It’s been quite a steady year for mobile OS usage this year. Worldwide, the top eight mobile OS platforms have relatively stayed in their same positions, in terms of usage, for most of the year. While Symbian OS has kept its throne successfully, the real action is between iOS and Android.
When we told you how to create shortcuts on your iPhone's home screen that pointed to various system functions; we were particularly pleased to be able to do it without a jailbreak being required.
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.
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.
Apple has just released an updated version of its nearly month-old iOS 5, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. There was a lot of toil and moil involved in creating iOS 5, and with several pre-release betas being thrown out to developers in the months leading up to release, it was almost inevitable that there would be a swift update after the public finally got their greasy paws on iOS 5.0.
Folders for iOS were introduced back in 2010 with iOS 4 but, for people who like to install dozens of apps, the feature is quite limited in functionality: You are only allowed to place 12 apps inside each folder and you can’t place a folder within a folder. To get enhanced folders, you have no choice but to jailbreak your iOS device and install folder-enhancing tweaks.
iOS 5.0.1 has been released - and, chances are, you may be looking to downgrade to an earlier version of iOS because of one reason or another. Today, we’re going to guide you on how to do exactly that so you can go back to whichever version of iOS you are comfortable with.
The final build of iOS 5 was jailbroken in a matter of hours after its release, it happened majorly due to the fact that the final and the Gold Master candidate builds were exactly the same, hence the tools which were already available for jailbreaking iOS 5 GM could jailbreak the final build of iOS 5 as well.
When Apple released its latest and most changed version of iOS two weeks ago, bringing us up to version number 5.0, there was little-to-no doubt that the update would be considerable. If there is one thing that the iOS eco-system has over its Android competition, it's the fact that users tend to update their handsets and tablets to the latest version of iOS.
Once called nothing more than a 'hobby' by Apple itself, the Apple TV can feel a little unloved at times, but with the rate Apple is knocking out updates for its little black box, things may be changing.
