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Newest lawsuit: managing your Siri expectations

by Erica Sadun (Mar 30th, 2012)

On Tuesday, David Jones of California filed suit claiming that, according to the LA Times, "Apple oversells Siri's abilities in advertising and TV commercials". He joins Frank M. Fazio in rallying against the Siri Beta release, assuming that Siri has risen fully formed from the waves, ready to ...

Macworld says the new iPad's screen is underrated

by Chris Rawson (Mar 30th, 2012)

"Is that the new one?" one of my workmates asked of the iPad sitting on my desk in its upright dock. "Yep," I said, and showed him the screen. He played around with it for a few seconds and said, "Huh. It doesn't look all that different, does it?" "Are you kidding?" I said, and grabbed my ...

Lion's Auto Save vs. Save As

by Dave Caolo (Mar 29th, 2012)

Apple's OS X Lion introduced Auto Save, and eliminated the Save As feature from several apps as a result. Not everyone is happy about the switch, including Pierre at Betalogue: I have already talked about the totally unnecessary (in my view) elimination of the 'Save As...' command in Apple ...

Removing walls: how the iPad inspires new content creation

by Erica Sadun (Mar 29th, 2012)

Yesterday, I spent some time debating about why keyboards and iPads didn't mix well. Many users find that iOS is not ideal for office tasks like writing and editing books, creating complex spreadsheets -- in fact, many typing-intense tasks are slower on the iPad or iPhone than on a conventional ...

You're the Pundit: What do we call the new iPad?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 20th, 2012)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the new iPad. Specifically, what is its name? In the old days, we could say iPod 4G and iPod 6G. Readers would ...

You're the Pundit: Do iPad data buckets matter?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 14th, 2012)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is data buckets. Data buckets refer to the bandwidth allocation you can purchase monthly on the iPad. For example, AT&T's ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I upgrade to the 3rd Gen iPad?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 9th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I own an iPad 2. It suits my needs just fine. I don't use the camera and the apps I use are not that processor intensive. I'm looking at the 3rd Gen iPad and can't seem to make myself pull the trigger on upgrading. What do you think? Your loving niece, Meg Dear Meg, Auntie is torn ...

iPhone bug opens up stranger's life to the world

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 1st, 2012)

Gizmodo has raised awareness a serious problem regarding an iMessage bug that, under the wrong circumstances, might result in your messages being seen by others, or you seeing someone else's messages. It's not a new issue; Ars Technica reported on it in December with stolen iPhones, and the problem ...

On the idea of a 7-inch Apple iPad

by Erica Sadun (Jan 10th, 2012)

There's been much debate over the idea of a 7-inch iPad from Apple. Today, our pals at MacObserver jumped into the mix with their take on things. The Kindle Fire, Ted Landau points out, offers "an e-reader with added iPad-like features for half the price of an iPad." Speaking as a happy ...

Why can't navigation apps be fun?

by Erica Sadun (Jan 6th, 2012)

With all the holidays, many of us TUAWians spent more time on the road over the past few weeks than we normally do. And when it comes to tech-savvy bloggers, more time on the road means more time with navigation apps. And more time with navigation apps made us ever more aware of our lingering ...

How Apple iBooks needs to compete with Amazon: Cross-platform support

by Erica Sadun (Jan 6th, 2012)

Amazon has trailblazed; Apple has followed. Apple's iBooks program currently allows authors to self-publish ebooks. Authors create their own business built around iTunes Connect, just as they do for self-published apps. So where does Apple have room to improve? What follows is one of several ...

10 days with iPhone 4S: a personal review

by Erica Sadun (Oct 24th, 2011)

Under normal circumstances, I would not be considered a target customer for the iPhone 4S. I bought the iPhone 4 on launch day. I was not up for renewal until late November. Because of work commitments (look for the upcoming "Taking Your iPhone 4S to the Max" co-written with fellow TUAW ...

5 iOS features that OS X needs

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 10th, 2011)

iOS 5 is set to launch this Wednesday and the beta testers I've talked to say it's a monumental leap forward. iOS 5 adds over 200 features to an already polished mobile operating system, which is arguably the best on the planet. As many Mac users know, Mac OS X Lion is no slouch either. ...

How iCloud works

by Erica Sadun (Oct 10th, 2011)

During a recent edition of TUAW TV Live, the question of how iCloud works in applications came up. After some internal consultation, we came to the conclusion that Apple has fully announced this feature and that its workings would not be considered confidential. In that spirit, here's an ...

You're the Pundit: Last chance to predict the hardware for tomorrow

by Erica Sadun (Oct 3rd, 2011)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is tomorrow's hardware announcements. Update: Who won? During last night's Talkcast, the TUAW family was split over ...