Late app of the week (or maybe none this week)

Since Apple first launched the "App of the week" they have always released a new one every Thursday. But today is Thursday at almost 10:30 at night and still no new app of the week. Last week "Temple Run: Brave" received that honor, and it's still listed as such in the App Store. So unless Apple is breaking their weekly cycle and will release a new one tomorrow, there will be no free App of the Week this week.

Edit (Friday at 2:45pm)
So it seems like Apple broke their Thursday cycle because today the App of the Week is finally released. It's called "Run Roo Run"

Finally an iPod touch you can be proud to own

I've used every generation of iPod touch since the first generation in 2007, and the new fifth generation announced today is the one I wanted for for five years now.

I'm one of those people that prefer to keep my music/video player separate from my phone, so the iPod touch has always been my iOS device of choice. Not just because I prefer to keep my devices, but also because until recently the iPhone never had enough space. The recently announced iPhone 5 can have a max of 64 GB, but it was not always like that. Even the original iPod touch had more storage than the original iPhone.

The problem with the iPod touch has always been it's lack of features that I wanted. Mainly a decent camera.

The first gen touch didn't have Bluetooth or a speaker. Second and third had both, but no camera. The fourth gen had the same garbage camera the iPad 2 has. Last year, a new iPod touch wasn't even released, instead the fourth gen was just recolored white. Now with the fifth generation iPod touch Apple finally added a decent camera. 5MP camera with LED flash. Not even the 3rd generation iPad has a flash for its camera. This is great news!

Thank you Apple for finally listening to what your customers want. Now if only you gave us a battery percentage indicator on the iPod touch, it would then be ideal.

iPhone 5 – a disappointing name

Apple had their keynote event today, in which they announced the new iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano, and new version of iTunes and the iOS stores, as well as iOS 6.

During the announcement, Apple unveiled that the official name of the new iPhone is the iPhone 5. However, the new iPhone is the sixth generation of the iPhone. Why Apple didn't name it the iPhone 6 is beyond me. Sometimes Apple makes mistakes, after all the company is made up of human beings, and no human is perfect. However deciding to go with the name iPhone 5 seems like a huge blunder to me.