According to The Sun, British singer Lily Allen is suing Apple as her laptop got hacked and the folks down at Cupertino provided no assistance in tracking down the hacker. Lily Allen thinks the only way to obtain more information is by taking legal action, so she’s suing. Read more
Remember Newton OS? You Can Run It on the iPhone Now [Video]
Here’s a great video to kick off this Monday morning: available over at Google Code, the Einstein MessagePad emulator allows you to run Newton OS on other devices such as the iPhone (seen in the embedded video below), iPod Touch and, yes, iPad.
From what we can see in the video everything seems a little sluggish and slow, but come one - it’s the Newton OS on your iPhone. Black and white colors included. If you’re brave enough, check out the instructions to get it running on your iPhone here. Read more
China Gets A Real iPhone 4 on September 25th
After months of speculation, debates with the Chinese government over wifi implementation in the iPhone 3G and a bunch of well-faked ripoffs, China is getting the iPhone 4. The real thing. Starting from September 25th Chinese Apple fans will be able to purchase the new iPhone in retail locations and Unicom stores, with a price tag of CNY4,999 for the 16GB model and CNY5,999 for the GB one. As Engadget reports, that’s about $743 and $892, respectively.
Apple is also opening a new retail location in Beijing on September 25th. Chinese MacStories readers: tips[at]macstories.net is open for you to send pics and videos of your line experience. Check out the full press release after the break. Read more
EpicWin: Now Epicer with Retina Graphics and More Loot
EpicWin is an interesting app for iPhone to get things done we reviewed a while ago which combines typical productivity features as a todo list with…RPG elements. As you get things done and check off items from your list your character moves on in a RPG-inspired map, collects loots and becomes an epic hero. It’s an original approach to mobile productivity you should definitely check out. Read more
Apple Takes Newsday’s Viral iPad Ad Down
Remember the great commercial Newsday ran to promote its official iPad application? The one where an iPad was used to kill a fly on the table, yeah. It’s gone. According to NetworkWorld, Apple got in touch with Newsday and sent a cease & desist letter threatening all of their apps. Read more
Apple, The Next Step Is AirFiles
I installed iOS 4.2 beta on my iPad, but haven’t been able to check out the new AirPlay or AirPrint features yet: I don’t have an Apple Airport Express station to configure with my stereo, nor I have a compatible HP printer in the office. Still, I know these two new features pretty well: AirPlay is Apple’s take on how you should be able to consume digital content in the living room, AirPrint allows you to print documents from your iPad and iPhone with a few taps. Both of them are great features. I want to focus on AirPlay, though: as Seth Weintraub puts it, AirPlay is Apple’s “go to market” strategy - in a way that this single feature will let users easily hook their iPhones and iPads to the Apple TV to effortlessly share SD content, and eventually pay for HD versions using Apple’s TV own rental system. Any kind of video content can be streamed using AirPlay, as long as it uses a standard media controller and it’s encoded using the popular H.264 video format.
I haven’t tried it personally, but I already know AirPlay is going to be huge amongst iPad and iPhone owners once the new Apple TV will be available. This kind of one-tap streaming and sharing of content between devices has got me thinking, though: what if Apple shipped “AirFiles”, a built-in system to share any kind of documents across mobile devices and computers? Read more
Rene Ritchie’s iOS 4.2 for iPad Walkthrough→
Rene Ritchie’s iOS 4.2 for iPad Walkthrough
Great overview over at TiPb of what’s new and improved in this first 4.2 beta for iPad. Didn’t know about Gmail becoming “Google Mail” in Mail and Contacts settings, new iCal colors and Youtube’s percentage-based voting system. Must read.
The Secret of Monkey Island for iPad Available
This is one of the games I grew up with, one of those that deeply contributed to building my (geek) passion for retro-gaming. The Secret of Monkey Island, adventure game released by Lucasfilm Games in 1990, is now available as “Special Edition HD” on the iPad. It’s time to be a pirate, again. Aye. Read more
