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Nope.
That iCal is kinda annoying.

so is there ANYONE left unspoiled here?(other than me)

That happened to me just last week..

I was answering a call beside a guy at a bus stop who had an evo.. Out of no where he was like "Hey, you better hurry up before that call drops.."

So I just stared at him for a few seconds and said "Well atleast it wont be because my batteries dead"

I knew I got him, because he couldnt come up with anything better and just stared at me with depression as if to say "awwww hes right -_-".. :apple:

Hah awesome! :D

My 3G is on its last legs, literally. I may succumb to the white iPhone 4 if this is what is in store for the next calendar year.

A $500 reduction on the Apple 30" is great, but what else does this mean? Apple wants to remain competitive? Is it to clear out inventory for new displays? I've been wanting to buy one of these 30" monitors ever since they came out. My friend, who works for Apple here in Elk Grove, CA can use his discount to buy to buy the monitor for $1499 (before taxes). That's a heck of a deal! But at the same time, I can wait 1–2 months if I know that Apple will come out with a new design.

Printer shipped! Woohoo! :)

got a big one going now.

oh ok good. now we can see how it does!

Dear Google:

Apple *already* revolutionized the music industry.

Try copying something of theirs that's a little less established.

(and then just leave it in beta like you do with everything else.)

Cheers.

In fairness to Google, no one said that they were out to destroy iTunes or anything like that. They've got a growing mobile business, and it makes sense that they want to make some cohesive media store.

Likewise, Apple is trying to grow its online/cloud services (Google's strength)! Funny, they are kind of moving towards each other in that sense...

Am I missing something totally obvious here? But what's that slot above the earpiece speaker meant to be exactly?

Like I say maybe I missed something as looking at their comparison images they seem to imply the current iPhone 4 has one already?!!?

What gives?

It's recent.. The sys displays the Ipod menu on the TV for "media center" style browsing

Thought so its just that the unit looks just like the one posted yesterday..And I thought that was Media Center.

Morning jitters don't ya know :D

I love how most of the people in this thread bashing LTD, calling him a fanboy for not giving MS credit where it is due are the same people in every other thread who do nothing but bash Apple and never give Apple credit where its due.

You all know who you are...and its funny you call someone else a fanboy.

Does anyone know what became of the constitutional challenge to the french iTunes law? I had read somewhere that the opposition party was trying to get the law overturned, haven't seen anything more about it since.

And what is exactly your point? The specific app is not intended to be a part of the OS interface. It is using a more immersed, recreational interface, which makes it fun to use. (Have a look on the review here to see what I mean: http://www.inews24hs.com/2011/03/15/led-machines-–-led-flashlight-for-iphone-4-review/ ) Users enjoy the animations and sound effects. They are using it for the whole experience, not just for the usability of it.

On the other hand, OS interfaces are belonging to a different category. And although there is a trend to make the native OS apps more immersive (take as an example the new iCal. It uses an interface that tries to emulate a real object, a real leather Calendar), users could have given the option to switch between a more abstract UI style. The main reason of using native OS apps (such as ical, mail, etc) is more task centred rather than experience oriented. The ideal would be not using any interface at all and just have a personal assistant do all the hard work for us accepting voice commands. Hopefully we are not far away from something like that though…

It is interesting to notice that there are two different trends for the interface design criteria of the OS apps. Two different schools. One is the school of immersive interface, such as iCal, garageBand for iPad, iMovie for the iPhone with all the eye candy on the movie selection menu. The other is the minimalistic approach: the new Mail interface, the iPhoto, e.t.c. It is as there are two different interface design teams working in parallel, doing their experiments on UI usability, each following a different direction.

A bit out of topic though!! Lets get back to the slider conversation!!

Was talking about the ad itself, not the UI.

I spent 15 minutes registering for an account only to find out that The Daily Show is off limits for Norwegian buyers. I then tried to buy a DVD - only to discover that the DVD is US zone only. The Apple DVD player will not play it without a zone switch. And max is 4 times per OS install.

The only way I can get The Daily Show is:

1 - $$$ porn package from cable company
2 - YouTube
3 - Piracy

I'm not 12 years old.. I don't have the time to pirate anything. So the only TDS for me is on YouTube. Quail hunting with the VP !!

iTunes+DRM == Avis. You don't own ****. So... in Norway... DRM ! It's a crime !!

Also.. The default M4A bit rate used by iTunes is a joke. You have to be 80 years old not to notice the huge difference between a CD and a standard iTunes M4A track.

What kept me often from buying apps was the too complicated paying system: You have to register, give them the number of your credit card, remember the password of the login and so on. The MAS makes this a lot easier and safer. Apple's decision to only allow MAS apps for the Design Award is to push developers to publish their apps on the MAS. What's wrong with that?

What's wrong with it is it expressly denies potentially stellar Mac apps from possibly winning the award, due to Apple's arguably arbitrary "rules" as to what apps are allowed in said store.

Rather lame considering Apple's own apps seem to be except from the same rules.

If you have a great app, you may not need the App Store to help market it. So why give Steve 30% when you don't need to.

Now that there is an app store, that is pretty much where I look. The invisible man led a lonely life.

Hey knock it off with all the off topic Windows drivel. Winrumors forums would be a better place to dispute these matters.

Slight UI tweaks aren't a big topic pool to draw from.