You may or may not be familiar with the iTunes U area of the iTunes Store which allows Higher Education institutions to make audio and visual content available for download and subscribe to. One of the main advantages of the U scheme is that users can listen or view a piece of content on their computer, or on the go by synchronizing with their mobile device (such as an iPhone or iPad).
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Roger Rosner demonstrated the beautiful new iBooks 2 application for iPad, which allows users to view and interact with beautifully presented, and highly engaging virtual books, but just where do these books come from? Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, there is an app for that.
In the last three months the world has gone Siri mad. We've had jailbreak tweaks, GUI ports, proxy servers, YouTube videos and even the inevitable Suri Cruise parody video making its way around the web. I'm pretty sure Apple expected the new digital assistant to be popular, but I don't think even they could envisage just how many people would actually want the intelligent software on their older generation devices.
You could be forgiven for just automatically assuming that every mobile device user owns a smartphone of some sort. For the last 4 years I have become so used to being engrossed in my iPhone and upgrading each year to the newest device that I sometimes forget to stop and actually realize that not everyone has made that transition yet from a standard mobile phone. To the non-clued up user who is looking to purchase a new cell phone, the world of smartphones could seem pretty daunting with devices offering pretty much the same core functionality, with the difference being the software which powers it.
The Cydia store can call itself a home to a plethora of tweaks, themes, utilities and tools which are all designed to enhance, modify or provide extra functionality to iOS devices. Like the official App Store, Cydia is populated with some software which is extremely professionally implemented, but also has tweaks which cause more problems than they solve due to sloppy development and corner cutting.
Those who have been patiently waiting for the release of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S untethered iOS 5.x jailbreak can breathe a tiny sigh of relief this evening, knowing that the time scales are shortening, and a public release approaching. We still haven't had the green light from any of the developers involved that the jailbreak is ready for prime time, but with every blog and Twitter update; the signs are all pointing to the fact they Pod2g and his Dream Team of developers are winning their battle against the A5 devices.
The introduction of iOS 5 in October 2011 not only brought an array of new features to iOS users and devices, but also brought a host of new APIs for developers to take advantage of. iOS 5 is the latest version of what is possibly the world’s most advanced mobile operating system which was launched with a full new software development kit with over 1,500 new APIs and development tools.
One of the great benefits of the new wave of smartphones is the ability for consumers to have greater control of their diaries using the inbuilt time management features and calendars which sync across all devices. Even the most organized person could do with saving a little bit of time by shortening the more laborious and monotonous tasks associated with our day to day routine.
If you took a survey involving users who run jailbroken devices, I am pretty sure the majority of them would tell you one of the main reasons they jailbreak their iOS devices is due to the freedom it affords them. There is no doubt about the fact that the average jailbreaker loves Apple’s devices, after all, they wouldn't part with their hard earned cash if they didn't feel it was worth it. Like many other groups, the jailbreak community has its differences, but one thing that pretty much everyone agrees on is; that opening up the device for modification and enhancing can only be a good thing.
The remarkable FaceTime video calling service has been one of the most well received additions to the Apple range of services in recent times. FaceTime for iOS was originally introduced at the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference to coincide with the release of the iPhone 4 which had an integrated, front facing camera.
