There is no doubt that manufacturing cases for a device which hasn't even been announced - let alone seen - is risky business. The case makers have been hard at work, relying on tips from the proverbial "sources familiar with" the design phase of Apple's upcoming smartphone, in order to gain an advantage over competitors and draw first blood from the lucrative market.
Back in July, Facebook brought video calling to its Facebook Chat service, yet the Facebook client for iOS still hasn't been updated to support this feature. Thankfully, SHAPE Services, maker of the well-known app IM+ has stepped up to the plate with IM+ Video, a new app, the first of its kind, that makes it easy to make video calls with Facebook friends.
With Apple purported to be refreshing its iPhone and iPod range and bringing forth iOS 5, it’s only fair that...
Apple's iPad and iPhone have really taken the gaming world by storm since their inception. Bringing touch based gaming to the masses, and opening up new avenues of innovation for independent developers and established gaming companies alike, Apple's iOS-based devices have changed the gaming landscape forever.
As you probably already know, Apple develops its upcoming products in absolute secrecy, meaning that all the testing needs to be done in a quiet, sneaky way. Part of testing future iPhone models, however, involves sending Apple engineers to test them in the field, often is areas surrounding its Cupertino campus, which has led to accidents in the past. Yes, you guessed it: another iPhone prototype no one was supposed to know about was lost, according to a source.
As you might already know, iOS 5 Beta 7 was released a few hours ago, along with iTunes 10.5 Beta 7. If you have already updated your device and are looking to jailbreak it, good news: it can be done using the latest beta version of Redsn0w (which was released last night), as confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team.
If you've been testing pre-release builds of iOS 5, then you should be aware that iOS 5 beta 7 is finally out, just weeks after the latest seed, Beta 6, was pushed out to registered Apple developers.
Over the last few weeks, the world has been introduced to the concept or fake Apple Stores: retail outlets that have managed to copy the look of genuine Apple Stores rather accurately. While all of these stores we've seen in the past were based in China, a new fake Apple Store has been spotted in Iraq.
Ever since Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO, many have learned a fair amount about his past, including the fact that he was given up by his biological parents at birth. Thanks to the power of investigative journalism, however, Jobs' biological father was tracked down and interviewed.
Whilst the iOS browsing experience is clean and relatively bug-free, mobile Safari lacks many, many of the features which its superior desktop cousin provides.
