Verizon filed an aggressive legal response Monday as part of its ongoing defense against AT&T, accusing its competitor of overreacting to “the truth” of its wireless data service.

Apple on Monday released a wide range of new printer drivers for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The drivers add compatibility for many printers and scanners manufactured by Canon, Brother, HP and Lexmark. Users with devices not supported by the drivers included on the original v10.6 installation DVD can use Software Update to automatically check for new drivers after the printer or scanner is connected to the Mac….

Apple is advertising for a full time game developer for the iPhone and iPhone touch. In a job posting at the company’s site, Apple said it was looking for a skilled developer with 3-4 years of experience, strong C/C++/Objective-C and iPhone experience, who has “shipped at least one AAA title.”

Filed under: Software, Reviews, Music

Here at TUAW, we’ve not given Apple’s Logic Studio a great deal of coverage recently. In particular, back in July 2009, Apple released its latest iteration of the popular music production software, Logic Pro 9 (alongside the upgrade to all its various virtual studio components too), and not much has been mentioned about it since.

With Pro Tools’ much vamped version 8 released at the beginning of 2009, and, more recently, the introduction of Reason’s new DAW Record (not to mention all the other powerful DAW’s out there), we thought it was high time to take a good look at the new features of Apple’s flagship music production solution.

Since Logic Studio boasts over 200 new features, and takes a one-size-fits-all approach (basically everyone will find something different to take away from this enormous package), we’re not going to do a comprehensive review (well, not at this stage anyway). Instead, we’d love to hear from you (sitting in your dark studio making funny noises and dreaming of Grammy’s) to share with us how these new features are working out in the real world.

What’s that awesome new feature you keep on going back to? What’s the most annoying problem that disrupts your work flow? From the tones of ‘Pedalboard’ and ‘Amp Designer’ to being a master of time with ‘Flex Time,’ how is it all working out for you?

Apple describes Logic Studio to be “…a complete set of professional applications that lets you write, record, edit, mix and perform. It’s also the largest collection of modelled instruments, sampler instruments, effect plug-ins, and audio loops ever put in a single box. So it’s easy to get amazing sounds and amazing-sounding recordings. Now you can tackle any stage of your project yourself – without losing your inspiration along the way. ” Do you agree with this statement?

If Logic 9 isn’t your DAW of choice, or you haven’t yet upgraded, now’s your chance to tell the world why your DAW is genuinely better. Or why you’re sticking to your Logic 8 guns because you think Logic 9 (Studio) isn’t worth the upgrade. This isn’t a time to gloat and sneer (I’m looking at you Pro Tools people in the corner, you’re always up for a fight!!!), but rather to get some genuine conversation going on what really works and what doesn’t on our beloved Mac platform.

In the future we’re aiming to do a series on the various components of Logic Studio. To get to grips with the nitty gritty of what each application has to offer. If you work professionally, and rather closely, with one of these apps then let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

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TUAWCount The Beats: Logic Studio, are you in love? (Poll) originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple is planning on releasing an iPhone concierge app for its fleet of Apple Stores, according to reports. According to the reports, the app will allow users to schedule Genius Bar appointments, One-to-One Shopping, and other Apple Store services.

Apple has allegedly expanded its iPhone app review process to include computerized filtering of submissions, according to Daring Fireball blogger John Gruber. The new “static analysis tools” are designed to catch developers trying to use Apple’s private APIs, which the iPhone SDK terms explicitly prohibits….

Mad Catz today dipped into networking with its own wireless bridge. Meant as an alternative to the official Xbox adapter, the Wireless-N Gaming Adapter takes the Ethernet connection from an Xbox 360, 20GB PlayStation 3 or any computer and turns it into an 802.11n Wi-Fi signal. The peripheral doesn’t reach full 802.11n speeds but can still peak at 150Mbps….

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Store

It doesn’t happen so much anymore, but not too long ago you’d hear about a new offering arriving in the App Store that would stir up a little controversy (the NetShare tethering app springs to mind). They’d enjoy some fanfare and a ton of purchases for a few days before being summarily removed, never to return and often without a thorough explanation from Apple. A relatively small number of users would retain possession of the app and would take a bit of pride in knowing that they were in the right place at just the right time to snag a copy of the app before it was yanked.

When I got the email from our very own Mike Rose regarding the release of GV Mobile, I was pretty excited. I’d been wanting to more fully adopt the Google Voice service, but had wanted a more iPhone-ish experience in doing so and GV Mobile seemed to have just what I was jonesing for. I paid the three bucks right then and, like The Giving Tree, was happy.

My adoption plan for Google Voice didn’t pan out quite like I’d hoped for a while after that. I’d use it occasionally, but I had trouble moving it from the number I gave to sales people to the number I gave to my mother-in-law. But, despite the absence of the app in the App Store, I still had a perfectly working copy of it on my iPhone, ready when I was – or so I thought.

A couple of weeks ago, I had decided that it was time to make Google Voice a more central part of my communication workflow. Having not launched GV Mobile in a while, I fired it up to reacquaint myself with the interface, capabilities, etc. Trouble is, I couldn’t authenticate with Google. I triple-checked my credentials but the app would just throw an error on launch and that was that. A couple of people on Twitter had mentioned having the same issue and a quick Google search informed me that, sure enough, the app no longer worked. Apparently, Google had modified the Voice API such that authentication now worked differently than it did when GV Mobile was written. Because the app no longer had Apple’s seal of approval, I had little recourse because there obviously weren’t going to be any updates to the app anytime soon.

Which raised the broader question – how heavily should we rely on “orphaned” apps? If they’re self-contained (which is to say, they don’t rely on any web sites or services to function properly), it probably isn’t a big deal, but if you’re a heavy Google Voice user and GV Mobile is how you got your work done, is it really a good idea to hang your hopes on an app that will likely never see any type of upgrade or bugfix release?

I can confidently say that this little hiccup has seriously cramped my plans for more completely adopting Google Voice. Is the same true for you? Have you experienced this type of dilemma with any other now-missing App Store purchases? Tell us about it in the comments!

TUAWShould we continue using an app that Apple has rejected? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) launched today in the US in the form of Simple Mobile. The cell provider has its own pick of phones but emphasizes attaching the SIM card over its own devices; customers are encouraged to bring their own unlocked phones, including smartphones. About 180 phones have already been pre-screened, though it should work with other devices….