Apple has released a third update to its Aperture software for editing and cataloging photos, with improvements to stability and the chromatic aberration correction tool among dozens of changes. Aperture 3 added the ability to correct chromatic aberration–a color problem caused by camera lenses–and Apple believes version 3.0.3 should give better results with less effort. Indeed, my quick test, editing a dozen photos shot with various lenses, showed a vast improvement over the relatively weak performance in Aperture 3.0.2. It was faster and did a better job removing the color fringes. Another change concerns geotagging. Aperture lets you assign photo locations to photos by positioning them along a GPS track log it displays on a map. A hovering text box shows the time difference between when the photo was taken and the position of the GPS track on which you’re holding it. With Aperture 3.0.3, the text box shows that difference in hours, minutes, and seconds, rather than just hours and minutes.
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Trust Apple to come up with interesting solutions to age-old problems. One of the reasons why virtual keyboards never really took off was the lack of tactile feedback. While pointing and multitouch gestures work best with smooth surfaces, physical keyboards still rule for data input as human hands need to feel the keys for typing accuracy. A recent solution was haptic feedback where the device vibrates when a key is pressed. However, this does not address touch typists’ needs of knowing the position of their digits in relation to the keys. Apple’s answer is to create a surface with raised bumps that correspond to the keys when the virtual keyboard is activated. These bumps will retract back to form a smooth glass surface when data input is not required.
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A few iHome computer speakers in the past, but the company is now making a bigger move into the computer accessories market after signing a licensing agreement with LifeWorks Technology Group. The new line is expected to launch “this summer,” and we’ve highlighted a couple interesting looking products, the iStand Notebook Media Bundle with an integrated iPod/iPhone dock (US$299.99) and the iConnect Media Keyboard (US$149.99). The Mac version of each is colored silver and white, while the Windows version is black. iHome-branded mice, headsets, and Webcams are also in the works.
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