Archive for April, 2009

Spinning Vinyl Turns iPod Touch Into a Virtual Turntable

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

That Spinning Vinyl, an application that changes the speed of an MP3 song you twist an iPod touch. It works as a deck, changing the speed according to the revolutions per minute.

However, it works only with iPod touch. According to his son Theo Watson-creator only the curvature of the second generation iPod touch allows him to work right. I wish it could also remove the album, like a true vinyl. Then I buy it, if it is released into the app store. [Spinning Vinyl Via Hack a Day by Nerdcore]
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Theodore Watson has created a program to play a song, as if it is a turntable,

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Review on Apple’s Gatekeeper Role

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Content: Outrage on Apple Inc.’s approval of an iPhone application that simulates the vibrations of a baby poses risks to society in the way it veterinary products.

The Cupertino, California, the company of the App Store, allowing users to access more than 35,000 software applications such as games to download to their iPhone or iPod Touch, has become one of the most compelling reasons buy an iPod or iPhone. Since the launch of the store a year ago, users have downloaded a billion applications.

Earlier this week, however, Apple has been hit by a complaint to allow the sale of a game developed by a company called Sikalosoft. The game in which players attempt to silence a crying baby by shaking the phone was available for a few days for 99 cents; it was withdrawn by Wednesday from Apple by following the protests of groups of child protection.

Apple has apologized Thursday, saying the request “should not have been approved for distribution.” In a statement, the company said: “We sincerely apologize for this mistake.”

Sikalosoft did not respond to an e-mail request for comment.

The review highlights the complexity of the effects of the decision of Apple App Store veterinary applications. If Apple does not create the software that is offered by the store, she has actively veterinary presentations are made by third-party developers, in an approval process that was criticized by some as arbitrary and opaque.

Because they place themselves in the role of caretaker, they have to take cuts, “said Adam ENGST, publisher of TidBITS, an online newsletter following Apple.

Apple has rejected requests for reasons such as containing inappropriate content or provides a service that could compete with Apple. Developers say some of the submissions have been marking time in the process without any reason.

A countdown to the request of President Bush last days, according to last year, called Free Time was rejected because the Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said that it would be “on the offensive near the half of our customers, “according to an email received by the promoter, Alec Vance.

This may not be the last time, Apple will face the controversy around a program in its online store. “It shows how gray and awkward the line is going to be going forward,” said ENGST.

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iPhone/iPod Touch Games Reveiw - Baseball Superstars and 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2009

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Content: “Baseball Superstars”

For: iPhone / iPod Touch

From Gamevil

iTunes Store: 4

Price: $ 3

“9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2009″

For: iPhone / iPod Touch

From Com2uS

iTunes Store: 4

Price: $ 5

Let there be no mistake: The best modern amenities, a gaming license in 2009 Major League Baseball is and will probably remain on the Playstation 3.

But if the license does not matter or if you prefer the style of play virtual baseball which was so beloved in the 1980s and early 1990s, the iPhone and iPod Touch are suddenly awash in opportunities.

Gamevil of Baseball Superstars 2009 “is not a surprise: The franchise already exists on various mobile devices, and any baseball game that can work on a numeric keypad should be very good on the iPhone touchscreen spacious.

“Superstars” made good on that hope, using the bottom left and right corners of the screen to reproduce the eight control buttons that operates as a virtual pad Super Nintendo. Cleverly, the button that is most used in the game also gets a place on the screen.

The all new “9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2009″ uses a system of control, but with a more dynamic look: buttons are shown with their duties instead of symbols, which certainly makes the learning curve.

The two schemes work as hoped, and if you played any 2-D baseball during his days of glory, the various approaches to feel awfully familiar once you learn a little of each and understand the subtleties of the game responsibilities with regard to parameters fielder and runner speed. Both approaches have advantages: “Innings” offers more complexity in terms of manufacture and launch the height of efficiency, while “Superstar” delivers just enough to feel like arcade and intuitive.

Graphically, the games are directly from the 2-D era, with “Superstars” pay great tribute to “RBI Baseball’s” cartoonish debut while “Innings” do justice similar to “Baseball Stars” look. “Superstars” wins the hand in his department, but both games are observed in this area.

When things really surprised - especially since it costs $ 8 to buy both - is in service functionality. Both games feature exhibition, season, management and home run derby modes. “Innings” a nice stat-tracking capabilities, while the “Superstars” you can trade players in the way of the season. “Innings” also includes assignments for a piece of fashion, which opens various rewards when you complete one of 50 different baseball-related objectives in one of the game modes.

The best feature, however, is “Superstars” My League mode, which lets you create a pitcher or hitter and play just like him on several seasons. You can improve your statistics, training, purchase better equipment for your salary, and reap the benefits of becoming the star of your team player. “Superstars” mission mode is more than itself “Innings” system, but success in this mode (or in the home run derby) nets you reward in My League mode, it is useful to consult.

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iPod Nano Voice control

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Content: Q. I have spoken menus feature enabled on my iPod Nano. Is there a way to change the voice that announces songs and menus? (mp4 to flash)

A. You can change the voice used to navigate the menus of the iPod Nano spoken word audio clues, but you must do on your connection. Your voice, it will depend on the choice of those that are installed on the computer’s built-in text-to-speech functions.flv to zen_vision)

In Windows Vista, go to the Start menu to Control Panel and select Classic View option in the sidebar. Open Text to Speech icon and select another voice (if your system has installed). You can also preview and adjust the speed of the voice spoke again.youtube grabber)

The steps are similar in Windows XP: go to the Start menu, Control Panel and open the Speech icon. Choose a new voice to the list of pop-up and adjust the rate of expression.

On Mac OS X 10.5 system, go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences. Open the Speech icon and click the Text tab of the word in the box. Choose a new voice of pop-up menu and adjust the rate to talk with the cursor at the top of the box. Click the Play button to hear a sample.(ogm t swf)

For all systems, you need to re-sync the Nano to the computer after making changes so that the new preference votes transferred. Apple has more information about using the word spoken menus on the latest model iPod Nano to support.apple.com/kb/HT2961.

Microsoft has its own information on the use of text-to speech application for Windows support.microsoft.com/kb/306902.

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Apple iPod and Nintendo’s Wii Show the Future of Touch
Content: The success of the Nintendo Wii and the Apple iPod has demonstrated the attractiveness of the consumer devices that respond to touch and movement, but a quick glance around San Jose, California, Hilton showed how the industry is young.(ogm t swf

Ashton Kutcher Demi Moore shows something about his iPhone using the touch screen.

While this week, RSA 2009 show fills the Moscone Center a little ways north of San Francisco, California, 2009 Conference Poster Interactive barely fills a room of average size here. The lounge looks more like a science fair of the pomp of a big living-time.youtube grabber)

But if you used one of the interactive exhibits here to view a heat map of this industry, it would be red hot. This is because touch displays, for years relegated to kiosks and industrial uses, are fast becoming mainstream.

Hewlett-Packard and Dell are already able to touch the machines, while Microsoft is making the gesture input standard with Windows 7.

And while the show is low, the 270 participants are more than organizers had planned the show, leading to a shortage of food, but plenty of energy.

Speakers at the conference are big names like Microsoft and multitouch pioneer Jeff Han, while the lounge is a showcase for start-ups, as well as those that provide the basic components needed to touch screens and other interactive exhibits.

Among youth from San Jose is known as an equipment based 22 miles. Like many businesses here in its core business was one-off projects for hotel poster. But the company is also working on technologies that go far beyond supply an interactive directory.flv to zen_vision

With a finger of his finger, CEO Joey Zhao Yu from a prototype implementation of interactive television. A video of a basketball game began to play. Zhao used a finger to pause the game and then got his finger to play in slow motion.

With two fingers to slide, video, faster and played with three fingers, he played even faster. Zhao has made its impression Mike Fratello, circling one of the players in red with a swirl of his finger, as the “tsar telestrator” is on television.

In another corner of the narrow corridor that serves as a lounge, Canada GestureTek has shown some of its products. On the floor is the type of display that has become common in shopping malls and other places, while another had a game setting conduct that can be controlled with nothing but a user of both hands, gestures in the air.(flv to creative)

It is intuitive, but difficult to master. We use the hand like a steering wheel, the dissemination of their hands to speed up and bring them together to slow down.

On stage, speakers discussed two new exploration areas and the main obstacles still to industry - issues of cost, size and accuracy. (mp4 to flash)

As regards what is in the future, an interesting topic to do with the displays themselves can mold or “distort” themselves in response to touch.

This technology is not here today, but probably not more than three to five years, “said Christophe Ramstein chief technology officer at Immersion, a company known for its technology force feedback. Ramstein, said he is talking with many large companies on the potential of this area.

“This is a great region,” said Ramstein. “They are interested.”

In his speech, Han spoke, he and his company - Perceptive Pixel - have so far. Although much of business is in the space industry and government, Han said his company has become best known for touching the walls, he sold to television channels like CNN, which used them in its election coverage.

“We actually do not think the spread is an area for us,” said Han. “They were found at a military show.

He also showed a clip from “Saturday Night Live” parody of election coverage, saying it is an important point. “This is a very fine line between something that really works … and fall into a gadget, “said Han.

Han also took on the crowd a bit of a journey through time, while reminding people that multitouch is a young company, its technology roots go back decades.

For his part, Han said he was inspired by the sight of a PBS documentary in the early 1980s showed that Microsoft Bill Buxton, a researcher, then at the University of Toronto, using multitouch to compose music on a computer. The computer itself was a green screen with an old processor and little memory, but the concept underlying key was already there.

“Sometimes it takes longer for these things and marinate gestates,” said Han.

And if things are taking off, Han urged the crowd not to give up quality in the race to enjoy a hot market. “This will be the ruin and chaos, in place for us all, and that would be a real shame,” said Han.

Apple iPod Touch Sales Double

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Apple iPod Touch Sales Double
Content: Sales of Apple, the iPod touch, once reduced as a niche product expensive, have more than doubled in the last 12 months at rates almost in line with the iPhone, fueled by an explosion of attractive games on the App Store that are strengthening global multi - unit shipments contact Nintendo DS territory.
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Although largely neglected to repeat the light punch on the comments NETBOOK space, Apple for the second time in as many months Wednesday provided sufficient data to break the sales of its iPod with touch screen, what he always avoided in an effort to limit the competitors’ point of view of its success. (youtube grabber)

Specifically, Apple said last month that it ended 2008 with 30 million users multi-touch, 17 million iPhone owners who are, and therefore 13 million iPod touch which have been users. During the first quarter of 2009, the multi-touch public swollen to 37 million units, according to Apple interim chief Tim Cook, driving the growth of an amazing new product during a difficult macroeconomic environment and prosecution of any potential competitors distanciation Apple. flv to zen_vision

“One of the keys behind the growth of the iPod this quarter, despite the economic environment is that the iPod Touch has more than doubled compared to last year,” he said. “So it was a great result and Peter mentioned earlier in his address, the amount of iPhone and iPod Touch is now around 37 million units, and, therefore, provides a huge platform for developers to develop and our recent changes SDK developers working on now, I think it triggers a whole new level of innovation that keeps Apple in the years come from all over the world. ”

Apple reported 3.79 million iPhones shipping in the quarter, meaning that it has also sold 3.21 million Comparative iPod when the iPhone is the sale of data from the reported 7 million increases in multi-touch user. Contributed to the jump nearly $ 3 a sequential increase of the average iPod selling price more important, but it puts Apple to grow its multi-touch audience of nearly 30 million users this year alone, assuming the unlikely event that sales of its iPhone sales flat after the introduction of new models this spring. (ogm t swf

Even more significant May be the emergence of Apple as a leader in portable gaming, with quarterly multi-touch device for sale now almost caught up with the Nintendo DS, the market leader. Nintendo has reported sales of 31.43 million DS during the series of handhelds calendar year 2008, an average of 7.86 million units per quarter, compared to 7 million in Apple computers pocket of its most recent quarter.

The appeal of the iPod touch as a gaming device has taken the industry by surprise observers, some of which do not recognize the advent of the App Store as a catalyst that would stimulate the sales of ‘handheld multi-touch, and not vice versa.

“We did not appreciate the role that the [iPod] touch play when Apple introduced in September 2007,” said Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf. “But it is now clear that the contact was seen as a viable platform Thursday.”

In response to Apple’s second quarter, Wolf noted that the App Store looks like the PC paradigm, in which hardware sales are driving sales of software. However, he added that “an obvious exception is the iPod touch.”

“We believe that software applications are starting to stimulate sales of the [iPod] touch, especially among the young-addicted young people,” he says.

Apple, which sells its 1 billionth application App Store later this afternoon, according to a third of the 35,000 applications for digital download store on the games, which means that it will be sold over 300 million multi-games touch in about 9 months. Although its difficult to know how many DS titles have been sold since the platform launched in 2004, Nintendo said last month that 83 titles have each exceeded 1 million, with 7 games over 10 million.

Get Apple’s iPod Shuffle with $21.77

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Get Apple’s iPod Shuffle with $21.77?
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Apple’s third-generation iPod Shuffle is a bill of materials (BOM) of $ 20.81, according to an analysis of the music player by the researcher iSuppli.

Samsung accounts for 56% of the classification, providing the flash memory and controller of the device, according to analysis by iSuppli teardown.

The Shuffle has always been the cheapest of Apple’s iPod line, in part due to the fact that it lacks a display. The latest version has no screen, but it has a “VoiceOver” who speaks in the name of a song interpreter.

“The design of the iPod Shuffle is so simple that it is a little over a heap with a single chip media player associated with it,” says Andrew Rassweiler, senior analyst and director services dismantling, for iSuppli in El Segundo, Calif.

In fact, the Shuffle is simpler, according to the iSuppli analysis. The new version of the iPod Shuffle contains 171 separate parts, from 213 components in the second generation device. Most are small, low-cost passive components. Beyond the memory controller and the other primarily to provide power components, the interface of the interconnection and memory functions and media-player chips.

When the costs of manufacturing and drums are added, the third generation iPod came in a CN / manufacturing cost of $ 21.77, says iSuppli. This is virtually unchanged from the $ 21.80 for the second generation iPod Shuffle, based on 2007 prices of iSuppli’s teardown analysis of two years ago.

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However, the new version of 4 GB of NAND flash memory, while the first edition of the second generation model included only 1 GB. The price of light has fallen so much that 4 GB of NAND costs only $ 6, compared with $ 6.98 for 1 GB two years ago.

Not included in the cost analysis of intellectual property, royalties and license fees, software, loading the browser and other costs in the chain.

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However, even when these costs are taken into account, Apple made a good profit. “At a retail price of $ 79, the Shuffle is to be one of the most profitable product Apple in its entire line, on a percentage basis,” Rassweiler says.

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iPod-capable head unit for 2010 xB by Scion

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Content: Automaker Toyota and Scion offshoot announced Wednesday that he met in a redesigned all 2010 Scion xBs heads without increasing the price of the car. Compared to the unit it replaces, both of which are manufactured by Pioneer, the new has a stereo organic electroluminescent (OEL) display, USB and RCA subwoofer. The USB port is located in the center console, with a cable for iPod and a 3.5mm aux-in jack. Pioneer has also included an Advanced Sound Retriever (ASR) software in the head that the unit aims to restore an entire compressed digital audio.(flv to creative zen)
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Scion maintains a real iPod interface allows users to control their playlists via the car, it also preserves the system of 160W of power, spread over six speakers includes two tweeters. The interface charge iPod devices and allows users to browse their research libraries through their alphabetical order. A personalized welcome message up to 16 characters long can be programmed into the unit.
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At the same time, Scion said, it offers an optional Alpine audio unit, valued at 200 W of power supported and sports a 4.3-inch color TFT touch screen. The new unit is ready for the rear-view camera and navigation, and supports HD Radio, the display text of the song, artist and title information on the display. Media Expander technology restores sound in depth of the compressed digital music. An optional plug-in module navigation allows users to add navigation capabilities to head the unit in the Alps.
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Although no information on the price of the option Alpine unit was announced, the Pioneer unit standard does not add any cost to the Scion xB’s base price, which at $ 15,750, is the same as the 2009 model.(mp4 to flash)

Spreading your iPod’s music

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

You want to listen to your iPod and jam to a room filling sound that is not pureed to your ears?

Enter docking stations that can be used for playing iPods and other MP3 players. Le Monde recently tested five of these platforms: the Altec Lansing inMotion Max for $ 199, the Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus for $ 78, the compact iH4B iHome for $ 39.99, Radio i765 for $ 299, and Wayland creation basic germ of all timber Vers 2X at $ 199. (flv to creative)

Dariusz Dobrolinski, co-owner of the small-yet-Audio Q store historical Vassar Street in Cambridge, said the Altec Lansing inMotion Max is the best thing about the list, and we agreed.

“He seemed the richest,” says Dobrolinski. He warned us not to jump to the deepest bass and highest treble, that some cheap systems tend to be used to compensate for lower quality components(youtube grabber).

If you are looking for a mooring system, Dobrolinski said, not looking for something “which has the bass and sizzles.

“You impress in May, but later you see you do not receive the midrange, and that is where all the instruments and voices are,” he said. (mp4 to flash)

The Altec Lansing and Radio models are very similar, though. They look really, really look, and come from brands that are known for their construction products in general quality specifications.

The name iHome has gained much ground over the past three years. Often sees these functions réveil iPod docks in both luxury hotels and college dormitories. In general, they sound good and useful features like alarm clock, dual alarm time, and of course the ability to wake up with your favorite songs from your blasting at night. IH4b The compact size and low price make it a great value for dorms and bedrooms. It has a good sound on a small footprint.

Towards the 2X is an excellent choice for those who want something different. It was not really a radio or other, except one iPod dock, but it is a beautiful, well built speaker system.

Logitech has a good sound, but the remote does not have a long distance.

Dobrolinski said you must also focus on how the product looks.

The style is also important. He also said that you want your dock to have a remote control so that you do not have all the time setting.

Airfoil Speakers Touch audio stream of the iPhone, iPod touch

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

A Windows guru spent two weeks with a Mac 23943102 Airfoil 3.1 21011425 SwitchEasy mimics chocolate with ChocoShuffle 23949352 The Pirate Bay four convicted 23946018 iWork May Trojan horse turn into zombies Mac 23950590 Eddy Winner: 20983051 Airfoil 3.1 Thanks to the App Store Your iPhone or iPod touch can be used for everything from finding a great restaurant to redress your paintings to replace the Nintendo DS has been collecting dust. Now, thanks to Rogue Amoeba, your i-device may also serve as speaker of a remote control for your Mac or Windows PC(flv to zen).

On Friday, Rogue Amoeba has announced Airfoil Speakers Touch, an iPhone OS application that works in conjunction with the company’s Eddy award-winning Airfoil, which allows you to share audio on your home network (see our review Airfoil 3.1 for an overview). Airfoil Speakers companion program lets you turn any computer (Mac, Windows or Linux) in a loudspeaker remote for iTunes or other audio, you can play, including Real Player, Pandora and Last.fm MP4 to flash). It even sends audio to Apple AirPort Express or Apple TV, and now, with Airfoil Speakers Touch, iPhone and iPod touch can rock to everything Airfoil stream.

Airfoil Speakers Touch allows you to apply a unique name to your i-device, a password to a computer to stream audio, and enable an audio-level meter while some eyes streaming(youtube downloader).

Airfoil Speakers Touch (iTunes link) is free and requires the iPhone 2.1 software or higher, and the $ 25 or Airfoil for Mac OS X or Windows.