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USA TODAY App for iPad Now Available

[ 0 ] April 2, 2010

App Free for first 90 days, courtesy of Courtyard by Marriott



McLean, Va. (Apr. 2, 2010) —USA TODAY, the nation’s top-selling print newspaper, today announced the USA TODAY App for iPad will be available tomorrow on the App Store. Access to the App will be free until July 4, 2010 courtesy of our launch partner, Courtyard by Marriott. After the initial launch period the App will be available via a fee-based subscription.

The USA TODAY App for iPad features the signature look and design that readers have come to trust from USA TODAY providing them with eye catching photos and graphics while delivering the latest award-winning USA TODAY content in a convenient interactive package. Rich media advertising for the USA TODAY App will be powered by Gannett’s PointRoll subsidiary.

“We are so pleased to be available for iPad on day one. This is a product we knew we wanted to be a part of from the moment it was announced,” said David L. Hunke, president and publisher of USA TODAY. “We also couldn’t be happier to have our partner, Courtyard by Marriott, involved in the first-ever digital extension of our hotel newspaper program. We think our readers will really be thrilled with this premium App.”

“Sponsoring the USA TODAY App for iPad was a perfect fit for Courtyard since our customers, as well as readers of USA TODAY, are very tech-savvy,” said Gini Gladstone, senior director, marketing, Courtyard by Marriott.  “We’ve completely redesigned our lobby to meet the needs of these travelers, including offering free Wi-Fi in the public spaces of our North and Central American hotels.  We’re thrilled to be a part of the launch of this revolutionary device.”

The USA TODAY App for iPad will be available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore. After July 4, the app will be available via a fee-based subscription.
The app was designed and developed in cooperation with Mercury Intermedia of Brentwood, Tenn. For more information, please visit: www.usatoday.com/ipad.
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Apple Ipad: Women Over 45– Preliminary Review

[ 0 ] January 28, 2010

Apple Ipad–A Really Big Ipod Touch!

Here’s a great video from Engadget with view of the new Apple Ipad:


Chief Blonde’s Remarks:  We  sure would like an opportunity to review one of these for our Still Blonde after all these YEARS! audience of Women over 45.  We currently have an Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL which we use extensively for our blog including easy access at trade shows– it’s amazingly easy to use and surf the web.  Reviewers are paralleling the Ipad with an Itouch–only bigger!  As we think the Ipod Touch is GREAT–we’d like to contrast the two.  Exciting times in Consumer Electronics! Criticism so far seems to focus on the fact that it’s not SOOO powerful but given that it combines basic computer, e-reader, ipod, and probably soon camera/video–it will probably work wonders for our readers. We’ll try our hardest to get one to review, maybe even a Giveaway?!

Here’s some basic details:
The iPad
Price: $499 for 16 GB, $599 for 32 GB, and $699 for 64 GB. Add $130 for 3G capability. Look for pricing to come down quickly–think the Iphone!
Data: Optional and no contract. $14.99 for 250 MB a month or $29.99 for unlimited.
When? End of March for WiFi-only version, end of April for 3G version.
Battery life: Reportedly 10 hours.
Other stuff: An 30-pin dock connector port (like iPods and iPhone), a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, accelerometer and a compass.
 

What the company says: 

Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at the breakthrough price of just $499.

“iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

iPad syncs with iTunes just like the iPhone and iPod touch, using the standard Apple 30-pin to USB cable, so you can sync all of your contacts, photos, music, movies, TV shows, applications and more from your Mac or PC. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.  


Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

Listen to Steve Jobs introduce it:  

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MusicSkins Review: 2010 CES–Ipod Touch Customization and Design.

[ 0 ] January 19, 2010

At the 2010 CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas, Nevada we received a review sample of MusicSkins.  They gave us a really cool pre-printed design skin to apply to the front and back of our Ipod Touch (they have skins for most devices and it’s compatible with all accessories, cases and docks).  When you visit them online at www.MusicSkins.com/Downloads you can add matching wallpaper to your Device so that the Skin and your Wallpaper coordinate.  How cool is that?  We were also given a code so that we could design our very own skin with custom tools.   It was super fun–just kind of hard to decide what picture to settle on!  This would be an excellent gimmick for a company as a giveaway.  We had to apply the front skin twice (okay, so maybe the directions weren’t read the first time around…).  We liked them as they were easy to apply, left no residue when removed and helped to protect our Ipod touch for fingerprints and scratching.  It was a great way to personalize, without the extra bulk of a case!  Loved this product–would highly recommend for companies to consider as a giveaway!

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Women 45 and Over: Ipod Touch/ Magellan’s Premium Car Kit ensure you know where you are going!

[ 0 ] December 23, 2009
 FIND YOURSELF!!!

Blog NOTE: In preparation for the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show, we are running are series of articles relevant to Women over 45!




For iPod touch 2G users, the GPS receiver in the Magellan Premium Car Kit allows true navigation functionality, turning the iPod touch into a complete car navigation system. Once the iPod touch is connected to the Premium Car Kit, a separate Bluetooth enabled mobile phone can be connected to it via Bluetooth for hands-free calling.

“Building on the ease of the Magellan RoadMate app, we are proud to introduce a cutting-edge Premium Car Kit that gives our consumers the entire in-car navigation experience from their iPhone or iPod touch,” said Peggy Fong, Chief Operating Officer for Magellan.

Features of the Premium Car Kit include the following:

  • Secure vehicle mounting for iPhone or iPod touch
  • Accommodates most silicon skins and hard shell cases
  • Adjustable mount securely rotates iPhone to either portrait or landscape mode for optimal positioning and widescreen route display
  • Recharges battery via the vehicle power outlet
  • Amplified speaker with volume control for loud and clear phone calls and directions
  • Noise canceling microphone for full duplex speakerphone operation
  • Auxiliary audio output (for connection to your car stereo)
  • Works with all navigation applications (including the Magellan RoadMate for iPhone application)
  • Bluetooth enables hands-free calling

Available now for pre-order, the car kit will retail for $129.99 and will be available at Amazon.com, Best Buy, and MagellanGPS.com.

Blog Note:  No product or compensation was provided for this  release.

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Review: ModiFace MAKEUP iPhone App – "Who Put a Clown in my iPhone?"

[ 0 ] December 13, 2009
Tammy Faye –Would she have liked this app?
In preparation for the upcoming Consumer Electronic Show 2010, we will run a series of articles on Consumer Electronics! 
ModiFace, the leading developer of face recognition software, is going to be introducing a new iPhone application that allows users to try out new beauty looks with one click. The application will allow you to see what you would look like with different hair colors, hair styles, various makeup applications and more.  
ModiFace has already sold thousands of their other iPhone applications.  A great review by our resident iPhone expert follows.  Bear in mind this is one person’s opinion, other users may have different results. Erin is a super-intelligent and over 45 year old woman who has an opinion about everything.  http://www.modiface.com
Review, ModiFace iPhone App – “Who Put a Clown in my iPhone?”
by Erin Waugh
10 Dec 2009
I tried. Honestly. I tried to modify my face with the ModiFace iPhone app. It’s supposed to allow me to apply pretend makeup to my pretend face, but what I got was the Clown of Christmas Future.
To start, I needed to take a photo of my naked morning face. This is never easy, nor, frankly, very wise before strong coffee. You have to guess where you are in front of the lens. I love my iPhone, but why can’t they affix a mirror to the back of it so you can see what you’re snapping? I took 17 shots of my nose hair.
Finally. Got a photo of my VERY CLOSE FACE. Ugh. The app demands that my mouth be closed in the photo, so it‘s a mug shot, as if my naked face had been arrested for indecent exposure. Let’s fix that! Eye liner first. Select color – “dark plum.” Hit go. While it’s thinking and trying to find my eyes, the read-out says: “Makeup Brain is applying makeup.” There. Done. Whoa... There’s a thick smudgy line of dark plum UNDER my eyes. Under?! Women haven’t done that since Brooke Shields came out of her Calvins. I look like a Goth experiment in the nursing home. I look like Alice Cooper.
Let’s try something more subtle and less apt to terrify children. Let’s add foundation. Hit “go.“ Ooh. It appears as if someone applied a “blur” filter to my face, which, honestly, is not such a bad thing. Let’s do eyelashes, my favorite part of makeup. It gives me an array of colors to choose from, all of which are black. So, how about black. “Makeup Brain is applying makeup” and… NOOO!! Tammy Faye Bakker get back! Undo!! Where’s the exorcism button?!
This strange little app may not be ideal for us “vintage” women. I play with it for a few minutes just to rock out my inner clown. Green eye shadow, red lips, maroon cheeks. Maybe this ModiFace app does have some use, because now I know what I will look like when I’m calling BINGO! in the Home for Aging Circus Performers. Perhaps I just have “Makeup Brain,” but seriously, for 99 cents, buy a mirror, glue it to the back of your iPhone, and trim your nose hair.
Blog Note:  No compensation or endorsement fee was provided in the review of this product!
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