Apple announced the immediate availablility of a developer preview of the next version of the iPhone OS yesterday, with plans to bring the update to iPhone 3G & 3GS and late model iPod Touch users “sometime this summer”, with the iPad lagging behind “sometime this fall”. The announcement hinged upon seven major features, with well [...]
Adam Engst gets it: So what’s the difference between a Mac and an iPad? It’s that blank slate thing. No matter what you do on a Mac, the keyboard and mouse and window-based operating system make it impossible to ignore the fact that you’re using a Mac, and it’s often equally impossible to ignore the [...]
I recently wrote about BitBQ’s acquisition of LittleSnapper for iPhone, now Cinder, that was originally developed by Realmac software. Being a very light LittleSnapper user myself, I was interested in who had taken interest in the application and wanted to get to know Patrick just a little better. He agreed to answer some questions I put together, [...]
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It took the Adobe executive a few days to release an official announcement regarding the recently announced iPad and the lack of Flash support on the new device, but a statement has been made. CTO Kevin Lynch wrote a wonderful snippet regarding user choice in technologies: Engaging with ideas and information also means ensuring there is an [...]
Pastebot for iPhone warrants mentioning for two very important reasons. It is an important enough application to have earned its place on my dock. Phone, Messages, Pastebot, and Mail. That is what is most important to me throughout my day. First, the UI of the application is absolutely superb. I place it in the top [...]
The superb iPhone (and more recently Mac) Twitter client has seen a 2.0 release late this week. Version 2 adds support for multiple twitter accounts, a gorgeous UI, simple gestures for refreshing tweets, application persistence (get a call you can relaunch Tweetie 2 and it takes you back to where you were, not just the [...]
It’s very evident that there simply isn’t a perfect browser for Mac with the myriad of choices available: Safari, Firefox, Opera, Flock, Camino, Cruz and probably several others I’m missing. Point being, every browser attempts to bring something unique to the game that will ensnare users. Safari is speedy and reliable with some nice features. [...]
Chill Pill, an app from Conceited Software, is essentially a SSB (single site browser, such as Fluid) just for Shaun Inman’s amazing Fever RSS software. Chill Pill allows you to enjoy Fever’s rich RSS experience while taking advantage of Cocoa and all of the other modern technologies in Mac OS X. Chill Pill is a [...]
I thought I would highlight what I found to be the most interesting points from the Snow Leopard Ars Technica review, for those who couldn’t make it through the 23 page review and provide a few thoughts on the OS overall. Read after the break for a list of UI and usability changes as well [...]