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- iPhone live 118: Got voice?
- ngmoco releases We City for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
- Updated: Facebook down
- GV Mobile+ for iPhone – app review
- Verizon would love to carry iPhone, maybe 4G LTE will accelerate process
- Apple has an Apple TV apps engineer
- How to use MobileMe iDisk for easier iWork for iPad file transfer
- Multitouch casing could finally let Steve Jobs remove all buttons from iPhone [patent watch]
- NBC: No one will watch our shows more than once
| Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:05 PM PDT
Google Voice returns to the App Store and brings some Basic and some Ringtones along for the ride. We’re talking Facebook phones, Verizon rumors, Apple buying Faces and Guides, and more. Get social folks, it’s iPhone live.
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| ngmoco releases We City for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT
We City is the latest addition to ngmoco’s successful We Rule and We Farm line of games for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. We City has the same flavor as We Rule and We Farm with the goal of building your city and making it as awesome as you can. There are over 100 buildings and decorations like cafes, salons, apartments, hospitals, and even hot dog stands. As with their other games, We City is powered by the plus+ network so that you can play with your friends and speed up your progress through the game. However, there’s no Game Center support (yet?). Did ngmoco miss that memo? If you pick this one up, let us know what you think. Is it better than We Rule and We Farm? Screenshots after the break! [Free - iPad iTunes link - iPhone iTunes link]
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| Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT
Facebook is down. Now don’t panic, the world isn’t ending, no one forgot to pay the interwebs bill, and no, it didn’t catch a bug from the Facebook for iPhone app — it’s just down. These things happen. Luckily our iPhones can still call people for really real. Hold to hope, it should be back soon. Let us know when you can access it again in the comments. UPDATE: Lots of readers are saying it’s back up for them now. Updated: Facebook down is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| GV Mobile+ for iPhone – app review Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT GV Mobile+ for iPhone made its first appearance in the app store a while back before it got quickly pulled, along with any other Google Voice type app. Google cried foul, the FCC got involved, and we saw no type of Google voice app for quite a while. Since Apple revised their App Store approval process, GV Mobile+ has made it’s second debut in the App Store.
GV Mobile+ is one app you can use to connect to Google Voice. For those of you not familiar with the service, it basically allows you to choose a Google Voice phone number (free) with which you can use to forward calls to any number. The Google Voice service used to be under the name Grand Central. I think the Grand Central name was a little less confusing. Keep in mind, Google Voice is not a VoIP service, so you’ll still use your plan minutes. The main idea behind it is you can give everyone one number and it’ll forward all your calls to whatever number you choose. One perk Google Voice does offer is free SMS. GV Mobile+ has an extremely nice layout which integrates your current address book and you’ll be able to text anyone from your Google Voice number the same way you’d send a regular text via the Messages app. For a lot of people, this could be an excellent way to get rid of texting completely. I wouldn’t recommend it just yet though. One big feature GV Mobile+ is lacking is push notifications. It’s rather annoying to have to keep checking the app to see if you’ve received new messages. Push is supposed to be coming in an update. I’m not quite sure why it wasn’t there upon launch. If you’re really looking to ditch texting quickly, there are always workarounds. I currently use Notifo [iTunes Link] to send me push notifications for Google Voice. You can set it up online and it’ll only take about 5 minutes of your time. Growl apps and other push services will also work just fine until GV Mobile+ is updated to support push. The app is dead simple to use and even allows you to create a separate favorites list than the one in your current address book. The app gives you all the main features of Google voice in one neat package. Along the bottom you’ve got your dial pad (phone book), SMS, History, Voicemail, and Settings. When you place a call, your phone will ring (from yourself) and you’ll simply answer and it’ll connect the call. It’s dead simple to use. SMS works just as you’d expect it, and voicemail sends down not only the audio but the translations as well. Push is still a huge factor that keeps this app from being awesome. Once push is added, I think it’ll be amazing. I’ve tested having someone leave a voicemail or texting my GV numher while I’m in the app and I’ll get it pretty much instantly. If push will be that quick, I can see several people using this app as their main communication app. I know I would. Let’s cross our fingers it comes quick! As a side note, in my video I wasn’t sure what call presentation did. As a helpful YouTube user pointed out, call presentation is the feature that asks unknown callers to state their name before it connects to you. You can then hear their name and choose to either accept or deny the call. Neat! Pros
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| Verizon would love to carry iPhone, maybe 4G LTE will accelerate process Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:44 AM PDT
Chief executive Ivan Seidenberg told investors he hopes Apple will build a Verizon iPhone for their upcomming 4G LTE network. He said nothing about an iPhone being built for Verizon’s current CDMA network, however, so contrast that as you will against recent rumors of Apple building 3 million CDMA iPhones in December for an early 2011 launch.
Either way, it will be an interesting couple of months comming up. Verizon is currently the largest carrier in the US and they have promised 4G LTE in 30 NFL markets by the end of 2010. AT&T is also working on their 4G network with promises of a mid-2011 rollout. What do you think, will a Verizon iPhone happen soon on CDMA, will they wait for 4G, or will it just never happen? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below. This is an official entry by BriantT in TiPb's next top blogger contest. Think you have what it takes to join Team TiPb? Bring it! Verizon would love to carry iPhone, maybe 4G LTE will accelerate process is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Apple has an Apple TV apps engineer Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:10 AM PDT
Apple has an Apple TV apps engineer, if LinkedIn is to be believed. What that means exactly is unknown — maybe they simply engineered the built-in Netflix and YouTube apps — but as MacRumors points out:
Since Apple TV (2010) is running iOS, it’s probably not a question of whether or not it can run 3rd party apps, but whether or not Apple will open it up to running them. Again, with AirPlay coming in iOS 4.2, the idea of starting up Angry Birds on my iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, streaming the video to 50+ inch TV, and using the device as a controller is just too good not to get done. Apple has an Apple TV apps engineer is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| How to use MobileMe iDisk for easier iWork for iPad file transfer Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:10 AM PDT
Apple’s MobileMe News has posted a helpful entry on using MobileMe’s iDisk for easier file transfer for the just-updated iWork apps for iPad.
It will also work with WebDAV. Would that it would work with Box.net, DropBox, and GoogleDocs… How to use MobileMe iDisk for easier iWork for iPad file transfer is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Multitouch casing could finally let Steve Jobs remove all buttons from iPhone [patent watch] Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:04 AM PDT
A new patent recently filed by Apple lays out plans to unleash iPhones and iPads covered with sensors that could make buttons like Home and Sleep/Wake obsolete:
Filed Tuesday, the patent states that sensors could be placed under a device’s touchscreen, or even within its casing. This means that instead of having a homescreen button to press, one would simply swipe their finger along the bottom of the device to get back to their home page. (Sounds like Palm devices, doesn’t it?) Likewise, locking the device, or adjusting the volume, could use similar swipe related gestures in place of buttons. Apple’s abandonment of buttons would also lead to sleeker, smoother idevices that would definitely fit with the company’s reputation for creating ultra-modern, aesthetically pleasing products. Rumors of Apple working on multitouch casings and bezels have been around for a while so while we never know if anything from the labs will ever make it into real, production devices, it does look like they’re still actively pursuing the idea. What do you say folks, is a buttonless iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch something that you would want? Sound off in the comments section and let us know what you think! This is an official entry by Aaron Schultz in TiPb's next top blogger contest. Think you have what it takes to join Team TiPb? Bring it! Multitouch casing could finally let Steve Jobs remove all buttons from iPhone [patent watch] is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| NBC: No one will watch our shows more than once Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:47 PM PDT
Doesn’t look like NBC will be joining iTunes’ $0.99 TV show rental service anytime soon, as CEO Jeff Zucker thinks it’s not enough to charge for 22-44 min. of… whatever soon to be cancelled sitcom they’ve shoved up against that inane reality show on that other network:
But that’s $1.99 to buy the show and watch it as many times as you want, not rent it and watch it once (or however many times you’d actually watch it during the 48 hour window). Want to watch it again next week, you gotta give NBC another $0.99, which brings them almost right back to that $1.99 and you still don’t own it. Want to show it to a friend a month later, that’s another $0.99, giving NBC almost $3, or more than they would have made for selling it to you. But who am I to explain volume pricing, below impulse-buy thresholds, and — you know — math to one of the big media networks. After all, Zucker is the guy who yanked NBC off of iTunes entirely, only to come crawling back a short time later. Fox, meanwhile, is keeping their options open, describing their involvement in the $0.99 program as a short term test. Maybe someone should show them that Rolling Stone interview with Steve Jobs where he explained they aren’t competing with other forms of purchase, they’re competing with free. [Reuters] NBC: No one will watch our shows more than once is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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