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iPhone, iPad, and Android Design Standards, and When to Break Them

Posted in: Designer Tips|February 28, 2011No Comments

When designing the Transit & Trails app for iOS devices, we wanted to create a look consistent with the branding already established by the Transit & Trails website. When it comes to designing interfaces, however, you’ve got to be careful not to come up with totally unfamiliar concepts and run the risk of confusion, a …

ElcomSoft's Phone Forensics Software Offers Near Real-Time Access to iCloud Backups May 18, 2012
Russian forensics firm ElcomSoft earlier this week announced that it has discovered a way to easily access iCloud backups of iOS devices, incorporating the functionality into its Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker software. While the Apple ID and password must be known in order to access the iCloud data, once that information has been obtained the software mak […]
Apple in Talks to Open R&D Facility in Russia's Skolkovo Innovation Centre? May 18, 2012
Russian newspaper Izvestia reports [Google translation] that the organizers behind the Skolkovo technology park near Moscow are currently in talks with a number of high-profile companies including Apple, Google, and Facebook about locating research and development facilities in the area. Skolkovo has already landed agreements with Microsoft, IBM, General Ele […]
Apple's Annual iTunes Festival in London Moves to September May 18, 2012
Each July since 2007, Apple has held its iTunes Festival in London, offering a month's worth of free concerts from some of the industry's top performers. Apple is now beginning to unveil this year's plans, and the most notable change for 2012 is a move to the month of September. For the fourth consecutive year, the iTunes Festival will be held […]
Steve Jobs 'Worked Closely' on Design of Next-Generation iPhone with Larger Display May 18, 2012
Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs was intimately involved in the design work for the next-generation iPhone scheduled for release later this year, reiterating claims that the device will be a substantial change from previous designs in part because of a larger display.Apple, based in Cupertino, California, has placed orders from suppliers in Asia for screens […]
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Shares Some Thoughts About Steve Jobs Biopic, Woz Hired As Advisor May 18, 2012
Aaron Sorkin, the creative genius behind The Social Network, The West Wing, and upcoming HBO show The Newsroom was recently confirmed as the screenwriter for Sony's upcoming movie based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs -- though, Sorkin himself says he has a lot of work to do. Reuters reports that Sorkin held an interview with reporters […]

Apple Insider

iOS warning messages hint at 3G support for Apple's FaceTime May 18, 2012
Warnings contained in the latest version of iOS suggest that Apple plans to bring support for 3G wireless data connections to its FaceTime video chat feature. […]
Amazon planning to sell ads on Kindle Fire welcome screen May 18, 2012
Amazon has reportedly begun pitching to advertising agencies the opportunity to advertise on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet for a price of $600,000. […]
Class-action suit targets Apple for iCloud downtime May 18, 2012
A new lawsuit accuses Apple of participating in "unfair, unlawful, deceptive, and misleading practices" in promoting the simplicity and reliability of its iCloud service. […]
Apple television could double US household spending on Apple products May 18, 2012
If Apple were to launch a full-fledged television set, it could cause total average annual U.S. household spending on Apple products to double to $888 by 2015, according to a new projection. […]
Motorola & RIM propose nano-SIM compromise with Apple May 18, 2012
A new design concept for a next-generation, smaller "nano-SIM" card has been submitted by Motorola and RIM, which tweaks a design originally pushed by Apple. […]

TUAW

G-Technology G-Drive mobile: Rugged, pocket-sized, and fast May 18, 2012
The march of technology amazes me. Yeah, I'm an old guy, but it still surprises me when I realize that the amount of storage that used to fill a data center can now fit in my pocket. G-Technology's G-Drive mobile (made by Hitachi, US$199.99 MSRP for 1 TB) is the perfect example of mass storage in a small, silent box. Read on for a review of this mo […]
Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhone is an amazing new way to learn May 16, 2012
If there's one thing about iPhoto for iPad and iPhone that I've never been too happy with, it's that the apps aren't exactly self-explanatory and Apple doesn't provide much in terms of an onboard guided tour. Long-time Apple developer and publisher Saied Ghaffari has just published a new iBook titled Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhon […]
Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover: The best iPad keyboard case yet May 15, 2012
Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover (US$99) has been out for a while, but TUAW didn't receive a review device until last week. After a weekend of happily pounding on the keyboard and giving this shiny new product a workout, I'm pleased to say that it's the best iPad keyboard case I've reviewed so far. Design Logitech appears to have […]
Rumor Roundup, Episode 4: 'Sometimes reliable' DigiTimes (Updated) May 14, 2012
See Editor's Note at the bottom of this post. This past week saw appearances from all the usual suspects populating the Apple rumor mill: So-called "analysts" claiming to be able to predict Apple's fortunes a full three years in the future. Booming proclamations from sites claiming to have inside info on unreleased (and probably nonexiste […]
Musubo's stylish iPhone cases bring fun and flair to a crowded market May 8, 2012
In my daily work for TUAW I see a lot of iPhone cases. For the most part, it's hard to distinguish one from the other, so when Musubo offered to send me a set of their new iPhone 4/4S cases I took a quick look at them first. It's a good thing I did, because what I found was a set of fun and stylish cases that really stand out from the crowd. Read a […]