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AUTOMOBILE Magazine's iPad Edition Goes Live; January and February Issues Available for Download
Intel's Atom Chip: Can It Take On ARM?
Microsoft ARMs Windows for iPad Assault (Allegedly)
LunaTik iPod nano Watch Conversion Kit "Awesome"
Multi-Tablet Households On The Rise - Study Finds 17 Percent of iPad-Owning Homes Have Two Tablets
iPad Officially Launches In Israel
Israel's iPad Doctors: Hospital Equips Medical Staff With iPads
Popular Science Picks Apple iPad As Top Tablet
10 reasons Why TechRepublic s Debra Littlejohn Shinder's Dumping The iPad for Samsung's Galaxy Tab
Merriam-Webster Announces Free iPhone Dictionary App with Voice Search
Nuance Defines Innovative Voice Search on Merriam-Webster App for iPhone
New iBottleopener iPhone 4 Case Making People Smile
Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2
New iGo iPad Wall and Car Chargers Power More Than the iPad
TomTom Map Share Now Available On The TomTom App for iPhone
Sideways Introduces Patent-Pending Buddy Reading Technology with Beatrix Potter's Classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit for iOS
AUTOMOBILE Magazine's iPad Edition Goes Live; January and February Issues Available for Download
AUTOMOBILE Magazine has launched its new iPad edition, making its nationally recognized, award-winning content available to download on Apple's tablet at the App Store.
Beginning with the release of both the complimentary January and regularly priced February issues, the brand's easy-to-navigate app incorporates a highly intuitive design that gives readers an enhanced AUTOMOBILE Magazine experience, complete with interactive content, photo galleries, integrated video and audio commentary, as well as in-depth automobile news and reviews not found in the print edition. AUTOMOBILE for iPad allows the editors to better relay the special sense of adventure the magazine is already famous for by providing even more content.
"This is not AUTOMOBILE Magazine reinvented for the iPad; rather, we worked to incorporate the content our readers desired," explains AUTOMOBILE Magazine President and Editor-in-Chief, Jean Jennings. "We are an experiential publication; the iPad is a medium that allows us to better deliver our experiences to our readers."
Featuring the always compelling stories and vibrant photographic content readers are familiar with from the print version, AUTOMOBILE Magazine's iPad application goes a step further, allowing users to go deeper into each story, to see and hear things they may not otherwise be able to experience, and by letting reporters provide their on-location experiences and point of view.
Whether viewing photos taken during a family road trip in Four Seasons test cars, or getting to watch the behind-the-scenes adventures involved in driving a 1200-hp Bugatti at speed across the Spanish countryside, the new iPad version of the magazine will deliver never-before-seen content usually reserved for exclusive conversations with the editorial staff of AUTOMOBILE Magazine.
The iPad version of the magazine marries the best of both print and web, adding additional features unique to the iPad and integrating them seamlessly into an all-new product that allows readers to dive deeper into the automotive lifestyle.
Over the next few months, AUTOMOBILE Magazine will continue to refine its iPad edition and roll out several iPad-only features, including an expanded Four Seasons test section with interactive photo, video and map updates as well as testimonials from editors who are living with these cars over the course of a year.
The iPad edition will also feature a larger Auctions section, complete with a black book guide to the world's most prominent auctions including reviews of where to stay and how to get to an event. The magazine will also incorporate additional design focus from AUTOMOBILE's design experts explaining both automotive design technique and analysis.
"Twenty-five years ago, we broke the mold with the launch of AUTOMOBILE Magazine. Now with this app, we feel that we are on the brink of doing it again," says Jennings. "The app allows readers to do more than just click a few buttons to hear a car rev up its engine. Instead, it is a spontaneous behind-the-scenes look at story telling at its best, with spectacular writers, fabulous photography and once-in-a-lifetime introductions to some of the most legendary people in the industry. It lets you experience the adventure with us, every step of the way."
Over the course of 25 years AUTOMOBILE Magazine has won more writing, photography, and design awards than any other car magazine, and stands as the only car magazine to have won a National Magazine Award. To find out more about the iPad app, and why this release represents a paradigm shift for the magazine, please click here to view a video presentation from AUTOMOBILE Magazine President and Editor-in-Chief, Jean Jennings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-94i0iapGY
The iPad edition of the AUTOMOBILE Magazine app is available to download for ($3.99) from the App Store. The print edition of the February issue will arrive on newsstands on January 4. The January issue is free.
For nearly 25 years, AUTOMOBILE Magazine has set the standard for automotive journalism, maintaining its devotion to auto adventure and an editorial approach that emphasizes "No boring cars!"
For more information, visit:
http://bit.ly/dVAOUv
Intel's Atom Chip: Can It Take On ARM?
Computerworld's Matt Hamblen says Intel hopes to make a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 6 with its Atom chips featured inside a variety of tablet computers and netbooks, but the chips are not expected to appear in smartphones until the last half of 2011.
Hamblen notes that the smartphone world and more recently the tablet computing world (including Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab) as well have been heavily dominated by chips running the ARM architecture, meaning Intel's Atom is likely to face an uphill battle.
For the full report visit here:
http://bit.ly/idnl6Q
Microsoft ARMs Windows for iPad Assault (Allegedly)
The Register's Cade Metz reports that Microsoft is set to unveil a new incarnation of Windows that runs on ARM chips, according to a report citing two people familiar with the company's plans.
To read more, click here.
http://bit.ly/g8dftd
LunaTik iPod nano Watch Conversion Kit "Awesome"
ZNet's Jason D. O'Grady has been testing a pre-production sample LunaTik iPod nano watch kit, and says he loves it, with the trade-offs worth the convenience of having all his podcasts, audiobooks and music with him, and that in actual use, the LunaTik makes an amazing, multitouch watch, media player, pedometer, FM tuner and photo browser.
For the full review visit here:
http://zd.net/hrkeYd
Multi-Tablet Households On The Rise - Study Finds 17 Percent of iPad-Owning Homes Have Two Tablets
In a Tablet Ownership In Households survey of 1,667 tablet owners by London-based market research firm YouGov, 782 reported owning an iPad and 145 said they had at least one more tablet.
You can download the YouGov survey results in PDF format here:
http://today.yougov.co.uk/pdfarchives/tablet-ownership-households
iPad Officially Launches In Israel
9To5Mac's Mark Gurman reports:
With the iPad 2 only about 100 days away, Apple is still yet to finish their global rollout of the first generation iPad. Today, Apple has added Israel to their list of countries with the iPad.
For the full report visit here:
http://bit.ly/hgsyww
Israel's iPad Doctors: Hospital Equips Medical Staff With iPads
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center (MYMC) at Bnei Brak is the first Israeli hospital to give iPad technology to its doctors, for use both on and off-site. Medical staff can now check patient records, test results, hi-resolution X-rays and CT scans, report on patient progress and plan ongoing treatment using the latest hand-held computers.
MYMC has embraced this latest and most desirable technology by investing in the latest iPad version 4.2, customized for use in Hebrew. This allows clinicians instant touch-screen access to patient records and medical information via secure password-protected internet. MYMC's IT team have programmed the Apple iPad to interact with the Microsoft Chameleon program used by the hospital.
Dr. Yoram Liwer, CEO of Mayanei Hayeshua, explains: "The picture quality on the iPad screen enables our doctors to check high-resolution x-ray and scan images, either on the wards or from outside the hospital, and to diagnose and prescribe treatment immediately at any time. The iPad is recognized today as a leading medical tool, bringing many benefits to patients and hospital staff.
"A recent patient survey confirmed the importance of enabling doctors to check the status of patients and direct their treatment immediately, within or outside the hospital - it was ranked 8.6 out of 10 by the patients we interviewed. That is why we are using the latest devices and healthcare technology to help revolutionize patient care at our hospital, which is already known as one of the most progressive hospitals in Israel and internationally."
Dr. Nir Cohen, head of Mayanei Hayeshua's Orthopaedic Surgery Department, explains the clinical benefits of using the iPad: "As head of the department, even working late at night from home, I can now give direction to medical staff during operations using my iPad, and check that vital treatment records have been entered correctly into the hospital system. This can help to speed up surgical procedures, reducing the time spent under anaesthetic, to the benefit of patients."
The Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center ('Sources of Deliverance') provides general and specialist medical services according to Jewish law and the highest ethical standards.
Founded in 1990, treating more than 100,000 patients each year, MYMC plans to build a new much-needed hospitalization wing in the near future, with underground wards for use in times of national emergency.
Popular Science Picks Apple iPad As Top Tablet
Popular Science has picked the iPad as the top tablet in the Gadgets category of its Best Of What's New 2010 Innovation Of The Year Grand Awards roundup, noting that after years of companies trying to cram a computer into a tablet the resulting boxes have been too heavy, the software too sparse, the screen too small Apple made what everyone wanted: a sleek device with a gorgeous screen and a dead- simple interface that makes you want to sit back and play.
For the full review visit here:
http://www.popsci.com/bown/2010/product/apple-ipad
10 reasons Why TechRepublic's Debra Littlejohn Shinder's Dumping The iPad for Samsung's Galaxy Tab
TechRepublic's Debra Littlejohn Shinder has decided to dump the iPad for the Galaxy Tab, and explains why as a guest columnist in Larry Dignan's ZNet slot.
Shinder says she bought an iPad because she wanted a light, thin tablet she could easily use out on the patio, while riding as a passenger in a car, while lying in bed, or while sitting on the sofa in front of the TV, but has had a love/hate relationship with the iPad from the beginning, enjoying the form factor and the ease of connecting to a network, but says she hates the lack of storage expansion, its frustrating inability to display Flash-based Web sites, and the difficulty of entering text on its keyboard, plus finding it just a tad heavier and bulkier than she'd really prefer. And most of all, Shindler says she hates Apple's rigid control over what apps she can install.
A Windows loyalist from way back, Shinder has decided to dump the iPad for the Tab, and cites are 10 reasons why.
You can check it out at:
http://zd.net/dLVU8d
Merriam-Webster Announces Free iPhone Dictionary App with Voice Search
Merriam-Webster now offers its dictionary as a free iPhone app, including one feature that word-lovers will be talking about, or perhaps talking to. It's the first free dictionary app with voice search, allowing users to look up a word by speaking it directly into the phone without having to spell it out. Voice search capabilities are powered by Nuance Communications' renowned Dragon voice recognition technology.
Along with voice search, the free app offers more than 225,000 definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and 300,000 synonyms and antonyms from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus. Additional features include the popular Word of the Day, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and recent look-up history.
For more details, visit the iPhone app store at:
http://bit.ly/eCR9gO
For more information, visit:
http://www.Merriam-Webster.com
Nuance Defines Innovative Voice Search on Merriam-Webster App for iPhone
Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced that its voice technology now powers the voice search capabilities behind the new Merriam-Webster app for iPhone. Merriam-Webster is the latest mobile app to take advantage of the powerful voice recognition capabilities at the heart of the Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search apps downloaded by millions around the world.
The free Merriam-Webster app brings America's most useful and respected dictionary right to your iPhone. In addition to all the definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the app s voice search capabilities let consumers look up a word by simply saying it, versus trying to spell out difficult or unfamiliar words. The app also provides users with synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, and more.
"For 150 years, Merriam-Webster has been working on making dictionaries easier to use. Integrating Nuance's voice recognition capabilities into our app contributes to that evolution, and makes looking up a word more intuitive and for a lot of people more enjoyable," says Miles Kronby, Merriam-Webster's Chief Product Officer of Digital.
"Mobile consumers need a quick, easy and effective way to access information and data, and nothing is more intuitive or natural than the human voice. We ve made it incredibly easy for developers like Merriam-Webster to optimize their app experience with our core Dragon voice technology, creating an ecosystem of voice-enabled applications that let consumers get the most out their mobile devices," comments Michael Thompson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nuance Mobile.
To download the free Merriam-Webster app, visit:
http://bit.ly/eCR9gO
To learn more about developing with Nuance s voice technology, visit:
http://dragonmobile.nuancemobiledeveloper.com/
New iBottleopener iPhone 4 Case Making People Smile
A California company, Lightbulb Moments, has introduced an iPhone 4 case with a built-in bottle opener, the follow up product to their highly successful 3G/3GS version.
To help expand production, the company applied to and was accepted by kickstarter.com, the New York based crowd funding website.
"Kickstarter is a great platform for a small company to fund a fast moving product," says Zack Cram, co-founder of Lightbulb Moments. "We've gotten a positive initial response to our presentation video.... We're struggling to keep up with the demand for the iPhone 4 iBottleopener"
Each person who pledges $25 receives a pre-order of the iPhone 4 iBottleopener, provided Lightbulb Moments reaches their funding goal. Shipping is included in the cost.
The cases will sell in stores for $24.95-$29.95, with the Slogan "protect your iPhone...and your Fun!"
The iBottleopener is designed so the force of opening a bottle is always applied to the case and never to the phone.
For more information, visit:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zackcram/the-ibottleopener
Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2
iPhone Configuration Utility lets you easily create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications, and capture device information including console logs.
Configuration profiles are XML files that contain device security policies, VPN configuration information, Wi-Fi settings, APN settings, Exchange account settings, mail settings, and certificates that permit iPhone and iPod touch to work with your enterprise systems.
For information on how to integrate iOS devices with your enterprise systems, visit:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/
System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.6
For more information, visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL851
New iGo iPad Wall and Car Chargers Power More Than the iPad
iGo unveiled Apple-certified iPad wall and car chargers (MSRP $24.99 each) that provide a convenient charging option for both the iPad and other devices. While iGo s new iPad chargers can power iPads, iPhones and most iPods, they can also charge almost any other low power device through their USB power ports. With the ability to power multiple devices from one charger, the new iGo iPad chargers offer a flexible charging solution for every iPad owner.
With the included certified charge/sync cable, both iGo iPad chargers feature a 2.1A output to quickly charge all iPads, iPhones and most iPods. Adding charging flexibility, the USB port featured on the iGo iPad wall and car chargers works with either the included sync cable or any other USB cable to charge other mobile electronic devices, such as mobile phones, MP3 players, portable game consoles and more.
"As iPad users browse the web, send email and enjoy photos, videos, games and e-books, we wanted to provide a family of chargers that match the iPad s flexibility," says Walter Thornton, iGo's vice president of product management and supply chain. "The compact iGo iPad wall charger and ultra-small car charger are the perfect charging solutions to keep iPad users powered wherever they go."
The small and compact iGo iPad wall charger accepts all international input voltages without a voltage converter and is available with replaceable AC blades for international travel. The iGo iPad car charger is small enough to sit flush with most car charging ports, making it as unobtrusive as possible.
For more information about the iGo iPad wall charger, visit:
http://www.igo.com/axx/ipad-wall-charger/invt/ps002850001
For more information about the iGo iPad car charger, visit:
http://www.igo.com/axx/ipad-car-charger/invt/ps002860001/
For more information about iGo, visit:
http://www.igo.com
TomTom Map Share Now Available On The TomTom App for iPhone
TomTom, a leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces that its newest update to the TomTom App for iPhone, version 1.6, includes TomTom Map Share. With the addition of Map Share, TomTom continues to deliver the most up-to-date and accurate maps. The latest version of the TomTom App for iPhone is available on the App Store starting today.
TomTom Map Share enables iPhone users to make changes instantly to their own maps and to benefit from free, map updates made by the TomTom community and verified by TomTom. App users will now be able to edit street names, set driving directions and block and unblock streets directly on their maps, and to share their changes with the TomTom community. The TomTom App checks for new TomTom verified map updates including turn restrictions, speed limit changes and crossing changes, automatically every week or on-demand as often as the users choose. With Map Share, App users always have the most up-to-date map in between new map releases.
"We are pleased to bring TomTom s exclusive Map Share technology already enjoyed by millions of TomTom GPS users everyday to our iPhone App," says Tom Murray, TomTom Inc.'s senior vice president of market development. "With the addition of Map Share, TomTom App users will get free, verified updates via Map Share anytime on top of the most accurate map available on-board."
With the latest update to the App, users will continue to benefit from TomTom s industry-leading navigation App features, including:
• Latest, most up-to-date maps* - TomTom maps include 1 million more miles of roads in the US than competitive maps and have been rated highest in quality and reliability. No mobile signal or data plan is required to browse the map and navigate to a destination.
• IQ Routes - Only TomTom uses actual speed data collected from millions of users to accurately calculate the travel time of a user s route. It allows for rush hour, traffic lights and even shopping crowds. So no matter what time it is, a user can rely on IQ Routes to give accurate arrival-time information.
• Navigate-to-photo - A user can easily navigate to a location by selecting a photo stored in the iPhone gallery.
• Multitasking Functionality - Allows a user to receive turn-by-turn directions while the iPhone is running other applications.
• Optimization for iPhone 4 - Takes full advantage of the capabilities of Apple s latest iOS device, the App now delivers high resolution graphics, sharper maps, more-responsive menus and improved positioning even in areas with limited GPS reception.
• Announces Street Names - Provides turn-by-turn spoken directions and spoken street names.
• Advanced Lane Guidance - Gives extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions by showing the user which lane to take for an upcoming exit.
• Local Search - Allows a user to locate and route to countless points of interest (POIs) by tapping into the latest local Google listings from within the TomTom App.
Images are available.
TomTom Traffic for the App
With TomTom Traffic, TomTom App users receive real-time traffic updates and incident reports on their routes. As soon as any delay is found, users are notified and can be automatically re-routed to an alternate, faster route. TomTom Traffic for iPhone users is available via in-App purchase for an additional $19.99 for 12 months of service.
System requirements:
TomTom App for iPhone runs on iOS 3 and iOS 4, however users should upgrade to iOS 4 to be able to take full advantage of the application s features.
Pricing varies by market. TomTom U.S.A. and U.S. & Canada Apps are currently available at a special price of $39.99 and $49.99, respectively.
The TomTom App for iPhone is available for purchase via the App Store. Continental and regional versions of the TomTom App are available today for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch users at:
http://www.tomtom.com/tomtom-app
Sideways Introduces Patent-Pending Buddy Reading Technology with Beatrix Potter's Classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit for iOS
Sideways, a software company that transforms books, magazines and other publications into immersive experiences on mobile devices, today announced its patent-pending Buddy Reading technology with a version of Beatrix Potter's classic in Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition for the iPad, iPhone and Touch. Taking advantage of Apple's new Game Center technology, Buddy Edition allows two people to remotely read aloud together. Now a parent on a business trip can read a bedtime story in real-time to a child at home with both able to interact with the digital book and each other across different devices.
The Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition app also features Sideways' Anigraphic Engine, which allows authors to easily add directorial commands to their text, graphics and audio. The Anigraphic Engine enables the development of animated books with sound effects and voice over narration. With this technology, an animated book can now be envisioned, designed and built without custom software development.
In addition to Buddy Reading, Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition enhances the classic story in the following ways:
• Children can read the book on their own or choose the "Read To Me" option.
• A "Learn To Read" function allows children to touch objects and see and hear the words.
• Users can interact with the pictures; some initiate sounds when touched while others can be moved from the screen. For example, children can help the bunnies fill their baskets with berries.
• A coloring book featuring the line drawings from Beatrix Potter's first version of the book is included in the Sideways application enabling children to digitally color a favorite drawing and then share it electronically with friends and relatives.
"Nothing can take the place of a parent reading a bedtime story to a child. Now with the Buddy Reading technology, it's possible for traveling parents to keep that intimate, precious connection to their children at home, no matter the distance," says Charles Stack, CEO and co-founder of Sideways. "The new generation of multi-media devices offers great ways of telling classic stories. We've taken the century-old delight experienced when reading Peter Rabbit and respectfully extended it using new technology, which can be efficiently applied to books new and old."
Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition is now available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99. A demo of the Buddy Reading technology can be found on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykD5RFHjS1c
For more information, visit:
http://www.sideways.com
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