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We're at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco with the latest news about the show. Check back often this week for updates!
- Phil Schiller Delivers Lackluster Keynote
- iPhoto '09 Adds Faces and Places
- iMovie '09 Seems to Fix Everything from iMovie '08
- GarageBand '09 Adds Music Lessons
- iWork Turns '09
- Apple Moves to Unprotected Music, Tiered Prices
- Apple Pioneers New Battery Tech with 17-inch MacBook Pro
- Jobs Clears the Air on Health Issue
- Welcome to Macintosh Movie to Screen at Macworld Expo
- MacHEADS Movie to Premiere at Macworld Expo
- TidBITS Events at Macworld SF 2009
How to Make an iPhone Screenshot
Want to take a screenshot of something on your iPhone or iPod touch? Press the Home button and Power button briefly at the same time, and an image of your screen will be saved to the Photos app (and will sync with iPhoto when you next connect). Don't hold the buttons too long or your device will either power down or reboot.
Submitted by Angus Wong
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Hands on with Kindle
The day after writing about Kindle for TidBITS (see "Comparing Amazon's Kindle to the iPhone and Sony Reader", 2007-11-19), I received a unit - bought and paid for by yours truly, by the way, as Amazon.com apparently didn't seed many units to the press, and didn't respond to my request for a review model for The Seattle Times.
I wrote up my observations on The Seattle Times's blog, and will have a full review in the paper a week from Saturday. I didn't list every kudo or complaint in the blog - nor will I have room in the upcoming review - but as a type designer and graphic designer, I'll point out that the Kindle supports one font, one layout, and multiple sizes. The font is fine. Quite legible. The ability to resize, well implemented and useful for varying conditions.
The layout? Not so great. Forced justification with apparently no hyphenation dictionary or hinting in the format. That's a huge failure. On a private list, I noted that, "Justification without hyphenation is like taxation without representation." That is, the poor letters and word groupings have no input into how they're displayed, which makes for a poor republic.
Adam Engst thought this would make a good T-shirt. And so I made one at Cafe Press.
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