iBooks Gift Cards Now Available
Just in time for the holiday season of course, iLounge, has noted that Apple has started selling iBooks gift cards in their retail stores. As you are probably aware Apple have been selling the iTunes gift cards for many years, these are redeemable against apps, music and video. To be honest we’re not sure why Apple don’t just simplfiy things and create one card, say the ‘Apple iGift’ or something like that, that allows you to redeem it against any Apple downloadable item you like.
Steve Jobs’ Very First ‘Apple-1’ For Sale At Christie’s
With 8K of RAM and valued at $250,000 you might well wonder where the interest could lie in such a computer. Well, of course, it’s the history that speaks for itself. This Apple-1 is none other than one of only two hundred original Apple computers that Steve Jobs sold from his folks’ garage and Steve Wozniak designed. The DailyMail reports today. There are very few surviving Apple-1’s and incredibly this one comes complete with the original packaging, instruction manuals and a signed letter from Steve Jobs, in which he appears to be answering questions from the customer about what monitors and keyboards are best to use. Originally the Apple-1 was…
iAds En-Route To Japan
Apple and The Dentsu Group announced, 11/09/10, a partnership to expand Apple’s iAd mobile advertising network to Japan in early 2011. Dentsu will be responsible for the selling and creative execution of iAds in Japan, and Apple will host, target and deliver the iAds to its iPhone® and iPod touch® users. iAd was launched in the US in July and has emerged as a powerful new way for leading brands to reach the tens of millions of iPhone and iPod touch users, while providing a significant new revenue stream for developers. “After an incredibly successful launch in the US where we’ve already doubled the number of brands on the network,…
TiltShift Video – iPhone App Giveaway
The TiltShift Video app uses the processing power of your iPhone or iPod Touch to easily apply the Tilt-Shift effect to your videos. This is a very interesting app and I’ve been given some promo codes, US only, to share with you. If you’d like one, just send me a reply to this post below. Configure the video speed, adjust the blur amount and position, increase the saturation, add titles and configure fades… all of it in a matter of seconds with a just few taps! Choose one of the application catchy loops as the soundtrack or select the song that you want from your own library! When you…
Skyfire to Bring Flash to iPhone and iPad
IPhone and iPad users’ long wait for an app that allows them to view Flash videos is about to be over. Skyfire, which will be available for download at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday for $2.99, is the first such application to receive Apple’s approval for distribution in its App Store. To get around Apple’s restriction, Skyfire came up with an innovative solution: When users click on a page that contains Flash video, Skyfire’s servers download, render and translate the video into HTML5, which is a Web standard that iOS devices support. Skyfire then displays a thumbnail that users can click on to stream the video from its servers. “We…
New Photography App for iPad – PhotoBox
With PhotoBox, quickly check the technical quality of your pictures analyzing color, exposure and sharpness and hook your iPad up to a projector to show your photos on the big screen for a deeper analysis and critique. Why is it free? Our vision is to turn PhotoBox into your personal on-set digital photography assistant. For this it is missing a lot of features we would like it to have. We plan to implement these in a forthcoming version based on the new iOS 4. Meanwhile we’d like to get this into your hands as easily and quickly as possible so that you can give us feedback about your wishes for…
Angry Birds Halloween iPad and iPhone Apps Giveaway – US Store Only
Yes, don’t miss out on this opportunity to play the latest Angry Birds Halloween game on your iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone for free. Here’s what you need to do: The Number 1 Selling Game in the iPhone and iPad iTunes US Stores I want you to tell all your friends about https://theappwhisperer.com – I want you, if you haven’t already to join my Twitter followers at TheAppWhisperer – that way you’ll be kept up to date with all the latest news, reviews, interviews, and everything you need to know about apps. Finally, I would like you to like my Facebook App Whisperer page – I’ve got nearly 7,000 Twitter…
Verizon Unleash The iPad Today
Some folks thought this day would never come, but here it is and now you can buy an Apple iPad via Verizon even bundled with Mifis – to order go go to the Verizon online site here.
Ghostly Goings On With The Mysterious White iPhone 4
Was it ever really there? You may find yourself asking this question if you take a visit to an online Apple store, near you. The white iPhone 4 has disappeared. As we reported yesterday, Apple were said to have delayed the white iPhone 4 until Easter 2011, now it seems they’ve taken it down altogether. With the iPhone 5 expected to be out in June 2011, perhaps Apple have just decided to ditch the white iPhone 4 altogether. What do you think? US Store Canadian Store UK Store
PhotoFast Offers Cool Upgrade for MacBook Air
With the launch last week of the new MacBook Air, new add-ons are now appearing that will make your MBA even more powerful. PhotoFast, a high quality and extreme performance flash-based storage manufacturer from Taiwan, has announced a new group of SSD for Mac upgrades, including a 256GB SSD for the MacBook Air 11.6". Known as the GM2 SFV1 Air, it promises above 30% enhanced performance over the original, a USB 3.0 adapter for system clone or to use SSD as a portable storage device. I want one for sure. To find out more go to PhotoFast here
