One More Tap

One of the announcements during MacWorld is the new iWork ‘09 suite. Keynote ‘09 which forms part of this suite comes with a new feature that should be of interest to iPhone and iPod touch users: remote controlling your presentation using the Keynote Remote application, which is available separately thru the iTunes App Store. Now, that does sound very exciting and the new Keynote Remote app looks to be the answer for everyone who ever dreamed of going on the stage emitting RDF, just the way Steve Jobs does, previous MacWorlds anyway.

And so I went to iWork.com and downloaded the 30-day Trial version of iWork ‘09. Installation onto my MacBook took less than a few minutes and I’m off to creating a new presentation for the purpose of this review.

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written by xcool \\ tags: Apps, iPhone, iPod touch, iWork, MacWorld, Review

Apple’s keynote, presented by Phil Schiller has just ended with a presentation by 15 Grammy Award winning artist, Tony Bennet. This will be Apple’s last appearance at the acclaimed tradeshow.

iLife gets updated and is now known as iLife ‘09. One of the highlighted feature is the ability for iPhoto ‘09 to recognise faces. The photo-management application is also now compatible with Facebook and Flickr.

Meanwhile, iWork gets announced as iWork ‘09 together with a new iPhone/iPod touch application aptly-titled Keynote Remote. The $0.99 app allows remote control of a Keynote presentation. The default landscape mode displays the current and upcoming slide, one on top of the other. Switch to landscape mode and you get your slide and notes side by side. Change slides by simply swiping the screen. Innovate? Yes!

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written by xcool \\ tags: iLife, iPhone, iPod touch, iTunes Store, iWork, MacBook Pro, MacWorld

News of a large-formed iPod touch with screen sizes of 7 or 9 inches are currently spreading on the interweb. Note that this is just rumors, which have yet to be confirmed.

The report which stemmed from TechCrunch, claims that three independent sources close to Apple told buyers to expect a large screen iPod touch device this coming fall of 2009. The sources claim that the rumored device will sport a 7 or 9 inch screen. One of the sources claimed to have even played around with a prototype build and that Apple is currently sourcing OEMs in Asia to mass produce the device.

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written by xcool \\ tags: iPhone, iPod touch, iPod touch HD, MacWorld, Rumors

Here’s something to end 2008 with and give 2009 a good headstart. Looks like the iPhone nano could really be real. MacRumors has just spotted that Vaja Cases, a reputable and well-known case maker has just added iPhone nano as part of its offering.

The link from the navigation menu seems to be gone when I checked, but interested shoppers may still sign up to be notified when the cases are released.

written by xcool \\ tags: iPhone, iPhone HD, iPhone nano, MacWorld, Rumors

The case company that helped ‘announced’ both the iPhone 3G and 4th-gen iPod Nano to the world before Apple made it official, XSKN, has done it again. Before this, the company’s web site would only list iPhone nano as part of its offering category. The listing however does not link to any concrete detailed product images.

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written by xcool \\ tags: iPhone, iPhone HD, iPhone nano, MacWorld, Rumors