Independent developers have a finite amount of time in which to put together their smartphone apps, and they obviously want to get the maximum return on their work. Taking their Android apps and porting them across to iOS is certainly a time consuming practice, assuming the particular developer has the technical know-how to do the work.
We're just days away from this year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and as usual the rumor-mill is in full swing. Apple has already confirmed iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion will be shown off at the event's keynote address, along with the much anticipated iCloud service, whatever that may turn out to be. But now we have a whole new rumor, and we like it. We like it a lot!
Well well well, the whole Apple Vs. Samsung legal debacle just took a turn for the down right strange. According to ThisIsMyNext's Nilay Patel, Samsung's lawyers have asked courts to order Apple to hand over the company's latest iPhone 5 and iPad 3 prototypes so they can check their own hardware doesn't mirror that of hardware coming from Cupertino any time soon.
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.
Oh Apple, how do you keep getting yourself into these messes? Remember the seemingly never-ending palaver that was Antennagate? That's right, the one that got so out of hand Apple saw fit to hold a special press event and then give away millions of rubber bands iPhone bumpers? Well, if reports coming out of AppAdvice is to be believed, then the Cupertino peeps could be in for another tough ride with people beginning to complain of Wi-Fi connectivity issues when iPad 2s are held just so.
Cydia, despite being the de facto standard tool for installing non-Apple-approved applications on jailbroken iDevices, it has a major drawback: it won't run in the background. That means you can't keep using the phone while you're installing an app, which can be quite tedious, especially when you're on the road, and most likely in a hurry. Here's how you can modify your iPhone to your wildest dreams and still check your email while you do it.
A new Windows Media Centre plugin brings the flexibility of Apple's AirPlay video and audio streaming to the world of Microsoft's take on the set top box.
Apple has reached yet another milestone in its meteoric rise to mobile phone and application daddy, with the number of apps accepted into its App Store reaching the half million number.
The iOS 4.3.x update has brought a fair amount of benefits, including an improved AirPlay featured, which allows users to stream content content from your iDevice to your Apple TV; and Personal Hotspot, allowing users to create a mobile hotspot they can use to connect other devices to the internet via the phone's network. Despite those enhancements, performance was heavily affected in some handsets. Thankfully, a topic at MacRumors has shined a light on how to fix this problem.
Last week, we reported that Apple Stores were gearing up for a major revamp: either a new product, or as it later became clear, a upgrade to the store itself. Indeed, today stores are re-opening around the world with a major difference: information cards have been replaced with iPads, so users can look up information on a product on the fly.
