The iPad may have taken the media by storm, but the JooJoo, formerly known as the CrunchPad, is back, and hot on Apple’s heels. The JooJoo’s starting off full production, that’s right and maker Fusion Garage has announced that the product is set to start shipping this month.
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Running as it does the iPhone OS, the iPad joins the list of Apple devices that won't play Flash content. While they're not ready to announce Flash for the platform, Adobe have confirmed that their upcoming Packager for iPhone - which will be part of Flash Pro CS5 - will indeed support the iPad along with the iPhone and iPod touch.
Acer’s plans for 2010 include ebook readers, Google Chrome OS netbooks, an app store and – potentially – a tablet running either a Microsoft or a Google platform, according to Jim Wong, the company’s president of IT Products. The executive has revealed that by the end of June, Acer will have announced its first 6-inch E Ink based ereader, around the same time that the company expects to launch an app store with titles for Android, Windows and Windows Mobile; Chrome OS support will follow on later.
It almost seems churlish to throw out another Apple iPad tablet rumor so early on a Monday morning, but now even analytics companies are getting in on the hype machine. Flurry – who track app usage – have pushed out an excitable blog entry claiming to have spotted fifty prototype Apple devices accessing 200 different apps, with use beginning back in October but increasing dramatically this month. “Apple appears to be going through its cycle of testing and polish,” reckons Peter Farago, Flurry’s VP of marketing, “which is expected from any hardware or software company as it nears launch.”
The iPhone has gone without a significant OS update for some months now, and according to rumors earlier this week that’s all the fault of the Apple iSlate tablet. A “close Apple” insider suggested that the Cupertino company had been forced to hold off on releasing updated software for their smartphone as it would contain too many references to the upcoming tablet; so, when a “prominent app developer” tells CNET they “Just wanted to give you a heads up that we’ve submitted an updated app for the new iPhone 4.0 software”, it’s no surprise that the rumor mill starts cranking.
Apple have released a MobileMe gallery app for the iPhone and iPod touch, that gives subscribers to their cloud storage and backup service easier access to their online galleries. The app – which is a free download from the App Store, but which obviously requires a MobileMe subscription in order to use – supports the usual pinch-zooming and swipe navigation on the iPhone, as well as basic offline browsing functionality.
Apple will be popping the corks of any champagne left over from their New Year celebrations today, as as the Cupertino company confirms that in excess of three billion applications have been downloaded from the Apple App Store. In the 18 months since the App Store opened its virtual doors, iPhone and iPod touch owners have seen over 100,000 titles crop up for purchase.
Having promised an app store for their Pulse pen last month, Livescribe have pushed the first beta out of the door. There are currently over thirty applications – some free, some paid – to be downloaded, just in case you want to automatically translate text between languages, play games or even learn Hebrew chanting.
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Last month it was two billion downloads; this month it's over 100,000 applications available: is the Apple App Store really just a headline generator? No, obviously not, it's a software marketplace for the iPhone and iPod touch, but as the figures show it's certainly the most popular mobile apps store out there right now.
Apple have tweaked their App Store policies to allow for in-app purchases in free applications [iPhone developer link]. Contrary to initial rules that only paid applications could offer users paid content, subscriptions and digital services within the software, the change now means that developers can release, say, a free “Lite” version with an option to upgrade, within the app, to the full title.
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