Free apps vs. paid apps

For the most of iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users try to get the best of its products owned. However, to do so we have to enhance the device to whole new level to make it really useful. For that matter we download different apps to make the perfect device for the daily uses. The problem comes when all of this apps have to be paid. It is true that we live in a society that refuses to pay something that can be bought for no money. So there it comes when human being puts all its mind to care new ways of getting those needs for free. In the case of Apple app store it is already done. There are apps that has to be paid to own them, which that means they are good for its purposes, but there are others that actually are free and they are good to that purposes too.

It is also true that when apps are free we tend to download quicklier (without thinking too much) than the paid ones. It does not matter if the free apps are useful, the matter is that they are free! However, sometimes it is difficult to know whether a free app is really useful or not.

On the other hand, there are free apps that actually have the full features that a standard user needs, with no need to pay for the full version. Here there are some of the lite version of apps that mostly replace some of the features of the full version apps, which actually most of us only use when we have it.

 
First, Penultimate (for iPad). This app is sort of a virtual notebook. It costs US $3.99. However, for those that only want to write something down or just make a little drawing and use it casually, do we need to pay $4? NO! There is an alternative, Adobe Ideas, it is free and works for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone!
Mind to be the same with Note Taker HD (for iPad).





Second, GoodReader (for iPad). This app costs US $1.99. If you are those that just want to read some documents that had been sent to your device, GoodReader is more than enough. It gives you the possibility to modify those docs that you have previously downloaded and "audio/video player and Safari-like viewer for MS Office and iWorks files". However, for those that only what to watch, zip, download and share documents, there are: PlainText for writing a document, ZipFileViewer for zip documents, Downloads lite for download documents filed on links. And, well, you guessed, they are all free!



In any case, these are some alternatives for those people who do not what to spend a lot of money for apps, and also do not need all of its features or not really going to use them very much. However, if you are of those people that really need every feature of an app, do not hesitate, buy it! Sometimes full daily work apps are not expensive when they are really need and used.



Note: When you click the link you will see the web page of the app on Apple UK site. In order to change language and the app store of your country, mind to go to the top web page bar and change "/uk/" to the ccTLD (Internet country code top-level domain) where you living, in exception of those countries that Apple does not have store, that you will have to remain to the Apple UK site.

  

Productos genuínamente falsos

Además de esto, también encontramos otros ads que ofrecen comprar diferentes productos que aparentemente son reales y con "¡mucha calidad!". Ya... En fin, ¿Alguien sabe que es un Android Tablet PC? Aunque así se llamara un producto, la foto del ad no tiene desperdicio: ¡Te pagan por tenerlo! ¡Lo compras con -125€!








Este anuncio tampoco tiene desperdicio. Presentan un teléfono móbil con las mismas características que un modelo iPhone 3GS, pero con un toque de iPod Touch y un OS Android (cámara, FM, Java, etc...). La oferta es también es melosa, ¡te dan (te hacen) un 10% de descuento!







Otro anuncio que es digno de ser visto, que también trata de un móbil similar al de iPhone es el HiPhone. Este trata de ser como los demás pero con el último modelo hasta la fecha (2010), el iPhone 4. El diseño es muy parecido, pero parece aún mejor. Parece... Tiene Java, televisión y lugar para doble tarjeta SIM... ¡Y sólo cuesta 129 Dólares! (Unos 93 Euros)








El mismo anuncio semanas después se puede ver que el precio ha bajado ¡considerablemente!, y eso no es todo. Ya entra dentro del mercado europeo y regala una tarjeta de 2GB, con TV, dos SIM... En fin, sin más comentarios a añadir.






Otro y último anuncio de este post es sobre el iPad, lo encontré el miércoles pasado, con lo cual hace ya casi medio año que lo sacaron y aún me dicen que "Todavía no está en las tiendas".
Con todo esto, me viene un telele...

¿Jugamos?

En muchas páginas web encontramos que nos ofrecen jugar a cambio de una "recompensa", la cual está asociada al juego que se juega. Como soy una fan Apple y normalmente entros en sites que tienen algo que ver con los productos de éste. Por consiguiente los anuncios, juegos que se me presentan en las páginas pueden ser diversos tipos.

Ya sé que he posteado otras veces sobre diferentes ads, pero como que éstos son nuevos y tienen algo que ver con lo que me gusta, es decir, la tecnología Apple, pues aquí os lo enseño.
















Aquí hay otro anuncio, que aunque no sea de tecnología también vale la pena mirárselo, pues es básicamente, digámoslo, diferente de los demás de fútbol.

Differences

With the occasion of the new Apple September '10 Keynote; which, as usually, was about music products of Apple Inc. I wanted to fill the points to the list of the differences between the iPhone and the new (sept. '10) iPod Touch. And, as seen on the first time both gadgets (2007), I wanted to make an update*.


DIFFERENCES IN 2008
- There is no email client on the iPod Touch
- There is no Maps application on the iPod Touch
- There are no Stocks or Weather widgets on the iPod Touch
- There is no built-in camera for the iPod Touch
- There are no Blutooth capabilities for the iPod Touch
- The iPod Touch has a differently styled "Dock," with a reflective surface -- akin to the Dock that will debut with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
- While the iPod Touch is sleeping, the user can tap the home button twice to bring up touch controls on the screen -- a feature the iPhone currently lacks
- The iPod Touch has a separate Contacts app -- it's built into the Phone application on the iPhone
- The iPod Touch has separate Video and Music apps, whereas the iPhone has a single "iPod" app that contains these functions
- There is apparently (and obviously) no microphone on the iPod Touch, though it will be interesting to see if such audio-in capabilities could be enabled via a third-party device.
- The iPod touch's headphone jack is on the bottom of the device
- The iPod touch lacks a built-in external speaker
- The iPod touch's screen appears to be of a slightly higher quality than the iPhone, with 163 pixels per inch to the iPhone's 160 pixels per inch.

















DIFFERENCES IN 2010
- There is no phone availability on the iPod Touch.

















So there it goes, by now the only difference between iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch is the carrier contract.


(*First differences made by Ben Wilson on his article on cnet.com)

New Apple Store (Barcelona)

The first time I heart that Apple was considering to have a new Apple Store I thought: "Great... Yes... In U.S., right?". And I didn't put so much attention. Two months after that rumour, I read an article that certainly Apple was planning a new Apple Store. So rumour confirmed. Then, the question was: Where? When I read "Spain" I just went nuts! I could not believe that.
However, the best part was still to arrive. Different news were to come.
First, we knew the country, but not the city. As I live in Barcelona I wished it'd be in Barcelona or a city nearby. Therefore, the next new was there: "Apple is considering Madrid and Barcelona to introduce an Apple Store". No way! Barcelona was mean to be... And finally it was!
Secondly, we knew the city, but not the place. I was thrilled to have an Apple Store in Passeig de Gràcia. This is the best place to have an Apple Store! Passeig the Gràcia is like Regent's Street in London, and there there is the most beautiful Apple Store I ever seen (and I have seen a few). Apple thought that too. But no. Apple's idea was tangled by a net of I-don't-know-who's-interest-was to bet the offer of a selling place in there. Mango got it for an-amount-of-money-that-only-a-few-know. That was absolutely insane! That was, I mean, NO! Well then, Apple need some place that actually could satisfy its kind of store. So, Centre Comercial La Maquinista. I was there on the opening day.

I think that it is an absolutely-wrong-first-feet of Apple in Barcelona that I hope some day we could see en Apple Store in Passeig de Gràcia. Please?

Fake Apple products on the web?

Recently I saw an ad in a web, you know this GoogleAds or other ones... This one had shocked me a lot. A company were giving fake iPads out! Couldn't believe it! Currently there are really odd companies which sells fictional Apple products! :S



Then I saw another ad, which a company was selling old iPhones 3G... However, this is not the shocking part, but they are selling all sort of colour iPhones 3G!!! I thought there were only black and white ones!!! Furthermore, it says “Good quality”... Ok, what is that supposed to mean? That iPhone has good quality colours, or screen, or is a good quality gadget? Nah! iPhone is an Apple product, it has the best high quality in technology! What were the ad companies thinking about?

¿Los mejores apps para el iPhone?

¿Se podrían clasificar los mejores apps para el iPhone o simplemente los que más nos gustan?
En el siguiente vídeo aunque no sepa que son los mejores, sí son los que más me sorprenden y graciosos.
Siempre en algo que nos gusta hay un defecto. ¿Cuál es aquí? Pues, es claro, la mayoría de apps chulos, divertido y muchos útiles no están aceptados por Apple para ser distribuidos por el App Store de la misma empresa.

Como ya sabemos, antes que veamos los apps en el Store, Apple da una revisión para que, en algunos casos, determine la clase de público que va dirigido (el PEG), el tipo de app (utilidades, entretenimiento, etc...). En la mayoría de casos Apple da luz verde a ser vendidos (free or not free), pero en muchos otros no dejan. Estos muchos son habitualmente apps que hacen el iPhone más audaz o que similan a aplicaciones nativas del iPhone nuevo que el antiguo no tiene. Éste es el caso del vídeo. Para los que tenemos el iPhone 3G y no gozamos de vídeo, nos cabrea, así que buscamos algún app que pueda permitirnos hacer grabaciones... Cachís en la mar que el único app que lo permite hacer, Apple no lo ha aceptado.

Así que, los más ilegales (o los más listos), se hacen el jailbreak y tienen allí una retaila de apps la mar de súper chulos!

¿Es así como Apple pretende tratar a sus usuarios? ¡Quiero (o queremos) app con función de vídeo! ¡queremos apps que sean tan divertidos como los que hay en el app, pero añadiendo los que no se han aceptado aún!

Y para pedir que no falte: ¡que bajen los precios de los apps y que alarguen la vida de la bateria del iPhone! que si bien lo hacen con los MacBooks también podrán hacerlo con los iPhones, ¡digo yo!

Aquí os paso un vídeo con algunos apps chulos (con jailbreaked iPhone, ¡claro!).

iPhone equivocado

Hay muchos anuncios, la mayoría spam, que te "regalan" o "baratean" un teléfono móvil u otro gadget de moda. Esta vez es un iPhone, de 16 GB y, ¡ojo!, que son libres de origen. ¡Qué bueno! No obstante, lo más bueno no es que sean libres de origen, que se supone que en España sólo pueden ser vendido por Telefonica, sino lo más grande en el anuncio es que te digan que venden el teléfono en 24 horas y que es el último modelo! iPhone 3GS. Después de ver el anuncio, ¡no concuerda el modelo con la foto! No sé si al pedirlo puede que me traigan el modelo más antiguo, eso me crea inseguridad, ¡no compro pues!

Ya que hay una gran y preciosa web de Apple Inc. cercioraros antes de plantear algun anuncio que en efecto no concuerda con su composición.