As stated on numerous occasions, the number of image-based apps post-Instagram has grown at an incredible rate, and although many boast a plethora of great features, minimalism is oft overlooked, yet can yield some beautiful, elegant results.
iOS isn't short of a decent task-managing app, and as an individual with something of an affinity to a good time-saving, organizational offering, I found myself drawn somewhat to Due, a relatively well-established app which - along with a long list of testimonials, prides itself on simplicity.
While the App Store contains quite a few remote desktop apps for iOS devices, the Cydia Store is surprisingly light in this department. SoftPad for iPhone and iPad has sought to break the mold, and although we wouldn't consider it an out-and-out RDP client, it does allow you to control many of your PC's aspects right from your iDevice.
When you consider how insanely popular photography apps are on the iPhone and iPod touch, it kind of makes you wonder why more of the well-known camera companies haven't taken the plunge and called in the developers to produce an app that lets users indulge in photography goodness whilst promoting their own brand at the same time.
The App Store contains over 600,000 apps in total, and while there are plenty to choose from in a variety of categories, the improvement of the iPhone's camera has seen a meteoric rise in the number of camera and image manipulation-based apps.
The innovation, dedication and commitment to user experience of the jailbreak development community never ceases to amaze us. It was only yesterday when a concept video did the rounds which showed a more user friendly method of highlighting, selecting and editing text on the iPad. In a community where time seems to stand still when developers are pushing out tweaks, a quick thinking coder has pushed out his SwipeSelection tweak to Cydia that mimics the exact functionality that was shown in the concept video.
Besides the obviously buttery-smooth scrolling, tight integration with iTunes and lack of customizability (without jailbreak), the first thing I noticed when I shifted to the iPhone camp was the sheer abundance of well-designed apps especially those in the Photography category. Camera+, Photosynth, SloPro and Instagram are good, established examples of this.
There seems to be a growing trend in the world of iOS for apps and tweaks that allow users to use gestures, taps and swipes to navigate within an application, or when it comes to Cydia-based packages, even navigate around the OS. The SwipeNav tweak from Cydia continues that trend of implementing swipes but does it in a different way compared to how others have gone about it.
Slide To Unlock is arguably the most recognizable feature of iOS. Although Apple was only granted the patent for the feature late last year, it has been an omni-present feature of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ever since each device made its respective introduction.
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