Instagram was well on its way to being the destination for all our photos long before Facebook bought it, whether they be clean, unedited efforts or images that have been doctored to within an inch of their lives using some of the app's built-in filters. We're big fans of Instagram here, and the addition of the Android client recently only helped to make the app more popular.
When Apple released iOS 5 in October of 2011, it brought with it a number of exciting features that developers within the jailbreak community immediately became interested in. The introduction of Siri was obviously something that peaked interest, but the most widely hooked-into aspect of the current major release of Apple's mobile operating system has to be the Notification Center. Just trawling through Cydia will return multiple widgets that can be used in the new notification hub, with the PictureFrameCenter package being one of the latest.
Foxconn's Chairman, Terry Gou, has waded into the ongoing iPhone 5 conversation by claiming that the yet unannounced, and entirely rumor-filled handset will put the competition to the sword. Specifically, Gou believes that Samsung's Galaxy S III will feel the heat when put up against Apple's iPhone 5.
Although, when initially manufactured, smartphones are designed to work with a particular type of SIM, the carriers narrow things down by locking devices down to their particular network. The process of trying to unlock can be difficult indeed, and as such, consumers look to the expert developers and modders to offer a solution.
With Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference all done and dusted for this year, the residents of San Francisco could be forgiven for thinking they could get back to a little bit of normality without a plethora of developers and programmers buzzing around. Unfortunately for them, they may need to wait a little longer as iOS and Mac OS X developers have left, the Google I/O conference is about to descend on the Moscone Center in seven days time.
The Apple versus Samsung debacle has been going on for a considerable amount of time, and with so much back-and-forth between the tech giants regarding who stole which patent, it's quite easy to lose track.
As you may or may not be aware, I picked up an HTC One X last week. I wanted an Android phone to compliment my iPhone 4S. Not to replace it, but to offer something different to the iOS life I have lived almost exclusively for the last few years. Basically, I fancied a change without giving up the iPhone that I have grown to love, but also grown a little tired of. Variety is the spice of life, after all!
Although Amazon's Kindle is widely regarded as the number one e-reading device, the iPad is a decent, albeit expensive alternative, and the Cupertino company's iPhone packs a Retina display making reading books and journals a relative doddle.
At the time of writing, the official countdown is currently sitting at thirty eight days, meaning that Olympic fever is setting in across the globe as the world’s athletes prepare to descend on London in the hope of taking home the gold for their respective countries. Preparations have been underway for a long time making sure that London is perfectly setup to receive the scores of competitors and visitors that are planning on being a part of the Olympic procedures, with that experience now being available from the comfort of your own home on mobile devices.
Although Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone set new benchmarks in terms of hardware and sheer power, the software features packed into the device also caught the attention of Android users far and wide. Yes, there was S Voice - the Korean company's answer to iOS's Siri - but some of the most significant usability enhancements were a little more subtle.
