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28Jan/100

Apple unveils iPad

What a night! Dragging myself up out of bed at 2:45 am (Seoul time) to check in to the MacTalk Australia live coverage; idle in ustream the IRC chat room; and refresh the live Gdgt.com text feed was totally worth it! Not only were the rumours true; but the price is reasonable and the versions arriving with 3G connectivity (using the strange Micro-Sim card ) will come unlocked. iPad runs on a new version of the iPhone OS; on custom Apple silicone; and touts an all glass 9.7 inch multi touch display. 60 and 90 day arrival times for the Wifi and 3G versions respectively.

My opinion: I want one.

Apple iPad hands on from Wired.com Gadget Lab

Demonstations of the device appearing all over the web show the iPad with a multi column layout, orientating to however you hold the device. I can't wait to see what developers make of the new UI elements and SDK APIs.

As far as my development goes - all my current work on Seoul City Metro 1.1 appears to be compatible and runs just fine in the iPad's simulator in it's 1x and 2x zoom mode. Anyway, just a few screenshots that I've already posted on twitter - time to get back to work.

iPad Simulator with Seoul City Metro 1.1 Installed

Seoul City Metro V1.1 running in the iPad Simulator

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26Dec/090

I finally got a Magic Mouse! yeah!

It's taken months for this moment! I have been frequenting the Frisbee store in Myeong-dong 명동 frustratingly circling the store since October looking for signs of new Apple gear....the iMacs and MacBooks arrived at some stage in November... but no Magic Mouse. The online Korean Apple store kept changing the delivery dates too - first November, then December. It wasn't looking good...

Magic Mouse (finally!)

Anyway - just a quick update that I'm happy to finally replace my 2nd scummy Mighty Mouse.

Next I need to replace my Bluetooth keyboard with the new 2 battery version (I'm currently missing 2 keys on my current keyboard), and get my MacBook Pro keyboard and trackpad fixed/replaced.

I think I might miss the middle click that the Mighty Mouse had, but I am getting my scrolling back!

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11Dec/091

Seoul City Metro V1.0 Goes Live on the app store!

Seoul City Metro

I'm excited to report that Seoul City Metro has gone live on the Apple App Store!

You can purchase a copy on the world wide store right here for $1.99 US.

Now that the iPhone Application development cycle has been completed - it's time to start some promotions to drum up some sales! I have @yargalot and myself working on a proper website, and I'm looking into promotions on Facebook, and around Seoul itself.!