Rumors

Patent suggests location-based social networking for iPhone

Imagine you and a friend are on a phone call, and both of you own iPhones. You’re trying to meet up somewhere downtown in a city neither of you know very well, so the best answer you can give your friend when he asks, “Where are you now?” is “Uhhh…” followed by several seconds of [...]

Post-keynote TUAW prediction scorecard: How did we do?

Yesterday we pooled our predictions together to try and predict what would happen at the iPad presentation today. How did we all do?

Sang Tang:

Sang was the closest in terms of the iPad’s screen size — 9.6″ prediction vs. 9.7″ actual size. However, the iPad has neither wireless HDMI nor a front-facing camera (or, indeed, a [...]

How many icons on that iPad dock?

A reader has sent us the above screen shot. It clearly shows six application icons on the iPad dock.

I was messing around with the iPad simulator, and I noticed that I could fit 6 icons in the dock. There was no modding involved. Since the iPad has a roomy screen, this could be very plausible. [...]