Free iPhone Design Templates for Keynote and PowerPoint
May 26, 2010 Apple, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface Design, iphone
Free iPhone Keynote and PowerPoint templates help get you from thought to finish:
Mockapp.com has created both Keynote and PowerPoint templates of iPhone UI elements, and has made them available as free downloads. Say you had a dream in the middle of the night about the most awesome iPhone app that, to your surprise, no one has thought of yet. Instead of waking up in a deep sweat and scribbling said ideas on paper, you could dream them up on Keynote.After mapping out your concept on Keynote, you could then pitch it to others in a Keynote presentation. The Keynote and PowerPoint templates include alerts, the iPhone keyboard, arrow icons, buttons, as well as a host of other UI elements.
Tags: Apple, interaction design, iphone, ixd, user experience, ux
Preparing Your Web Content for iPad (Apple Technical Note TN2262)
May 20, 2010 Apple, User Experience, User Interface Design, Web Design, Web Development, ipad, iphone, javascript
Apple ~Technical Note TN2262: Preparing Your Web Content for iPad:
Safari on iPad is capable of delivering a “desktop” web experience. iPad has a large, 9.7″ screen and fast network connectivity, and Safari on iPad uses the same WebKit layout engine as Safari on Mac OS X and Windows. You can ensure that your website looks and works great on iPad, and even create new touch-enabled web experiences for your customers, by considering a few specific differences between iPad and other platforms.If you have access to an iPad, test your website using the iPad. If not, you can test your website in Safari on iPad using the iPhone Simulator (Hardware -> Device -> iPad). iPad is available in the iPhone Simulator in iPhone OS 3.2 SDK beta 2 and later, which is available to iPhone Developer Program members. In cases where it is possible to simulate iPad-like behavior in Safari on a desktop computer, instructions are given below.
99 iPad Apps Reviewed
Apr 13, 2010 Apple
99 iPad Apps, Reviewed – iPad Apps – Gizmodo:
We spent hundreds of dollars and countless man-hours reviewing the first batch of iPad apps just to save you the trouble. Here is our complete compendium of reviews, sorted by category, ranked by preference.
The Remote is Dead! Long Live the Remote!
Feb 9, 2010 Apple, Mac, Nerdstuff
Imagine my dismay when I discovered that my Apple Remote had taken a ride through the clothes washer and dryer a couple of weeks ago… As you may imagine, this journey rendered the remote inoperative and useless (albeit totally dry).
Apple Remote
Additionally, searching on the Apple Store was a bit more depressing since the device is evidently no longer available… yikes.
eBay to the Rescue
Thankfully there’s eBay.
After nosing around a bit I was able to find several vendors who had very reasonable prices on basically brand-new remotes. I think mine ended up being $6.99 USD.
At any rate, it arrived today and I was very pleased to try it out while listening to iTunes and it works perfectly. At that rate I probably should have purchased a few extras just in case this happens again…
Let’s hope not.
Strange Behavior
My next task was to resolve a very strange and annoying problem if you have more than one Mac in the proximity while using the remote. This happened to me while on vacation — the remote was pointed at my MacBook Pro, but in addition to controlling it, my wife’s MacBook was also responding to the controller, starting and stopping iTunes while a movie was playing on my computer. Very interesting.
Thankfully it is possible to pair up your remote to your computer, and I’ve already paired the new remote with my laptop and will do the same with our other MacBook and its respective controller…
Whew!
Tags: Apple, apple store, eBay, Mac
