iPad By Davis: “Supposed iPad mini battery images reveal 16.7 watt-hour rating, much less that the new iPad” plus 5 more |
- Supposed iPad mini battery images reveal 16.7 watt-hour rating, much less that the new iPad
- Cingleton deux: Day two
- Get push notifications for Netbot with Adian for iPhone, a competing App.net client
- Start Your Business Is Featured iPad App Store Section This Week
- Best Free iPad App of the Week: Solar Walk –Saturn
- More Ways to Get Social with iPad Insight
| Supposed iPad mini battery images reveal 16.7 watt-hour rating, much less that the new iPad Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:04 AM PDT
The battery figures would, if correct certainly appear to confirm what we have already heard and that is the iPad mini will not have a retina display but indeed be more in line with the iPad 2. Obviously the 7.85-inch screen would need less power that the iPad 2's 9.7-inch screen, so to offer the same battery life, a smaller battery could be used. This particular battery is still in the testing stage and is not ready for a public release as there are blank areas for numbers and logos waiting to be added. Not much longer to wait for all to be revealed, the iPad mini should be shown off at a press event by Apple on October 23; if all the recent rumors are correct. As that day approaches, expect more and more leaks and images of this exciting new Apple device. Source: MacRumors 
  
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| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:48 PM PDT The second day of the second annual Cingleton Symposium -- Ç deux -- was all about the presentations. With Guy English serving as master of ceremonies, a series of all-star developers, designers, media, took turns on the stage to discuss the general theme of scaling. Michael Jurewitz, formerly an evangelist at Apple and currently a director at Black Pixel kicked things off with a look inside the App Store -- how to work with Apple and how to value your work. He explained that developers shouldn't see their relationship with Apple as one of equals, but likened it more to animal husbandry. One of the best things in the world for a developer is to get featured on the App Store and the way to increase your odds of that is to embrace iOS and OS X's newest features as quickly as possible in a way that delights users and brings value to the platform. He also, bluntly, told developers that while there are issues with the App Store -- like no trials or paid upgrades, sandboxing, Gate Keeper, etc. -- that they need to get used to it and deal with it, because that's the world they currently live in. He also told developers not to undercharge for that apps, and asked them if doubling their price would cost them less than half their user base, because if it does, it's ultimately more money. And an un-successful app is a dead app, for developers and users. Molly Reed, a vice-president at the Omni Group, talked about how they handled scaling their company. She used the example of her puppy growing from a tiny size to fill the projector frame. At Omni, they chose to grow very carefully, making sure employees matched their culture and goals, could work locally, and could always feel like their voices were heard. They had to give up working on some older projects, like Omni Web, to focus on their new projects, including going all-in on the iPad, but always wanted to make sure they provide great benefits back to their employees -- including fun and games, and sometimes even going outside. Marco Arment of Instapaper and The Magazine challenged himself by presenting without slides. Using the same mix of keen insight and fun he brings to the Build and Analyze podcast, he talked about his last -- bad -- experience presenting at a show, and then dove into the terrifying subject of scaling a career. His overarching point was to take initiative, do things without asking for permission, and force yourself to survive by becoming great, using his own path from developer to writer to editor as an example. Serenity Caldwell of Macworld and TechHive talked about ebooks, and how Amazon [screwed] up their head start in the field by sticking to black and white digital copies of black and white print books, until Apple came along with colorful, interactive, WebKit-based iBooks and kicked them square in the complacency. She laid out how Macworld struggled to scale their ebook efforts to an increasing range of formats, and the compromises that had to made along the way, in terms of toolsets, workflows, and her own perceptions. And she also laid out those things that shouldn't be compromised. Brad Ellis of Pacific Helm talked about what it means to be a designer, both in terms of the different skill sets possessed by visual, product, interface, and other types of designers, and in terms of the perceptions towards designers and design in general. Using a flabbergastingly awesome Quartz Composer program, he then went through an example of using math to solve a design problem, namely a navigation bar that had to look great no matter the color or platform it's deployed on. Combining formulae for waited average to flip text color from black to white depending on the background with an explanation of blend modes, he explained how to avoid having him make fun of your desaturated interfaces by properly using color burn and linear burn. Glenn Fleishman of Macworld and TidBITS talked about love and money -- including the love of money, he won't judge -- when it comes to creating products. He elaborated on business models and practices that aligned developer and manufacturer needs with those of customers, and then dove deeply in the crowd-funding and micro-investment trend, including Kick Starter. He explored why some crowd funding efforts succeed, why success can be its own challenge, and why some fail or simply don't suit the model. Michael Lopp, formerly of Apple, currently of Rands in Repose and Palantir talked about how careers change every three years, even if you stay within the same company. He then set the table for the engineer, he designer, and the dictator. He spoke of the importance of the engineer, who solves problems and strives for the perfect system, and designers who make sure real things work for real people, and of the tension between them. He also spoke about the value of the dictator who makes the tough choices, including the toughest and the most important -- saying "no". Steve Jobs was an obvious example, as were several of the heads of the various divisions inside Apple. He also focused on Natasha Lampard of Webstock and her singular drive to make everyone and everything awesome, and of Microsoft who succeeded under Bill Gates' dictatorship but has floundered under Steve Ballmer's lack thereof, even if some divisions like Xbox have shown individual signs of dictatorial brilliance. Tomorrow brings "something" from Dan Moren and Lex Friedman of Macworld along with live tapings of John Gruber's The Talk Show and Jason Snell's ensemble geek-fest, The Incomparable. 
  
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| Get push notifications for Netbot with Adian for iPhone, a competing App.net client Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT There's no denying that Netbot by Tapbots is the most popular iOS client for App.net (ADN), but it was a little surprising and disappointing that the client launched without support for push notifications. Tapbots did release a statement saying that notifications will be coming as soon as ADN releases the appropriate protocols to do so, but other clients, like Felix and Rivr, have found their own ways to offer push notifications. Another such client is Adian which has recently been updated to include support to redirect push notification to open Netbot. Yes, you read that right, a competing app is improving Netbot.
Wow. On one hand, you have the competition making the most popular ADN client even more successful, which many would argue is a bad choice. On the other hand, you have a small time app grabbing the attention of all the users of the most popular ADN client thus increasing their potential user base -- a potentially brilliant move. Regarding the use of Adian, push notification redirects work exactly as advertised. Each notification will be from Adian, but when you open it, Adian will temporarily open for a split second, then switch to Netbot. It's fast, simple, and gets the job done. Unfortunately for Adian, the app as an ADN client isn't anything to brag about. The layout and interface is extremely basic and doesn't grab your attention. This is what, I believe, will ultimately cause their choice to offer push notifications for Netbot to ultimately not matter. Sure, they'll get a temporary boost of sales, but once Netbot starts offering push notifications, they likely won't have many more sales since all Netbot users will stay as Netbot users and not refer Adian to their friends. If Adian was a really good ADN client that rivaled Netbot in terms of features and usability, then it'd be a completely different story. Ideally, for Adian, Netbot users would purchase Adian for the sole purpose of gaining push on Netbot, but then after spending some time with Adian, fall in love with it and start using Adian as their primary ADN client. This would drive future sales even after Netbot gained push notifications. But in Adian's current state, I doubt a single Netbot user will switch to Adian. Instead, they'll delete Adian once Netbot gains push and never see a future update from Adian again -- even it the update is awesome. All is not lost for Adian, however, as Netbot doesn't yet have push notifications. We do not know when Netbot will update with native push, but if the folks at Phrygian Labs work hard and release an incredible update that makes Adian a true competitor to Netbot before Netbot gains push, this could have a great impact on Adian's success. So what do you think about Adian's business choice? Smart move? Or just a temporary boost in sales that won't have a lasting longterm effect? Are you picking up Adian just to have push for Netbot until Netbot is able to offer it themselves? $1.99 - Download NowSource: jazzychad 
  
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| Start Your Business Is Featured iPad App Store Section This Week Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:51 PM PDT Each week the iPad App Store offers up a handful of topical or themed sections in its Featured area. One of the notable ones this week is 'Start Your Business' – which is a good looking, eclectic collection of productivity and business oriented apps. The section highlights 30+ app, and categories and types of apps including note-taking and writing apps, productivity apps, social networking apps, utilities, and finance and business apps. There are several of my favorite and most used iPad apps in the section – titles like 1Password, Evernote, OmniFocus, Dropbox, Skype, Calcbot, and Keynote. It's a solid selection of apps for business users, and a great advert for how much you can get done on the iPad – despite what the 'only for consumption' crowd might say. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us
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| Best Free iPad App of the Week: Solar Walk –Saturn Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT One of the best things about using an iPad is all the great apps that we can run on it. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of. 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 Solar Walk – Saturn, a gorgeous app that lets you explore Saturn and its moons. The app opens to a stunning view of Saturn and is captivating to use right from the off. It's the little sibling of the wonderful Solar Walk 3D Solar System app, focused on the just the one ringed planet. (...) © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us
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| More Ways to Get Social with iPad Insight Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:12 AM PDT If you're enjoying the content you find here at iPad Insight, I hope you'll want to keep up with all our latest articles and maybe even get engaged with us socially. Here are all the best ways to do that: Check out (and Like) our Facebook page:
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