Jun 02
Why Aren’t I the Center of the Apple Universe? [Apple]
Posted in: Apple, Google, itunes, Today's Chili, top
You can sum up the most frustrating thing about being an Apple customer in three little words: “Connect to iTunes.” More »
Jun 02
Steve Jobs at D8: Foxconn, iPhone prototype, TVs, and more
Posted in: Apple, apple tv, att, ipad, iPhone, steve jobs, SteveJobs, Today's Chili
In case you hadn’t heard, Steve Jobs got downright conversational last night at D8, riffing on questions from Walt, Kara, and the attending audience of elites. You can hit up the entire liveblog for a timestamped play by play, or browse through some of the highlights below.
- On TV: ‘no one wants to buy a box’
- On Foxconn: ‘We’re all over this’
- On lost iPhone 4G prototype: it’s an ‘amazing’ story
- iPhone OS ‘started on a tablet’
- ‘There might be’ advantages to two iPhone carriers in US
Gallery: Steve Jobs live from D8
We put some extra scintillating quotes after the break to shield the eyes of your children. Just a note, however: all of these are paraphrased quotes typed live as Steve was speaking, and not to be construed as the verbatim Word of Steve Jobs, though the gist is certainly there.
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Jun 02
UPDATED: ATT Revamps Smartphone, iPad Data Plans
Posted in: ipad, Smart Devices, Smartphones, Today's Chili
AT&T is revamping its data plan lineup ahead of the widely expected, next-generation iPhone, although the move affects AT&T’s entire smartphone line going forward.
In short, AT&T is adopting a metered usage model. Consumers will have the following options:
DataPlus: Just 200MB of data for $15 per month. Overages come in the form of additional 200MB blocks for $15 each.
DataPro: 2GB of data (not 5GB, like the previous cap) for $25 per month. Overages are billed in 1GB increments for $10 each.
Tethering: Anyone who wants to use their phone as a laptop modem–including iPhone customers–can do so for an additional $20 per month.
Analysis–plus one huge problem with all this–after the jump.
Jun 02
Sonic acquires DivX to expand online movie delivery options, share of Kazaa downloads
Posted in: Today's Chili
Just because Sonic shifted its CinemaNow name into the care of Best Buy, don’t think it’s taking a break from working digital movie delivery options into every device it can. To that end it’s purchased DivX, formerly a name you knew only as an illegal download enabling codec, but is now a legitimate enterprise that has agreements with major movie studios and more than 150 consumer electronics manufacturers. The cash and stock transaction should cause the two to get together and make the whole world believe them, with RoxioNow ending up in the millions of devices currently ready for DivX while increasing possibilities for DivX encoded movies going on sale in the United States. The DivX TV internet video frontend for set-top boxes and connected televisions should also get a boost from the deal, we’ll see how it competes with widgets, TiVo and Google. There’s a DivX TV trailer after the break for those interested plus the press release while related financial details, projections and promises can be found in the linked PDF.
Sonic acquires DivX to expand online movie delivery options, share of Kazaa downloads originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jun 02
RadioShack announces it will open doors early on June 4 for the HTC Evo 4G launch and sweetens the deal for those who preordered the Android superphone. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20006557-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p
Jun 02
Awesome Lego Printer Uses Felt-Tipped Pens, Tiny Workers
Posted in: Hacks, Mods and DIY, lego, Today's ChiliConsidering that it uses a fat-tipped felt-tip pen, this Lego printer makes a surprisingly detailed image. That’s really missing the point, though: This is a frackin’ Lego machine that can draw!
It was built from scratch by Squirrelfantasy, a member of the B3ta forums. Here’s his description from the YouTube page:
Lego felt tip 110″ printer connected to an Apple Mac. This is not a kit you can buy and does not use mindstorms. I designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board.
That’s pretty bad-ass, and the little lego figures operating it are a great final-touch. What I like most is that it is so slick to use, showing up in the OS X printer dialog just like any Epson or HP printer. Better still, this one will never give you a low-ink warning: if the pictures start to fade, you can lick the tip of the pen, or pull out the inky insert and use that instead. That should work just as well as it did when you were a kid (ie. not at all).
Lego Printer [B3ta via Geekologie]
See Also:
- Robotic Spider Melds Legos and 3-D Printing
- Lego, Motorola Droid Combine to Solve the Rubik's Cube
- Video: Walking Lego Mecha
Jun 02
Documents To Go: Finally, an Office Suite for the iPad
Posted in: ipad, Software, tablets, Today's Chili
Documents To Go Premium, the office-suite software from DataViz, has been updated to support iPad. The $12 app lets you sync and edit most office documents on most mobile devices.
The big problem with using the iPad for any kind of work has been the clunky file syncing. Dropbox and the like are great ways to get all your documents on the go, but if you edited them you’d have to re-upload, or re-sync via iTunes, and end up with multiple iterations of your files.
Documents To Go fixes that. Because it is both a file repository and an editor, you can make changes to your files and save them without creating multiple copies. You can use the rather clunky desktop app to get documents in from your PC or Mac, but far more elegant is support for DropBox, SugarSync, Mobile Me, Google Docs which lets you grab documents from the cloud to edit them.
Documents To Go works with all MS Office files (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and will also open text files and iWork files (Pages files work fine: Numbers files show up as folders, oddly). You can also create new files in the Microsoft formats.
It’s certainly not perfect, and navigation can be a little confusing, but right now its the closest thing we have to an office suite on the iPad. Best of all, if you already have Docs To Premium on your iPhone, this update is free.
Documents To Go Premium [iTunes]
See Also:
- Dropbox Updated for iPad, External Editing Added
- Box.net for iPad Solves File-Transfer Troubles
- Simplenote and Notational Velocity Bring Document Syncing to iPad …
Jun 02
Iomega’s eGo drives accelerate to USB 3.0, should soon make the jump to plaid
Posted in: external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, Today's Chili, usb 3.0, Usb3.0
Yes, another manufacturer is throwing its weight behind the little, blue, but mostly the same USB 3.0 plug. Iomega has released a refreshed version of its eGo line of drives, with two models that support the new standard: the $129 500GB eGo Portable, and the $149 1TB or $229 2TB (and rather less portable) eGo Desktop. If you’re not quite so forward-looking, USB 2.0 models of the Portable line are available in 320GB, 500GB, and 1TB sizes, and there are Mac-specific, FireWire 800 editions of the Portable and Desktop drives available in 1 and 2TB sizes. All, we must say, look rather dashing in their matte black finishes, and all are available now (for rather less than those MSRPs if you look around).
Iomega’s eGo drives accelerate to USB 3.0, should soon make the jump to plaid originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 02
Verizon Wireless announces the upcoming availability of the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650. You didn’t think the carrier would let Sprint have all the fun did you? pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20006550-85.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Dialed In/a/p
Jun 02
iPhone 4 gets KIRFy with an antenna
Posted in: Apple, iPhone, kirf, Today's Chili
We’re sort of loving the fact that Apple’s next-gen iPhone is already being KIRFed up, and although we’ve already seen a couple clumsy attempts at beating Apple to market with a clone of its own product, this lovely GPS-PHONE raises the bar by adding in a telescopic antenna. What’s it for? We have no idea. We just know we want one.
iPhone 4 gets KIRFy with an antenna originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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