iPad By Davis: “iOS 7 and the rejection of the unfamiliar” plus 6 more |
- iOS 7 and the rejection of the unfamiliar
- DeepSquare Prints by Static Pixels review: Beautiful prints of your Instagram photos on eco-friendly recycled cardboard
- A Little Peek at iOS 7 Icons & Home Screen on the iPad
- Best Free iPad App of the Week: Yahoo! Sports
- European commissioners say mobile roaming fees within the EU will end as soon as next year
- Apps of the Week: Videator, Dead Ahead, Blast-A-Way, and more
- iMore Store Father's Day Weekend Sale: Save 15% on ALL iOS Accessories!
| iOS 7 and the rejection of the unfamiliar Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:04 AM PDT
Thoughtful post from Chris Clark on the changes Apple made in iOS 7, the realities of the design languages old and new, and what it means for developers and designers. From his Release Candidate One blog:
It'll be interesting to see 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 24 months from now not only how Apple has evolved iOS, but looking back, how our perceptions of this week's changes to iOS have evolved. When the final version is put into general release, what will be bad and what will simply be different? Source: Release Candidate One 
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| Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:34 PM PDT
In today's digitally driven world, it's easy to take hundreds, even thousands of photos a month to store on our devices and share through social networks, but many of us rarely get physical prints any more. Now you can bring custom prints back into your home and workspaces with DeepSquare Prints by Static Pixels. These eco-friendly photos are printed directly onto recycled cardboard and look amazing considering they don't use high-quality photo paper (that are also ridden with toxic chemicals). Being cardboard, DeepSquare prints are also eye-catching and resemble canvas standouts.
Static Pixels allows you to turn any photo into a DeepSquare print, but if you want to print a photo you have shared to Instagram, it's as simple as logging in and choosing your photo. This can be done on your computer or directly with your iPhone. Each DeepSquare print comes with its own sticker wall mount and a kickstand, making it easy to use them to decorate any space.
As a photographer who values high-quality prints, I am always skeptical of the color-accuracy on photos printed anywhere other than a professional printer. I'm happy to report that the colors look quite good on DeepSquare prints. They are not perfect, but considering they are printed on cardboard, the photos look rather amazing. In fact, they look a lot better than what you'd get printing on photo paper at your local department store. There's a little bit of grain in each photo and I find this really adds to the recycled, earthy feel of the cardboard.
DeepSquare prints are available in three sizes: 5x5, 10x10, and 20x20 inches. 5"x5" prints come in a bundle of four for $25, a 10"x10" print is $20, and a large 20"x20" print is $89. At those prices, DeepSquare prints are a steal.
To order, head over to staticpixels.com on any device. If you do, let us know what you think! 
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| A Little Peek at iOS 7 Icons & Home Screen on the iPad Posted: 15 Jun 2013 10:01 AM PDT
It's pretty clear that Apple are running a bit behind in the development of iOS 7 for the iPad. In their WWDC 2013 keynote event unveiling of iOS 7 there was hardly a mention of iPad and not a single image of the new OS version running on an iPad. The clearest evidence that iOS 7 for iPad is running a bit behind is that there was a developer beta for iPhone released on the day of the keynote event; while the first iPad beta is said to arrive 'in coming weeks'. In the meantime, the image above is about all we have to go on in terms of iOS 7 on the iPad. It's an image that 9to5Mac is calling an 'official' look at iOS 7 on the iPad and iPad mini. It's taken from the very bottom of Apple's page on iOS 7 and its key features. I've shared this image once here already in my post about which iOS 7 features are compatible with which iPad models. I don't have any strong...         Related Stories
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| Best Free iPad App of the Week: Yahoo! Sports Posted: 15 Jun 2013 09:27 AM PDT
Great apps and a huge selection of great apps are a big part of what makes the iPad such an amazing device. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of – from serious productivity to pure entertainment. 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 Yahoo! Sports. This app used to be called Sportacular, has been updated this week with the new name, and is looking great. Here's a little of the App Store intro for the app: Yahoo! Sports is designed to be incredibly fast while still providing the in-depth sports coverage every true fan needs. Easy access to scores, news and stats in a clean, simple layout. Get personalized live scores and information on your favorite teams, player, and leagues. I've been an avid reader of Yahoo! Sports (along with SI.com) for...  Related Stories
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| European commissioners say mobile roaming fees within the EU will end as soon as next year Posted: 15 Jun 2013 09:33 AM PDT
If you live anywhere in the European Union, you'll be glad to know that starting next year, you will no longer be charged mobile roaming fees anywhere within the EU. The change, which may go into effect as soon as July of 2014, would apply to voice calls, texting, and data according to The Telegraph. Currently, if you roam outside of your home country anywhere in the EU, you are charged roaming fees on cellular phones and tablets. A recent vote by European commissioners in Brussels would bring that to an end. The change will see a 2% loss in revenue for carriers.
Regulators such as the EU and FCC have been looking into cell phone carrier practices pretty stringently lately with the consumers' best interests in mind. This is one example of that and it's good news for everyone. If you live in the EU, how bad have roaming charges been in the past for you? Source: Android Central via The Telegraph 
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| Apps of the Week: Videator, Dead Ahead, Blast-A-Way, and more Posted: 15 Jun 2013 08:50 AM PDT
Every week, the editors and writers at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps. This week's selections includes a few games, a Mac app for video editing and effects, a weather app, a journaling app, and more. BBC Weather - Richard Devine
I'm a sucker for weather apps. I don't know why, it's some kind of smartphone illness I guess. The latest to grace my iPhone is the new BBC Weather app. For some reason it took the BBC far too many years to do this, and as such they maybe missed the boat a little. But what they have done is really, really nice. It's not beautiful like Yahoo! Weather, but it's still a bit of a looker. And it's very simple too. The only settings to change are the units you want your information in, and to add different locations. Otherwise you can scroll through hourly and daily forecasts on the same main screen, and that's it. It's a one screen app, but you get everything you need on that one screen. I may, may, stop downloading weather apps when iOS 7 hits, but for now, I've found my new go to.
Blast-A-Way for Mac - Ally Kazmucha
I'll admit, there aren't very many games I play on my Mac. I own very few and they fail to hold my attention for longer than about 20 minutes at a time. Blast-A-Way is a rare exception to that and I have to force myself not to play it while at work. I'll seriously lose a lot of time very quickly. The object of Blast-A-Way is to save the Boxies by blasting your way through courses with bombs. Different bombs have different functions. Some create change reactions while some are sticky. Some will only damage items of the same color. It's definitely a fun puzzler with many levels for you to figure out and work your way through.
Videator - Peter Cohen
Andrew Stone's software has been around Apple products since the original Macintosh was new. He lovingly handcrafts each application for his Stone Design business the same way he's built the rest of his life - a bit magically. Videator is video magic, especially if you're interested in real-time VJ performances. Hundreds of realtime effects, support for audio mixing, support for as many cameras as you want - it's all there. If it sounds like a lot of money, you can download a limited version for free from Stone's Web site to try before you buy.
Day One - Joseph Keller
I often find myself wishing that I had saved more. More pictures, more memories, just more, from earlier in my life. Not that anything I had to say in my slightly younger years was particularly insightful or profound, but it would be nice to just have that sort of thing around, even if just for a bit of nostalgia. So recently, I've decided to make more of an effort to document my life. Enter Day One, a journaling app that let's you easily capture and record the moments that are interesting and important to you. And while you can share things with Day One, I use this an app first and foremost for private journaling. Write a quick thought, or a long one, or take and save a photo, and scroll through your timeline at your leisure. You can mark the location of your entry, and even get the current weather, to provide further context. Have the app remind you to make an entry at a certain point every day. A universal app for iPhone and iPad, as well as a Mac app, Day One lets you keep your thoughts in sync across your devices with either iCloud or Dropbox. The apps also let you set a password, letting you keep your private thoughts private. If you do choose to share an entry, you can do so via email, Messages, Twitter, and Foursquare. Markdown support makes writing long entries a breeze. Day One is a great app for anyone looking to keep their thoughts and moments organized, so get it now and give it a shot.
Perfection. - Simon Sage
I bumped into this great little game at the IndieCade at E3. Perfection is a calming, procedurally-generated shape puzzle game. Players are provided with a random shape and the silhoutte of another. The goal is to turn the former into the latter in as few cuts as possible. All you have to do is drag from one side of the shape to the other to cut it. You have as many swipes as you need. but if you can pull it off in one, you get bragging rights. There aren't really any points or leaderboards, just an never-ending stream of puzzles to chew through. The accompanying music is really calming, the pace meandering, and a few simple options allow you to cycle through shapes and color schemes. If you enjoyed Splice, this is a nice follow-up and a little less complicated.
Dead Ahead - Chris Parsons
Zombies have taken over the town and you're on your own. All you have is some weapons and a motorcycle to outrun the zombies. Kill or be eaten. Just make sure you don't run out of ammo. Dead Ahead is a pretty basic "running" game but its basic nature is kind of what actually makes it fun. Easy to play and challenging, plus it's free. Yes, there are some in-app purchase options for upgraded weapons and such but getting as far as you can without the need for any of that is 90% of the fun. Free - Download Now Stickets - Leanna Lofte
It's no secret that I'm a fan of puzzle games, and Stickets is the new one to steal my attention. In Stickets, you have four puzzle pieces to choose from and you simply place them on the board. Each piece has a red, blue, and yellow sections and the goal is to group colors together. When there's three or more pieces of the same color adjacent to each other, you can tap the group and it'll disappear from the board. The ultimate goal of Stickets is to never run out of space. One thing I love about Stickets is its nice, clean, minimalist design. There are three difficulty levels available, but I've only played the easiest. You must reach a score of 50 in a given difficulty to unlock the next one. Stickets is challenging, fun, and beautiful and makes for a great final Pick of the Week for me.
Your Pick?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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| iMore Store Father's Day Weekend Sale: Save 15% on ALL iOS Accessories! Posted: 15 Jun 2013 06:09 AM PDT
In honor of Father's Day this Sunday, all weekend long we're celebrating dads everywhere with a sale in the iMore Store. That's right... until midnight PT on Monday, you can save 15% on ALL cases and accessories. To take advantage of the savings, all you need to do is use coupon code DAD13 at checkout. It's as simple as that. Enjoy the savings, and happy father's day!! 
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