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September 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 AM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from macobserver.com.
I have to use FileMaker Pro all the time so I was eager to see how the new FileMaker Go app for the iPad worked. It makes taking your Filemaker databases with you an easy experience providing users with a simple but robust way of accessing and modifying data. It’s a great tool for those that frequently use databases for work, but need to shed the bulk of a desktop or laptop machine in the field. I can easily imagine this app being used on an iPad by a warehouse inventory clerk on the warehouse floor to update inventory numbers or by a repair man or some other mobile business person out in the field to create invoices and email them to clients. Users can work from databases loaded onto the iPad itself or connect to remote files hosted by a FileMaker Server or shared on a FileMaker Pro client.
What It Is and Is Not
Before delving into the details, let me mention what FileMaker Go is not. It is not an app for creating or developing a FileMaker database like FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Advanced. It is designed for finished products, i.e., databases that are ready to be deployed. The app does not gives users the ability to manage the database tables, fields and relationships, modify layouts, create or modify scripts or export records. Creation and modification still requires a computer.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 AM EST | by inu846W
ASCI, the American Customer Satisfaction Index conducted a customer satisfaction survey of the personal computer industry recently. Apple once again received the highest score in the survey for the seventh year in a row, and a new high score of 86. Several other companies, including Dell, Acer, and HP, couldn’t come close to matching Apple’s achievement with scoring an average 77 altogether.
According to a CNBC interview with ASCI, the iPad seems to be the device to thank for Apple’s leap from previous years’ scores in the survey.
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September 21st, 2010 at 2:23 PM EST | by inu846W
Welcome to iPadNewsUpdates.com! We’ve redesigned and renamed our old website, iPadLot.com, to provide you with better iPad news, app and accessory information, and everything else related to the Apple iPad. We’re still working out a few bugs here and there so please excuse the mess.
You can follow our iPad news updates on Twitter or Facebook.
Let us know what you think of the new site and how we can provide better iPad information to you.
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September 21st, 2010 at 12:28 PM EST | by inu846W
TUAW has found an iPad case they may interest kids and adults alike. The casing is a replica of everybody’s favorite etching slate, Etch A Sketch. Creators of Etch A Sketch are behind the design of this authentic iPad case which sells for $39 from Headcase.
Unfortunately, the traditional white knobs won’t let you draw a square face or the ever popular staircase on the iPad. But it is a nice throwback to the day when “laptop” entertainment didn’t cost an arm and a leg.
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September 20th, 2010 at 3:05 PM EST | by inu846W
VLC Media Player is now available for iPad in the App Store. This free, open source multimedia player plays most media files(avi, mkv, etc.) and also accommodates streaming.
The App Store description for this app says it comes already loaded with all codecs and can even play damaged files, finding and using the useful pieces that are still intact.
There will soon be versions of VLC Media Player for iPhone and iPod Touch.
App Store: Free
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September 20th, 2010 at 2:49 PM EST | by inu846W
As noted last week, Apple is looking to fix the problem of offering print media on its devices. Now they’re making a push to get a new digital “iNewsstand” up and running sooner rather than later, says a report from the Wall Street Journal. But the release of the new media subscription service may be on hold until the next generation iPad becomes available by the end of the 1st quarter in 2011. The standalone application would be similar to Apple’s iBook store.
Apple has been a successful middle man with it’s iTunes Store in offering music, movies, TV shows and books. Now they’re trying their best to offer a similar service with newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Apple has had some past problems in negotiating deals with some media content providers in terms of offering single issues or monthly plans for sale as opposed to full subscriptions.
At present, Apple typically doesn’t sell subscriptions, instead offering monthly iPad editions of Wired magazine for $3.99 each, or a daily edition of Gannett Co.’s USA Today free. Subscriptions, however, are a much more important business for U.S. publishers, representing seven of every 10 newspapers and magazines sold. Publishers also mine subscriber rolls for names, email addresses, credit-card numbers and other information to help them attract advertisers and target new offers to readers.
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