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Two of the most popular iPhone photography apps, Hipstamatic and Instagram, have unveiled a partnership that is meant to please their users: you can now share your photos taken with Hipstamatic directly to Instagram. Note that this is different than how some apps let you open photos in Instagram. Hipstamatic is now the first app that lists Instagram as a social network (right between Twitter and Tumblr) and publishes them to the service with the just the tap of a button.

Hipstamatic is a photography app that focuses on creating images that mimic the look of analog, toy cameras. It comes with different lenses, films, and flashes that work together to make unique, vintage looking photos. After “developing” your photos, you can then share them to other social networks — now including Instagram.

Instagram is an iPhone app that not only works as a camera, has a wide selection of filters to add to your filters, and lets you share to services like Twitter and Facebook, but it’s also a social network in and of itself. You can make friends and leave comments and “likes” on photos that appear in your stream.

Sure, there’s some overlap between the functions of the two apps and many have viewed them as competitors, but the truth is that there’s a lot of users that use both Hipstamatic and Instagram on a regular basis and with the same photos. It’s not uncommon for someone to take a photo with Hipstamatic, then upload to Instagram without applying one of Instagram’s filters simply because they like the social network aspect of Instagram.

It’s great to see Instagram and Hipstamatic work together for the benefit of their users. As part of the agreement, any photos that are published to Instagram via Hipstamatic are marked as being “taken with Hipstamatic” and users can choose to include hashtags indicating which hipstamatic equipment they used.

It’s so refreshing to see two companies work together in a way the compliments each other rather than just competing against each other. It shows that they truly have their users in mind.

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iOS 5.1 snuck in a 4G indicator on the AT&T iPhone 4S. When asked if they felt like their phone was running at mind-bending speed, one commenter smartly replied “Lightning fast. I can’t wait to get throttled even sooner now.” This encapsulates the conundrum of 4G data, and a problem currently faced by new LTE iPad owners: increased data speeds are only as useful as the data caps that go along with them. Drinking from the firehose is only fun if it’s hooked up to more than a thimble of water.

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece detailing various anecdotes where users were quickly running out of data, and needed to pay extra to get their service back on track. Though it’s good that the pitfall is being identified for those who might not know any better, for most of us it’s obvious that higher speeds without appropriately bumped data caps will ultimately result in a bigger bill. If you buy a Ferrari, after all, you’re going to need the gas to go with it.

This is the world Android owners have been living in for awhile now. The problem is only exacerbated on the iOS side as video is going to HD, even 1080p to take advantage of the new high resolution display. There are a few things you can do to alleviate the stress on your bucket of data, like relying on Wi-Fi as much as possible, and reducing the quality on streaming video, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having an iPad with LTE, doesn’t it? It seems like the impetus is on service providers to get with the times and adapt their pricing structure for next-generation wireless speeds. But what to change?

Flex data

As you might have seen from out AT&T versus Verizon comparison, iPad plans start at 250 MB for $15 and max out at 5 GB for $50, but there aren’t clear steps for transitioning from one tier to another. Up here in Canada, TELUS and Bell offer Flex plans, which basically means you’re paying a little more at each tier, but you’ll automatically be knocked up or down the ladder depending on your monthly usage. While this might not seem particularly different from simply paying overages on top of your standard plan if you blow past your data cap, a billing system that goes down with your usage is entirely reasonable, especially for those with erratic usage habits.

Speed tiers

One trend that might be worth transplanting from the landline internet world are speed tiers. Grandma probably doesn’t need LTE data speeds, but little Billy probably wants the best of the best. Even if they were both transferring the same amount of data, what really matters to each of them isn’t whatever is in their respective packets, but how quickly they get them. Ultimately, that should be what wireless service providers are charging for. If carriers are worried about congestion, this would be a fine way of mitigating and controlling bandwidth, without earning the ire of power users when they get throttled; offering separate 2G, 3G, and 4G data plans would essentially be pre-emptive throttling for people who opt-in in exchange for lower rates, and an opportunity for heavy data users to guarantee consistent performance.

Roll-over

If service providers are going to stick with data caps, it would be nice if we could use them after the month’s up -we paid for those megabytes, after all. This is something prepaid voice service has done in the past, and seeing as new iPad owners aren’t on a term contract, it would be a great fit. Some months you’re going to spend on the move more than others, and it seems ridiculous that during those times, you’ve got to pay more even though the entire month before your iPad might have existed within reach of a Wi-Fi zone. Of course, it could be a huge stress on carriers if folks just stockpiled their data and went nuts on their LTE iPad in a short period of time.  Those kinds of activity spikes are hard for carriers to deal with. Still, offering a spare unused GB from the last month or two could be all the wriggle room someone needs to go without paying overages or reconsidering their plans.

Of course, this whole issue would be cleared up if service providers just upped their data caps or lowered their prices, but I understand that they have shareholders to keep happy, and that involves making sure they aren’t just giving away service. There’s also the obvious issue of capacity; one would hope that as LTE networks mature, the situation will improve. These are just some ideas to get the conversation rolling, and I doubt any of them are a silver bullet to addressing the disparity between data speed demand and bandwidth supply, but the fact remains that it’s becoming a problem that needs to be solved. I invite anyone from the retail or infrastructure side to comment on why some of the options would or wouldn’t work. New LTE iPad owners, is there anything you would like to see on the service side, or is everything hunky-dory as is?

And while you’re at it, jump into the new iPad forums and tell us how much 4G data you’ve used on your new iPad so far.

Zynga, the undisputed behemoth in social gaming, has just acquired OMGPOP, the developer of the hugely successful Draw Something game. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, it’s basically a mobile version of Pictionary, where you’re paired up with a fellow iPhone or iPad owner, and you take turns drawing things and having the other guess what it is with a given set of letters. Both sides get to watch as one gradually finishes drawing and the other attempts to solve the puzzle. There’s both an ad-supported free version and a premium version that gets rid of the ads, but Draw Something makes its real money through microtransactions which unlock different colors to draw with.

OMGPOP has a few other titles under their belt, mostly for the web, but Draw Something has been their biggest hit yet. Rumor has it that Zynga shelled out $200 million for the 40-man team, but neither Zynga nor OMGPOP went into specifics of the deal. This is a pretty big acquisition for Zynga, but definitely a sensible one. I worry a little bit that clever iOS development shops are doomed to getting sucked up into these giant companies, but then I look at Rovio and see how well they’ve managed to do by sticking it out on their own. In Zynga’s press release, they did a great job of outlining some great stats from Draw Something.

• In the last week, more than 1 billion drawings have been created.
• Draw Something had three drawings per second the day the game launched.
• Yesterday, Draw Something has over 3,000 drawings per second at its peak.
• Draw Something is the #1 word game in 84 countries according to the Apple App Store — shout out to Sweden and Norway for being the first two countries to recognize Draw Something’s greatness. Nordic Love!
• The most popular words in Draw Something are: Starfish, pregnant, hangman, six pack, boom box
• The least popular word in Draw Something is latrine
• The best guessed words in Draw Something are: Rainbow, catfish, sun, fish, house, god, tornado
• The least guessed words in Draw Something are: Oar, Metroid, Warhol, pounce, polaroid, meathead, Autobots

Out of curiosity, how many of y’all are playing Draw Something? Does it change anything for you if Zynga owns them? If you’re leaving or switching to something us, let us know what and why. If you’re sticking with Draw Something, add your user name to our Gaming Forum list and challenge another member of the iMore nation.

Source: Zynga

Whether you just happen to be surfing the web, reading a news article, or viewing a document on your new iPad and you want to print out, or you’re doing actual work, for work, and need a hard copy, AirPrint makes is easy to print just about anything right from your iPad — as long as your printer is compatible.

How to see if your printer is AirPrint compatible

To be able to print from your iPad you’ll need a Wi-Fi enabled printer that supports AirPrint. To see if your wireless printer is supported, you can view the following list on Apple’s website –

• List of AirPrint enabled printers

Apple adds new printers to this list regularly. If your printer shows it’s compatible but your iPad doesn’t find it, make sure your printer is running the newest firmware version. In order to upgrade your printer, you’ll need to check your manufacturer’s specifications. Most of the time it’s as easy as checking for an update straight from settings and letting it update.

How to print from your iPad using AirPrint

Once you’ve got your printer configured to support AirPrint, you can print straight from your iPad.

1. Navigate to the document you’d like to print.

2. From the navigation menu, choose the additional options menu which looks like a box with an arrow coming out of it. It may be located in different positions based on what app you’re trying to print from.
3. Choose Print.

4. Now you’ll need to choose the printer you’d like to print to.

5. Adjust the number of copies you’d like to print and then tap Print.

That’s all there is to it. Your content should print directly to the printer with no computer required.

Troubleshooting AirPrint issues

If you run into issues printing something from your iPad, try performing the following steps and see if they resolve your problems –

1. Make sure your printer is updated to the latest firmware and supports AirPrint (you can refer to the list above provided by Apple or ask your manufacturer).
2. Check to ensure that your printer is connected to the same network as your iPad is. Your iPad won’t recognize your printer if it isn’t wirelessly connected and on the same network.
3. Make sure you are selecting the correct printer name. If you have more than one printer in your home by the same manufacturer it can be hard to tell which is which so check the exact model numbers.

Once you’ve got your new iPad and printer paired up you’ll be able to wirelessly print documents without ever touching a computer. It’s a great feature to utilize when you aren’t in a position to hop on a computer or don’t want to boot one up just to print something. I actually find myself printing from my iPad and iPhone more than I do my actual computer these days. What have your experiences been with AirPrint?

iOS 5.1 landed earlier this month without much fanfare, but there’s one nice little nugget that we hadn’t noticed before; when searching for restaurants through Siri, tapping on listings will launch right into Yelp. Of course, the voice-activated assistant was already pulling results from Siri’s database, but didn’t do much beyond that. Now when you type on business results, you go into the Yelp page, where you can see detailed reviews, pictures of the restaurant, hours, contact information, and get directions. There’s even a quick link to reserve a spot through OpenTable.

It’s a small upgrade, but a pretty helpful one. iOS 5.1 has quite a few other tweaks – be sure to check out our walkthrough for the full tour.

YouTube link for mobile viewing

Source: Yelp

Apple is butting heads with RIM, Motorola, and Nokia over the next evolution of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card sizes. SIM cards are used by GSM and LTE carriers to attach numbers and service plans to mobile devices like iPhones and iPads. After paving the way for the micro-SIM format, which has since been adopted by Nokia for their Lumia series, Apple is now putting pressure on the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to recognize a their new nano-SIM format as the next industry standard. What’s the problem? Well, competitors worry that Apple would be in a position to claim patents on the nano-SIM format, and if it was set as the universal standard, they could all end up paying royalties. There’s also a concern that other vendors would be stuck with Apple’s design even if they think they’ve come up with something better.

On top of that, Apple might skew the voting process, having recently applied six of their subsidiaries for membership in the council. This would oust Nokia as the largest voting member.  Service providers are all for the nano-SIMs, in any case, and they’re supporting Apple’s proposal to ETSI. Voting at ETSI starts next week.

The nano-SIM would be 30% smaller and 15% thinner than the micro-SIMs currently found in iPhones and iPads, and that means more room in smartphones for other good stuff. iMore previously heard Apple was intent on moving away from the traditional 30-pin Dock port towards a “micro-Dock” connector due to similar space considerations.

Source: Financial Times

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Basil — A Smart Recipe Book For iPad is app that lets you save recipes for around the web and keep them organized. It features a very simple and basic UI so that it’s easy to see and use while cooking.

To add recipes to Basil, you must first install a bookmarklet that allows you to add recipes with just one tap. Basil includes very simple, easy to follow direction to installing this bookmarklet to your bookmarks in Safari. It takes less than a minute.

Once your bookmarklet is all set up, all you need to do is find recipes from one of the 10 supported websites. You can do this from directly within Basil or with Safari. From Basil, you just tap Save when you find a recipe and with Safari, you’ll just tap on the bookmark you created for adding a recipe to Basil. Both of these actions will give you a popup that lets you select a meal type and cuisine type. Choosing these will help keep your recipes organized. On its own, Basil will also tag the recipe with the main ingredients so that you don’t have to.

As your recipe list grows, it’ll be hard to find what your looking for, so Basil lets you sort by cuisine type, meal type, or main ingredients. You can also perform full-text searches.

Each recipe features two columns. The one on the right is a list of all the ingredients. The list on the left is the directions. A great feature included with the directions is that if a step is timed-based (like “bake for 1 hour”), tapping on the step will turn the length of time into a button that when pressed, starts a timer for the listed amount of time.

You can also customize each recipe by editing the directions and ingredients. Additionally, you can mark recipes as favorites and share recipes to email and Twitter. Oddly, emailing a recipe lists the directions out of order, but still has the correct number in front of each step.

Here’s a list of all the websites that support Instant Save:

• allrecipes.com
• myrecipes.com
• epicurious.com
• seriouseats.com
• bonappetit.com
• tastykitchen.com
• foodnetwork.com
• foodandwine.com
• chow.com
• thepioneerwoman.com

The Good

• Bookmarklet installation includes a very clear set of directions
• Built-in browser is very quick
• UI is simple and easy to use while cooking
• Time-based directions are turned into buttons that start a timer

The Bad

• No pictures
• Emailed recipes list the directions out of order

The conclusion

Basil—A Smart Recipe Book For iPad is a fantastic app for building an organized collection of recipes. My only real complaint (other than the weird email bug) is that there isn’t any pictures associated with the recipes. When trying to decide on a meal to cook, I like to browse photos of my options. I also like to compare my final results with the photos as a way to judge whether I did a good job or not (usually not). At least Basil does include a link to the recipe’s original location so that I can see the pictures that the website provided.

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Does the new iPad actually get warm when it’s being put to heavy use? One blogger, a meat thermometer, an oven mitt, and a pair of tongs aim to find out!

Consumer Reports decided to see if it could once again repeat it’s infamous iPhone 4 antennagate traffic and media bookings by cooking up a little new iPad controversy — which we’re dubbing warmgate. So, we thought we here at iMore, thought we’d test things for ourselves. Totally unscientifically, of course.

I grabbed a kitchen thermometer, and just in case the interweb linkbait was right, an oven mitt and some tongs to prevent burning or bursting into flame. Then I got to measuring. While a digital meat thermometer might not be the best way to track the heat radiating from a computing appliance, I figured at least it’d be consistently not the best. The thermometer started off reading 28° C (82.4 °F).

Over the course of 40 minutes I watched YouTube videos and 1080p iTunes movie trailers on both Rogers LTE and Wi-Fi, and I played first person shooters, racing games, and fighting games, both on the iPad itself and via AirPlay Mirroring to an Apple TV. While the temperate did rise from a cold start of 30° C (86 °F) to a high of 35° C (95 °F), at most it was warm to the touch along the left edge (if held in portrait orientation with the Home button at the bottom). That while powering a 2048×1536 Retina panel, firing an LTE radio, and shooting graphics from a quad-core Apple A5X GPU, all in a package almost exactly the same size as last year’s iPad.

To get a sense of how big of a deal those temperatures might be, I next measured an iPhone 4S that was tethering a MacBook Pro while also using Google Maps. After about 5 min it hit 35° C (95 °F), the same temperate as the iPad had reached. (Anecdotally, I’ve had my iPhone 4S get much hotter after longer periods of tethering — or when roaming and desperately trying to find usable radio signal.)

Lastly, I put my MacBook Pro down just for fun and started up a Flash video. Anyone who’s watched any amount of Flash video on a MacBook of any kind knows the old joke about it being hot enough to fry an egg really isn’t a joke. So it’s no surprise the thermometer quickly hit 38° C (100.4 °F). (Though the MacBook Pro feels much much hotter than either the iPad or iPhone.)

So what does this all tell me? The new iPad certainly gets warmer than the original iPad or iPad 2, but it’s only because those past generation devices stayed so freakishly cool that I can even notice. The new iPad was no warmer than current or previous iPhones, and certainly nowhere near as hot to the touch (or the lap!) as MacBook Pros have traditionally been.

Sure, there could be outliers or defective iPad units out there that are getting way too hot, just like there are outliers and defective units of every device. This is especially true when first launched and manufacturing processes are new (if you have one of those, contact Apple customer care or make a Genius Bar appointment). However, While there have been a lot of jokes about the MacBook Pro playing Flash, and I’m sure people have noticed and noted the iPhone’s propensity for heating up under high radio or GPS load in the past, the mainstream headlines about iPad heat issues come off as more than a little reckless.

Unless and until there are widespread, documented reports of the new iPad experiencing performance problems due to heat, this is a non-story and no one who wants one should hesitate to buy one.

• Vote in our new iPad temperature poll
• Tell us how hot — or not — your new iPad is in our forums

Barefoot World Atlas is an educational iPad app that is essentially a globe filled with information in the form of text, narration, and photos. As you scroll around and zoom in on the globe, you will discover various points of interest along the earth’s surface and the official flag for each country.

Tapping on anything that appears on the globe will give you more information about it. For example, tapping on the strange, horned creature roaming northern Canada gives information about muskoxen — what they eat, what their coats are like, and why they’re even called muskoxen. If you don’t want to or cant read the text, you can tap the volume icon to listen to geographer and BBC TV presenter Nick Crane narrate it. I must say — I do love listening to Nick’s British voice! After listening (or reading) about the muskoxen, you can also view a professional photograph to see what a muskox looks like.

If you tap on a country’s flag, you’ll be given the population, capital city, land area, highest point, currency, number of vehicles, average carbon dioxide emissions, and current weather & time. The main issue with this information is that it’s all in US units of measure (feet, miles, Fahrenheit) and the currency rates are with respect to the US dollar. So if you’re not from the US, a lot of this information won’t be very enlightening.

As you scroll around the globe, the music will change to reflect the region that you’re exploring. All of the music is very well done and the transitions blend nicely. I’ve caught myself leaving the app open while working just to listen to the music (I’m actually listening to the music associated with Colombia as I write this review).

If you come across something you really like and think is especially neat, you can mark it as a favorite for easy access later. You can also search for information by region, country, or feature.

The Good

• Tons of information
• Includes professional photographs and 360 degree images
• Narration is nice
• Population, capital city, land area, highest point, currency, and current weather & time for all countries
• Runs very smoothly
• Search by region, country, or feature

The Bad

• Cannot change units

The Conclusion

Barefoot World Atlas is an excellent app for children and adult alike. Everyone is bound to learn something new and have fun at the same time.

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We first noticed our new iPads were getting a little warm on the lower left side right after we got them, but only because previous iPads had always stayed so cool. For years our MacBooks have burned under Flash and our iPhones have become tiny space heaters when tethering or using turn-by-turn GPS, so no big deal. You can’t pack that big a screen, that high a capacity battery, that screaming a graphics chip, and that fast an LTE radio into a case almost the same size and not have all that power go somewhere, right?

The new iPads higher running temperature been confirmed by scientific testing now, and addressed in a quote from Apple, but that hasn’t stopped the headlines tripping all over themselves already.

Luckily, iPads will cool down when we stop downloading or stop playing, but the dumb headlines will last forever.

In the meantime, we wanted to do our own poll of the iMore Nation and find out what our community of iOS enthusiasts thought of the issue. How hot is your iPad running? And is it too hot?

Is this just one more mainstream media attempt to get Apple into a fake-gate, or is the heat a real issue that deserves attention and will need to be further addressed?

Vote in the poll up top and let me know your thoughts in the comments, and in our new iPad forums!