“Yet there’s a lot of overlap. For instance, I’m now paying Comcast, Hulu and Apple to see “The Office.” I’m paying Netflix and Apple for many of the same movies. You can’t help but feel that you’re getting ripped off somewhere along the line.”
— Dave Caolo, the New Apple TV.
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Overall, I want to create games. I don’t want to do this to make money (although that would be a nice job), I want to do this because I really enjoy it.
Do your nerdy duty and Kickstart this project. Jason Tagmire is a friend of mine and is putting together his own old school board game. Also, be sure to check out their stuff on XBOX Live Arcade. It sure would be cool if they go into iOS development. (hinthint)
So an iPod touch w/ FaceTime, AppleTV announcement, iPad 4.2 beta SDK, and an updated iLife suite are my hopes.
If those don’t happen, I’m gonna be, like, so mad.
That was me, earlier in the week.. I was three-ish out for four, I guess. They showed off iOS 4.2 which would bring all of the iOS 4 goodies to your saddened, neglected operating system of the iPad. Thank your lucky stars, because I’m not sure if I want to live in a world without folders on my iPad.
The rumored iPod touches with Retina Displays were finally announced, and super thin, too. I guess the 3G radio for the iPhone 4 really does take up a lot of space. I surmise that because of the 3G radio, the iPhone 4 battery needs to be amped up that much more, too. But what about that back camera? The specs are listed as 960 x 720. Weak, no? It looks like the camera just takes video stills. How thicker would the touch have been if they included the iPhone 4’s still camera, I wonder?
The AppleTV was really a bummer, too. I say that because @Engadget’s “exclusives” talked about an App-ready version that was near release. So everyone got their collective Apple flesh lights out and started chugging away, myself included. An NHL app, a Bravo app, AH! So sad. I said on the Twitter shortly after that any dreams I had of a cable-free world were still that. Dreams. Some still think that the new AppleTV is running iOS behind the scenes, and it’s still possible for an SDK. I won’t hold my breath. I will continue to tighten my cheeks as I pay my Verizon bill every month.
Remember iLife?
cameronmoll:
Finally, an iPad Twitter app I can use without cursing the UI. If it detects a reply, it will show the conversation from the individuals included (screenshot). If it detects a URL, it displays the web page (screenshot).
Twitter for iPad is by far the most expertly designed iPad Twitter client. Still, I love the simplicity of Twitterrific. In terms of Twitter for iPhone, my main gripe was that it would only load the last 20 tweets when I’d wake up in the morning and check the app. Twitterrific would load just about everyone that I’d missed. It’s also a little less hectic.
Also a minor gripe is that Twitter for iPad makes me touch one more time to get into my lists. It looks fabulous while making my fingers less sausag-y, though.
UPDATE: After a day, I’m sticking with Twitterrific. Too much going on with Twitter for iPad. I love the subdued, hidden features of Twitterrific.
Arnold Kim:
According to the tech specs, the new iPod Touch’s back camera takes still photos at a disappointingly low 960x720 resolution.
This one bugged me the most. I’m ignoring the fact that Engadget got me so bonered up for no good reason about an App-filled AppleTV. More on that later, I kinda got married today. Cut me some slack.
Perhaps there was no consumer outcry for a 7-inch tablet, and no, being a little smaller won’t make the thing any more magical — but Apple doesn’t make products just because people ask for them. Instead, Apple tries to deliver on what you don’t know you need. In this case, a more portable, more usable device. It’s not an addition to the iPad line, it’s what the iPad was supposed to be. I can’t wait for the stupid thing.
I thought about this as well. For me, reading comics on the iPad is the perfect experience. With the Retina Display on an iPhone 4, reading full page books is actually not a big pain in the neck. I wonder what it would be like on a higher rez 7’ iPad.
Typing would certainly be less awkward.
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