It doesn't take a genius to work out that the iPhone 5 has been received with great enthusiasm from consumers. Apple is already struggling to stock out their inventories in order to fulfill backlogged orders and a large number of official Retail Stores still don't have any to offer to consumers three weeks down the line.
Apple's sixth iteration of iOS has been out in the wild for over two weeks now and although it offers a number of new and impressive features and improvements for users, it appears that it also brings with it a new way for Apple to track users and their activity levels on the device. We should all remember the uproar that was caused last year when it became common knowledge that hidden files were stored on iOS devices that contained user location data, so this latest activity monitoring is sure to ruffle some feathers.
Last month was undoubtedly huge for Apple with the initial public release of iOS 6 and the worldwide announcement and launch of the sixth-generation iPhone. All signals are suggesting that October will be equally as important for the Cupertino technology giants with the expected announcement and release of the purported iPad Mini. It may not be as big an announcement as all of that, but it looks like Apple Stores will also start to stock iPhone 5 cases later on this month.
Disgruntled iPhone 5 owners wasted no time in jumping on the purple flare bandwagon when Apple's latest hardware was released, and the latest report by ConsumerRerpots suggests that the problem does indeed exist and is not limited purely to the iPhone. Feedback that is being received from users is suggesting that the lens flare issue actually occurs on most mobile devices that include an embedded camera.
If mobile gaming happens to be your thing and iOS or Android is your mobile operating system of choice then be prepared to be blown away at some point this month as we gear ourselves for the release of the latest title in the Need For Speed franchise. The official Need For Speed Twitter account has pointed us in the direction of a YouTube trailer from EAMobileGames that treats us to twenty-four seconds of a simply breathtaking example of mobile gaming at its finest.
Apple has built up a reputation over the last few years as a company that cares deeply about the quality of their products and have shown time and time again that internal changes can be made quickly to combat any production or quality issues that are within the company's control. If today's report is anything to go by then it looks as if Apple has thrown in new measures in place to ramp up quality control checks on their iPhone 5 production lines to ensure that the number of sixth-generation iPhones being shipped containing cosmetic damage is kept to an absolute minimum.
The App Store is currently awash with productivity and to-do list apps that attempt to inject a little bit of organization into our hectic lives. Although pretty much built with the same goal in mind - to increase productivity - they all go about accomplishing the task in their own unique way. The Teed app has recently been updated to the all important version 2.0 and offers powerful to-do list management features in a simple interface that breeds familiarity due to its use of standard iOS controls.
We already know that Apple has taken the decision not to produce any official dock for the iPhone 5, while it came as a bit of a disappointment to those who love to have their iPhone stand upright on their workstation; it didn't cause too much of a fuss considering we pretty much knew there would be an influx of third-party docking stations hitting the market that would work harmoniously with the official Lightning to USB cables. iPhone5mod, a Chinese accessory supplier, has gone one step further and launched a full dock-plus-cabling solution.
When Tim Cook took to the stage on September 12th in San Francisco to introduce the iPhone 5, they unveiled what was essentially the worst kept secret in smartphone history. Although, we all pretty much knew what was coming with the elongated display of the sixth-generation iPhone, it didn't reduce the excitement that was associated with seeing how Apple would handle the differences in display size between previous iPhone iterations and the new device.
If you ever played on SEGA's cult-favorite Dreamcast console, there's little chance you'd have been able to dodge the Crazy Taxi, and if you always enjoyed tooling around as B.D. Joe (who subsequently made an appearance in Sonic All-Star Racing), then you'll be ecstatic to learn that it's coming to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch at some point this month!
