry 10, Secure Work Spaces offers a solution for managed applications so they can be secured and separated from personal apps and data. Through apps provided as downloads on the iTunes app store, the service offers functions functions such as integrated email, calendar and contacts, an enterprise-level secure browser and secure document viewing and editing. As for IT admins, they only need to worry about one management console for all devices running on their network, be it iOS, Android or BlackBerry. You can check out the video above to see it all in action or if you're looking to learn more about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, you can visit the BlackBerry website. Source: CrackBerry 
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| How to share Photo Streams with friends and family not using an iPhone or iPad Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:47 PM PDT
If you snap lots of photos with your iPhone and use Photo Stream to sync them between your iPad and other devices, odds are you probably share them with iPhone and iPad using friends and relatives as well. But what about the friends and family members that don't own iOS devices? There's actually no need to leave them out! You can give them access to your shared Photo Streams as well. Here's how: The way to allow non-iOS users to view your shared Photo Streams is actually quite simple. You can just make them a public website that will have its own unique URL. You can then share that URL with friends and family members whenever you'd like. Here's where to get it:
Anyone you give that URL to will be able to access your shared Photo Stream from any browser. Simple as that. Keep in mind this does turn that particular shared Photo Stream into a public site of sorts. There isn't anything in the URL that would make it easily searchable on a site like Google but keep in mind anyone with a link will have access to it. You can, of course, unpublish it just as easy as you published it by following the same steps as laid out above. 
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| iPhone 5S chipset up close reveals possible A7 model numbers, possibly a new manufacturer Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:07 PM PDT
Adding to the component leaks pertaining to the iPhone 5S, we may have our first close-up look at the possibly A7 chipset inside it. According to MacRumors, model numbers printed on it may indicate a switch in supplier as well.
Aside from the photos featuring a possible dual-LED flash, the most interesting photo MacRumors managed to snag was a close-up of the actual chipset of the prototype. While it doesn't have a clear A7 marking, it does indeed carry a simliar model number scheme to what Apple currently uses. The chip in question is shown with a model number of A0698. Its predecessor, the A6 chip carries a model number of A0598. The tradition with chipsets over the past few years have been for the second digit to be a new family of processors while the first digit will distinguish between chips in a certain family. For example, an A6X chip carries A5598 model number. More interesting yet is the K1A0062 marking. Typically Samsung manufactured chipsets are branded with an "N" marking. It has been rumored that Apple would perhaps switch to TSMC over Samsung but we weren't sure as to when. Given these are very early prototypes that MacRumors thinks were produced in December 2012, a lot has probably changed. For now, this does look like a legitimate Apple chipset that could make an appearance in the iPhone 5S come this fall. Source: MacRumors 
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| OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 2 now available Posted: 24 Jun 2013 05:50 PM PDT
Hot on the heels of iOS 7 beta 2, Apple has also just released OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview 2. If you're running a beta version of Mavericks, you can grab the update via the Mac App Store. The build number for the updated version is 13A497d. It is accompanied by new seeds of Xcode 5 and OS X Server as well. Beta software, is as always, under NDA and should only be downloaded and used by developers. The public release of OS X Mavericks is slated for this fall. 
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| iOS 7 Beta 2 Out, Available for iPad Now Posted: 24 Jun 2013 02:19 PM PDT
iOS 7 Beta 2 has been made available to developers by Apple today – and this time the beta is available for the iPad too. Beta 2 is available for iPad 2 and later devices – iPad 3rd gen, iPad 4th gen and iPad mini. That really didn't take long – it's just 2 weeks since Apple unveiled iOS 7 at their WWDC 2013 keynote event. At that time they said the first betas for iPad would be available in 'coming weeks'. Nice to see the number of weeks turned out to be only a couple. I have just installed the beta a short while ago and, as you can see in the screenshot above, I'm waiting on a restore of apps from iCloud. As just a very quick lightning impression, I'll say I like the look and feel of the new iOS 7 interface better than I expected to. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2013. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us         Related Stories
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| Iterate 49: iOS 7 design special (Part 2) Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:38 PM PDT
Chris Clark, Brad Ellis, Louie Mantia, Neven Mrgan, Rene Ritchie discuss iOS 7 and the new design language Apple unveiled for it at WWDC 2013, including icons, fonts, physics, interactions, and more. (Part 2 of a 2 part special edition.) Show notesPanel
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| Microsoft reportedly bringing Xbox and PC games to the iPhone Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:30 PM PDT
Microsoft is reportedly planning on bringing a number of Xbox and PC titles to the iPhone starting later this year. According to a report on Reuters, Microsoft is collaborating with Japanese developer Klab Inc. in order to bring these games to their competitor's platforms.
Age of Empires, a popular strategy game, is set to be the first title for iPhone, launching by the end of fiscal year 2013 as a free-to-play title. Other titles bound for the iPhone have yet to be announced. There's quite a bit that this announcement doesn't tell us. For instance, it's not clear if these games will be made available to tablets, or if they are exclusive to phones initially. We also don't know how old these games are, whether or not "Xbox" means the first Xbox, the 360, or perhaps both. Will Age of Empires be a port of an older title, or a completely new version of the game? Will we be seeing a Gears of War game on the iPhone in short order? Or, maybe Halo: Spartan Assault will come to iOS sooner rather than later. What Microsoft games would you like to see come to iOS? Let us know below in the comments. Source: Reuters 
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| NetNewsWire 4.0 released as open beta Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:57 AM PDT
One of OS X's most venerable newsreading apps has gotten a major makeover. NetNewswire 4.0 is now available for download as a public beta. It can be pre-ordered for $10, half off the regular price. NetNewsWire 4.0 is a major overhaul to the RSS newsreader. Black Pixel's Daniel Pasco explained in a blog post.
According to Pasco, Black Pixel's goal going forward with this release is to get sync working right. Up to now, NetNewsWire has depended on Google Sync to be able to synchronize news feeds between different computers, but Google is turning Sync off at the end of July. NetNewsWire's new Sync plumbing will be tested by select beta testers at first, with a general rollout planned later. 
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| Task for iPhone and iPad review: To-do list creation that's easy, fun, and beautiful Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:21 AM PDT
Task for iPhone and iPad was recently updated to version 2.0. For those who enjoy Clear either for iOS or Mac, Task is very similar but uses a little bit different of an organization scheme. Instead of hierarchies and levels like Clear, Task takes a simpler approach and just organizes reminders by date. Didn't finish one? That's okay, Task can automatically just move it to tomorrow for you. To start using Task, just tap anywhere on the screen to create your first reminder. You can choose to just quickly enter items without due dates and times or you can add them. Pulling down on the day will reveal a time selection screen that lets you set a time you'd like to be reminded to do something. Pulling upwards on that will reveal another level which is a month view calendar. From here you can easily change the due date.
You can also choose to stamp something as important by tapping on the exclamation mark in the left hand corner above a task's title. This will bold it in your main list view. Task also allows you to choose whether or not you'd like a badge count on the app icon itself. You can enable or disable it within settings. There aren't many options aside from that for badges. If you have it on, it'll show a count for how many tasks you have left for the day. There aren't any other custom settings to choose from. For notifications, there are a few tones to choose from in settings, the only thing I'd like to see added in that aspect are shorter tones. A lot of the options that are available are a little long for my taste.
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The bottom lineTask for iPhone and iPad is a great option for users that like Clear but would prefer date driven organization over categories. Much of the interface will feel very familiar. If you currently don't use a task app and are looking for one, Task is a nice choice if you don't require a lot of detail for task lists. If that sounds like you, Task's beautiful interface and ease of use won't disappoint. It's also slightly cheaper than Clear.
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| Apple releases iOS 7 beta for iPad and iPad mini Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:36 AM PDT
The just-released iOS 7 beta 2 has now hit Apple's developer portal and the big news is -- an iPad version is now available for download alongside the iPhone and iPod touch version. Two weeks ago, at WWDC 2013, Apple released iOS 7 beta 1 but restricted it to iPhone and iPod touch only, saying an iOS 7 beta for iPad would coming in the following weeks. Looks like those weeks have followed. If you're an iPad developer and you've been waiting on it, go get it at developer.apple.com. 
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| Apple releases iOS 7 Beta 2 - Developers, go get it! Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:04 AM PDT
Apple has just released iOS 7 Beta 2 to developers. It's now available over-the-air (OTA) and on-device via Settings > General > Software Update, and should be soon as complete download via developer.apple.com as well. The only public-facing information about it right now is that it contains bug fixes and improvements. iOS 7 remains under non-disclosure (NDA) as Apple prepares it for public release this fall. Update: For the first time, iOS 7 is now also available for iPad and iPad mini 
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| Overall device shipments to increase 5.9% as smartphone and tablet markets start to shift Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT
Combined worldwide shipments of smartphones, tablets, and traditional computers are set to grow 5.9% this year, almost completely on the strength of tablets and smartphones, both of which are seeing users trend towards less-expensive devices. Shipments of traditional PCs, desktops and notebooks, will continue to decline as those of mobile devices, particularly smartphones, pick up steam. However, both the tablet and smartphone markets are still changing. According to Gartner, the tablet market in particular is adjusting as consumers have started purchasing less expensive devices.
The lifecycle of devices is also changing. Tablets, especially premium tablets like the 9.7-inch iPad, are being kept around for longer periods of time as the value in the market starts trending towards software rather than hardware. Consumers feel no need to replace their current device when it gets the same software upgrades that the newer devices receive. This trend can also be seen with smartphones, and while consumers are more willing to replace their phone than their tablet, they are waiting for new phones and lower prices to come later this year. As for overall operating system shipments, both mobile and desktop, Android is expected to maintain its lead as Windows growth slows. Apple's ecosystem continues to grow, and is seen as the most consistent user experience across all device types, where Windows and Android each dominate a single market, either traditional PCs or mobile phones. Other manufacturers, including BlackBerry, will all see their shipments continue to decline. Source: Gartner 
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| Apple releases iOS 7 Beta 2 - Developers, go get it! Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:04 AM PDT
Apple has just released iOS 7 Beta 2 to developers. It's now available over-the-air (OTA) and on-device via Settings > General > Software Update, and should be soon as complete download via developer.apple.com as well. The only public-facing information about it right now is that it contains bug fixes and improvements. iOS 7 remains under non-disclosure (NDA) as Apple prepares it for public release this fall. Update: For the first time, iOS 7 is now also available for iPad and iPad mini
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| Review: Charlie Brown’s All-Stars iPad Storybook App Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:35 AM PDT
Who doesn't love Charlie Brown? Here's some good news for anyone who didn't answer 'me' to that question. Charlie Brown's All-Stars is a brand new iPad storybook app that celebrates friendship, team spirit, and the ultimate underdog when it comes to baseball teams and players. This app is published by Loud Crow, makers of the wonderful 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' iPad storybook app – a long-time favorite of mine and a selection in our list of the Best iPad Apps of 2012. It's a nice addition to their growing series of Peanuts storybooks apps for the iPad. Like most good iPad storybook apps, you can choose to read the book yourself or have it read to you. In this case, it's not just any old narrator though – it is read by Stephen Shea, the voice of Linus in the classic TV airings of Peanuts. It also includes voices and music from the original animated TV special...  Related Stories
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| Mac Game Store having a Summer Sizzling Sale, huge number of reductions now on Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:51 AM PDT
If you're looking for some new Mac games to get you through the summer months, the Mac Game Store's Summer Sizzling Sale might be able to help. The popular source of games for the Mac has literally stacks and stacks of titles reduced in price, including Borderlands 2 which can be had for just $10. Other notable reductions include Assassins Creed: Brotherhood which will run you for $14.98 for the regular version and $5 more for the deluxe pack. Batman: Arkham City, a bunch of Civilisation titles and add-ons, as well as a host of the Lego games are also included, and much more besides. There's far to much too mention in one post, so if you're on the hunt for some new games to play, drop into the Mac Game Store and take a look. Source: Mac Game Store Thanks John for the tip! 
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| Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:50 AM PDT
Control Center provides one-swipe access to to all your settings and media controls from anywhere on your iPhone (or iPad). Quick access to system-level toggles has been one of the most constant, consistent power-user feature requests -- nay, demands -- for years now. Everything from jailbreak apps like SBSettings to iOS 6's brief flirtation with URL Schemes for Settings made it a must-have on every geek list, come every Apple iOS keynote. And now, with iOS 7 and Control Center, it's finally a reality. Here's how Apple describes Control Center:
And, based on what Apple's shown off to date, here's how it works:
That Control Center functions so much like Notification Center, and even uses similar nomenclature makes it easy to understand, even for non-power-users who haven't been lamenting its absence on iOS for years. It'll give the obsessive compulsive among us nearly instant access to toggles we probably ought not be toggling all the time, but it'll also give plenty of regular people a fast, easy way to get at things as simple as media controls and even a flashlight when they need them. Swiping up to reveal Control Center will be confusing for people who've spent any time on webOS, BlackBerry 10, some versions of Android, or even the iPad's gesture navigation system, and personally I do find the swiping up as a way to show the fast app switcher/multitasking cards much more intuitive than the double-button click. However, Android's current two-finger swipe down to switch from their version of notification center to their version of control center isn't as easy to use, and ultimately, as goes Apple and iOS 7 will go hundreds of millions of users. As to the design itself, while I have concerns about the low contrast and thinness of the icons and typography used, overall the usefulness exceeds the usability, and hopefully the latter can at some point be brought up to match the former. Sadly, Apple hasn't said anything about the customizability -- or lack thereof -- of Control Center, but if the past is any indicator, we probably won't be able to change the settings, controls, or apps presented. At least not this go around. I once wrote that iOS wasn't meant for geeks, and while I still think that's generally true, with iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks, Apple is starting to show they now have more than enough love to go around. Control Center will ship as part of iOS 7 this fall. Check out the resources below for more, and let me know -- how do you like what you've seen of Control Center so far? 
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| Hall of fame: Guy English, Louie Mantia, and Tap Tap Revenge Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:13 AM PDT
Last year we inducted Tap Tap Revolution and it's developer, Nate True into our inaugural iMore hall of fame. With TTR, True created what would become the first ever iOS-native gaming franchise. But it was only half the story. It wasn't True alone who transformed Tap Tap Revolution into Tap Tap Revenge, Tap Tap Dance, and everything that followed. True sold TTR to Tapulous, a company that, in 2008, was positively dripping in iPhone developer and designer talent. And two of the people who worked on it there, who helped make it the monstrous success it became, and who have gone on to help shape the industry, are Guy English and Louie Mantia. In a "long boring history" post on Decremental, Tapulous founder Bart Decrem said:
The original engine for TTR was contained in a single source file. To move the game forward, Nate True and Tapulous decided they needed something more "extensible and beautiful". True wrote on the Tapulous Blog [via the Internet Archive:
Tap Tap Dance launched in 2008, and in March of 2009, Tapulous released Tap Tap Revenge 2, and re-released the original version as Tap Tap Classic. Many other versions followed before Tapulous sold to Disney in July of 2010.
Guy English had been a game and app developer long before TTR and the app store. His background, as given on his website, Kickingbear:
English is also responsible for helping ensure the graphics performance of, and generally kicking out the door and into the App Store, many other well-known apps that he's either not allowed, or not inclined to talk about. In addition, that willingness to help others, and to help the developer community, has manifested itself in other ways as well In October of 2011, alongside Luc Vandal and Scott Morrison, English launched the Çingleton Symposium. A yearly, single-track conference held in Montreal, Çingleton brings together developers, designers, and members of the media to present and watch talks focused around a single, grand topic. Videos of the presentations are later made available on the Çingleton Vimeo channel. The very first one was given by Daring Fireball's John Gruber: Most recently, English teamed with Chris Parrish to form Aged & Distilled, and with Thomas Unterberger handling design, they launched Napkin. A Mac app with iPad-like direct manipulations, they billed it as concise visual communications, or more casually, #@(%!#* fast image annotation. It launched in January of 2013 and was featured by Apple on the Mac App Store.
A frequent guest on John Gruber's The Talk Show, English also co-hosts two podcasts right here on Mobile Nations, Debug, which focuses on developers, and Ad Hoc, which features large panel discussions on movies, TV, and modern culture. He also continues to write on his Kickingbear blog. Guy is a real treasure, one shared by the Apple development community. He truly loves helping other developers overcome obstacles and lending a helping hand. He never thinks twice about diving right in and giving you all of his attention and wisdom when you hit a roadblock. We've all benefited from the sage advice he has doled out over the years, and I am frequently blown away with the creative solutions he synthesizes to hard problems.
In November of 2008, Louie Mantia joined the renowned Iconfactory. At the time, 2012 hall of fame inductee, Gedeon Maheux wrote on the Iconfactory blog:
One of the apps Mantia worked on at the Iconfactory was Ramp Champ. He shared his design process on his blog, Mantia.me:
From early on, Mantia's work showed an incredible attention to detail, a deep understanding of rich visual design, and flare for highly polished, highly usable interface and icons. Mantia later went to Apple where he worked on icons for iAd Producer and Book Proofer, GarageBand's Organs and Guitars, the Trailers app, icons for Remote, WWDC, iBooks, GarageBand, Trailers, and the then-new icon for iTunes. He shared a little of the story behind the iTunes icon on Mantia.me:
In 2012 Louie Mantia joined Brad Ellis and Jessie Char to found Pacific Helm, a San Francisco-based design studio dedicated to "shipping beautiful products that people love to use". Pacific Helm's work includes The Magazine, and icons for Mini Display, Summly, and many others. In addition to client work, much of which remains confidential, Pacific Helm has released two of their own apps to the App Store. The first was Checkers, a simple, elegant checker set meant to be played offline, with another human.
The second, just recently released, is Camera Noir, a love-letter to the late, lamented Gotham filter.
Mantia has discussed his work, and his philosophy with us several times as a guest several on our Iterate podcast.
In between visits to Disney Land, Louie Mantia routinely adds free wallpapers to his website, Mantia.me, posts design concepts on his Dribbble page, and lights Twitter on fire with his opinions. We are happy to take full credit for all of Louie Mantia's hard work. The work of Guy English and Louie Mantia may first have touched iPhone owners thanks to Tap Tap Revenge, but both of them have careers that far transcend any single app, and from bit to pixel, both have made iOS and OS X better platforms, and the community a better place. From blisteringly fast graphics to breathtaking icons, they've not only made fantastic apps, but helped make many of the apps we know and love even more fantastic. That's why, as part of the 2013 hall of fame, we're honoring Guy English, Louie Mantia, and all of the apps they've applied their considerable talents too. 
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| Deal of the Day: 50% off the Marware SportShell Convertible for iPhone 5 Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:46 AM PDT | ||||||
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Grab yourselves a copy of the Grays Sports Almanac for your iPad!
Posted: 24 Jun 2013 04:37 AM PDT
OK, so it's not the Grays Sports Almanac, instead we're looking at a limited edition iPad case available from UK retailer Firebox. But, the book is one of the most iconic props, from one of the most iconic movie trilogies of all time. And now, you can dress your iPad in that iconic sleeve.
It's basically a padded book style iPad case with a frame inside for support, and will cost you £19.99. It is exclusive to Firebox, at least for the time being, and supposedly a limited edition. It also doesn't list which iPad it fits, but it's probably safe to assume since it's a new item the iPad 2 and above should be catered for. It looks awesome, and I've already ordered mine being a huge Back to the Future nerd. Who's with me?
Source: Firebox via Pocket-Lint
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