Many of the iPhone news items this week related to Cyber Monday and pre-Christmas sales, but here are a few of the other items that caught my attention:
If you love Angry Birds as much as I do, then you already purchased the Halloween version of the game back in October. That game had a free update this week, turning it into Angry Bird Seasons, a game that includes a Christmas-themed version of Angry Birds with 25 different levels that can be unlocked on the 25 days leading up to Christmas. The game also includes all 45 levels of the Halloween edition. If you don’t have it already, it’s just a buck on the iPhone and just two bucks on the iPad, and worth every penny. A great game. Click here for Angry Birds Seasons for iPhone ($0.99): Click here for Angry Birds Seasons for iPad ($1.99):
Illinois attorney Nerino Petro writes about Dropbox on his Compujurist site. Dropbox is an incredibly useful and free way to get documents between different computers and from a computer to an iPhone or iPad. I use it all the time.
If you subscribe to the Dish network, and if you have a special Dish DVR with Slingbox capabilities, then you’ll want to read this report from David Quilty of TUAW on the new iPad Dish app that lets you program your DVR and watch live TV on your iPad.
If you really wish that your iPhone had a physical keyboard, attorney Nilay Patel of Engadget reviews the ThinkGeek TK-421, an iPhone case that has a built-in keyboard. Jeremy Horwitz of iLounge, another lawyer who, like Patel, now spends his days reviewing gadgets instead of practicing law, also reviews the TK-421.
New York attorney Patrick DiDomenico writes on his iPad4Legal site about Project, a new magazine exclusively (for now) for the iPad created by Sir Richard Branson. I think that this is the future of magazine publishing, and I look forward to the day when I can convert all my print magazine subscriptions into digital subscriptions on the iPad. (And if you believe the rumors, Apple is working on making this happen, and we may even see announcement on this later this month.)
Similarly, Alice Rawsthron of the New York Times writes about books and magazines on the iPad and the lack of innovation in many of the current offerings.
Bloomberg reports that JPMorgan is giving every one of its investment bankers an iPad.
Earlier this week, I wrote about the new AirPlay feature on the iPhone. If you want even more information on using AirPlay for video, Ted Landau of The Mac Observer wrote a good article on the subject.
Alan of Art of the iPhone reviews Tripit Travel Organizer, a free and helpful iPhone app for the busy traveler.
Dan Moren of Macworld writes about the various lawsuits between Apple, Nokia and Motorola concerning iPhone technology.
Similarly, Adam Satariano and Susan Decker of BusinessWeek write about the patent law battles between Apple and Nokia.
On attorney Joshua Gilliland’s Bow Tie Law website, Peter Coons of the forensic company D4 LLC writes about information that can be found on an iPhone through forensic analysis.
Similarly, digital forensics company viaForensics has started analyzing the security of iPhone apps and posting results on its appWatchdog page.
Josh Barrett of Tablet Legal has started a new series of article on the apps that should be considered by any lawyer who is new to the iPad. Here is the first article in the series, and you can read the follow up articles on the Tablet Legal site.
Attorney David Sparks of MacSparky writes about the shortcomings in the Keynote app for the iPad.
One of the best features of the iPhone 4 this year was the Retina Display. Many wonder whether the next iPad will also have a Retina Display, but Ryan Block of gdgt writes about the reasons that this is unlikely to happen in the near future.
And finally, for the iPhone owner who wants to be a pinball wizard, Bryan Wolfe of App Advice writes about a $40 device sold by Brookstone that turns your iPhone into a pinball machine. Cute idea:
