Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

The founder of Apple Steve Jobs once said “We’re here to put a dent in the universe.” He certainly did that by changing the world.

A true innovator, Steve Jobs, revolutionized personal computing for the masses, changing the way we listen to music and brought about the evolution of mobile.

His vision, passion and determination led to countless innovations that have changed our world for the better, changing the way we go about our daily lives. Even if you don’t have an Apple product you most probably have a product that was inspired or created in response to an Apple innovation. Even the layout of the computer today came about thanks to Steve Jobs, the mouse & keyboard came from his mind. Even fonts were an innovation of his.

The billionaire wasn’t obsessed with money, instead he was obsessed with quality and design.

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.”

Thanks Steve!

Steve Jobs

The new TomTom app that turns an iPhone into a turn-by-turn GPS navigation system spells the beginning of the end for standalone GPS. Not everywhere, but at least on dashboards, where a smartphone can now do everything a GPS can do and cost less than purchasing both.

Like most users, I have been unhappy with the GPS applications available for my iPhone. While overpriced at $99.95, the TomTom software is the first to truly bring standalone GPS performance to a smartphone platform. When the company releases its car kit, dashboard mounting and powering the iPhone will become easier.

With iPhones selling for as little as $99, the combination of phone, software, and mounting kit should cost less that $300. While you can purchase a nice GPS for that, it would provide little more than navigation and perhaps hands-free for a Bluetooth phone. The iPhone is a real pocket-sized computer that does everything the GPS does, and a lot more besides.

Still, a standalone GPS can–and this may be the genre’s salvation–provide a larger, more readable screen than the iPhone. It can also provide real (not touch screen) buttons for some functions.

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Satnav giant TomTom has officially launched an Application for Apple’s iPhone and will be available for £60 at the popular online store as from today.

Navigon and Copilot have already released their Satnav applications for the iPhone and TomTom’s version – which was first demoed at Apple’s WWDC – costs roughly twice as much although it packs some nice features to justify the price.

Amongst those are the IQ Routes technology which compares your planned journey to a database of “best case scenarios” compiled by TomTom users, automatic re-routing, a safety camera database for a number of European countries, point of interest searching as well as full iPhone optimisation (that includes pinch and zoom in as well as multitouch functionality).
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TwitVid.com , lets iPhone 3GS owners post videos they’ve taken directly from the device.

Users can record a new video, or choose from an existing one in their libraries. It also features a handy upload bar to let you know how far the video has to go before it’s done. The big twist is that TwitVid’s got some technology running on its end that lets your followers start watching the clip before it’s even done uploading.

Has anyone tried it yet?