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Title: In Case You Missed It: Apr. 19 - Apr. 25
Post by: HCK on April 25, 2010, 07:00:09 pm
In Case You Missed It: Apr. 19 - Apr. 25
   



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                    Unless you don't count Gizmodo buying a "lost" fourth generation iPhone  and stripping it down to post every last nook and cranny of the device,  it was kind of a slow week in Apple news. And you have to admit, that  newest iPhone does look pretty sweet.Okay, but hands up, who  really, really thinks that iPhone was lost on accident and not a plant  to keep the Apple fans' fevers at high pitch? All right, now that we've  settled that, let's see what else happened in this week's best of  Mac|Life.        
       

Unless you don't count Gizmodo buying a "lost" fourth generation iPhone  and stripping it down to post every last nook and cranny of the device,  it was kind of a slow week in Apple news. And you have to admit, that  newest iPhone does look pretty sweet.Okay, but hands up, who  really, really thinks that iPhone was lost on accident and not a plant  to keep the Apple fans' fevers at high pitch? All right, now that we've  settled that, let's see what else happened in this week's best of  Mac|Life.Features:- Cycling Apps --When Nerds And Bikes  Collide - You know how they say there's an app for that? Well, in this  case, it's true. Outfit your iPhone for bike riding geekitude and track  yourself on GPS, then share it with your Twitter followers. We'll even  know when you've been hit by a bus. Just don't try mounting your iPad to  your handlebars.-  Supercharge Your Mac with Great Gear - Just like a Camaro without a  spoiler, a Mac without some fine, fine peripheral action is still cool,  but think of how much cooler it could be. But with all the gear out  there, what's the best choice for external hard drives or printers or  chrome rims? We've got you covered – at least on the Mac end.How-Tos:-  Create a Guest Wi-Fi Network - Whenever we go to people's houses, one  of the first things we want to do is jump on their Wi-Fi, especially if  they live in small towns with Edge network access only. Your friends  probably feel the same way over at your place, but do you really want to  be handing out your network password to those jokers? Ah, but we know a  secret. We know how to set up a guest network, so you can dole out some  goodies and keep your security tight.-  Edit & Share Office Files on Your iPhone - Most everyone still uses  MS Office in some fashion, but the problem is, there's no Office app to  keep things in synch. But, with a couple of different apps, Dropbox and  Quickoffice, your iPhone or iPad can become your mobile network point  of access.Reviews:-  Speck CorePack Fly Messenger Bag - The search continues for the  messenger bag to rule them all. If it has enough pockets, it's too  bulky; if it's sleek and stylish, the internal compartments are garbage;  if it's stylish, has the right pockets, and isn't bulky, it costs a  mint. Speck's CorePack is nice enough, but the search continues.-  Roth Music Cocoon MC4 - Probably one of the prettiest iPod docking  stereos we've ever seen, the Roth is a disco party even without music.  Pricey and fancy – it even comes with special gloves to handle it, lest  you taint its purity – the Roth is also an immense music snob. Even  worse than those guys at the indie record store. So unless you keep it  at the highest lossless rips or pop in a CD, your 128kbps .mp3 files  will be shown the door. News:Lang  Lang is one of the more attention hungry concert pianists we've seen  and his latest trick, whipping out an iPad in place of a baby grand is  one sneaky gimmick...maybe a bit less gimmicky is WXFL's dropping their  news anchors' paper scripts for iPads, but weren't they using  teleprompters already?...okay, snark aside, the person we really love  for going iPad is this 100-year-old grandma. No, you read that right,  Virginia's very first computer ever is an iPad...let's just hope she's  not having Wi-Fi connectivity issues; but if she is, we have some advice  to help her out...and since she's a poet, can we guess that Virginia is  probably not pirating comics, even though she's been around to have  heard nearly every publisher's and producer's lament of thieves?...and  yes, Virginia, and everyone else, you can find a good cheap stand for  your iPad, if you haven't thrown your original packaging out, that  is....and if you do get yourself an iPad, after reading this, you might  want to have it delivered to your home, and then not take it outside for  a while....but if ABC's free programming doesn't give you a reason to  stay indoors with your iPad, maybe that decision will force Hulu to keep  it on the cheap or free side, then you'll have plenty of reasons.Our  friend the iPhone has been seeing some huge growth numbers lately too.  Only thing is, they're not in the United States (*cough AT&T  cough*)...for instance, check out these numbers in Japan. Holy moley!  72% of all smartphones are our little buddy...we're guessing if  Farmville does come to the iPhone, that that'll be big in Japan  too...just like Sonic, which is running loose in the App Store as we  speak, for those of you lusting after a little of that old skool  action...but you know what's still not coming to the iPhone (or iPad for  that matter)? If you said Flash, pat yourself on the back, as Adobe  surrenders...in the what-the-heck category to put up there alongside  that video of Windows 95 running on the iPad, we have this hack, which  lets someone run the sub-par Android system on the iPhone. Oh, the  humanity....and we won't bother posting anything about the fourth  generation handset Gizmodo got their hands on, because who hasn't read  about that yet? What we will tell you is that AT&T practically said  "Yes, here is when you can have your new iPhone" in their latest  quarterly earning conference call.
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