Apple's iOS isn't exactly a cutesy operating system. Steve Jobs and co set out to make the iPhone, iPod and iPad OS as usable as possible without adding unnecessary bells and whistles. In the main part they succeeded, but it's hard to deny that there are a couple of areas where it could do with that personal touch - something to make the whole experience feel a little more like home.
If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of Apple's Cupertino campus then there has never been a better time. We've had the Steve Jobs biography of late, offering an insight into the man that built Apple. Twice. Now we've another book, this time going more in-depth at Apple itself, just as the title "Inside Apple" suggests.
Apple's recent announcement that it currently holds more cash than anyone else has led to much discussion of late, and that discussion has even spawned some pictorial jabberings.
After waiting for approximately three months, owners of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 rejoiced when hearing the news that iOS security researcher Pod2g and his development Dream Team had overcome all of the technical hurdles in front of them to get to a position where they could publicly distribute an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5. The 'Corona' untether had previously been released for owners of older A4 powered devices, but the lack of a usable exploit on the newer, dual-core A5 devices meant that the team had no way of injecting the necessary files.
Google Maps and iOS devices have gone hand in hand ever since the original iPhone's release back in 2007, and Apple recently signed a new deal extension with the search giant, giving iOS further access to Google's Maps data.
Despite Apple maintaining a closed-source stance with its iOS mobile software, jailbreaks from the various dev-teams have allowed an abundance of useful, unregulated apps to be installed onto our beloved iDevices.
Italian outfit ADR Studios, one of the most talented and creative concept-makers we’ve ever stumbled across, has thrown up yet another tasty concept we can only but wish were a real product.
We all know Apple's rolling in the dough. It seems each time the company releases its quarterly results those numbers just keep on growing.
While we're going to have to wait until next month for the official, stable release of Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich for Asus' Eee Pad TF101, an unofficial (and also somewhat unstable) version by XDA member paulburton has surfaced. Check out the details, as well as a how-to-tutorial after the jump!
If you take the time to sit back and draw up a list of the best, most functional tweaks which exist for jailbroken iOS device, then chances are that the list would contain a number of releases created by developer Grant Paul, a.k.a. chpwn.
