Aside from the seemingly endless list of superlatives used to describe new products as they are announced, Apple is also building a reputation for filing patents on a regular basis.
Apple has just released an updated version of its nearly month-old iOS 5, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. There was a lot of toil and moil involved in creating iOS 5, and with several pre-release betas being thrown out to developers in the months leading up to release, it was almost inevitable that there would be a swift update after the public finally got their greasy paws on iOS 5.0.
Ever since Apple dropped its exciting system-wide voice activation Siri along with the release of the iPhone 4S, many have questioned as to why it is exclusive to the company's latest and greatest smartphone offering.
Siri was announced as one of the three major features of the iPhone 4S back on October 4th at the Let’s Talk iPhone event. It is a personal assistant of sorts, which can take input in the form of voice to perform a wide variety of tasks including things like sending emails/texts, setting reminders/alarms, playing your favorite song and answer other queries with help of services like Wolfram-Alpha, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes and Google.
Consumer Reports - a nonprofit consumer protection organization - today published their thoughts on the iPhone 4S, which you can check in detail after the jump!
Apple today updated its Apple Store iPhone application to include the expected 'self-checkout' feature, which will allow buyers to purchase items in Apple's retail stores without the need for a clerk to take their payment.
Those who like to follow Apple's keynotes - and let's be fair, we all do - may well remember the company showing off iOS 5 earlier this year, and mentioning a new panorama mode that would be coming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with the impending update. We sure do.
Apple has always been pretty proud of the way its iPhone handles security, and for good reason. While Android users have had countless apps stealing data, mugging old ladies and generally being bad news, Apple's App Store review process has kept the baddies out of iOS.
With the iPhone 4S selling in droves across the world, it was almost inevitable that Hong-Kong would follow suit, and pre-order figures did not disappoint.
We reported a couple of days back of Apple getting its comeuppance with rivals Motorola winning a preliminary injunction against the Cupertino company in Germany - threatening sales of iOS devices throughout Deutschland.
