Linked List: November 9, 2010

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Sneak Peek at The Incident 1.3 

Running on a TV (via a connected iPad), controlled by an iPhone. Look at this and tell me you’re not intrigued by the idea of native iOS apps for Apple TV. Update: Video of it in action.

‘Like the Difference Between Buying From an Upscale Mall, or Buying From a Back Alley Black Market’ 

Jon Buys:

I love Angry Birds for iOS, so I thought I’d see how the game looked and felt on Android. I searched for “Angry Birds” on the HTC and found two screens worth of knock-offs. Some of these applications took the artwork and Angry Birds name directly from the real game. There was one game called “Angry Avians”, who’s icon looked like a closeup of the red bird from the real game. There were Angry Birds wallpapers, Angry Birds books, and Angry Birds unlockers. I can’t imagine that any of these apps were actually licensed to use either the Angry Birds name or the Angry Birds artwork. They are ripoffs riding the wave of the original game’s success.

1.0 Is the Loneliest Number 

Matt Mullenweg:

But if you’re not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long.

The Washington Post App for iPad 

I love this trend of creating high-production value movies to promote apps.

Rene Ritchie’s iOS 4.2 for iPad Walkthrough 

And here’s the corresponding walkthrough for the iPhone and iPod Touch; both are based on the GM releases of iOS 4.2 from last week.

Kno E-Reader Tablets to Start at $599 

To their credit, the $599 model has a larger display than the iPad. But rollout sounds problematic:

Kno would not say exactly how many it has ordered for its first tablet production run–the device is being built by China’s Foxconn–but co-founder and CEO Osman Rashid said in an interview earlier today with BoomTown that units would number “in the thousands.”

Rashid said the Kno tablet will initially be aimed at 10 college campuses across the U.S., although he also declined to name them.

“Thousands”? In the meantime, Apple will be selling over a million iPads a month.

Derek Jeter’s Value to the Yankees 

Richard Sandomir:

Vince Gennaro, a consultant to several major league teams, said, “As a nameless, faceless shortstop, I have him worth $10 million to $11 million, but as Derek Jeter, I have him worth about $20 million.”

In 2011, Gennaro said, a little more than half of that value would be as a performer, but in future seasons “his performance value goes down as his marquee value ascends.”

Sounds about right. Baseball is a cold hard business, dominated by numbers and statistics. But Jeter is different. He’s a living, breathing extension of the most valuable thing in all of sports: the Yankees brand.

Verizon iPad Commercial 

I don’t recall any AT&T commercials for the iPad. It seems like Verizon is already a better partner for Apple.

9to5 Mac Reports Apple Bought Bluetooth Headphone Maker Wi-Gear Two Months Ago 

Nice scoop by Seth Weintraub:

A source tells 9to5Mac that Apple scooped up a small Bluetooth wireless headphone designer in San Francisco two months ago for an undisclosed sum. The company, called Wi-Gear, made three generations of A2DP stereo headphones called iMuffs as well as a Bluetooth 2.0 adapter for older iPhones and iPods that don’t support Bluetooth 2.0. Wi-Gear’s products were specifically geared to be used with Apple iOS devices.

Update: So much for the nice scoop.

Adobe Ideas 1.1 

Nice update to Adobe’s clever drawing app for the iPhone and iPad.