The Siri software is undoubtedly one of the main driving forces behind the huge global success of the iPhone 4S and plays a big role in convincing people to swap towards Apple when they are about to choose a new smartphone. Plenty of other voice recognition and assistant type applications exist, but nothing offers the same deep rooted functionality that Siri can provide, coupled together with the fact that the service is offered in a native setting and seamlessly works within iOS.
A new jailbreak tweak will have you adding little icons and symbols to everything you write, all via iOS software keyboard.
When the MyGreatFest idea first came into existence towards the end of 2010, it was nothing more than a pipe dream, imagined by one person who felt an affinity with a company and the wonderful products that they provide the world with. The whole concept of MyGreatFest (now known as JailbreakCon or WWJC) was centered around the art of jailbreaking, which led a lot of people to believe that the proposed event must be against Apple but this couldn't be further from the truth.
As children - even those raised in an era bereft of much in the way of technology and electronic gadgets, most of us will remember having played some variation of a memory matching game.
Apple's new CEO Tim Cook held his first shareholder meeting yesterday, and it seems the guy is pretty bullish on what his company is going to offer to us gadget junkies over the coming months.
Notification Center is coming up to its fifth month anniversary in the public eye and I think all iOS users would agree that it has been a very welcome addition indeed to Apple's mobile operating system. The powerful notification enhancement gives users quick access to all device notifications as well as providing extensive customization options over what actually appears in the dedicated Notification Center screen. However, like most offerings on most operating systems, it isn't entirely perfect and that is where the jailbreak development community comes in.
The jailbreak community is always coming up with some awesome, and some plain old whacky ideas. Looking at this latest jailbreak tweak we have to say that we think it may land bang square in the middle of the two extremes.
The debate over whether iOS or Android is the best home for smartphone app developers is one that has been raging for some time, and one that shows no sign of abating.
If there's one thing that's guaranteed about a new iPhone, it's that designers and developers the world over will have an idea of how it should look. Sometimes, they get it more right than others.
This post could easily just be an embedded YouTube video alongside just one word - "WOW" - and that would probably suffice. That said, we like to offer a little more insight than that here at Redmond Pie so here goes.
