I’m sure readers of Redmond Pie already know about Find My Friends. It’s a location tracking app developed by Apple which was released on October 12th alongside iOS 5. I don’t know if it is fair to say this, but Find My Friends is definitely Apple’s version of Google Latitude - an imitation, essentially, of a similar service which all Android smartphones have been offering since 2009. It feels rather odd seeing an innovative company like Apple doing the copying (especially after calling 2011 “Year of the Copycats” in March). The copying done here, though, is not your regular half-hearted stuff: Apple has added some nifty features which sets their location-tracking tool apart from Google Latitude.
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iOS users take screenshots for granted. The feature, as far I can remember, was included in iOS 1.0 (back then known as iPhone OS) and allowed users to capture whatever was going on on their screen. These screenshots could then be used for a variety of purposes, one of the most popular uses being for reviewing apps on blogs. Google’s Android OS will get this feature with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich when it releases next month while Windows Phone 7 users have to resort to taking photographs of their screens with a separate camera.
Hello there, everyone! It’s time to do another post in our series of comparison posts in which, well, we compare stuff. In this comparison post, ‘stuff’ is the three major mobile operating systems - iOS 5, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Windows Phone 7.5 Mango - and it is their feature-list which is compared.
Got multiple family members but only one iPad? Congratulations, you are facing what is called a first world problem and the good thing is, there is a solution for it.
We came across an unbelievably cool app/script today. It’s a tool that, I believe, is something every Android enthusiast - particularly those who flash custom ROMs regularly - must include in their utility apps toolbox alongside apps like ROM Manager and Titanium Backup.
I simply love the advertisements Apple releases for their products. The ads are short but pack enough punch to knock-out a world-class heavyweight boxer. OK, maybe that last part was a bit of a hyperbole, but I’m sure you get what I’m driving at. The company has released a new ad, the first for the iPhone 4S, called Assistant which showcases some of Siri’s best features.
While just about every new feature in iOS 5 is a welcome one, there are a handful which, well, aren’t all that welcome. Take the example of the updated Camera.app: in iOS 5 it only allows the pinch-to-zoom gesture for zooming in and out. This certainly works, but it is just isn’t as comfortable to pull off as double-tapping the screen and then moving a slider up/down.
The basic reason why people jailbreak their iOS device is because jailbreaking, well, sets their device free of Apple’s “walled garden”, allowing users to completely customize the way their iOS devices works and looks like.
Owners of the Nexus S experience smartphone will be glad to know that Google has officially confirmed that the next major version of Android i.e. 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be coming to their device “soon”.
One of the most attractive features of Google’s Android OS is just how customizable it is. Enthusiasts can personalize every nook and cranny of their device so that no two Android devices look exactly the same. Thanks to its relative “openness”, you can make your Android phone look like a Windows Phone 7 device, a Symbian OS-powered device and, of course, an iPhone.
