Michal Ždanský A suicide attempt over the iPhone, a new keyboard concept from Apple and Hollywood's interest in popular indie games. You will learn all this and much more in today's Apple Week.
Hacker Geohot under the wings of Microsoft (January 23)
George Hotz, a well-known hacker and author of jailbreak and unlock for iPhone, began to show interest in the competing operating system Windows Phone 7. Through his page, he said, “Maybe there is a better way to deal with jailbreakers. I will buy a Windows 7 phone.” Apparently, Hotz likes Microsoft's more hacker-friendly approach and wants to try this relatively new platform.
His message was also noticed by Brendon Watson, the director of Windows Phone 7 development, and through his Twitter account he offered Geohot a free phone if he was interested in creating for this platform. The two then exchanged several messages and it looks like Microsoft has acquired an interesting persona from the world of geeks who will surely bring Windows Phone 7 more attention.
Loss of iPhone drove woman to attempt suicide (January 24)
Although Apple products are dear to many people, sometimes this relationship can go too far. A good example is the story of a Chinese woman from Hong Kong and her iPhone. She was looking forward to her phone for a long time, but she did not enjoy it for a long time, as she lost it not long after the purchase. When she turned to her husband to buy her a new one right away, she received a negative answer. Her husband worked as a bus driver, and with an average driver's salary, he certainly couldn't afford to buy two expensive phones in one week.
Mrs. Wong was overcome with despair and decided to end her life. She left the house early in the morning and was about to jump from a 14-story building. Fortunately, her husband noticed her strange behavior and alerted the police. She foiled the unfortunate act of the desperate Chinese woman. Everything turned out well in the end.
New patent from Apple - keyboard with motion sensor (January 25)
Apple has patented an interesting keyboard concept. It should combine a classic keyboard and a trackpad. Several micro-cameras located along the keyboard should take care of sensing the movement of the hand. The keyboard would also include a toggle button, so the hand movements would only be detected when the mouse mode is on.
The sensing cameras themselves would use similar technologies such as Microsoft Kinect, and the supplied software would then take care of the accuracy of the movement. It is questionable whether this concept could replace a classic mouse or trackpad. We may know the answer in a few years.
AppShopper now tracks discounts on the Mac App Store as well (January 26)
The popular server AppShoper.com has quietly updated its extensive database and offers its fans a major novelty - it has also included applications from the Mac App Store in its portfolio. Up until now, on AppShopper, we could find applications from the iOS App Store and follow current news, discounts or updates. Applications are now divided into four basic categories – Mac OS, iOS iPhone, iOS iPad and iOS Universal, so we can conveniently follow all the happenings in both App Stores from a single place.
The AppShopper app for iPhone and iPad has not yet received the update, but it is expected to be affected by the changes as well.
Apple sued over broken iPhone glass (January 27)
Donald LeBuhn from California decided to sue Apple. According to him, the ads for the iPhone 4 confuse users by saying that the display glass of the latest Apple phone is XNUMX times stiffer and XNUMX times harder than plastic. LeBuhn states in the lawsuit: "Even after selling millions of iPhone 4s, Apple failed to warn customers that the glass was defective and continued to sell it."
This claim is backed up by LeBuhn's experience testing the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. He dropped both devices from the same height onto the ground, and while the 3GS phone survived unscathed, the iPhone 4's glass shattered. LeBuhn wants through the whole process to get Apple to refund him the amount he paid for the iPhone 4 and possibly provide free service to other dissatisfied customers.
Adobe Packanger will soon be able to compile applications on the iPad as well (January 28)
Thanks to the loosened restrictions regarding the App Store, Adobe was able to enter its package Flash Professional CS5 include compiler software that was able to translate an application written in flash into native Objetive-C code. Previously this was not possible, Apple approved applications compiled exclusively in Xcode, which is only available for the Mac platform.
However, thanks to this package, even Windows owners can develop applications using flash. An update should be released soon for Flash Professional, which will make it possible to compile iPad applications as well. Windows owners and others who like to program in flash can look forward to the possibility of creating programs for an apple tablet.
Hollywood collaborates with developers of popular indie games (January 29)
The huge success of popular indie games for the iPhone and iPad is due to the fact that Hollywood has become interested in several titles. Rovio, the development team behind the game Angry Birds, has signed an exclusive partnership with 20th Century Fox. The result of the new connection will be a named game Angry Birds Rio, which will map all the previous parts of the series, and together with it, an animated film will also see the light of day Rio. It will tell the story of two birds, Blua and Jewel, who will fight enemies in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
Angry Birds Rio is coming in March and will feature 45 new levels, with more to come. Below you can watch the trailer of the upcoming film, which is made by the authors of the popular Ice Age trilogy.
Doodle Jump, which signed a contract with Universal, also saw cooperation with a major film studio. However, we will not see the movie. Because Universal is going to implement several main characters from the prepared film Hop into Doodle Jump and use the famous jumper as an advertisement for the film, which will hit theaters on April 1.
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