Finding features in iPhoto for iOS
In delivering software user interfaces, there has always been differing lines of thought. One major thinking is to provide absolutely everything in full view, regardless of usefulness or practicality. This allows users to be aware of everything that the software is capable of doing, providing them with complete visible access to its features. Another is to only show the features that are most likely to be used and hiding the rest for users to discover as they become more familiar with the software.
The user interface in iPhoto for iOS seems lie somewhere between the two. Visually it’s a bit of a clutter but it also still has hidden features not accessible through the on-screen buttons and icons. Unfortunately those hidden features are very unlikely to be discovered unless people had seen the on stage demo when the app was introduced or that they read reviews and guides for the app on the Internet.
Source: ignorethecode.net
I received an unexpected package on Saturday. It said Family Matters at the back in handwritten marker text and it had just one label to secure the fold which said “Others” with a logo that looks like a door. Even after I opened the package, it took me a while to realize that it wasn’t a package regarding family issues, it was from a brand new home decor and accessories company called Family Matters, run by two young moms from Bandung, Indonesia.
Inside the neatly wrapped package was a svelte, gray suede, leather-lined iPad sleeve. No markings on the product aside from a laser engraved picture of a mustache and a terrible pun telling you to put your iPad down, printed on a leather patch over the suede. The patch itself acts as a pouch that you can use to store cards, paper slips, cash, earphones, or other thin objects. A magnetic flap would secure the iPad inside while the inside of the sleeve is made of leather.
At a glance it may look too thin to fit the original iPad but it does fit very snugly. The leather material inside also acts as a wipe to clean the screen as you slip the iPad in and out. The product description says it fits iPad 1 and 2 but of course it fits the new iPad as well given that the original iPad is still the thickest of them all.
The point of the sleeve is to stow your iPad away while you’re not using it and of course, with the sleeve being a tight fit, it would disqualify most protective products other than thin film sheets from being used with the iPad. Unfortunately this means the iPad will be left unprotected when in use.
This iMustache sleeve feels quite premium thanks to the smooth suede and leather. As with most iPad sleeves it does offer only a basic protection due to the lack of padding but it feels really nice and is very well made. It looks so good I want to hang it on my wall instead of using it for my iPad. I don’t have the heart to ruin its shape by stuffing my old iPad inside.
The iMustache sleeve is available online from Family Matters for Rp 225,000 (US$25). For a product this good, it’s a serious steal. I hope it’s only an introductory price. I don’t know if they ship internationally, you have to ask them.
Official: Apple iPad 3 event slated for March 7th in San Francisco | The Verge
Yerba Buena, San Francicso, Wednesday, 10 am Pacific Time. No CNBC, it’s not going to be in New York.
Source: theverge.com
US Air Force Special Ops canceled iPad purchase because of Good Reader app
The purchase of nearly 3000 iPads as flight bags by the US Air Force Special Operations Command was canceled because it specified the use of Good Reader, a popular document management app which happened to be developed in Russia. Naturally, security concerns were raised after this fact was discovered. After all, the military wouldn’t want to be associated with potential risks originating from foreign products used in their operations would they?
As ridiculous as it sounds, I wonder if they’ve never heard of Air Sharing. It’s much better designed although it’s a bit more expensive but at least it’s American.
PC World has more details with comments from Yuri Selukoff, the developer of the software, who feels understandably insulted.
Avid Studio goes to the iPad
AllThingsD:
“We’ve seen a shift in how creation is happening, and it’s really happening on almost any device,” said Tanguy Leborgne, vice president of consumer and mobile technology strategy at Avid. “We think the tablet is more than just a consumer device; more and more people are creating on it.”
The app will be iPad only for now and costs $4.99 for the first 30 days after which it will be $7.99.
If there’s anyone out there who still say the iPad is a media consumption device, go suck on this.
The multitasking bar in iOS = browser history
Fraser Speirs:
you do not have to manage background tasks on iOS. The system handles almost every case for you and well written audio, GPS, VOIP, Newsstand and accessory apps will handle the rest.
There is almost absolutely zero need to manually kill the apps listed in iOS’s multitasking bar as it’s not a list of active apps but a list of recently used apps. It’s no different than if you had opened your browser and go to the history list. Apps listed there are not active. A few exceptions to this case of course exists such as when an app hangs but it doesn’t mean you have to clear the bar every time. It’s not like you clear your browser history regularly do you?
The blog post is not a particularly long one, but for the short-attention span crowd, go straight to the summary section.
Even the Geniuses at Apple’s Genius Bars still get this wrong.
Asymco: Chart of US tablet sales based on NPD data and iPad estimate
Source: twitter.com
Analysts can't figure out iPad sales, pretends it doesn't exist
Charles Arthur, in Guardian:
Why does NPD ignore the iPad, though? It’s the tablet that is actually selling well. Comparatively well. And as Gruber also points out, the whole “76% of consumers who purchased a non-Apple tablet didn’t even consider the iPad” is a meaningless statement until you know how many consumers did buy an iPad. Then you find that it’s 76% of 11%, or 8.3%. Which means that even among the people who bought a TouchPad, at least half considered the iPad first.
Clearly, people in the US who buy tablets tend to consider the iPad in their purchasing decision.
Samsung copies Apple? Surely not
I mean just look at the packaging, the power adapter, the design of the box, the device itself, the USB cable, they’re different. Right?
