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Features iOS should “borrow” from WebOS
Now that the HP TouchPad and Palm Pre are no longer with us, WebOS is being open sourced. Despite the inability of WebOS to succeed in the marketplace, the OS brought with it a number of interesting UI designs that Apple would be well advised to incorporate into iOS. Lukas Mathis has a comprehensive overview […]
Continue reading...Organize your iOS device by putting a “most used apps” folder in the dock
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Melissa Holt of MacObserver posts a quick and nifty little trick that should really help you organize your iOS homescreen more effectively. In iOS 4, Apple introduced folders. Users can group similar apps together inside a folder for easy access simply by pressing and holding an app icon – which will cause all icons to […]
Continue reading...Magician Simon Pierro shows off some of the more incredible features of iOS 5
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Check out magician Simon Pierro show of some of the more magical features of iOS 5. Forget features like revamped notifications and speech recognition, what Pierro demonstrates below will unequivocally serve to distance iOS from Android. I mean, what Android tablet that you know can magically make a tennis ball appear? Now some of Pierro’s […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt thinks developer preference for iOS over Android will wane in 6 months
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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There’s no disputing the fact that there are more Android users out there than iOS users. That notwithstanding, developers by and large tend to focus their efforts first (and sometimes exclusively) on Apple’s iOS before turning their attention to Android. But if you ask Google chairman Eric Schmidt, who spoke yesterday at the LeWeb conference, […]
Continue reading...RIM to release enterprise management tools for iOS and Android
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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As the iPhone began to pick up steam after its initial release in 2007, RIM executives remained enamored with the physical keyboards that adorned their smartphones and scoffed at what the iPhone brought to the table. But amid declining marketshare, it soon became readily apparent that RIM needed to adjust their smartphone strategy midstream or […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 update
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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After releasing a few betas to developers in quick succession, Apple today finally released iOS 5.0.1 to the public. While a seemingly minuscule would typically fly under the radar, this iOS update is particularly important in that it seeks to address widely reported battery problems that have affected a decent number of iPhone 4S users. In […]
Continue reading...Sorry iPhone 4 and iPad 2 owners, Apple will not bring Siri to older iOS devices
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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Despite a proof of concept video showing that Siri can in fact run on the iPhone 4, don’t expect Apple to roll out the feature to old iOS devices anytime soon, or ever for that matter. Michael Steeber recently contacted with a bug report regarding Siri wherein he suggested that Apple could make the feature […]
Continue reading...Apple granted iOS “slide to unlock” patent
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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Apple and Samsung are currently in the throes of a patent dispute that spans 4 continents. At the heart of Apple’s complaint is the allegation that the Android OS Samsung uses on its line of smartphones infringe upon a number of Apple-owned patents. In Apple’s original lawsuit, filed in April of this year, Apple said […]
Continue reading...Apple acquired 3D mapping company C3 Technologies in 2009
Monday, October 31, 2011
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The iPhone homescreen is a prime piece of electronic real estate and you can bet good money that Apple isn’t thrilled to have two Google properties sitting there – YouTube and Maps. As for the former, there’s not much Apple can do there. YouTube is one of the most popular websites in the world and […]
Continue reading...Siri was behind the delayed launch of the iPhone 4S
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Apple is a company that likes routine refresh cycles. Every September it releases new iPods. Every April is poised to be time for a new iPad. And every Summer, Apple releases a new iPhone. This Summer, however, things didn’t go as planned. Apple’s next-gen iPhone release was pushed back a full three months and now […]
Continue reading...Android’s new font, Roboto, looks awfully similar to Helvetica on the iPhone
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Google’s new premier smartphone – the Galaxy Nexus – features a new font dubbed Roboto. Now we’re not saying that Android derives a good deal of inspiration from iOS, but folks with a keener eye for fonts than we possess noticed that Google’s new system-wide font is awfully similar to Helvetica, the font Apple initially […]
Continue reading...Apple fears Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will hit the market like a fire hose and “seduce away” users from the iOS ecosystem
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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Apple and Samsung have been duking it out in Courts around the globe for almost 7 months now. While their dispute on the surface centers on patent infringement and the like, a more abstract concern for Apple is not only lost iPhone sales, but the ramifications of losing a potential iTunes user. A few weeks […]
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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