In case you're not aware, the 3D and Virtual Reality Expo took place in Tokyo a few days ago. At the 3D-oriented trade show, a company known as Global Wave introduced Pic3D, a really thin plastic sheet that turns any iPad, iPod touch, iPhone or traditional desktop or laptop into a glasses-free 3D display.
Taiwan-based suppliers are said to be readying parts for next-generation iOS devices, namely the iPhone 5 and the next-generation iPad. According to this source, we should see both devices in September or October, although it's doubtful that we'll see an iPad 3 this year. Yet, the next iPad might sport a higher-resolution screen, according to this report.
Cydia, the standard application for managing unauthorized iOS apps and modifications, has received an unofficial update today to version 1.1.2. Although it doesn't contain a release log, it's said to have fixed several graphical bugs in iOS 5 and be slightly snappier. Stick around to find out how to load Cydia 1.1.2 on your iOS device today.
Fring is a London-based company that develops a well-known instant messaging client for iOS. After improving its client for the last few months, the company is finally taking it a step up: bringing multi-person video conferencing to the iPad. This is the first App of its kind on the iPad: while the native video calling app, such as FaceTime, only allows 2-way video chats.
The latest beta of iOS 5 was just released, and as we’ve reported before, it includes improvements all across the...
Bad news for the jailbreakers amongst us. Coming out of the Dev-Team tonight, with a post on the groups blog explaining that Apple's iOS 5 betas are providing clues as to how the company intends to combat saving SHSH Blobs moving forward.
It's happened to the best of us. You're sat there, jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or even iPod touch for all its worth and something goes horribly wrong. Not only did you not successfully jailbreak your iDevice, but you also managed to end up with one that won't start up. It's time to reach for that all-too-difficult recovery mode - along with the hand-achingly irritating button combination needed to invoke it.
When Apple released the first beta of iOS 5, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users clambered to get their hands on it, but the problem is you need to be an iOS developer to install it thanks to the way it checks your UDID (unique device identifier) with Apple's servers.
With the release of iOS 5 Beta 2, just a few days ago, wireless syncing with iTunes was finally added as promised. While some had wrongly reported that the device would need to be plugged into the wall in order to work, it actually requires no cables at all. Wondering how to set it up? Read on.
After years of iPhone users whining about the complete lack of any kind of multitasking in iOS, Apple finally gave us all what we wanted when iOS 4 launched mid-way through 2010. But while Apple’s implementation works well, it’s not strictly multitasking – apps are held in a ‘frozen state’ and resumed when needed. A host of APIs and a tinge of jailbreaking fills in the missing gaps.
