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: Macworld, Accessories, Hardware, iPhone
It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone.
Filed under: Apple
So my folks were here this weekend, and as you'd expect my Dad is really curious about the upcoming iPad, or as he likes to put it "his new 3G iPad".
Filed under: Apple
TUAW's devsugar series helps introduce developers to tools and tricks that they might not yet be familiar with.
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Software Update
It certainly caused a lot of excitement when the Apple web store went down this morning.
Filed under: Apple, Macbook Pro
Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release.
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware
Last month, we highly recommended the BearExtender n3 [US $44.
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch
Navigon has been very aggressive about keeping its highly rated MobileNavigator app [iTunes link] up to date.
Filed under: Found Footage, iPad
In case you missed it last week, PBS top gab guy Charlie Rose (no relation) hosted a roundtable discussion about the latest product from Steve & co.
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, Steve Jobs
Apple doesn't have a huge social media presence.
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Macbook Pro
Update: Commenters point out that our tipster pulled the Best Buy inventory screen image from this thread on the MacRumors forums (he did provide independent confirmation of the SKU deletion).