The official Man of Steel game has just arrived for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, and as any big fans of the superhero flick will vouch, this is quite a big deal. There have been several apps and games already released for both Android and iOS in anticipation for the movie, which hits cinemas worldwide today, but nothing beats the official game. Details and download link can be found right after the break!
If you cast your minds back, you may remember Apple adding a little feature to iTunes 11 allowing you to scan your iTunes cards using the camera on the front of your Mac’s camera. Now, the exact same feature is coming to iOS 7, and although it's not new in a sense that barcode and QR reading apps have been around for a good while now, the fact that it's baked into the operating system means that developers can also make use of it, should they wish to.
The overall design of iOS 7, as has been noted considerably during the last couple of days, bears a striking resemblance to Microsoft's Windows Phone, but the aesthetics of several integral apps may not be the only elements that the Cupertino company has borrowed from rivals. The Today tab found within the brand new Notification Center is very à la Google Now, and it would seem as though Apple really took the sneers of iOS's lack of functionality to heart.
Apple officially announced iTunes Radio for iOS 7 at WWDC this week, but as is the case with most fledgling features and applications, it's limited only to those residing within the confinements of the United States. The good news is, however, that those living elsewhere can also get in on iOS 7 beta’s iTunes Radio right now, provided they have, or can create, a U.S. iTunes account. Details after the break!
For quite a while now, rumor and speculation have suggested that Apple could be planning to release its very own gaming controller for iOS. Third parties, if you'll excuse the pun, seem way ahead of the game in this respect, with many vendors and developers already supporting the traditional physical peripheral, but if Apple were to go ahead and bring its own official offering, it could be a real game-changer. According to mutterings at WWDC, the Cupertino is plotting exactly that, but not on its own, and with some documentation for iOS 7 pertaining to a Game Controller having just popped up on the dev site, official physical gaming controller support is about to become a reality starting from iOS 7.
If you're running a fairly new iOS device; for example, an iPhone 5 or iPad 4, you can rest assured that you'll be reaping the full benefits of iOS 7 when it does eventually become available to the end user. However, if you're in ownership of something a little more, shall we say, mature from the iDevice range, it's likely some of the latest and greatest iOS 7's treasures and niceties will be held back, due largely to lack of hardware support.
So, after much deliberation, rumor, concept and a little bit more rumor, Apple has finally shown the world what exactly Jony Ive's vision of software design is with the introduction of iOS 7. It's clean, crisp, and certainly a great deal brighter than ever before, but, new features aside, does it actually look better, and how does it compare? Here, we assess whether the clean lines and anti-skeuo approach is as much of a step forward as Apple has portrayed.
As I'm sure you're aware, iOS 7 was officially announced by Apple yesterday at their annual WWDC event in San Francisco. There's an enormous amount riding on this operating system release, as it's their one big chance to prove themselves as the leader of the pack when it comes to mobile innovation. There's a great deal riding on iOS 7, and it's clear that this is Apple's biggest overhaul of their iOS platform for quite some time.
Well, I had to do it. Just days after writing on this very site that I wouldn't dump my iPhone 5 jailbreak On 6.1.2 for a shiny new version of iOS, I'm sat here looking at iOS 7 on the very same iPhone 5.
Apple has just released the very first beta of iOS 7, allowing those signed up to the Developer Program to go ahead and test out some of the new features and alterations announced today at WWDC. As ever, this one's only available to registered Apple developers, so if you happen to be enrolled in the $99 per year agreement, please check out the details below.
