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Apple’s Mythical Tablet: The Text’s The Thing

Interesting post over at Macworld analyzing the text entries possibilities the upcoming Tablet could have. I still firmly believe the tablet won’t just copy text inputs systems from other devices, but Steve will unveil something totally original and that “makes sense”.

A vertical keyboard wouldn’t surprise me, anyway.


The Tablet. Finely Tuned.

There’s a lot of buzz going on about the tablet Apple should announce in a matter of a few days. You know, every blog that I know has posted at least an article about it, so I decided to share my thoughts as well.

I believe that the tablet will be announced, and that it won’t be called Apple Tablet, iSlate, Macbook Touch, iPhone XL or whatever fake name you can think of. Now, this is not a post where I discuss specs, nor I will share my thoughts about prices, controlled leaks and other people’s opinion.

I want to focus on apps, and how I believe Apple is going to collaborate with 3rd party developers. Just like if it’s day one again.

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Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces

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“The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D objects on your screen appear to sit in 3D space with volume, surface properties and undulations that might appear in real life. These faux 3D objects have highlights and shadows just like objects on your desk might have, and they have textures that emulate real objects from glass to sandpaper and everything in between. Designing beautiful user interfaces has more to do with the why than the how.”

For everyone who’s interested in User Interface design, this is a great post. Go read it now.



Interview with Gi-Lo, Developer of iPhone Tweaks from Cydia.

As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event, I had the chance to interview Gi-Lo, a developer of iPhone tweaks available in Cydia. He’s the creator of SnowCover, FiveIRows and many other stuff. Be sure to follow @EyeDevs on Twitter to stay update about what Gi-Lo and his upcoming team have in store for 2010.

This is 15th of many interviews and guest posts I’ll publish on MacStories during this week.

Enjoy!

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