Via http://bit.ly/favWcV Great tips! I thought I was an iPad hard core user but even I learned something from this list. Something I haven't done is using my iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard, but those tips will come handy when iOS 4.3 is released this Friday. Because then I will connect my iPhone (or iPad if it works) to my HDTV and use that as a monitor. Combine that with a Bluetooth keyboard And you have a quite cool desktop computer. http://bit.ly/favWcV
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Monday, March 07, 2011
Cyberspace Web Browser for iOS - Is my most important app right now
Cyberspace web browser for iOS has become my most important app on my iPhone/iPad. It makes it so easy to Read/Share/Blog directly from the Browser. It has helped my take the jump from the failing site Amplify.com. Now I can blog anywhere I want and share it anywhere I want, and get interaction from many different places. All thanks to Cyberspace. Find more info here: http://goo.gl/ej7PU
Developers plan for iPad 2 graphics boost
We will see a lot of new cool apps for the iPad 2 that’s for sure. There is no risk for fragmentation (as on Android) either because iOS is build to work on more versions. If the hardware can’t handle the most advanced graphics in a game for example, it automatically chooses a lower setting. Just as it works on a PC - If you don’t have an advanced graphics card you can choose lower resolution and lower details. I also thinks we will see other apps than games using the better hardware. Advanced photo editing, video editing, music making software and other professional creation apps. http://bit.ly/gkxsmC
iPhone 5 To Revert Back To Aluminum Back & Internal Antenna?
The iPhone 4 in glass is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. Nothing comes near it, but I admit that it’s not so practical and the back gets scratches, so maybe aluminum could be great too if Apple decides to use that. I am sure it will not look cheap and plastic anyways. http://bit.ly/echwpF
iPad 2 speed test shows it's 4x faster than original iPad, thrashes Android
This looks very good. iOS 4.3 will make both my iPhone 4 and iPad 1 a lot faster! I cant wait until friday (march 11) when iOS 4.3 is released. Also, amazing how fast the iPad 2 is. http://bit.ly/fipdWA
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Motorola - to compete against iPad 2, you need a cheaper XOOM
Who will buy the Xoom for $799 without apps, when you can buy the iPad 2 for only $499 with 65,000 apps? Not me anyways… Normal smartphone apps on a such a screen resolution is useless. The Xoom needs special tablet apps. It’s DOA. http://bit.ly/hrEenN
iOS Multitasking - It Doesn’t Need To Be PC-like
No, multitasking on iOS should not be PC-like. Definitely not. I can be very productive with the iOS multi-tasking with the right apps. For example PasteBot that saves everything you copy. Cyberspace web browser with the built-in scratchpad that makes it possible to write in the same window as the web page. It also has textexpander built-in so it makes it easy to code and type. I like the iOS multi-tasking. http://bit.ly/eXvuat
Apple Informatory: iPad's Quietly Impressive New Feature
The Video and Music editing in iMovie and GarageBand was very impressive indeed. I believe we will see a lot more "professional" apps like these two this year. The iPad is now for create content and not only for consuming content. http://goo.gl/gWaxr
New Google Profiles: Decide what the world sees when it searches for you
I noticed these new profiles today when I was looking for new ways to post news now when Amplify is gone for me. I think these new Profiles and post pages looks great! I will definitely start using Google Buzz more now. Here is my Profile:
Please follow me on Buzz:
Today, we’re starting to give Google Profiles a new look and feel, making it even easier for you to control and enrich your public profile.
We think this new design helps highlight the information that’s most important to you, making it easier for people who visit your profile to get to know you. As the new layout gradually rolls out, current users of Google Profiles will notice that their existing profile will automatically update to the new style. To update and add to your profile, simply click on the new “Edit Profile” button. http://goo.gl/1D7Xz
Apple Informatory: Why It’s So Hard to Compete with the iPad
Apple has its brand and all the media stores like iTunes, iBooks and App Store. With that and the world's coolest design, the hardware doesn't need to have the latest specs for the iPad to be best. iPad 2 competes with itself: iPad 1. Nothing else.
Will Mobile Safari Get Faster With iOS 4.3? Yes but the big difference is the A5 CPU
If Mobile Safari gets faster in iOS 4.3 it makes the whole web experience better. I think the dual-core A5 processor is more important for browsing the web though. That will make the big difference. http://bit.ly/gNa9ni
Saturday, March 05, 2011
HTC Flyer Handled Offers Strong Palm Rejection
I still don’t think that a Stylus is the future. I don’t like that idea. Its just for some special software from HTC though, so I guess you can still use the Flyer and other Android apps as usual.
http://bit.ly/hrFumaOk. I give Posterous a try again now when Amplify is useless. Find me here: http://pingmicro.com/
The reason I decided to use Posterous as my main is because it can autopost to all my services. Just like I did on Amplify. Let's see how it goes. I probably won't have so much comments that I've got on Amplify, and probably not as good SEO. but all that was destroyed on Amplify with the latest changes anyways so... See my goodbye post on Amplify here:
http://svartling.amplify.com/2011/03/04/bye-my-amplify-friends/ 107 comments!
http://svartling.amplify.com/2011/03/04/bye-my-amplify-friends/ 107 comments!
The new MobileRSS HD (for iPad) is very good - better than Reeder
I like the new UI better than Reeder. Very nice to just swipe left and right to read posts. And the new "Automatically download full post text" from feeds that is not full is brilliant!
Find more about MobileRSS here: http://bit.ly/fn7K7rThe iPad's biggest competitor hasn't been invented yet
Great article about there still is no competition for the iPad. Apple is now launching iPad 2 and there is still no one that can compete with the first iPad yet. Apple has the ecosystem and can aggressively lower ipads price. It will be very hard for HTC, Samsung, Motorola and such companies to compete with that. As I've been saying before, I think the hardest competition will come from companies like Amazon, Sony and Microsoft. Because they have huge services (books, stores, music, games, movies and more) that can make them aggressively lower their prices too. Click through to read the full article. http://bit.ly/hAFIkE
Friday, March 04, 2011
Report: No Microsoft Tablet OS Until 2012, Windows 8
- if Microsoft will not have a tablet OS until 2012 they will loose this race big time.
http://bit.ly/i6IR4gTime for Google to Rethink the Android Market - Definitely
- I've always saying that I think Google should have the same control on the Android Market that Apple has on the App Store. It's nothing wrong to curate an app store. It makes it better and safer.
via goo.gl
The Apple iPad 2 Effect - Samsung Rethinks Its Galaxy Tab 10.1
- the iPad 2 will have a lot of influence on the whole competition! It will be interesting to see how they will manage to compete with it's price for example. iPad will be a creation device this year and not only a consuming device. It will crush netbooks and laptops totally.
http://tablets-informatory.blogspot.com/2011/03/apple-ipad-2-effect-samsung-r...
Maybe we "see" each other on other services, who knows? Also maybe I chime in on some cool discussions someday, who knows? But I don't like the way Amplify is headed. It looks more like a discussion forum than a blog service to me with the latest changes. There is many other places I could just discuss. Quora for example, but I though Amplify was something else. I thought it was many things. But it isn't no more. So bye all my cool friends! http://amplify.com/u/bsudv
@egoldstein, uhm, where is the titles when sharing links? The new update looks cool and all but you can't type a title of a link you want to share in 40 char! Before this change we got the title automatically when sharing links with the bookmarklet... Now we don't even have a field for that! http://amplify.com/u/bst1k
Apple, iTunes, music
- that's good. Not that I buy music in iTunes (I use Spotify), but I think it should work exactly as it works for apps. You should be able to download your music how many times you want on how many devices you want.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bst14
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Garageband For iPad - Apple Embraces Portable Music Production
- I think this is brilliant! Releasing GarageBand for the iPad will make people start using their iPads for creating and not only for consuming. This will also make more developers create professional apps for iOS. The ipad will see a lot of really professional apps this year. I am sure of that. And also, $4.99 for GarageBand is a bargain! So cheap! Amazing.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsnwf
Skyfire 3.0 for iPhone - A lot better now
- Version 3 of Skyfire web browser for iPhone looks a lot better. Now it has a lot more cool useful features. It doesn't beat all the sharing and blogging features in my favorite web browser though: Cyberspace
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsn01
Is Apple's iPad 2 a Nintendo-Sony-Microsoft Killer? - Yes. Play on the big screen!
- the iPhone already is, so the iPad 2 will be too. The iPad 2 has HDMI mirroring working for all apps. That means games too. It also means that you can play games on your HDTV in 1080p! Now that I call awesome! And the iPhone 4 can play games in 720p. Think about it, it means that iPhones and iPads gets gaming controls for the big screen. It's like playing Nintendo Wii with hand controls with a wire instead of wireless. You have the motion control built in to the iOS device. Games are so cheap on iOS so they sell a lot of them. You rather buy 10 games for the same price as one on the Nintendo Wii...
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsmox
The iPad is a Post-PC so the total experience is more important than hardware specs
- The iPad is a Post-PC so the total experience is more important than hardware specs. And I like that. Thats why Apple makes such good products.
Of course it's great if it's true that the iPad 2 has 512MB, but if it's not, I think it's enough for the enjoyable experience anyway.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bslsy
Steve Jobs: The tablet PC crashed & burned - so true, apple owns the tablet
- yes tablets where nothing until Apple released the iPad. And the iPad still IS "the tablet". Many people says "iPad" to all tablets. iPad 2 will make it even harder for all other tablets. They seem to have huge problems competing with price for example. I mean, looks at the iPad 1 now for example, $399 for a high end tablet that beats most of the competition! Apple rules the tablet world and will do that at least whole 2011. Personally I think they will do that in 2012 too.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsl82
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
"It automatically wakes the iPad when you open it, and puts it to sleep when it closes it. Now how is this held on? Do we have screws? No -- we use magnets." #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsgb6
next accessory: smart covers, it's not a case anymore, it's a cover, it covers the glass and then folds around back, to act as a stand http://amplify.com/u/bsgay
"We've got some really cool accessories. The first: HDMI video out, via dock accessory cable" HDMI Mirrored Video Output Everything you see on the iPad will be output to the tv, at up to 1080. Works with ALL apps. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsgaf
"When you add all this up, I think 2011 will be the year of iPad 2" "So when are we going to ship it? April? May? June? No. March 11th" It'll hit March 11th in US, March 25th in a ton of other countries #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsgaa
With the competition being at $799, 5 of our 6 models are less than that. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsga2
"In addition to preserving the battery life, we've also preserved the price" Same exact price: starts at $499 for WiFi only 16 GB #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg9x
"One of the most startling things about the ipad 2 — it's dramatically thinner. 1/3 thinner." 13.4 Mm down to 8.8 mm thick - i know it! #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg8w
The iPad 2: it is an all new design, it's not a tweak design, it's not got marginal imrpovements, new chip called the A5, dual-core processors, up to 2x faster CPU #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg8h
Jason Snell from Macworld says “I’d say Steve looks like he’s looked the last couple of years.” #ssevent - false rumors then.. http://amplify.com/u/bsg7k
MikeTRose: Amazing to think that in nine months, the iPad sold as many units as all other tablet computers ever, combined. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg5n
more than 65,000 apps now take full advantage of the iPad - beat that Android 
#ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg59
#ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg59
"It also generated a little over 9.5 billion in revenue for Apple in 2010. We've never had a product that started off like that" "It has over 90% market share, and our competitors are just FLUMMOXED" #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg4x
Sold almost 15 milion iPads in 2010 (over 9 months from April to December) That's more than every tablet PC ever sold, Steve says #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg4n
"Today we're here to talk about Apple's third post-PC blockbuster" "In 2001, we had the ipod. In 2007, we had the iPhone. in 2010, the iPad" #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg4a
"And on the iPhone: We recently shipped our 100,000,000th iPhone" #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg42
With the App Store, Apple has just surpassed 2 billion dollars paid out to developers #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg3q
First up, iBooks: 100 million books downloaded in less than a year. They're also announcing that Random House will be bringing their 17,000 books to the store. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg3i
Donald Bell: "Just got a tip from the Buzz Out Loud crew that RobRed in their chat room claims to have seen an engineering sample of the iPad 2 first-hand that included a Thunderbolt port. Take that with a grain of salt, but he's tipped us off reliably before." #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg2h
"Ladies and gentlemen, our presentation will begin shortly. Please switch devices to silent mode." #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsg1w
Apple is not offering a stream of the event, and as usual, media isn't allowed to do a live stream of the proceedings. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsfzg
Fell free to join in and comment in my Apple event stream. Every post is allowed to comment on #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsfxo
If you not are a registered Amplify user you have to manually refresh this page to see my Liveblogging: http://svrt.se/SSEvent Sorry for that. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsfqa
It's raining so they letting everybody in early to the Yerba buena lobby. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsfo0
Under one hour before the iPad 2 event starts. I will use the #hashtag #ssevent on Amplify for all event updates. An easy way to find them is using this Amplify search: http://svrt.se/SSEvent - that URL only shows the post tagged with #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsflv
A long line waiting for the Apple event one hour before it starts. #ssevent http://amplify.com/u/bsfk7
Bing beats Yahoo globally for first time
- Microsoft's Bing beats Yahoo for the first time. Nothing to be so proud of though. Who uses Yahoo search except for Asia anymore? I can't even remember the last time I used Yahoo search.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsdsi
Last-Minute iPad 2 Rumors Point at Larger Speaker, Tapered Design & Thunderbolt?
- well the "leaked" specs of iPad 2 is probably quite right (except for Thunderbolt maybe). The screenshots is hard to tell if true, I believe iPad 2 will be thinner.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsdhn
Infographic: The history of mobile operating systems
Great infographic about the history of mobile operating systems. Maybe we will see one more later today at the Apple event (I will liveblog it)? iOS 5?
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsdcc
I just want to let you all know that I will "meta" live blog Apple's event today. Probably on Amplify ( http://j.mp/amplog ) but I haven't decided yet because the latest changes on Amplify makes it harder to send comments to twitter. But I will probably use a new microblog post for every update instead. If you want to follow my liveblogging I can promise you that you want miss an important thing from the event I will post all important news here on Amplify! http://amplify.com/u/bscv9
I will post all important news here on Amplify! http://amplify.com/u/bscv9Flickr Is Now Available For Windows Phone 7
- cool, it looks even better than the iOS app somehow. Personally I don't need Flickr as much anymore since Google made Free storage in Picasa (under 800 pixels).
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bsclu
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Steve Jobs said to be considering an appearance at Apple's iPad 2 event
- it would be awesome if Steve Jobs would appear on the iPad 2 event tomorrow, but I have a heard time believe in that. Sadly I think he is to sick for that..
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs996
Samsung gearing up for Galaxy Tab 8.9 inch model?
- what's between 7 and 10 in the picture above? Yes 8.9-inch. So yeah, we will probably see a 8.9-inch Tab from Samsung on March 22.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs8pm
Facebook Improves Comments Across The Web with a new updated Comments box
Wow! This is quite huge. the new version can actually kill DISQUS and such sites.
Amplify’d from developers.facebook.com
Today, we’re launching updates to the Comments Box plugin with new moderation tools as well as features to improve the distribution and quality of comments on your site.
The upgraded Comments Box uses social signals to surface the highest quality comments for each user. Comments are ordered to show users the most relevant comments from friends, friends of friends, and the most liked or active discussion threads, while comments marked as spam are hidden from view.
Comments can now be more are easily shared with friends or with people who like your Page on Facebook, opening up your content to a wider audience. If a user leaves the “Post to Facebook” box checked when she posts a comment, a story appears on her friends’ News Feed indicating that she’s made a comment on your website, which will also link back to your site.
Friends and people who like the Page can then respond to the discussion by liking or replying to the comment directly in the News Feed on Facebook or in the Comments Box on your site. Discussion threads stay synced across Facebook and on the Comments Box on your site regardless of where the comment was made.
Users will also receive a notification whenever another user replies to their comment. Clicking on the notification will take the user back to the web page where the comment originated, driving more traffic back to your site.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs7zz
Paul Buchheit (Friendfeed, Facebook) Joins "MyLikes" - releases a mobile app
- Cool that Paul Buchheit (Former Friendfeed, Facebook guy) joins the board. I don't know if I will ever use MyLikes though.. Doesn't sound too cool.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs7vd
Will iPad 2 be a lot thinner than than the first?
- a much thinner iPad could actually be what Apple will do to to make the iPad 2 "revolutionary", just like the first iPad was revolutionary in many ways. They could easily do it thinner because there is a lot of unused space inside.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs7c4
Motorola - Webtop mode coming to all top-end phones
- Motorola's webtop mode is cool idea but too bad it's totally useless. It's so slooow! And why does it have the really slow Firefox browser? Doesn't Motorola know that it's a very non-modern browser? Almost like IE.. Why not use Chrome in the webtop? It's both lighter on the CPU and a lot faster. The webtop is more like a normal phone browser software that are available for different mobile phones..
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs6dx
LG Optimus 2X dual-core smartphone lands in Europe this month
So Europe will have the cool LG Optimus 2X Android phone this month already. This is one of the best Android phones on the market.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs63t
Motorola won't upgrade your XOOM to LTE if it's rooted - Good
- I've actually thinks that is the right thing to do by Motorola. I don't get it why it's necessary to Root, jailbreak our devices? I want to use my devices how they are meant to be used. I will never jailbreak or root my devices. Is the Android OS so bad so it needs rooting? Or why do you do it?
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs5yj
The iPad 2 is rubbish
- yes it's probably true that iPad 2 will not be revolutionary, but Apple doesn't need that because the iPad 1 was revolutionary enough. And I know Apple, I know that tomorrows event will be "magical" enough to sell a huge amount of iPads. That's for sure. One of the revolutionary things will be the price. No one will be able to compete with it's price. I am 100% sure about that. Another revolutionary thing will be software. It will run on the newest version of iOS, and iOS is already the most user friendly OS in the world, and it can only be better.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bs5dw
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