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Elements – one of the nicer text editor apps available for iPad and iOS – has had another update this week, to Version 2.0.1.

My favorite new feature, and the one that has been most requested by users, is the ability change the linked Dropbox folder. So you no longer have to live with the default of /Elements.

You can also now adjust margin settings and make use of a new dark theme if that suits your taste.

Here’s the full change list for this new version:

* [NEW] Added support for changing the linked Dropbox folder.
* [NEW] Added setting for iPad users to adjust the margins of the editor. iPhone users have default margins because of the smaller phone size.
* [NEW] Added bottom toolbar to the iPad editor.
* [NEW] Added in-app documentation.
* [NEW] Added a dark theme.
* [CHANGE] Removed the text color setting.
* [FIX] HTML Exporter now sets UTF-8 as its character set.
* [FIX] Fixed Tumblr crash when users with private blogs tried to authenticate.
* [FIX] Fixed another obscure crasher with Tumblr publishing.
* [FIX] Fixed logging out to properly clear out cached versions of files.
* [FIX] Fixed some button pressed states to not highlight in the file editor view.
* [FIX] Fixed a variety of rotation issues with exporting and publishing.
* [FIX] Fixed the background color of the appearance view controller.
* [FIX] Fixed a rendering issue with the corners of grouped table views with custom background colors.
* [FIX] Miscellaneous user interface improvements for certain users.
* [FIX] Cleaned up the memory footprint of the app in various spots.

Here’s an App Store link for Elements (full name: Elements – Dropbox and Markdown Powered Text Editor); it’s priced at .99.

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Sprint has increased its early termination fee from 0 to 0, bringing it in line with both AT&T and Verizon. The new fee only applies to ‘advanced devices’ which, we assume, means smartphones and tablets.

According to an article on CNET, the fee will be prorated for now, depending on how long you have left on your current contract, which kind of makes sense. And that’s the reason we’re surprised Sprint is making this move…(…)
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The official Post-it® notes have made their way to iOS and they’re called Post-it® PopNotes. These are no ordinary notes however – you can place them anywhere you want and share with friends with family.

This is how sticky notes are meant to be on the iPhone! Being able to digitally stick them around places is very neat. My mom has a serious Post-it note addiction and leaves them around for everyone else to read (don’t ever housesit for her, the house will be one big sticky note), so the sharing option is perfect for people like her.

Create. Place. Share. The PopNotes App creates geo-triggered Post-it® Notes for the digital world. Create and place notes anywhere you want. Choose to leave a note just for yourself or share it with friends, family or everyone. You can even set a note to pop up at a specific time and location.

• Create notes by typing and/or drawing.
• Place notes at specific locations.
• Control who gets to see the notes you post – just yourself, your friends and family or anyone with the app.
• Invite friends and family to connect through the app.
• View notes posted by you and others within 500 yards of your current location via an interactive map.
• Set location-based reminders anywhere in the U.S.
• Simple and fun to use, encourages creativity and spontaneity.
• Choose from nine different Post-it® Note colors.

Potential Uses

• Leave a sweet note for that special someone at the airport when they land.
• Share reviews at theaters, recommendations at restaurants or tips at fishing holes.
• Leave a note at the store that reminds you to pick up milk when you get there.
• Create notes and reminders for yourself.
• View notes at the local salon so you can make an appointment with the best hair stylist.
• Explore new cities by finding notes with advice and recommendations left by others.
• Whatever your creativity allows. Have fun!

Post-it PopNotes is available on the iPhone and iPad for free.

[App Store link]

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VintageZen has a post up asking what place in Apple’s lineup the iPod touch would serve once a budget iPhone hits the market, especially if it’s ultra-cheap and Apple can strong-arm the carriers into offering pay-as-you-go plans and iPad-like month-to-month data plans.

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With the coming fall event, this is Apple’s opportunity to make a trademark dramatic move and kill off the iPod Touch from their product line. However, they shouldn’t just leave a void where the iPod Touch once was, they should replace it with the much rumored low-end iPhone. The low-end iPhone would fit perfectly into the market where the iPod Touch was, and in many ways would be better than the iPod Touch for most consumers.

Daring Fireball thinks it could help equalize the iPhone product vs. Android OS numbers metrics companies love to trot out.

It makes sense in a lot of ways for Apple. Simpler product lineup. It would even help with “smartphone market share” numbers — iPod Touches are dark matter in such comparisons that only count “phones”. Plus, I don’t recall seeing (or hearing privately, myself) any rumors about a new iPod Touch for this fall.

TUAW battled this out back in June. The whole debate is worth reading (check this link below) but in sum:

Apple has removed the “iPod” branding from iOS 5. In iOS 4 and earlier, both the iPhone and iPad handle music playback via an “iPod” app, but in iOS 5 these two devices instead have a “Music” app just like the iPod touch. It may mean nothing, but it’s still an interesting move considering the iPod was Apple’s top-selling product for so many years.

Apple certainly has killed products, even best selling products like iPod mini (which was replaced with iPod nano). Right now iPod touch sits in the middle of the road — no phone, no 3G, no large screen. If the budget iPhone really is cheap to buy and cheap to run, is there any space left for the current style iPod touch? Or do those two lines become one?

[VintageZen, Daring Fireball,

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I’ve been running the developer betas of iOS 5 on my original iPad (which is shared by my wife and daughter, but they allow me to use it as test device) for some time now. As the betas have advanced, I had become more and more tempted to run them on my own iPad 2. Last night I took the plunge and got the latest iOS 5 beta 6 installed on it.

So far, my iPad 2 is running just as well as ever and, like me, enjoying iOS 5 quite a lot.

Just in case any of you are planning to jump on board with the iOS 5 betas soon, I thought I’d share my process for moving over to it.

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According to a recent article at ESPN.com baseball is well and truly past its Steroid Age and is firmly into its Information Age. And the iPad is playing a starring role in this new age for the national pastime. Here’s a line even I didn’t expect to see when reading the article:

• All of a sudden, thanks to those creative geniuses at Apple, the average big league clubhouse seems to house more iPads than batting gloves.

The article is full of stories about how the iPad is playing a critical role in providing information to players, coaches, and managers on Major League teams – serving up and crunching data that’s being used to help hitters, pitchers, coaches, scouts, and managers to get a competitive edge.

Here are a just a few eye-catching bits about the iPad’s role:

It’s a planet in which Rays manager Joe Maddon flips open his iPad in a Starbucks, sips his morning cup of tea and pores over the spray charts that dictate the funky shifts his team is about to unleash on David Ortiz that night. … It’s a planet in which Troy Tulowitzki can pedal away on his exercise bike while watching every pitch Tim Hudson has fired at him over the last five years.

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The United States government has filed its opposition to the AT&T – T-Mobile US merger on anti-trust grounds. AT&T was pursuing the merger in an attempt to get T-Mobile’s AWS spectrum to use for a bigger, better LTE 4G roll out.

(Probably smart that T-Mobile wasn’t waiting on AT&T to get iPhone 5.)

This story is still developing and we’ll update with more information as it comes in.

[Bloomberg, thanks Jack!]

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Oceanhouse Media – publishers who bring delightful eBook versions of many children’s classic to the iPad – have got a very nice Back to School sale kicking off this week. They’ve got 10 of their Dr. Seuss eBooks for iPad and iOS on sale at .99 each.

The sale began yesterday and runs through September 4. The titles included in it are:

• Oh Say Can You Say? (released today)
• Dr. Seuss’s ABC
• Green Eggs and Ham
• The Cat in the Hat
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
• I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
• There’s A Wocket in My Pocket!
• Fox in Socks

Oceanhouse will be continuing their back to school sale through early October, with a new selection of eBooks on sale each week.

To take advantage of this week’s sale on Dr. Seuss titles, see the iPad App Store page for Oceanhouse Media’s Dr. Seuss eBook apps.

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Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhone (or phones) in the next few weeks, and as usual the rumor mill is on fire. Also right on schedule are the flurry of purported next-gen components we’re seeing pop up all over the web.

But so far, the parts haven’t really amounted to much. Although some differences have been noted, the pieces in general look very similar to those found in the iPhone 4. Finally, some parts have surfaced that actually matter…(…)
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Well known Mac and PC TV tuner manufacturer Elgato will soon  be releasing a TV tuner made specifically for the iPad 2. The tuner will clip into the 30 pin dock connector on the iPad 2 and comes complete with a telescopic aerial. The tuner is a DVB-T freeview tuner which is geared towards the European market. The companion app will be available free from the App Store and will enable pausing and recording of live TV directly to your iPad 2.

EyeTV Mobile is made specifically for your iPad 2. Simply connect it to the dock connector and open the EyeTV Mobile app (available on the App Store). The television signal comes straight from the miniature telescopic aerial so you don’t need an internet connection. You get unlimited live TV on your iPad 2 without touching your data plan.

• An easy-to-use iPad 2 TV tuner for live, mobile television anywhere
• Provides a full range of TV viewing features including pause, rewind, and record
• Receives and even records DVB-T radio transmissions directly to your iPad 2
• Connects directly to the iPad 2 dock connector
• Receives a DTT (Freeview) television and radio signal from the miniature telescopic aerial
• No internet connection required, so it doesn’t touch your data plan

I am a little concerned with the how well the telescopic aerial will work. From past experience with freeview reception, these sort of aerials never seem to work very well. Having said that, it is a neat accessory for the iPad 2. It should be available soon at a price of £99.95 (6). For a list of counties which support DVB transmissions visit DVB.org.

[Elgato]

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