With Things and OmniFocus obviously being the best contenders for getting things done on the iPad, you may be forgetting about the simple things in life – mainly those basic checklists you used to keep on your night table. While someone like me could certainly put the workhorse that is OmniFocus through its paces, I realize that not all of you need such a solution for your daily reminders. When Chicken Studios contacted us about Tisk Task, I thought you’d be interested.
Future iPhones to Possibly Have Intel Inside
If you’re looking to have a little Intel in your iPhone, it may come sooner than you think. Intel is looking to buy Germany-based Infineon’s wireless chips.
Reputable teardown sites make it clear that Infineon silicon plays a pretty important role in the iPad and iPhone 4. UMB TechInsights shows two chips: An Infineon A GSM/W-CDMA transceiver and a baseband processor.
The baseband processor–which handles the 3G connection–is one of the most critical chips. “This processor has HSDPA/HSUPA capabilities of 7.2Mbps/2.9Mbps and the ability to connect to cameras with up to 5 MPixels like the one found on the iPhone 4G (the X-GOLD 618 version),” according to TechInsights. (HSDPA stands for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. HSUPA is the acronym for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access.)
[via CNET]
Wired to Bring Exclusive Short Films to the iPad
I’ve been thinking about what types of media people would rather consume lately. Though I’m not quite ready to propose my position, Wired clearly sees the potential for video on the iPad. I too think the iPad is a fascinating device to watch video on (as the device seemingly melts away during those Keanu Reeves action sequences), and I’m glad to hear Wired will be bringing us a few engrossing short films in a future issue or two.
With its August issue, it’s going one step further, producing original short films that are available exclusively on the iPad.
For the films—there are four—Wired got comic Will Ferrell to spoof once-anticipated inventions for the 21st century, like ray guns and jet packs. The films are tied to the August cover subject, “The Future That Never Happened.”
Mediaweek says that Condé Nast’s Scott Dadich is behind the genius of these featured films, and that a sample will be available on Wired’s website so iPad naysayer’s can see what the hype is about. Though you may want to buy an iPad with bigger storage space anyway if these interactive magazines start becoming storage hogs.
[via Mediaweek]
OWC Can Transform your 27” iMac into an eSATA Connecting Beast
eSATA on an iMac? Please. Steve Jobs would never allow something so awesome on his precious machine. Although, OWC might have something to say about such a proposition. For $169, OWC will slice a hole in the bottom of your of iMac to make room for an eSATA connection that’s bound to give your trust worthy companion the power it needs to speedily edit video of an external HDD. OWC’s TurnKey Upgrades and Installation also covers memory upgrades and an SSD boost or two, but only if you’re the most daring of upgrade types.
PlayOn’s HTML5 Web App Plays Hulu, Netflix on Your iPhone/iPad
Headlines can only be so long, so let me start things off with the major caveat. Yes, PlayOn gives you the ability to stream Hulu or Netflix on your iPhone or iPad with their fancy web app, but it’s insanely expensive and can only be achieved on your local network. Talk about promising.
Valve to Furnish Mac Gaming Community with GL Code
As Mac gaming took a turn for the better with the introduction of Steam and their fantastic offering of games such as Half Life 2, Counter Strike: Source, and Team Fortress, Valve’s feeling the love for our underrated gaming machines. As PC gamers sporting only the coolest of liquid-fueled rigs shake their heads in disbelief, Valve developers are having some heart for us aluminum junkies by sharing their developments with the rest of the gaming community. Joystiq writes,
Business development director Jason Holtman told GamesIndustry.biz that Valve will release some code to developers signed on with the company’s Steamworks infrastructure, in order to expedite the development of Mac games (and thus speed up the population of Steam). “So our Steamworks partners will have access to some of the hard work that we do to get our games up on Mac,” Holtman said, “and they’ll be able to incorporate that into their games – and our hope is it gets them there faster.”
Though now that we have Starcraft II, I can’t see anyone wishing for anything more mind numbing than blowing up Zerg scourge anytime soon.
Computerworld Speculates: New Foxconn Plant to Produce New iPhones?
We haven’t heard from our friends at Foxconn for a little while, so it seems appropriate that we check in at the beginning of this month to see what Apple and company are up to. According to Total Telecom, Apple is prepping to build a new $100 million production plant for iPhones, while renting a temporary production line for 500 Foxconn employees during the factory’s construction.
Discover for iPad is the Flipboard for Wikipedia
There never seems to be an absence of really great reference applications landing on the iPad’s doorstep. Just as we begin to beg for the next cool thing, some slick company pushes out their latest discovery service which allows us to further interact with our favorite content. Discover by Cooliris, like Flipboard, transforms Wikipedia into a unique magazine experience that’s irresistible to touch.
Manufacturing Change to White iPhone 4
It’s easy to wonder what the hell is going on with the iPhone 4. You’d think there wouldn’t be much of a difference between the black and white models asides from color, but WhiteiPhone4Now reports that the OEM producing the front frame recently changed their manufacturing process; the frame previously wouldn’t sit flush with the steel band, though that issue is now resolved. Click past the break for a shot of the original damage done.
[via WhiteiPhone4Now]