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Hey iPhone, welcome to 2007. Following Opera’s script in building grassroots hysteria to goad Apple into approving a contentious app, developer Greg Hughes is teasing a video of his Wi-Fi Sync app to the peoples of planet internet. As the name implies, the app promises a complete sync of your iPhone or iPod touch with iTunes without having to tether and looks pretty straightforward (and occasionally useful) based on the video demonstration found after the break. Greg says he’ll be submitting it to Apple for approval at the end of the week — good luck with that Greg, we hope to be seeing you on Cydia at the very least.

Continue reading Wi-Fi Sync: wirelessly sync the iPhone with iTunes… in your dreams (video)

Wi-Fi Sync: wirelessly sync the iPhone with iTunes… in your dreams (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Less than three weeks after its launch, Apple’s iPad already accounts for 26 percent of the mobile devices accessing Wired.com.

Overall, mobile devices account for between 2.3 percent and 3.5 percent of our traffic. For April 3 to 19, iPad users represented 0.91 percent of total site traffic.

For the past year, the vast majority of mobile visitors to Wired have been using the iPhone. Before April, about 10 percent were using the iPod Touch, and 15 percent to 18 percent other devices, led by the Motorola Droid (with 5 percent to 7 percent of mobile traffic).

But with the launch of the iPad on April 3, it seems that many iPhone users have picked up iPads — and are finding them a good way to browse this site. The sudden jump in iPad users is matched by a declining share of iPhone and iPod Touch users, which suggests that most iPad customers are people who were already accustomed to mobile browsing with an Apple handheld, and are trading up to a bigger screen — rather than coming from another platform.

It’s too early to say whether the iPad is bringing new mobile users to Wired.com. The overall proportion of mobile users has remained more or less level this month, and because the mobile total varies from month to month, we need more data before we can draw conclusions about the number of new mobile users.

One conclusion we can draw: iPad users are using it to browse the web, and they’re doing it a lot.

And yes, we are aware of the irony that the majority of Wired.com’s videos, which use an Adobe Flash-based player, don’t play on the iPad. We’re working on that, starting with our homepage, which became iPad-compatible starting Wednesday evening, thanks to Wired.com managing editor Pam Statz.

Chart: Percentage of mobile users visiting Wired.com using iPhone or iPod Touch, iPad, and other devices. This month’s data is partial, covering April 3 to 19.

See Also:

• 92 Percent of Wired.com’s Mobile Visitors Use iPhone OS
• Adobe Gives Up on Flash for iPhone, iPad
• The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration
• Apple Promotes ‘iPad-Ready’ Websites Ditching Flash
• Apple’s iPad Tablet: Full Coverage From Wired.com

The “works with iPhone” stamp has taken a whole new meaning for Pioneer as it’s just added two new Blu-ray players due in May featuring iControlAVR app support baked in. You won’t be taking advantage of the VSX-1020’s (VSA-1020 in Japan) 3D compatibility with the BDP-330 or higher end BDP-LX53, but owners will enjoy return of last year’s well-received Precision Quartz Lock System with the addition of YouTube streaming and RSS feeds. Taking advantage of the Apple tie-ins will require hooking up to the network and a WiFi dongle is extra, check out the screens from the remote app after the break and decide on your own if physical buttons (or only being able to bring a touch interface to certain discs) was just too much of a hassle.

Continue reading Pioneer shows off iPhone remote controllable Blu-ray players

Pioneer shows off iPhone remote controllable Blu-ray players originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple appears to be casting an eye out to new shores, judging by the latest of its patent applications to go public. Filed in September 2008, this primarily relates to adding bonus digital content to event tickets, whereby swiping your entry pass to, say, a concert or a sports event into an electronic device would result in you gaining access to related goodies from “an online digital content service.” Additional claims describe the use of an electronic device (read: iPhone or iPod touch) as the carrier of the (digitized) ticket, allowing the user access to the event itself as well as “at least one other event-related benefit.” The whole thing is focused on the use of near-field communications as the data transfer method of choice, something that Apple’s hardware is not yet equipped to handle. Then again, NFC interaction is also referenced in a separate patent application (from August 2009, see WIPO link below) for peer-to-peer payments, suggesting that Cupertino might have more than a passing interest in the contactless transfer tech. What do you think, will you be buying your Steelers tickets with a side order of iTunes?

Apple files patent application for NFC e-tickets with ‘extra benefits’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey there, got any Objective-C experience and a desire to help out a budding young company? You’ll wanna hit that source link right quick, as Boxee is presently on the search for a Lead iPad and iPhone App Developer who will be responsible for starting the company’s Mobile Applications team. It’s no secret that Boxee is keen to get its media streaming software out on any and all hardware possible, and iPhone OS presents the company with an ever-expanding audience for its wares. Additional job requirements include a minimum of a year’s professional development experience and that you’ll have previously developed an app for the iPhone, though that last bit’s not exactly a high hurdle to overcome. We like the added note that Android dev experience is “a plus,” which suggests to us that the Mobile Apps team will eventually be spreading its wings beyond Apple’s mobile OS as well.

[Thanks, Abed]

Boxee seeks iPad and iPhone app developer, bigger slice of Apple pie originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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