I remember in the not-too-distant past when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs mentioned in one of his keynote speeches that the most popular camera used to take and upload pictures to the Flickr network was the one embedded within the iPhone 4. That may or may not still be the case, but the statistic alone shows that a highly capable camera is undoubtedly one of the most popular functions of the iPhone.
Whilst sharing files between Android devices is nowhere near as tedious as Apple appears to be making it for iOS users, that doesn't mean to say apps facilitating and promoting file sharing between smartphones and tablets are not welcome. Despite the stance of the vendors, consumers love apps which aid easy miscellaneous file transfer between devices, and AnySend is a wonderful example of how such a utility should look, behave and perform.
With our smartphone snappers creeping ever closer to the standalone professional brands in terms of features and quality, iOS app developers are having a field day in trying to entice the many millions of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to part with their money in exchange for those cutting-edge utilities which enhance the photo-snapping experience found at stock level.
Using our smartphones to connect to a computer and controlling things like music playback, video playback, starting and stopping podcasts is nothing new, after all, Apple offers the extremely polished 'Remote' app for iOS which features all of these functions plus more. For those Windows Phone users out there who may not know of its existence, the Zemote app offers similar functionality for controlling media on a PC via a Windows Phone smartphone.
When it comes to the world of consumer and online technology, we are pretty much at the point where nothing should shock us, especially when it comes to Facebook, the world’s largest social network. With the acquisition of the mobile app Instagram for a cool $1 billion in cash plus stock deal, and now with the re-emergence of rumors that they are designing their own smartphone, it seems like anything is possible.
One of the great things about the JB loving community is that it is made up of a wide and diverse range of individuals. Users and developers, young and old, male and female and everything in between. Cydia contains a range of packages to suit everyone's tastes and the same can be said for jailbreak tools, with a number of options being available to satisfy us all.
We have heard plenty of rumors that Facebook is working on its own smartphone before today, but once again we are being told that the social network is indeed set to join the mobile platform fray, but this time there may be a tablet thrown in for good measure.
If it isn't the battery life on the iPhone that people have cause to grumble about then it's the signal strength, and let's be honest the iPhone has been known to give consumers both battery and signal power ammunition in the past. Thankfully there hasn't been a great deal of complaining about the received signal strength recently, but anything that serves to give it a little boost can't be a bad thing, right?
The recent update of Absinthe has left many prospective jailbreakers drunk with excitement, and given it even provided iPad 3 users with their first taste of jailbreak freedom - untethered no less - the joyous reaction is most certainly justified.
The benefits of gaining root access to your Android device are huge, and although much of the news over the last couple of days has circulated around iOS exploits, the Android community is also very active, and root access is gained on new devices weekly.
