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Apple has released iOS 4.3 a few days earlier then expected.
Make sure your updated to iTunes 10.2.1 for it to work.
Note: Ipod 2nd gen is no longer support unfortunately.
iOS 4.3 was announced today.
While it is not out yet…or wont be for a while there is a preview of what we can expect.
It works only on 3rd generation iPod Touch, 4th gen iPod Touch, iPhone 4 (Non-CDMA version), iPad and iPad 2. Looks like no 2nd gen love for you.
Meanwhile the new features are;
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Apple has now added a subscription feature to the app store.
Sounds like good news right? Well sadly…this is Apple always something is wrong.
Arstechnica is reporting that Apple wants a 30% cut if they get a new subscriber because of Apple.
So just like in app purchases Apple wants a cut…and a pretty large one at that.
It’s not all bad though. If a publisher already has a subscriber…then Apple takes nothing. So its all fair…if Apple helps you, they want a cut.
Lets see if this helps the app store or hinder it.
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A fello blogger at Geek Juice alerted me that Telus will soon start unlocking phones in Canada.
That sounds good right? Well…sadly think again.
The unlock naturally wont work with CDMA phones (no sim card), so smartphones only.
Telus Mobility will offer unlocks to its Telus/Koodo (Koodo is owned by Telus) customers with the following limits;
And for how much you may ask? $50. Oddly the same price as Rogers and Fidos unlocking rules.
Guess you know have a choice to leave Telus if you buy own your contract. Hurray.
Apple has new iPhone 4 and iPad ads out in the US.
The new iPhone 4 ad shows the iPhone 4 being used side to side. 1 side features Verizon 1 side features AT&T.
iPhone 4 ad:
The new iPad ad shows the iPad as being “Iconic”.
iPad ad:
I find the as boring but that’s my opinion 
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Wow! Apple has one huge milestone to celebrate about!
Apple says that 10 billion (10,000,000,000) apps have been downloaded from the app store. That is 90% more than last year, or 9 billion more apps downloaded.
That is an insane increase in the apps that have downloaded, and that is new app downloads not updates.
Apple 10 billion apps download thank you. (c) 2010 Apple.
Looks like the run away hit the iOS app store will just get bigger and better as the hours, days, months, and years go on.
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Just as iPhone comes to Verizon (next month) it looks like iOS 4.3 will enable iPhone users to create a hotspot easily for other devices.
It’s essentially tethering, or sharing the internet connection on your phone.
It is unknown if it is just for Verizon or for AT&T and other Global carriers like Telus and Fido in Canada.
Hotspot for iPhone would be a very nice feature however considering it’s not done at the moment.
We shall see how this changes things.
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Softpedia is reporting the VLC media player app got removed from the iOS app store.
Now this isn’t the first, or really the last app to be pulled from the store.
But the question remains…why?
The VLC media player app for iOS allowed iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) users to watch .flv and other things on their devices.
The VLC app also happens to be released as open source under the GPL.
So. Was the app pulled because it allowed flash and other files or because it was open source?
Naturally Apple hasn’t told the developer why it was pulled…just that it was removed.
Apple is well-known to pull apps for little no reason, guess we will have to add open source to the list.
Thanks Apple.
I might as well do a game review…I haven’t in a while.
So today I will review Cut The Rope for iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad).
The app is $0.99 (has a free version that’s limited). So its pretty cheap – and worth the price in my opinion.
In the game your goal is to get the candy that’s on a rope to a little critter called Om Nom. Om Nom likes to eat the candy, he was let at your door step when you start playing the game. I do have to admit he is a little cute (assuming).
The game is hard at times but its worth it, it’s never boring, and it’s always a challenge. At times I find it really hard to put down the game…I’m just having too much fun.
The graphics are pretty outstanding, very well done.
Overall I would give this game a solid 9.5/10 its very well done, and I think you should check it out.
Check out the iOS version of Cut The Rope here. Free version is here.
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Being able to edit on the go is nice, however its frustrating that you can’t edit on the go with Google docs.
However that will change, in the next few days Google is updating the Google docs interface to work on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Google has a demonstration video of the new interface below:
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