We’ve discussed on multiple occasions how fragmentation is Android’s Achilles Heel. Despite all the many advantages that the open source nature of the operating system brings to users, it’s no hidden truth that OEMs often tend to delay newer Android builds for even not-so-old devices (or cancel them altogether) simply because they want customers to upgrade to the latest phone to get their hands on the latest and greatest that Android has to offer. Nowadays, it’s not just the one year old smartphones that suffer this dilemma - even the reigning flagships see considerable delays in getting updates to the latest available version of Android. Galaxy S4 is just one example from Samsung.
Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's products and services department back in September of last year had thrown any aspirations of the Finnish company delivering an Android handset into doubt. Its Redmond overlord is, after all, trying to make strides with its own struggling mobile ecosystem in Windows Phone. But nevertheless, talk of a Nokia-made device running Google's Android has remained, and as far as we know, it's being developed under the codename Normandy. Today, courtesy of various sources on both Twitter and China's Weibo, we could have our first legitimate glimpse at the so-called "engineering prototype." Check it out after the leap!
One of the most popular iOS jailbreak themes on Cydia has to be Ayecon, from Surenix. It's been around in various guises for some time now, and has been installed on more iPhones, iPads and iPod touches than we care to guess, and we're sure it'll be installed on countless more too. In fact, we're particularly confident about that now that Surenix has announced via a blog post that Ayecon for iOS 7 is almost ready for primetime.
One of the iOS App Store's most powerful method of unarchiving ZIP files has just been put through a significant update. WinZip for iOS, released by WinZip Computing LLC, has long been thought of as the de-facto options for users wanting to interact with archived files directly on their iOS device. Although the universal app has benefited from relatively minor upgrades during the course of 2013, the push to version 3.0.0 sees a total app overhaul to fall in line with the new iOS 7 guidelines as well as supporting a number of iOS 7 only technologies.
Apple chose today to out a new iPad ad that will probably go down as one of our favorites, with an ad break during the NFL Playoffs chosen as the perfect time to show the new ad.
Finally, the wait is over! Jay Freeman, who is more widely known as Saurik, has released updated version of WinterBoard that fully supports all devices running iOS 7, including the newer ones on ARM64 like iPhone 5s, iPad Air and Retina iPad mini.
Facebook now has almost 1.2 billion users according to Wikipedia, and we all know that Wikipedia is right about everything. With so many users it’s likely that we've all added people over the years that we probably don't know anymore, or have likely fallen out with for some crazy reason that we probably can't even remember. Regardless, just because someone's our friend on Facebook today, it doesn't mean they will be tomorrow.
Apple's approach to the cameras that it puts in its iPhones has always been rather different to some of its competitors. Nokia likes to throw as many pixels at its cameras as it can, and Samsung tends to follow a similar theme with the cameras that it puts in its Android smartphones. Apple, instead, likes to stick with its 8-megapixel shooter but to tweak it, adding features in both hardware and software that will make it shine when it counts; in the photos you take.
Although the likes of BiteSMS's recent arrival have shown just what the Cydia Store can offer iOS users who dare to enter the dark side of jailbreaking, it's often a collection of small, subtle tweaks that truly enhance the experience of using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. If you're a hopeless nostalgic, and miss that old unlocking sound that Jony Ive and the Gang decided to eradicate with iOS 7, then UnlockSound7 is one small mod that will restore a sense of familiarity to proceedings. Check out the details after the break!
Being able to install new, third-party keyboards is something that users of Android phones have been taking advantage of for years now, but it's still not part of the iOS feature set.
