It isn't exactly a secret that a large number of iPhone owners have become somewhat disgruntled since the public launch of iOS 5 in October due to the fact that it brought with it some significant battery drain issues. The latest public release of the firmware is currently sitting at version 5.1.1, with the first developer seed of iOS 6 being in the wild, but the battery issues still haven't been entirely eliminated.
The guys over at the Dropbox development team have been working hard on pushing out version 1.5 of their iOS app, which now has been given the green light by the Apple review team and released into the App Store for download. If you head on over to the Updates section of the store, the latest version should be showing up for immediate download. Although Apple and Dropbox have had their differences in recent times, this latest release has obviously done nothing to rub Cupertino up the wrong way.
If you are still waiting for both Instagram and Pinterest to launch their iPad apps, then you're in luck. Not because either of the two apps have finally launched, but rather because one has that takes both services and mashes them together to create something nice and cool.
Editing images has become something of a revelation on mobile devices, and in keeping with consumer demand, the developers of iOS have been relentless in their creation of apps to cater to photo manipulation. Whether you're looking to subtly tweak an image to perfection or completely rejig it in order to create something truly unique and customized, as the famous Apple saying goes, "there's an app for that!".
Apple has delivered in the hardware stakes at today's WWDC, and after running through many new little quirks of iOS 6, iOS chief Scott Forstall has shown off a brand-new feature/app called Passbook, which looks to be the fruit of the rumored Organize app.
As anticipated, Apple has announced its very own, completely rethought Maps app to replace the long-serving Google offering, and as equally foreseen, it's got the hallmarks of a truly great new feature. The days of relying on a city's A-Z are long gone in this digital age, and although it has taken a few more years than Apple would perhaps have liked in order to develop, iOS Maps is now well and truly in the pipeline.
With Apple being largely responsible for reinvigorating the music industry at the turn of the century and introducing the world to digital downloads, it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are so popular for consumers who are looking for a rich music and media playback experience.
When Apple launched the first iPad, many derided it as simply a media consumption device. With all the talk of reading books, watching movies and listening to music, Apple had inadvertently made its new tablet into something that the public had decided was unable to create just about anything bar a stir in the local Starbucks.
With the recent release of Absinthe 2.0 and the update to PwnageTool and Redsn0w to feature the Rocky Racoon untether, there are a lot more jailbroken iPads knocking around than there were a few weeks ago. With the jury still out about Apple's implementation of Notification Center on the iPad, it would seem that these freshly jailbroken iPads require a notification experience that goes above and beyond in providing a truly immersive experience.
When it comes to chopping up fruit, a simple kitchen knife will usually do the trick, and although some fruits have particularly tough skin, the Samurai sword is seldom necessary. Luckily, nobody told that to Halfbrick Studios, who, two years ago, created the immensely-addictive iOS marvel that is Fruit Ninja.
