Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that a new software update for iOS 4.x will be rolled out soon to fix performance woes on iPhone 3G, running iOS 4.x. He confirmed this in a reply to an email, sent to him by a user who expressed his frustration over the performance of his iPhone 3G on iOS 4, calling it '”dog slow”.
Here is what appears to be a leaked late production unit of a white iPhone 4 which is officially scheduled to launch “later this year”. 9to5Mac site which got the scoop on it believes that this might be one of those units which have been “scrapped by Apple at the last minute after defects in the white color clarity were found”. Unboxing and hands-on video after the break.
One thing which Apple never fails to do is to impress us all with awesome new ads for their products. And so going by the trend, Apple today has released a brand new ad for iPad which is dubbed as “iPad is Delicious”. What is so delicious about it? Well you can check out the video after the break to see it for yourself.
If you haven't been living under a rock or something, you will probably know that it was Apple who first came up with this new innovative way of unlocking phone on a touch-screen with iPhone. The now “Slide to Unlock” screen that you probably see the most on your phone was one of the most “ooh aah” thing of 2007. Same goes for iPhone’s virtual keyboard which had this “letter pop-out” effect which no other phone at that time had.
Lady Gaga was spotted at Apple’s 1-Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, CA where she was photographed outside the main building with Apple employees. But what could be the reason behind her visit? Your guess is as good as ours.
In a surprising move, instead of taking on Nintendo DS line of portable gaming, Sony takes a shot at Apple and its iPhone / iOS gaming system by calling it “that isn't built for big boy games, that is built for texting your grandma and calling your girl”. Seriously Sony? you are comparing a full-fledged portable gaming console to a multi-functional smartphone? Something is surely not right at Sony, they are probably thinking that they have missed their opportunity at cell phone gaming market with a possible PlayStation Phone. And so now they want us to believe that paying for old PSP collection at $10 is better than paying for App Store games on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Boy Genius Report is reporting about a block of low level operating system code found in iOS 4 which reveals codenames for CDMA iPhone 4 and the next-gen iPad. Their sources at Apple has confirmed that the queries you see in the screenshot below refers to CDMA iPhone (on Verizon) and iPad 2 and that they are about to hit the field testing stage. Also these new devices are said to auto-activate, bypassing iTunes for activation. Apple probably has done it so that carriers may not be able to find anything in the activation logs.
Cant wait for the official version? and want to get CineXPlayer for iPad on your iPhone and iPod touch right now? For those of you who don’t know, CineXPlayer is an iPad only app which allows you to load Xvid AVI files via iTunes so that you can easily play the format which Apple doesn’t allow. Since the developer hasn’t come up with an iPhone version of the app, a hacker decided to do it all by himself. You can check out the video after the break.
There are tons of accessories out there for iPhone 4, some of these add extra functionality, others make them look cooler! Most of you might have already seen the popular Xtand accessory for iPhone 3GS, 3G and iPod touches. Well if you haven't: it actually allows you to turn your iPhone into “world’s most smallest desktop computer”. It is fully compatible to work with iPhone 4, yes, you can now turn your beloved iPhone 4 into a “mini” iMac to give it a whole new and look and feel. Don’t believe us? Check out the images, followed by a video to see it for yourself.
Here’s a story of a 16-year-old kid named Christian Owens who managed to make a million dollars following the footsteps of his mentor, the one and only, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs.
