Archive for May, 2010
May 24th, 2010 at 12:54 PM EST | by inu846W
Elgato today announced the launch of its new EyeTV HD for Mac, offering users the ability to bring high-definition TV content to their Mac and stream it to iPhone OS devices using the dedicated App Store app.
Today, Elgato debuted the world’s only DVR solution which provides full access to premium cable or satellite TV content on a Mac – EyeTV HD. Customers can now watch record, edit and enjoy cable and satellite in high-definition, including all their premium channels. EyeTV HD includes a unique dual-format capture mode that records in iPad and iPhone formats at the same time, allowing users to stream live and recorded TV to an iPhone or iPad using the optional EyeTV app.
Read more: MacRumors.com
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May 24th, 2010 at 12:35 PM EST | by inu846W
Owners are finding myriad ways to use their iPad to increase their productivity and stay connected via social networks, but there’s no denying that the device is ideal for the consumption of media—movies, news and art.
Yes, art. There are several iPad apps in the iTunes App Store that allow you to view art. It’s as passive as standing in front of a painting in a museum, but you can do it from anywhere.
Art Authority for iPad ($9.99) is probably the most comprehensive of these iPad apps. Set up like a virtual museum, you can choose from a variety of galleries—Early through Modern, Contemporary and American. There is also an artist directory that lets you browse through the list of included artists. You do have to be online to use the app, though you will be able to view cached images offline. The $9.99 price tag seems expensive for a reorganization of stuff that can be found on the Internet, but Art Authority does a nice job.
Van Gogh HD, Picasso HD and Klimt HD(each app is 99 cents)each contain huge galleries of each artists’ work, categorized by period. Paintings look stunning on the iPad screen, and you can save them to Photo to be used as wallpapers, or send in an email. With a tap, slideshows will be accompanied by classical music.
Read more: appolicious.com
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May 22nd, 2010 at 7:54 AM EST | by inu846W
Solar Walk is a nifty astronomy romp from the folks who did the popular Star Walk iPhone and iPad app. Instead of exploring the night sky and deep space, you get to tour our solar system in luscious 3D graphics. While the app is universal for the iPhone and iPad, the iPad version is breathtaking with crisp graphics and beautiful color.
Tapping on any planet will take you close to it, and you can use your finger to orbit the planet and see it from any angle or zoom. You can see the planets on any particular date and time, and speed up the animation to watch the planets in their elliptical orbits.
Tapping the info button gets you some information on all the planets, like size, gravity, composition and more. One omission is that the program doesn’t tell you which planets are up for viewing on a particular night. You’ll need Star Walk for that.
Source: TUAW.com
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May 22nd, 2010 at 7:31 AM EST | by inu846W
The Financial Times has made its way to the iPad with the newly released Financial Times iPad Edition app. Optimized for Apple’s latest mobile device, the app provides instant access to the financial newspaper’s award-winning global news, video, comment and analysis. From now until July 31, users get free, unrestricted access to the publication.
The FT app features a lovely interface and lets you download the entire iPad edition for offline reading, which is a big plus for subway commuters who lack 3G access while underground. You can also customize the order of the pages to suit your preferences as well as view FT’s video coverage.
Read more: PCWorld.com
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May 21st, 2010 at 3:17 PM EST | by inu846W
Let’s face it. Apple and the legal profession have not always enjoyed a terribly close relationship.
Since the advent of the word processor, being a lawyer practically required a PC. Lawyers’ slavish dedication to Corel’s Word Perfect, long after everybody else had stopped using it, is the stuff of legend. Database management programs were typically proprietary things, all requiring networks of PCs. Using a Mac in this environment required, at best, many workarounds, and, at worst, a separate PC to access various schedulers, run conflict checks and access documents.
Recently, e-filing and the need to share and trade digital documents allowed for greater platform-independence. Macs, iPhones and now iPads claim their share of diehard legal adherents; you can get stories from the front lines of Apple integration in law from sites like The Mac Lawyer, MacAttorney, EsquireMac, the Disability Law Blog and the MacLaw mailing list.
Read more: TUAW.com
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May 21st, 2010 at 9:31 AM EST | by inu846W
When I last wrote about the iPad — on the eve of its introduction by Apple — I was pretty much dead on in my speculation. I don’t say that to pat myself on the back — the writing was pretty much on the wall by then. No, I bring it up in order to mention what I missed. I said that even if the iPad turned out to be exactly what I envisioned, it would still be missing that “killer feature” — the ineffable something that would make it irresistible; something that would fill a need I didn’t even know existed yet. What I didn’t realize then — or for weeks after the iPad became a reality for that matter — was that I had identified that killer feature in the very same article in which I sought it.
Here’s what I said back then:
“That’s what I believe Apple’s going to unveil tomorrow….a whole new category of multi-purpose computing device. Heck, even take out the computing part from that description. To have the mass-market appeal that Apple will insist on in order to bring a device to market…it’s got to be something that isn’t perceived as a ‘computer,’ just like the iPod and iPhone aren’t perceived as computers.”
Read more: MacObserver.com
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