Even with a fleet of enhancements and improvements with iOS 6 - including support for the iPad - Siri is still lacking in many departments. Apple has stipulated in the past that the voice assistant is currently still in beta stage, but after some eighteen months with the end user, the vast majority of folks rarely - or never - call upon the services offered by Siri. For those jailbroken however, the Cydia Store has come up with a variety of ways one maximize the potential of Siri, and AssistantEnhancer is perhaps one of the best we've seen to date. Created by Zaid Elkurdi, it unlocks a whole new world of possibilities while also making better what Siri is already capable of.
The Cydia Store is a treasure trove of useful tweaks, and whereas last week we showed how you could remove the 'typing' icon to prevent your correspondent from knowing you're typing a message, today arrives tweak which helps you utilize that very feature, but in a broader sense. When in the Messages app, or indeed in a conversation with somebody on iOS, you can see when they are typing a message back, but if you're at the home screen, for example, you've no way of knowing who may be just about to send something through. TypeStatus allows you to do so by adding that same ellipsis / speech bubble icon to your status bar whenever anybody is typing a message to you.
The Mobile World Congress 2013 is well and truly underway, with a number of companies using the event to launch some of their newest and most exciting products. As well as launching a bunch of new smartphones to accompany the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 on Windows Phone 8, Nokia has also made some key software alterations and enhancements to its broad range of apps.
Earlier this month, we informed you of the announcement of Mophie's Juice Pack Helium, which offers a 1,500mAh protective battery boost while also seeking to maintain that slick, svelte form factor which helped you fall in love with the device in the first place. Today, alongside the Juice Pack Air (same product but 1,700 mAh and optional red color variant), the product is now available for purchase over at the Mophie website, with pricing at $79.99 for the Helium, and $99.99 for the Air.
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony may be all about the glitz and glamour of Hollywood but it seems virtually impossible for a large event to pass without Apple making some kind of appearance.
After much speculation, Samsung Electronics today have finally confirmed that they are ready to introduce the world to the next-generation Galaxy device. The technology world has been discussing the potential aesthetics and technical specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S IV for quite some time, with the South Korean company confirming that a dedicated event will be held on March 14th to announce the device.
The PlayStation 4 event earlier this week threw up as many questions as it answered, notably pertaining to what it looks like, how much it will cost, and when it will be available. We have no real idea of what form the console will take, its price, or any real details on ETA except "in time for the holidays," yet many retailers have deemed this information enough to begin taking pre-orders and running competitions as they try and take advantage of the PS4 Mania.
If you've spent any amount of time flashing ROMs or modding elements of your Android device, you'll know how enjoyable and rewarding a process it can be. However, when flashing firmware, wiping your data is always a prerequisite, and while there are various means of backing up your smartphone or tablet, such as a full ROM back up in recovery (known as a nandroid backup), it is something we sometimes wish we didn't have to go through. It's an inconvenient, but necessary predicament, XDA-Developers member Goddchen has sought to make the process of backing up information a great deal easier by creating a sort of all-in-one utility with Easy App Toolbox.
Instagram is the most popular social network for the editing and sharing of images, and although the user base continues to grow exponentially, the app itself is far from perfect. Not only could the UI benefit from a makeover, but several options one would perhaps expect from an app of this kind are clearly lacking. The ability to zoom in, for example, is something we can easily do natively on iOS, but when it comes to Instagram, those pinch-in and pinch-out gestures are to no avail. Luckily, a tweak by the name of Instahancer not only solves this particular caveat, but a bunch of other little nagging issues, and we'll be taking a closer look at how it works it magic after the break.
It's been quite a long time since we've covered anything meme-related here at Redmond Pie, and joining the many great apps we looked at last year - notably Memefier - comes a jailbreak tweak which adds a roster of over 350 rage faces to your iOS keyboard. Compatible with iPhones and iPod touch devices running iOS 6 or above, it provides you with several different memes to suit every occasion, and all are certain to put a smile on your recipient's face.
