Have an iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, or any combination of iOS devices and curious how to manage just what music, apps and videos get synced to which device? Apple has posted a handy tip on doing just that. Check it out after the break! [Inside iTunes] Let’s say you want your podcasts only on…
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News: PhatPad adds voice notes, VGA output
Stan Miasnikov has released an update to PhatPad, his advanced note-taking and sketching app for the iPad, adding support for recording voice notes and displaying output on an external monitor or projector. PhatPad provides a freeform writing and sketching pad that allows users to write notes and draw shapes using digital ink which can then…
iPad 2 May Not Come With 2048×1536 Screen Resolution; Rumored For iPad 3
If you were hoping that iPad 2 comes with a 2048*1536 screen resolution, prepare to be disappointed. According to IDC analyst Tom Mainelli, Apple has just requested its component makers to begin work on the super high resolution 2048*1536 display. This means it would be futile to expect such a screen in the second generation iPad,…
News: Google brings Cloud Print service to iOS devices
Google has announced that it has launched a beta version of its Google Cloud Print service for mobile documents and Gmail for mobile. The feature will allow users to print documents from Google Docs, or emails and attachments from Gmail, directly from their browser. The service will require users to connect their printers to Google…
Article: A Brief Guide To Managing Your Growing iTunes Library
Five years ago, Apple’s iTunes was focused almost exclusively on one thing: managing your music. Today, iTunes has become a repository for high-definition media libraries and apps, and a synchronization tool for photos stored elsewhere on your hard drive—thousands of files that can fill up even the largest hard drives before you realize what’s happening….
White iPhone 4 makes an appearance on Three, Orange UK, AT&T
UK operators Three and Orange are now listing the white iPhone 4 on their websites. AT&T’s online system is also now showing the white iPhone 4 in their OLAM (Online Account Management) system. This news comes hot on the heels of Best Buy and Vodafone Germany showing the white iPhone 4’s in their internal systems….
iPhone App Store Tops 10 Billion Downloads
Apple’s iOS App Store just keeps getting bigger. The unstoppable torrent of mobile apps available via iTunes has soared to more than 350,000 titles, with 60,000 of these specific to the iPad. Apps are divided amongst 20 different categories and available for download in 90 countries worldwide. The App Store just surpassed 10 billion individual…
More hints Apple is going with Qualcomm GSM/CDMA chipset for iPad 2, iPhone 5?
Italian hacker Zibri went digging through iTunes and turned up some more hints that Apple just might be going with Qualcomm’s hybrid GSM/CDMA hybrid chipset for iPad 2 and iPhone 5. In the picture above you see a “chunk” of code from the latest iTunes. Maybe, for the most of you, names like “partition.mbn” or…
News: 10 Billionth app downloaded, winner to be named
As expected, Apple’s 10 Billion App Countdown ended early in the morning of Saturday, January 22, 2011 with the download of the 10 billionth application from the App Store. One winner is being selected to receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card as the sole prize for reaching the milestone, and Apple is expected to name…
News: 10 Billionth app downloaded, winner to be named [updated]
As expected, Apple’s 10 Billion App Countdown ended early in the morning of Saturday, January 22, 2011 with the download of the 10 billionth application from the App Store. One winner is being selected to receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card as the sole prize for reaching the milestone, and Apple is expected to name…
New “Universal Bumpers” now fit Verizon iPhone, available at Apple Stores?
Alerio shared his video with us, showing what looks like a new “Universal Bumper” designed to fit both the existing GSM/AT&T iPhone and the new CDMA/Verizon iPhone with its slightly redesigned antenna and downward-shifted volume controls. Just wanted to share a video of the new Universal Bumper for the Verizon and AT&T iPhone 4. Picked…
News: Eric Schmidt to step down, Page to take over as Google CEO
In a surprise move, Google today announced that its CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from his post April 4th, and will be replaced in the role by company co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will assume the role of Executive Chairman for the company, focusing on “deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and…
Article: Reader Editorial: Should New iPads Keep Or Lose 4:3 Aspect Ratios?
If you’ve been following all of the rumors and counter-rumors regarding the screens in Apple’s upcoming second-generation iPad, your head may still be spinning from the claims that Apple will either keep the 9.7” display at a lower resolution than any of its computers, or switch to a crazy high-density display better than any HDTV…
News: Apple releases iOS 4.3 beta 2 to developers
Apple has released the second beta version of iOS 4.3 to its paid developers. Listed as build number 8F5153d, it is unclear what has changed in the new version from the first, which brought AirPlay functionality to Safari and third-party apps, the Personal Hotspot Internet sharing feature, an option in the Settings app to choose…
News: Mix: iPad proximity, Chinese iPhone limits, Best Buy, Zokem
A new string has been found in the iOS 4.3 beta that suggests the iPad may be getting a proximity sensor in a future version. MacStories reports that the new string is tied to a property called “pad_case_lock,” and is described as a way to “Automatically lock and unlock your iPad when you close and…