Gmail App For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch Is Here, Again

The Huffington Post |  Ramona Emerson
First Posted: 11/16/11 05:17 PM ET | Updated: 11/16/11 05:17 PM ET

On Wednesday, Google announced that it had relaunched its official

app, after launching and almost immediately removing it due to

glitches earlier this month.

Product Manager Matthew Izatt wrote on the Official Gmail Blog:

    Two weeks ago, we introduced our Gmail app for iOS.

Unfortunately it contained a bug which broke notifications and

displayed an error message, so we removed it from the App Store.

We’ve fixed the bug and notifications are now working, and the app

is back in the App Store.

At the time of the original launch, the Gmail blog said the app,

which can be used on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, was optimized for

speed, efficiency and touch.

According to The Huffington Post's Jason Gilbert, the app's most

important new feature is speed: "It brings "push notifications" for

Gmail to iDevices for the first time, meaning that you can now be

notified the moment a new message hits the Gmail servers, just by

glancing at the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch."

The app is now available for download in the iTunes store.

Take a look at screenshots for the iPhone and iPad versions of the

app.

GMAIL FOR IPHONE:

GMAIL FOR iPAD:

 

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I love the "push notifications" feature!!!...[continuous improvement in] speed and efficiency is of course the basic principle of technology...

Stream Sony Videos On Your iPhone. For Free.

News from PCMAG,

Stream Sony Videos On Your iPhone. For Free.
April 19, 2011 04:57pm EST

By Sara Yin


NBC has Hulu Plus. ESPN has WatchESPN. HBO is reportedly launching HBOGo next month.

Now a Sony Pictures has entered the fray of media-owners-with-video-streaming-apps, with Crackle, an iOS app that lets you stream full-length videos owned by Sony across your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. For free. The catch is, of course, that an ad runs every few minutes.

To promote the launch, Sony has also inked exclusive content from Electronic Arts: a new Extended Gameplay Trailer for Battlefield 3.

Crackle's catalogue includes over 200 titles from Sony's network of production companies like Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems and others. At launch, Crackle offered the following highlights:

TV:
• Seinfeld
• Married... With Children
• Samurai X
• Starsky and Hutch

Movies:
• The Da Vinci Code
• Snatch
• Ghostbusters
• A Few Good Men

Furthermore, Sony said Crackle will only show the uncut, unedited versions of movies, which could be a boon for watching classics like "Dr. Strangelove" or "La Femme Nikita."

The app also contains features like video queue management, sharing content on social networks or email, and video playback. Sony will also add to the library on a regular basis, it said in its app description.

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Wow!  An iOS app that lets you stream full-length videos across iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad!...and for free!!!...it's OK if it runs an ad every few minutes...

'World of Goo' launches for Apple devices

News from USA TODAY,

Apr 14, 2011

'World of Goo' launches for Apple devices

02:48 PM

By Brett Molina, USA TODAY

            A scene from 'World of Goo.'              2D Boy       

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Studio 2D Boy has launched its stellar puzzle game World of Goo for Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

The goal of the game is to move as many balls of goo through a pipe as possible. Sometimes, players must build bridges out of goo to pass gaps or reshape the goo to move past obstacles.

World of Goo first launched on the Nintendo Wii through its WiiWare digital download service before migrating to PCs and Macs. The version for Apple devices will cost $2.99, but players who purchase the game within the next 24 hours can get it for 99 cents. There's also an HD version for iPad that costs $4.99.

For more details, check out our World of Goo review.

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My kid would definitely love this!

iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Virus Spreading on the Web

News from 3anime,

iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Virus Spreading on the Web
Shun Yamashita | Apr 11, 2011

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There is an iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Virus spreading on the web as told to us by a concerned fan. We have recieved information this morning to give warning and alert everyone about this iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 virus present in the 4.x firmwares of Apple devices. This can cause damage to your iPhones or iPads. The distribution of this virus is said to be happening mostly in to those who want to have their iPhone 4 and iPad jailbroken. See the info on the next line to find out what you need to know about this iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Virus.

There is an App from the internet that shows pages of a Fake Jailbreak presentation that shows the exact statements: “UNLOCK NOW FREE”, dont go into this page using your iOS devices, may it be an iPhone 4 or an iPad 2 because this will lead you to a 10-15 seconds of an animation followed by the text: “DOWNLOAD UNLOCK 2 NOW FREE”. When you see this, it will be too late because your information, both SIM and idevice information has already been cleared. If you are searching for a Jailbreak or unlock software for your iPhone 4 or iPad, do it on a desktop and now on your iOS device.

There is no fix for this iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Virus. All there is to put a stop to it is to inform everyone not to attempt to view information about jailbreak through your iPhone 4 or iPad. This has not yet been confirmed by the Jailbreak community but it is still advised to follow otherwise. Stop this iPhone 4 and iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 virus spreading on the web now by telling a friend.

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...please tell all your friends!!! (even if they are still using 5110 with a blue LED backlight! =)...it's a local joke, sorry...)
...Seriously, I would suggest that everyone must avoid any unknown websites offering jailbreak solutions with your iPod touch, iPhone and iPad.

Scrub Playback in the iPod

Of course we all love music!  How about podcast or audiobook?  Are you fond of listening to them as well?
When you're listening to a song, podcast, or audiobook, you can tap the progress slider at the top of the screen to move to another section of the track. But since the size of most (or some) average adults' fingers are relatively large for the iPod screen, it's a little bit hard to scroll accurately.  What if you just want to back up a few seconds?
Answer: Click here

Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch updated to version 2.0

News by Brian James Kirk

Google has updated its Earth application to v2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices, according to a company blog post. Several new features have been added, including the ability to sync content between desktop computers and Apple's handheld devices. Earth's user experience has been improved and new languages have also been added.

Users can now create custom maps on their desktop computers and access them from their iPhone and iPod touch devices using their Google Maps account. User experience has been improved with a small glow that emanates from icons when they are being touched, better indicating to users which icons they are about to click. Thirteen new languages have also been added to the software, bringing the total to 31.

Users can download version 2.0 of Google Earth from iTunes App Store.

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This is good google news! 
You can download Google Earth here.

Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

Great news from Apple! 

iPhone® and iPod touch® customers in more than 70 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories! 

The release of iPhone OS 3.0 made over 100 new features available to iPhone and iPod touch users!...landscape view for Mail, Text and Notes; stereo Bluetooth; shake to shuffle; parental controls; automatic login at Wi-Fi hot spots and Push Notifications.

Continue reading...

Disney launching iPhone, iPod touch applications

By Sue Zeidler
Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is launching free iPhone and iPod touch applications, giving fans access to Disney content and interactive features anywhere.

Disney.com, part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, said it will offer users of the popular Apple Inc devices items like the new "Click2Life" feature that lets fans take pictures of images from the Disney.com Web site, and eventually in the physical world, and unlock exclusive content.

For instance, a teenager may one day see a poster of an upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" film in a mall, snap a picture of the poster with an iPhone and then generate video content related to that picture or character.

Jason Davis, vice president of Disney.com, said in an interview that the media giant realized it already had a huge audience of iPhone and iPod touch users for its content on its existing mobile application on Disney.com.

Disney.com reaches nearly 31 million unique visitors per month and said that among mobile Web sites, it ranks as the No. 1 entertainment mobile site.

It also has an expanding lineup of many paid applications currently available in Apple's App Store including Toy Story Mania!, Disney Fairies Fly, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Breakspin.

"Our iPhone and iPod touch traffic is heavily made up of kids and moms. The iPod touch has a very specific demographic geared to the tween," he said, adding that within Disney content, there are various safety controls.

"Because the applications are self-contained, once you're in the application, you can't get into anything else," he said.

The new application organizes Disney-branded content within one destination on each device, lets users interact with Disney characters through customizable photo frames and audio greetings, listen to Radio Disney live, watch music videos and buy Disney music on Apple's iTunes Store.

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Alright!!! 
Yup!  As long as those applications are FREE, that would be great for me!  Even though iPod touch is geared towards younger people, adults [I believe] may still enjoy Disney's interactive features.

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The iPod touch and the big picture

 Here's Ross Rubin contributing his views at  Switched On:



In a New York Times interview of Steve Jobs conducted by Engadget columnist aspirant David Pogue, Apple's CEO suggested that the company did not include a camera on the iPod touch because the company was now marketing the iPod touch as a game machine and that a camera was not germane to such a device. "We don't need to add new stuff," said Jobs.

But why is adding a digital camera any less germane to the portable game device of the iPod touch than it is to adding it to the media player of the iPod nano? Or, if price is an issue, why not exclude it only on the entry-level model? The iPod touch market will soon be large enough to support such diversity. And if the iPod touch is indeed being marketed as a gaming console and a low-cost point of entry to the app store, excluding a camera disrupts the continuity of the touch/iPhone platform, while the iPod imaging message is now more muddled: If you're buying the iPhone 3G, you can capture stills but not video, while the "lower-end" iPod nano offers video capture but not stills, the iPod touch offers neither, and only the iPhone 3GS offers both.
Since the iPod's introduction, a few media players with integrated cameras have entered (and failed) in the marketplace: the Archos camcorder and Olympus m:Robe. While the camcorder-enabled iPod nano will surely sell orders of magnitude more than those products did, the video camera feels no less tacked on. Quite to the contrary when it comes to portable gaming, Nintendo, the longstanding market share leader in handheld games, added a camera to its DSi, and a rear-facing one at that.

To be fair, an iPod nano with embedded camcorder does enable Apple to market a Flip competitor that is significantly smaller than the Flip mino, with a screen size closer to even bulkier competitors such as the Kodak Zi8 -- although it lacks HD video capture. The candybar camcorder market has been small by iPod standards, but it continues to attract more competitors -- Samsung, for example, recently launched the HMX-U10.

The Jobs interview does offer a potential clue to what was perhaps a more pressing concern in integrating a camera into the touch. Explaining why the nano was limited to recording video and not stills, Jobs mentioned that adding both would have made the nano a significantly thicker device; Apple has consistently pointed with pride at the thinness of its mobile and portable devices.

Particularly with the thin Zune HD (and its OLED screen) entering the fray, Apple is likely loathe to bulk up the incredibly slim iPod touch. I suspect that the protests of users will eventually change Apple's mind; even FM radio has made it into the iPod after all this time. But for the next year, at least, iPod touch users may be condemned to carry a separate digital camera and endure burdens such as optical zoom, image stabilization, and vastly better image quality.

by Ross Rubin
Switched On: The iPod touch and the big picture  
http://www.engadget.com/

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From all of the iPods, iPod Touch is actually my favorite!  Even though it doesn't have a digital camera, I still love it! X-D

iPod Nano shoots Video

I WANT THE NEW iPod Nano!!! B-D

According to Jason Chen of Gizmodo,
"Yep, it’s going to be on the iPod Nano.  There’s a camera and a microphone."

"There will be a speaker as well, for playback." 

"iPod nano is the world's most popular music player with over 100 million sold," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "And now we've added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user."




A voice recorder.

A Pedometer.  You can sync the pedometer directly to Nike+ as well, to keep track of your steps.

  They’re adding voiceover, a genius mix feature,...

...and FM radio.











They’re now available today!!!

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The New iPod Nano Shoots Video, Plays Radio

By Mark Wilson 1:59 PM on Wed Sep 9 2009

As well-documented by the "word on the street," the fifth generation iPod nano is also a video camera...and radio and a pedometer and a voice recorder too...and it's available today. Details:

• Video camera (640x480)
• Integrated mic
• Integrated speaker
• FM Radio!!!!!
• One-click YouTube uploads
• Voice Over like Shuffle
• Pedometer with Nike+ syncing online
• Voice Recorder
• 2.2-inch screen is possibly larger than last model

Apple Introduces New iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

World's Most Popular Music Player Now Available in Nine Brilliant Colors
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced the new iPod nano®, adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world's most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily transfer their videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch color display and gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes® Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. The new iPod nano is available today in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

        (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090909/SF72774)

 "iPod nano is the world's most popular music player with over 100 million sold," said Steve Jobs, Apple's   CEO. "And now we've added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user."

iPod nano features a larger 2.2-inch display for easier navigating, enjoying album art, or shooting and viewing video clips. iPod nano is ultra-portable so users can shoot video wherever they are, in either portrait or landscape. iPod nano customers can share videos instantly with friends using its display and speaker, or sync with a Mac® or PC and share them on YouTube, MobileMe(TM), Facebook or via email.* iPod nano can even shoot videos with fun real-time effects such as Thermal, Film Grain, Kaleido and X-Ray.

iPod nano now has a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging. Live pause lets iPod nano users pause and resume playing their favorite FM radio shows. iTunes Tagging is great when users hear a song they like, they can simply tag it, and then preview and purchase that song when they sync to iTunes.** iPod nano also features Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together.
iPod nano is also now an even better workout companion with the new built-in pedometer. iPod nano can keep track of your steps taken and calories burned, helping you meet your short and long-term fitness goals.

iPod nano provides up to 24 hours of music playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, eight hours of video and seven hours of captured video; and the 16GB model holds up to 4,000 songs, 14,000 photos, 16 hours of video and 14 hours of captured video.***
iPod® is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple's new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the new iPod nano with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch® now starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.
Pricing & Availability

The new iPod nano is available immediately for a suggested price of $149 (US) for the 8GB model and $179 (US) for the 16GB model in silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange and pink through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 8GB and 16GB iPod nano in yellow and (PRODUCT) RED are available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) and Apple's retail stores. iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9.

*MobileMe is available to persons 13 and older. Annual membership fee and Internet access required. Terms apply.
**Currently available only in the US on radio stations that support iTunes Tagging.
***Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes; and video capacity is based on H.264 1.5 Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution.

new ipod nano video camera from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

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What I like is the Pedometer with Nike+ syncing online!! B-)