iPad News
February 19th, 2011 at 7:45 AM EST | by inu846W
“If you think this is cool, just wait ’til you see how far I can get on Angry Birds.”
In another example of how the iPad is being used differently than its original intent as a couch surfing, media consumption tablet, the director of I Am Number Four says he used the device on set in many ways. DJ Caruso explained in an interview at an Apple store in New York City how the iPad helped him with lighting control, script and storyboard writing.
David Lee, our gaffer, and I got ours first,” Caruso told us. “I got it, I don’t want to say as a toy, but then I realized about a week into prep that my storyboards were coming on it, my previs was on it, my script was on it, I don’t carry my script anymore. I started getting emails from two of my storyboard artists who work in Los Angeles and I have this application where I can mark up the boards — I’m a terrible drawer — and I can mark up the boards and send them back. It just became this amazing production tool.”
The iPad actually helped create a major component of the movie. Pettyfer’s character John Smith, an alien, discovers during the film he has several supernatural powers. One of those powers is that he can control light through his hands. During filming, Alex wore a flashlight-like contraption wired up through his jacket and it was activated… by an iPad off screen.
Caruso found other practical uses to help make the movie with using an iPad app to find good locations to shoot certain scenes.
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February 18th, 2011 at 1:10 PM EST | by inu846W
The iPad rumor mill keeps on spitting out the gossip. This time 9to5mac.com has picked up an interesting tidbit of information:
SuperApple.cz claims that even though Apple has been reluctant about releasing a smaller iPad, Apple is still working on two models with screen sizes close to 6 inches. Specifically, the report claims that Apple is working on a 5.7-inch model and another model just below 6 inches. They claim that this information comes from two separate sources so the minimal size difference might really not be a difference at all.
Perhaps Apple is just testing different screen sizes for later iPad versions. It’s possible all of this hullabaloo is just about a larger iPod Touch to be released this fall, but there have been previous rumors of a 7 inch iPad in the works. Only time, and Apple, will tell.
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February 18th, 2011 at 7:34 AM EST | by inu846W
This script-crafting app doesn’t rewrite the genre, but still delivers a blockbuster.
If you’re anything like me, in your spare time you’re writing your spec script for a project Jessica Alba will simply flip for (its about a dancer who becomes a better dancer). While apps like Awesome Note or PlainText are great for cribbing and sorting character bios on the go, when you’re used to hammering out dialogue in Final Draft you find typical document-writing apps only slow the flow of your creative juices. The revolutionary idea behind Final Draft is that it does all the annoying formatting on your behalf, so you can focus on dealing with the plot holes in your second act. The brilliance of Screenwriting is that it essentially does the same thing. While it may not be exactly like toting around $300 worth of script-crafting software on your iPad, Screenwriting is an inexpensive alternative to doing all that laborious formatting yourself. And it’s a breeze to use.
Starting a new script about cops who hunt vampires in their spare time? Awesome. From the home page, click ‘add project,’ enter in the title (Stake Out, natch), your contact info, even your WGA number, and Screenwriter designs your cover page before you can write ‘Fade In.’ The next step is adding a bank of characters and descriptions (Bruce: 35, single, no nonsense, hates vampires, loves Sangria), which you can edit at any time (loves Bourbon) and from which you’ll draw names while writing dialogue so you won’t have to type ‘Carlito’ 43 times in your first scene.
The other aspects of the app are pretty intuitive. There’s a basic ‘change style’ functionality that allows you to change the formatting on your lines with a few taps of the finger. This is something the app developers should have taken advantage of in the sample script they included, Mirror Self Image, as in the first scene there are some embarrassing/unintentionally hilarious formatting mistakes (ex: Katie: When will Sarah be back? Helen picks up her utensil and continues to eat. She dodges Katie’s stare.) A mistake like that is easily fixed in your own script, but one would think the signature script being sold with the App as an example of what the App itself is capable of would be edited and presented without any flaws.
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February 15th, 2011 at 12:19 PM EST | by inu846W
iPad publishers are now able to sell full subscriptions to their publications within apps, something Apple has rarely allowed in the past. Previously, publishers were limited to selling only single issues of their digital magazine and newspapers. The Daily iPad newspaper does allow for yearly/long term subscriptions, but their free trial period has not expired yet as the app is so new.
But there is concern on how much subscriber information may given to publishers, who want as much as they can get, presumably for better ad targeting and content choices.
From a statement by Apple:
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February 15th, 2011 at 11:53 AM EST | by inu846W
It’s coming! Can you feel it? AT&T can, and they’re cutting their iPad accessory prices by 50%. The mobile phone company sells iPad and iPad accessories in its stores but needs to make room for the new iPad 2. The new iPad has some different features that won’t allow it to be used properly with some current iPad accessories like cases and covers.
The next generation iPad should have a forward facing camera to use with FaceTime, Apple’s new video chat feature which is now used on the iPhone 4. There will also be at least one new port added, possibly for and SD card, USB, or display purposes.
Slashing accessory prices in February may mean the iPad 2 should be launched relatively soon, by the end of March or early April.
iPad News Via: cultofmac.com
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February 14th, 2011 at 12:09 PM EST | by inu846W
Ben Reitzes, a Barclays’ analyst, said this past Friday that the iPad is “running far ahead of its tablet competition and its their game to lose,” in regards to business. His report, based partly on a conference call with a Forrester Research analyst, suggests Apple is ripe to become a leader with tablet inclusion in the corporate world.
Mr. Reitzes is predicting 47 million tablets to be sold in 2001 and believes Apple will command a 70% market share with the continuing success of the iPad. His price target for Apple stock is $450 per share.
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