The iPhone is a smartphone from Apple that runs the iOS mobile operating system. Between its apps, communication features, the camera, mobile internet access, and other functionalities, the iPhone has quickly become an integral part of many peoples tech lives.
Even more reason to get excited for iOS 5: 1080p HD video playback looks to be coming to iPad 2, iPhone 4, and quite likely Apple TV 2. Technically at least, any iOS hardware that is physically capable of playing the 1920×1080 movies could be getting 1080p playback support in the Fall. If you’re wondering … Read More
iOS 5 release includes a built-in Emoji keyboard that is accessible to anyone and is not region restricted. This is a change from past iOS releases where you would either need to jailbreak or install a 3rd party application in order to use Emoji from the iPhone, iPod touch, or iOS in general. Emoji is … Read More
Sometimes seeing is believing. I mentioned a fair share these iOS 5 features before but videos do some more justice than screenshots, so here’s a collection of eight great (see what I did there?) videos that show the best of iOS 5’s beta features. We’ll start it off with Apple’s official Intro to iOS 5 … Read More
If you want to try out iOS 5 but you don’t have a developer account, you can do so using a crafty technique that takes advantage of a very simple bug in the Voice Over system. This has been confirmed to work on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, but other iOS devices probably don’t … Read More
Update: Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 is out to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1, it has a tethered boot and is not intended for use beyond developers. The good old limera1n exploit works to jailbreak the first beta of iOS 5, according to renowned jailbreak dev @MuscleNerd, suggesting a public jailbreak will be available for iOS 5b1 soon. … Read More
Apple has released iTunes 10.3, an update that includes aspects of iCloud including a beta version of iTunes in the Cloud. What does that mean to you? iTunes 10.3 in the Cloud Beta has two main features: iTunes will automatically download new music, apps, and book purchases to all of your devices seamlessly and without … Read More
Developers can now check out all the new fancy iOS 5 features first hand with the first pre-release version of iOS 5 beta 1. The download is accessible to all registered developers through the iOS Dev Center. iOS 5 Beta 1 comes as build 9A5220p and supports all iPad 2 models, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM … Read More
You know that iOS 5 will be released in the Fall, but what are the latest and greatest features? Here are some of the most exciting features that were shown off by Apple at WWDC 2011:
Update: iOS 5 is out now! You can download iOS 5 here or through iTunes. Update 10/4/2011: Apple has announced that iOS 5 release date is October 12 as a free download, alongside iCloud. iOS 5 is jam packed with new and awesome features, so when can you get your hands on it? Developers will … Read More
This is where it all started from, the classic “Hello” iPhone commercial for the very first iPhone. The TV ad was an almost instant classic that featured scene after scene of famous actors answering phones in famous movies. As you watch, you undoubtedly will recognize many of these from movies and moments in cinematic history. … Read More
Files from medical imaging devices like MRI’s, ultrasound, PET, CT scans, etc come as a collection of .DCM files which will not open on their own through just any image or video application. No big deal, because I came across some pretty amazing software for Mac OS X and iOS that will render these DICOM … Read More
iOS 5 has been long rumored to include wireless syncing and over-the-air updates, and now at least part of this feature seems to be confirmed through a brief leak on iTunes. MacRumors reports that the iTunes update page briefly included the following phrase, discussing a feature called “Automatic Download” that currently does not exist: if … Read More
Is this what the new iOS 5 notification system will look like? That’s the question on everyones mind now that there has been confirmation that the developer of MobileNotifier is working for Apple. For those who don’t know, MobileNotifier is a popular jailbreak tool that completely redesigns iOS’s notification system for the better. Notifications pop … Read More
Putting on my bullet proof vest here, dare I say there’s some features shown in the Windows 8 demo video that iOS and even Mac OS X would greatly benefit from? Regardless of how you feel about Windows, Microsoft, and Apple competition, you have to admit there are some good ideas shown in the first … Read More
You can give your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch a custom name easily, or change it from its current name to something else if someone else happened to give it a name that you don’t like. This is helpful for when an iOS device transfers ownership, or if the name is perhaps just no longer … Read More
Is Apple going to kill the jailbreak community as we know it with iOS 5? If this sounds crazy, consider some of the tweaks, rumors, and expected features in iOS 5 and iPhone 5: Revamped iOS notification and all new widget system – who needs to use the hacks when Apple offers the real thing? … Read More
A revamped notification system and the addition of widgets are expected to be two major new features of iOS 5, according to a recent report on TechCrunch. If you don’t feel like reading the 551 word long TechCrunch article, here is the only part that actually mentions these two new expected iOS 5 features: The … Read More
The popular tower defense game TowerMadness is free to download today for iPhone, as well as the high-def iPad version TowerMadness HD. I’ve had TowerDefense for iPhone for well over a year and I can confirm it’s one of the most fun tower defense games on the iOS platform, so the chance to download this … Read More
