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No Partying at Macworld: Parties Are Way Down

Leander Kahney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

The best thing about Macworld was always the parties. MacWeek’s annual Mac The Knife Party was a drunken bacchanal for the ages; Peachpit and O’Reily put on nice literary soirees with cash bars; and Microsoft’s events always had fancy hors d’oeuvres.
Even Apple, a stranger to shows of public hospitality, once threw parties with generous helpings [...]

Developer: “Mobile Safari Is Today’s IE6?

Giles Turnbull — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:09 +0000

Peter-Paul Koch is a man with opinions about the mobile web. And his latest opinion is a trifle controversial: Mobile Safari, he says, is this generation’s Internet Explorer 6. All the rage now, but destined to be hated by webdevs of the future.

Why so?
Because, says Peter-Paul:
“The iPhone has become an obsession. If we don’t pay [...]

Top 5 Things To Check Out at Macworld 2010

Leander Kahney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:18 +0000

Macworld 2010 opens today. It is the 25th annual gathering of Mac users. That’s right, 25 years!
But thanks to the absence of Apple this year, this “Mecca for Mac Heads” may be the last. So check it out while you can.

The show runs for 5 days. The Expo showfloor opens on Thursday at noon.
For the [...]

Review: Lynxlet Is An Easy Internet Nostalgiafest

Giles Turnbull — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:42 +0000

So this is the web that you don’t see; the web in text-only form. Ugly, isn’t it?
Yeah, ugly. But fast. By disregarding everything that isn’t text, browsers like Lynx display web pages at lightning speed. If all you want to do is read stuff, Lynx is useful to have around. And if you don’t want [...]

Craigslist Ad: Wanted, Steve Jobs Look-Alike

Leander Kahney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:39 +0000

Someone is looking for a Steve Jobs look-alike for an “impersonator event” on Friday and Saturday in San Francisco’s SOMA — the area around Macworld.
The actual job isn’t specified, but looking like Steve is important, of course, but so is “punctuality.”
“If necessary, we can provide a black turtleneck and glasses,” the Craigslist ad says.
Pay is [...]

All of my sites in one App and it’s FREE

terrywhite — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:01:09 +0000

I've just released my second App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It's called….wait for it…."Terry White".

What's in the App?

Well you get one tap access to all of my current and future content (with the exception the exclusive bonus material in my Learn the Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White App) in one spot. The App includes feeds from:

My Tech Blog
My BestAppSite – daily App reviews
My Adobe Creative Suite Podcast – weekly creative suite tutorials
My Flickr.com feed – see my latest photos
My Twitter Feed – yes I tweet
My YouTube Channel – video reviews and interviews
My MacNews Blog – News, Tips and Tutorials for Mac Users

So if you like what you see here and you're an iPhone, iPad (soon), or iPod touch (2nd or 3rd generation) user, then you'll probably like the App.

Head over to the App Store and grab it here.
If you'd like the back story on how the App was developed, check it out here.

Anti-DRM Protest Against The iPad Grows

Eli Milchman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:09:44 +0000

Last month, we wondered how many people would care about the iPad’s restrictive DRM shackles, which makes Apple the only available supplier of software for the iPad through the fact that users can only download software onto the gadget from Apple’s App Store (unless someone figures out a way to jailbreak it — which’ll probably [...]

Amazon to Hike Ebook Pricing as iPad Ships

Ed Sutherland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:47 +0000

At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ remark about ebook pricing being the same whether sold by Cupertino or Amazon seemed rather optimistic. At the time, Amazon controlled ebook pricing and the ebook market, while Apple had just released the iPad. However, just weeks after the tablet was unveiled, Amazon will now adopt Apple’s price [...]

Daily Deals: iPhone Acces. Bundle, External Superdrive, App Store Freebies

Ed Sutherland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:25 +0000

We start off the week with a number of Apple-related deals. First up is an iPhone accessory bundle that could serve as an emergency kit for those road trips. The $10 kit includes windshield mount, wired headset, travel and car chargers and USB sync cable. Has your internal Superdrive died or you need an extra [...]

Mock Up Your iPad Ideas With IA’s Omnigraffle Template

Giles Turnbull — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:06:37 +0000

The clever people at Information Architects have released a free Omnigraffle template for iPad app design.
For those of you who’ve never used it, Omnigraffle is a wonderful visual design tool that can be turned to all sorts of tasks. It can create any manner of diagram, but works even better when enhanced with template themes [...]

The inevitable DIY iPad papercraft mockup

John Brownlee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:10:40 +0000

The Internet can always be counted on to promptly deliver simulacrums of the latest announced Apple product created in two distinct geek mediums: LEGO and papercraft.
Last week, we had the inevitable LEGO iPad, so it was only a matter of time we got the origami version. Here it is, courtesy of Obamapacman: a DIY [...]

Apple to app devs: don’t use Core Location “primarily” for advertising

John Brownlee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:28 +0000

Late last week, a word of warning to iPhone and iPod Touch app developers was posted on Apple’s official developer site: “If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location, your app will be returned to you by the App Store Review Team for [...]

Report: Carriers to Subsidized iPads for 2-Year 3G Contracts

Ed Sutherland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:37:16 +0000

The first signs of how the iPad will be handled internationally are appearing, including talk of carrier subsidies. Months before Apple said it will announce international deals for the tablet, one carrier is already planning to sell subsidized iPads requiring two-year 3G contracts.
Hutchison Australia reportedly will begin offering the iPad with a $455 (333 Euro) [...]

iBook G4 clock with pendulous Apple mouse

John Brownlee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:42 +0000

After Super Bowl Sunday… Monday morning. A single artery slightly to the left of my pineal gland pumps gin-infused headache into my frontal lobe in simultaneity with the overhead clock’s incessant tick.
How to write about Apple products when the aftermath of last night’s alcohol-soaked football madness makes me incapable of doing anything but watch [...]

Geekbench spots Core i7 MacBook Pro in the wild

John Brownlee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:50 +0000

Primate Labs’ Geekbench is a tiny little benchmarking application with one really neat funcitonality: run it on your system and it’ll upload the results to their servers, allowing users to easily compare benchmark scores across computers to inform their next purchasing decision.
That’s swell, but hardly news in and of itself… except that over the weekend, [...]

Was the iPad Supposed to Be a TV?

Ed Sutherland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:57 +0000

Was the iPad originally meant to be a killer TV platform? An analyst speculates the iPad would be the perfect platform for Apple to launch its vision for anywhere television, tying Apple TV, iTunes and network programming into one sleek and stylish portable DVR.
“Imagine a portable set top box, but with its own killer screen,” [...]

Macworld 2010 Sans Apple: What Can You Expect ?

Ed Sutherland — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:20:59 +0000

What will Macworld 2010 look like without Steve Jobs? For starters, the annual gathering of Mac fans will see less than half as many exhibitors Feb. 9-13: 220 this year versus 500 in 2009, the last year Apple said it would officially support the San Francisco event.
Without as many exhibitors (particularly Apple) what will Macworld [...]

Monday Twitter Giveaway: SyncMate

Tim Cox — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:17 +0000

Eltima Software has graciously given Cult of Mac 10 SyncMate licenses to give away.
We’ll post an official contest tweet on @cultofmac at 11am PST (2pm EST, 7pm GMT). The first 10 non-bot retweets of the official contest tweet will get their very own SyncMate license.
Of course, if you don’t win, you can pick up a [...]

Opinion: MacBook, or iMac + iPad?

Giles Turnbull — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:10:15 +0000

The announcement of the iPad has done a lot of things: it’s stoked up excitement in the Mac using community, it’s got a bunch of developers feverishly coding exciting new stuff, and it’s got retailers and cell phone companies the world over drooling over the money they can make from it.
And it’s also somewhat upset [...]

Solmeta N2 GPS for Nikon DSLR’s Review

terrywhite — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:01:29 +0000

After writing my most recent review of the NEW di-GPS Pro and Mini GPS' a few readers suggested that I check out the Solmeta N2 GPS. which offered a couple of advantages over the di-GPS models and being the GPS freak that I am, I couldn't resist.

What makes Solmeta different?

Aside from all the things you would expect and that I've covered before with the other units, the Someta offers a couple more bells and whistles. The big one for me and probably the reason I was anxious to try it was that instead of having to buy one model or another for either a Nikon DSLR with a 10 pin terminal (like my D700) or one that has a specific GPS port (like my D5000), this one comes with BOTH cables. This way the user can buy one GPS unit and use it with every Nikon DSLR that supports GPS units. Although that was a big plus for me having two bodies, the average user is probably only going to use one cable or the other as they will likely only have one kind of body. The only other feature that got my attention was that this one has the ability to know your heading. Definitely nice when you want to know what direction you were facing when you took the shot.

How well did it work?

Luckily the unit arrived (after what seemed like forever!), the day before I was headed out on a business trip. So I was able to pack it for some real world testing. I still brought my other GPS as a backup since I hadn't had even a moment to make sure the Solmeta was going to work.
I connected the appropriate cable for my D5000 and stood outside my hotel to grab a GPS signal. I gotta say that it seems to take a lot longer to acquire the satellite than I'm used to. Not too long, just longer. So plan ahead!

Once it locked on, the light went from rapidly flashing green, to a slow flashing green to a steady green meaning that it had acquired multiple satellites. I started shooting and the information was captured as expected.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom brought the GPS metadata in with the shot. You can click the GPS coordinates above to take you to this location on Google maps.

One major design flaw – see UPDATE 2 below

It's a good thing I brought my other GPS because the Solmeta only lasted one day! As it turns out, the cable they give you for the D5000 is very short. So short that there is no play in it whatsoever. So as luck would have it, the cable got bumped by one of my shoulder bags while walking and this caused the connector inside the Solmeta to break free from the logic board. Although the Solmeta itself still lights up and seems to lock on, no information is transferred to the camera anymore because technically it doesn't see the cable.

Even if the cable was the same length that it is now it could work so much better if the if didn't plug into the body at a weird (upside down in my opinion) fashion. If they had made the L shaped head plug in the opposite way it would have probably been fine. You probably won't run into this problem with the other cable (for the terminal port) because the port is physically located closer to the hotshoe. Also you could avoid this by attaching the Solmeta to your strap instead of the hotshoe. However, since it's designed to go on either way and is probably more accurate (especially for headings) if sitting on the hotshoe, they should make the cable longer!

The Bottom Line

The Solmeta is a good choice, however I would have to caution everyone to be careful with how you attach it and transport it, otherwise you could end up with a broken one just like I did. Again, this is a lot less of an issue for the other cable and if you mount it on the strap instead, however I hope they change their cable design. Now I get to see how well Solmeta handles replacements? I'll report back on how that goes.

The Solmeta N2 GPS goes for $160 (with normal shipping included).

UPDATE: Solmeta just sent me this email on getting my GPS replaced:

Dear Terry,

Thank you very much for writing a review of solmeta geotagger N2 on your blog.

Could you please send back the defective device back to us.

We would like to send you a new replacement.

Here is the procedure:

1. Please send the defective one back us to the address below:

shipping RMA info omitted here for confidentiality.

Any shipping way is welcome.

Please kindly note that : just send back the device (the black little box) and keep the other accessories( cables, CD…)

If there is any questions , please be free to contact me.

Thanks and best regards.

Iris

UPDATE 2: Solmeta has been very responsive and I heard back from them again and apparently there is a DIFFERENT Cable for the D5000. When you order the Solmeta, you have to read the fine print, which specifies that the unit comes with TWO cables (as I indicated one for the terminal port and one for the D90 OR D5000).

You have to INDICATE which one you want. Apparently I got the one for the D90. Unfortunately their ordering process doesn't make that clear since they are using a PayPal cart. So unless you proactively enter your choice in the notes section you're going to get the D90 cable.

So Solmeta is not only replacing my broken GPS, but also sending me the proper cable for the D5000.

That's the way I would have expected the cable to attach and now that I know there are two cables I can happily recommend the Solmeta GPS for Nikon users!

Review: EA’s Madden NFL 10 On Sale For The Superbowl

Eli Milchman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:29:21 +0000

There aren’t many games on the iPhone platform that can match games on the big 64-bit boxes for production value — but Electronic Arts Mobile’s Madden NFL 10 can, and does, fantastically. Unfortunately, it also has one gaping hole.

All the gorgeous bells and whistles from EA’s Playstation or Xbox version are there (even if the eye-candy [...]

In Depth: 30 Days with the Nexus One

Leigh McMullen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:30:20 +0000

It’s been a month since my review of Google’s “SuperPhone”, the Nexus One. Since that time, we’ve surfed, updated facebook, navigated, called, played endless hands of cribbage and even tried to freeze it to death on a trip to Dayton Ohio. Follow me after the jump to find out does the “SuperPhone” stand the [...]

Mossberg Discusses the iPad on “The Charlie Rose Show”

Walt Mossberg — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:17:01 +0000

Thursday’s “Charlie Rose Show” featured a discussion with Walt Mossberg, David Carr and Michael Arrington about the upcoming Apple iPad. Their wide-ranging discussion covered topics such as the surprising price point, the omission of Flash and Apple’s (AAPL) challenges in this new market.

Five Fun Games: A Sim That Will Get You Rich, A Twist on Gem Games, Close Shaves and More

Cate Defrise — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:16:47 +0000

Is it Friday already? Well, Happy Friday! Mac Games and More has picked out a collection of fun casual games you might not have heard of, to play into the weekend. The games include a powerful twist on jewel games, two of the world’s most popular card games, getting rich and more.

4 Elements – A [...]

iPhone TIPS: How to Create Apps with Adobe Flash CS5? [Video Tutorial]

Muratos — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:19:00 +0000

Adobe Flash doesn’t run on our iPhone. However, it can be pretty easy to develop iPhone Apps with the Flash CS5 tool. To understand how it works a excellent tutorial video is available on the net that explains from A to Z how it should work. It demonstrates how you can create a ball game that make use of the accelerometer in just a few minutes. Also discussed is hardware acceleration support for faster and smoother look and feel. Sit down, watch and leave comments eventually if you are a Objective-C coder with doubts. LINK

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