Matt Hamblen / Computerworld:
FaceTime really works in iPhone 4, new owners say — More than 400 people lined up this morning at one Apple Store in Massachusetts to get a new iPhone 4, and promptly started using FaceTime video chat as soon as they got the new smartphones. — NATICK, Mass. — More than 400 people lined …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Don’t Kid Yourself, Mobile Ad Companies: Apple Really Does Want to Lock Up the App Market — Is Apple really trying to shut out other ad networks from its iPhones and iPad apps? That’s what it looked like at first blush last month. — Recently, though, I’ve talked to some mobile ad companies that are more hopeful.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
How Much Web Video Is iPad-Ready? About Two-Thirds. Really. — A couple weeks ago, in the wake of Steve Jobs’ tirade against Flash and why the iPad won’t support it, I wanted to find out exactly how much video out there on the Web is already encoded in the iPad-friendly H.264 format.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Let’s Try This Again: How Much Web Video Is Really iPad-Ready? — Steve Jobs says there’s no reason to cling to Flash video on the Web, because most Web video also works on the H.264/HTML5 standard he’s supporting. — But Adobe (ADBE) says the majority of the Web’s video uses its Flash standard.
Arn / MacRumors:
MacBook Pro Updates Imminent (Really), Part Numbers Appear — After months of speculation, it appears Apple is finally going to deliver new MacBook Pro systems to customers. The above screenshow shows part numbers that Microcenter has received for new Mac systems.
UpNext 3D Cities (Free) Interactive, 3-D street maps of New York, Austin, Boston and Washington, D … The iPad will absolutely change the way people kill time in back seats, airports and 747s on their family vacations,” says travel writer Jen Leo …
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Daniel Lyons / Newsweek:
Think Really Different — The iPad will change the way you use computers, read books, and watch TV—as long as you’re willing to do it the Steve Jobs way.
At home, I only use the Slingbox to stream video from my living room HD DVR to my office PC. With the Slingbox iPhone/iPad app store application I will … The Netflix/Roku Box is one of my favorite services in existence , and it’s a constant flow …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Lala’s Fire Sale That Wasn’t: What Apple Really Paid — On Friday, I reported that Apple was buying Lala at a fire-sale price, which meant that investors in the music service wouldn’t get their money back. I was wrong. — Apple ended up paying around $80 million for the company, according to multiple sources.
Reviewer Mark A. Kellner (washingtontimes.com) calls the new Magic Mouse “transformative,” “supereasy and very fast,” and “really, really worth it.” Kellner concludes: “After decades of using computer input devices, I think this is the finest mouse ever.”
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