Although Apple devices like the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are handy and powerful communication tools that can be taken anywhere with us, they are also great photography devices with extremely powerful embedded cameras capable of taking very good quality still images and capturing high-definition video. The beautiful Retina display on the iPhone and third-generation iPad along with these advanced photography features make them perfect devices for impressive image-based apps.
Although we love the iOS jailbreaking community and regularly cover the latest and greatest tweaks and enhancements that land on Cydia, you will notice that we don't often pay much attention to themes that are released to drastically change the overall look of iOS. One of the reasons for this is; the theming packages that are released daily make it pretty much a full-time job to interrogate them all and pick out the decent ones. Another, and possibly the main reason, is the fact that we think iOS is a pretty beautiful looking operating system out of the box, and in all honesty, most of the themes released butcher it to the artist’s personal taste, moving away from the underlying simplicity that should live within a mobile interface.
The next iPhone is the hottest topic of the tech world right now, and having been one of the top two smartphones since it first arrived in 2007, it should be of little surprise consumers are a little bit excited about the Cupertino's next device. Many key elements are expected to change with the device - dubbed the "iPhone 5" - and among other things, the dock connector is said to be shrinking down.
The Apple vs. Samsung case in San Jose is really heating up right now, and after hearing Phil Schiller's piece yesterday on the evolution of the iPhone and iPad, Apple has pulled the proverbial cat out of the bag by revealing internal Samsung documents in court. Said documents are significant to the case because they offer side-by-side comparisons of the iPhone the Korean company's Galaxy S smartphone.
Third-party apps really extend your smartphone’s functionality in ways you couldn’t even really imagine before. Sure, there are games and browsers and dictionaries and whatnot, but I’m talking about apps that do something unexpected and turn out to be quite useful; today, we came across a new app that meets that description. Check it out after the jump.
One of the many things you can do with your smartphone - besides using it as a camera, portable gaming console, and, you know, a phone - is use it as a very well-featured, flexible alarm clock. Thanks to the plethora of alarm apps available on both iOS and Android, there has to be at least one that meets your exact requirements. Whether it’s an alarm clock that wakes up you up when you’re in the lightest stage of sleep or an alarm clock that will send out embarrassing tweets until you turn it off, there is something for everyone!
I think it’s a rare occurrence to find someone who doesn't agree that Apple's iPhone offers a superb amount of functionality for what is essentially a phone. When you put the stock features and software together with the fact that there are over six hundred thousand additional apps in the official iOS App Store, it makes up for an extremely functional and powerful mobile experience. Part of the iOS experience is the ability to play some great games on the device, but that experience might be about to get better with the BladePad Kickstarter project.
The Call Of Duty franchise is one of the most popular of all time, and having dominated the console market with its war-time first-person shooter, the mobile market has been on the agenda for quite a while. Call Of Duty: Black Ops Zombies has been around for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users for quite a while, and typically late, Google's Android platform has now received its own iteration.
I'm not sure if I am the only one, but whenever I think about Apple as a company, I always assign a certain level of fairy tale type magic to them. I can't quite put my finger on why that's the case, but it probably has a lot to do with the way the company has dragged themselves from the depths of despair to become the most profitable company in existence, producing some truly remarkable and innovative products along the way. The world is extremely familiar with the iPhone, iPod and iPad as well as the flawlessly designed Mac range of computers, but what about the Apple iCar?
Kickstarter campaigns make for great reporting, and although not all products dreamed up by the talented individuals behind them are necessarily going to do well in the consumer market, they're intriguing nonetheless. One of the newest, which has only just been posted on the most popular start-up site, is one of the most interesting we've seen, and allows one to create genuine 3D videos and images by attaching a cone-shaped contraption to the back on an iPhone 4/4S.
