iTunes version of Avatar will let users control scenes, more

Apple has just announced a special iTunes version of James Cameron's Avatar that will not only include some special extras like the film's script and a big 1,700 picture special effects gallery of pictures to browse through, but allow viewers to actually control 17 scenes as they happen, switching between different views like the finished film, rough CG cuts, and the original live action motion capture footage. Viewers will also be able to "x-ray" these scenes, moving a special view around the screen that will show off the original live action footage, superimposed over the finished movie.

Sounds pretty awesome to us. Special features have obviously been a standby of disc-based movies for years, and modern Blu Ray discs offer up split-screen and onscreen special effects information and footage for all kinds of movies. But this is something that's really interactive, and it's exclusively on iTunes (Apple doesn't say yet if the special footage will work on an iPad or an iPhone, though it seems likely, right?). That's a nice get for Apple, and it might be an indication of more features like this to come (which would make for nice viewing fodder on a possible Apple TV, wouldn't it).

You can preorder the movie on iTunes right now. The special edition version will cost you $20, while the regular edition itself is $15.

New iOS 5.0.1 Release Features Makes iPhone 4 Siri Port Legally Feasible

You may have noticed that Apple released an updated version of iOS 5.0.1 not too long ago, and with it comes some interesting news regarding its security.

It appears that the new iOS 5.0.1r2 features decrypted ramdisks, which means that it now possible to write a script to download the 5.0.1 and extract the necessary files needed for a Siri port.

Since the download is publicly available from Apple’s server, the idea of a Siri port just got a lot more legal…

This is great news for those who want to do things the right way, instead of thequestionable and downright illegal ports that have surfaced in the recent weeks for the iPhone 4, and other non 4S devices.

As to why Apple did this is anyone’s guess. It’s odd in itself that Apple would release an update to an already existing firmware — we don’t ever remembering that happening — and it’s even odder than they’d leave the new firmware susceptible when they know everyone and their mother wants a legally obtainable Siri port.

We’ll have more details as it breaks. Thanks to qwertyoruiop for the explanation

iPhone Segmented Control:UISegmentedControl Tutorial

A segmented control shows a horizontal list of items. Each segment looks like a button. The segments remains “pressed” even after the user lifts his finger.When a different segment is tapped, its corresponding value can be obtained.
Segmented control comes in handy when you want to show/hide different data without changing the current view.For e.g you can have a set of images and you display only one when a segment is selected. When you select a different segment, depending on that, the picture changes.

So lets get started.:

Step 1:Start Xcode and create a view based application with name “SegmentedControlDemo”.

Step 2:Open the “SegmentedControlDemoViewController.h” file and put the following code in it.

01	#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

02	@interface SegmentedControlDemoViewController : UIViewController {

03	UILabel *segmentLabel;

04	UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl;

05

}

06

07	@property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UILabel *segmentLabel;

08	@property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl;

09

10	-(IBAction) segmentedControlIndexChanged;

11

12

@end

Here, we have declared a label and segmented control and set properties and outlets for both of them.

Step 3:Open the “SegmentedControlDemoViewController.m” file. Synthesize both the properties and release them.Also provide the implementation for segmentedControlIndexChanged method.

view source

print?

01	#import "SegmentedControlDemoViewController.h"

02

03	@implementation SegmentedControlDemoViewController

04	@synthesize segmentLabel;

05	@synthesize segmentedControl;

06

07	// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view.

08	- (void)viewDidLoad {

09	self.segmentLabel.text =@"Segment 1 selected.";

10	[super viewDidLoad];

11

}

12

13	- (void)dealloc {

14	[segmentLabel release];

15	[segmentedControl release];

16	[super dealloc];

17

}

18

19	-(IBAction) segmentedControlIndexChanged{

20	switch (self.segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex) {

21

case 0:

22	self.segmentLabel.text =@"Segment 1 selected.";

23

break;

24

case 1:

25	self.segmentLabel.text =@"Segment 2 selected.";

26

break;

27

28

default:

29

break;

30

}

31

32

}

33

34

@end

In the segmentedControlIndexChanged method, we have used a switch case which switches the selected segment index of the segmented control. For each case, we have set the text of the label to the respective segment selected.

Step 4: Save(command+s) the project.Now open the “SegmentedControlDemoViewController.xib” file from the Resources folder. Drag and drop a label and a segmented control from the library on the view as shown below. Stretch the edges of the label so that it becomes long enough to display “Segment x selected.”

Note: If you want more than two segments in the segmented control, go to Attributes Inspector for segmented control and change the value for Segments field.

Step 5:Select the File’s Owner in the xib window and open its Connections Inspector(command+2) and make the following connections.

Connect segmentControl to segmented control and segmentLabel to label. The Connections Inspector for File’s Owner will then look like this: