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• 9Oct 08

  More improvements for iPhone and iPod Touch

  Here's the quick list of what and why:

  -Garageband Mobile

  Who wouldn't love to be able to just take their iPod Touch or iPhone into a recording session with a mic? Or just as convenient, do some recording in a hotel room?

  -iPod Touch needs mic software from Apple (the hardware is supposedly already there)

  -Cable that connects iPods and iPhones to TVs should output WHATEVER is on the iPod/iPhone screen and NOT just select videos.

  -Some kind of Play, Rewind, Fast Forward button/buttons (if it was one button pressing once would skip to the next track or holding would fast forward within that track, pressing twice would have the same efect but in reverse, and three times would pause it.)

  And just to recap on previous issues and make this a complete list of problems:

  -The App Store needs to be more organized.

  with one exception all of this can be fixed through a firmware/OS/Software update through the App Store or otherwise. My opinion still stands that the iPhones and iPod Touches are the most amazing mini computers out at the moment. (intuitive and powerful)

  • Posted Oct 9, 2008 4:08 pm GMT
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• 1Oct 08

  Ideas to clean up iTunes

  IGN had some suggestions in an article the other day as to how to clean up the App Store. I have some too.

  First of all updated games as IGN stated, should not be brought back up to the top of the "new games" category. I don't think there should be a spot for recently patched/updated games either. A developer shouldn't be able to update their games infinite times to get it back to the top of the new games list. Although that may help with longevity of a game it also hurts the market for other games.

  You could get updates out to the people by doing the things they already do. The feature already in place where Apple pushes out the update to the buyers to tell them there's a download ready is one method. The other, which is already in place too, is how iTunes tells you when an Aoo has updates available.

  Second of all, visual appeal of the App Store. Not just visual appeal but information and how it's posted.

  Apple would be smart to make fewer icons visible on at least the specialized sections if not the main page of the App Store too (but arguably that's where you want lots of Apps getting publicity rather than a select few, making it more a corporate matter than an independent one because the guys with the money would be the only ones to have space up there.

  On the "what's new" section up top they should have three lines of apps rather than two-showcasing 12 apps rather than 8- to maximize on the space they use. And I don't really see the need for the "what's hot" section. The "what we're playing" section is a good one, if they can find a way to elaborate while taking up no extra space that'd definitely be cool.

  The top middle section should widen each of the three icons a little bit. One should show a trailer of the newest or 'hottest 10 apps of the week' and the other two should be open for advertising.

  I don't believe I've seen trailers for any App on it's App Space, just screenshots. That needs to change fast.

  The charts along the side should still have the best seller list for paid and free Aoos but it should also have Top Rated Apps (with 10 reviews or more).

  • Posted Oct 1, 2008 12:01 am GMT
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• 25Sep 08

  iTunes keeps impressing me

  Not only iTunes but my iPod Touch. As a musician I've learned to highly value my ear. So yesterday I was searching for an Ear Training program and they had pretty much the perfect app for my iPod Touch.

  Another impressive thing is TV Shows, they seem to have pretty much every show on there right now and if it's not on there yet it's in the best interest of the people who were involved with the shows to get them up there. The one show I'd like to find but can't is Home Movies.

  It isn't completely perfect though. Movies are still hard to find, there aren't nearly enough. Special features should be included with TV shows and movies. And the site is beginning to need an overhaul for each of its major sections. Music can stay relatively the same but I'd like to see TV Shows, Movies, and, especially, Apps organized differently. They aren't too hard to sift through but harder than it could be.

  Again. I'm just really surprised by what a great place iTunes has become. I hope I never have to buy a movie or TV series or even software again. Just download it straight through iTunes. So long as the business practices stay fair I can't see why you'd ever use anything else.

  As a side note anyone know how to convert movies and TV box sets from DVD to computer? You probably lose the special features, right?

  Wishlist:

  BUYING:

  -Portal: Still Alive

  -Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (depends on the price)

  OR Street Fighter IV

  RENTING:

  -Mirror's Edge

  STILL DECIDING:

  -Far Cry 2

  -Gears of War 2

  -Spore

  • Posted Sep 25, 2008 6:04 am GMT
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