A touch-screen phone is cool, but you know what's really cool? Controlling it with your mind! Yup, you heard that right. More details right after the jump.
We're still not entirely sold on digital personal assistants. Apple's Siri and Google's Now are both two of the most famous and arguably, the best digital assistants to be found on any smartphone today. That doesn't mean they're perfect, and we've got our fair share of reasons for that as we suspect most have. With that in mind, the door is still very much open for third party companies to offer something a little different and to make a name for themselves in the process.
The introduction of Siri along with the iPhone 4S caused a few people to think that voice based commands were going to become the next accepted method of interaction with our mobile devices. Conversely, a number of users simply couldn't see the merit or value in having to ask questions to find out things like the local weather or what the time is in other countries. Regardless of personal opinion, it looks like Siri is definitely with us in the long-run with iOS, which is why it's great to see tweaks like Ask Assistant landing on the Cydia store that make using Siri that little bit easier.
In a day and age where we all use our smartphones as the camera that is always with us, we're all collecting hundreds of megabytes of photos that will eventually need to be taken off those devices and put onto something a little less likely to get lost, like a computer.
It's debatable whether using an iPad as a camera is really all that of a good idea, but that doesn't stop people from doing it, still. There isn't a major event that goes by without there being some video footage of someone either filming it or taking photos of it with an iPad.
We're all playing the guessing game when it comes to Apple's next iPhone. Some people prefer to deal in the land of the reasonable, whilst others throw caution to the wind, prophesizing all manner of weird and wonderful features that will never see the light of day.
Following on from a Wired report yesterday concerning the ambiguity and confusion on how long Siri keeps hold of your private data when you speak to it, Apple has stepped out today to clarify that in actual fact, the voice recognition software will store that information for a two year period. Wired's report prompted Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller to call up the tech publication to clarify a few points pertaining to Siri's policies. Therein, she explained that “Apple may keep Siri data for up to two years,” but also noted that this data is anonymized, and thus would not associate with yourself or any of the products you may use.
If you've always liked the idea of creating your own melodic mixes but haven't had the time, means, inclination or skill to do so, you may wish to check out a great little app for iOS by the name of Crossfader.
Rumors of a future iPhone 5S release have been popping up on a daily basis over the last few months, with many wondering if there will be anything left to show off when Apple finally unveils the device later this year. The newest purported leak is a picture allegedly depicting the front-facing camera of the upcoming iPhone 5S, along with another unidentified part. More details and images can be found right after the break.
Back last week, we heard how an iPad survived a strange sequence of events which saw it fly from a car roof and embed itself into the bonnet of the vehicle behind. Although it did in fact sustain a great amount of damage, it still worked well enough for the device's owner to be sourced from information found on the device, and if nothing else, was a great advert for the market-leading tablet's durability credentials. Today, a video circulating around the blogosphere once again appears to reiterate what a tough cookie the Cupertino slate is, having survived a foul softball hit with apparently no damage whatsoever.
