Apple recently made a few changes to the iOS App Store, including a free “App of the Week” program. According to Gamezebo, Apple now has “Editor’s Choice” apps in the App Store as opposed to “App of the Week” and “Game of the Week.” The store still highlights apps and games with “Editor’s Choice,” but [...]
A jailbreak for Apple’s new iPad has finally been released. After a long wait, pod2g and The Chronic Dev Team have released Absinthe 2.0, an untethered jailbreak that will work for the new iPad and other devices that are running Apple’s latest mobile software, iOS 5.1.1. The jailbreak is indeed available for Apple’s previous version [...]
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
One analyst now thinks we’ll see new Macs with Retina Displays sometime in the near future, probably this summer. According to The Wall Street Journal, one analyst is now predicting a new lineup of Macs with Retina Display, including new MacBook Air models in the next few months. The analyst, Ben Reitzes of Barclays Capital, believes [...]
The Cipher is a credit card shaped stylus for your touch screen device like the iPad or iPhone or Android tablet or smartphone. Quirky wants users to let them know if this product deserves to show up in their store and how much you’d spend. Its part of their new Quirky Evaluation beta program. Quirky [...]
Though employees can still bring their iPhone smartphones to work, IBM’s recently issue policy bars employees from using Apple’s Siri voice assistant feature at work. According to IBM, the reasoning for the ban is due to Siri sending user’s spoken queries to Siri to a remote data server to process speech to text and then [...]
New Apple patents suggest Apple hasn’t completely written off using a stylus with the iPad and iPhone. Despite Steve Jobs’ famous quote saying, if your device needs a stylus “they blew it!” these patents show that Apple’s considering the possibility. Before those of us who love inking on our iPads get too excited we have [...]
Sprint is the last carrier to offer truly unlimited data plans, and for the first time in years, Sprint has the phones to back up their data plans and competitive prices. Customers looking for a new phone on Sprint undoubtedly find themselves asking if they should buy the iPhone 4S or the HTC EVO 4G [...]
The Griffin Crayola Case Creator makes it easy for kids and parents to design their own iPhone cases. Use the free companion app to make a masterpiece that includes a photo, your drawing or some digital ”stickers” used to make an individualized case for the iPhone or iPod Touch. The case looks like one of Griffin’s Reveal [...]
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
Microsoft Office for iPad and Android is greatly anticipated, and a new rumor says we may finally see it this year. When the The Daily reported that Microsoft planned to launch Microsoft Office for iPad and for Android, Microsoft denied it. Now, the sometimes wildly speculative, Boy Genius Report claims Microsoft Office for iPad will arrive [...]
In a development that should surprise nobody, Apple and Samsung were unable to reach an agreement in the companies’ court-ordered discussions. According to The Korea Times, Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung and Samsung mobile division head Shin Jong-kyun met with Apple CEO Tim Cook, but the companies were unable to reach a settlement on their patent [...]
Jonathan Ive created and helped create some of the most iconic Apple products, but according to the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple, he’s working on his “most important” work right now. Of Course Ive can’t tell us about the projects he is currently working on, but it’s safe to assume he’s tinkering with the [...]
While several iPhone 5 concepts have appeared as images, today we have a look at an iPhone 5 concept on video. Isaac Royo, courtesy of 9to5Mac, posted a video today showcasing an iPhone with a 3.95-inch screen and several other bells and whistles that have been rumored to be coming along with Apple’s next iPhone. [...]
It appears that the iPhone 5 might not be the only mobile device in Apple’s stable that receives a bump in screen size as a part leak indicates that the iPod touch might see a jump in screen size as well. MacRumors has leaked an alleged front panel of the next-generation iPod touch that seems [...]
Hulu for iOS has finally been updated to support the Retina Display on the new iPad. The application has been updated to version 2.5 and the update brings quite a bit along with it. First and foremost, those who are rocking Apple’s new third-generation iPad will now have support for the device’s Retina Display. This [...]
iPhone 5 release date and feature rumors continue to arrive daily. From a 3.95 inch display to Steve Jobs’ last project, the iPhone 5 rumors are fresh off the press and full of tantalizing prospects for the new iPhone. Expect to see more iPhone 5 rumors arrive this week as we inch closer to WWDC, where some still believe we will [...]
Apple is reportedly testing new iPhone models with larger, taller displays that have a few more pixels than the iPhone 4S display. According to 9To5Mac, Apple is currently testing two new iPhone models, both with taller 3.95-inch displays. The new displays will allegedly have a resolution of 1136×640. The width is the same, but the height [...]
Apple is said to be keeping its iPhone 3GS alive and kicking even after the next-generation iPhone debuts later this year. It’s unclear what nomenclature Apple will give its newest iPhone, but for the purpose of this post we shall refer to that device as the iPhone 5. In the past, when a new iPhone [...]
Qualcomm has previously warned that chip shortages of its processors and components would likely have an impact on smaller handset manufacturers as the company found that the 28 nm architecture was harder to make than previously anticipated. Fortunately, though analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray noted that Apple would likely experience little or no impact [...]
Apple’s iPhone charger is expensive at $29, but a recent teardown shows just what all that money buys. The teardown comes from Ken Shirriff, who wanted to see what’s inside the one-inch cube that charges up the iPhone. The result is a complete breakdown of how the entire charger works. A lot of the electrical [...]
A new Apple patent hints at some advanced camera focus features that could come to the next iPhone. According to Patently Apple, a newly public patent hints that Apple could add a new processor to an upcoming iPhone to help with new camera features. The patent shows Apple’s idea to use multi-touch gestures for focusing [...]
There are now conflicting news on the status of the HTC import ban in the U.S. as part of the HTC-Apple patent disagreement. News of the initial import ban suggests that only the AT&T HTC One X and the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE were affected by the ban, but now there are news that [...]
Ballistic Cases compete with companies like Otterbox to offer more protection than a typical iPad case. The Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case for the New iPad and iPad 2 shields your iPad from accidents at a a better price than Otterbox. The Ballistic Tough Jacket uses three layers of shielding on the back, extra absorption on [...]
The Musubo Sneaker case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S delivers protection with the flair of a sneaker tread design on the back. If you chase new Nike’s for a hobby, this is an iPhone 4S case you need to check out. If you prefer a different look, check out the Musubo Retro Case, with an [...]
The iPhone 4S has launched on four new carriers today including Pioneer Cellular, which just announced its availability today. Pioneer Cellular, a carrier based in Oklahoma, today announced that it now carries Apple’s latest iPhone model. The best-selling smartphone is now on sale in a number of Pioneer Cellular locations and it will launch in [...]
Those hoping to use Apple’s FaceTime service over 3G may be able to one day in the near future as it seems that Apple is now testing the service. iDevice, a Romanian blog, has released a screenshot of what appears to be a FaceTime error message. That message, which appears in iOS 5.1.1, apparently comes [...]
With the HTC EVO 4G LTE and One X held up by Customs, we have no idea when either phone will be available again, or for the first time in the case of the EVO 4G LTE. We do know that both phones are worth the wait for Android fans. The EVO 4G LTE and [...]
Best Buy, which had originally pegged the HTC EVO 4G LTE release date as May 23rd, has now gone back on that and says it has no idea when Sprint’s smartphone will start shipping. The evidence, provided by Android Central, shows that Best Buy has begun sending out emails to customers saying that it, like [...]
The HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE are still being held by Customs for potentially infringing Apple patents, but the phones already have custom Android ROMs to work around those patents. According to The Verge, HTC shipped both the U.S. version of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE with custom [...]
Speculations about Apple’s next flagship smartphone are running high. Following Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reporting that the next-generation iOS smartphone would stray from its 3.5-inch display form factor to a larger 4-inch screen size, Bloomberg is joining the party and reporting that the next iPhone was closely worked on by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs [...]
This weekend Sprint will start a promotion that gives new iPhone 4S owners a minimum of $100 towards the phone for their old iPhones. According to TechnoBuffalo, the promotion will start on Friday, May 18. As part of the promotion, Sprint will offer a minimum of $100 for any iPhone that’s traded in for a [...]
Best Buy is cutting the price of the iPhone 4 in half for AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. This morning the electronics retailer sent out an email advertising the iPhone 4 for $50, half the price Apple and the carriers charge for the phone. The phone comes in black and white on each carrier and comes [...]
If George Carlin wants to keep pace with Apple, he needs to update his list of Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television to include jailbreak. In addition to voiding the warranty of anyone who performs an iPhone 4S jailbreak, the company considers Jailbreak a dirty word in iTunes. A search for Jailbreak in the [...]
Rumors of a 4-inch iPhone 5 continue as the start of production nears. Yesterday we saw reports from The Wall Street Journal saying Apple will use screens that measure at least four inches in the iPhone 5. Today Reuters reaffirms that Apple will use 4-inch screens in the next iPhone. According to the publication LG, [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
