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Episode 116
Sunday April 29, 2012

MISC 

• SLR lens attachment for iPad http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/18/padcaster-lenscaster-ipad-SLR-mount-hands-on/
• what is your preferred cloud service? (edward dumped dropbox and uses skydrive and amazon cloud drive)

Apple 

• 500 jobs more at Apple Ireland in Cork, Ireland:
  http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0420/apple-to-create-500-new-jobs-in-cork.html
  so total there 3300, but rather sales &  support jobs not R&D, funny: French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch etc support jobs also located there as jobs.apple.com shows.
  Apple has second thoughts about division in Austin, Texas?
• can you recommend me (Edward) an app for iOS to draw/hand-write on top of PDF files?
• edward was pondering to buy ipad 3 but 3 weeks waiting time prevents impulse buy, is Diana happy with her ipad 3 by now?
• this week released new eBoook about Apple has been released: “insanely simple” :
  http://www.amazon.com/Insanely-Simple-Obsession-Success-ebook/dp/B0064W5V5C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1335707470&sr=1-1 - very good tips about design of anything

Google and Android

• Samsung to release its own cloud storage (S-Cloud) – Do you have your Google drive yet?
• Panasonic is now in the Android Phone arena
• May 3rd: launch event in London of Galaxy S3, why in London? because olympics starts there soon
• Leaked AT&T document gives dates for ICS updates: Galaxy SII May 14; Sensation and Amaze June 16
• Edward: google launched “google drive” – but no iOS client yet

Microsoft 

• Woz likes windows phone more than android, what the duck?
  http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/28/2983312/steve-wozniak-windows-phone-android-comparison
• rumor: Windows 8 touch tablets will run windows phone 7 apps out of the box with use of “Microsoft virtual”  what is very likely because windows phone 7 apps are not native but .net apps i.e. silveeright or somefink
• Paul Thurrott (Windows IT Pro) and Mary Jo Foley (ZDnet) confirm infos from sources in Microsoft: no Windows Phone 8 update for Windows Phone 7.5 phones, so for example Lumia 900 will not get next OS that comes in 6 months (October) but 3-year old iPhone 3GS gets current iOS 5.1. Conclusions? Wait for Windows Phone 8 and don’t buy now!
• Microsoft patent for dual display phone so maybe Windows Phone 8 with e-ink display on one side and normal display on other side coming:
  http://wmpoweruser.com/microsoft-files-patent-for-dual-display-phone/
  .. so WHOLE SURFACE of the device may be display. See video there too.

App Picks

• Diana – SoundHound https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.midomiMusicIdentifier&feature=nav_other#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDYsImNvbS5tZWxvZGlzLm1pZG9taU11c2ljSWRlbnRpZmllciJd Andru
• Alli – Beesy http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beesy/id499578384?mt=8
• Edward – InstaCam http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/b606738b-83a7-4c43-96fd-3c964de7f938
  and Skydrive from Microsoft (free 25GB lately if you click on free upgrade, available for other platforms too, Edward LOVES IT):
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/ad543082-80ec-45bb-aa02-ffe7f4182ba8

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