iPDA 4.2 adds support for iPod nano 4G

ZappTek has released iPDA 4.2, its latest PDA emulator for the iPod that now supports the new Nano 4G. The app transforms an iPod into a replacement PDA, allowing users to import Entourage information, Stickies, mail messages, address book contacts, iCal calendars, and To Dos. Google calendars, Gmail conversations, RSS feeds, weather forecasts, driving directions, or news can also be accessed. Wor...

published on Thursday, the 25. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

MyWeather Mobile 1.1 expands content, forecasting

MyWeather has released the latest version of its iPhone app, MyWeather Mobile 1.1. Current conditions have been expanded to include precipitation total, humidity, barometric pressure, wind chill, and wind speed. When the phone is turned horizontally, a forecast view now shows detailed information projected to 36 hours with graphics for precipitation, temperature, and wind speed or direction....

published on Monday, the 22. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

AT&T intros land phone with visual voicemail

AT&T on Monday announced the introduction of the AT&T HomeManager home phone service that includes many features users have to expect from their cellphones. This includes Internet access that brings quick weather reports, e-mail access and local news, as well as access to visual voicemail to users; a color 7-inch touchscreen frame from Samsung lets users pick and listen to calls out of order as wi...

published on Monday, the 22. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

Lightsoft offers software for weather monitoring

A new application for logging and displaying real-time weather data has been released by Lightsoft. Lightsoft Weather Center maintains a weather database for analysis, and is capable of generating and uploading weather webpages via FTP. The generated pages can contain items such as current conditions, graphs, gauges, statistics, webcam images or timelapse movies. The software is also able to displ...

published on Thursday, the 11. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

MyWeather Mobile brings weather radar to iPhone

MyWeather has published MyWeather Mobile for the iPhone, allowing users to access weather maps, conditions, forecasts and a full-screen interactive radar. The app combines Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology with animated radar, giving users a view of an area's weather patterns, along with points of interest like golf courses, stadiums and schools. With an iPhone in horizontal orientation, MyWeat...

published on Friday, the 5. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

5D Mark II specs, 50D sensor technology discussed

Following closely on Wednesday morning's D90 announcement, specifications were leaked about Canon's new, but as-of-yet unofficial, full-frame sensor 5D Mark II DSLR, with additional details of the 50D's image processing capabilities revealed as well. An anonymous source tells Canon Rumors that the 5D Mark II will offer a 21.1 megapixel full-frame DIGIC IV sensor, with full weather sealing, a 3.2-i...

published on Wednesday, the 27. August 2008, macintosh-news-network

iPhone line in downtown Chicago dampened by foul weather

The queue outside the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store for the iPhone 3G currently pales in comparison to the lines for the original iPhone. But a Wisconsin teen is excited to be first in line, despite the rainy weather.Read More...

published on Friday, the 11. July 2008, ars-technica

Aquapac: Waterproof cases for iPhone 3G

Aquapac this week announced that its established line of 100% waterproof durable polyurethane cases for first generation iPhones, are also an ideal match for the iPhone 3G. Promising full protection of the iPhone in any season or weather condition, the company says the cases enable full use of the iPhone's multi-touch display, as well as enable sou...

published on Thursday, the 19. June 2008, macintosh-news-network

View Doppler radar-in-motion on the desktop

This hint explains how to view an in-motion Doppler weather radar image from The Weather Channel on your desktop. A little precaution is in order, though: this will eat up quite a bit of CPU cycles (between 12% and 30% on an Intel Mac mini). I use it on a machine that does monitoring/notification, but I'd never use it on a machine I use for normal work. The "animation" is somewhat slow, but tolerable in my opinion. This hint requires use of the command line. Also, I make no guarantees that it won't break something, etc. I've only done this on Leopard, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work with Tiger (no Panther or earlier, because they don't have launchd).There are two components to this: A unix script to retrieve the images from The Weather Channel or NOAA or wherever else, and a launchd agent that periodically runs the script.Here's the shell script: ...

published on Thursday, the 12. June 2008, macosxhints

Apple says Steve Jobs feeling a little under the weather recently

Apple has responded to concerns spreading across internet blogs regarding the health of Steve Jobs after photos taken Monday at the WWDC conference in San Francisco show him looking a little more frail than usual. Specifically, the Wall Street Jou...

published on Tuesday, the 10. June 2008, appleinsider