The ability to schedule messages is made possible on my iPhone thanks to the wonderful BiteSMS app, but since I'll be making the transition from iOS to Android this week having picked up the HTC One, I just had to go out and find an Android app offering this vitally important functionality. I perhaps got more than I bargained for in my discovery of Schemes, an app which not only facilitates the sending of SMS messages at predisposed times, but also emails, Facebook updates and Tweets.
The Sims franchise is the undisputed king of the real-life simulator, and Electronic Arts has just revealed that The Sims 4 will be arriving for both PC and Mac at some point next year. It has been almost four years since the release of the third Sims, and although some of the details have yet to be revealed, this is very exciting news for all Sims fans out there. More details can be found right after the jump.
While Apple tends to release just one new smartphone every year, the opposite is true of rival Samsung. The Korean outfit seems to have a new handset ready every couple of weeks, and with the Galaxy S4 making its presence known having just been released, another notably similar device has just been announced. Named the Galaxy Core, it borrows quite a few aesthetic features from the new flagship Galaxy S4, and we've got all the important information coming up right after the break!
Bill Gates has stepped out and described Apple's iPad as "frustrating" to use, noting that the device should take a leaf from the book of Microsoft's Surface. He believes that iPad users miss key features such as the use of a physical keyboard and access to Microsoft Office, and if the Cupertino company were to take some cues from the Surface, owners of the Apple slate would enjoy a more gratifying experience.
Samsung does pretty well to pack in some impressive specs into its handsets, in particular those of its flagship Galaxy S range, but even though the 2012-released Galaxy S III packs in a very workable 1GB of RAM, sometimes, it doesn't seem to stretch far enough. Now, I wouldn't count myself as a Galaxy S III "user" as such, for I have never used one as my daily runner, but I do interact with the device several times a week, and one thing I've noticed is that even though there is a gig of RAM, it does seem to get used up rather quickly, and naturally, this brings about the rather unwanted issue of lag. If you feel your device also uses up a lot of RAM but you're uncertain of where it's all going, we have sensitive information which could well result in the successful recapture of some of that precious random-access memory; details after the leap!
The pull-to-refresh implementation that was first introduced into the iOS ecosystem by Loren Brichter has pretty much become the de facto method of refreshing tabled data within iOS apps, but it seems that Ryan Petrich and Sentry_NC have an altogether different way of using this control method by making Do Not Disturb accessible from Notification Center and the lock screen of a jailbroken device.
While it's true that not everyone is an iTunes fan, many will concede that iTunes 11’s MiniPlayer feature is actually rather nifty. Evoking memories of the good old days of Winamp, the miniature iTunes offers just the functionality required to get the job done, all whilst avoiding taking up the entire screen just so users can skip tracks.
Google Glass is the hot property on the internet right now, especially amongst those of us that live and breathe technology. But it's not just those of us that happen to spend our time inside the tech bubble that are interested in Google's bold push for computer equipped spectacles - even the mainstream media are getting in on the action.
If you're in ownership of a Galaxy S III, it's probable that you've had it for quite a while now. With the next wave of Androids having landed with the likes of the HTC One and the S III's just-released successor, it'll perhaps also be feeling a little on the slow side, particularly if some of your friends are early adopters of the latest and greatest devices. If you don't feel as though your S III is as smooth as its should be on certain occasions, we've got a quick tip on how you can try and speed things up. More details after the break!
CyanogenMod is one of the most popular aftermarket Android firmware, and despite some early suggestions that the all-new Galaxy S4 would throw up issues when it came to compatibility with CM, it now seems as though those reservations were a tad overstated. Steve Kondik, the lead developer behind the entire Cyanogen project, has taken to G+ showcase the very first Galaxy S4 builds, which are now available for the T-Mobile and Canadian variants of the flagship handset. More details can be found right after the jump.
