“For most people, listening to music is something you do while you’re doing something else, not an activity that occupies your entire mind. By contrast, the iTunes LP requires the same kind of attention that you might give to a movie or a book. While that might appeal to the serious music fan, it’s overkill for most consumers.”

via Dan Moren on the iTunes LP.

With only one week until the rumored Apple Event, one can only imagine what will be announced. Which of the rumors are real, and which are just a figment of our technology-craving imaginations? One rumor that does not seem to die is the fabeled Apple Tablet. What will it look like, which OS will it be running, and what can we expect from it? Here’s a look at my ideal Apple Tablet. Keep in mind, I am a student, so some of my requests are based on my education needs.

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Being a college student, tools like iStudiez Pro, have become more of a necessity than a luxury. Everybody is competing to get an edge over their fellow classmates, and this is a tool that can help you to accomplish your goals. The developers, Andriy Kachalo & Michael Balashoff, wanted to create an app that focused on student needs, and have accomplished an easy to use UI which keeps students up to date with everything and anything school related.

iStudiez Pro (formerly known as iStudent Pro) is currently one of my favorite applications; not necessarily because of what it does, but what it will be able to do. The developers have released details of their new Version 1.1, which seems to cover most of the requests users had for the app. Sometime in September, the application will support Push Notifications, the ability to Add Holidays, Block Schedules, and Instructor Information. Grades and GPA Calculation will not make it into this release, but it is definitely an upcoming feature.

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Today a slew of developers are pricing their applications for far more than 99¢, ($4.99 – $9.99+), but they are meeting or exceeding the expectations of their customers. This begs the question, “Is the rising price ceiling necessarily a bad thing?”

When the App Store made its grand debut, applications were generally priced very low. Developers were either giving their apps away for free, or trying to squeeze an impulse buy out of the consumer by pricing their apps at an easy to spend 99¢. These apps did not have any groundbreaking content and were more what you could call “bloat-ware.” As time passed, developers started experimenting with variable pricing points, and soon you started to see a flood of $2.99 – $4.99 apps. These apps ranged from being unused and unnecessary (like their 99¢ counterpart), to impressive and well built applications with innovative UIs (Eg. Weightbot – iTunes Link).

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