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Monday, June 4, 2012
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NCSettings for iPhone and iPad review [jailbreak]
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NCSettings for iPhone and iPad adds a row of system toggles to Notification Center for commonly used settings such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, brightness, and airplane mode. It's very similar to the system toggles you'd find in SBSettings but integrated in a way that's much more consistent with the default look of iOS.
Once you activate NCSettings for iPhone or iPad in Notifications it will instantly show up in Notification Center.
When you first install NCSettings to your iPhone or iPad you'll have to hop into Settings and enable it under Notifications. Move it up and down to wherever you'd like it to appear in Notification Center. I prefer it all the way at the top above the weather widget but you can place it where you'd like. Once you've done that, just pull down your Notification Center shade and you'll notice a new row of icons. These are system toggles just like many are already used to having in SBSettings.
You can change what toggles show up in NCSettings under Settings. Just turn on and off the toggles you want by dragging them to either on or off. You can also drag them to reorder.
You can edit and remove toggles you don't want to use by adding, moving, and reordering them under Settings. You can also change things like the icon spacing and how volume and vibrate toggles function. NCSettings currently has options for brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, flashlight, airplane mode, 3G, cellular data, private browsing, location services, auto-lock, power, silent, vibrate, lock rotation, and volume.
The thing I really like about NCSettings opposed to SBSettings is that it blends really nicely into iOS and doesn't look like it's out of place. It isn't as full featured as SBSettings and won't give you options like changing the carrier banner or managing memory but if you don't require those features and just want access to system toggles, NCSettings is a great choice.
The good
- Blends in with Notification Center perfectly for a cleaner look and feel
- Supports a good amount of toggles stock
- Allows you to rearrange your toggles in whatever order you'd like
The bad
- Not as powerful as SBSettings
- Doesn't have themes and additional toggles
Conclusion
NCSettings natively supports almost every system toggle you'd want or need and it's super easy to configure. Many jailbreak apps have confusing Settings panels and are overloaded with options. That's not the case here and it's about as Apple like as you're going to get.
If all you want is system toggles and don't need all the additional options SBSettings provides, NCSettings is a great choice. Many users may actually prefer it.
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Keep Your iPad’s Battery Charged with the Enduro Case
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Tagged: iPad cases and covers, iPad external battery
Keep Your iPad’s Battery Charged with the Enduro Case originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 31, 2012 at 12:00 pm.
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Banshee music player now works in Windows, supports Amazon MP3 downloads
The most notable new feature is support for the Amazon MP3 store -- you can buy and download music from within Banshee -- but unfortunately it's only available in the Linux build at the moment (OS X and Windows support are planned, however). There have also been some significant improvements to artist, album, and queue interactions -- and yes, you can finally right click a track, album or artist and select 'play after' to insert it into the queue.
Beyond actual playback, the user interface has been tidied up -- it now looks a whole lot smarter -- and the Ubuntu One Music Store and SoundMenu extensions have been made official. For a complete list of changes, additions and bug fixes, check the change log.
When Windows support initially appeared in February, we found it rough around the edges and fraught with stability issues. With version 2, Banshee for Windows is still a bit unstable, but it's shaping up to be a good alternative to Winamp, iTunes, or whatever other music library manager you use. It's almost as attractive as its GNOMEish brother, too!
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Banshee music player now works in Windows, supports Amazon MP3 downloads originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
We're liveblogging Nintendo's pre-E3 press event today at 6PM ET!
Are you ready for E3? Too bad, it's already here, a couple of days early, thanks to the overzealous folks at Nintendo, who just couldn't wait until Tuesday to hold their press event. The company is holding a pre-E3 event, helmed by president Satoru Iwata today at 6PM ET. The broadcast will likely revolve around games, but perhaps Nintendo had more surprises than it could contain in a single event. Find out by following along here.
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Acer, Toshiba to Debut Windows 8 Tablets Next Week, Reports Says
A Samsung Series 7 Slate 700T running Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired
Watch out iPad — Windows 8 tablets are on their way. Several major PC manufacturers, including Toshiba, Acer and Asus, are set to unveil new Windows 8 tablets at next week’s Computex show in Taipei, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Some manufacturers have already shown off devices designed to support Windows 8. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga and Intel’s Cove Point reference design are two examples. Beyond that, though, we haven’t seen any other Windows 8 devices, and certainly not in the pure tablet category. But now that Microsoft has released its near-final Windows 8 Release Preview, it makes sense for manufacturers to begin showing off their Windows 8 hardware.
Acer, Toshiba and Asus will each unveil Windows 8 tablets at Computex, according to Bloomberg’s sources. Asus tablets will come with a detachable keyboard, featuring a similar look to the company’s Android-based Transformer lineup. Toshiba will also show off a “notebook-type device,” which will likely be a hybrid, touchscreen laptop.
And because Windows 8 will come in two tablet flavors — the standard Intel-powered Windows 8, as well as Windows RT, the version destined to run on ARM processors — manufacturers will have the option to choose between two types of silicon. Asus and Toshiba are both reportedly revealing ARM-based tablets, while Acer is sticking with Intel.
Of course, other companies are expected to get into the Windows 8 tablet market. Consumers can expect Windows 8 tablets and PCs coming from HP and Dell, as well.
None of these devices should go on sale before October, when Microsoft is expected to officially release Windows 8. And when that happens, we’ll see whether Microsoft and its partners can succeed where Android has failed, and erode a significant portion of Apple’s lead in the tablet market.
Pad and Quill Cases for iPad and iPhone Review
I get that a lot of iOwners like the brightly colored cases for the iPads or iPhones or what have you. But the iGadgets aren’t just for one particular demographic anymore. For those who prefer more classic styling, Pad and Quill offer tasteful cases, hand-tailored and fitted especially for iPad and iPhone.
Pad and Quill is a Minneapolis-based company that has created a line of accessories for iPad, iPhone, Nook, Kindle, iPod, and MacBook Air cases, as well as a selection of accessories that are stylish, simple, elegant, and upscale. Using hand-routed birch wooden frames and hand tooled leather, the craftmanship of Pad and Quill cases makes your devices look like a bound book. The company keeps it real by not outsourcing any of the work and keeping all their artisans local and in house.
I received three cases from Pad and Quill for this review. I got the Octavo for iPad 3, the Contega for iPad 3, and the Little Black Book for iPhone 4/4S. Let’s give them a look.
The Octavo is a folio-style case.
These cases are not your typical leather case. Each has been hand-rubbed with a smooth satin finish, and the bindery involved holds the iPad or iPhone perfectly and tightly in the case. So tightly that each case comes with a grosgrain ribbon to help loosen the device from the case when you want to remove it.
Handmade, hand-rubbed, hand-finished.
I get that iPad is popular, heck I love mine. I purchased one of the overpriced Apple Smart Covers from the Apple store to protect the screen – and then immediately developed extreme paranoia. I was always hiding my iPad. The Smart Cover just screams “iPAD HERE!!!! PLEASE STEAL ME!” With the Pad and Quill case, my iPad resembles an upscale leather engagement diary filled with boring meetings or literary notations. While the book looks nice, it looks like nothing that could be plugged in and ready for surfing. So your usual and sundry lowlife is going to skip you or your car and go find a victim who is so eager to show the world they carry an Apple product that they have an Apple cover or case for it .
At first glance, the Pad and Quill case thwarts the dirtbags. It honestly looks like an old-world leatherbound book. Carrying it around with you, no one could really tell it housed an iPad or iPhone until you open it up. Lowlives and dirtbags don’t usually occasion second glances at these things and that’s a good thing. If they did, they would see the custom openings cut into the birch wood for the charger, earphones, volume and power buttons or the opening cut into the back of the case for the camera eye.
I’m not sure if warding off sticky-fingered punks was Pad and Quill’s intention with making cases that are bound like professional books. If not, then it’s a bonus. These cases look like they would grace any CEO’s desk, lawyer’s briefcase, doctor’s side table or literary professor’s library. They are unbelievably tasteful and elegant and are a perfect change from the loud, garish covers and cases that grace today’s tech store accessories department.
SureLock rubberized corners hold your device very securely.
The Pad and Quill Octavo and Contega are cases that will run you $69.99 and $99.99, respectively. Please note it’s worth every cent you will pay. The leather outside is black, but you choose the professional book endpaper cloth on the inside. I chose dark green but you can choose cranberry, Camden blue, plum or toast. All sophisticated, rich colors that add to the tasteful elegance of the case.
The Contega case offers a stand and cover all in one.
The Octavo is a case only. It contains a neat little pocket on the left side for holding cards, papers, what have you. (Caveat Emptor: internal pockets are an additional $10.00) The Contega case is a little more expensive and contains no pocket but folds out to form a stand to prop the iPad up on your desk or favorite coffee house table or lapdesk. All of the cases come with a stretchy band that keeps the covers shut and grosgrain ribbons that help gently release the devices from the grip of the SureLock rubberized bumpers that hold the device snugly in place. There are magnets in the covers that sleeps/wakes the iPad. And the covers do not leave lines on the screen of your device like the interior suede-like lining of the Smart Covers do.
Smart Covers do not add bulk to your iPad, and the Pad and Quill cases do. They add some (not a lot) of weight to the device, but they are made of birch wood and leather. And I found that some of the ports are little difficult to access while the device is in the case as well.
The Little Black Book case for iPhone 4/4S is just as nice.
Its detailing cloaks your phone and makes it look more like a little black address book than an iPhone. This case comes with the same construction, wood, cloth and leather features as its larger cousins, but it features an internal pocket for credit cards/ business cards which comes at no extra charge. A thief seeing this inside your car will think it an address book or small journal and not so much a case for a phone.
I do not have an iPhone. I borrowed a co-worker’s iPhone for the photograph. (Thank you, Ruby!) It fit nicely into the case, and I had no problems using the ribbon to lift the iPhone out of the case.
Pad and Quill cases will run you anywhere from $44.99 to $119.99
Overall, the cases from Pad and Quill are exquisite and well worth the price.
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Pad and Quill Cases for iPad and iPhone Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 2, 2012 at 12:00 pm.
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Firefox 4 Mobile officially released for Android and Maemo devices
Moments ago, Mozilla stripped the release candidate moniker from Firefox 4 Mobile and pronounced it fit for public release. If you have a Nokia N900 phone, or a fairly-modern Android 2.0-or-later device, go ahead and install it from the Market, by using scanning the QR code after the break, or by visiting Firefox.com/m.Accompanying the release is the launch of Spark, a cute social game that's designed to fuel the adoption of Firefox 4 Mobile, much like last week's use of Glow and Twitter Party during Firefox 4 PC's release.
While the browser still feels a little rough around the edges, it's definitely worth trying out if you're still using Android's stock browser. Its JavaScript performance is significantly better than any other Android browser, and if you use Firefox on your PC, its built-in Sync functionality is awesome.
Over the next few days we'll have plenty of tips and tricks for Firefox 4 Mobile, and a list of the best add-ons available for the new browser.
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Firefox 4 Mobile officially released for Android and Maemo devices originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sony to sell downloadable content at GameStops in Europe and Australia
Sony isn't about to let Nintendo and PC games get a leg up on it in the downloadable content (DLC) arena. That's why the company's European arm (which also runs the show in Australia and New Zealand) is taking its digital wares to GameStop, where customers will be able to use cash, gift cards or trade credits to purchase activation codes for PlayStation Network games and add-ons. All told, some 1,600 stores in Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland will soon be offering the ability to purchase content usually ordered from the comfort of your couch and Crash Bandicoot boxer shorts. The complete PR awaits you after the break.
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