As well as being one of the greatest innovators of all time, the late, great Steve Jobs was also a tremendous character. Whether at a keynote speech, in an interview, or addressing students at Stanford, Jobs was interesting to listen to, and his enthusiasm and unique oratory quirks are sorely missed by tech fans across the globe.
Although iOS is a stunning and powerful mobile operating system, but there are undoubtedly parts of said OS that leave users scratching their heads as to why Apple felt the need to make it that way. In some circumstances, a lot of standard users who may have an iPhone purely as a communications tool will be able to look past these limitations, but for the so-called power users who make use of every aspect of the OS, it can seem a little restrictive.
If you are keeping up on all your iPhone 5 rumors, then you will no doubt have gotten all hot under the collar about yesterday's leaked images of what appear to be rear plates from an “iPhone 5”. The images were part of a collection which also showed a relocated FaceTime camera and altered unibody design. The new shell, or should we say supposed photos of the supposed shell, caused something of a frenzy across the internet yesterday, with arguments breaking out as to their authenticity.
With All Things D's big conference currently going on, Tim Cook took to the stage to be quizzed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Just as Steve Jobs had done on occasions before, Apple's new CEO spoke candidly about a whole range of things, and videos are currently being added to the D10 Conference website showing the conversation in glorious Technicolor.
The previously rampant talk of Apple's purported connected TV effort has died down somewhat of late, but BGR has reignited proceedings - citing a "reliable source" in reporting that the current Apple TV OS is to be overhauled, with all to be revealed at WWDC come June 11th.
Cut The Rope is your archetypal addictive mobile title. Basic physics + tricky challenges seems to invariably equate to a large-scale casual gaming frenzy, and of all the titles popularized by iOS and Android, Cut The Rope is most certainly up there.
Taking a seat at the All Things Digital conference, Tim Cook touched on a number of topics without revealing anything too delicious - including questions about an Apple TV, his role at the company now during the post-Jobs era, and Facebook, among some other things - but he also revealed a little tidbit about the beloved iPhone 4S. It's true; as some may have guessed, the 'S' in 4S definitely stands for Siri. On top of confirming this, he also did take the time to acknowledge that, in its current state at least, Siri does still have its bugs. When it works, it's an excellent product, but it often doesn't.
The rise of Instagram has seen a boom in accompanying image-editing apps, and because there are so many around, developers are having to work harder and harder to offer something quirky and unique in order to entice the increasingly-fickle mobile community.
The good news just keeps on coming for those jailbroken Apple device owners who are running iOS 5.1.1. After an initial period of waiting, the party began last Friday with the release of Absinthe 2.0 by the Chronic Dev Team which provided an untether on iOS 5.1.1 for a wide array of iOS devices. That tool has since been updated to provide additional support for the latest GSM iPhone 4 firmware build.
The next iPhone, which has unofficially been dubbed the "iPhone 5," is expected to arrive some time later on this year. From reports, rumors and leaks gathered hitherto, it will remain the same width and of a similar depth to the current iPhone 4S, but the screen - and subsequently the device itself - will become longer, adding more pixels while keeping the same pixel density of the Retina display seen in Apple's flagship device of today.
