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Macworld Reviews Inside Steve’s Brain
In more good news, the first review of Inside Steve’s Brain — my new book about Steve Jobs — has been published by Macworld.com. Even better, reviewer Dan Pourhadi likes it.
In his new book, Inside Steve’s Brain (Portfolio, 2008), however, Leander Kahney attempts to go beyond the obvious by offering a detailed, concept-oriented, blow-by-blow look at Apple CEO and what makes him tick—his history, his ideas, his ideals, his reasoning, his behavior, his relationships, even his footwear choices.
Kahney’s the right person for the job, too: He has an extensive history covering Apple and Steve Jobs since the early 1990’s, has written two previous books on the company, and has been running Wired’s Cult of Mac blog for ages.
Macworld is a tough audience, so I’m especially glad they liked it. The book is out next week.
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Native third-party Twitter client for jailbreak-ed iPhones
Tired of having to resort to web-based solution for updating your Twitter account from your iPhone? Yea, me too. It's about time that somebody came along and launched a native, third-party application that puts the power of Twitter right on your iPhone. No more web-apps folks, this is a locally installed Twitter client.
Nicholas Pike's MobileTwitter has just launched on Installer.app through STE's application repository. Go check your Installer.app "Recent Packages" list, you'll see MobileTwitter hanging out there. Of course, you have to jailbreak your iPhone to get Installer.app up and running (not to mention the ability to actually install third-party applications), so get to it if you haven't already.
As it stands, MobileTwitter is a vast improvement over the Hahlo or PocketTweets web-apps solutions. And, Pike has more improvements planned down the line, so MobileTwitter can only get better.
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Nokia?s iPhone fighting Nokia 5800 Tube - specs, launch window and live pic
Well lookey what we have here. Hot on the heels of the Nokia Tube demonstration that showed off Espoo's touchscreen-based competitor to the multi-touch iPhone, here are some more details on the Nokia Tube.
Symbian-freak managed to score a live pic of the Nokia Tube in the wild. The S60 Touch-based handset from Nokia looks a bit awkward compared to the Apple iPhone, but then style and flair are Apple's forte. And, keep in mind that image is horribly sub-par and that the Nokia Tube is likely still a prototype and will benefit from further refinement from Nokia's design-heads.
Apparently, the Nokia Tube will not be launched as a Nokia flagship handset. A higher-end touchscreen mobile phone based on the S60 Touch OS will be shipped "shortly after" the launch of the Nokia Tube.
Dusan managed to score some specs for the Nokia Tube, and he let me run with it. The Nokia Tube should be shipped as the Nokia 5800 Tube and will sport a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. A 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors will go up against the iPhone's 3.5-inch multi-touch display. To handle communications duties, there's a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with 3G UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, and some GPS thrown-in for good measure. There's also a 3.5mm headphone jack and TV-out port on the Nokia 5800 Tube. And, just like the updated N82, the Nokia 5800 Tube will support geo-tagging of pics - a nicety allowed by the built-in GPS receiver. Expect all this techno-gadgetry at the end of 2008.
There's no multi-touch on the Nokia 5800 Tube, but there's definitely haptic feedback. It's unclear whether the haptic feedback is based on the localized haptic feedback technology that we saw with the Haptikos technology, or if the Nokia Tube will use the pseudo-haptic, whole-device vibration feedback that's been so popular on recent haptic-enabled handsets. I'm rooting for the Haptikos feedback technology that localizes screen-vibrations to the area of input.
Now, it remains to be seen just how well Nokia's first S60 Touch OS iteration will fare against the incumbent multi-touch OS on the Apple iPhone. Past demonstrations of S60 Touch have been a bit disappointing, but Nokia has stuffed the Nokia 5800 Tube with all the technological goodies that I've come to expect from the Finns - will the built-in GPS, haptic feedback, and 3G be enough to overtake the iPhone? Probably.
But then again, the 3G iPhone is believed to be launching well ahead of the Nokia 5800 Tube's year-end launch window. I can't wait to see the Nokia 5800 Tube hit the interwebs with some live, in-hand demos. Stay tuned for the latest on the Nokia Tube.
Keep reading for the spec-sheet breakdown.
[Update]
The "5800" model designation makes sense for an XpressMusic device, and the Nokia 5800 Tube shows an "XpressMedia" designation on the upper right of the device. �
Nokia 5800 Tube specifications
- 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors
- 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
- Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio
- 3G UMTS/HSDPA
- Bluetooth 2.0
- WiFi
- GPS
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- TV-out port
- 140MB on-board storage
- 111 x 52 x 14.5 mm
- 104g
- End of 2008 launch
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Java comes to iPhone with alcheMo
It's not exactly the same as having full Java support on the iPhone, but it's the next best thing. New Zealand-based Innaworks has announced their beta-stage "alcheMo" application that will port Java-based games and applications to work on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
alcheMo allows developers to convert their standard Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) application and game source code into iPhone source code. It's not the same as running Java directly on the iPhone, but it's the next best thing.
"With the expected introduction of iPhone's AppStore in June, iPhone is emerging as a serious gaming platform. We are amazed by the effectiveness of the touch screen and accelerometer on enhancing gaming experience. We expect the early backers among game publishers to significantly benefit from their first mover advantage. alcheMo for iPhone will help mobile game publishers to reach the eagerly awaiting gamers with quality games on iPhone and iPod touch," said Stephen Cheng, CEO Innaworks.
The ability to convert Java apps for the iPhone opens up an entire world of gaming for the iPhone. Any developers interested in beta-testing the alcheMo Java converter can sign up at the Innaworks website.
[Via: MacWorld]
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