iPad By Davis: “Discover healthy food when you eat out with HealthyOut for iPhone” plus 19 more |
- Discover healthy food when you eat out with HealthyOut for iPhone
- FireCore releases updated Apple TV jailbreak tool and aTV Flash (black) software
- iWatch and the difference between Apple businesses and hobbies
- Felix for app.net updated to support ADN storage and more!
- Return of the video podcasts!
- ZEN and TECH Fitness Month podcast: Nutrition!
- Spaceteam updated with new challenges, experimental modes, and more
- MacBreak Weekly 337: Put Another Book on the Fire
- Apple relaxes 3-device limitation for employee friends and family purchases
- Cool Things: iPad Finger-Painted Caricatures at Macworld/iWorld
- Defining skeuomorphism and why the debate matters
- No Apple TV SDK event in March. Of course.
- 10 great fitness accessories in 2 minutes
- My iPad mini: Jailbroken for the First Time
- Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs: Cash, growth, and the coming dominance of the tablet
- Zite for iPad Gets a Huge Update, New Icon
- Apple becomes top-selling phone manufacturer in Japan
- Cloudier puts the power of CloudApp in the palm of your hand
- Deal of the Day: 35% off BodyGuardz Armor Carbon Fiber Full Body for iPhone 5
- The New Surface Pro Ad: It’s the Funky Bad Dancing Tablet?
| Discover healthy food when you eat out with HealthyOut for iPhone Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:29 AM PST It's Fitness Month here at iMore and Mobile Nations and part of getting in shape involves eating better which is why this week we're focusing on nutrition. It's typically easier to eat healthy by cooking your own meals as home, but for those times when you choose to go out to eat, HealthyOut for iPhone will help you find healthy dishes at local restaurants that meet your preferences. The first time you use HealthyOut, it will ask you to select from a selection of dietary and nutrition preferences like Atkins, Weight Watchers,gluten free, low fat, low sodium, vegan, and more. Once you make your selections, HealthyOut is all set to find meals at restaurants near you. When searching for food, you can filter the results in HealthyOut by cuisine, ingredients, and type of dish. You can even specify that you're not interested in eating salad with the "Not a Salad" filter. For each dish, you can see detailed nutrition information including calories and points. HealthyOut is a great app for those you may not be able to eat at home but are still looking to make a healthy choice. If you pick this on up, please let us know what you think!
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| FireCore releases updated Apple TV jailbreak tool and aTV Flash (black) software Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:38 PM PST
The aTV Flash software version 2.2 can only be installed on a jailbroken second generation Apple TV (2010, 720p version) as there is still no jailbreak available for the latest third generation Apple TV (2012, 1080p version). If you want to give it a try, version 2.2 is available now from the Firecore website. If you're already running a version of aTV Flash (black) the new 2.2 version can be installed through the Maintenance --> Manage Extras menu. You must be running Apple TV version 4.4 at a minimum. Of course if you want the Bluetooth keyboard features you will need to install Apple's latest software update then jailbreak again with the new version of Seas0nPass. Need help jailbreaking your Apple TV 2? If so, be sure to check out our full how-to guide. Source: Firecore 
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| iWatch and the difference between Apple businesses and hobbies Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PST There's been a lot of media attention focused on the idea of an Apple iWatch lately. Given the nature of the stories, and the prominence of the new outlets fueling them, it feels like something is leaking, intentionally or otherwise. That said, unless and until Apple shows something new off on stage, it's impossible to predict exactly what they're going to do, and how they're going to position it. Before Steve Jobs held up the original iPhone, after all, many expected nothing more than an iPod classic with a click wheel. The same will likely prove true with an iWatch -- difficult to predict yet seemingly obvious in hindsight. Yet for all their secrecy, Apple is a fairly consistent company. They don't make crap, and they don't release products that aren't carefully targeted. Everyone from irrational Wall Street analysts and investors to ennui-ed tech journos might already be playing out the holy grail, part 2, in their heads:
But what are the realities? To date, Apple has released two kinds of iOS devices: full-on businesses, and hobbies that test potential future businesses but mainly serve to add value to current businesses. The iPhone and iPad are both full-on businesses. They sell in the hundreds of millions, earn in the billions, and even removed from Apple they'd be large and valuable companies in their own right. The Apple TV is a hobby. It sells in the low millions, earns in the millions, and while growing, is currently little more than a rounding error in Apple's profits column. Apple's businesses have entire ecosystems built around them. They run a huge library of apps and support an incredible array of accessories. Apple's hobbies are fortified by channel partnerships rather than SDKs and APIs, and boast no accessories beyond the cables required to use them. At first blush, an iWatch-type device feels less like a full-on, iPhone- or iPad-sized business, and more like an Apple TV-style hobby. Given the constraints of size, and what that means for screen interface, battery, radio, and more, the imposed feature set makes it seem more likely Apple would position it as yet another way to add value to their existing iOS devices, rather than as an equal-level iOS device in its own right. You can't get all the functionality of an iPhone on your wrist without strapping something the size of an iPhone to your wrist. You can't get Siri and iCloud, Maps and iTunes in the Cloud, and everything else that requires an Apple A6 processor, Retina display, LTE, GPS, and Bluetooth 4.0 radios, and more, without the space to pack it all in. What that leaves us with, as many have predicted, is a peripheral, a concentrated window that gets content pushed and streamed to it, much like an Apple TV, but can also be used to push queries and commands back, unlike the current Apple TV. Something that has channel partners like an Apple TV, but more Nike than HBO, geared more towards extreme mobility than static entertainment. And I imagine the opportunity for accessories could be exponentially larger than the Apple TV. As a hobby, however, and given how many people have already eschewed watches for convergence devices that include watch-like functionality, namely iPhones and other smart phones, that potential market may not seem overly large. Sure, the idea of elegant, Jony Ive designed, black-and-slate and white-and-silver ultra-thin, ultra-precise time pieces might lure some back, but how many and for how long? With anything less capable than an iPhone, the business opportunity will be less than an iPhone. At least at first. Like with the Apple TV, wearable technology may start as a hobby for Apple, but also as an area of intense interest. The early embodiment of ideas they have, it might be a similar string they pull to see where it takes them. Technology and market realities aside, for anything iPhone- or iPad-like, Apple would have to have an iPhone- or iPad-level use case to make. In 2007 Steve Jobs showed why a full-screen, multitouch device with a compelling user experience instantly obsoleted the resistive, stylus- and keyboard-driven not-very smartphones of its time. In 2010, Jobs made a case for how the iPad was significantly better at specific set of things than either a smartphone or a laptop. A watch or similar class iOS device would have to likewise obsolete, or provide a compelling use-case for it to be considered an independent and important device in its own right. A hobby, on the other hand, just needs a good hook, be it "HD iTunes content and more on your TV" or "Everything important on your wrist." Which is not a disparagement in the least. The Apple TV is a terrific device that works well enough on its own, but also provides significant additional value to iPhone and iPad owners. Years ago, Apple managed to cram rudimentary voice features into the nearly buttonless iPod shuffle. Tomorrow, who knows what they could accomplish with natural language and small-screen multitouch controls, much less with fast, just-in-time connectivity to an iPhone or iPad. Apple's not done with their quest to push computing to ever-broader numbers and kinds of people, and types of use. Just like Apple IIs were easier to use and more accessible than what came before, and Macs after them, and iPads after them, there will be something next. There will be people for whom even a tablet is too much computer, and a TV or living room box, or a watch or wearable pod is far more appropriate and appealing. And even if, given limited interface considerations or screen sizes, portability or component space, neither is ever as powerful as full-on iOS devices, they could still be every bit as empowering. Either way, we'll only know Apple's iWatch plans for certain when, and if, they hold one up on stage. (I spoke about a lot of this on the iMore show, and Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Don McAlister and I discussed it extensively on MacBreak Weekly earlier in the week, so check those out for more.) 
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| Felix for app.net updated to support ADN storage and more! Posted: 13 Feb 2013 08:57 PM PST Felix by tigerbears, one of the most distinctive app.net clients to date, has updated with new features to take advantage of ADN's growing list of uniquely non-Twitter-like attributes. Namely, Felix now supports ADN's new File API, so you can store your photos and videos directly in your ADN account, and not have to worry about third-party hosting services. Also, Felix has gotten some interface and navigation tweaks, and the usual polish, bug fixes, and performance enhancements we've come to expect from point releases. If you're already using Felix, grab the update now. If you're not, but you want something that doesn't look or act like a Twitter app, yet still packs all the power and personality of a full on ADN client, check Felix out.
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| Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:25 PM PST As many of you noticed -- and rightly kicked our collective asses about -- Mobile Nations video podcasts haven't exactly been working right for a while now. Sure, the YouTube versions were fine, but the .mp4 files we made available over RSS, iTunes, and direct download would error out as often as not. Well, that's all been fixed! It took many, many, many days of back and forth with our CDN (content distribution network), but they finally realized what was happening. Turns out our "unlimited" account had an undisclosed limit, and we'd hit it, and instead of the system alerting us or throwing up an error, it simply waited a few hours and then deleted all the files over the limit. That's why we'd upload them again. And again. And again. And they'd keep disappearing. So, they've raised the limit on our "unlimited" account, and assured us it won't happen again, and we've re-re-re-re-re-uploaded all the missing files, and everything looks good to go again. And good thing too, our video podcasts have never been more popular. Even with the CDN problems, downloads of the video versions of the iMore show, Android Central Podcast, and CrackBerry.com Podcast have gone through the roof. God knows none of us got better looking, so I'm guessing Apple, Google, BlackBerry and all simply got better at giving you the devices you wanted to stream the stuff you wanted, and it's simply more convenient than ever to watch us on your phones, tablets, and connected TVs. Thanks for that! And if you haven't checked them out yet, here are your freshly updated links: 
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| ZEN and TECH Fitness Month podcast: Nutrition! Posted: 13 Feb 2013 05:55 PM PST February is Fitness Month at Mobile Nations, and ZEN and TECH is joined this week by Android Central honcho Phil Nickinson to talk nutrition. Join us! 6pm PT, 9pm ET. Be here! 
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| Spaceteam updated with new challenges, experimental modes, and more Posted: 13 Feb 2013 05:35 PM PST Spaceteam, the insanely fun, insanely frustrating co-op iPhone game that nearly gave me and many other people strokes at Macworld|iWorld this year has just been updated to version 1.2. Added features include a new Challenge Pack with Acknowledge Mode, Anomalous Mode, and Ship's Cat, a new Ship Pack with Steampunk and Retro skins, new experimental modes for large groups, including Massive Mode, Mystery Mode, and Deterministic Mode, and this:
Thank goodness! I've made Spaceteam both a MacBreak Weekly pick of the week and an iMore editor's choice, so there's probably nothing more I can do to recommend it other than tell you that, if you haven't grabbed it already, to grab it now. You'll thank/hate me for it. Free - Download now 
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| MacBreak Weekly 337: Put Another Book on the Fire Posted: 13 Feb 2013 05:18 PM PST Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Don McAllister and I talk iWatch rumors, a lawsuit from Apple shareholders, the reason Tim Cook isn't building a car, and more. Subscribe or download: TWiT.tv 
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| Apple relaxes 3-device limitation for employee friends and family purchases Posted: 13 Feb 2013 04:19 PM PST Whether you take this as a sign that Apple inventory levels are now in better balance, or simply that Apple is feeling a little more generous with their employees, it looks like the previous 3-device limit on friends and family purchases has been relaxed. Now, before you start looking for pop-up sales next to your local lemonade stand, reasonable limits on EPP 15% discount program purchases are still in place. What's reasonable? According to people at Apple who noticed the policy change:
Looks like a nice way to help employees and their loved ones save a little cash, while returning some of it right back to Apple as well. Don't everyone with a friend or family member at Apple start pestering them all at once. 
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| Cool Things: iPad Finger-Painted Caricatures at Macworld/iWorld Posted: 13 Feb 2013 02:13 PM PST What's cooler than going to Macworld/iWorld and having a personal caricature done as a keepsake for the event? Having the caricature finger sketched on an iPad of course. And that's exactly what was on offer at this year's event – courtesy of Zach Trenholm. Trenholm worked as a celebrity caricaturist for the press for many years and now specializes in sketching live at special events. How great must that be to have that kind of talent and have that as your day job. Hit the break to check out a couple of these impressive caricatures and the people who sat for them …
Trenholm created these using the Procreate app on an iPad 3. If I had the budget I'd go to Macworld just to have one of these done and see it done live. For more information on Trenholm or to check out how to get him involved with your event, visit his website: http://www.zachtrenholm.com/ ...         Related Stories
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| Defining skeuomorphism and why the debate matters Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST I love it when great debates spark great opinion pieces -- I already know what I think, I want to find out what everyone else thinks! -- and when great designers like Louie Mantia and Dave Wiskus put font to screen to express their views on important topics like trends in iOS app design, I'm going to pay attention. Mantia, for his part, is tired of people confusing and conflating skeuomorphism. From Mantia.me:
Wiskus is tired of people complaining about the conversation itself. From Better Elevation:
Both pieces are fraught with awesome. Read them. And if you haven't already, listen to both Mantia and Wiskus discussing just these very issues on the lastest episode of Iterate. Source: Mantia.me, Better Elevation 
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| No Apple TV SDK event in March. Of course. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:10 PM PST Earlier today a financial analyst "reported" that Apple would be holding an Apple TV SDK event sometime in March. We didn't link to it because financial analysts have a lousy track record when it comes to Apple predictions, and whomever they're writing for, it's not media and it's not customers, and I couldn't think of a timely enough way to poke fun at it. However, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, who has an excellent track record on sorting accurate rumors from nonsensical rubbish, has weighed in. No spoilers, tap/click on over. Source: The Loop (The only thing I'll add is that Apple appears to be continuing their channel partnership strategy when it comes to both the Apple TV and Siri, and while SDK and API can replace channel partnerships, they can seldom co-exist -- there are few deals to be brokered when anyone and everyone can make their own app.) 
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| 10 great fitness accessories in 2 minutes Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:27 AM PST February is Fitness Month here at Mobile Nations, and thanks to our Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows phones and tablets, we have a host of new options for getting in shape and staying healthy. Regardless of your platform of choice, or whether you stick to one type of device or many, there are a ton of great options to choose from now. Georgia is spearheading Fitness Month for us this year, and she's going to show you just 10 of her favorites, and she's going to do it in just 2 minutes. Most of these will work for a variety of different phone and tablet sizes, running a variety of different operating systems and versions. I couldn't find alternatives for all of them, however, so if you know of some, tell us about them!
If we missed any of your favorites, add them to comments below and tell us why you like them. And don't forget, we have a lot of great contests running this week, and throughout February, so hit the Fitness Month tag below and enter them all! 
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| My iPad mini: Jailbroken for the First Time Posted: 13 Feb 2013 10:42 AM PST Well, it's been not far off a year since I last had any of my iPads jailbroken. Until today that is. I succumbed once again to temptation this morning and decided to jailkbreak my iPad mini – largely due to hearing my friend Thomas talk about how much he was enjoying the latest jailbreak on his iPad mini. I used the new Evasi0n jailbreak and it was a quick and easy process just as it usually is – just a little over 5 minutes for me today, from time of having the Evasi0n app downloaded to the iPad mini ready to go with the Cydia jailbreak app store installed. Just in case any of you are thinking about jailbreaking your iPad with Evasi0n, here's a few notes on the process and how it went for me today: – My starting point was the Evasi0n jailbreak home page – where I downloaded the latest version for Mac (1.3) and found a link for instructions on doing the jailbreak on...  Related Stories
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| Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs: Cash, growth, and the coming dominance of the tablet Posted: 13 Feb 2013 09:21 AM PST In an early morning San Francisco interview-style format, Tim Cook delivered his message at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. All said, I thought he said some pretty interesting things. Most of it wasn't brand new information, but some of it was. Here's a recap of the one hour presentation. Apple's Cash: Cook is well aware that Apple has more cash than they need, but is sticking to the same line as before. Apple welcomes all ideas from all shareholders (including Greenlight) and is committed to finding the best ways to use cash or return cash to shareholders. Specifically, on the disagreement between Apple and Greenlight Capital, Cook says the lawsuit is a "silly sideshow". Apple wants to kill the board of director's capability to issue "blank cheque" preferred stock without shareholder approval. This is a shareholder friendly move. Of course Greenlight's response was reasonable. They simply want Apple to make this item a separate issue on the proxy that shareholders vote on rather than lump it in with other issues. Personally I think both sides have valuable arguments. Acquisition strategy: Is Apple interested in doing larger acquisitions? Cook pointed out that Apple has averaged 1 acquisition about every two months over the last 3 years. They go after smart people or smart information technology when they make acquisitions. He explained the rationale behind buying PA Semi, where Apple wanted the brains of the people to supplement Apple's own design team who was building the next generation of chips for iOS devices, but where they also pivoted them from PowerPC architecture to ARM for iOS devices. Apple likes to control the primary technology behind the product. This makes sense. Cook says Apple has looked at large acquisitions. But in each case, the possible deal hasn't passed their internal test. Will they look again? Yes. He says he's sure they will, and is sure they have the management talent to pull it off. But Apple is disciplined, and doesn't want to buy just revenue. They want to build amazing products, period. On Innovation: Goldman asked "what's next?" This question is on a lot of people's minds. Cook pretty much told us that Apple's innovation isn't slowing down. It's deeply embedded in the culture of the company. Cook talks about how the real "magic" happens at the intersection of software, hardware and services rather than individually. This is why Apple is so vertically integrated. You can't just write a check to buy innovation. On iPhone growth slowing: Goldman asked if Apple is approaching its limit on iPhone growth given that they're pretty much growing at the same rate of the smartphone industry, in terms of units. Cook says Apple doesn't have the word "limit" in its vocabulary. He says last year the smartphone market was about 700 million units and growing to 1.4 billion in the next 4 years. All phones will become smartphones, and people love to upgrade their phone. Clearly, this answer points to a long term focus by Apple. Cook also points out the fact that iPhone is only available to 50% of wireless subscribers around the world. This spells additional opportunity. On getting price points down: Apple's "North star" is great products. That's what employees think about. The iPod started as a very expensive item but now you can buy a Shuffle for $49. When people asked for a Mac that was much cheaper, Apple concluded that it couldn't make a good netbook, but could create the iPad, and now the iPad mini which starts at $329, and is a great product. So Apple won't just look for ways to cheapen existing products. Read into this whatever you like, but it sounds like there isn't a less expensive iPhone coming anytime soon. The distraction of specifications: Cook says he wants customers to enjoy an "aha!" moment each and every time they use an Apple product, and those moments don't come from specs or price points. Companies who can't deliver a great experience focus on specs instead. Does anyone really care how fast an A6 processor is? No. He goes on to slam OLED displays by describing t hem as having "awful color saturation" and being only half as bright as Apple's Retina Display. On tablets and the iPad : Last year there were 120 million tablets sold. The projection is for this to more than triple in the next 3 years. Last quarter (and last year) Apple sold more iPads than HP sold of its entire PC lineup. There has been a sea change in the market, and the iPad is the poster child of the post-PC revolution. Cook explains how the ecosystem of built-for-iPad apps is a huge differentiator. Cook explained that on Black Friday, twice as much online shopping was done on iPads versus all Android devices in totality. So Apple doesn't just measure sales. They measure and deeply care about usage as an indicator of success. On product cannibalization: Goldman asks about the iPad mini, which started out aggressively and appeals to a lot of people. It affects average selling prices and gross margins. Will this hurt Apple or help them through better growth? Cook reminds us how people worried about the iBook would cannibalize the PowerBook. Of course it just sparked more growth. The iPad pricing caused people to think Mac sales would plummet. Apple doesn't worry about this stuff. If they don't cannibalize, someone else will. Apple would rather the iPad cannibalize the Mac and the much larger Windows PC market than let fear get in their way. So on the iPad mini specifically, Cook says over 50% of people who are buying iPads in places like China and Brazil do not own an Apple product. So the iPad Mini is another excellent way to showcase Apple products. Apple sees the halo effect as hugely synergistic, so it's not about a point product. It's about the total opportunity. What about gross margins over the longer term? Cook says Apple will sometimes make margin concessions for strategic purposes. It sounds like they believe the iPad Mini is one such area where the market is so huge it makes sense. He reminds investors that Apple brought in $3.7 billion in software and services revenue (mostly from iTunes and the App Store). That's an incredible amount of revenue! Hardware is simply the first thing that customers experience with Apple. But it's all about the ongoing relationship. My concluding thoughts: As an Apple shareholder, I was very pleased with Cook's presentation. He didn't deviate at all from past statements, but added some extra perspective and examples that demonstrate just how strong the Apple brand still is. When I listen to him talk, I don't get the idea that he believes some unannounced iWatch is going to be Apple's next huge product. Instead I get the impression that Apple's real energy is going into destroying Microsoft Windows by absolutely dominating in the tablet market on a global basis - not just in developed markets. I'll close by saying this: Yesterday a major tech publication ran a guest-written story that said, in short, Tim Cook shouldn't bother attending Goldman events because Goldman people use BlackBerrys and the conference is a hedge fund audience. What a misguided point of view. Who cares what Goldman employees use? They probably use Windows PCs also, as does most of Wall Street. Should Apple attend no conferences? And the audience was a mix of hedge funds, mutual funds and pension funds. These conferences always are. However, the whole presentation is webcast to the world. Conferences are opportunities for CEOs to address investors in a less formal setting. They're effective. Who cares what the stock does on the day of the conference. This is about Apple communicating its long term message. Cook did a great job. Image: Business Insider 
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| Zite for iPad Gets a Huge Update, New Icon Posted: 13 Feb 2013 08:42 AM PST Zite, an intelligent magazine app for the iPad, has had a big recent update – to Version 2.1. The app is touted as an intelligent magazine because it learns from you as you use it. You tell it whether you like or dislike individual articles and which sources you'd like to see more and less from, and it tailors the content it shows you going forward based on those actions.It's one of my favorite sources of news on the iPad, and an overall favorite app as well. It is also one of our past selections for Best Free iPad App of the Week. The 2.1 update came out towards the end of last week and I'm enjoying Zite even more since installing it. There are quite a number of new features and enhancements in this update but the two that stand out for me are the new History view for articles and topics in the Profile section and the ability to swipe right to close out of an individual...  Related Stories
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| Apple becomes top-selling phone manufacturer in Japan Posted: 13 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST According to recent market surveys, Apple has become the top-selling phone manufacturer in Japan. The iPhone was the best-selling phone in Japan in 2012, allowing Apple to capture 15% market share. This puts them just ahead of Sharp and Fujitsu, both Japanese firms and both holding 14% of the market. Counterpoint Technology Market Research believes that the increase in iPhone sales was due to heavier marketing by KDDI and Softbank, Japan's second- and third-largest carriers, respectively:
Overall, foreign-made handsets controlled 50% of the Japanese phone market in 2012 as consumers began to shift away from feature phones to smartphones. Japanese-made phones have declined heavily against the iPhone. Apple doesn't enjoy the same market share that it does in America, certainly, and overall, Android makes up a larger total percentage of phones. But Apple's ability to hold the single largest portion of the Japanese market for itself is impressive, and shows the global appeal of the iPhone. Smartphone use is steadily increasing in Japan, and as it does, you can bet that the iPhone will continue to gain traction as the smartphone of choice for many customers. If you're in Japan let me know what phones you're seeing on the streets and in transit, and whether more and more of them are indeed iPhones? 
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| Cloudier puts the power of CloudApp in the palm of your hand Posted: 13 Feb 2013 08:28 AM PST Confession: I don't use CloudApp. It's one of those things that I think is absolutely brilliant, but is ultimately just one more thing, and I never found time nor place for it. Until Cloudier. Developed by Jackie Tran and Benjamin Mayo, Cloudier takes the web-bound CloudApp service and brings it, beautifully, elegantly to your iPhone. While that might not sound like much, given how many terrible web front ends we've suffered through in mobile, rest assured it's a tremendous achievement. Launch Cloudier, log in with your free or paid CloudApp account, and you're ready to rock. A + button lets you add Images, Videos, Text clips, and Bookmarks. Choose one and start uploading. (I do wish there were a back button on the left side of the menu bar here, as I've clumsily hit the wrong type a few times and had to X out completely and start again.) For Photos and Videos, you can take, choose, or just grab the latest addition to the camera roll. That last option is becoming increasingly common in apps, and is a great time-saver. For Text you can compose a new document, revert to a previously saved draft document, or grab the clipboard content. For bookmarks, you simply paste or type in a URL. You can't upload audio files, but you can browse any you've uploaded via the web. Browsing options include All, for every one of you CloudApp'ed files, as well as separate categories for Images, Bookmarks, Text, Archives, Audio, Video, Other, and Trash. There's no search or filtering feature that I could find, but you can toggle between file name list and thumbnail grid views. Once you've found the content you're interested in, you can get basic info on it, trash it, toggle its privacy, or take action on it via a customer action that includes share to Mail, Facebook, and Twitter, copy link to clipboard, save to Camera Roll (if appropriate), copy image (if appropriate), and Rename. There's also a Settings pane that lets you log in or out of different accounts, and view account details if you need them. You can default privacy status on or off, which is something all to often overlooked. There's a slider to control if, and how much, compression gets applied to your uploads. You can automatically have upload links copied to your iPhone's clipboard for quick and convenient sharing outside the Cloudier app, and you can choose to archive multiple files. And, of course, there are links to support and to the developers' contact information. All incredibly thoughtful, and amazingly well presented. (Look no further than black status bars throughout...) Bottom line, Cloudier is so well thought out, so well designed and implemented, it makes me wish I had more use for CloudApp. If you are a CloudApp user, and you have an iPhone, Cloudier's ease, elegance, and sheer joy of use make it a no brainer. Utilities like this, that save and improve time, are worth far more than money.
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| Deal of the Day: 35% off BodyGuardz Armor Carbon Fiber Full Body for iPhone 5 Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:41 AM PST | ||||||
FireCore has announced that it has now updated its Seas0nPass jailbreak tool and its aTV Flash Apple TV software which now supports the latest version of iOS for the Apple TV. 
(Anyone know a good one for Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone?)
(Is there a good alternative for smaller tablets like the Nexus 7, PlayBook, and iPad mini, or different size tablets like the Microsoft Surface?)
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The New Surface Pro Ad: It’s the Funky Bad Dancing Tablet?
Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:26 AM PST
Wow. I've watched this new ad for Microsoft's Surface Pro a few times now, and I still find myself laughing and shaking my head at it. I guess I just don't get what the strategy behind the Surface ads is. These are meant to be the tablets / tablet hybrids that 'let you do real work'. The powerful, serious business devices. But their ads are all about people dancing around with them – and offer just about zero indication of anything very business-like yopu can do with them.
Anyone care to fill me in? What's the message that these ads are trying to deliver?
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