iPad By Davis: “US DoD set to dump BlackBerry and purchase 650,000 Apple devices” plus 16 more |
- US DoD set to dump BlackBerry and purchase 650,000 Apple devices
- Stay informed about NCAA March Madness with theScore Mobile for iPhone and iPad
- Iterate 42: Marcus Adolfsson, David Lunblad and CrackBerry 10
- GarageBand for iOS updated with Audiobus support
- Quick Look: Mini Golf Matchup for iPad
- Passcode bypass bug discovered for iOS 6.1.3
- Want to try out App.net for free? Here's 200 invitations!
- How to watch and listen to podcasts with the iMore app for iPhone
- Get all your social network photos in one place with Pixable for iPhone and iPad
- AccuWeather update brings a new look, customizable forecasts
- Forums: BlackBerry 10, iOS 6.1.3, iOS 6 vs Jelly Bean, iMore for iPhone 2.0
- Notable New iPad Apps: Epic Rap Battles for iPad
- Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad mini: Quick First Impressions
- Swinging for the stars: On Apple's hiring of Kevin Lynch
- Watchup Daily Newscast App for iPad Updated: First Spanish Channel & More
- Deal of the Day: 47% off Krusell Avenyn Mobile UnderCover for iPhone 5
- ABC said to be working on an app that will let you stream live TV to your iPhone or iPad
| US DoD set to dump BlackBerry and purchase 650,000 Apple devices Posted: 21 Mar 2013 12:51 AM PDT
The 650,000 devices are thought to be made up by 120,000 iPads, 100,000 iPad minis, 200,000 iPod touches and the final 230,000 would be made up of various current iPhone models. The new iOS devices would be distributed around the world, some to battlefields, some onboard ships and of course within the Pentagon. This will no doubt be a huge blow to BlackBerry who has always seen itself as the phone people turn too when security is an essential option. Now that it looks like Apple will get the business it must leave BlackBerry in a poor position. This is definitely a huge feather in Apple's cap and one we are sure to hear a lot more about in the future. Source: Electronista 
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| Stay informed about NCAA March Madness with theScore Mobile for iPhone and iPad Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:35 PM PDT With the 2013 March Madness basketball tournament in full swing, you may want to stay informed with up-to-the-second scores and the latest news, and you can with theScore Mobile for iPhone and iPad. With theScore Mobile, you can receive notifications when games start and close, the score at halftime, and news about your favorite teams and players. In addition to keeping track of scores and news for March Madness, theScore Mobile also includes a scrollable, swipeable bracket. You can even pinch to zoom in and out to see more or less of the bracket. The great thing about theScore is that it's not only a basketball and March Madness app; t also covers football, hockey, baseball, mixed martial arts, soccer, auto racing, golf, tennis, and lacrosse. So if you follow all sports, theScore Mobile can stay on your home screen all year. Are you following the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament this year? What team are you rooting for? If you pick this one up, let us know what you think!
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| Iterate 42: Marcus Adolfsson, David Lunblad and CrackBerry 10 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 03:44 PM PDT Marcus Adolfsson and David Lundblad of Mobile Nations join Seth and Rene to talk about the CrackBerry 10 redesign, building the Passport sign-in system, and developing the CB10 app for BlackBerry 10. Show notesGuestsHostsFeedbackYell at us on Twitter via the above accounts. Loudly. 
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| GarageBand for iOS updated with Audiobus support Posted: 20 Mar 2013 02:48 PM PDT GarageBand for iOS has been updated with editing enhancements, bug fixing, and Audiobus support. Audiobus is an app that facilitates communication between supported music apps, allowing you to, for instance, create a track in one app, send it immediately to another for filtering or effects work, then send the filtered audio into another app, like a multi-track recorder. This all takes place within the apps themselves, no need to copy or use an "Open In..." menu. Audiobus recently announced an SDK for developers who want to support its capabilities. Other enhancements includ the ability to turn off grid snapping, giving users greater control when editing their recordings. There is also a fix for an issue that caused feedback when connecting third-party audio accessories through the headphone jack. The update is live one the App Store. Go grab it and let us know what you think.
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| Quick Look: Mini Golf Matchup for iPad Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT I received a promo email about Mini Golf Matchup for iPad yesterday and the game's description interested me enough to say yes to a promo code for it. I always have fun when my family and I play an occasional game of mini golf in real life, and this iPad game sounded fun so I gave it a whirl last night. The idea of the game seems appealing enough – it's basically mini golf with friends, with the ability to challenge your friends or random online opponents. The game starts off nicely enough with a quick tutorial walkthrough of the basics of how to play – and within just a couple of minutes you're ready to create a free account (or login via Facebook) and start playing. Unfortunately it goes rapidly off course from there.
For starters, I really dislike the game's interface. Look at the screenshots in this post. Every page within the app feels cluttered and way too busy....         Related Stories
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| Passcode bypass bug discovered for iOS 6.1.3 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PDT Apple recently released iOS 6.1.3 which included a fix for the passcode bypass bug that would allow an unauthorized person to access the Phone app on a locked iPhone. One day after the update, however, Matthew Panzarino of The Next Web is reporting that a new bypass bug has been discovered, this time by videosdebarraquito. The passcode bypass in the previous versions of iOS 6 required a series of well-timed taps and button presses. The result was full access to the Phone app on a locked device without entering the passcode. This new bug (not quite new, it seems to have existed prior to iOS 6.1.3) requires a sequence that's a little easier to execute as can be seen in this video. For some reason, this bypass seems to to be more difficult to accomplish on newer, Siri-capable devices. The bypass can be achieved using the iPhone's Voice Dial feature. By holding the Home button on a device for a few seconds, the Voice Dial feature will come up. Issue a dial command such as "Dial 303-555-1212", then as the call is being initiated, eject the SIM card. The iPhone detects the SIM has been removed, cancels the call, and displays an alert saying there is no SIM. Behind the alert you will see the Phone app and after dismissing the alert, you will have full access to the Phone app. As before this means you can access contact information as well as all photos on the device. Initially thought to only be possible on non-Siri phones, reports are now coming in of this bypass being performed on the iPhone 4S and 5 as well, though it doesn't seem to be as easily reproducible on these devices. Performing the bypass on these devices devices would also require Siri to be disabled and Voice Dial to be enabled. Unlike the previous bug, this bypass can also easily be prevented by disabling Voice Dial. This can be done in the iPhone's Settings app, under General > Passcode Lock, by turning the Voice Dial switch to off. With the way Apple has been handling these so far, it would not be surprising to see this fixed in a 6.1.4 update. Source: videosdebarraquito via The Next Web Update: Article update with more information on the scope of the vulnerability. 
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| Want to try out App.net for free? Here's 200 invitations! Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:28 PM PDT App.net (ADN) recently announced their new, invitation-only free accounts. They're a great way to try out the many services ADN offers, including the Twitter-like microblogging platform, the better-than-DM messaging service, and the cloud storage offering. ADN is a complex, chocked-full-of-potential service, and it's smart to let people try it out for themselves and get a feel for it before deciding to go all-in on a paid account. Until recently, however, invitations were limited and could be hard to come by. So, ADN has reached out to iMore, and other, similar websites, where the community is filled with just the type of people who might enjoy trying out and using their service. And they're handing out a heap of invitations. 200 to put a number on it. That's a good number, but they'll go fast. If you want want, grab it now! By using an invitation, you'll automatically follow iMore. (Since you're here, we're hoping you don't mind, but you can promptly unfollow us if you like, and while we'll be sad, we'll understand!) You can also find the iMore staff on ADN via accounts below. You should follow us. We'd love to hear what you think! 
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| How to watch and listen to podcasts with the iMore app for iPhone Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT If you are a regular iMore reader, you're probably already aware that we have lots of great podcast content from the iMore show to Debug and many more. Regardless what podcast you listen to or watch, our new iMore 2.0 app gives you the ability to not only listen to, but watch podcasts directly on your iPhone. You can even queue them up for offline listening if you want. This includes all our sister sites too such as AndroidCentral and CrackBerry. All your podcasts, in one app, ready to be enjoyed whenever you'd like. Follow along and we'll show you how. If you haven't already picked up the iMore app for iPhone, it's available now in the App Store and you can grab it by hitting the link below directly from your iPhone.
How to stream audio and video podcasts directly with the iMore app
That's all there is to it. You can close out of the app and audio will continue to play. If you're playing a video, it will be brought up in an in-app browser window. How to download podcasts for offline listening or viewing with the iMore app
That's it. You can access all your downloaded podcasts whenever you'd like from the Queue section of the Podcasts tab. 
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| Get all your social network photos in one place with Pixable for iPhone and iPad Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:39 AM PDT Pixable for iPhone and iPad is a social networking app that pulls in all your photos from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It's great for times when you may not want to browse through your Twitter or Facebook feeds but want to casually browse photos. While Instagram is easy to browse on its own, adding it in means you can browse all three in one single app. Considering Instagram doesn't have an iPad app, Pixable can make a good alternative. We all like to view pictures in our social networking feeds and even though some Twitter apps have inline images, it's still a lot of scrolling when just casually browsing. With Pixable, you can link up your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts with your Pixable account in order to view all your friend's photos in one place. Considering Pixable is based on social networking, you will be required to sign in with Facebook. We have long had a hatred for services that make you do this without the option to create a standalone login. Even though it's a social networking app, not everyone has Facebook and this leaves out users who may have Twitter and Instagram but don't have Facebook. Once you've managed to login with your Facebook account, you'll be asked to add other networks, namely Twitter and Instagram. Once you've done that your photos will start aggregating in albums. At the top left you can slide out a main navigation menu that will show you your networks, photos that are trending, your friends, and your photos. To access an album, just tap it and all the photos inside that album will expand. Tapping on any photo will bring that photo up. You can favorite a photo by tapping the heart. If you tap into a photo, you can also comment on it natively from inside Pixable. Any photos you've favorited will show up in your favorites section for viewing later. One of the features of Pixable that makes it a little different than apps that randomly pull in photos is that you can actually navigate through a friend's entire album. To do this, tap into any photo that they have in your feed and scroll up and down to view other photos they've uploaded. If you find a photo you'd like to share, you can also tap into it and choose the share button in the bottom right hand corner. The good
The bad
The bottom lineTwitter, Facebook, and Instagram are used for sharing photos all the time and jumping between apps or browsing timelines gets tiring. Pixable is great for casual browsing photos when you don't want or need to read all the in between stuff. If you have a lot of friends or follow a lot of people on Twitter or Instagram, you can easily miss things that you may of wanted to see photo wise. Pixable helps you catch those moments. If you're a photo buff and want a place to find all your friend's photos in one place, we'd recommend giving Pixable a try.
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| AccuWeather update brings a new look, customizable forecasts Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:29 AM PDT AccuWeather for iPhone has received a major update to version 6.0, bringing with it several improvements, including new, user-defined forecasts, as well as a new interface. The new look takes cues from AccuWeather for iPad and presents the user with a cleaner, more efficient interface than previous versions. Users can now create customized forecasts with My AccuWeather, tailored to different activities. You can set your ideal conditions for temperature, wind speed, wind gusts, if it should be sunny, should there be rain or not, etc., and give that list a name like "Fishing" or "Running". Going to MyAccuWeather in the app and going to that forecast will show you how the actual weather measures up to your ideal conditions, saying things like "It's colder than you'd like" and "It's just the right amount of wind", and forecasting how conditions look for that activity for the rest of the day. Other changes include forecasts that now refresh every five minutes, improved stability, and bug fixes. Forecasts now also contain percipitation probability, along with options for more or less weather detail in the forecast. To change the amount of detail you see, simply drag the conditions panel up to reveal details like humidity, cloud cover, visibility, and the UV index. AccuWeather is free, with a $1.99 option if you want to remove the ads.
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| Forums: BlackBerry 10, iOS 6.1.3, iOS 6 vs Jelly Bean, iMore for iPhone 2.0 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:27 AM PDT Interested in iPhone, iPad, or Apple and looking to have some great conversations? Got a burning question or frustrating problem you just want help fixing? Already an expert and eager to share your knowledge? Well, all that and more is just waiting for you in the iMore forums. Here are today's hot topics:
If you already have a Mobile Nations, FaceBook, Twitter, Google or Microsoft Account, simply log in and start posting. Otherwise, register now, and don't forget to download our free iMore Forums app for iPhone and iPad! 
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| Notable New iPad Apps: Epic Rap Battles for iPad Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:19 AM PDT Epic Rap Battles for iPad is a great new app that brings just what it says on the box – 'an easy and free way to watch all the ERB videos in one place'. If you haven't yet checked out any of the superb Epic Rap Battles of History videos, then you're missing out, big time. These are hilarious and feature insanely good matchups like Genghis Khan vs. the Easter Bunny, Tesla vs. Edison, Bruce Lee vs. Clint Eastwood, Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates, and lots more. This app is about as simple and easy as can be – with a basic interface that lets you just sit back and enjoy the great content. Oh, and it's free as well.
Here's one more screencap – of Genghis getting ready to take on the Easter Bunny. If you need a good laugh, make sure you grab this app and keep it around. I know it's going to be a fixture on my iPad. Here's an ...  Related Stories
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| Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad mini: Quick First Impressions Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:39 AM PDT The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad mini is another accessory I've been looking forward to trying out – especially after my hugely disappointing experience with the ZAGGkeys Mini 9 keyboard case for the iPad mini. The Logitech Ultrathin arrived two days ago and yesterday I spent a little time just giving it a first look and typing session. So I thought I'd share a few quick early thoughts on it. Here they are, in no particular order: – Boy does this case make a good first impression. It looks just gorgeous. I chose a black model and it matches up nearly perfectly with the slate back of the iPad mini. – It feels great too – very light and nicely living up to the Ultrathin name. – The iPad mini is attached and detached from it easily – it works almost like a Smart Cover in this respect (and supports automatic sleep/wake). – The iPad mini...  Related Stories
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| Swinging for the stars: On Apple's hiring of Kevin Lynch Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:39 AM PDT Last night news broke that Adobe's chief technology officer (CTO) Kevin Lynch was leaving to join Apple as their new vice president of technology. Reporting to senior vice president of technologies, Bob Mansfield, rumor has it he'll be charged with coordinating between the software and hardware divisions. Confusion, doubt, and curiosity has followed. If rumors are accurate, and that's always a big if, what coordination needs to be done between those two divisions, and why would Lynch be the guy to do it? Come to think of it, why would a software and services guy at Adobe report to a core hardware systems guy at Apple? Is that just a holding pattern for something that makes more sense, or does it already make sense in a way that's simply not obvious from the outside? Why him, why there, and what's the plan? The reason those questions came so quickly and so furiously is that, while Lynch's accomplishments are many, he's perhaps best known to those who've followed Apple and mobile in recent years as one of Adobe's most vocal Flash supporters, and someone who locked horns with Apple, very publicly, several times. Adobe originally made content creation tools like Photoshop, but eventually their corporate agenda changed. They bought Macromedia, they got into the platform space with Flash, and they bought Omniture and got into metrics. Not happy with merely helping people make stuff, they wanted to lock people into their development and delivery systems. The problem was, those systems, for the most part, sucked. Apple thought Flash was outdated, inefficient, and inelegant technology and dared Adobe to prove it otherwise not with rhetoric but with code. Adobe failed to do so. After letting Flash languish for years, IE6-style in the face of little or no competition, they were unable to make a version of their power-hungry, security-troubled, performance-challenged plugin that worked well on highly resource constrained mobile platforms. It was a painful few years for Apple who faced the castigation of a large portion of the user base for somehow "denying" them Flash, for Adobe who faced the embarrassment of not being able to put their player where their mouths were, for content providers who'd become locked into Adobe's delivery platform only to find it wouldn't scale down, and for customers who couldn't care less about the corporate politics and practicalities involved, and were simply pissed they couldn't watch their videos or access restaurant websites on the go. And Kevin Lynch was, literally, the face of a lot of this contention. That was his job. As anyone who's every worked product at a company, big or small, will tell you, you toe the company line, magnify what you do well, minimize and hide what you do poorly, attack the competition where they're weak, and defend yourself where you're strong. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, had something to say about Android and Samsung as recently as last week. There's a point, however, when champion can seem like chump, and where a product or decision is so indefensible that continuing to defend it doesn't lend credence but costs credibility. John Gruber of Daring Fireball quotes Eric Jackson of Forbes to make the argument Lynch passed that point with Flash. Gruber contends that, as CTO of Adobe, rather than defending the player he'd backed, Lynch's job was to recognize Adobe had backed the wrong player, and change strategies long before they lost the game. Many others in the Apple community echoed Gruber's sentiment, and not only because of Lynch's history with Apple and Flash, but because of Apple's recent history with outside executive hires. Mark Papermaster from IBM, hired to run chipsets, and John Browett from Dixons, hired to run Apple Retail, both failed to mesh with Apple's corporate culture and neither remains employed there today. Browett especially seemed an unlikely fit for Apple, and those who knew of him or had experience with Dixons pointed that out the moment he was announced. Tim Cook hired, and ultimately fired him in short order, yet lingering questions remain as to why. My guess is that Apple is willing to take risks in people the way they are in product. They often promote from within, but not always. In this case they took a risk, brought in new blood, and it didn't work out. These recent missteps, in part, inform the reaction to Kevin Lynch. But only in part. Lynch is also undoubtedly more than the sum of a few Flash fiascos. Manton Reece does a great job summing that up:
For all their design and logistical prowess, Apple strikes me as a company filled with a remarkable amount of hope, and a relentless drive towards excellence not just in product but in themselves. The process of getting hired into Apple has been described as difficult at best, but the work done at Apple is just as often described as best-in-life. Apple needs talented people. Guy English wrote on Kicking Bear that retention among the rank and file is one of Apple's biggest challenges. It's also a challenge at the higher levels. Apple-quality talent is hard to find, period. Jon Rubenstein left, as did Tony Fadell, Bertrand Serlet, Ron Johnson, Scott Forstall, and even Bob Mansfield retired only to come back for a new, limited stay. Eddy Cue, Craig Federighi, Dan Riccio, and Jeff Williams have risen from within, and Tim Cook has refactored Apple's organization, but new blood and fresh eyes are needed in the executive suites as well. Where many companies become risk-adverse, or retreat within, Apple is and always has been relatively fearless when it comes to embracing the future. Papermaster and Browett didn't work out, but Apple is still open, still trying. Steve Jobs once equated the launch of the iPhone to Babe Ruth hitting home runs. Apple as company seems unafraid to swing for the stars. The consequence is that, sometimes, they swing and miss. Phil Schiller came to Apple from Macromedia, a company whose kludgy interfaces, customer-hostility, and software DRM is antithetical to Apple's entire approach. Tim Cook came to Apple from Compaq, a company whose uninspired, beige-box take on personal computing is the opposite of the delight Apple strives to instill. Yet both Schiller and Cook merged brilliantly with Apple's culture, and now enjoy the very highest positions within the company. They were home runs. They're stars. Whether we have faith in Lynch or Apple at this point is irrelevant. Apple's already swung. And they're swinging at the guy who championed Flash, but who also brought Creative Suite to the Creative Cloud, and no doubt has formidable skills far beyond YouTube skits. Kevin Lynch is another big, bold swing by Apple. Perplexingly, audaciously so. He could be the wrong guy for the job, or a guy who was previously in the wrong job. He could be another strike, but he could also be another home run. He could be another star. And I like that Apple is still willing to take risks and swing for those stars. 
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| Watchup Daily Newscast App for iPad Updated: First Spanish Channel & More Posted: 20 Mar 2013 07:53 AM PDT The Watchup: Your Daily Newscast iPad app has been updated recently, to Version 1.9.3. This is a substantial update with very good news for Watchup users in a handful of countries outside the US. The first Spanish channel, Univision, has been added as well as custom pre-loaded channels for users in the UK, Australia, and Canada. Here's the remaining change list items for the update: ✓ New Facebook SDK added.  Related Stories
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| Deal of the Day: 47% off Krusell Avenyn Mobile UnderCover for iPhone 5 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:53 AM PDT | ||||||
The US Department of Defense is currently testing various Apple iOS devices and on completion of the tests is set to purchase 650,000 iOS devices. The news comes from 
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ABC said to be working on an app that will let you stream live TV to your iPhone or iPad
Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:33 AM PDT
The app will live stream ABC programming to the phones and tablets of cable and satellite subscribers, allowing those subscribers to watch "Good Morning America" on a tablet while standing in line at Starbucks, for instance, or watch "Nashville" on a smartphone while riding a bus home from work. The app could become available to some subscribers this year, according to people briefed on the project, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly.
To qualify for the new streaming service, you will of course have to have a current cable or satellite subscription. The model is very similar to that used in the UK where major satellite broadcaster Sky offers its SkyGo app as a free add on to its subscibers. Sky also goes one step further and offers an enhanced service where users can download content from a vast back catalogue of TV shows and movies. To get the additional options, users choose to pay an additional monthly subscription of around $7.50.
Do you like the idea of having an app that can stream live TV to match your cable subscription? Can you see yourself watching shows like "Good Morning America" on your daily commute?
Source: The New York Times
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