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Mac OS Ken: 05.05.2008
Today we talk with Chris Alexander - Manager of Interactive Technology for the San Jose Museum of Art - about the use of the iPhone and iPod Touch in the new Robots exhibit.
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AT&T disables free Wi-Fi for iPhone users
You’ll recall that around Wednesday or Thursday of last week AT&T began offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users at select Airports, Borders and Starbucks locations. The Internet was quite giddy over the concept of the deal which seemed like a nice way for the locations to get more iPhone toting customers into stores. It seemed [...]
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AT&T disables free iPhone WiFi?
Filed under: Internet, iPhoneLast week we posted about AT&T offering free WiFi access for iPhone customers at several of their hotspot locations, including a few Starbucks stores. According to MacRumors, AT&T has disabled this free service. However, since AT&T never made an official announcement of this service, it seems possible that the free service was launched early (possibly for testing). AT&T representatives have declined to comment on the issue.If you got a glimpse of the free future and have now seen that wireless door slam shut again, let us know.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Talkcast tonight + follow-up on Mac parenting show
Filed under: TUAW BusinessWe're back tonight at 10 pm on TalkShoe for the weekly talkcast; it's news of the week and general conversation tonight with the usual suspects, so put down your barbeque fork and your malt beverage and tune in if you can. Got specific questions or concerns? You can slide them into the comments below or send us an @tuaw on Twitter pre-show.As we noted a few weeks back in the Mac Parenting show, we did have a few questions to follow up on for listeners and readers: One caller had questions about locking down the Dock to avoid inadvertent removal of application shortcuts. While we strongly encourage setting up limited accounts for your kids and having them work in those accounts exclusively, it is possible to lock the Dock plist file and have it reset to your permanent config on each login/logout. In a similar vein, another caller wanted to know about controlling the iChat conversations that kids can have -- specifically, who they can or can't chat with. In Leopard, there's a parental control for notification on new chatter requests so that you'll get an approval email when the kids try to chat with someone unfamiliar. I suggested that Apple's Workgroup Manager administration tool could provide more detailed control than the Parental Control system preference, which was a source of some amusement for a few listeners. You can learn more about WGM from TUAW, macenterprise.org or this tutorial series. Some other products and websites mentioned in the show: Broderbund's Living Books series starfall.com for reading instruction tumblebooks.com for story time Kidpix and open-source alternative Tuxpaint For more tips and hints check out our Mac parents wiki page.Continue reading Talkcast tonight + follow-up on Mac parenting showRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Rivet Stereo Headset for iPhone
I have been looking for some decent headphones for my iPhone for a while (I'm not a big fan of the white earbuds). I finally found the Rivet Stereo Headset made specially for iPhone and couldn't resist. First Impressions My first impression after taking the headphones out of the package was “huh?” They are made to be worn like a lanyard around your neck, which takes some getting used to. At first, I thought it looked and felt pretty silly, but after some use I love them. Have you ever needed to take your headphones off for a minute to hear someone? What do you do with them? With the lanyard, you just take them out of your ears and they stay put. When you're ready to listen again, just pop them back into your ears and hit play. Sound Quality The Rivet Stereo Headset does a good job at isolating outside noise. You might think they were noise-canceling headphones if you didn't know the price. With the excellent isolation comes deeper bass and richer sound. It's quite different from the open earbuds that ship with the iPhone, and at first can make the sound quality seem low. However, after listening to them for a while, you will notice that the sound quality is just as good, if not better, than the OEM headset that ships with the iPhone. Durability I've had my Rivet Stereo Headset for about 6 months now, and have worn them every day. The headset cord is wrapped in a woven fabric, not plastic like the OEM headset. After a while, this fabric gets worn and dingy. I think after about a year, I'll have to buy a replacement just because they'll be worn out physically. This is probably the only real drawback to the headset. Personally, I can't make it a year without replacing mine anyway. Just about every pair of in-ear headphones I've ever had gets pretty well used in a year. I wear them everywhere and all the time… to mow the grass, working out, sitting at Starbucks, etc. Value If you've been looking for a replacement headset for your iPhone, you know how expensive they can be. Good ones can cost upwards of $100. Some alternatives are coming onto the market, but I haven't seen any with a lanyard design like the Rivet Headset. They list for $39.99 but can be had from Amazon.com for only $26.62. That makes them a less expensive replacement than the OEM headphones, if (like me) you've done something to destroy your OEM headset (I washed mine). I think they are an excellent replacement for the OEM headset, and a great value. You can find them at the Amazon link above, or on the manufacturer's website.
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Hahlo 3
Dean Robinson’s excellent web-based iPhone Twitter client gets even better. Now integrates with Summize for tweet searching, and the interface has been improved across the board. A slew of the issues I mentioned in my iPhone Twitter client comparison have been fixed. ★
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Whether the weather function on the iPhone is mocking us or trying to be accurate
Of all the iPhone functions this is perhaps the weakest and most valuable
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4 million iTunes songs disappear, speculations abound
Filed under: iTS, iTunes, AppleLast week, Apple's iTunes Store turned 5 years old. Now the blogosphere is buzzing with the fact that Apple said they had over "10 million" songs in their library, then later changed the page to say "6 million." That's a difference of 4 million songs unaccounted for. MacNN did the math and said that if they had 10 million songs, it would have accounted for a 66% increase in their catalog in only a month. MacNN has before and after pictures of the iTunes Store page showing the changes. So... typo? Or is Apple doing some weird shuffling of their library?[via MacNN]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Hahlo 3: now out of beta
Filed under: iPod Family, Internet, Internet Tools, iPhoneWe at TUAW HQ definitely have an obsession with Twitter. We use Twitterrific for the Mac, and Hahlo for iPhone. Hahlo provides great features in a beautiful, usable user interface. A couple weeks ago we got a sneak peek at the beta of Hahlo 3 (titled "the Legendary Edition"), but now you can try it out for yourself. That's because Hahlo 3 was released to the public today. In addition to a completely revamped UI, the new version integrates full searching capabilities via Summize.To try out Hahlo 3 for yourself, just point Mobile Safari over to http://hahlo.com. It's free and easy to use. If you don't have an iPod touch or iPhone, you can get to Hahlo from any standards-compliant modern browser (Safari 3, Firefox, etc.).Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Why AT&T May Deep-Discount the iPhone
The big thing about the next iPhone was supposed to be high-speed Internet access and tools for business. Instead, it's looking like iPhone 2.0 is all about price and that ever-awkward relationship between Apple and AT&T. With less than two months to go before Steve Jobs takes the stage at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, where he's expected to unveil a new iPhone, it appears that AT&T may not be convinced that new bells and whistles will be enough to get droves of new customers to switch from other wireless carriers.
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Maui Land swings to 1st-quarter loss on 58% lower revenue
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. swung to a first-quarter loss from a year-earlier profit on fewer land sales and weaker operations in fresh-pineapple sales.
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Brightpoint Up on RIM Deal; Is the Apple iPhone Next?
Shares of Brightpoint Inc. (CELL) were up 3.5% in pre-market trading Friday after getting a lift on Thursday when the company said it reached a deal with Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) to distribute the BlackBerry-maker’s products directly. The agreement could give RIM further reach into areas such as Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.