We’ve found yet another roundup of rumors confirming a March 2012 launch of new Apple Products. This time our information comes from iLounge, who bases their report on an unknown but “reliable” source. Remember that rumors are just that: rumors. Although sources are always claimed, or people that are close to the matter are cited, always take reports with a heavy grain of salt.
When Apple launched Game Center in iOS 4, one of the many arguments laid fairly and squarely at its feet was its severe lack of any sort of messaging system. When you look at similar services on other platforms such as PSN, Xbox Live or Steam then you'll see that sending messages between players is integral to the experience. Apple missed that, completely.
With the Symbian OS having been swiftly eclipsed in the battle of the mobile operating systems, Finnish outfit Nokia is trying to reinvent itself via Microsoft's Windows Phone interface.
While Apple's fortunes are undoubtedly on the positive side these days, any good company is continually looking to the future, and trying to build a user base that will continue to grow is part of that strategy.
We previously reported how you can unlock your brand new iPhone 4S on any baseband, including 04.11.08 and 04.10.01, without any hardware or software modifications. Now, successful unlocking to T-Mobile in U.S. and other countries' networks have been reported using the iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS as well. The method may be a bug and could be fixed with the next iOS update.
Many of you will be more than aware of the difficult - often impossible - task that is carrier unlocking a brand new iPhone.
Apple TV - Cupertino-based Apple's first delve into streaming-only television set-up box, has not made quite the noise of its iOS counterparts - namely the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
The coming together of both Facebook and Skype began back in July, when the social network rolled Skype calling into its online chat system. All users needed to do was download a small applet, and then they could call each-other using Skype's online telephony system, free of charge.
Android Market is not available officially on the newly released Kindle Fire. Since Amazon released the source code for the Fire, however, the device had been rooted making it possible to add it anyway. Follow our step-by-step instructions and you’ll be well on your way to browsing the Market then installing apps and games right on your device!
Claiming to be all nice and open is one thing, and letting anyone write an app for your platform and then make it available through said platform's official marketplace is another. One thing they both potentially have in common though is the potential for security issues, and Android is beginning to see such issues crop up with alarming regularity.
