Apple started fulfilling the “free case for all” program promised at last Friday’s press conference. Any iPhone 4 user who didn’t purchase a case or bumper from Apple can now download the “iPhone 4 Case Program” app. The new app is the only way to get a free case. Users cannot place an order at Apple.com, in an Apple store, or in the “other” Apple shopping app, “Apple Store”.
After downloading the app, iPhone 4 users have the choice of 8 different cases, only one of the eight (a black Bumper) being from Apple. Each case has an estimated shipping time of a speedy 3-5 weeks. Most of these cases aren’t really available yet so reviews are scarce, but here is a general breakdown of what’s available.
Ideally, users would be able to walk into their local Apple store and pick up their case. Even though five weeks is a really long time to wait if you are experiencing serious antenna issues, at least the price is right. Now, for those users who just don’t like the iPhone 4 anymore:
Since the release of the iPhone OS4 (now known as iOS4) and the news that multi-tasking will be a feature, we’ have been waiting for when Apple would start accepting apps for the new iPhone operating system. Today the wait is over as Apple will be now be accepting iOS4 apps.
Developers will now be able to take advantage of the multitasking feature as well as the 1500 other new APIs in the system when it launches on June 21. However, this news will be taken with some hesitation from many devs as there are still be some hurdles to overcome. For example only certain tasks will be allowed in the background. Apps that need to run persistently, like IRC and IM clients, will not function. Apple will need to provide additional backgrounding tools so that users can receive the features they want.
Though this change may to multitasking may come with it’s growing pains, it will eventually be worth it. Let the developing begin!
Need help ending your marriage? Well now, as with just about any other activity in the world, there is an app for that.
Today, there are an estimated 100,000 apps available for the iPhone. While there are apps for reading books, playing the guitar and even apps for losing weight, it takes some ingenuity to come up with an application for getting a divorce. Divorce Cost and Prep is now one of the latest available in the iTunes Store.
The iPhone application was created by Dallas Attorney Michelle O’Neill and Fort Worth CPA Bryan Rice. The cost of Divorce Cost and Prep is a mere $4.99, and within three weeks since its debut in the iTunes store, it has already attracted a dozen buyers. In the explanation for the app the creators state:
“The apps we’re coming out with are really meant for the person going through the divorce in terms of helping them understand the costs and understanding the types of documents that are needed”
Though the struggles of divorce may be difficult, at least now for less than $5 you can save a trip to a CPA.
Everyday, I check all the usual resources, Apple.com, TUAW, 9to5mac, MacRumors and finally today, I got my answer:
WWDC for 2010 is going to be from June 7th to June 11th in San Francisco at the Moscone Center.
There will be 1,000 Apple engineers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and you can have the chance to Stump Apple experts, listen to a variety of speakers, and party at night. Here are some of the WWDC sessions that are being offered:
Leave your bulky equipment at home DJs, this potential new iPad app will have you traveling light!
Developers from Argentina, China, Germany, Sweden, England, and Canada were given this weekend to compete at the iPadDevCamp to develop the best app for the iPad. The best apps received various prizes that ranges from iPads to keyboards and cases. There were many prize-winning apps created. The Relay app allows you to drag web sites, text, and music to and from the iPad and computer. The iPad Slot Machine app integrates the iPhone and the iPad. In this iPad Slot Machine, the iPhone acts as the “lever” of the slot machine, which is comprised of 3 iPads. When the iPhone is thrown or the “lever is pulled,” the iPad shows spinning objects and these objects will spin similarly to a slot machine. However, among the imaginative apps created, there was one specific app that caught our eye, or rather, in our ear. [via TheAppleBlog]
Destroy The Silence is an iPad experiment by Rana Sobhany. The purpose of this experiment is to question whether users can professionally DJ with two iPads and an iPhone. Sobhany asks DJs, listeners and the like to question if the iPad will revolutionize the way people create music. Time will only tell if this new way of DJ-ing will work, but listen to this beat and make your own decision [via DestroytheSilence].
Apple started fulfilling the “free case for all” program promised at last Friday’s press conference. Any iPhone 4 user who didn’t purchase a case or bumper from Apple can now download the “iPhone 4 Case Program” app. The new app is the only way to get a free case. Users cannot place an order at Apple.com, in an Apple store, or in the “other” Apple shopping app, “Apple Store”.
