For those of you who think that using a smartphone should require the minimal amount of effort possible to operate, then having to arrange icons on the iPhone’s home screen may involve more effort than some are willing to expend. Thankfully, those who are jailbroken, and pay regular visits to the Cydia store will more than likely have managed to find some packages to automate certain processes.
Fresh from its acquisition of the popular Instagram service, Facebook is continuing to take large strides in its mobile push, and according to sources close to 9to5mac, the social site is preparing a Messenger app native to iPad, as well as video chat capabilities for the iPad.
I really don't want to meet the man who will attempt to argue with the fact that the iPhone 4S is not a wonderful piece of modern technology. Beautiful to look at, feature packed, and powered by advanced technologies makes it one of Apple's proudest achievements to date, and has certainly proved extremely popular with consumers since its launch.
With the next-generation iPhone set to launch sometime in the next few months - many credible rumors suggest October - concepts of what the device could possibly look like are being produced by designers already. ADR Studio, a common source of such art has outed yet another concept mockup of what they call the "iPhone Plus". It depicts an extremely thin iPhone with a 4.3" screen and an aluminum back, similar to the iPad, or even the first-generation iPhone in some regards.
The popularity of social networking sites has resulted in some of the most popular mobile apps, being those that allow users to access their social accounts and timelines on the fly. For that very reason, applications such as Facebook and Twitter are just a couple of the most downloaded apps of all time and will always continue to be popular with users.
Browsing the web is one of the primary uses of an iOS device, and while Apple's stock Safari app does the job to a satisfactory standard, it's not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination, and for that reason, there are many third-party offerings vying for consumer approval.
One of the great things about the Apple's iOS mobile operating system is the native ability to be able to set certain restrictions on the device that prevent users from performing certain tasks. The restrictions options, which are accessible through the General menu of the Settings app on the device, are similar to parental controls that allows the owner of the device to restrict certain actions from being performed on the device, such as launching the App Store, Camera or Safari.
One of the most appealing features of using a device like the iPhone or iPad is the fact that they act as an extremely powerful media gadget, capable of displaying rich media on the beautiful multitouch display. Regular users will be aware that although the device is very powerful, it does have certain limitations when it comes to using specific file types, something that can be very frustrating considering how powerful and advanced the device is.
Despite its imperfections, it's hard to fault Cydia - the nucleus of the open-source jailbreak community, and with such a wide range of tweaks available serving different purposes, it's quite easy to forget that actually, there isn't much in the way of an alternative.
Since arriving as one of the main features of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, Siri has certainly had its ups and downs, and while some have manipulated it to detect brain waves and perform other weird and wonderful tricks, others have opted to sue Apple, disappointed by the poor performance of the system-wide voice recognition software.
