Samsung has aired another of their good-natured iPhone attack ads, which should be an occasion for merriment and ego-prickly good fun. But once again the commercial feels like it missed it’s mark. Or rather, the whole series of commercials still seem awkwardly in search of a mark. This one stars the latest in Samsung’s broad-range of devices, each separate by a different Galaxy monicker and roughly 0.25-inches of screen size, the Galaxy Note. It’s something that can’t quite make up it’s mind between being a phone and a tablet — I’m not going to call it a phablet — and that’s either the best of both worlds… or the worst. The jury is still out. How big is it? 5.3-inches of HD Super AMOLED big, baby. (Yes, that’s exactly inverse the iPhone’s traditional 3.5-inches.)
It’s also got a stylus.
With the launch of the Mobile Nations Fitness Month odds are you were probably out and about being active and doing things that, unfortunately, led to you missing some great news. Fear not, we know things get in the way, and news can be easy to miss so, let’s check out some of the highlights from the week gone by.
iPhone news
- Is Apple testing Oracle’s ZFS file system to make iOS and iCloud storage better, faster, and more resilient?
- Former Apple manager tells how the original iPhone was developed, why it went with Gorilla Glass
- iPhone 4S demand finally satisfied, all models now in stock for next day delivery
- iPhone 5 to launch at WWDC in June, claims analyst
iPad news
- Could Apple release a separate 4G LTE iPad 3 and Phone 5 in select markets?
- Supposed debug leak shows iPad 3 with quad-core A6 chip and LTE
- More rumors of iPad 3 coming in March, but no “strange” event in February
App news
- Manage your Sprint account on your iPhone with Sprint Mobile Zone
- Angry Birds boss doesn’t see app piracy as a problem
- Pad & Quill brings stylish notes to your iPhone and iPad
- iMovie vs Avid Studio: iPad video editing app shootout
Jailbreak news
- How to tell if your iPhone 3GS has an older or newer bootrom [jailbreak tip]
- Add customization options to ‘slide to unlock’ text with Slider Pro [Jailbreak]
- BiteSMS vs Messages+ for iOS 5: which should you use?
- Add launch preferences to Phone.app with StartDial for iPhone [jailbreak]
- Hands-on with Zephyr for the iPhone and iPod Touch [Jailbreak Apps]
Accessory news
- Hands on with the Crimson cases, sticker skins, and edgings for iPhone
- Case-Mate POP! Case with Stand for iPad 2 review [Giveaway]
- Incipio Hive Honeycomb dermaSHOT Silicone Case for iPad 2 review [Giveaway]
- Griffin Crayola Trace & Draw for iPad 2 review [Giveaway]
- OverBoard waterproof case for iPad review [Giveaway]
Our all-new, all awesome podcast devoted to the latest and greatest iPhone and iPad apps and accessories returns tonight! What, you had something else planned? Pfft!
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Sounds like Google has hired away Simon Prakash, formerly Apple’s senior director of product integrity, to work on a “secret project” deep in the heart of the Googleplex. Reports VentureBeat
![How to take a photo while simultaneously recording video with your iPhone [App for that]](http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/02/quickpix-620x344.jpg "How to take a photo while simultaneously recording video with your iPhone [App for that]")
Our challenge this week was to find an app that could capture a still image — a photo — while simultaneously shooting video on the iPhone. With the default camera app, you have to stop recording video, switch to still camera mode, shoot a picture, then switch back to video and start recording that. Not ideal. Neither is trying to screen capture while recording, since there are way too many controls visible, cutting into the picture.
With over half a million apps for just about everything, you’d figure there’d have to be at least one in the App Store for this. But with so many apps, it can be hard to find the one you want. That’s where we come in. We’re sorting through the App Store and we’re going to help find just exactly the app for that.
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday, and whether you’re cheering for the New England Patriots or the New York Giants, it’s easy to follow all the action right on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. You can stay up to date while away from home and on the road, or get all sorts of extra information while you’re watching live.
Following up on the information iMore received yesterday on potential ZFS hooks in iOS 5.1, a reliable source let us know that Apple has been investing heavily in ZFS appliances from Oracle. (Whether or not this will be made public is unknown; it doesn’t seem to be right now.)
Every week a few of us from team iMore will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they’re fair game.
To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break!
Apple and Avid have been battling it out on the big screen for years, but now they’ve brought the video editing battle to the iPad — and the winner may not be who you think.
Avid Studio for iPad launched this week in the App Store, instantly becoming the first real competitor to Apple’s iMovie video editing app. What makes this so interesting is that Avid was king of digital video editing in Hollywood for a long time, and then Apple came out with the far more affordable Final Cut Pro/ Final Cut Studio, and enticed a few big name directors to give their new software a try.
So is Avid getting a little payback here by bringing the video editing battle back to Apple’s home turf? Most definitely, and as good as iMovie is — some of the best mobile software we’ve seen to date — Avid may be even better.
