Boy, is that one of the longest product names that we've come across so far - the iHome iP39 Kitchen Timer and FM Alarm Clock Radio Speaker System for iPhone/iPod. As though there isn't enough iPod or iPhone speaker docks to go around already, iHome adds to the crowd with the iP39, where it comes in a mixture of stainless steel and black, enabling it to fit into most modern homes without looking like an eyesore. You have dual alarms that allow you to wake up to your favorite tunes on your iPod or subject your ears to the random tunes of the local radio station via its FM radio. Apart from that, dual kitchen timers help you keep track of two dishes simultaneously, ensuring your guests do not end up with a burnt lunch. Would you fork out $99.99 for the iP39?

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China Mobile has allegedly asked Apple to create a special version of the iPhone to support the carrier's local network technology, according to a Financial Times report. Chairman and chief executive Wang Jianzhou recently expressed hope to come to an agreement with Apple as soon as possible....

The language of Apple's iPhone Developer Agreement indicates that using Windows to build iPhone apps is forbidden.

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Apple has been very busy on the mobile front, with the iPad launching in two weeks and iPhone OS and hardware upgrades expected this summer. However, Apple hasn't forgotten about its Mac business--sources for AppleInsider report that long overdue updates to Apple's Cinema Display and Mac Pro will be also appear by June.

Expected to join the 24" LED Cinema Display that Apple launched in October of 2008 is a 27" LED Cinema display based on the same panel currently used in the 27" iMac. Issues with the panels caused problems for Apple that resulted in shipping delays for the 27" iMac, though those problems have been rectified. The 27" LED Cinema Display has the same resolution as the current 30" Cinema Display, though it is 16:9 instead of 16:10. It's introduction should finally lay to rest the 30" model, which hasn't been updated in three years.

Apple is also said to be wrapping up an update to its Mac Pro workstation towers, which have only gotten a slight speed bump since they were introduced well over a year ago. Apple has been waiting for Intel to release new 32nm Xeon parts, codenamed "Westmere-EP," which were officially launched this week. These 5600-series Xeons have six cores compared to the current quad-core parts used in current Mac Pros. The process shrink from 45nm offers a 60 percent performance boost while maintaining the same power requirements of previous Xeons.

A Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, codenamed Gulftown, may be used in the lower-end single processor Mac Pro model. However, there are slight architecture differences between the Core i7 and Xeon variants. Apple may simply offer a single Xeon option as it does now.

Apple is also dealing with the issue that MacBook Pros have also not been updated in some time, despite the fact that mobile Core i3, i5, and i7 parts have been available since January. The delay may be due at least in part by licensing issues. These issues have prevented NVIDIA from building integrated controllers, like the 9400M used in all of Apple's current portables, for Intel's newer processors. However, NVIDIA's Optimus platform may provide the solution to work around the problem and maintain the MacBook Pro's sever hour battery life.

Additional delays may also be caused by constrained supply of Intel's mobile processors. Intel is reportedly giving priority to "major clients," according to sources for DigiTimes, so our hope is that Intel counts Apple on that category.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs promised a number of exciting product introductions this year at the most recent quarterly earnings call. The coming months might give us a virtual cornucopia of new Macs to choose from.

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Apple has been very busy on the mobile front, with the iPad launching in two weeks and iPhone OS and hardware upgrades expected this summer. However, Apple hasn't forgotten about its Mac business--sources for AppleInsider report that long overdue updates to Apple's Cinema Display and Mac Pro will be also appear by June.

Expected to join the 24" LED Cinema Display that Apple launched in October of 2008 is a 27" LED Cinema display based on the same panel currently used in the 27" iMac. Issues with the panels caused problems for Apple that resulted in shipping delays for the 27" iMac, though those problems have been rectified. The 27" LED Cinema Display has the same resolution as the current 30" Cinema Display, though it is 16:9 instead of 16:10. It's introduction should finally lay to rest the 30" model, which hasn't been updated in three years.

Apple is also said to be wrapping up an update to its Mac Pro workstation towers, which have only gotten a slight speed bump since they were introduced well over a year ago. Apple has been waiting for Intel to release new 32nm Xeon parts, codenamed "Westmere-EP," which were officially launched this week. These 5600-series Xeons have six cores compared to the current quad-core parts used in current Mac Pros. The process shrink from 45nm offers a 60 percent performance boost while maintaining the same power requirements of previous Xeons.

A Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, codenamed Gulftown, may be used in the lower-end single processor Mac Pro model. However, there are slight architecture differences between the Core i7 and Xeon variants. Apple may simply offer a single Xeon option as it does now.

Apple is also dealing with the issue that MacBook Pros have also not been updated in some time, despite the fact that mobile Core i3, i5, and i7 parts have been available since January. The delay may be due at least in part by licensing issues. These issues have prevented NVIDIA from building integrated controllers, like the 9400M used in all of Apple's current portables, for Intel's newer processors. However, NVIDIA's Optimus platform may provide the solution to work around the problem and maintain the MacBook Pro's sever hour battery life.

Additional delays may also be caused by constrained supply of Intel's mobile processors. Intel is reportedly giving priority to "major clients," according to sources for DigiTimes, so our hope is that Intel counts Apple on that category.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs promised a number of exciting product introductions this year at the most recent quarterly earnings call. The coming months might give us a virtual cornucopia of new Macs to choose from.

Read the comments on this post

Apple has been very busy on the mobile front, with the iPad launching in two weeks and iPhone OS and hardware upgrades expected this summer. However, Apple hasn't forgotten about its Mac business--sources for AppleInsider report that long overdue updates to Apple's Cinema Display and Mac Pro will be also appear by June.

Expected to join the 24" LED Cinema Display that Apple launched in October of 2008 is a 27" LED Cinema display based on the same panel currently used in the 27" iMac. Issues with the panels caused problems for Apple that resulted in shipping delays for the 27" iMac, though those problems have been rectified. The 27" LED Cinema Display has the same resolution as the current 30" Cinema Display, though it is 16:9 instead of 16:10. It's introduction should finally lay to rest the 30" model, which hasn't been updated in three years.

Apple is also said to be wrapping up an update to its Mac Pro workstation towers, which have only gotten a slight speed bump since they were introduced well over a year ago. Apple has been waiting for Intel to release new 32nm Xeon parts, codenamed "Westmere-EP," which were officially launched this week. These 5600-series Xeons have six cores compared to the current quad-core parts used in current Mac Pros. The process shrink from 45nm offers a 60 percent performance boost while maintaining the same power requirements of previous Xeons.

A Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, codenamed Gulftown, may be used in the lower-end single processor Mac Pro model. However, there are slight architecture differences between the Core i7 and Xeon variants. Apple may simply offer a single Xeon option as it does now.

Apple is also dealing with the issue that MacBook Pros have also not been updated in some time, despite the fact that mobile Core i3, i5, and i7 parts have been available since January. The delay may be due at least in part by licensing issues. These issues have prevented NVIDIA from building integrated controllers, like the 9400M used in all of Apple's current portables, for Intel's newer processors. However, NVIDIA's Optimus platform may provide the solution to work around the problem and maintain the MacBook Pro's sever hour battery life.

Additional delays may also be caused by constrained supply of Intel's mobile processors. Intel is reportedly giving priority to "major clients," according to sources for DigiTimes, so our hope is that Intel counts Apple on that category.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs promised a number of exciting product introductions this year at the most recent quarterly earnings call. The coming months might give us a virtual cornucopia of new Macs to choose from.

Read the comments on this post

Redmond says the application was always meant to be only for the United States and that it is in the process of pulling the app from international iTunes stores.

Au début du mois de mars, Apple ouvrait un nouveau front en Asie en s'attaquant au célèbre fabricant taïwanais HTC. L'entreprise américaine reprochait à son concurrent asiatique de violer la propriété intellectuelle d'une vingtaine de brevets relatifs à l'iPhone. Dans une plainte richement documentée, Apple visait principalement les téléphones mobiles à écran tactile conçus par HTC : citons ainsi le HTC Nexus One, le Touch Pro, le Touch Diamond, le Touch Pro2, le Tilt II, le Pure, le Imagio, le Dream / G1, le myTouch 3G, le Hero, le HD2 ou encore le Droid Eris.

Après quelques jours de flottement, HTC a finalement réagi officiellement à travers un communiqué de presse publié avant-hier. Dans celui-ci, le PDG de l'entreprise, Peter Chou, a rejeté complètement les accusations d'Apple. "HTC conteste les actions d'Apple et se défendra complètement. La société soutient fortement la protection de la propriété intellectuelle et continuera de respecter les autres innovateurs et leurs technologies comme nous l'avons toujours fait, mais nous allons continuer à être compétitif à travers notre propre innovation comme une façon saine pour les consommateurs d'obtenir la meilleure expérience mobile possible".

D'ailleurs, la firme a tenu à rappeler que si Apple a rencontré un très vif succès avec ses téléphones tactiles, cela ne veut pour autant pas dire que la société est à l'origine du concept. Ainsi, HTC affirme avoir construit les premiers appareils du genre cinq ans avant l'arrivée de la firme dans le petite monde des smartphones... en d'autres termes, les produits tactiles HTC sont antérieurs à la gamme iPhone. "En  1999, nous avons commencé à développer le XDA et le T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, nos premiers smartphones à écran tactile" a poursuivi Peter Chou. Ils ont "tous les deux été livrés en 2002 aux côtés de cinquante autres modèles de smartphones HTC depuis cette époque".

Cependant, Apple ne visait pas uniquement le système de l'écran tactile. Comme nous l'écrivions à l'époque, la liste des brevets concernés touche également des techniques liées à l'interface utilisateur et au système d'exploitation, en passant par des technologies industrielles directement en rapport avec le produit, comme par exemple la réduction de la consommation électrique, véritable graal de l'autonomie.

Sur le fond, HTC a de toute façon de quoi se défendre. L'entreprise avait prévenu assez tôt disposer de brevets déposés il y a quelques années. "Nous respectons et nous estimons la valeur des droits sur les brevets, mais nous sommes déterminés à défendre nos propres innovations" avait déclaré à l'époque la société. "Nous avons continuellement innové et breveté notre technologie depuis 13 ans". Un combat qui s'annonce également difficile, alors qu'Apple est déjà englué dans un conflit avec Nokia.

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Newly released for Apple Iphone

Baby Memory Cue 1.0


Category: Education
Price: $1.99 (iTunes)

Description:

Baby Memory Cue is an adorably-cute version of the well-loved, classic game of memory. For those new to the game, playing this is easy! All you have to do is to absorb as many images as you can and as the game officially starts, flip two identical tiles in succession till you can proceed to the next level.

Features:

- 4 nicely-constructed levels

- 44 charmingly-designed cards

- Voice feature for each card

If you’re bored and want to enjoy a little, playing Baby Memory Cue might do the trick! Not only will it take your mind off a few things by playing a memory game using tiles with lovable designs but it will exercise your brain and sharpen your memorization skills as well.

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The first time you walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPad, you’ll understand the hype: Apple has managed to create a beautiful, thoughtfully designed, compelling product in a space where mediocrity was, until now, status quo. But odds are you probably won’t buy one — at least not yet. And that’s OK.

For despite the high level of anticipation for and proclamations associated with the launch of the Apple device, the fact remains that outside of a few select vertical uses (like medicine), tablets are constrained by their own form factor, stuck in the nether realm between productivity and portability. Standing onstage during the device’s unveiling, Steve Jobs himself posed a question that acutely underscores the tablet dilemma: Is there room for a third category of product that sits between your two most essential devices, the laptop and phone? As much as I’m looking forward to the iPad, I’m still not sure there is.

To date, no one’s been able to scale tablets as a core personal computing product, though it’s certainly not for lack of effort. Just about every player in the electronics world has given tablets a go, from Nokia with its Maemo-based N-series Internet communicators to Dell with its Android-based mini-slates to all manner of Windows-based convertible and slate tablet PCs. But the problem with all of them — and the iPad may also be included — isn’t that they’ve been unable to offer fundamentally differentiated experiences from the devices we already own and carry.

Think back to the iPod — before it existed, there wasn’t such a thing as taking your entire music (and eventually, video) library with you wherever you went. But the concept proved to be so elemental that it transcended the iPod as a device, and became a staple in nearly every product Apple makes, from iTunes on the Mac to the iPhone. In his iPad launch presentation, Jobs seemed pretty clear about the fact that the iPad won’t replace your phone or laptop (at least not any time soon), and yet Apple has still been deficient in demonstrating more than scaled-up iPhone experiences (like browsing, light email, and gaming) or scaled-down desktop experiences (like iWork).

Of course, it would be a failure of imagination to assume there won’t eventually be something built on the iPad platform that simply couldn’t be hosted on a phone or laptop. But so far Apple hasn’t shown it to us, which may be why so many are still lukewarm on the device’s prospects. This also might be why iBooks was January’s dark horse announcement — it was the only app Apple showed off that seems to call out for the iPad by name. But long-form reading is still arguably better suited to devices like the Kindle and Nook, which benefit from E Ink displays, while shorter-form media (namely periodicals) went all but ignored by Apple, which punted to publication-specific apps like the New York Times reader. Had Apple attempted to create a new, ubiquitous, standard format for magazines and newspapers, and leveraged its sales infrastructure for subscription content, the iPad might have been hailed as the iPod of publishing.

There’s no question Apple has (re)defined the tablet dialog and raised the bar for the space moving forward. For browsing the web, the iPad experience is second to none; the product itself almost seems to melt away, leaving the user to feel as though they’re literally reaching in and touching the content. And by the time the iPad’s price drops in a year or two, Apple may be able to parlay a groundbreaking product into a market leadership position. But in the mean time, the countdown to launch has begun and Cupertino’s set its sights on building yet another market, we’ll have to see just how many people are ready to put their money where Apple’s tablet is.

Ryan Block is the co-founder of gdgt and the former editor in chief of Engadget. Disclosure: gdgt is backed by True Ventures, a venture capital firm that is an investor in the parent company of this blog, Giga Omni Media. Om Malik, founder of Giga Omni Media, is also a venture partner at True.

A patent request shows Apple may be developing a mobile social networking application for the iPhone.

WorkSnug, an augmented reality iPhone app that is setting out to connect "mobile workers" (that's everybody now, right?) to the nearest places to work in major cities, is now live in New York and San Francisco. This follows launches in London and Barcelona. To kick-start a process to reach scale they've used volunteers and app users to visit and review hundreds of workspaces where the coffee is good and the screaming kids are less prevelant - rating WiFi, noise levels, power provision, "community feel", with the idea that we all hang out in a mobile kind of way these days. They have an Augmented Reality iphone app [iTunes Store link] which pulls in data from the site.

A new resource that goes by a very catchy URL, Where will let you find new places that you could go to when you are out and about. Well, were you expecting something different from a site with such a name?

This service can be used either online or by downloading a mobile app. The web-based version is utilized by typing down where you are and what you are looking for, while mobile devices that are supported include iPhones, Blackberries, Palms and a considerable etcetera.

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Can’t you see this little iPod dock sitting next to your coffee bean grinder and spice rack? It sure looks the part with stanless steel-looking corners and a sort-of utilitarian design theme. Oh yeah, you know you wanna make room on your kitchen counter for the iP39SZC — catchy name, eh?

The dock is kitchen ready with a easy-to-clean surface, two indepented timers, and and a convenount iPod/iPhone dock. There’s even a remote and USB port for charging other devices as well. $99 and available now. via SlashGear

This $10 productivity tool is a beast of an app -- and we mean that as a positive. Dense and feature-rich, Pocket Informant aims to replace the iPhone's built-in calendar and serve as a task/to-do list manager, too.

China Mobile has allegedly asked Apple to create a special version of the iPhone to support the carrier's local network technology, according to a Financial Times report. Chairman and chief executive Wang Jianzhou recently expressed hope to come to an agreement with Apple as soon as possible....

Well, this is a surprise. Square Enix's iPhone RPG Chaos Rings looks, in terms of design, like one of its PlayStation-era RPGs, and, in terms of graphical quality, better than one of its PlayStation-era RPGs. Watch the trailer for the Media Vision-developed game after the break, and you'll see what we mean. Dynamic camera angles, detailed -- and stylish -- monsters and characters, and interesting prerendered environments are all on display.

What's nice is that since RPGs don't really require precise controls, we can semi-safely get interested in this game without having our hopes dashed by the platform. It could still turn out to be terrible, but it isn't guaranteed to be.

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Well, this is a surprise. Square Enix's iPhone RPG Chaos Rings looks, in terms of design, like one of its PlayStation-era RPGs, and, in terms of graphical quality, better than one of its PlayStation-era RPGs. Watch the trailer for the Media Vision-developed game after the break, and you'll see what we mean. Dynamic camera angles, detailed -- and stylish -- monsters and characters, and interesting prerendered environments are all on display.

What's nice is that since RPGs don't really require precise controls, we can semi-safely get interested in this game without having our hopes dashed by the platform. It could still turn out to be terrible, but it isn't guaranteed to be.

[Via Touch Arcade]

Continue reading Chaos Rings for iPhone looks like a real RPG

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Newly released for Apple Iphone

XinHua Dictionary 1.0


Category: Education
Price: $1.99 (iTunes)

Description:

Xinhua Dictionary" is the standard modern Chinese dictionary in China.
"Xinhua Dictionary" was compiled in 1953 by the Xinhua Dictionary Society. and there was 10 times large-scale amendments for it. Xinhua Dictionary is an indispensable tool for students and teachers in China,and one of the main reference dictionary for who is learning chinese!.
Mian Functions:
1. Search by Word
2. Search by Pinyin
3. Search by Radical
4. Search by Wubi
5. Search by Stroke

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As one of ReadWriteWeb's iPhone users, I'm always looking for new applications to try out. Some get downloaded for a day and then deleted right away, others slowly inch their way closer to my homescreen. Even rarer are the ones that become actively used on a regular basis. Occasionally, we like to share our findings regarding our favorite new apps. (See, for example, last month's list here). Although I can't guarantee that all of the ones on the list below will become favorites forever, they piqued my interest enough to get a coveted spot on my iPhone this month. Let us know what you think about their potential for long-lasting success.

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1. Miso

I've been playing with Miso off and on for a week or so. Dubbed a "Foursquare-Like App for Homebodies" by yours truly, this app lets you "check-in" to the TV shows and movies you're watching and earn badges. While I like the idea, I've found that the app suffers from the lack of an easy way to find and follow other users. That leaves us TV-watching "stay-at-home" folks feeling a little too isolated when already taking part in a rather non-social, non-interactive activity. However, if the app can improve the ability to find and follow other like-minded entertainment consumers, there's potential for a fun "niche use" type of app here. (Review: Miso: A Foursquare-Like App for Homebodies)

2. MediaServer

MediaServer seems so promising, but I've had trouble getting all aspects of it to work properly. The app is designed to be an easy way to view your iPhone media on your TV set by way of a Media Center-type hardware device (XMBC, Boxee, etc.) or game console (PS3, XBox 360). And it is easy to use. You install the app, launch it, and boom!, your media console sees your iPhone - no configuration required. As far as viewing user-created videos or photos, the app excels. But streaming music or video? Not so much. Due to varying degrees of DRM applied to the files themselves and codec support on the hardware device, playing media on your TV is harder than it should be. (I tried with the Xbox in my tests.) Whether it's the app that's to blame or the hardware, I can't tell. However, MediaServer did become a great way to do iPhone photo slideshows on the TV and that alone is keeping it on my phone for now. Hopefully the rest will be improved in time.

3. Sticky Bits

The RWW bloggers who attended the recent SXSW festival have come back raving about the barcode-scanning Stickybits app (iTunes link). The app, which debuted at the conference, goes hand-in-hand with the online service that lets you either print your own barcodes or buy pre-made stickers which you can then associate with real-world objects. Using the Stickybits iPhone application, anyone encountering these stickers in the wild can scan them to discover whatever data theyv'e been associated with. Will Stickybits actually stick around though? It's too soon to tell, but it sure is fun to play with in the meantime. (Review: Stickbits: Portal to Another Dimension or Graffiti for Nerds?)

4. Siri

Although not brand-new, the Siri app which debuted in February on the iPhone is rapidly becoming one of our all-time favorites and therefore has to make this list again. If you have not installed Siri yet, do so now! Built with artificial intelligence technology, Siri functions as a personal assistant which can provide information on a variety of topics from weather to movie listings to restaurants, events and more. You can either type into the app's search box or speak your query to get started. And the more you use it, the smarter it gets. The voice recognition works well, too, although it never understood "Alice in Wonderland movie" no matter how many times I said it. (Maybe it already knew I wouldn't like that movie?) We'll give it a pass there, though - voice recognition is a tough nut to crack. Still, the intelligence of this app will soon have you relocating the apps it replaces (movie listing apps, restaurant finders, etc.) to back screens of the iPhone. (Review: Siri: Your Personal Assistant for the Mobile Web)

5. Tweeb

Obsessed with ego-tracking your Twitter stats or tasked with managing a corporate account of some kind? Then Tweeb's new Twitter analytics tracker (iTunes link) is a handy app to have. For $1.99, you get access to real-time, on-demand statistics including tweet counts, follower counts, retweets, mentions and clickthroughs on your tweeted links. You can also use the app to tweet, manage your friends, block or unblock users, view Twitter profiles, view your following lists and manage multiple Twitter accounts. The data is presented in clean, easy-to-read layouts and there is even a history section so you can measure your growing influence over time. Well worth a couple of bucks if you access this data on a regular basis!

6. Buzzie

The first app to access Google Buzz natively is pretty great, but I'll admit that I'm more likely to switch over to Buzz from Google Reader's mobile website than launch a standalone app. If the iPhone had app multitasking though, that would be a different story. Still, Buzzie has a few standout features - photo-sharing and photo browsing, most notably. It also feels "a lot snappier" than Google Buzz's web app, noted Frederic earlier this month during his demo. (Review: Buzzie: The First Native Mobile App for Google Buzz)

7. SpringPad

Part of Springpad's service, this Evernote competitor functions as a mobile note-taking and reminder app. Similar to Evernote's offering, you can write a note or snap a photo to remember something (which is then added to your online account), but it also introduces barcode-scanning as another way to "remember" an item. You can use the app to access all your saved data, too - handy for accessing shopping lists, recipes and restaurants you want to try while you're out and about. (Review: Springpad Takes on Evernote with Semantic Technology, Barcode Scanner)

Honorable Mentions

Other apps getting demoed on our iPhones include the following:

• Brizzly for Twitter: Will we leave Tweetie 2 for this new Twitter iPhone app? It could happen!
• Feathers: Want to have a little fun with your tweets? Feathers lets you decorate them with symbols, icons or even post them upside-down.
• Notifio: Just launched, this app tries to bring Android-style notifications to one central place on the iPhone, but it's dependent on others to use its API to do so. If successful, it could be amazing...but that remains to be seen.

You can see all the apps on my iPhone courtesy of AppsFire here.

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Ever wish you had a stylist? Well, there's an app for that.

Earlier on Bloomberg TV, Vogue Publisher Susan Plagemann explained her magazine's new app, Vogue Stylist, that details monthly fashion trends. At the same time you can shop directly through the app and upload your own clothes to create a look. The free iPhone app had 75,000 downloads in three weeks.

Creating consumer apps, with advertisers, is one way to create a new revenue stream. Vogue is also working on an iPad app.

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• Get A Sneak Peek At Publisher Apps For The Apple iPad
• Not So Vogue: Annie Leibowitz Is Not Photographing Sonia Sotomayor
• 22 Magazines Are Actually Kicking Butt In 2009

Je suis rentré de Las Vegas hier soir tard après une correspondance via Londres et c’est l’esprit encore un peu embrumé par le manque de sommeil et le décalage horaire que je vais tenter de rédiger ce compte-rendu sur le Microsoft Mix 10 qui s’est tenu à Sin City de lundi à mercredi.

Le Mix de Microsoft se tient traditionnellement à Las Vegas chaque année et c’était ma première participation. Cette conférence réunit des développeurs venus du monde entier, soit près de 3500 personnes hautement expertes en programmation dans un environnement Windows. J’étais pour ma part invité par Microsoft France dans le pack « presse et média », petit privilège qui nous donnait accès à toutes les conférences et au silence feutré de la salle de presse, richement dotée en connexions web, muffins et café américain.

Côté impressions, ma première fut celle du gigantisme des lieux. Dans une ville ou le problème de l’espace ne se pose pas (encore) puisque plantée en plein désert du Nevada, l’unité de mesure de base semble être l’hectare (y compris pour les chambres suites d’hôtel), et le complexe hôtelier et loisirs dans lequel se déroulait le Mix en compte exactement vingt-quatre, d’hectares. L’autre impression est le paradoxe entre l’image corporate et assez peu fantaisiste de Microsoft et le choix du lieu, même si Las Vegas est devenue en quelques années une grande ville de congrès, ce qui en banalise fortement le côté joyeusement déluré (voire dépravé). La dernière sensation est celle procurée par l’ambiance de ce Mix, particulièrement cool et bon enfant, où rien n’est imposé, et où vous pouvez naviguer au gré de vos affinités et de vos centres d’intérêt pour picorer ici et là de l’information au fil des keynotes ou des sessions. Impression renforcée par la musique d’introduction ou d’attente entre les keynotes, à forte dominante rock (et du bon).

Les développeurs sont à la fête dans ce type de conférence, et nombre de sessions – trop techniques pour moi et sans grand intérêt pour la plupart d’entre vous – ont certainement fait le bonheur des programmeurs.

Côté annonces, même si aucun scoop fracassant ni aucune présentation ne fut de nature à provoquer un séisme dans le monde de l’informatique et du web, plusieurs nouveautés ont été présentées. Vous avez déjà certainement lu de nombreuses choses sur le sujet, aussi vous donnerais-je simplement mon point de vue sur ce que j’ai retenu :

Silverlight 4

Ce fut le premier sujet de la première keynote, mais aussi la première grosse surprise pour moi. A votre avis quel est le taux de pénétration mondiale du player Silverlight dans les ordinateurs, autrement dit, quel est le pourcentage d’ordinateurs équipés de Silverlight ? 5% ? 10% ? Vous n’y êtes pas du tout : près de 60% ! Rappelons pour ceux qui sont moins au fait que Silverlight est un environnement de développement et de lecture de fichiers multimédia dans le navigateur web directement concurrent de Flash (qui lui équipe 98% des ordinateurs). L’environnement Silverlight est composé d’un outil de développement, Expression Blend, lui-même intégré à Expression Studio et du player, un plugin à installer dans son navigateur web. Le taux d’équipement a connu une très forte croissance depuis que certains grands médias ont délaissé Flash pour signer un accord avec Microsoft en vue de la diffusion de leur contenu multimédia. Ce fut le cas notamment avec des chaînes de TV américaine, canadienne et norvégienne lors des derniers JO de Vancouver. Chez nous, c’est par exemple France TV qui propose notamment la vidéo à la demande dans un player Silverlight, comme ses journaux télévisés.

La keynote fut donc l’occasion d’annoncer la disponibilité immédiate de Silverlight 4 (applaudissements de l’assistance) en version développeur, la version définitive arrivant d’ici fin avril.

Pour l’internaute, quel est l’avantage d’installer le player Silverlight si l’on possède déjà Flash ? Ce n’est pas véritablement une question d’avantage mais de choix : si vous voulez accéder au contenu multimédia d’un site en Silverlight, vous devrez installer le plugin sinon vous aurez droit à une jolie page vide. Pour les avantages il faut voir du côté des éditeurs de site : la technologie Silverlight serait plus évoluée et plus flexible que Flash (smooth streaming HD, deep zoom… ) et consommerait moins de ressources. Côté versatilité des applications, Silverlight représente un avantage incontestable car il sera nativement intégré dans Windows Phone 7 Series : les applications du futur Windows Phone seront en Silverlight, et les sites proposant du contenu Silverlight seront normalement compatibles avec les Windows Phone de prochaine génération. Un exemple nous a été fourni avec Seesmic pour Twitter sur Windows Phone présenté par Loïc Le Meur.

Windows Phone 7 Series

J’ai déjà eu l’occasion de vous parler ici de Windows Phone 7, lors de sa présentation officielle au MWC de Barcelone le mois dernier. Nous avons pu cette fois prendre en main un prototype de mobile Windows Phone 7 et, pour un proto et un OS en version beta qui a encore un bon semestre de développement devant lui, la bonne impression de départ est confirmée. A ce sujet je voudrais en profiter pour tordre le cou à une affirmation un peu simpliste que je lis régulièrement : Windows Phone 7 Series n’est PAS une copie de l’OS de l’iPhone, et c’est même tout l’inverse. Microsoft, contrairement aux autres, a compris in extremis que s’il tentait de faire un énième iPhone killer (ou iPhone like) il allait droit dans le mur (un mur sans fenêtres cette fois, hahaha). Les équipes de Windows Phone, largement renouvelées par rapport à celles qui avaient conçu les versions précédentes, sont donc parties d’une feuille blanche et ont tenté de repenser complètement ce que devait être l’interface utilisateur d’un mobile. D’ailleurs le résultat n’a pas grand chose à voir avec l’iPhone puisqu’ici nous avons affaire à une logique de hubs (les grands thèmes, People, Music, etc…) et non plus à un choix par icônes. Je reviendrai dans un article séparé et complet sur la session à laquelle j’ai assistée sur la genèse du design de l’interface utilisateur de Windows Phone 7 (nommée « Metro »), un moment passionnant au cours duquel j’ai pu récupérer un document riche en informations dont je publierai quelques extraits scannés. Maintenant on ne pas nier que l’iPhone ait imposé un nouveau standard de fait dans le mobile. Un standard qui est devenu en un peu plus de deux ans l’ABC de l’interface mobile, comme les quatre roues et le volant pour l’automobile. Difficile dans ce cas de se démarquer complètement. Nous verrons si Microsoft va réussir en faisant de cette alternative un nouveau paradigme.

L’accueil de l’assistance et des grands éditeurs semble en tout cas très encourageant, et de nombreuses applications ont déjà été développées, et présentées au Mix, comme notamment une version très convaincante de FourSquare mais encore une application Shazam pour Windows Phone ou des jeux et même une fonction de télécommande pilotant un robot-canon qui catapulte des missiles en carton-pâte dans le public (applaudissements).

Les outils de développement pour Windows Phone 7 Series sont disponibles immédiatement et sont gratuits ici : http://developer.windowsphone.com/ (applaudissements).

Internet Explorer 9

Je vais être direct : pour moi Internet Explorer est mort depuis longtemps. Je n’utilise plus jamais ce navigateur sauf dans deux cas bien précis : pour tester une page web et quand j’y suis contraint et que je n’ai pas d’autre choix (PC d’entreprise sans navigateur alternatif principalement). Aujourd’hui je partage mon surf entre Firefox la plupart du temps et Google Chrome, sans oublier bien sûr Safari sur iPhone ou… Opera sur Windows Mobile [1].

Je ne suis évidemment pas un cas isolé puisque les parts de marché d’Internet Explorer, largement préservées par une forte présence d’origine dans Windows et en entreprises, se sont fortement dégradées au cours des cinq dernières années, passant de plus de 90% à moins de 60% (source).

Internet Explorer 9 va-t-il changer la donne et permettre à Microsoft de reconquérir une partie du terrain perdu ? En tout cas là aussi on sent le vent du renouveau, qui consiste surtout ici en une mise à niveau. En substance, la keynote sur IE9 a principalement consisté à démontrer que cette nouvelle version allait faire à peu près aussi bien qu’un Firefox, qu’un Chrome ou qu’un Safari, démonstration comparative à l’appui (applaudissements). Aussi bien, c’est tout ? Non : mieux. Microsoft, décidément en mode reconquête semble vouloir faire un peu mieux et a introduit dans Internet Explorer 9 un traitement GPU, soit une accélération matérielle via un traitement par la carte graphique des données rendues par le navigateur, ce qui promet normalement un affichage optimisé et plus fidèle mais surtout un temps de chargement des pages très fortement réduit.

Le reste de la démo a donc consisté à mettre en exergue la bonne intégration de SVG et de HTML5 et CSS3 dans Internet Explorer 9, à tel point que cette présentation ressemblait davantage à un inventaire des progrès et avantages de HTML5 plutôt qu’à une démo du futur navigateur de Microsoft. Pour vous faire une idée vous pouvez télécharger une version de preview ici : http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/. Attention, cette preview n’est pas compatible avec Windows XP ni avec Vista première version. Il vous faudra au moins Vista SP2 ou Windows 7 pour l’installer.

Tous ces arguments, qui montrent là aussi que Microsoft tente de se remettre en question, seront-ils suffisants pour inciter les internautes qui ont déserté Internet Explorer à le réutiliser ? L’avenir le dira. Pas gagné pour autant…

En vrac

D’autres annonces et démonsttations ont été faites lors de ce Mix 10, et je vous les livre en vrac car toutes ne justifient pas à mon sens un développement détaillé :

• le code source du player vidéo de Silverlight 4 va être prochainement publié en open source
• présentation de Pivot, un outil en Silverlight de gestion de de manipulation d’images (notamment pour les archives de presse) aux effets étonnants. Je vous conseille de regarder la démo ici : http://www.getpivot.com/
• présentation de Bing Maps qui propose un mode Street View à base de photos retraitées en 3D (possibilité de tourner autour d’un bâtiment) avec une technologie empruntée à Photosynth.
• démonstration d’un widget eBay « eBay Simple Lister » en Silverlight qui permet aux vendeurs de scanner par exemple directement le code-barre ISBN d’un bouquin pour le mettre en vente. Toutes les données ISBN seront alors incluses automatiquement dans son annonce avec notamment la couverture du livre.
• présentation des dernières avancées sur JQuery par son créateur, John Resig.
• hormis les applications Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 supportera les jeux multi-plateformes : vous pouvez commencer une session de jeu sur votre XBox360 chez vous et la continuer sur votre Windows Phone si vous devez partir en déplacement. Voir la démo dans cette vidéo.

Ce que je n’ai pas vu au Mix 10

Au rayon des petites déceptions, et contrairement à ce que certains, dont je faisais partie, envisageaient, nous n’avons pas vu trace ni du Slate de HP et encore moins du Courier, pour lequel le blackout d’information semble être total chez Microsoft. Sauf si j’ai raté quelque-chose, rien non plus sur Office 10 et sa version Online, mais nous en saurons certainement plus d’ici fin avril.

En conclusion

Le vent tourne et après des années de domination écrasante sur l’informatique mondiale, Microsoft apparaît dans une nouvelle posture de challenger dans des domaines ou le marché et les utilisateurs l’attendent au tournant, notamment le mobile, la navigation web et le respect des standards. Concernant le mobile, à une époque où l’on commence à assister à des querelles de chiffonniers entre Adobe, Google et Apple, notamment dans le débat autour de Flash, Microsoft se démarque et va proposer une solution avec un avantage concurrentiel incontestable : l’intégration de Silverlight dans Windows Phone. Un avantage énorme pour les développeurs mais aussi pour les consommateurs, qui risque de rendre très vite obsolètes les questions existentielles sur Flash et les applications mobiles riches.

Enfin je ne pourrai pas finir ce billet sans remercier l’équipe de Microsoft France pour son accueil, sa sympathie et sa bonne humeur tout au long de cet évènement, et notamment un super poke au camarade David Cohen, aux petits soins avec nous.

(applaudissements)

Pour en savoir plus (vidéos et autres compte-rendus) :

• chez Mixrosoft : http://live.visitmix.com/videos
• chez Fred Cavazza

[1] A quoi sert Internet Explorer ? A télécharger Firefox. A quoi sert Internet Explorer Mobile ? A télécharger Opera Mobile

Et maintenant les photos :

autres photos à venir, en cours de traitement…

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Renamerox 1.0.2

Renamerox is the simple way to rename, copy and move hundreds or thousands of files or folders with a single Drag-and-Drop using presets.

When you want to prepare files or folders for your website, blog, and backups, or when you need to organize or duplicate files, or when you make copies of your audio and image files for your iPod or iPhone, you spend valuable time copying and renaming each item by hand.

Renamerox is an universal binary application that renames, copies or moves your files and folders with a powerful engine, making your daily work flow easier. You no longer need to alter each file or folder by hand.

Why navigate through all the folders on your hard disk?
Renamerox supports drag-and-drop. An intelligent Drag-and-Drop engine makes the application easy to use. Drop as many files as you want or a folder that contains hundreds or thousands of files to the main window or to the application icon to rename, copy and move your files and folders.

In order to have different settings for different jobs, use a preset (pre-defined setting) for each job.

The powerful renaming engine allows you to:

• set a new name with index, prefix and suffix.
• add a prefix and suffix.
• add a prefix.
• add a suffix.
• add random digits as prefix.
• add random digits as suffix.
• replace a piece of the name.
• set or to change the file-extension.
• convert the file name to small or cap letters.
• convert the file name to Titlecase.
• truncate some letters from left or right.
• create a new name with Roman Numerals index, prefix and suffix.
• add Roman Numerals as prefix and suffix.

Undoing the renaming process reverts to the original names of the items.

When you drop files or folders on the Renamerox application icon, Renamerox will start up and will immediately begin the job. If the checkbox "Quit after Job" is checked in the preferences, Renamerox will quit automatically after the job is finished.

Renamerox offers several additional options to optimize the renaming process.

WHAT'S NEWVersion 1.0.2 final:

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Want to watch a March Madness live stream on your Android mobile phone? Then let’s hope that you’ve got some good friends at Adobe. The company’s Platform Evangelist Ryan Stewart just published a video on YouTube that demonstrates watching March Madness live via 3G on a Google Nexus one, thanks to a yet-unreleased version 10.1 of Flash for Android (hat tip to Flashstreamworks.com).

Stewart’s demo makes use of the fact that CBS is offering a live Flash stream of the tournament in addition to its Silverlight-based March Madness player. Silverlight users will get better video quality (up to 1.8Mbps), but the Flash stream should be good enough to watch on a mobile device like the Nexus One. Adobe has announced that it will release Flash 10.1 for Android within the first half of 2010. The company showed off a version of 10.1 running on a Nexus One in January, and it has been cooperating with third-party developers on Flash applications for Android, like the recently-demoed Tunevision jukebox.

March Madness host network CBS is offering iPhone users its own mobile solution to follow the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament in real time, but not for free: The network’s March Madness app provides live streams via 3G and WiFi connections for a price of $9.99. Adobe’s Nexus One demo, on the other hand, simply plays the streams in a browser, so there’s no need to purchase an application.

Related content on NewTeeVee: Where to Watch March Madness Online

Related content on GigaOm Pro: Google’s Mobile Strategy: Understanding the Nexus One (subscription required)

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Newly released for Apple Iphone

Hoops Madness 1.0.0


Category: Games
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

Description:

It's March Madness Time!!

When it's not game time, get your game face on for an arcade basketball shooting game with a twist. It's crunch time and the rock is in your hands! Can you hit the dagger for the buzzer beat? Or will you choke and throw a brick?

The pressure's on!!! Step up to the challenge by going to where the basketball court and the arcade go one on one!

How many baskets can you make against a sideways moving backboard!? Test your skills and see how high you can score!

FEATURES:

***Time Mode: You're got 45 seconds to get as many points as possible!
***Endurance Mode: See how long you can play and how many points you can rack up!
***Special Balls: Can you figure out how to use the Power, Money, and Atom balls to get even higher scores?
***Global High Scores: Show the world how you DOMINATE DA BOARDS by posting your scores on our Global Score Tables!
***Challenge A Friend: Want to show your buddy that you're got game? Send them a Challenge!
***Facebook Connect: See just how much you own the court compared to your friends! Post streams when you rule!
***OpenFeint Support: Want to see how you’re doing versus the OpenFeint community? You can do that too!
Hoops Madness



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