In March, Apple introduce the gadget loving world to the new and improved, next-generation iPad complete with a high-resolution Retina display and pre-installed with iOS 5.1. Straight after the media event, compatible devices all over the world started receiving notifications that an OTA iOS update was available, allowing iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners to update their software and benefit from the minimal enhancements that iOS 5.1 brought.
So then, that Apple TV's pretty cool right? Right, but you know what's really cool? An imaginary television that may or may not be in the works from a company that refuses to pursue the home entertainment line of products that it already makes.
With its thick veil of secrecy and unique approach to every product it creates, the fascination surrounding Apple is unmatched in the consumer electronics industry, and whether it's the latest iPhone or the memoirs of the late Steve Jobs, a large amount of interest always encircles the Cupertino company.
iOS isn't short of a decent task-managing app, and as an individual with something of an affinity to a good time-saving, organizational offering, I found myself drawn somewhat to Due, a relatively well-established app which - along with a long list of testimonials, prides itself on simplicity.
It may not bring the most exciting of functionality to a jailbroken device, but the new VertaSwitch tweak that has just landed on Cydia does offer users the ability to change the visual app switching properties of the device. As we all should know by now, switching between running apps is as simple as double pressing the home button to invoke the app switcher and then selecting the desired app to display.
While the App Store contains quite a few remote desktop apps for iOS devices, the Cydia Store is surprisingly light in this department. SoftPad for iPhone and iPad has sought to break the mold, and although we wouldn't consider it an out-and-out RDP client, it does allow you to control many of your PC's aspects right from your iDevice.
The endless possibilities created when that Cydia icon first appears on the iOS home screen should never be underestimated, and it's thanks to the likes of Redsn0w - the popular jailbreak tool released by the iPhone-Dev Team - that users can truly test the resolve of their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices.
When you consider how insanely popular photography apps are on the iPhone and iPod touch, it kind of makes you wonder why more of the well-known camera companies haven't taken the plunge and called in the developers to produce an app that lets users indulge in photography goodness whilst promoting their own brand at the same time.
The App Store contains over 600,000 apps in total, and while there are plenty to choose from in a variety of categories, the improvement of the iPhone's camera has seen a meteoric rise in the number of camera and image manipulation-based apps.
The innovation, dedication and commitment to user experience of the jailbreak development community never ceases to amaze us. It was only yesterday when a concept video did the rounds which showed a more user friendly method of highlighting, selecting and editing text on the iPad. In a community where time seems to stand still when developers are pushing out tweaks, a quick thinking coder has pushed out his SwipeSelection tweak to Cydia that mimics the exact functionality that was shown in the concept video.
