DTerm is a promising-looking productivity tool for anyone who is comfortable with the command line.
A port of the excellent AdBlock for Chrome is available for Safari 5. It also includes a general library for porting Chrome extensions to Safari.
It’s true that a Verizon iPhone would require new hardware. But that’s not a holdup. I’m nearly certain that a Verizon-compatible iPhone is pretty much like the Intel-compatible version of Mac OS X — something that Apple has kept going all along, ready to put into production when, if ever, its time comes.John Gruber
Other than "sources informed on the topic" (of which there are none in this post) I don't see any evidence why this would be the case. The reason Mac OS X was continuously built on x86 after NeXT acquired Apple is the same reason the USB team at VMware accepts bugs encountered in configurations we don't publicly support: it's a great way to ensure that your product is solid. If there's a problem in one configuration, chances are really good that it affects the others in some way. Never throw anything out that is supposed to work.
Apple has never made a product using CDMA before, and it's not worth the new investment to create new hardware unless it's in the plan. The iPhone division's time is too important—there's just too much to do. If there is a CDMA iPhone in existence, it's a recent development, not something that's "pretty much like the Intel-compatible version of Mac OS X".
I'm also not sold on this fixation with Verizon. They may have the largest subscriber base, but Verizon is notorious for the control they exert over their handsets. New firmware, new UI, disabling hardware features like GPS and Bluetooth—it would take a complete paradigm shift for Verizon to ever accept the iPhone without trying to dick with it. If there is a deal for a CDMA iPhone it seems more likely to me that it would be with Sprint. This "iPhone is coming to Verizon!" stuff has always sounded more like wishful thinking by locked-in Verizon customers than educated guesses by an impartial analyst.
the first question everyone has asked about my new iPhone has been "does holding it ruin its reception?"
If I bridge the antennas on purpose, I can make reception suffer. And if I block the speaker with my finger, the sound quality sucks. This phone required no adjustment of my habits for it to work fully, and it's not just me:
If I hadn’t seen the headlines, I probably would not have noticed anything unusual. It’ll be at least a week of use before I can really tell.Matt Drance
Why have people have been so taken with this mudslinging? Every device with an antenna is susceptible to this problem; it's lame that the new iPhone has been singled out. Why don't you take a second to appreciate the new display? Take a few test shots with the best phone camera available today?
In my few days of experience so far, this phone is categorically an improvement over its predecessors. When the first iPhone was launched, with its bulbous aluminum and glass design, this is what I hoped it would evolve into.
Hate it when someone links you to the iTunes store and it opens iTunes on you? If you don't want to chmod a-x /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes, and you use Safari 5, give NoMoreiTunes a try.
Activision is sponsoring a competition for indie games! this sounds great, I love indie games.
"but Scott, didn't you work for Activision?" yes, which is why we're looking at the fine print:
In order to be a Finalist, entrant must sign certain Submission documentation provided by Sponsor, which may include some or all of the following: release of claims against Sponsor; acknowledgement of Sponsor's development of game concepts that may be similar to entrant's Submission; first right of refusal to Sponsor for any development or publishing of Submission; agreement to provide Sponsor with splash/title/credits and logo credit similar to "funded in part by the Activision Independent Games Competition Prize 2010"; grant of name and likeness publicity rights to Sponsor; and full representations and warranties regarding the IP ownership of the Submission.
hmm, some of this stuff is pretty standard, like the release of claims. other parts, like the acknowledgment of similar game concepts, border on shady (similar concepts developed before or after the competition?). granting the first right of refusal to Activision?
no one who cares about their game or development studio would sign this.
(via Wolfire Games)
