One of the driving forces behind Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console’s success was the introduction of the Xbox LIVE platform that allows gamers from all over the world to compete against each other from the comfort of their own homes. As you would expect, Microsoft offers a free of charge LIVE package, but serious gamers who want to get the most out of their connected video game world, the Gold subscription is usually the way to go.
Jailbreaking an iOS device is an excellent way to introduce additional functionality to the already fantastic user-experience which Apple packs into their mobile devices like the iPhone, iPod touch and extremely popular iPad tablet. As well as introducing new feature sets to the device, users can install packages, tweaks and enhancements that alter the way the operating system functions and change substantial parts of it to suit their own tastes and usage methods. Of course, it isn't all about tweaks and system changes, some users just love to alter the visuals of the device rather than make do with Apple's own aesthetic vision.
Apple maybe riding on a wave of unprecedented pre-release interest in their next-generation iPhone that is due to be announced next month, but it isn't all sunshine and happiness for the Cupertino-based technology giants. Although the next few weeks represents an extremely exciting time for Apple and all those who are involved in the iPhone project, legal representatives of the company are still locked in an ongoing patent battle with Samsung with proceedings set to come to an end at some point next week.
Android manufacturers aren’t the very best when it comes to supporting their smartphones after the initial point of sale. You get the occasional bug fixes, performance improvements and such, but upgrades to major new versions of Android come way too infrequently and very late. This is in contrast to Apple’s strong support for their devices: the iPhone 3GS is almost more than 3 years old now and is still slated to get iOS 6 later this year.
If you happen to be an iPhone user or smartphone enthusiast in general, then the news which we brought you yesterday regarding a flaw in Apple's iOS mobile operating system that allows text messages to be spoofed might’ve has caused you a little bit of concern. Regardless of what aspect of the system you are using, it is always a good idea to be vigilant with any incoming communications, especially those that may look like they are attempting to mislead or deceive with malicious intent.
We already have a pretty good idea of what the next Apple smartphone will look like from the many millions of leaks and insider accounts hitherto, and now UBreakiFix.com has dropped a couple of fully-assembled front shots of the new device in white.
When mobile devices were first introduced with touch capable displays, it was quite an interesting shift in the way we went about completing certain on-device tasks such as creating text messages and composing emails. We had all previously been used to banging on physical keypads and getting that familiar and comforting mechanical feedback that reassured us that everything is working as intended, but now that we are a few years down the line, it's difficult to imagine using anything other than the touch sensitive virtual keyboards that we have seen on most new smartphones.
I imagine there is a large subset of our readers who have decided that they want some technology-orientated news today and are planning to read this post on a gorgeous iPad. Out of those visitors who are actually using an iPad for their viewing pleasure, I would hazard a guess that a small portion of that audience at one stage in their lives have used an old-school typewriter for either serious correspondence production or just for the sake of messing around.
One of the great things about Apple's mobile operating system is the almost seamless and perfectly crafted animations that take place when users invoke a certain task, like switching between home screens, opening up a folder containing a number of apps icons or when pressing and holding on an icon to put the device into edit mode. The biggest compliment I can pay to the iOS engineers is that everything just works, exactly as it should, pretty much all of the time.
A new 9GAG iPhone app gives fans of the popular funny photo site a way to keep up to date on all the comical goings on when away from their computer. Available now from the iTunes App Store, 9GAG's official offering is free.
