iPad By Davis: “LIFX Wi-Fi enabled iPhone controlled LED light bulb arrives on Kickstarter” plus 6 more |
- LIFX Wi-Fi enabled iPhone controlled LED light bulb arrives on Kickstarter
- Tonight on the Sunday edition podcast...!
- iMore Editors' Choice for September 16, 2012
- Should Apple have included wireless charging in the iPhone 5? [Poll]
- Weekend iPad Wallpapers: Saturn
- The Guardian iPad Edition Updated – Adds the Observer as Its Sunday Issue
- Iterate 29: Esmaeili
| LIFX Wi-Fi enabled iPhone controlled LED light bulb arrives on Kickstarter Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:12 AM PDT
Once you have replaced your bulbs, you can control every one of them independently from your iPhone. As the bulbs are LED, you can program them to change color to match your mood, set them to come on from a dim condition to a light condition in the morning or vice versa in the evening and you can even set them to come on automatically to greet you when you come home. Of course you can just use them as normal lights with your existing hardware switches and just reap the rewards of the energy savings and long 25 year bulb lifespans. If you like the look of this amazing Kickstarter project and would like a piece of the action you can grab one of the first LIFX bulbs for a pledge of $69 or more. That will secure you one bulb but there are various other pledge options right up to $5000. There has been a huge amount of interest in this Kickstarter project and it has already smashed its pledge target of $100,000; it currently sits at over $250,000 with 58 days left to go. I have just replaced all of my bathroom lighting with LED bulbs and they do offer large energy savings without any issue with brightness or start up times. They are not cheap however and that is why the LIFX bulbs appear to be highly priced too. I really hope these make it into production as I will have them installed in every room in my home. What about you, do you think the LIFX bulbs are a good idea? Could you see them in your home? Source: Kickstarter 
  
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| Tonight on the Sunday edition podcast...! Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:46 PM PDT Our Sunday edition returns tonight with yours truly and special guest, Guy English of Çingleton and Kicking Bear fame. We'll be talking about Apple's September 12 iPhone event, and about the nature of tech journalism. Join us LIVE at 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be here. 
  
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| iMore Editors' Choice for September 16, 2012 Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:45 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 crazy hard abstract puzzle game, a killer audio accessory, a classic comic book, and a app for expecting parents. Soundwave SW50 Bluetooth Speaker - Chris OldroydI have been on the lookout for a reasonable priced good quality Bluetooth speaker that I can use in my bathroom and bedroom. Sure the Jambox is a lovely solution but the price is just a bit too tasty for me. Instead I decided to go for the Soundwave SW50 Bluetooth speaker and I am really glad I did. I ordered it from Amazon here in the UK and it cost in total with free shipping, just £20 or $32. It arrived today and to say I am impressed is an understatement. Once I paired it with my iPhone 4S (which was very straight forward) I started to play some music through it and the quality was excellent. The most impressive part is the bass reproduction for a speaker that fits in the palm of your hand and it is really loud, more than good enough to fill a reasonably sized room. It even comes with a rechargeable battery which uses micro-USB to charge it and it can even be used as a Bluetooth speaker-phone. The Soundwave SW50 is a real bargain and is now sitting in my bathroom. It is compatible with any phone, mp3 player, tablet or laptop that supports the Bluetooth A2DP profile. It's available from Amazon in the UK.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Animated, Part 1) - Rene RitchieBatman: The Dark Knight Returns is arguably the best comic book mini-series ever put to paper. It used an established, classical, iconic character in the Batman, rescued him from the camp of Adam West and the 1960s, and boldly, brutally re-imagined and re-defined him in a way that set the standard for everyone from Tim Burton to Paul Dini to Christopher Nolan. Gone were the "old chums" and "holy blankety-blanks Batman!" and in their place were creatures writhing and snarling, alighting with ancient grace, and howling out how we all felt. This, the story of Batman's end, was also his new beginning, and a new beginning for the entire comic book -- and comic film -- genres. Brilliantly written and drawn by Frank Miller (who would go on to make Sin City and the 300), its stunning, innovative visuals were not only matched by the pitch-perfect characterization and dialog of the script, but eclipsed by it. This is the Batman as he was meant to be portrayed, as he stood in opposition to Two Face and the Joker, and in contrast to Superman. This is the reflection, the man come to terms with his cost, the man who learned the price of all power -- shattered by age and war, indomitable in will and purpose. This is Robin Hood launching the arrow to mark his grave. This is the legend. This is the end. This is the Batman. And now it's in animated form. Which is good but not great. The animation itself is terrific. Fast, visceral, engaging. The voice is Peter Weller (who was the original Robocop.) The violence and fanaticism is all still there, but Warner Bros. has split the story in two, and this first part has been filled out with material not in the book and not for the better. Likewise, the very best part of Miller's script, the internal monolog of Batman, some of the most iconic writing ever seen in the genre, has been almost entirely stripped out. As a creative choice, that's not only disappointing, it's unforgivable. However, enough remains that it's still heads and shoulders above what usually passes for comic book adaptions. I watched it with a friend who had the preview screener but who isn't into comic books and was only vaguely aware of the source material, and he absolutely loved it. (So much so he wants to read it now so he gets all that amazing scripting Warner's left out.) If you liked the recent Batman trilogy. If you liked the Burton films. If you've liked any interpretation of Batman in the last couple of decades, you'll love this, their secret origin. This the is the Batman come alive again. This is the Batman who owns the night again. For the last time.
And seriously, get the book. It's available in both Kindle and paperback format.
Super Hexagon - SimonSageYou are going to hate me for suggesting Super Hexagon. Why would I share it, in that case? Because the only way I can cope with how this game has broken my brain is by exposing as many other people to its insanity as possible. Super Hexagon is an intense and obscenely difficult abstract puzzle game with an awesome 8-bit soundtrack. By tapping and holding left and right sides of the screen, you move a small triangle around a stationary hexagon to avoid getting squished by lines and shapes that drift inwards. Sounds easy right? Well, the speed, randomness, and continually shifting colors, perspectives, and shapes may give you more than you bargained for. After playing for about an hour last night, the longest I went before dying was 25 seconds or so. The creator of the game (who made the equally awesome VVVVV title for PCs) tops the Game Center leaderboard with 100-odd seconds. There is no easy mode, there are no save points. There is only a cold uncaring female voice telling you when you lose over, and over, and over again. Despite all of that, I honestly can't put this game down. Get it while Super Hexagon is still on its $0.99 promotional launch price.
Baby NamesMy second baby girl is due and January and my husband and I are having a heck of time choosing names that we like within our specific criteria. I've been using the baby names feature of some of the pregnancy apps that I have, but haven't had much luck. Today, I decided to download Baby Names, an app who's primary purpose is to help you with naming your child -- and it's amazing! Baby names comes with 60,000 names for boys and girls and lets you sort them by origin, popularity, or alphabetically. Baby names also comes with pre-created idea lists for ancient, animal, beautiful, Christmas, city, color, cowboy, fall, preppy, southern, spiritual, spring, strong, and summer names, as well as flowers and trees, number one names, old time names, popular in California, trending down/up, and U.S. Presidents. You can also search for specific names and add your own. The UI for Baby Names is great and each name includes the pronunciation, its meaning, and its popularity ratings going back over a hundred years (if the name has been around that long). When you encounter a name that you like, you can mark it as a favorite so that it's easy to see a list containing only the names that you like. With Baby Names, I may not have settled on a name, yet, but I've been exposed to many more that I like. Baby Names is a free download, but you are limited to minimal browsing before being prompted to purchase the $1.99 upgrade for full access.
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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| Should Apple have included wireless charging in the iPhone 5? [Poll] Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT One of the many things we didn't get at Apple's big iPhone 5 event was wireless charging. Palm has inductive charging all the way back to 2009 and the original Palm Pre and TouchStone. Samsung incorporated resonance charging into the new Galaxy S III, and Nokia showed off wireless charging with the upcoming Lumia 920. Apple, however, is sticking to wired and the new Lightning. Apple SVP of Marketing, Phil Schiller, recently said:
But what do you think? Did Apple lose a step by not including wireless charging? If so, is it a big enough problem to be a deal-breaker to you or just one more minor annoyance? Do you think Apple is still waiting but will introduce wireless charging one day? Could you care less? Or are you happy Apple is sticking to traditional, albeit smaller, hardline power solutions? You know the drill! Vote up top and leave me a comment below saying why you voted the way you did! 
  
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| Weekend iPad Wallpapers: Saturn Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT This weekend's choices for weekend iPad wallpapers come from the Cassini HD iPad app, which serves up a collection of images of the planet Saturn from NASA's Cassini orbiter. Here's a little bit of the app's App Store intro:
The image above is one I toasted a bit in the lovely PhotoToaster app – using the Chilly effect to add a bit of blue to it. (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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| The Guardian iPad Edition Updated – Adds the Observer as Its Sunday Issue Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:22 AM PDT The app formerly known as The Guardian iPad Edition has been updated and is now renamed to The Guardian and Observer iPad Edition. The name is not the only thing that's changed though – the new name signals a major update for the app and the inclusion of a Sunday issue powered by the Observer. The new version is 2.0.1 and here's the change list for it:
The Guardian and the Observer are both very high quality newspapers. I spent many years living in the UK and both titles were favorites of mine back in those lovely days when I would buy three or four big Sunday papers and spend large chunks of the day and evening reading them. (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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| Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT Marc and Rene talk about the Amazon Kindle and Nokia Lumia events, 4Cast.me, and Retinizer, and interview M.Saleh Esmaeili of Carbon for webOS, Windows Phone, and Android fame. This is Iterate!
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