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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 list [...]

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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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The iPad is the volkscomputer.

February 24, 2010

We love this quote by Ed Finkler, which we spied over at Daring Fireball:
When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane. We’ve been giving them airplanes for 30 years, and then laughing at them for being too stupid to fly them right.
Finkler pretty much identifies what’s so great about [...]

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Transitioning to an iPad workflow.

February 23, 2010

We’ve long complained about toting our 17″ MacBook Pro around when we travel. The purchase was solid when we wanted a top-performing mobile Mac for gaming, with the occasional trip requiring relative transportability. Since we’re traveling more and gaming less these days, the bulk of lapzilla has caused us to look for a replacement, and [...]

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iPad extensibility: the key is in the adapters?

January 28, 2010

While the iPad won’t sport much more than a dock connector for interfacing with other devices, that dock connector may be pretty flexible. In addition to the obvious use for syncing iTunes media to and from a Mac, Apple will offer numerous adapters. For instance, there will be a camera “kit” consisting of an SD [...]

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