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- Samsung demands to see iPhone 5, iPad 3
- TiPb Picks of the Week
- Google slowly rolling out new web app UI
- EA iPhone and iPad games go on sale for Memorial Day
- iPad doing to PC sales what Vista and the recession couldn’t?
- Daily Tip: How to ditch the Facebook for iPhone app (and still get notifications)
| Samsung demands to see iPhone 5, iPad 3 Posted: 28 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT
According to This is my Next, after a judge ruled that Apple’s outside council gets to see unreleased Samsung phones, Samsung has fired back demanding to see Apple’s presumably upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3. Of course, part of the judge’s ruling was based on Samsung having shown off or given away pre-release devices to the media and developers, and Apple absolutely does not breathe word one about their products until Steve Jobs or another exec holds them up on stage.
Apparently, Apple and Samsung negotiated for a year and couldn’t come to an agreement before Apple launched their look-and-feel infringement suit, and there haven’t been any talks since then. So chalk this up to Samsung trying to get some leverage. Whether or works or not, it could further delay what’s no doubt going to be a long and protracted process. So… countdown to Samsung outside council intern blurry cam shots? Samsung demands to see iPhone 5, iPad 3 is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Posted: 28 May 2011 12:31 PM PDT
Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they're fair game. To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break!
MyPad+ – @iMuggle
I’ve tried a lot of Facebook replacement apps for iPad. So far, my favorite has been MyPad+. If you use the official Twitter for iPad client, you should feel right at home. I personally like Twitter for iPad so MyPad+ suits me well. Friended and Friendly always seemed to be missing a lot of timeline information. I haven’t experienced that with MyPad+ yet. I’d really like a Facebook app with notifications but I guess we can’t have everything we want. For now, MyPad+ is definitely my favorite. What about you guys? [Free - iTunes Link] [$0.99 (Ad free) - iTunes Link] Writing Kit – @reneritchie
Writing Kit is a text editor for iPad. But not just. It’s a markdown text editor for iPad. But not just. It supports Text Expander, CloudApp, Evernote, Facebook, Posterous, Tumblr, Instapaper, and Twitter. But not just. It has a built-in outliner. But not just. It supports fonts and pinch-to-change font size. But not just. It lets you tap margins to move backwards or forwards one character at a time, or double tap for one word at a time. But not just. It also has a built in web browser and power searcher so you can quickly jump back and forth to look up information and write up content. And support for DropBox is coming soon. Yeah. Just. Yeah. [$4.99 - iTunes link] Tweetlogix for Twitter – @andrewwray
I’ve been playing around with a few different Twitter apps recently and finally landed on Tweetlogix as my go-to Twitter client for the iPhone. The app has so many features that are missing from other popular Twitter apps that I’ve stopped looking for the “best Twitter app” altogether at this point. Tweetlogix is polished, extremely snappy and takes up very little system resources (RAM) despite everything it can do. When testing against some of the other popular Twitter apps, I discovered the memory footprint of Tweetlogix is roughly half of apps like Tweetbot and Twitter for iPhone, which is great for power users and those who like heavy multi-tasking. One awesome feature I find myself using on a daily basis is the ‘Now Playing’ option, which tweets what track the iPod app is currently playing and includes an iTunes link for anyone interested in checking out the tunes you’re into. This is particularly useful for me whenever I’m listening to my favorite podcasts for the week. The app also features light and dark themes, inline image previews, customizable tap-and-hold actions for links and so much more. The feature list is so long, I’d need an entire article by itself to go over everything it can do. If you’re looking for a low-priced and feature-heavy Twitter app that’s also extremely responsive and well thought out, check out Tweetlogix — you won’t be disappointed! (Thanks for the recommendation Brad!) [$1.99 - iTunes link] Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad – @chrisoldroyd
This week's pick is a remote desktop application that is simply brilliant. You install a small bit of software on your PC or Mac and then install the app on your iPad. When you run the app on your iPad, it scans your network, finds the machine running the software and you can then take control. The app works simply but perfectly. You can control screen scrolling, window scrolling and left and right mouse clicks all with gestures. The most impressive part is the speed. You can even play Flash games on your iPad using this app connected to your PC. It is one of my most used iPad applications. I just leave my laptop in the office and do any PC tasks on my iPad when at home. You can also connect remotely over 3G or even 4G. I just love this app! [$4.99 - iTunes Link] Easy Release – @llofte
As a photographer, I need permission to use photos of my clients online, so I have them sign a model release – on my iPad. Easy Release is a great app that is pre-bundled with industry standard release forms but also allows you to add your own. When I have a photo shoot, I just enter the client’s basic information and Easy Release does the rest. It displays the custom release for the client to read, they “tap to agree”, then sign the release directly on the iPad. I even have my clients sign with a Ten One Design Pogo Sketch so that the process feels more traditional. After the signature is obtained, Easy release emails a PDF version to me and my client. Perfect. [$9.99 - iTunes link] Labelbox – @lollerscates (Reader’s Choice)
While there are plenty of apps to tweak photos, Labelbox is unique. This app allows you to add a variety of preset labels to give your photos an artistic, creative flair. It's simple to use and there's even a screen dedicated to step-by-step directions. [Free, with in-app purchases - iTunes link] Your pick?You're part of the team as well, so we will be choosing one reader to make a submission each week! Just look for the announcement on [twitter](http://www.twitter.com/llofte] or our Facebook page each weekend for a chance to be picked! In the meantime, jump into the comments and let us know your pick of the week! TiPb Picks of the Week is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Google slowly rolling out new web app UI Posted: 28 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT
It seems that Google are slowly implementing a new UI for their web app. The update changes the ‘blue tabs’ at the top of the site to new ‘grey tabs’ with pull down icons. To change the type of search, they’ve updated it to include a drop down grid of all the different search types, and apps, instead of the old text list. Interestingly, this UI update has only been updated on Web search, Video search, News and Blogs. The older ‘blue’ interface still appears on Image Search, Places, Shopping, Finance, Apps, iGoogle and Books. Google Apps, like GMail, Google Translate, Google Docs and Google Reader haven’t received any form of update either. YouTube has its own mobile web app, and Maps has recently been updated. Do you like this update on the Google Web App? Do you use the Google Web App?     Google slowly rolling out new web app UI is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| EA iPhone and iPad games go on sale for Memorial Day Posted: 28 May 2011 07:03 AM PDT
Electronic Arts is worried you may not have enough to keep you busy over the long weekend and they’re willing to put their iPhone and iPad apps where their concern is — with a big holiday sale. If there’s any you recommend, and if you spot any other great weekend sales, let us know in the comments! You can find EA full iTunes catalog via the link below. Full list of games on sale after the jump.
EA iPhone and iPod touch Games on Sale
EA iPad Games on Sale
EA iPhone and iPad games go on sale for Memorial Day is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| iPad doing to PC sales what Vista and the recession couldn’t? Posted: 28 May 2011 06:46 AM PDT
For the first time PC sales are set to decline and Citi analyst Walter Pritchard is pointing the finger firmly in the iPads direction. The graph above shows consumer PC sales growth percentages. Month on month they show positive growth; even through the disastrous Windows Vista period and the global recession. If you look closely, between March 2010 and March 2011 you can see a massive decline in growth with it bottoming out in December 2010 and hitting negative figures in March 2011. Now what happened in March 2010 that could have triggered such a decline in PC sales over the following 12 months? Ok let us remind you! Apple introduced and launched the iPad!! iPad doing to PC sales what Vista and the recession couldn’t? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Daily Tip: How to ditch the Facebook for iPhone app (and still get notifications) Posted: 27 May 2011 06:53 PM PDT
Not a fan of the official Facebook for iPhone app, desperate for an alternative, but still need to get notifications? Join the club. I’ve never been a fan. Their cryptic “bug fix” updates never seem to improve anything and notifications are always so finicky. More often than not, I open my Facebook app to find several notifications that were never pushed to my iPhone. On top of that, the timeline can be choppy or jump randomly. And the whole “liking comments” just seems to decide on its own whether or not it’s going to work that specific day. If you feel the same way, hit the jump for some workarounds and alternative solutions to using the Facebook for iPhone application.
There’s a few ways you can ditch the Facebook for iPhone application (and still receive notifications). Unfortunately, unlike Twitter there aren’t any real alternative apps. However, these are the two solutions I found to be the best alternatives to using the official iPhone app. Facebook web app + Boxcar
This is one thing I use as a fall back method when Facebook for iPhone app decides it doesn’t want to push notifications to my device anymore. It works rather well. You can even route the Boxcar notifications to open the mobile site for Facebook. I actually prefer the layout and functionality of the mobile site. I’m not quite sure why Facebook has not just implemented a lot of this into the native app. They recently integrated liking comments but it hardly ever works or shows up. It always works in the mobile web version. Simply download Boxcar from the app store, create a login and customize your Facebook notifications how you’d like them. And you can have a different sound other than tri-tone which may be a plus for those of you like me that have tons of friends that use tri-tone. I like my sounds to be unique so I know whether or not my iPhone is going off. Facebook web app + Facebook native app
Another route is to keep the Facebook native app installed but use the web app. If notifications aren’t a huge issue to you and you just want a more steady user experience, simply keep notifications active but use the mobile site instead. I simply turned off badges and hid the app in a folder. That way, I still get notifications for Facebook but I can choose to use the mobile web version instead. The only downside to this method is if you open a Facebook notification, it will still bring it up in the native Facebook for iPhone app. I simply tap close and then launch the mobile web version. All the notifications will be right at the top of the web version. Not the best workaround but it’s definitely a more stable user experience than the native app in my opinion. Do any of you have a better way to use Facebook on your iPhone? Let us know in the comments! Boxcar – Free Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you’d like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to news@tipb.com. (If it’s especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we’ll even give ya a reward…) Daily Tip: How to ditch the Facebook for iPhone app (and still get notifications) is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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