Ever since Skype appeared on the Apple App Store, it immediately turned the iPhone into possibly the most useful VoIP device on the planet. Millions of Skype users could call each other for free, and the addition of Skype-Out meant they could call real phones at reasonable rates.
Although we’d expect hardcore tennis fans to catch Wimbledon’s action in their TV lounge on a big screen in HD with surround, there is a way to watch the tournament’s proceedings on an iOS device.
The leaks, they continue! Just hours ago, we reported on Facebook’s App Store alternative Project Sparta and only yesterday, we talked about an Instagram-like photo sharing app that Facebook is working on. Now, according to NY Times, Facebook is on the verge of releasing their very own iPad app!
Just last month, we reported on PhoneItiPad, an iPad tweak that lets 3G-capable iPads take full advantage of a connection to a cell network, allowing users to make and receive phone calls, as well as send and receive SMS. A few weeks later, the tweak is finally available to the general public, for $19.99.
Apple has unveiled a WWDC 2011 iOS App, featuring content directly related to the conference, which will kick of next week, on Monday, June 6th. Can you feel the excitement in the air?
Dream:scape, the first-person 3D adventure game will finally be released next week, June 9th being the day to mark on your calendars.
The iPhoneIslam team, which has previously authored FaceIt3GS, has come up with a new hack which will blow your mind: full calling and SMS support on the 3G iPad.
We at Redmond Pie are all Google Chrome fans - we just love that silky smooth feel while all the time knowing that beneath that cool exterior is an HTML5 beast just waiting to rip our collective faces off. We also like Mobile Safari on our iPads, but we'd still prefer if Google brought their ever popular desktop webpage viewing magic-bearer to our favorite tablet.
Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay, two researchers from the Laboratory of Informatics of Grenoble at the EHCI Research Group in France, have created a plausible system for viewing 3D images on iOS devices without glasses, all thanks to the device's front-facing camera. Interested?
One of the most pressing issues when the iPhone came out was the worse-than-desired performance of the YouTube app, mainly concerning how long videos would take to load. Now there's a fix, named TCP Optimizer, and it's freely available if you're willing to jailbreak your phone.
