Apple's Maps app, which, in case you hadn't already heard, was released two weeks ago along with iOS 6, has quite a great deal wrong with it, and one of the key concerns of consumers is its lack of accuracy. Those accustomed to Google Maps may have been able to excuse many of Apple Maps' other flaws and imperfections, but a mapping application strewn with error and falling short on delivering pinpoint results serves as little use to man or beast.
The 2012 Mobile Choice Awards have just taken place in London and the results are in - with Samsung's Galaxy S III coming out on top as Best Smartphone of 2012. Despite its main competitor - the iPhone 5 - enjoying a great deal of early success and record sales figures, it is the Korean company's quad-core effort which came out on top this time around.
The fifth-generation iPod touch was announced alongside the iPhone 5 at the September 12th media event in San Francisco, but while Tim Cook proudly proclaimed that the new smartphone would begin shipping just over a week later, there was no such news about the rather colorful new iPod touch range. Rather than lavish us with all of the necessary launch details for the new iPod touch, Apple deemed it acceptable to give a vague October deadline instead of a proper date.
One Year After His Passing, Apple Remembers Steve Jobs In A Tribute Video And Note From CEO Tim Cook
After months of reports on his deteriorating health and lengthy absences from the office, the news of Steve Jobs’ passing away hit the web on October 5th last year. For Apple fans like many of us here at Redmond Pie and general technology enthusiasts who admired Jobs, it was a very, very sad day. Now, exactly one year after his passing, Apple has posted a very classy tribute video on their official website along with a note from CEO Tim Cook which you can check out after the jump.
Invitations for a special iPad Mini event are expected to be handed out on the 10th of this month, with the official launch coming as soon as the 17th according to some reports, and as tends to be the case in the run-up to a new Apple product, the new snippets of information are coming through on a daily basis.
Whether product releases are out of season or at full-blown launch phase, seldom a week goes by where Apple doesn't see at least one new patent approved, and although it can often be difficult to keep track of them, a new one - United States Patent Application 20120250914 - is of particular interest.
It has been suggested over the past year or so that the iPhone 5 was the last device to receive input from late Steve Jobs. Moreover, it has also been said that it was Jobs' last project, which he worked on as the rest of the company focused on the largely unchanged iPhone 4S, and a feature-length post over at Businessweek sheds some light on this.
Cupertino, California-based Apple today unveiled a handful of intriguing new job postings, and one which sticks out in particular is that which seeks an “SoC Modelling Architect / Lead” - somebody to help take the company's mobile processor, or system-on-chip, to the next dimension.
Apple’s “iPad Mini” has been strongly rumored ever since the announcement, release and success of smaller and cheaper tablets like the Kindle Fire, and more recently, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. With the hype surrounding iPhone 5 settling down, rumors for the iPad Mini are coming in hot!
Although speculation regarding the so-called "iPad Mini" has, for the most part, been quiet recently due to the release of Apple's iPhone 5, the rumor mill is back in business, and along with the easily-attainable Chinese mockup of the device which has been doing the rounds frequently, UkrainianiPhone has released some shots of the device unseen in the wild hitherto.

