Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Review
Several readers have urged me to try the Gokivo Navigator for the iPhone [iTunes link], so today is the day. The app is U.S. $4.99, but that only provides you with GPS navigation for 30 days. After that, the app costs $4.99 monthly or you can purchase a year of service for $39.99. That's quite a bit less that the AT&T nav solution [iTunes link], and makes the Gokivo app quite competitive. The app includes a Traffic Tracking Center, text to speech so street names are announced as you drive, and it has iPod controls so you don't have to leave the app to change your music. Full story...
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Freeware, Developer, App Store
For the last panel of GDC 2010 day two, David Whatley of Critical Thought took the stage to talk about the App Store success he found with his games geoDefense and geoDefense Swarm, and almost dared other iPhone developers to follow his "guaranteed plan" to go from "zero to Time Magazine.
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware, iPad
That's the word from the giant U.S. bookseller. There is already a version for the iPhone and iPod touch, and Barnes & Noble says customers can expect the free software around the time of the iPad launch.
Filed under: Found Footage, iPad
Call me crazy but I think this is hysterical. Doritoscanada has put together a wry and dry iPad introduction parody using, of course, Doritos.
Filed under: Cult of Mac, iPad
We've had more than a few inbound requests today, via email and Twitter, asking a slightly obsessive but completely understandable question: When can I pre-order my freakin' iPad? True to form, the simple answer of "March 12th" is not adequate for the real early adopters, and they ask again: Yes, I know that, but what time can I push the button? When does the pre-order page go live on store.
Filed under: Software Update, Security
New browser time -- and unfortunately, time to restart your Mac.
Filed under: iPad
Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ's Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that it costs more to buy early.
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer, App Store
Julian Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store.
Filed under: OS, Software, Developer, iPhone
Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Apple
On Wednesday, Consumer Reports published the results of its latest tech support survey.
Filed under: Rumors, Mac Pro
ZDNet is reporting that the next iteration of the Mac Pro will be unveiled next Tuesday, March 16th.