Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts

Will Snow Leopard ship this coming Friday, or will it arrive in September? Do the responses to the FCC from Apple, Google and AT&T mean the Google Voice story is coming to a close? How will Batman escape from the Penguin's nefarious trap? We'll be diving into these stories and more on the weekly talkcast, 10 pm ET on Talkshoe. You can download last week's show, featuring Christina's farewell and the rest of the gang, from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

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TUAWTalkcast reminder: FCC, Snow Leopard look-ahead & news of the week originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Yesterday, there was an update to the WeatherIcon mod… a mod that displays the current temperature and weather conditions on your Weather icon or Statusbar. The update, “Fixed incompatibility with Battery Control when both the battery and percentage are hidden.”

Battery Control is an application that provides additional Statusbar battery options. I personally don’t think I experienced this bug but, if you did, now there is a fix for it!

ScreenShots

About a week ago, TomTom’s App Store application was approved and became available in the App Store. In the review, I also mentioned that TomTom would be releasing a Car Kit for the iPhone. The car kit is still not available on the website but, they did release a demo video for the kit. Check it out below.

“The TomTom car kit that offers secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions and hands-free calling, while charging your iPhone at the same time.”

Demo Video:

Filed under: iPhone, App Store, App Review

Where To? [iTunes link] is a nice destination finder for the iPhone. The latest version is on sale on the App Store through today for US$0.99. Note: The iTunes store says it works on an iPod touch, but some people are reporting it won't install.

It cleverly integrates maps, a web browser, and a tracking mode to show new points of interest as you move. You can share destinations that you find with email, SMS and the clipboard.

You can also search any one of 600 categories or ask the app to surprise you with, for example, a restaurant recommendation.

The app supports English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

How did it work? Pretty well. It's nice to have all the tools you need in one app, although one of my favorite apps, AroundMe [iTunes link] integrates maps, but has no browser. AroundMe is free.

It would be nice to get some integration into the new nav apps that are proliferating, because Where To? has a far larger POI database then say Navigon or TomTom. I did save a POI from Where To? in my contacts, then opened that contact in Navigon and that worked fine, but it's a little fiddly.

There are a few glitches in Where To? While searching for some nearby lakes, the app found some businesses with "lake" in the name. I think the app is focusing too much on the business name, and not whatever category meta-data it is using.

All in all, this app was worth the original $3.00 asking price, and today at $0.99 I'd give it a whirl for sure.

Here are some screen grabs:

TUAWWhere To? tells you 'where to' originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HeyWAY è un’applicazione che consente di condividere la propria posizione con gli amici e gli altri utenti iPhone.

Titolo: Hey Where Are You Location Service. Prezzo: gratis. Dimensione: 1.4 Mb. Link AppStore. Fw 3.0

La funzione di questa applicazione è quella di far conoscere ai propri amici e parenti l’attuale posizione e di richiedere dove essi si trovino in quel determinato momento.

Per essere localizzati tramite HeyWAY è necessario che entrambi gli iPhone abbiano l’applicazione installata e cliccare su “Send my Location” per inviare la propria posizione, oppure su “Request Others Location” per richiedere la posizione dei contatti che hanno accettato di condividere tale informazione con noi.

Per aggiungere nuovi amici dobbiamo cliccare su “Invite Others” e scegliere di inviare la richiesta tramite email o ai dispositivi che si trovano nelle nostre vicinanze.

HeyWAY sfrutta anche le notifiche push, che si attivano quando qualcuno richiede la nostra posizione.

Si tratta quindi di un bel programma per condividere la propria posizione con amici e altri utenti iPhone.

Si ringrazia l’utente Tommaso per la sengnalazione.

Gizmodo a repéré un sondage qui visait à comparer la satisfaction des utilisateurs de l'iPhone 3GS comparé à ceux qui ont craqué pour son challenger de chez Palm, le Palm Pre. Les résultats sont flatteurs pour l'iPhone, mais le sondage doit être pris avec circonspection.

Les utilisateurs de l'iPhone 3GS sondés ont annoncé une satisfaction à hauteur de 99 %, ce qui est incroyablement élevé. Les utilisateurs du Palm Pre ont eux un taux de satisfaction affiché de 87%, ce qui pour n'importe quel produit serait déjà élevé et satisfaisant, mais est terni par le score de la machine d'Apple.

Néanmoins, le sondage s'il s'est intéressé à 200 utilisateurs de l'iPhone, n'a interrogé que 40 possesseurs du Palm Pre. Cela permet donc de relativiser les chiffres.

Dans la même veine, avec (trop) peu de données : un comparatif ente les taux de retour SAV de l'iPhone et du Palm Pre.

Et enfin, un grief partagé par les utilisateurs des deux machines concerne une autonomie jugée trop faible.

Et vous, récents acheteurs de l'iPhone 3GS, êtes vous satisfait à ce niveau incroyable ? Si oui pourquoi ? Si non, pourquoi aussi ;-) ?

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