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Adobe says Flash is coming to the iPhone {Engadget}
Mar 19th 2008 2:39AM I think Adobe, not unlike Sun, may be a bit anxious about being shut out of the emerging platform. The release of Safari 3.1, which is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations, made it apparent of Apple's interest in bypassing Flash' stranglehold on Web media delivery.
It is too late to challenge Adobe on the desktop/laptop browser but the field of mobile browser is still relatively open. Steve knows this, and the iPhone/iPod touch platform is his best chance to loosen Flash' negative impact on Web design (or rather to further Apple's influence on the "Web as a platform" development). Thus, this announcement is a shrewd move by Adobe - an attempt to nip the adoption of open Web media standard in the bud.
iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks firmware 2.0... before it's out {Engadget}
Mar 12th 2008 12:54AM Engadget editors, please stop the posturing. Hackers and geeks are not the typical "end-user." A more secure, stable and, yes, controlled environment is actually beneficial to the majority of consumers. The programmers and power users understandably want to maintain the status quo -- one in which they have utter freedom to do what they deem fit. This virtual caste system is exactly what contributed to the sad state of personal computing today (and to some extent business computing as well).
Imagine how hopping mad people would get if their TV sets would crash as frequent as PCs. Now image automobiles that are as unreliable as PCs; I'm sure you can see outcries and massive lawsuits. So here lies the truth: An open, free-for-all architecture is paradoxically anti-consumer. It unfairly tips the power scale to the digital elites. No wonder they have been the most vocal critics of iPhone's original closed model and now the marginally restrictive SDK, despite the fact that the general pubic have been voting with their wallets.
Sadly, the geek community has long become yet another establishment. They have been exercising their will on the PC landscape, all to the detriment of the common folks. Any attempt to curtail their power - even so slightly as in the case of iPhone SDK - of course is met with self-righteous contempt and outrage. So here's my plea to my fellow programmers and techies: Stop poisoning the digital ecosystem with your unchecked "freedom" to shit all over it. A more responsible developer group is a huge step toward restoring the balance of power, and bring forth a computing platform "for the rest of us."
Time Capsule: everything you wanted to know {Engadget}
Mar 3rd 2008 12:18PM Hi Nilay Patel, you guys care for writing another report on swapping the hard drive? I for one would be very interested. While you are at it, partition the new drive before sticking it in and see what happens.
Time Capsule first impressions {Engadget}
Mar 2nd 2008 11:35PM Ok, to answer my own question: Macworld claims that AirPort Utility does not support partitioning of the drive.
http://forums.macworld.com/message/620287#620287
Hmm... Engadget editors, would you please try partitioning the drive in a firewire/USB enclosure and then putting it back into Time Capsule?
Time Capsule first impressions {Engadget}
Feb 29th 2008 1:35PM Can it be partitioned? Thanks.
Confirmed: MacBook Air Superdrive Does Not work with other Macs {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Feb 4th 2008 10:25PM I think it's possible. The MBA SuperDrive requires higher current than what the standard port can provide. Since there are other portable drives that draw current from two separate USB ports using a Y cable, the same technique could work here also. Now we just have to see if any third party comes up with such a product for the MBA SuperDrive.
Another potential solution is an adapter with one USB in (from the SuperDrive), one DC in (from a power adapter) and one USB out (to your computer). Whether people'd buy a product like this is another matter.
MacBook Air Developer Note {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 24th 2008 4:46AM The headphone jack is stereo.
Embracing weightless data {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 23rd 2008 8:27AM When it was still still in product, iPod mini was the most popular mp3 player in the world. Actually it was widely consider a big gamble for Apple to replace it with nano, which has - gasp - even less memory. I'm not making this up. You can look up those old articles online.
Embracing weightless data {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 23rd 2008 2:23AM Time Capsule is another proof that Apple is eying truly wireless computing and is a great companion to MBA. Besides data, peripherals should be wireless too. There are already wireless cameras and printers that can be used with MBA without cables.
Or, you can buy a Keyspan USB Server (http://www.keyspan.com/products/u2s2a/) that bridge USB devices through an Ethernet interface, which then can be hooked up to a Wi-Fi router. Thus you may access your scanner or camera over Wi-Fi! Silex and Belkin have something similar I believe.
Another technology to watch is the Wireless USB (WUSB). Windows has supported it for a while and Mac support should come sooner or later. When it does, the MBA user can buy a WUSB dongle plus a WUSB hub such as this D-Link product set (http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=629) and access all his or her USB devices wirelessly.
Apple says WiFi-equipped iPods are the wave of the future... maybe {Engadget}
Jan 23rd 2008 1:57AM I thought the "someone had the same feature before you" argument had been played out long ago? Really, whether other PMPs have wi-fi is beside the point. The multi-touch interface and the OS X system simply made iPod touch and iPhone better suited to be the "mainstream Wi-Fi mobile platform."
Various Internet traffic metrics have shown that iPhone and iPod touch users surf the Web more than other mobile devices' users, despite the fact that they didn't even exist a year ago. It proves that a feature itself does not necessarily facilitate utilization. But when it's done right, you open a new door to the masses.
So it's not really about WiMax or 3G, at least not yet. It seems Apple has a roadmap for mobile computing holding close to its chest. This also why MacBook Air has a full size screen and keyboard. It's supposed to be a full-feature computer while iPod touch, iPhone, and the rumored future multi-touch tablet will fill the UMPC/PMP space.
