Although much of the developing and modding is made as simple as possible for those not particularly adept to the ins and outs of iOS, issues can often arise, and what is often a smooth process can sometimes be a little tricky with a hurdle or two in the way.
Apple released their much awaited music-in-the-cloud service, iTunes Match, approximately one month ago in the United States. The $24.99 price tag came along with a product that differed slightly from the cloud services of Amazon and Google. Apple’s pitch was that uploading music to the cloud would be a breeze. Once purchased, the service would scan your iTunes library and match songs that Apple already had available on their servers. No uploading required.
There are plenty of things to get excited about when Apple releases a new version of its mobile operating system for iPads, iPhones and iPod touches. There are usually new features, changes to existing ones and if you're of the persuasion, bug fixes to get excited about.
DigiTimes is at it again, folks; citing “sources in the supply chain” who appear to make stories up faster than 5 year olds who, today, sources claim that Apple is looking to launch a smaller iPad for release sometime later next year.
Yesterday we covered how the lawsuits between Apple and Samsung may have fueled sales for the new Galaxy Tab in Australia. Now, it looks like Samsung is putting money where their mouth is and making it a marketing campaign.
Apple's iMessage is touted as the end of SMS, thanks to its integration with the already in-use Messages app and the most important part of the deal - iMessages are completely free. One are where SMS does appear to have the upper hand though is invoked when your iPhone is stolen, or just plain lost.
While we sit here with our iPads and iPhones, it is easy to forget that things were not always this way. We didn't always have the iPhone 4S with its super fast CPU and lightening integration with iOS. In fact, the name 'iOS' is something that only came around relatively recently itself.
Microsoft is on a roll these day! First, they pushed out the official My Xbox LIVE app for the iPhone and iPad, then they released Kinectimals; which is the first game ever by Microsoft to land on iOS, then they released SkyDrive for iPhone, and now they’ve pushed out a big treat for all Halo: Reach fans out there.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that future Apple products are leaked early in developer builds of iOS. This time, the iPad 3 is again basking in the spotlight.
I love to browse on my iPad right before bedtime. One of my nightly routines is to checkout the Top Charts in the iTunes Store. Some of the apps, I expect to see fairly often; Angry Birds anyone? Others are new ones I hadn’t heard of before. Today I came across iDashboard, resting snuggly in second place.
