Appletell

For those of you who use the FlickrExport plug-ins for Aperture and iPhoto, and who use an iPhone, there is a new great app coming to you at the release of iPhone 2.0. This upcoming app, from Connected Flow, provides iPhone users with a way with which to take photos on their iPhone Camera and send them straight to their Flickr photostream. This program will undoubtedly be quite popular with iPhone users.

Details after the break.

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WebKit, the engine behind Safari and all of Mac’s other HTML needs, seems to be looking fairly far into the future.  It looks as if they’re anticipating the imminent release of Mac OS X v10.6 (or whatever it may be called, details on that in a bit).  Flickr user factoryjoe, famous for his screenshots, has a picture showing files deep in the heart of the most recent WebKit Nightly Build.  In the picture, a folder is shown labled “10.6,” linking as an alias to “10.5” above that.  Above that is the 10.4 folder. 

When it all gets boiled down, I think there are two explanations possible for the situation.  The first is the possibility of a preemptive strike of sorts when it comes time to start writing for 10.6.  This method is not unheard of for developers.  The second, and much more likely situation, is that the developers of WebKit have gotten wind of the new OS and have actually starting to develop WebKit for 10.6.  This may be due to Apple’s possible need of an open source foundation for their 10.6 browsing needs.  Although there is no date even rumored yet for a release, it should be here relatively soon.  Let’s just hope there are no Leopard-esque delays with the next version. 

As for the name, read on.  Back in 2004, when Apple trademarked the names Tiger and Leopard, they also trademarked the names Cougar and Lynx.  Thus, we have the two most likely names for then next iteration of the Mac Operating system, and heck, maybe the unused name will be saved for 10.7.

Via [The Unofficial Apple Weblog]

For those of you who are regulars on Flickr, there is a wonderful new image client for Mac.  Flickery, from Eternal Storms software, does it all.  Well, not everything, but it does most of it.  All within this little app, you can view your Photostream, your contact’s Photostream, upload new photos, delete photos, download photos, comment on photos- you name it.  I only have a few gripes with the program.  Check out the video review.

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By analyzing the metadata in uploaded pictures, Flickr is able to see which cameras their users are taking pictures with.  When it comes to the camera phone market, the iPhone now tops that list.  What does this mean?  Is the iPhone that popular or does its software just make it easier to get the pictures on your computer than most other phones?  If you ask me, it’s the latter.  With the iPhone also being an iPod, people have to sync it a lot more than normal phones, which makes it more common to also take the photos off and put them on your computer and to the web.  Another reason the iPhone may top this list is because of third party apps available through Installer.app that allow users to easily upload pictures to Flickr right from the phone itself.  Finally, people are able to email photos directly to Flickr from the device.

However, although the iPhone does make it easier to upload the photos in the first place, I think it also gives users more of a reason to.  Despite having such few megapixels and failing in low light situations, the iPhone camera takes much better pictures than I’ve ever taken with any other phone.  When held still, it takes pretty crisp photos with nice color.  The only thing that would make the camera better, besides more megapixels of course, would be more features.  A zoom would be nice, especially if Apple added some off those quirky Photo Booth effects.  What do you think?

What are your top feature for camera improvement in the 3G iPhone?

We’ve heard the whiners. We’ve heard all the people making fun. “No Ethernet port?” “No optical drive?” “Only one USB port?” “No FIREWIRE??” Well, flickr user nybras.rodrigo has heard your pleas. The solution is something he likes to call the MacBook Aircraft. Three USB ports, three FireWire 400 ports, and two FireWire 800 ports.  You also get a full DVI port, built-in iPod Shuffle and Ethernet port. Of course the computer comes with all the necessities such as a floppy drive for those 1.44MB disk drives and a Superdrive. However, no matter how awesome this Aircraft looks, it’s just not going to do it for me. I mean, come on, where on earth is the modem port for dial-up??

Via [Flickr]

While trying to report a problem in iTunes, Mac developer David Watanabe stumbled upon what could be the beginnings of movie rentals on iTunes. When browsing the reasons you could submit problems under, he discovered some unusual strings, and posted a screenshot of them on Flickr. Among them were: “DidNotReceiveMovie-Renjavascript:promptTag("link");talMovie," “AccidentalPurchase-RentalMovie,” “ContentQuality-RentalMovie,” “DuplicatePurchase-RentalMovie,” “WrongVersion-RentalMovie,” “BadMetadata-RentalMovie” and “Other-RentalMovie.”

It has been rumored for a while that Apple might begin to rent movies on iTunes, as it has been a much-requested feature. Whether these strings actually end up meaning anything, is still up for speculation. Engadget has claimed that these strings have since been removed, though when I went to check for myself, I was greeted with an iTunes prompt stating that “The iTunes Store could not process my request at this time.” Let me know if you have any better luck.

Via [AppleInsider]

In the past, Apple Products have proven to be pretty rugged machines, still working after taking bullets left and right, and even being run-over. With that being said there are many other less-spectacular situations that have rendered Apple Products useless. I’m sure that many of you have suffered the loss of an iPod or MacBook because of throwing dropping it, or the screen/case getting cracked.

If you need a place to share your pain and heart-ache, you can join the Flickr group devoted to “Maccidents.” From battery swelling MacBook Pros to “Baseball-meets-screen” iMacs, this group has the basics covered. With only 15 members and 13 photos, I’m sure that you can contribute some “Maccidents” from your own experiences. Warning: If you cringe at the sight of broken Apples, this group may not be for you. You have been warned.

Maccidents [Flickr Pool]