Apple, put Cover Flow in other products!

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One of the features that really wowed me about the original iPod touch was Cover Flow. Cover Flow in iTunes (and later in Finder) is also pretty good on the Mac. But where Apple went wrong is the exclusion of Cover Flow in the iPad and the Apple TV. Cover Flow would be amazing in these two products; not just for music, but also for movies. Being able to scroll between movie covers on Apple TV would be as cool as using Kinect on the Xbox 360 to scroll through movies.

Now I know not everyone would want Cover Flow on their iPad or Apple TV, but that's what preferences are for. There could be an on/off toggle for this feature on both devices. I think Apple could sell a ton more devices if they included Cover Flow. I'm really hoping they understand this soon and add the feature in an upcoming update to the operating system.

WebOS is going open source

HP announced recently that they are making WebOS available to the open source community. People will be able to tweek it and put it on any device they see fit. (provided you know how to tweek software to work on any device)

It would be interesting to see someone rework the software to run on Intel Core i7 processors. WebOS currently runs on ARM processors

Flipboard for iPhone and iPod touch

I mentioned it before and now it finally happened. Flipboard has come to the iPhone and iPod touch. You can easily import your setting from the iPad using your Flipboard account. Happy reading!

Apple thinks 2 days is too late

Apple recalled the graphics card in my MacBook Pro; however when I went into an Apple store to get mine replaced, I was 12 days late. My computer was experiencing problems with the faulty recalled graphics one month prior, but I was stuck in bed for the past month with severe pneumonia. Unable to leave the house, I missed the deadline by 12 days. When I showed up at the Apple store on that 12th day, they refused to replace it under the recalled agreement. Instead, they said I'd have to pay over $500 to get the graphics replaced. I explained my illness, but they didn't care. I've bought at least three new Apple products per year since 2007, so I'm a pretty good customer. Apple doesn't care, they wouldn't bend their rules for anything.

Thank you so much Apple, you really care about your customers.