Links for Wednesday April 20th, 2011
Amazon's tablet is coming, but what will it be?: Peter Rojas pours some more fuel on the Amazon Android tablet fire. I still have some doubts — building a totally custom interface on top of Android 2.x is a fairly massive undertaking, and it's not clear that Amazon will be able to pull that off in the near term.
How a Blind Gamer Plays Zelda by Ear: Amazing stuff:
"Today, Garrett can beat the entire game, executing every jump and step with near-perfect precision. He’s honed his hearing to the point where he can recognize exactly which sounds refer to each object and act accordingly. He hasn’t memorized every level, but he knows enough about the sound design to beat Oddworld without dying."
What makes this even more impressive, is that none of these games were designed to be played by the blind. (via 4 Color Rebellion)
Researchers Disclose iPhone and iPad Location-Tracking Privacy Issues: This is the real deal — I tried this app out this morning, and it was able to show my location over the last 6 months (if not more). I'm not really sure why Apple is storing this data on the iPhone, and I hope that they correct this soon.
Let’s talk about this picture of a Samsung F700: Nilay Patel debunks the internet chatter that Apple actually copied Samsung with the iPhone (instead of the reverse).
Does Thunderbolt fortell the end of the line for the Mac Pro as we know it?: Actually, I think that Apple will just get rid of the Mac Pro entirely. It is telling, that the promotional screen shots for the new Final Cut X show it running on a MacBook Pro. With Thunderbolt, Apple is strongly implying that the MacBook Pro is the new Mac Pro.