With September 10th looking more and more like the day the next-gen iPhone will be unveiled, you can expect plenty of rumor and speculation throughout the blogosphere over the course of the next month. We've already heard ad nauseam that the device may include a fingerprint sensor, and another long-standing rumor is that the so-called iPhone 5S will pack in dual-LED flash. Nowhereelse.fr, a prominent French blog renowned for solid Apple leaks, has come through once more with a series of rear shell fragments, purporting to shed even more light on these dual-LED flash murmurings.
Although every iOS device now ships with built-in support for FaceTime, Microsoft-owned Skype still enjoys a decent following on Apple's range of mobile products. Today, many months after Windows Phone was treated to HD video calling support, the Redmond has updated its iPhone and iPad apps to deliver the same functionality to those in ownership of the iPhone 5 and iPad 4. Despite Microsoft dragging its heels in rolling out this update, there's quite a noticeable difference in quality, so if you're a Skyper who just so happens to own a fourth-gen iPad or the iPhone 5, you'll want to pick up the updated Skype for iOS app right now from the App Store.
A number of different sources are expectedly speculating on the specification of the iPhone 5S which Apple is expected to announce at the September 10th event. Known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is having his own say on what he and his company expect from Apple's new smartphone.
It’s all but confirmed! Apple will unveil the next generation iPhone at an event on Tuesday, September 10th. The news comes from WSJ’s AllThingsD which has a great track record of accurately reporting such event dates.
With all this talk of the so-called low budget "iPhone 5C," it's easy to forget that we're also expecting Apple to drop new flagship handset later on this year. In the latest reports pertaining what is widely presumed to be the iPhone 5S, it has emerged that Apple could release the device in a champagne color configuration.
The wonderful world of jailbreaking contains more developers and designers than we could even begin to try and list. Even though a large portion of those individuals are frequently active within the community; experience has shown us time and time again that a handful of impressive and hard-working developers consistently push out imaginative and useful tweaks for those with jailbroken devices. Prominent developer Ryan Petrich is undoubtedly one of those guys and he is at it again with VideoPane, his latest release that adds to his growing portfolio of tweaks, utilities and frameworks.
Somehow, some way, some iPhone camera lenses manage to collet dirt beneath the surface. Nobody knows how it gets there - particularly considering how the manufacturing process is such that this kind of thing should not happen - but even if you haven't ever opened up your device before, it's still possible that specks have accumulated in your camera. Naturally, you're probably wondering if there's a way to fix this issue, and we're here to tell you that, provided you've the right tools and a little patience: there is!
We've been covering each and every beta release of iOS 7, and just to offer more than a list of features and changes, I've been offering my early thoughts on each new release of Apple's iOS beta program. Usually those thoughts come after a few hours of use, but this fifth iteration of iOS 7 has been running on my iPhone 5 for a full day this time around, so the idea is that I've been able to get more time with the update under my belt. In truth though, it's all starting to get a little bit meh.
When Facebook made its well-publicized purchase of Instagram last year for one billion dollars, many fans of the photo-sharing app feared the worst - that their beloved service was to become an extension of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg has stuck to his promise to allow Instagram to retain its own identity, but much integration between the two has ensued, and in the latest, Facebook Messenger for iPhone has just been updated, adding, among other things, a new Instagram sharing feature.
WhatsApp is one of the most popular cross-platform messaging apps and today, the company has delivered a solid update for the main platforms. The changes, which span iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry OS and Symbian, include a new feature which allows you to record and send a message with just one tap, making the whole service just that little bit more pleasurable. You can catch all of the details after the break!
