Although shrewdness can often strike you a tasty deal in the consumer electronics market, Apple is one company that just doesn't haggle, and trying to find the latest Apple gadget cheaper than the fruit company's RRP can often be more difficult than trying to secrete blood from a stone.
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George Hotz, known to most as serial exploiter Geohot, has been keeping something of a fairly low profile of late. Then again, when you're used to jailbreaking consoles and smartphones while making viral rap videos aimed at Sony's lawyers, I guess anything less than an explosion constitutes calmness and tranquility.
Browsing the web is one of the primary uses of an iOS device, and while Apple's stock Safari app does the job to a satisfactory standard, it's not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination, and for that reason, there are many third-party offerings vying for consumer approval.
It was one of the first games released along with the original Xbox, and Halo has remained one of the most popular franchises in the gaming industry ever since.
Although iOS 4 brought a multitasking experience to iOS per se, it's not exactly the most functional, and the fact that only one app can be viewed at any given time is much to the annoyance of many iDevice users, particularly those rocking the 9.7-inch display of the iPad.
While Google Music is gathering some steam in the United States, it remains a myth to the rest of the world. Following the usual trend of beta testing Stateside before worldwide implementation, it remains to be seen whether - in a field dominated by fierce rival Apple with its iTunes service - the Big G can make a significant impact.
Despite its imperfections, it's hard to fault Cydia - the nucleus of the open-source jailbreak community, and with such a wide range of tweaks available serving different purposes, it's quite easy to forget that actually, there isn't much in the way of an alternative.
Since arriving as one of the main features of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, Siri has certainly had its ups and downs, and while some have manipulated it to detect brain waves and perform other weird and wonderful tricks, others have opted to sue Apple, disappointed by the poor performance of the system-wide voice recognition software.
Here at Redmond Pie, we dedicate a great deal of our time and resources to covering as much of the Cydia scene as possible, and while we're all more than aware of the many benefits a jailbreak can bring in terms of functionality and customization, we'd never have pitched it as a potential tool for aiding the disabled.
With the iPhone's camera having reached the wonderful level of clarity it stands at today - allied to the impressive Retina display - it's of little surprise that many of us are filling the Camera Roll album with hundreds upon hundreds of new entries every month.
