Verizon Working on Google iPad Killer
BT Retail unveils iPad rival
BT has unveiled its own version of Apple’s iPad, which it plans to launch next year in an attempt to gain market share in the emerging tablet computer space. Read more…
Latest in spat between Apple and Adobe
It’s all getting a bit silly now chaps… Read more
Apple Planning Flash Competitor Called Giandiua
An Apple developer has spilled the beans on Apple’s alternative to Flash at the World of Web Objects Developer Conference via twitter. Read more:
Flash CS5 will export to HTML5 Canvas
Flash CS5 will allow for Flash developers to export their old and new animations directly into HTML5 Canvas code to paste onto their websites. This will enable users with HTML5 supported browsers to experience Flash animations without the need for Flash installed.
The Case for Advertising in Interactive Digital Magazines
This survey claims to be the first study exclusively conducted on readers of interactive digital magazine readers (as opposed to readers of print magazines replicas. The results happily seem to bear out what I’ve always believed about interactive magazines properly engaging readers more effectively than PDF magazine replicas are capable of.
Get a précis of the results from our friends over at eDition
OR Download the survey via the survey’s joint sponsors:
Viv Mag or Nxtbook
Windows 7 Touch & Microsoft Touch Pack
How long before the humble mouse dies a slow death?
Adobe Throws in Towel by Stopping iPhone Development
It looks like Apple has finally won its battle to keep Adobe Flash off the iPad and iPhone platforms. Having recently modified it’s SDK license to effectively outlaw Adobe’s Packager cross-platform compiler, Adobe has announced it will cease developing this particular tool.
As a developer I’m disappointed and particularly pissed at Apple. I thought they were better than this. Welcome back to the dark days. Microsoft’s attempt to own the internet with their control-freakery on browser development in the early 90s only served to make the development process a frustrating one for all involved.
Ceros on iPad concept
Ceros leads the way again, this time with a concept for a magazine on the iPad.
Grazia goes 3D (-ish)
The latest issue of glossy women’s magazine Grazia claims to offer readers a 360-degree view of the latest spring fashion trends. In reality these 360-degree experiences are nothing more than pre-recorded videos of rotating products. Not strictly the all-singing, all-dancing 3D extravaganza I was led to expect, but nonetheless a brave experiment.
It is mildly satisfying when you scan the AR codes that appear on pages within the magazine to launch your ‘3D ‘ online content. But the resultant experience is far from satisfying. The technology is still largely unrefined, very clunky and therefore didn’t work too well.
I spent far more time than I’d cared to furiously waving my copy of Grazia at my computer whilst 3D objects sat on screen like confused puppies trying to decipher my desperate actions. A small chuckle passed my lips as I imagined Grazia’s core audience grappling manfully with this technology when they’d rather just be reading.
Virtual hats off to publisher Bauer though for getting with the programme and for trying something new. Something for us all to learn from and to take forward.