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Sabtu, 08 Oktober 2011

Echofon for Twitter 4.1 Update - Free App Download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

Echofon for Twitter has updated their software to version 4.1 making it a universal app and is a free download  for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.  Echofon allows you to tweet, and check out your timeline, see your messages, and mentions; in short - Echofon is "Twitter on the go" and includes:

  • Inline photo and video previewing
  • New mute function to quash annoying users, and hashtags
  • Using an iPad on WiFi? new tweets show up in a flash, no refresh needed

Echofon 4.1 also fixes a few bugs including one that disabled photo previews, and streaming settings that didn't work properly.

This is a 5.5 MB download, and requires iOS 3.0 or later and is available in English and Japanese.   Upgrade your social media experience:
Download Echofon for Twitter 4.1

Kamis, 06 Oktober 2011

Thank You Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday October 5, 2011.  On that day the world lost an incredible Visionary, leader, and a one-of-a-kind genius who led Apple and indeed the world, into the digital age.  Steve Jobs inspired a whole new generation of tech founders including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, as well as Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google to innovate, and "Think Different."

Besides starting the personal computer revolution with his partner Steve Wozniak, he also gave us the "windowed" software environment, popularized the computer Mouse, and started up an amazing little company you may have heard of called Pixar; which was later sold to Disney - yet another firm he restored to its former greatness.

Now, many men would have stopped right there thinking "I've done enough for one life" and went on to a comfortable early retirement, but Steve kept going; restoring new life to Apple with the iMac, rescuing the music industry with iTunes, and the iPod - revitalizing mobile phones with the stunning iPhone, and creating a space for tablet computers (better known as iPads) all one can say is wow.

Steve Jobs is: The Innovator.

He made life easier for all of us, and focused on quality in building great products, saying: "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." and excellence was expected - and delivered - at Apple, pouring forth in a torrent of wonderful software, and amazing devices year, after year.

What i will remember most about him is his passion for design, and his not being willing to settle for "good enough" always striving for perfection.  Only Steve would say:  "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."  The fact is he got it. and so did we in products that simply worked. 

Thank You Steve Jobs.

Instead of saying he died on October 5, 2011, i prefer to say he graduated that day, to the more advanced classes, where I'm sure once they realize what they've got, he'll skip a grade or two.  The next time you swipe a screen, think of him.  Goodbye my friend, for now.

Steve Jobs once said: "I want to put a ding in the universe." well Steve, i think you just did.

Kamis, 29 September 2011

Airprint Enabled Printers List - Print Wirelessly from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch

Courtesy of Apple
Airprint is Apple's solution for true, wireless printing right from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.  To print using  Airprint, your device must be running iOS 4.2 or later.  Currently Apple offers Airprint on a range of popular wireless HP printers, see the:
Airprint compatible printers list 

Joining your network is easy, no driver installation is necessary, just tap print, choose your printer, then print.  It's really that simple.   Do you use Airprint? which is your favorite Airprint enabled printer?

Senin, 15 Agustus 2011

There's a Demon in my iPhone! - Demon Cam for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

Apple's iPhone. So slim, so sleek, so sweetly demonic? When your inner demon calls you; unleash the devilish beast within you with Demon Cam - fiendishly scary software from Video Copilot for iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.  Conjure your favorite entity and implant him (or her) onto your own body!




Demon Cam works by rendering the devil in HD video right on your iPhone or other iDevice. Face tracking is automated so that your very own "personal demon" morphs right along with your face.  Beautiful graphics, and high-quality sound, allow you to create a stunning video to share on Facebook, or to send a haunted email to your friends. 

Demon Cam is only $.99 cents (for a limited time) and a small 20mb download, (you never knew demonic possesion could be so cheap did you?)  Have a question? don't forget to ask the Answer Ball!

Get Demon Cam

Selasa, 19 Juli 2011

Apple Earnings Q3 Results Beat Expectations in Blowout Quarter

Courtesy of Apple
Apple posted record earnings for Q3 2011 which again beat expectations on Wall Street.  In this lastest blowout quarter Apple  noted all-time record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion, with a net profit of $7.31 billion.  iPod, iPhone, and Mac sales all increased vs the year-ago quarter, Highlights: 

  • iPad sales up 183 % at 9.25 million sold during the quarter
  • iPhone sales were up 142% with a massive 20.34 million sold in Q3
  • Mac sales increased 14% selling 3.95 million Macs
  • 7.54 million iPods sold in Q3 2011

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement: “We’re thrilled to deliver our best quarter ever, with revenue up 82 percent and profits up 125 percent, Right now, we’re very focused and excited about bringing iOS 5 and iCloud to our users this fall.”


The worlds best-run tech company just keeps getting better and better, and Apple's stock (AAPL) shot up in after-hours trading.  With exciting new products coming later this year, the future never looked brighter for the much-loved Apple.  Do you own AAPL stock? plan on buying a new Mac, or IOS device this year? what do you think of Apple's future? leave a comment below.

Selasa, 31 Mei 2011

Word Foto

Price at time of writing £1.19

It takes a lot for any photographic app to impress me but this one has succeeded where so many others have failed.

Take any image of your choice and convert it so that your own keywords make up the picture. Rendering is practically instant. Save it to your camera roll, email it to a friend or just save it and upload where you like.

There are numerous preset styles and you can also make your own styles. Or you may just want to tweak the brightness or font size.

For the effect you get to the price you pay for the app Word Foto is an outstanding piece of Software

10/10 available here WordFoto - bitCycle AB

Sabtu, 30 April 2011

Apple Responds to iPhone Tracking News - Apple Q&A on Location Data

Apple responds to calm the fears over iPhone tracking, in a question and answer format:

Apple would like to respond to the questions we have recently received about the gathering and use of location information by our devices.

1. Why is Apple tracking the location of my iPhone?
Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.


2. Then why is everyone so concerned about this?
Providing mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy has raised some very complex technical issues which are hard to communicate in a soundbite. Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education about these issues to date.

3. Why is my iPhone logging my location?
The iPhone is not logging your location. Rather, it’s maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location, some of which may be located more than one hundred miles away from your iPhone, to help your iPhone rapidly and accurately calculate its location when requested. Calculating a phone’s location using just GPS satellite data can take up to several minutes. iPhone can reduce this time to just a few seconds by using Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data to quickly find GPS satellites, and even triangulate its location using just Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data when GPS is not available (such as indoors or in basements). These calculations are performed live on the iPhone using a crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data that is generated by tens of millions of iPhones sending the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple.

4. Is this crowd-sourced database stored on the iPhone?
The entire crowd-sourced database is too big to store on an iPhone, so we download an appropriate subset (cache) onto each iPhone. This cache is protected but not encrypted, and is backed up in iTunes whenever you back up your iPhone. The backup is encrypted or not, depending on the user settings in iTunes. The location data that researchers are seeing on the iPhone is not the past or present location of the iPhone, but rather the locations of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers surrounding the iPhone’s location, which can be more than one hundred miles away from the iPhone. We plan to cease backing up this cache in a software update coming soon (see Software Update section below).

5. Can Apple locate me based on my geo-tagged Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data?
No. This data is sent to Apple in an anonymous and encrypted form. Apple cannot identify the source of this data.

6. People have identified up to a year’s worth of location data being stored on the iPhone. Why does my iPhone need so much data in order to assist it in finding my location today?
This data is not the iPhone’s location data—it is a subset (cache) of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database which is downloaded from Apple into the iPhone to assist the iPhone in rapidly and accurately calculating location. The reason the iPhone stores so much data is a bug we uncovered and plan to fix shortly (see Software Update section below). We don’t think the iPhone needs to store more than seven days of this data.

7. When I turn off Location Services, why does my iPhone sometimes continue updating its Wi-Fi and cell tower data from Apple’s crowd-sourced database? 
It shouldn’t. This is a bug, which we plan to fix shortly (see Software Update section below).

8. What other location data is Apple collecting from the iPhone besides crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data?
Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years.

9. Does Apple currently provide any data collected from iPhones to third parties? 
We provide anonymous crash logs from users that have opted in to third-party developers to help them debug their apps. Our iAds advertising system can use location as a factor in targeting ads. Location is not shared with any third party or ad unless the user explicitly approves giving the current location to the current ad (for example, to request the ad locate the Target store nearest them).

10. Does Apple believe that personal information security and privacy are important?
Yes, we strongly do. For example, iPhone was the first to ask users to give their permission for each and every app that wanted to use location. Apple will continue to be one of the leaders in strengthening personal information security and privacy.

Software Update
Sometime in the next few weeks Apple will release a free iOS software update that:

  • reduces the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone,
  • ceases backing up this cache, and
  • deletes this cache entirely when Location Services is turned off.
In the next major iOS software release the cache will also be encrypted on the iPhone.

Jumat, 29 April 2011

iPod Touch as 3G Phone,

I found this post on slickdeals and I know it works. I have used skype on wifi to make calls from my ipod, so having the 3g from the peel will work. If you want a fake iphone conversion this is what you can do:

Virgin Mobile introduced the ZTE PEEL 3200 [virginmobileusa.com], a casing for iPod Touch 2nd and 3rd generation models (1st and 4th models are out of luck for now). The case costs $100 and has a no contract 500MB plan (Appx. 25hrs of 3G access) for $20/Month on the Virgin Mobile network.

In order to turn your iPod Touch into an actual phone, download the Talkatone [apple.com] Application from the Appstore and set up a free Google Voice [google.com] Account from your computer. You will be able to make free phone calls to the US and Canada via your iPod Touch where ever you have WiFi or 3G access.

This a good way to cheat paying $40+ a month for contracted phones and eliminates the need to bring both your iPod and phone with you wherever you go. All and all, it's like having an iPhone on a $20/Month plan.

Edit: Sprint [sprint.com] also has the PEEL on 1GB/Month no contract. Sprint is selling the PEEL for $80 and costs $30 per month. - Thanks tparks
Virigin Mobile is a part of the Sprint network so service should be about the same.

Edit 2: Made a comparison chart for Sprint and Virgin Mobile plans, see attached image.

Edit 3: Forgot that the 2nd and 3rd gen iPods didn't have a mic built in. You can use any set of earphones with a built-in mic [amazon.com] OR a plug-in microphone [amazon.com] (Between $2-15) as a Microphone and use the iPod's Speakers to make calls. The Virgin Mobile PEEL comes with a "Headset Adapter" if you already have a headset.

Minggu, 03 April 2011

Countdown - Official TV Show App

Countdown - the official TV app - review
Price at time of writing 59p approx 99c

It's received very mixed reviews from superb to grim but I don't really know why.

This is actually a very good recreation of the Channel 4 TV programme.

All the usual rounds are available - The word game, the numbers game and the Countdown Conundrum and the official theme tune sounds great.

The word game works fine and you get the customary 30 seconds to work out your longest word from your chosen vowels and consonants.

The numbers game initially takes a bit of getting used to. But when you understand how to pick numbers and 'carry forward' it is an excellent recreation of this part of the show.

Countdown the official TV show app reviewThe 9 letter conundrum will test you just as the show does and don't think you can buzz in and take all the time you need because you can't. Once you buzz in you are on a timer to type the word in very quickly.

However the developers could have done just a little more to make this into a classic 10/10 app.

Two Player is available - Pass and Play or Bluetooth. This is fine but it would have been nice to have a more global interactive game.

As for the single game there is the choice of short game or whole game. Short game is 1 letters round, 1 numbers round and a conundrum.

Countdown the official TV show app reviewWhole game, I feel, should mean all rounds as featured in the TV show but it is still short giving just 2 rounds of letters and 2 rounds of numbers and then a conundrum. This seems a silly oversight.

Local high scores only - no global option

No Openfeint or Game Center functionality.

All in all Countdown is still a great purchase especially at the low price stated above and it is still an app I return to occasionally for a quick challenge.

I just look forward to some updates to this eventually and if that ever happens  I will revisit this, still great, score.

8/10 Download here
Countdown - Official TV Show App - Deluxe Digital Studios London




Countdown the official TV show app review
Countdown the official TV show app review


Word Solitaire: Aurora

Word Solitair Aurora app review
Word Solitaire Aurora app reviewPrice at time of writing 59p approx 99c

I like solitaire, as in the traditional card game, but I bore with it quite quickly.

Now solitaire with words is an addictive twist. And that's the aim here. On each level all you have to do is uncover all turned over cards and ensure that at the end you have a word in each column.

With limited lifelines (burn a few cards - on some levels even this is not available) you will be driven mad yet you will keep coming back for more. Longer words mean more points and your few spare cards in the bottom left hand corner will often be needed to complete words or simply to add to your score.

Word Solitaire Aurora app reviewCampaign is fun with level after level available to proceed through with many challenges such as coping with many of  a given letter.

A global 'who can score the most?' daily challenge is also great fun.

This is so close to a 10/10 app but a couple of personal desires just hold it off.

The backgrounds are beautiful but the animation seems to make the battery drain a little too quickly for my liking for a word app.

Some form of Open Feint and/or Game Center functionality would be nice.

A global high score leaderboard would also be a good addition for Campaign mode. Especially when this has been implemented for the daily challenge.

These are minor quibbles though and such a small price for such an addictive card game with a word twist is outstanding.

9/10 Download from
Word Solitaire: Aurora - Candywriter

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Flick Kick Football

Price at time of writing 59p - approx 99c

I don't even like football but I love this game and I think you will too.

The concept couldn't be simpler just keep kicking the football into the goal.

Flick Kick Football app reviewThe strength of your flick relates directly and accurately to the strength of your shot and curving the ball by curving your 'flick line' is simple too.

Several game modes are available and at the time of writing this these are:

Practice
Arcade - Build up in difficulty as you star off aiming at an empty goal and progress through increasingly difficult challenges with players and the goalkeeper in different postitions. On many challenges they even move. You have 3 lives but extras can be earned with skillful shooting into key areas.
Skillshot - You are against the clock to score as many 'skill zone' shots. Hitting the skill zones will earn you extra time
Bullseye - Simple task, again against the clock, just hit the targets. This is a points quest, bullseyes score higher points. Hit targets one after another for extra time. Appears easy but as you get further away from the goal and the targets start moving it becomes a race against time.
Time attack- Basically it's the same as Arcade but against the clock instead of 3 lives. Extra time is awarded for those skill shots. Continue to hit skill areas and you are awarded with a flaming ball which is capable of burning through players in the way but it only works once, until you earn another, so use it wisely.

Flick Kick Football app review Multiplayer - Pass and play or send a shot is available. With send a shot the challenge continues until either you or your Twitter or Facebook friends which you have imported miss a shot.

It is both Openfeint and Game Center enabled with a load of realistically achievable challenges available to earn those awards and to record those high scores to see how you rate in the world league.

I also love the funny, genuine completely daft football quotes from players and managers which are used as short loading screens.

This is a beautifully made game of The Beautiful Game and is a bargain buy.

10/10 Available here

Flick Kick Football app review
  Flick Kick Football - PikPok

Selasa, 08 Maret 2011

I Want my Apple TV to Become: a Gaming Console!

The $99 Apple TV is a subversive little device, it sits there playing your music, slideshows, and movies while quietly plotting world domination as a GAME CONSOLE? Yes, I said it. Just think about it. Apple TV is reportedly still flying off the shelves, and despite being labeled “just a hobby” by none other than Steve Jobs himself, it seems to be taken quite seriously by throngs of adoring fans.

 So what does it need to get there? It's already won a  coveted spot in the living room: beef up the processor a  little bit (maybe use the new dual – core A5 chip, just  used in the iPad 2) beef up the GPU, add a little more  flash storage for saved games (or make use of that  brand  spanking new data center Steve just built in  North  Carolina) and add an Apple designed controller  - create  a sleek, fast new one, or use your iTouch, or  iPhone  instead. 

 What do you think? Do you believe its possible for  our  favorite fruit company to morph the studious Apple  TV  into a next-gen game console? To take on the big  boys  like the PS3, Nintendo Wii, or Xbox 360? leave a comment below.

Oh, and Steve, if you're reading this: ill take mine in white - It'll match the new iPad.

Minggu, 06 Maret 2011

Tiny Wings

Price at time of writing 59p (approx $0.99)

Sometimes apps can surprise you.

Something so simple yet so ruddy addictive.

Many have argued it's an Angry Birds beater. It's fabulous but I don't think you can compare the two games, they are completely different kettles of fish ............or rather birds.
Tiny Wings App
What a simple concept. A solitary bird, a hilly landscape - the aim is just to keep the bird in flight as long as possible between dawn and sunset.

At dawn your little feathered friend awakes but immediately the sun goes down it's game over because he falls asleep (If only I could nod off so easily!)

Control method? One single digit which you can place anywhere you like on the screen (although avoid top right as that's the pause button) Touching the screen results in the bird's wings closing and therefore speeding the bird up on his decent. To do well you need to do this to catch the downward slopes of hills, releasing your finger before you ascend up the next slope.

Tiny Wings app fly little birdThere are coins and "speedcoins" to be collected on your journey but concentrate too much on these rather than your quick journey and you will literally find time catches up with you as the sun quickly reaches the midday point then moving on to sunset. You need to concentrate and keep speedy to hop from one island to the next to stay one step ahead of time.

Open Feint enabled you can keep track of those leader board to see how your achievements compare with others around the world.

As if that's not all Tiny Wings has a couple of rather nice features which adds to its already addictive universal appeal.

Getting achievements adds to a score multiplier which is then retained so on the next game you keep that multiplication of your score.

Graphics are completely different from one game to the next, so never the same hills, never the same graphics, which are bright and colourful.

With a lovely gentle piece of very appropriate background music which never gets irritating Tiny Wings has that "Just One More Go appeal". It also seems to be very friendly on battery usage.

Tiny Wings app 'I won't let the sun go down on me'
This would have been a fabulous app to be sponsored by Twitter, featuring the Twitter Bird. It would have been fantastic for the publisher, Andreas Illiger, and brilliant great publicity for Twitter. If it ever happens please remember where you read this suggestion first - I'll be looking for my cut Andreas :)

This is one of those Angry Birds like apps which is going to stay at the top of the charts for a long time and it should sell well in just about every countrry on the planet.

Well done Andreas Tiny Wings is a classic game to be enjoyed by young and old alike.

10/10 and available to download here Tiny Wings - Andreas Illiger


Senin, 28 Februari 2011

How To: Use your iPhone to Setup Internet Tethering, for a Windows PC, or a Mac

Tethering, using your iPhone is now supported by both AT&T, and Verizon. Using a Mac, (with OS X 10.5.8 or later) or a Windows computer running Windows XP (with service pack 3 or later) Windows Vista, or Windows 7 and a USB 2.0 port. The latest version of iTunes is also required, no jailbreaking is needed.

For tethering via Bluetooth requires all of the specs listed above, and Bluetooth Adapter activated on your computer, and iPhone, and your iPhone must be paired with your computer.

On your iPhone, tap Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering to check that your carrier supports it, set “Internet Tethering” to “on” If this option isn't shown, and you're sure tethering is supported by your carrier, start iTunes (with your iPhone connected) and install the Carrier settings update.

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Rabu, 16 Februari 2011

How To: Jailbreak iPhone 4 Tutorial and Voice Activator for Jailbroken Apple iPhones

So you took the plunge to jailbreak you shiny new iPhone and wanna teach it some cool new tricks?  With Voice Activator (which also works on the iPod Touch) you can start apps, surf websites, and perform Activator actions, - You can even make it talk to you!



Voice Activator is available from the developers Website

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FlightTrack – Live Flight Status Tracker for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

FlightTrack is a beautiful app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch which allows you to get real-time display of scheduled, estimated, and actual times for gate departure, takeoff, landing, and gate arrival as well as check for flight delays.  Flights can be tracked worldwide, and you can also receive cancellation information.

Looking for a great seat? FlightTrack includes SeatGuru map integration to let you find the best seats on your flight. FlightTrack is $4.99 at the Apple App Store and is without question a worthy download. get it now, and don't miss your next flight!  Do you think FlightTrack is a useful App? Would you upgrade to the Pro version? Please let us know in the comments section below.

Selasa, 15 Februari 2011

NBA JAM by EA SPORTS iPhone & iPod Touch video

This looks like a fun game. It is amazing at what they can program for these small devices nowadays.

Senin, 14 Februari 2011

Free Songs on the Apple iTunes Store - How to get Free Music, TV Shows, and Movies

Free Music on iTunes?
 
if you're new to online music you may not know that Apple offers FREE music downloads on its store. This is great if you're just starting out on iTunes and want to get a taste before you start spending your hard-earned money on downloads.

To find the freebies you will need the latest version of iTunes for Windows, or Mac, and a broadband internet connection. To start:

  1. Download and install iTunes.

  2. Create an Apple ID and sign in to the music store.

  3. Scroll to the bottom to the “Free on iTunes” section

  4. Select your free stuff

If you've noticed not only are there free songs listed, but also a nice selection of free TV shows, and even Movies, all at no cost to you. Also every Tuesday Apple offers a “Single of the Week” which spotlights a new song, or artist that you may enjoy, this is yet another reason the iTunes Music Store is the best place to find new music to play on your iMac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, or iPod Touch

Jumat, 11 Februari 2011

Echofon - Twitter App for iPad, iPhone, Facebook, Firefox and the Mac

Echofon, a full-featured Twitter app is now available for multiple systems as a free download.  Echofon automatically keeps your unread tweets in sync between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Quickly view Photos, Videos, and links, and recieve notifications of mentions, and messages - you can even put it to sleep. Echofon is for Firefox 3.0 or later, Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and for Facebook users in the App store. Download Echofon Here

Rabu, 08 Desember 2010

Converting your Apple Ipod Touch to an Iphone

Technology is simply amazing. Things continue to get better for the Apple Ipod Touch. I use mine everyday while it is connected to my wifi network. Now there are 2 new devices that will allow you to connect your Ipod to a 3g network.




According to Apple Blog:

Sprint plans to launch the ZTE Peel case for the iPod touch this Sunday, according to a leaked document (via BGR). The Peel will provide 3G access to the Wi-Fi only device, cost $79.99, and act as a mobile hotspot, too, sharing a Wi-Fi connection with up to two devices. For 1GB of data, Peel users will pay $29.99 per month. It’s great news for current touch users, but it’s also a device Apple should render redundant.

THE IPOD TOUCH: NOW JUST A SMALLER IPAD

The ZTE Peel will give the iPod touch what iPad Wi-Fi + 3G owners got at launch: access to the web anywhere you have access to a cellular network. It’ll make the touch a lot more useful, even though it doesn’t allow users to make and receive calls and text messages, as did the similar Apple Peel 520. No doubt Apple would’ve blocked any attempt to sell such a device. In fact, I’m fairly surprised they’re allowing the ZTE Peel.

Since the case is only compatible with second- and third-generation iPod touches, not the current model, it won’t encourage people to rush out and buy new iPod hardware. But the Peel will encourage more iTunes and App Store sales, since touch owners will suddenly be able to use apps that pull data from web or download songs whenever the mood strikes them.

IPOD + PEEL = MANIFEST DESTINY FOR THE TOUCH

The ZTE Peel will also show Apple what effect a 3G-enabled iPod touch would have on its product ecosystem. I’ve long suspected that the iPod touch was created as a gateway drug for the company’s iPhone and iPad line. Touch users get a taste of the pocket computing power behind iOS, but run into many “If only…” moments when they try to access online content away from home.

A 3G-enabled touch removes many of those “If only…” moments, but I suspect that many users will still make the jump to an iPhone or iPad. Even with VoIP and messaging apps, the iPod touch can’t match the calling features of an actual phone. The iPad is something else entirely, a product that seems to have awakened a new thirst and satisfies it in a different way than any other Apple products.

Instead, Sprint’s experiment could show Apple the way to the iPod touch of the future. Amid the continued growth of smart and feature phones, where few people need both a media player and cell phone in their pockets, the iPod touch has lost a bit of its relevancy. A connected pocket computer with unfettered App Store access, however, might mean the iPod touch won’t get left behind.

It’ll also help widen the reach of iOS. Many people would like to try both Android and Apple’s mobile OS, but are limited to just one because of the confining nature of cell service contracts and unsubsidized device prices. Users who pick Android for their handset could also grab a touch to take advantage of what iOS has to offer.

After FaceTime and HD video, a cellular antenna is the last frontier for the iPod touch. I’d love to see Wi-Fi sharing come to the touch and other iOS devices, too, though I’m not holding my breath for that one. But 3G-capability is a no-brainer. Hopefully, Apple recognizes the benefits that Sprint’s Peel launch will make apparent, instead of just letting others profit from its inaction.

 
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