Ah! the 1980's. A time when hair was big and so were the arcades. Sure, it's 2012 now, and we have more computing power in our iPads than we used to have in our houses, but there's still many a retro gamer just itching to play the classic arcade games on a classic arcade gear. Both the Atari Arcade Duo-powered joystick for iPad and ION Audio's iCade for iPad promise just that -- to give you a flashback of the '80s on the iPad of the '10s. But which is better, and which gives the best real arcade experience?

Since the Atari Arcade vs. ION iCade has been done to death, I decided to up the ante and go full out -- I decided to put the Atari Arcade and ION iCade not only against each other but to put both of them against a full size arcade machine as well. That's right. It's on like Pong! Literally!

Shootout criteria

So how close do the Atari Arcade and ION iCade get in terms of bringing that real arcade experience to the iPad? We've run a series of tests that compare our iPad accessories to the real deal arcade cabinet. For each test we've awarded a point for matching the arcade experience, half a point for effort, or no points for getting it wrong.

Tests included looks, feel, sound, coin feeding, coin staging, aggression proofing, kick resilience, trackball options, awesome art, and two player compatibility.

There were also a few ways the pretenders were better than the real thing, so  so we have some bonus points for the competition.

Those include portability, power efficiency, home convenience, and cost.

So which comes closest?

Here's the point where you watch the video up top and find out!

Bottom line

If you want the genuine arcade experience then get a genuine arcade cabinet!  However, for those who have a more limited budget or more limited floor space and want to relive some of the glory days of arcade gaming, judging from our results, the iCade is your best choice.

• $70.58 - ION iCade for iPad - Buy now

• $49.99 Atari Arcade for iPad - Buy now

There are hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store and many of them go on sale every day; AppTerrier is here to help you find the best apps and great deals on those apps. With the focus of finding you quality apps at an affordable price (often times free!), you can't really go wrong with downloading AppTerrier to your iPhone.

There are three main tabs in AppTerrier: Featured, Free, and On Sale. The featured tab will display apps that have been handpicked by the AppTerrier crew. They are displayed somewhat awkwardly as icons on a big canvas. I think a banner-look would be much more appealing, but this approach does get the job done.

The Free and On Sale tabs in AppTerrier do display the apps in a list, but if you prefer, you can have them displayed in a cover flow style. As with the Featured tab, the cover flow view has a bit too much empty space for my taste.

Both Free and On Sale have sub-tabs for Today, Best in Show, Rising Stars, and More. Each section is organized into categories, making it easy to search for specific types of apps.

It's important to note that the Free tab isn't displaying apps that are simply free, but apps that are normal not free, but currently on sale for free. The regular price will be displayed with each app so that you know how big a bargain you're getting. The On Sale tab displays apps that are not free, but on sale.

When you tap on an app, you'll be taken to a screen that displays all the app's details such as the price, it's star rating, the developer name, it's size and age category, a description, screenshots, and options to share to Facebook Twitter, or Email. If you tap on the price button, you'll be taken to the App Store to download.

Most of the graphics are surprising not Retina-ready (even though the description in the App Store says it features Retina Support), but it's something I'm willing to get over it since AppTerrier does do a great job of finding apps. Also, even though AppTerrier lets you browse through iPhone and iPad apps, it's not a universal app for both the iPhone and iPad. If you use AppTerrier on your iPad, you'll have to use it in 2x mode. It's a shame that the developers of AppTerrier have such a lazy approach to its design -- the content is great, but the presentation is terrible.

The good

• Free apps presented daily (These are apps that are normally paid)
• No ads
• View both iPhone and iPad apps
• Full App Store search
• Share apps via Facebook, Twitter, and Email
• Community News
• Full Screen screenshots
• Push Notifications for daily apps
• App Channels
• View free apps in list view or scrollable icons

The bad

• No Retina support
• Not universal for iPhone and iPad
• Overall look and feel of the app isn't very good; gives the impression of being thrown together.

The bottom line

It's no secret that the App Store is horrible for actually discovering all the great apps that are out there, so using apps like AppTerrier is almost a must. What sets AppTerrier apart from some of the other similar apps out there is that it focuses on getting you a great deal. There are no ads, surveys, or spam, just quality apps at affordable prices. If you can get over some of its design flaw, AppTerrier is a great app to help you find apps.

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Rene talks to Clayton Morris of Fox News about the recent Nokia and Amazon events, then dives into next week's iPhone 5 event. How does Apple engage mainstream consumers, what's the competitive landscape, and what surprises are in store for us? This is the iMore show Sunday edition!

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Show notes

• Nokia Lumia event
• Amazon Kindle event
• Apple iPhone event preview

Guests

• Clayton Morris (@claytonmorris) of [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/clayton-morris/bio/#s=m-q)

Hosts

• Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie)

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Apple's new senior vice president of retail, John Browett, gave his quarterly address to Apple Store employees last night. While normally routine and not exactly newsy, it follows a series of staffing and PR gaffs that have raised concerns about Browett's role and Apple's devotion to its experience-over-profit model. Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac scored a recording of the address.

"It's all about our people and their delivery of that service. When I'll be watching people resolving problems in the family room, or selling people their very first Apple device, it's all done with such a great sense of service and purpose. It's just fantastic."

Apple Retail is one of the crown jewels of Apple. It's also a huge advantage over competitors who lack retail presence and can't or won't provide the same level of service. Being able to get help buying, using, trouble-shooting, and exchanging product is key to the Apple experience. Hopefully the rough spots are over and Apple is "doubling down" on what's important.

Like Steve Jobs was so fond of saying -- take care of the top line and the bottom line can take care of itself.

You can read the full transcript, or listen to the audio, via the link below.

Source: 9to5Mac

Back on July 30, iMore learned Apple would be holding a special event on September 12, 2012. Last week, Apple went and made it official. In between, we've been subjected to a flood of rumors fast and furious. Sorting the sane ones, the legit part leaks and software sneaks, supply chain gossip and retail chatter, from the 100% crazy stuff isn't always simple. Apple's a supremely secretive company. They take great pains to build hype without giving much, if anything away. But they're also a company that sticks to a tried-and-true formula. Based on their past behavior, we can try and predict their future behavior. And based on their past events, we can make some educated guesses about this week's event.

Apple and iOS update

Apple CEO Tim Cook typically takes the stage first at Apple events, and is likely to do the same this time around. He'll talk about Apple, their goals and philosophy and vision. He'll give an overview of Apple and the Apple Store. He might show a video. His part of the show will be short and sweet, but it will be packed with the kinds of details Apple's competition always seems unwilling to unable to provide -- real numbers, and really good numbers.

iOS 6 recap

Scott Forstall already showed off 10 flagship new features for iOS 6 at Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) back in June. He'll likely review them again on September 12.

The new Google-free Maps app, the newly improved Siri, Facebook integration, Shared Photo Streams, Passbook, Facetime over cellular, mail improvements, Safari improvements, and what, if any, new accessibility features pertain to the iPhone. But nothing really new. Not yet...

• iOS 6 preview: Complete overview of the flagship features announced so far

iCloud & iTunes

Apple Senior Vice-President of Internet Services, Eddy Cue will probably do iTunes and iCloud duty. We'll get some numbers and usage data. Everything that's leaked previously, including web interfaces for Notes and Reminders, will get some attention, along with any and all improvements to existing services.

If there's a new version of iTunes, even if it's not the long-in-development iTunes 11 total make-over, Cue will show it off, and its feature set. Likewise, if by some miracle Apple has gotten their even longer-in-the-works subscription/streaming music service green lit, or signed any major content deals, we'll hear about them here.

There could be new videos and/or commercials here too. Whether or not it all happens at once, or whether Cue, like Forstall, comes back later, will depend on the size of the iTunes update, and if any of the new online services are dependent on new hardware.

New Macs

October.

New iPods

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller will take the stage and warm us up. Perhaps with some new iPods. Whether or not the iPod shuffle and iPod nano get updates enough to warrant stage time and the debut of a new commercial, or whether they simply get dumped into a slide or press release remains to be seen.

Recent leaks suggest similar price points, though perhaps more color options and less capacity options for the iPod shuffle and iPod nano. That makes a sense. So does the new miniature Dock connector iMore reported on back in February. But what else?

The iPod is a significant yet ever-dwindling part of Apple's business. Quarter-after-quarter, year-after-year, Apple sells less-and-less iPods and more and more iPhones and iPads. The writing's not only on the wall, it's in the ledger. The transition is well underway. Apple isn't discontinuing iPods by any stretch of the imaginations, but the iPhone rather than the iPod anchoring the September event clearly shows where the focus is now.

So, while I'll always hold out hope for an iPod nano with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity that can interface directly with my iPhone and show me notifications, that could make me Dick Tracy, I won't expect it until I see it.

The new iPod touch is more challenging to predict. Not in terms of what it is -- iMore learned a while a new, 4-inch, 16:9 iPod touch to take its place at the high end of the lineup, and recent rumors suggest once again the old iPod touch will keep its place at the low-storage, low-cost bottom. (And It may or may not come in colors.) But the question is whether Apple will show the new iPod touch off before the iPhone, or save it for one last thing. The iPhone usually anchors the show, but with widescreen being one of the major new features, it seems unlikely Apple would let the iPod touch spoil that particular reveal before the iPhone.

• iPod touch rumored to get colorful at September 12 event
• Regarding new iPods on September 12

New iPhone

Phil Schiller will probably get the honor of showing off the new iPhone -- or iPhone 5 -- this year. He'll show us the tallness and the thinness, and talk about the new 4-inch, 16:9 screen, and the LTE 4G networking, and the antenna that makes it possible. He'll show off the new Apple A series processor and graphics, and without telling us many technical details, tell us how many times faster it is than the one before.

We'll get battery life, talk time, and everything that goes with it. If, like the last 3 years, there's new and improved camera optics to go along with the new and improved iPhone, Schiller's the man to show that off too. The iPhone 3GS got video recording. The iPhone 4 got 720p and the iPhone 4S got 1080p. They all got better, brighter sensors as well, and features like HDR and facial recognition. They've been the subject of TV commercials.

4K on a smartphone is probably a few years off, but Nokia showed the world what's still possible last week, and Apple has their work cut off them now. Panoramas were never made public in iOS 5. Filters, both for stills and for videos, could be added to iOS. But the camera itself, even if it's not Lumia 920-caliber, will still need to be good enough to impress.

Schiller will show us everything there is to show us about the hardware, and then he'll turn to software.

• iPhone 5 preview: Complete breakdown of the rumored new feature

iOS 6 redux

Schiller and Forstall will show off whatever makes the new hardware sing. In addition to camera features, gaming might get a mention, either for iPhone or iPod touch, to show off the new chipset. VoiceControl got the spotlight for the iPhone 3GS, FaceTime for the iPhone 4, and Siri for the iPhone 4S. What iOS 6 features will be spotlighted for iPhone 5?

Maps and flyover will get some time, perhaps highlighting some the transit apps they'll be integrating with. Siri will make a great demo. Again. Whether Apple still has more Siri services and partners to show off, or if it's just a rehash of WWDC, it should get some stage time.

We heard rumors a while ago that Apple was looking into doing more background actions with iOS. Not dissimilar to Power Nap on OS X Mountain Lion, pre-fetching local maps, downloading subscribed content, and other activities could join iCloud backups and Newstand updates.

If Apple has any device-to-device communications to show off, be it Bluetooth 4.0 or Wi-Fi Direct based, or specifically AirPlay Direct, that would also make for a great demo and commercial.

So would Passbook. Apple demos features, not specs, so showing someone paying at JC Penny or Starbucks with their iPhone and Passbook is a also a great demo, and maybe a great commercial.

• iOS 6 preview: Complete overview of the flagship features announced so far

New iPhone redux

Schiller will likely take the reins back at that point. He'll sum up everything so far, and there's every chance he'll introduce a video with Jonathan Ive, Greg Jozwiak Bob Mansfield and/or Dan Riccio showing us just how amazing the technologies behind the new unibody frame, the new antenna, the new in-cell display, the new camera, and everything else truly are.

Then he'll talk specifics -- storage capacities, price points, and shipping date. We'll finish with a clear, understandable product grid. We'll know what's coming and when.

Last month iMore heard pre-orders were planned to start the same day, like they did with the iPad 3 back in March. We also heard they'll hit stores September 21 in the U.S. and first-wave countries, and October 5 in second-wave countries.

It'll be a fun month.

• iPhone 5 preview: Complete breakdown of the rumored new feature

New iPads

We originally heard October as the timeline for the iPad mini. Then we heard September. Now smart, well informed folks are saying October. If that's the case, the mini-Dock updated iPad 3 will likely be the same.

• iPad mini preview: Imagining Apple's smaller tablet

Wrap up

Tim Cook will likely end the show by summing up everything we saw.vThat's Apple's real magic. They tell us what they'll be telling us. They tell it to us. Then they tell us what they told us. It's a linear product narrative in highly digestible form. They told a story. The same story they've been telling us for 5 years. And it will be just as compelling in September of 2012 as it was on January of 2007.

Again, this is pure speculation. It's trying to predict the future based on what's happened in the past. But it's pure fantasy at this point.

We'll find out reality on Wednesday.

Not too long ago, hacker Anonymous claimed to have stolen over 12 million UDID's from a hacked FBI laptop. While the FBI and Apple denied the claims, no one was sure where the data actually came from. Blue Toad, a small publishing company in Florida, has stepped forward saying the data was most likely stolen from them.

Paul DeHart, CEO of Blue Toad publishing company, has come forward and stated that they believe the data was actually stolen from them about 2 weeks ago which does not match up with Anonymous stating that the data was stolen back in March.

After they ran the data through their own list of customer UDID's and information, there was a 98% correlation between their data and the leaked data.

"That's 100 percent confidence level, it's our data," DeHart said. "As soon as we found out we were involved and victimized, we approached the appropriate law enforcement officials, and we began to take steps to come forward, clear the record and take responsibility for this."

An outside researcher, David Schuetz, approached Blue Toad and DeHart after he had found that around 19 of the device UDID's leaked actually belonged to Blue Toad themselves, some of them appearing to be shared among employees. Among the data leaks, the name that a person had given to their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch would also be given.

Schuetz said that after pouring over the information, he found numerous devices within the data which had names that included the phrase Blue Toad or variations of that, such as "Blue Toad support." Some of the gadgets' names also suggested they belonged to various departments within Blue Toad and were shared among multiple employees.

"What I was seeing was that there were-- of the million devices that were in there -- there were a few devices that showed up multiple times with themes that were related to Blue Toad," he said. "By the time I was done, late Tuesday night, I think I had 19 devices that … all belonged to Blue Toad.," he said. He contacted the company soon after.

DeHart has said that Blue Toad won't be individually contacting users that were affected but instead leaving it up to individual content providers and publishers to contact individuals if they see a need for it.

Source: NBC

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The Everpurse has arrived on Kickstarter and it is a really interesting project that may well have huge potential. The Everpurse is a wirelessly rechargeable purse that can power your iPhone just by slipping it into a pocket inside of the purse. The confusing part is to how it actually charges the iPhone. It appears that it is doing it wirelessly however it is more likely that the pocket inside of the purse has a dock connector at the bottom that the iPhone slots into easily due to the size of the pocket.

Ever notice that your smartphone dies JUST when you need it most? We set out to build something so powerful and easy to use, it would make charging your phone an afterthought. To charge, all you have to do is slip your phone into the Everpurse pocket! Whether you're at work or out on the town, your Everpurse will keep your phone charged all day long. You can carry your Everpurse inside a bigger bag, or by itself. When you get home, simply drop your Everpurse on the white charging mat for wireless charging!

My husband (a serial technology entrepreneur and prototyping enthusiast) and I (a social worker) started building Everpurse for fun over a year ago. It began as a quest to make the perfect purse. One that would let me go through the whole day without ever thinking about charging my phone. It also had to look gorgeous. I was tired of awful charging solutions that were bulky, ugly, and simply a pain to use. Many prototypes and iterations later, we've gotten it down to a beautiful science! Everpurse is now patent-pending and ready to manufacture.

The Everpurse is fully rechargeable and comes with a white charging mat that you just drop it on when you get home. It is then fully charged and ready for the next time you leave the house. The Everpurse will be available in three different colors and in fabric or leather varieties. The most interesting part of this project is the fact that no modifications have to be made to the iPhone and it doesn't need to have any special case either. There is no explanation as to how this actually works but it can't be a wireless charging solution without the need for some sort of case; it must have some sort of physical connection within the purse. If it does work in any other way then this could be a very significant development and one that is sure to take off with massive interest. Shame it is only suitable for those that carry a purse on a regular basis but I am sure other solutions could be brought to market that could utilize this technology in other ways too.

If you like the idea of the Everpurse, you can become an early adopter with a pledge of $99 which will secure one fabric purse complete with white charging mat; should they make it into production. The Everpurse currently has 34 pledges amounting to $4282 and still has a long way to go before it reaches it funding goal of $100,000; it still has 33 days to go and I would not bet against it reaching that target either.

What do you think of the Everpurse? Do you think it has great potential?

Source: Kickstarter