Regarding Skyfire and proxied Flash on iPhone

Skyfire is a browser on other mobile platforms that was at one point purely proxy-based like Opera Mini (where everything was pre-rendered on a server then pushed out to the device via compressed files) but is now an all-grown up WebKit engine where Flash content is still proxied (processed server side and sent out as iOS friendly video).

They’re submitting it to the App Store — we know because, also like Opera, they announced their intent to submit — for iPhone ..read more

$0.99 iTunes ringtone creator no more?

It seems like only yesterday Steve Jobs introduced make-your-own ringtones in iTunes, where you could take a song you already bought, and pay again just to use it in cut-down form as a ringtone. And — whoosh! — now it’s gone from iTunes 10?

The recording industry is no doubt to blame for the $0.99 price tag — they manage to both charge consumers and stiff artists on those, keeping all the money for themselves — but I’m guessing there were ..read more

iOS 4.1 features: HDR photos

iOS 4.1 adds HDR photo capability to the iPhone — and now iPod touch — Camera app. HDR stands for high dynamic range and usually involves a photo with one or more identical photos that are over and under exposed and then combined together so that far more light and shadow information is available than a single exposure would allow. These high dynamic range images can then be tone mapped to provide a far greater amount of detail, far more ..read more

Steve Jobs: iPod touch more popular than Nintendo DS and Sony PSP combined

Yesterday during Apple’s annual Special Music Event Steve Jobs announced that the iPod touch was more popular than both Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s PSP… combined. Jobs also said more than 1.5 games and entertainment apps have been downloaded by iPod touch devices to date.

However, as every gadget and gaming blog has since pointed out, while iPod touch has sold in the mid tens of millions of units (Apple doesn’t often break them out), Nintendo’s DS series has sold 132 million ..read more

iOS 4 Ping social music network gallery

After a few hiccups, Ping, Apple’s new social music network, is up and running on iOS 4 devices. Yesterday we took a quick look at how Ping worked in iTunes 10 and while computers have some advantages, I think I’m preferring it on iPhone right now.

Putting it in the iOS iTunes app is strange of course, until you realize Ping exists primarily to encourage people to buy more iTunes music, so having all those shopping carts handy is in Apple’s best ..read more

Steve Jobs: 230,000 iOS activations a day, not counting upgrades like Google. Google responds.

During his 2010 Apple special music event numbers breakdown, Steve Jobs said that Apple is activating 230,000 iOS devices a day. He made sure to point out those were new activations and said some of their “friends” (read: Google) are counting upgrades in their numbers (200,000 Android activations a day).

“If we counted upgrades in our numbers they’d be way higher than 230,000″

Jobs thinks, using that metric, Apple is ahead of everybody else.

Google, however, told Fortune that Jobs has it wrong:

“The ..read more

Apple Adds Social Element ‘Ping’ to iPhone

Apple today announced a new version of its iTunes media player with new social networking features. The new features, which fall under the name Ping, allow users to share and like music, as well as create social circles with friends and artists. In addition to the social network being available within iTunes 10, it also works within the iTunes application on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The new version of iTunes 10 is available for download today, but Apple ..read more

Speck Fitted Case for iPad – accessory review

The Speck Fitted Case for iPad is a hard shell case with a soft fabric backing. It snaps together from two parts — the plain black bezel that wraps around the top and outlines the ports, and the textured, pink and black plaid that covers the back plate.

Two part cases are typically more secure but more of a pain to put on and take off. Both of those are true for the Speck Fitted Case, which means it’s best ..read more

iPad live podcast #19: Sumos and Sammys

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We’re talking Apple’s upcoming special music event, asking if we’ll ever get that iOS 4 update, wondering about Sumos and Samsungs, and getting all up into the iPad’s business. It’s a girl, folks. And this is iPad live!

Credits

Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!

Our music comes from the following sources:

I Called You — iPhone Remix by Pete Leidy

via Sneakmove iPhone Ringtone ..read more

Yet more iPod touch 4, iPod nano 6 case and screen protector leaks

I love the smell of a iPod touch 4 and iPod nano 6 accessory leaks in the morning. Once again we’ve got cases from China, this time with a side of screen protectors for good measure.

How informed are the device mockups? We’ll find out for certain at Apple’s special music event this Wednesday but until then, give us your best guest — real, fake, or really fake?

[9to5Mac]

Yet more iPod touch 4, iPod nano 6 case and screen protector leaks is ..read more

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