iPod nano fashion? I was more than excited when Steve Jobs announced the new iPod nano. Not because I am a huge music lover but because of the multitude of different ways that I could use it. This new iPod nano is a tech geek girls fashion dream come true.
Follow along after the break to see just some of the ways I’ve been accessorizing with the new iPod nano, and how well it’s been working out.
iPhone is being tested at JP Morgan and other large enterprises as an alternative to RIM’s BlackBerry, Bloomberg reports. They have 220,000 employees. UBS AG with 63,000 employees is doing likewise and Standard Chartered Bank will have 15,000 iPhones distributed by end of year.
Cost savings and employee preference were the two biggest factors cited by companies for the shift in the Sanford Bernstein survey. Employees would rather own an iPhone and are increasingly willing to buy the device themselves, which helps cuts costs as companies look to rein in spending, said Sanford Bernstein’s Ferragu.
Wells Fargo previously switched to iPhone and iPad. Enterprise is a momentum game and it looks like that momentum is changing.
Are you using iPhone in your enterprise?
We start discussing iOS 4.1 and Game Center but Skype and Ustream kill the podcast half way through. To be continued in iPad live #21 this Sunday. Apologies to everyone! (And don’t ask about the puppets!)
The TiPb forums are naturally a great place to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of your own or reply to any of the existing threads, you must be a registered member. Becoming a member is easy and free so if you haven’t already head on over and register now!
With iOS 4.1 came Game Center and most of you are already participating so why not gain more friends by visiting the Official TiPb GAME CENTER ID Tracker. If you’d like to add me, feel free to find me under the name J Sikora. (Shameless plug)
Speaking of Game Center, what games are you playing?
A lot of you are patiently waiting for Apple to finally release the white iPhone 4. This is the place to speculate when, if at all, this mythical white device will be released.
You’ve been toying around with iOS 4.1 for a good while now, find any bugs or issues you’d like to share?
See you in the forums!
GV Mobile developer, Sean Kovacs, had some good news to share on Twitter saying that his unofficial Google Voice application GV Mobile should now be allowed into the App Store. Since GV Mobile does not violate any of the new rules regarding the app review guidelines that Apple has laid out for developers, Kovacs figured why not resubmit his application and try to finally get it back where it belongs.
GV Mobile made it’s first appearance into the App Store back in July of 2009 and was later yanked by Apple due to allegedly duplicating the iPhone’s calling and text messaging features. Later it was rumored that Apple laid blame on AT&T was for the removal of the application.
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My iPhone 4 is getting pretty much the same 3G HSPA speed under iOS 4.1 as it was under 4.0.x, how about you? There was nothing overtly mention in iOS 4.1 that should have changed things, but you never know what gets tuned under the covers, never mind what your carrier is up to in your region.
One of our readers, Paul, swears his speed has tanked by a factor of 10 since the update.
So break out your favorite measuring tool (I used the SpeedTest.net app) and let us know where you are and what your speeds are like.
Mac4Ever rumors today that Apple’s FaceTime video calling will be coming not only to the Mac in the form of an iChat update, but also to Windows.
While they don’t suggest how it would work on Windows, FaceTime is built on open standards and has been released as an open standard. So we could see it integrated by existing services like Skype, Microsoft could build it into their IM client, or — hey — it’s about the only thing Apple hasn’t built into iTunes yet, right?
Currently FaceTime is limited to iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4, getting it beyond iOS and mobile and onto the desktop could help not only spread the technology but increase its usefulness.
You want?
[Mac4Ever, thanks Luc!]
Like Google, Adobe is also over-joyed at Apple’s newly changed and clarified developer license agreement, specifically the part that now allows cross-compilers like Flash CS5 Packager for iPhone:
Apple’s announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool. This feature was created to enable Flash developers to quickly and easily deliver applications for iOS devices. The feature is available for developers to use today in Flash Professional CS5, and we will now resume development work on this feature for future releases.
It’s not all rosy in Adobe land, however, as they point out Apple still won’t let the still not really functional Flash player for mobile onto iOS:
Adobe will continue to work to bring full web browsing with Flash Player 10.1 as well as standalone applications on AIR to a broad range of devices, working with key industry partners including Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm/HP, RIM, Samsung and others.
I’ve used Flash Player mobile 10.1 on my Nexus One. It works worse than Flash for Mac which has been around for years and is still horrible (even with hardware acceleration). Flash for BlackBerry and Flash for Palm still haven’t shipped and are so late they could verge on vaporware at this point. Despite Adobe talking about Flash for iOS (then iPhone OS) since 2008, it simply doesn’t exit.
So yes, yay, Flash games and apps can now be ported to iOS. Whoosh, another 2000+. But let’s get Flash player working really well on just one mobile platform before we whine about it on iOS again, shall we?
He may be little, but the 2010 iPod nano 6 still looks like iOS and still acts like iOS so I’m going to show him off like he’s iOS — up against the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4.
I’ll be working on the review this weekend, so if you have any questions, leave them in the comments.
Follow along after the break for the gallery!
Just got my hands on an iPod touch 4 here at TiPb actual, and immediately I pulled out the iPhone 4 and iPad for a little versus action.
If form will be a factor in your deciding which iOS device is right for you, or if you just love your gadget porn, check out the full gallery, after the break!
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