Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts

Thursday, November 22, 2012

App of the Week #1

This week's app is the minimalist task manger, Clear. Praised for its intuitive gesture-driven interface, it is quite a steal at $2:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clear/id493136154?mt=8

Full Review:
Pros: beautiful design, flawless syncing, simple, amazing Mac counterpart

Cons: lacks features like time and location based reminders, pinch and shake gestures are unreliable and unintutive, overpriced Mac counterpart, no iPad or Android versions

Final Verdict: Unlike other apps that allow you to sort tasks based on time, Clear only uses lists. Personally, I prefer this way as it takes less effort to maintain. Becuase I have a Mac, the iCloud Syncing is quite useful. All in all, I would give this app a 4 out of 5 star rating due to it's beautiful but sometimes confusing design paradimes.

Is this app for you?
If you have a Mac, are lazy with organization, and like to drool over beautiful designs, this app is perfect for you. Otherwise, try an alternative like Any.DO:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/any.do/id497328576

A little tip: The app has alot of hidden themes that can be unlocked by various download and actions. Two of them, Ultraviolet and Night Owl, require tasks to be completed at specific times. However, you can cheat just like you used to do in Pokemon by changing the time and date: Go to General -> Date and Time. Deselect the option to automatically set date and time and switch it to the required time. Make sure the theme is unlocked in settings before reenabling automatic time-setting.



Monday, October 22, 2012

Tomorrow's Apple Event

 A bunch of rumors have been flying around the internet lately about Apple's Oct 23rd event. So I decided to sort through them for you.
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Definitely:
1. An apology about iOS 6 Maps
2. The new iMacs
3. The new Retina MacBook Pros
4. A lot of boring statistics that no one cares about
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Probably:
1. iBooks 3.0
2. New ways the iPad will be used in education
3. New Mac Minis
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Possibly:
1. The new iPad mini*
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Probably Not:
1. Apple TV
2. The iPad 4
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Post a comment below about what you think is going to happen.

* Personally, I don't believe that Apple will release a new, smaller iPad. I think it would be to much fragmentation. App sizes are already getting ridiculous, and we don't need another screen size to code. 
It also seems contrary to what Mr.Cook said at previous presentations