A new two-player game was released this week that combines the use of the iPhone's accelerometers and WiFi capabilities to let you engage your friends in a samurai sword duel. iSamurai estimates the movements of you and a friend to let you block and strike at each other, scoring points with every move that makes "contact".
Previously twice rumored and now recently made real during the WWDC 2009, iPhone 3.0 GM (gold master) sees the on-device iTunes app, which previously added the ability to download video podcasts in iPhone 2.2, round out its content with movies, TV shows, music videos, iTunes U, and audio books.
To make room, the tabs at the bottom lose Top Tens and Downloads and now include Videos (movies, TV, music video) and a standard More icon, which gives access to a screen offering Audio Books and iTunes U, as well as the displaced Downloads and relocated Redeem (for gift certificate codes).
Like with the iPod App, an Edit button lets you drag around tab icons to lay things out just the way you want them. Also, like with video podcasts, music, and App Store apps, 3G isn’t an option for anything over 10MB — which for video we imagine will be almost everything — so have your Wi-Fi standing by.
More pics after the break…
[Thanks to Muero for the screenshots!]
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UPDATE: Looks like and the original post is MIA, so we’re keeping the ship steady, banking left, and redirecting unboxing lovers to iTalkiPhone for the rest of the gallery. (Thanks Taylor!)
ORIGINAL: Looks like someone’s scored the first pictures of an iPhone 3G S, unboxed and in the wild. Pretty much what everyone expected — looks just like the iPhone 3G but has some nifty new software like the Compass App (complete with re-calibration instructions), voice control, etc. but still drool-worthy none the less.
A few more pics after the break, but check out their full gallery for all gadget pr0n goodness!
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Advertising Age Magazine ran a couple of articles this week on AT&T and the iPhone, and were kind enough to talk to TiPb about the issues surrounding how AT&T Needs to Raise the Bar on it’s network service, and How AT&T Should Handle the Online iPhone Price Backlash.
Lots of good ideas offered all around, but is AT&T listening? Reader David from Texas wrote in to let us know they just might be after he received a direct email newsletter from the US iPhone carrier saying:
[AT&T's] commitment to you is to continue to expand the scope, capacity and speed of that network. We’ve raised the bar and we intend to continue raising it. This is a top priority for us in 2009 so you can have a great experience every time you make a call, check an email, surf the Internet or watch TV.
So they’re getting the words. Hopefully the actions will follow…
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Advertising Age Magazine Looks at iPhone and the AT&T Backlash
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When word about the Pogoplug hit TUAW central, we debated to see who would luck out and and cover the device. Apart from a few cuts and bruises, nearly all of which will mend in a matter of weeks if the doctors are to be believed, I won. The past few days, I've had the pleasure of road testing a unit. And it's awesome.
The Pogoplug offers a USB NAS adapter, i.e. a network-attached storage system, that gives you network access to your data from home and on the road. With NAS you can use common protocols like AFP and SMB to connect to a remote disk. And you can do so easily. That's a big win, because choosing and setting up these remote devices has been a deal killer for many otherwise interested people. As Brad Dietrich, Pogoplug's CTO, told TUAW, "[Until now], the state of home networking has been too complicated and geeky for most people." Pogoplug provides a simple solution.
What Pogoplug brings to the party is a remarkable ease of use that crosses past any issues of firewalls and port setup and delivers remote storage to normal (i.e. read "non-geek") humans. It transforms remote file access into a consumer device. And best of all, it provides this for just $99.
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Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you are originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you are originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The iPhone is designed to work with your fingers, but those stubby appendages aren't the best for doing detailed work. That's why Ten One Design developed the Pogo Stylus (US$14.95), an aluminum stylus with a special tip that allows it to work on the capacitive display of the iPhone and iPod touch. It's also handy for operating your iPhone with gloves on, or for anyone who has trouble working with the touchscreen directly.
iPhone artists: paint your way to $500 in the Pogo Stylus art contest originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone artists: paint your way to $500 in the Pogo Stylus art contest originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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With the launch of the new iPhone 3G S still more than a week away, the first unboxing photos of the device have already hit the web. The Chinese branch of Engadget has posted photos of the new 32GB device, showing it's familiar exterior and compass and voice control applications. Photos after the break.