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‘iOS 5’ Stories

iPad 3 Pre-Announcement Rundown

Chris Burns, Mar 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

The time is nigh for the announcement of Apple’s next big product, and chances are it’s an iPad 3, iPad HD, or iPad 2S – have a look with us at all the information that’s been tipped on this product thus far. Here we sit less than 2 days before the next Apple press event which we’ll of course be attending and liveblogging to you as the information all comes down – and we’ve got so much information already! Of course none of the rumors, tips, or leaks have been verified by Apple, nor can any of them be truly confirmed until the big A lets their lips loose in reality, but let’s make some educated guesses based on sources close to the action, shall we?

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Reviews

Dash Race for iPhone Review

Chris Burns, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The game Dash Race is just about the most unique racing game you’re going to find on any platform – and I say that having played my fair share. What you’ll do in this iPhone-based pencil and grid racing game is draw lines from one square to the next, each player taking turns to see who can best the other in their mathematically calculated set of turns and straightaways. This game is derived from a game that you may have played while wasting time between classes in high school – in this case you won’t have to do any of the calculating yourself (unless of course you want to.)

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iOS 5.1 GM leak confirms Japanese Siri & camera shortcut

Chris Davies, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Siri's incoming Japanese skills have apparently been confirmed, with a leaked copy of the iOS 5.1 Gold Master showing the new language addition in the settings menu, as well as a tweaked iPhone lockscreen. Hints of Siri's new linguistic abilities had been shown earlier in the week, when the virtual personal assistant itself began confirming Japanese was supported, and BGR's access to a leak of the GM 5.1 release confirms it. Read The Full Story

iOS 5.1 rumored for a March 9th public release

Michael Crider, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Developers and other beta testers have had their hands on the first major update for iOS 5 for months now, but according to YourDailyMac, the public release could be coming exactly one month from today. A tipster found operator strings in the latest iOS 5.1 builds pointing towards a March 9th release, which incidentally falls pretty closely to those iPad 3 rumors. Take that for what it's worth. Operator profiles for mobile carriers in Japan, France, Greece, Finland, and Sweden were discovered, pertaining to the iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, the third and fourth generations of the iPod Touch and both current iPads. Read The Full Story

Featured

Switching between Android 4.0 ICS and iPhone 4S

Chris Burns, Feb 5th 2012 Discuss [87]

When you switch from an Android phone over to the iPhone or vice versa, there are a few adjustments you’ll have to make. The difference between the two, no matter which versions of the software you’re dealing with, are much smaller than the difference between either and any other software. Windows Phone, Symbian, any number of lesser cell phones are much more difficult to switch to or from when the alternative is switching to Android or iPhone from the other. This article is but one of several in a series written by your humble narrator called “I’m switching to iPhone 4S for a week,” this series having the alternate title “iPhone 4S Up Close and Personal.”

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iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak incoming with Corona A5 tool

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [40]

A jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is almost ready for release, arch-iOS hackers the iPhone Dev Team have announced, with only streamlining the user-experience of the "Corona A5 jailbreak" left to complete. Until now, the Apple A5-based products have been stubbornly resistant to hacking attempts, Apple changing its approach in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S so as to give users wanting to install unofficial software more trouble than before. That time of frustration, though, is nearly through. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 both beat Nokia Lumia 800 in browser benchmarks

Rue Liu, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [27]

Despite Microsoft's claims earlier this year that its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices running IE 9 would beat out mobile Safari in browser benchmark tests, the latest video comparison uploaded by 359gsm shows quite the opposite. Placed side by side, the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 4 both beat out the Nokia Lumia 800. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4 Siri port made legally possible by Apple with iOS 5.0.1 update today

Paul Fang, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [22]

Earlier today we reported that Apple's iOS 5.0.1 update today was the first iPhone 4S firmware build that’s both official and has an accessible encryption key for its main file system, thus meaning that browsing the device’s main file system with your PC is now possible. From a later tweet by iOS hacker @MuscleNerd, it seems that Apple has made a Siri port legally possible with today’s iOS 5.0.1 update by offering open access to system files that were previously encrypted. Read The Full Story

Apple’s internal iOS codenames revealed, sporting winter theme

Paul Fang, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [2]

When it comes to flavorful codenames for operating systems, the majority would tend to think about Android's bountiful dessert flavors, or Mac OS X's large cats. However, Apple's not about to let iOS off the hook of woefully mundane names. According to homebrew developer Steve Troughton-Smith, Apple's internal codenames for its mobile operating system is inspired by winter sports. For instance, the current 5.0 OS firmware is apparently named Telluride after a popular ski town in Colorado, with previous versions having names like Alpine, Big Bear (props to repping California!), and Sugarbowl. Read The Full Story

H1Siri hack comes to hacked iPhone 4 and iPod Touch

Chris Burns, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [6]

When you've got a jailbroken phone, aka a hacked phone on the Apple iOS mobile platform, you've got a lot of freedoms when it comes to illicit applications such as this most recent of the pack: Siri for your iPod Touch or iPhone 4 through an app called H1Siri. What you're going to get with this app is some developers from China by the name of CD-Team allowing you to use the Siri application and ecosystem to the fullest just so long as your device is both jailbroken and is running the newest version of iOS 5. Sound like an alright situation to you, all you wishers for the personal assistant that'll let you know where the closest one dollar pop is? Read The Full Story

iPhone Siri vs. Windows Phone TellMe in fair comparison video

Rue Liu, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [28]

Apple's Siri voice-driven intelligent assistant app called Siri faces off with Microsoft's similarly capable Windows Phone TellMe app in a new YouTube video that claims to be a more fair comparison of the two. A video had previously compared Siri and TellMe but had mainly featured commands that TellMe does not yet understand. Read The Full Story

Apple admits Carrier IQ usage in iOS, but mostly removed in iOS 5

Rue Liu, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [17]

Apple has confirmed reports that its previous generation iOS platforms support the Carrier IQ data tracking software, but the company assures that the software has been removed in most of its iOS 5 devices, such as the iPhone 4S, and that future updates are set to remove the software completely. The company follows a number of handset manufacturers and carriers that have issued statements in the past week to distance themselves from Carrier IQ. Read The Full Story