[読んだ] アップル、音楽関連イベントを米国時間9月9日に開催:ニュース - CNET Japan

Appleの音楽イベント

招待状には「iPod classic」の広告画像が印刷され、その上に「It's only rock 'n roll, but we like it」というキャッチフレーズが書かれている。つまり、これは、同社の毎年恒例の音楽関連イベントということだ。Appleはここ数年、毎年9月にiPodの新製品を発表するイベントを開催しており、2009年も例外ではないらしい。予想では、「iPod touch」の新しいモデルが発表されるほか、「Cocktail」と呼ばれる新しいアルバムフォーマットについての発表があるとみられている。

Appleのイベントは火曜日に開催されるのが普通だが、今回は水曜日となっていることから、The Beatlesの楽曲が「iTunes」に登場することがついに発表される可能性がある。9日の水曜日は、リマスターされたThe Beatlesのデジタルアルバムと、The Beatlesが登場するビデオゲーム「The Beatles: Rock Band」の発売日にあたるからだ。

え〜、じゃあ、スティーブ・ジョブズとポール・マッカートニーが握手、なんてこともあるんでしょうか!?

[読んだ] Apple iPod-iTunes Event Is On For Sept. 9 (AAPL)

Apple's annual music gadget showcase is on: The event will be Sept. 9, next Wednesday, at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, as expected.

"It's only rock and roll, but we like it," reads an invitation, published by Engadget.

What's expected?

  • New iPod touch and iPod nano with cameras.
  • New iTunes, potentially with social networking features.
  • Perhaps a visit from Steve Jobs.

予想通り9月9日のようですね。
楽しみ。

[読んだ] TUAW Launches iPhone App

Our friends over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog just launched a new iPhone app (already #3 in the free news category on the App Store), available now via iTunes [iTunes link] and via the TUAW app page.

You mobile Mac-heads out there probably know about i.tuaw.com, the iPhone-optimized version of TUAW. Why go native? The new app offers offline browsing, allows you to bookmark articles for later reading, features Twitter/e-mail/Facebook-sharing capability, and lets you view that retro Mac design gallery in glorious full screen.

なかなか良さげです。

[読んだ] シムシティことSimCityが350円!EAのセールが止まらない!!Star Dfenseも115円。

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Sims 3, Need For Speed, Wolfenstein RPG、EAが鬼のセールだ!!と伝えたばかりなのに、なんとEAはSimCity (Japanese) を350円という破格で出してきた。

ちょっと前の高額優良アプリのセール価格ラインが350円になってきていますね。

あちこちでセールしてくれるのはいいですが、遊びきれません……。

[読んだ] Apple Denies Rejection of Google Voice iPhone App - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

Apple has not rejected the Google Voice iPhone app, but it does have serious concerns about its ability to usurp existing iPhone capabilities, Apple said in a Friday filing.

AT&T, meanwhile, denied any involvement in Apple's decision regarding the Google Voice app, but it did admit that AT&T and Apple have an agreement whereby Apple will not take steps to enable an iPhone to make VoIP calls without AT&T's consent.

この問題はまだまだ長引きそうですね。

[読んだ] Wikipediaの公式iPhoneアプリ登場 - ITmedia News

Wikipediaの公式iPhoneアプリ「Wikipedia Mobile」が登場した。App Storeから無料でダウンロードできる。

同アプリではWikipediaの閲覧・検索が可能で、閲覧履歴も確認できる。英語モードのみで、日本語での検索には対応していない。Wikipediaは、ユーザーの要望に応じて機能を追加していくとしている。

Safariに最適化されて表示するようにはなってましたが、アプリとしても登場ですか。
日本語版も早く出てほしいですね。

[PDFリーダーアプリが今なら115円!] Good Reader (large PDF viewer) (Productivity) [気になるアプリ]


SUMMER SALE!!! 80% off for 72 hours only!!!

New: file transfer via USB-cable (free 3rd-party software is required, see our web-site manual for details)

GoodReader is a file viewer like you've never seen before. It easily handles huge PDF and TXT files, making the mobile reading process a real pleasure.

There are many file sharing applications in AppStore, but not so many true READER applications. GoodReader is the one. Every little detail in it is determined to create the best reading experience.

== CUSTOMERS' FEEDBACK QUOTES ==
- "Reads large PDF's flawlessly. I have some at 1gig in size (yes, 1 gigabyte) full of images and they load and read without problems. My favorite app on my Ipod Touch"
- "I use it every day with PDFs over 300mb. I have found no problems. I'd pay double for it"
- "Perfect user experience reading PDFs. Such a relief after [---] and [---]" (app names removed)
- "After using it for a day I'm convinced it is the best of the document sharing and reading programs"
- "Excellent App, Excellent Support"

== PDF VIEWING REVOLUTION ==
Introducing revolutionary 50x PDF zoom (while image is still crisp). Now there's no better way to read big PDF maps or technical drawings on your iPhone.

Other PDF vieweing features that are hard to find in other viewer apps: true full-screen reading (no bars or buttons over the text), PDF text search, PDF table of contents, manual/automatic screen rotation, horizontal scroll lock (great for reading multi-column pages), innovative Tap Zones technique (page dragging can be avoided), direct Web downloading.

== MAIN FEATURES ==

Our own viewing engine (much better than the built-in one):
- very large PDF's, fast opening, password protected files, revolutionary 50x zoom
- very large TXT's, fast opening, no zooming or left/right scrolling required (text lines are wrapped to screen size)
- high-resolution pictures, slideshow

Built-in viewing engine (with all its file size and other limitations, this is what most of other viewer applications use):
- MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- HTML files and Safari webarchives
- iWork'08
- iWork'09 (only with iPhone OS 3.0)
- audio & video

== SCREEN ROTATION - automatic or manual ==
Manual rotation is great for reading in bed

== OTHER FEATURES ==
- Find text in PDF and TXT files (+backward search)
- Bookmarks for PDF and TXT files (including PDF's Table of Contents, a.k.a. Outlines)
- GoTo PDF Page
- fast navigation in large TXT files
- restores location in all previously viewed PDF and TXT files
- optional password check at start-up

== HOW TO TRANSFER FILES ==
- USB-cable (free 3rd-party software is required, see our web-site manual for details).
- WiFi-transfer (computer to iPhone). Vista, XP, Mac OS X or Linux computer with WiFi-card is required. No additional software is needed. WiFi-router is highly recommended. iPhone is connected to computer as a standard network folder (via WebDAV protocol).
- Web Download (Internet to iPhone). Internet access is required. E-mail attachments can be downloaded from mail servers (see web-site manual).

== Read more ==
http://www.goodiware.com/

== ABOUT WiFi AND OTHER PROBLEMS ==
Problems opening particular file? Send it to us for testing.
WiFi-transfer doesn't work? WiFi-transfer can be tricky sometimes. Even if you do everything right, there still may be some hidden network setting that will prevent WiFi file transfer from happening. So if you feel like "it just doesn't work", posting a bad review here will definitely not help. Reading in-app manual and/or requesting support at
http://www.goodiware.com will. Guaranteed. Try us. We're really good. Don't deprive yourself of the opportunity to enjoy the best PDF reader just because of some minor problem with network setup.

Please read in-app help and ask support questions on our web-site. We talk to our customers and listen to every feature request.
http://www.goodiware.com/

What's new

Major update:
- fully iPhone OS 3.0 compatible now
- file transfer via USB-cable (free 3rd-party software is required, see our web-site manual for details)
- faster PDF page switching
- Find Text for PDF files feature. Find, Find Next and Find Previous (backward search) buttons. Last 20 search strings are memorized.
- now there's a 50x zoom limit for PDF files, instead of the old 2.5x
- greatly improved stability of PDF-viewing engine, now it's even more crash-safe than before, PDF pages of really huge sizes can now be opened safely
- File Management features - create folders, rename, copy and move files and folders while being offline
- Web Download feature - enter a file's URL, or browse the Web for it using a simple built-in browser
- iWork'08 files can now be opened without zipping them (files must be saved with Include Preview option)
- iWork'09 files support (only with iPhone OS 3.0, files must be saved with Include Preview option)
- tap in the middle of the navigation bar while browsing folders to see the stack of all enclosing folders and to quickly jump to those folders
- font adopts to show long file names
- tapping on the floating badge with a PDF page number works as GoTo PDF Page

NOTE: Please hard-reboot your iPhone (with powering off) after installing or updating application, it improves performance.

iPod touchでPDFを見るならコレ、と言われるGood Reader。
サマー・セールとのことで通常600円が115円になってますね。
若干値段に尻込みしてたので、この機会に買っちゃいます(^^

[読んだ] Posterous’ new iPhone app could make citizen journalism and lifestreaming the norm – The Next Web

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Posterous, the blogging platform/lifestreaming service that really can be used for almost anything, has released an iPhone app.

The app, called PicPosterous, is focused primarily on media rather than blogging as such, but as you’ll soon discover, they’ve released some very clever features.

As Posterous describes, “PicPosterous is an entirely different way of posting photos and video to your Posterous site. Instead of posting photos from an event once, at the end, PicPosterous PicPosterous “>is designed to let you post photos live, as you take them. PicPosterous can replace the built in Camera app on your iPhone, and publish your photos and video online live.”

お、ついに出ましたね、Posterousアプリ。
但し、写真・ビデオに特化した作りのよう。
カメラの付いた次世代iPod touchまでおあずけですね。

[読んだ] ベア・ナックル | iPhone/iPod|ケータイコンテンツ | SEGA

 

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■ゲーム概要

メガドライブの大人気アクションゲーム「ベア・ナックル」シリーズの第一作が完全移植でApp Storeに登場!

強大なシンジケートに戦いを挑む3人の若者たち、マーシャルアーツの使い手・アクセル、ボクサーのアダム、 紅一点の柔道家・ブレイズの中から1人を選び、シンジケートのボスが待つビルを目指し8つのステージを進んで行きます。 数々の名曲を生み出したゲーム音楽家・古代祐三によるリズム感溢れるサウンドが戦いを彩ります。

iPhone/ iPod touch独自のタッチインターフェース上で快適な操作性を実現!加速度センサーにも対応し、iPhone/ iPod touchを傾ける事で キャラクターを操作する事も可能です。

どんどんクラシックゲームの移植がすすむといいですね。