Apple App Store clutter remains an ongoing issue. In addition to “business card” applications that offer little or no functionality beyond a simple web page [1] , there are lite editions, demo editions, full editions, and even in the case of Tweetie 2, completely new applications providing upgraded functionality . Each of those applications must be registered with ..Read More

Apple , iPad Dear Aunt TUAW, I am planning on getting an iPad WiFi+3G when they become available, but I am still undecided on which (storage) size I should get. I currently have a 16GB iPhone 3GS which comfortably, for now, holds all my media needs. While I have a lot of music and photos and some video I don’t ..Read More

We all know by now that AT&T has secured the rights to furnish US iPad owners with 3G connectivity, but apparently the market desire for that service won’t be quite as big as we might have expected. That comes straight from Randall Stephenson himself, AT&T CEO and eternal believer in the power of i-branded devices, so it may have ..Read More

Rumors , Software , iPhone , App Store Sometimes you can’t win for losing. A few weeks ago, I was talking to fellow blogger and all-around genius Brett Terpstra about how I wished there was a full-text search for iPhone mail. He told me that there was, and it was called reMail. I immediately downloaded the free app, ..Read More

App Store Jon Atherton at Chillifresh, the app developer of Wobble , has posted what he says are Apple’s new rules regarding sexual content in an iPhone app: I have spoken with Apple, and the following are the new rules: No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either) No images of men in ..Read More

DICE 2010: Leading independent developers sound off on casual games, storytelling, and developer independence on insider convention’s opening day; Telltale’s Connors and Gas Powered Games’ Taylor also chime in. LAS VEGAS–Though the DICE Summit ’s acronym isn’t that well known–it stands for Design, Innovate, Communicate, and Entertain–some of its presenters are household names in the game industry. At a ..Read More

For many, many years, the classic example we’d use of a band who knew how to really connect with its fans (and give them a reason to buy) was The Grateful Dead — who were, for years, the highest grossing band around, despite encouraging widespread sharing and trading of their taped shows (which they made easy for fans to tape). ..Read More

With all the buzz around the iPad and the slew of tablet designs we expect to see at CeBIT this year, it is clear that there is a looming battle if not an all-out war brewing for this new category of devices. The question, however, is where tablets fit into the overall consumer market. I believe that there certainly ..Read More

It hasn’t been that long since Apple announced a computer that was more appliance than traditional PC and we’re still feeling the shocks. It was a “closed” system and the digerati panned it. Some said it would hurt future generations who would lack the tools to tinker and program. Others decried a new metaphor for dealing with information as ..Read More

Filed under: Hardware , Retail Looks like they might. That’s the opinion of a note out last night from Credit Suisse quoting meetings with Apple executives. The Wall Street Journal this morning quotes Senior Analyst Bill Shope as saying “While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, management noted that it will remain nimble ..Read More