City A.M. Coming To iPad

by Mike on 29. Aug, 2010 in News

If you read City A.M., the free newspaper targeted at commuters in London, you’ll be glad to hear that you’ll never arrive at a station and find there’s no papers left again. An iPad edition is in the works.

We’re working on a series of apps, including for the iPad…should be ready in the next few months. The iPad will include a digital reader with an exact replica of the print product, as well as html news updates.

If you can’t wait, then you can download a PDF version for free from the City A.M. website.

[Via TUAW]

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A brief break in transmission…

by Mike on 26. Aug, 2010 in News

Image by Linh_rOm

Updates will be scarce for the next 2 weeks, as I’m heading out to Australia for a short trip.

My schedule will be pretty hectic, so I’m not sure if I’ll get much chance to update things, but I’ll be taking my iPad (of course!) as it’s proved a good travel companion in the past. I’ve installed the iPhone Skype to keep in touch with my family, and I’m taking the Camera Connection Kit to see if I am able to update my photo blog while I am away (mike-baker-photography.com).

I’ll let you know how it goes!

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The computer-in-a-keyboard project

by Mike on 24. Aug, 2010 in News

What would you do if someone gave you a free, but broken MacBook Air?

Although the screen was broken off, and the data cable between it and the case severed, Bart Reardon liked the idea of transplanting the working internals into a Mac keyboard, hopefully ending up with something very neat like this:-

So far, he’s got it booting, and it’s looking like this:-

Head on over to The MacBook Air Project to see how it all ends.

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Google spruces up GMail on the iPad

by Mike on 19. Aug, 2010 in News

Hot on the heels of Yahoo!’s announcement of their iPad email interface, Google have released their new “stacked card” interface, which is designed to make managing multiple conversations easier.

In the past, performing actions on selected conversations was awkward. There were two similar toolbars on the screen: one on the bottom left and the other on the top right. The former affected the selected conversations, while the latter affected the currently open conversation. Since the toolbars’ buttons looked similar, it was easy to mistakenly use the wrong toolbar. Sound confusing? It was.

In the new interface, selected conversations are displayed stacked on the right panel for easy organizing, archiving or deleting. The second toolbar is gone so it’s always clear which conversations you’re working with.

The new interface is available for users in US English at first, and will be rolled out to everyone soon.

[via the Official Google Mobile Blog]

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HBO to stream shows to iPad

by Mike on 19. Aug, 2010 in News

HBO’s co-president, Eric Kessler, has revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that the cable channel intends to make shows available “in six months” through HBO Go. The app and service will be available at no extra charge to existing HBO subscribers.

HBO Go has access to over 800 hours of HBO programming a month, plus the online rights to the feature films of Universal, Fox and Warner Bros, which include some real blockbusters.

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Verizon FiOS TV to stream video to iPad

by Mike on 19. Aug, 2010 in News

Verizon have implemented their set-top box for watching streaming TV as an iPad app.

They touch on some cool features that include real-time location-based suggestions, so you can, for example, see what’s popular in New York right now.

There seem to be a few kinks in the system right now. It’s implied that you will initially only be able to use the iPad to stream shows within your house, to comply with the existing licensing they have with the show providers. Let’s hope they sort that out quickly.

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Yahoo! optimizes mail for the iPad

by Mike on 19. Aug, 2010 in News

Yahoo have given their email service a bit of zing for iPad owners:-

  • Faster and more reliable: If you’re offline, Yahoo! Mail uses local caching capabilities to help you access and search your messages even without an internet connection.
  • Smart: You can find and organize your messages using Full Search, personal folders and Smart Folders with messages from your most important contacts and optimized views for photos and file attachments.
  • Feature Rich: View rich photo attachments in their full form, or as previews directly in the inbox view. Also includes a dual-pane view to make reading and organizing a breeze.

You can view your Yahoo! mail at http://mail.yahoo.com.

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Could there be a 7-inch iPad 2 for Christmas?

by Mike on 19. Aug, 2010 in News

Let me start by saying that this one is firmly in the rumor category, but the Taiwanese newspaper Economic Daily News is claiming that a new iPad with a smaller 7-inch display is going to be ready for Christmas. The paper has, however, correctly reported forthcoming products in the past.

They are reporting that a number of Taiwanese suppliers have been selected to deliver the product, although unsurprisingly, none were willing to confirm anything.

What are you thoughts on a 7-inch iPad? It would probably not be much cheaper to produce than the current one, but at 7-inches it would be more portable and lighter – one criticism I sometimes hear is that the Kindle is easier to hold when reading for long periods, so it might make the iPad a better book reading device.

[via PCWorld Australia]

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iPad and Kindle displays compared

by Mike on 18. Aug, 2010 in News

Keith from BIT-101 has put his new USB microscope to good use and taken a look at books, magazines, newspapers, iPad and Kindles.

Here’s some photos at 26x magnification.

A book…

An iPad…

A Kindle…

As you can see, conventional, and to a lesser extent ePaper displays like the Kindle has, have a way to go until they match the resolution of print. It’s a shame he didn’t have an iPhone 4 handy, I’d love to see a comparison with the Retina Display.

Head on over to the web site for even higher magnification images and a spirited iPad vs Kindle debate in the comments…

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New iPad TV Ad

by Mike on 18. Aug, 2010 in News

Apple have a new iPad TV ad out.

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