March 2010

The iPad should interface with the iPhone directly.

March 29, 2010

As we checked out Apple’s latest guided tours for the iPad, it occurred to us that since the iPad is capable of grabbing photos off digital cameras and memory sticks thanks to the iPad Camera Connection Kit, it should also be able to grab photos from an iPhone without having to rely on an intermediary [...]

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This is why the AppStore will rock the computing world.

March 26, 2010

Exhibit One: a tilt-shift application built for OS X, which costs $14.99. Purchase from the developer’s web page, install conventionally. Copy installation files manually to run on more than one computer. Exhibit Two: one of numerous, similar applications for the iPhone, which costs $1.99. Purchased from the AppStore, installed accordingly, sync between computers via iTunes [...]

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A Five Fingers journal.

March 19, 2010

We randomly came across mention of Vibram Five Fingers over at the Mnmlist blog, where author Leo bought a pair despite his “less stuff” philosophy. Curiosity piqued, we had to check them out, and so we started to do our research on the Five Fingers, and the barefoot philosophy that’s earned a very strong niche [...]

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Multitasking a death-knell for jailbreaking?

March 12, 2010

It was only nine months ago when we wondered whether there was little reason left for jailbreaking an iPhone. Apple has continued to move OS X Mobile in a generally positive direction, and rumours of the 4.0 OS version supporting multitasking for certain applications is welcome news. Per our last mendax.iphone app roundup, we only [...]

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Transitioning the Apple TV into a gaming console.

March 3, 2010

Some dude, Michael Pachter, a gaming analyst, claims that the Apple TV will soon be hooked up to the AppStore and magically transform into a gaming machine, albeit one that does more than simply play games. This isn’t a particularly original thought, but neither are most thoughts from these so-called analysts, who seem to be [...]

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