When Apple began opening its brick and mortar retail stores; many thought someone at the company had been drinking a little too much Kool Aid. Nobody wanted to walk into a store and buy a computer, right?
When FaceTime was introduced back in 2010, it was rightfully considered to be, at least back then, an “empty” feature. There were two reasons for this, it only worked over WiFi and only between two iPhone 4’s. Since then, FaceTime has been brought to other Apple products and it now works on the iPad 2, iPod touch 4G as well as OS X and, because of this, it has actually become a pretty useful service for folks who stick to Apple for their computing needs. Its first limitation - that of being WiFi-only - was removed thanks to a jailbreak tweak called FaceBreak which enabled FaceTime over 3G. This tweak has now been updated to support jailbroken iOS devices on iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1. Details after the jump!
According to a report published earlier today, Apple is, unsurprisingly, very much ahead of other smartphone manufacturers when it comes to brand loyalty.
When you think of the strengths of iTunes, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, you may think Smart Playlists, Siri, Notification Center or maybe, just maybe, iCloud.
The accelerometer, while not everyone's favored method of controlling cars in Real Racing (primarily because it looks strange on the subway) could have many other uses besides iOS gaming - at least if the tweaksters have their way!
With the Thanksgiving turkey stuffed and ready to be carved across much of America, Black Friday, the tradition encouraging companies to drop prices for one day in order to increase business, has already commenced throughout parts of the world.
Despite the lack of (as yet), an untethered jailbreak, the Sn0wbreeze and Redsn0w tethered utilities - along with the SemiTether patch - have seen the Cydia community continue to thrive through to iOS 5.
Many WinterBoard themes for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users pass through Cydia on a daily basis. Some are fantastic - clean, crisp, and really enhance the GUI. Some, on the other hand, are rather tacky, bland and tasteless.
With more and more smartphones being released on a seemingly weekly basis, manufacturers and carrier partners are understandably looking for any and every way of differentiating their devices from the competition.
Chair, the developers behind the hugely popular Infinity Blade, have released a two-minute trailer showing off the game's sequel, Infinity Blade 2.
