Tag Archives: Apple iPod Touch
Is the Era of the iPod Almost Over?
Wired’s Christina Bonnington speculates on Gizmodo that the end of the iPod in the near future, citing declining sales and a few curious moves on Apple’s part. iPod sales peaked in December of 2008, and the numbers continue to drop. The iPod Touch has features, like FaceTime, that used to be reserved for iPhones. And this year, Apple’s Back To School deal gives students a complimentary $100 iTunes giftcard with the purchase of a Mac, when the promo’s freebie was formerly an iPod touch.
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Windows Phone 7 Hacked Onto iPhone/iPod Touch [VIDEO]
If you are a Windows Phone 7 fan but you are stuck with an iPhone or iPod Touch, then you are in luck. In the video above, you will see that Windows Phone 7 has been hacked onto an iPhone. You will need to jailbreak your iOS device and install software called OS7. Wyndwarrior’s WP7 iOS theme is currently in public beta. The price and availability of the Windows Phone 7 theme final version for the iPhone/iPod is not yet known. [Gizmodo]
Categories Apple iPhone, Apple iPod Touch, Microsoft Windows Phone 7
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Google Voice Now Works On The iPad and iPod Touch
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced that Google Voice now works on the iPod Touch and the iPad. Even though you cannot use the iPad or iPod Touch as a phone, you can use it for initiating a call with your phone. This feature is called Click2Call.
To get started, click on the “Call” button on the Google Voice application. Then select which phones you want to ring. Google Voice will call all of them. Below is a list of some of the other improvements made on the app:
- When you enable Push Notifications, we will automatically disable Text forwarding for you, so you won’t receive multiple notifications.
- Want some quiet time? You can send all callers straight to voicemail by turning on Do not disturb in the Settings tab.
- We made it easier for you to place calls from the address book by adding a dedicated Contacts button to the Dialer tab.
- Sending text messages is now more streamlined since you don’t need to press the OK button anymore.
Categories Apple App Store, Apple iOS, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod Touch, Google Voice, iPhone
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Net Apps: iOS Is Bigger Than Android and Linux
Net Applications has reported that Apple iOS has become the third most popular platform on the Internet in terms of marketshare. The iOS is about six times larger than Android and is even bigger than Linux according to Net Applications.
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Apple Launches New iPod Touch and iPod Nano Devices
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced a new line of iPods today. We are going to focus on the new iPod Touch first and then we’ll talk about the new iPod Nano.
The new iPod Touch has a Retina screen and dual camera. The new screen is the same as the iPhone 4 (960×640 and 3.5″). The rear camera on the new iPod Touch records in 720p and takes pictures at 960×720.
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Apple Getting Ready To Launch The New MacBook Air and iPod Touch
Apple has began to develop the new 11.6-inch MacBook Air and the next generation iPod Touch. The new Macbook is expected to have an even slimmer design with a 11.6 inch-display and will contain features such as an Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor. Although they are anticipated to do well in the market, Apple is only expected to release 400,000 units of the MacBook Air sometime in the second half of 2010. The next generation iPod Touch will contain have a 3-megapixel camera, which will be capable of both photo and video recordings. There may also be other newer features, including a “non-phone” version of Apple’s FaceTime. The iPod touch is expected to be released sometime in August or September and Apple is expected to produce 17-18 million units of the new device. [DigiTimes]
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Vietnam Website Leaks Photo Of iPod Touch With Camera [SCREENSHOT]
Another Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) device photo has been leaked. The Vietnamese website Tinh te released this photo of an iPod Touch with a 2 megapixel camera. There is also a label that says 64G (indicating that it is 64GB in size). [Tin te via BusinessInsider]
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Two Unreleased Development iPod Touches Temporarily Appear On eBay
Two unreleased Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPod Touch devices have appeared on the auction website powered by eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). The two devices are marked “DVT-1″ and “DVT-2.” They were also marked “Apple Development Team.” One of the devices is running a switchboard OS window too. The pictures look legitimate and the main difference is that there appears to be a digital camera on the back. The eBay listing for the devices were removed pretty quickly. Below are some additional screenshots. [9to5Mac.com]
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The Breakdown Of Everything Apple Announced This Week
This past week Apple has made some exciting announcements. Here is a breakdown of everything they announced.
iPad:
-On the first day, 300,000 were sold. Thus far over 450,000 iPads have been sold.
-Best Buy sold out so Apple is trying to get them additional stock as soon as possible.
-Over 600,000 downloads occurred on iBooks.
-As of yesterday, over 3.5 million iPad apps have been downloaded.
Apple App Store:
-Over 4 billion apps have been downloaded
-Over 185,000 applications available for download now
-Over 3,500 iPad apps in the App Store
Apple iPhone:
-Apple iPhone won the JD Power award 3 years in a row
-iPhone has 64% mobile browser market share
-50 million iPhones sold to date. About 85 million iPhones and iPod Touches on the market sold.
Apple iPhone OS 4
-Shipping this summer
-Developer preview available today
-10 billion push notifications sent
-100 New User features such as create playlists, 5x digital zoom, gift apps, geotagging, Bluetooth keyboards, spell checker, and tap to focus on video.
-Multitasking will be available on iPhone OS 4
-Folders for app icons (folder icon will have multi-icon icon)
-Unified inbox (all of your mail in one inbox) with inbox switching abilities
-iBooks arriving on the iPhone OS 4
-Enterprise: better data protection, wireless app distribution, and mobile device management. There is also support for multiple Exchange accounts and new VPN options
-Game Center being added. Game Center is a social gaming network for multiplayers. There are achievements, match making, and leaderboards on Game Center. Apple has 50,700 gaming titles.
-Background audio, VoIP, background location, local notifications, task completion, and fast app switching
-iAd Mobile Advertising: There are a lot of free apps out there, but developers are having a hard time making money from them. However most of the “advertising sucks” according to Jobs. When you click on a banner ad on an app, it throws you out of your app and into the advertisers website. This is why people don’t engage with the ads. Apple has figured out a way to deliver ad content without ever taking you out of the app. Apple will give developers 60% of ad revenue and keep 40% as part of iAd.
-The iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd generation will have access to these features this summer. But the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2nd generation will run many of these features, but not multitasking.
-iPhone OS 4 will be hitting the iPad in the fall.
New Apple iPhone SDK
-Over 1,500 new APIs available in OS 4. Developers can now access the calendar, photo library, and quicklook.
-A new framework called Accelerate is being launched for hardware accelerated math functions.
Interesting Tidbit:
“We tried to buy a company called AdMob… but Google snatched it away,” stated Jobs during a Q&A session. [Engadget]
Street Fighter IV Now Available On The Apple App Store
Street Fighter IV [iTunes Link] is now available on the Apple App Store. The download size is about 201MB and it costs $9.99. You can fight using 8 characters in seven different environments. HADOUKEN! [Joystiq]
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