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TomTom offers free car kit adapter for iPhone 4
 Attention, folks who purchased the TomTom car kit for their iPhone 3G or 3GS, only to upgrade to a won't-fit-quite-right iPhone 4: you're in luck. TomTom is now providing a free adapter for the aforementioned car kit that allows an iPhone 4 to fit properly.
Apparently the adapter is simply a piece of plastic that one sticks into place over a spot at the bottom of the dock. It's included in the kit packaging from September 1, though if you bought a car kit before then, you can claim your adapter from TomTom for free.
The TomTom car kit retails for about $120. Obviously, to make full use of the TomTom car kit at all, you'll want to have the $40 iPhone app to go along with it.
[via Electronista]
TUAWTomTom offers free car kit adapter for iPhone 4 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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TUAW iPhone Tips: Typing the Apple symbol, iOS 4 folders in the dock
 As you go into this weekend looking for things to do, you might be thinking about how to organize your iOS 4.x iPhone and use the Apple symbol in the process.
The first tip, courtesy of Macenstein, deals with labeling of apps and folders. Back in the iPhone OS 2.x days, you could use the Japanese keyboard to type the Apple symbol. That feature disappeared, but now there's a way to bring back that Apple symbol.
The solution is to create a folder in iOS 4, which is done by dragging one app onto another. Give the folder a name, like "Rename me," then sync with your computer. With your iPhone selected in iTunes 10, click on the Apps tab. There you'll see all of your apps and folders, and you can double-click on the folder you just created to rename it. Use the Mac keyboard shortcut Option-Shift-K to type in the Apple symbol () and whatever else you want in the folder title, press Return to enter the change, and then click the Apply button to rename the folder on your iPhone. If you ever need to type an Apple symbol into another app, you can simply copy and paste it from the folder name.
Our second tip, from TUAW reader Adam, uses the obvious (but little-used) fact that you can put folders into the "dock" row of icons on your iPhone home screen. Why is that important? With one touch, you can have access to up to 12 of your favorite apps in the always-available dock row. Join the two tips together, and you can have an Apps folder in your iPhone dock containing all of those Apple apps that you can't get rid of.
TUAWTUAW iPhone Tips: Typing the Apple symbol, iOS 4 folders in the dock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Found Footage: MacBU celebrates Office for Mac 2011 with funny video
This video celebrates the "release to manufacturing" of Office for Mac 2011, but with a few humorous "unreleased" features they weren't able to squeeze into the new version. Frankly I think Keynote will include Auto-Tune in the next version, so that may be Microsoft's mistake!TUAWFound Footage: MacBU celebrates Office for Mac 2011 with funny video originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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TUAW preview: Billabong Surf Trip
Chillingo invited us out to the headquarters of surfwear manufacturer Billabong yesterday for a look at a new iPhone and iPad game called Billabong Surf Trip. The game is designed by a Portugese developer named Biodroid Entertainment (who told me that they've done some work on other consoles, but this is their first title for Apple's iOS). As you may have guessed from the name, the title is sponsored by Billabong, and features the ability to create a surfer and then send him or her around the world to take on the waves.
Before I sat down to play the game, I asked Billabong's PR Director Jim Kempton about why they'd gotten involved in an iPhone game, and he said the goal of the game was to "introduce people to what surfing is about, on the level that we're hoping to cast an interest anyway." You don't have to be a surfer to enjoy the game, but enjoying the game might get you interested in surfing, and thus the Billabong brand. "Just like the professional football or professional golf circuit, most people," said Kempton," are never going to be playing any more than messing around at the local golf club, but they can understand how it works, or what it means to go to Augusta, or Scotland, or these places."
TUAWTUAW preview: Billabong Surf Trip originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rumor: FaceTime on the way for iChat and Windows
 Ever since the FaceTime announcement as an 'open platform,' the question's been hanging over us: when do we expect desktop support for the new videoconferencing approach? "Soon," is what French website Mac4ever is reporting today. They have a pretty good track record, so the prediction is worth noting.
The article says Apple will soon release a version of iChat that will allow Apple desktop and laptop owners to video chat to iOS devices with FaceTime. Further, the speculation is that Apple will do the same thing for Windows users wanting to talk to FaceTime users either on Macs or iPhones.
Apple has stated that it expects to see FaceTime protocols widely used. If the rumor is correct, that goal should be well on the way to being fulfilled. I can't wait.
[via 9to5Mac] TUAWRumor: FaceTime on the way for iChat and Windows originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy
There are certainly advantages to having your morning newspaper in iPad format: dynamic media, rapid updating, search and more... but not every aspect of the new digital age is an improvement over the old ink-on-dead-trees approach to the news.
We wouldn't want to spoil the fun of Newsday's ad for its new iPad app, so we'll simply give you the video with No Comment.
[via Silicon Alley Insider]
TUAWNo Comment: Newsday's iPad TV ad is awfully buggy originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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App review: Abstract strategy game StackEm plunks down some fun
A clone of the award-winning game Gobblet (which was given the Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada Gold Star Award --don't tell me you haven't heard of that prize), Shawn Grimes' StackEm is a colorful, simple twist on Connect Four that is well worth looking into as a two-person endeavor on your iDevice. The app as it is today (version 1.8) doesn't offer much to the single player -- the AI makes ridiculously stupid plays -- but for just $0.99 on the App Store, you can get a very good abstract strategy game for two that you can play in just a few minutes anywhere on your iPad or iPhone.
Read on to see if StackEm might be something worth investigating for you.
TUAWApp review: Abstract strategy game StackEm plunks down some fun originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Over-the-air notes syncing option disappears from iPhone 3G in iOS 4.1
 For the iPhone 3G, the biggest new feature for many users under iOS 4.1 is the phone now actually works. Making the iPhone 3G usable under iOS 4 came with some trade-offs before the new OS was even released -- app multitasking and wallpapers didn't make the cut on the older iPhone -- but it looks like a couple more features have been pruned from the iPhone 3G after iOS 4.1.
One missing feature we noticed right away: Spotlight no longer searches through MMS messages on the iPhone 3G after the iOS 4.1 update. Given that disabling Spotlight searching was the most common suggested remedy for poor iPhone 3G performance on earlier builds of iOS 4, this omission is somewhat understandable.
More puzzling, however, is another omission the folks at geek.com noticed: over-the-air Notes syncing is now missing in action on the iPhone 3G, too. Up until now, the iPhone 3G, like its newer siblings, has been able to sync Notes between the iPhone and a Mac/PC via Gmail or MobileMe rather than through iTunes, allowing for near-instant Notes updates between devices. According to Apple's support document on Notes syncing, both the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch have lost this feature. You can still sync Notes with the iPhone 3G via iTunes, but you'll no longer enjoy device-to-device updates without syncing your iPhone first.
Given the plethora of alternate apps on the App Store that offer far more flexibility and features than Apple's built-in Notes app, though, this omission is something we might never have noticed if one of our readers hadn't brought it up. We're not sure why Apple removed this feature in 4.1; it's possible that, like Spotlight searching of MMS, it was one of the things dragging down performance on the older devices. Either way, losing over-the-air Notes syncing in IOS 4.1 is a small price to pay for an iPhone 3G that actually functions properly in iOS 4.
Thanks to Jeff for bringing this to our attention.TUAWOver-the-air notes syncing option disappears from iPhone 3G in iOS 4.1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In Brief: Amazon tips hand on Microsoft Office release date
 Computerworld points to an October 26 ship date for Microsoft Office 2011, based on Amazon's page updates indicating the 10/26 availability -- the products have since been switched back to "sign up to be notified" pre-release mode.
Gregg Keizler's piece also reiterates the discount options for buying Office 2008 and saving on Office 2011; by purchasing the 2008 versions now, buyers can get $25 or $50 off versus the purchase price of the next version.
We expect to hear more about Office 2011 features and fancy bits over the next few weeks.
[9to5mac rang us up to say they actually posted this at 11:58pm on Sept. 9, 2010. Thanks!] TUAWIn Brief: Amazon tips hand on Microsoft Office release date originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Google Voice may finally be approved for the App Store
 After a saga that's lasted more than a year, it looks like Google Voice-enabled app GV Mobile may finally be approved for the App Store. Following recent announcements that gave developers far more transparency into the actual rules of Apple's App Store approval process, Google Voice developer Sean Kovacs mused on Twitter, "Since GV Mobile complies with all 110+ guidelines newly posted by Apple, it should get approved."
Kovacs tweeted a followup soon afterward: "Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit."
Following GV Mobile's rejection from the App Store, Kovacs posted the app for sale on Cydia, the App Store alternative for jailbroken iPhones. Over a year later, it appears that Apple's reforms of the App Store approval process will finally allow the app to be sold to non-jailbroken handsets. Once approved, Kovacs says he will sell GV Mobile for either US$1.99 or $2.99 and may also offer the app for free on a single day as a promotional method to get more users.
While not a VoIP service like Skype, Google Voice does allow US and Canadian users unlimited free calls and SMS, plus several more features that probably made carriers like AT&T unhappy the first time GV Mobile made its way onto the App Store. Now that GV Mobile seems to have finally jumped through the last hoop needed to get onto the App Store, iPhone users will have a powerful alternative to the carriers' "this many minutes and this many texts per month" plans -- and presumably, so will iPad 3G owners.
[Via AppleInsider]TUAWGoogle Voice may finally be approved for the App Store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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